[Flashback]What grows here?

by **Ssafirsotibones** on March 21st, 2012, 11:04 pm

Bones watched, wondering about the leaves... apparently they were medicinal... Which is why she carried around a pouch of them... He would have to remember how they looked, so he could find them for himself later...

Bones held out his hand, and let her pass the leaves off to him... He guessed he would have to trust her... She seemed to know about this than he... And he was pretty sure they were not poisonous... He might not know a ton on herbs and plants, but he did know a bit about poisons, being a dhani... At least they weren't a poison he knew...

He finally popped them into his mouth, and began to chew, not able to stop the grimace at there foul taste... Not that they tasted particularly bad, but for a meat eater like him, any kind of plant was disgusting... Which was a bit ironic, since he had kept from making a face at having the alcohol poured into his wound, but could not at chewing some leaves...

Bones kept on chewing for a while, until he head pulped the leaves... Then he looked over at Fatima with his mouth of plants, waiting fro her to show him what to do next...

by **Fatima** on March 21st, 2012, 11:27 pm

Seeing the grimace that Bones made as he was chewing the yarrow leaves, Fatima had to chuckle a bit. He looked like a child that didn't want to eat his vegetables. She had seen such an expression on many a child that didn't want to take their medicine.

"Now now, it isn't as bad as all that." She said lightly.

She sent a silent prayer to Rak'keli, that this wound might heal well, without infection or scarring.

"Now, spit that paste directly onto the wound. As a bonus, the paste will dull the pain. It's safe to leave yarrow leaves in the wound for a while. Once the blood clots, and a scab starts forming, very carefully rinse the paste away with water that's been boiled. No rough stuff, got it?" She ordered.

When Bones had deposited the paste onto the wound, she spread it evenly, then began wrapping his forearm snugly with the bandages. She finished wrapping and tied the bandages off securely, and patted Bones' shoulder in a friendly gesture.

by **Ssafirsotibones** on March 21st, 2012, 11:59 pm

Bones did his best, but could not help the grimace at the taste of the herbs... Why did anyone eat these nasty plants? Really? It was bad enough that humans always cooked the meat they served, and added lots of things to it to "flavor" it... More like ruin it... He would certainly never be a plant chewer, even if he could digest it...

He was glad to spit the paste onto the wound, and watched as she spread it out inside the cuts, and wrapped his arm with a bandage, wrapping it around repeatedly, and tying it snug, so the wrap was pressing hard on his wound, and pushing the plant stuff into it...

Bones now all done, made sure to watch his arm, and not use it to much. He walked over and picked up his bloody gladius, and wiped the blood off on the fur of the cougar. Then he wiped off any remaining residue on his pants, before placing away his weapon in his back sheath.

Walking over to the cougar, he grabbed it up, and hefted it into the air in one swift motion, slinging it onto the shoulder of his uninjured arm. It was a bit heavy, and gingerly using his arm, he pulled it across his shoulders and balanced it, slinging the cougar now across his shoulders, and grabbing the legs together with one hand, leaving the other free.

He would leave the head, for some other animal to have, let it have a nice meal, and live on. Finally ready, he turned for a bit, checking which way was home, and finding it eventually... His race could usually find which way was home, a especially useful trick in the constantly shifting Alvadas.

"Ssso... I guess we ssshould go back... We are not to far from sse city... Jussst a bit ssat way. I will lead the way. I ssshould probably get home and get sssome ressst..."

by **Fatima** on March 23rd, 2012, 2:34 am

Fatima watched Bones sling the dead animal around with relative ease. She was rightfully impressed, as she would have struggled a bit to lift the mountain lion's carcass over her own shoulders, even with two uninjured arms.

She took a look at her own, very minor wound, and decided that is could wait until they got back into the city. It wouldn't do for them to linger out here, and have something else happen.

"Lead the way, friend. I admit my sense of direction has suffered greatly since I began living in Alvadas. And we'd better get home before some other petching creature decides it needs a hearty lunch!"

She made her way to his side, and began following.

by **Ssafirsotibones** on March 23rd, 2012, 11:37 pm

Bones gave Fatima another smile, as she sidled up to his side, obviously feeling safer close to him, than at a distance... It appeared she had also grown to trust him... Though saving someone's life did tend to do that...

Though she had already re-payed the favor in some small part, by helping him with his wound. Though he still found pushing a weird gunk into his wound as odd...

And it was also a bit funny, that Bones had such an intimidating way about him, that even injured, he still seemed to her more than enough to protect her from whatever they might meet. Though he would prefer to call it his chivalrous nature.

The rest of the trip back was more or less boring, especially compared to the other bits of it. They parted ways once arriving at Alvadas, and Bones went back to his house, were he would go into dhani form, eat the cougar whole, spend a few days digesting, and letting his wounds heal.

-exit-

by **Mirage** on April 27th, 2012, 6:41 pm

The Truth Within the Reality

Fatima :

Bones :

The Truth Hidden by a Mirage :