Tigerrush and Robinkit
Medicine cat and kit bonding
ThunderClan Medicine Den
12

I may be small, but I’m braver than I look.
✦・゚: *✦・゚:* 🐦 *:・゚✦*:・゚✦
It was easy to forget about your worries on a day as nice as this, the sun was seeping through the gaps in the brambles and casting a dappled light onto the floor of the nursery. Robinkit had decided it was her own nest that she wanted to sleep in, well ‘her own nest’ meaning the nest she had crammed multiple bits and pieces of mouse fluff, twigs leaves and flowers into to make it look decorative, though she always keeps the specific items in one section of the nest, as if consistently sorting them.
Okay, I think Tigerrush would like some of these daisies I found, Robinkit thought to herself, kneading her paws against the nest for a moment before picking up two delicate white flowers in her jaws and flicking an ear before climbing out of her nest. Calling out to let her dame know where she was going and why, though she didn’t know how long it would be, however long it had to be she guessed, there was no time limit on doing favors for others as far as she knew. And Tigerrush will surely appreciate a mouthful of daisy right?
Robinkit easily slipped out of the nursery entrance and scanned the camp, trying to remember where Tigerrush’s den was. The hollowed out den by the high rock soon came into view and she began to pad over cautiously, scanning her surroundings every so often to be sure that she wasn’t being followed, and even if she were, she was giving a gift the medicine cat, that wouldn’t be considered wrong would it?
Her little body slipped easily into the den, daisies still held gently in her mouth, she glanced around the medicine den and tilted her head, no sign of Tigerrush… she thought for a moment before deciding it would be worth a shot to call out to her, especially in her own den. The small kit placed down the daisies gently and listed her head back up letting her nose rest of the scents in the air for the moment. The medicine den always smelled nice, but that wasn’t what she was there for, she would be able to sniff the herbs another day.
"Tigerrush, are you in here? I got you something" she called out, though it wasn’t particularly loud she just seemed to want to get Tigerrush’s attention while in the den, she didn’t want to bring in a crowd. Especially with such a special gift.
Bee’s Characters
FROM WINDCLAN
Beewhisker - ⚧ A Bubbly Queen
Sunbear - ♀ A Stoic Elder
Basilflame - ♀ A Gentle Warrior
FROM THUNDERCLAN
Greypebbles - ♂ A Quiet Warrior
Robinkit - ♀ A Thoughtful Kit
FROM SHADOWCLAN
Clovershine - ♀ An Optimistic Senior Warrior
Wolfkit - ♂ A Reserved Kit
FROM RIVERCLAN
Goosesong - ♂ A Disciplined Senior Warrior
Lilyriver - ♀ A Fierce Elder
Skykit - ♀ A Gracious Kit
OUTSIDER/S
Duchess - ♀ A Charming Semi-Feral
Laetitia Von Noon - ♀ A Poised Domestic
Tigerrush had been in the elder's den, checking on the growing number of the clan's most venerable in the cold. The weather often had their joints aching and their paw pads cracking. She also wanted to make sure to strengthen their immune systems and keep any sniffles, coughs and congestion at bay so illness didn't develop and spread, as often happened this time of year.
The little brown tabby had mixed a small amount of snakeroot and borage together and rehydrated a raspberry to mash with the mixture to sweeten it and make it more likely the elders would take their small dosage. While she didn't seen any symptoms of illness to treat, hopefully the little blend of herbs she made would keep them from becoming so.
Returning to her den with the discards wrapped in a grapeleaf, she immediately noted the new scent from within, even before she heard the kit's voice drift to her. Twitching her ears, she entered and moved to where she kept the daily den discards to deposit the leaf bundle and see what her new visitor needed.
"Robinkit? Is there something wrong? Are you or anyone in the nursery sick?" There was a note of anxiety in her tone as she hadn't had a chance to check the nursery. Wildcry was an elder and Tigerrush hadn't had a chance to deliver a dose to her yet, Rimekit was still very young herself and there was Robinkit's littermate and dame.

I may be small, but I’m braver than I look.
✦・゚: *✦・゚:* 🐦 *:・゚✦*:・゚✦
"Noph, nob'ry ish shick." Robinkit replied, her words muffled by the daisies that she had collected, they were near wilted and probably not too well with what they are meant to do, but it was still important to Robinkit, and she wanted to give something important of hers to Tigerrush. Robinkit decided it would be a lot easier if she had dropped the herbs that she had picked up, the caliby kit gently placed the plants at Tigerrush's paws "Nobody is sick" she repeated, almost matter-of-factly, as if making an important report. "I wanted to get you something"
Robinkit nudged the daisies towards Tigerrush with her white paw and her yellowing eyes flicked up to the little brown tabby medicine cat expectantly. "It's from my collection, I don't take stuff from the medicine den though, I promise on the tastiest mouse in the fresh kill pile" she stated, staring back down at the 'herbs' she had collected "I made my own storage, like yours but without real herbs" she added, her dappled tail wrapping around herself.
"Do you like them Tigerrush?" She asked, still looking down at the wilting flowers twitching her unfolded ear but not looking up from the flowers. "If you don't I could get you something else" she added warmly
Bee’s Characters
FROM WINDCLAN
Beewhisker - ⚧ A Bubbly Queen
Sunbear - ♀ A Stoic Elder
Basilflame - ♀ A Gentle Warrior
FROM THUNDERCLAN
Greypebbles - ♂ A Quiet Warrior
Robinkit - ♀ A Thoughtful Kit
FROM SHADOWCLAN
Clovershine - ♀ An Optimistic Senior Warrior
Wolfkit - ♂ A Reserved Kit
FROM RIVERCLAN
Goosesong - ♂ A Disciplined Senior Warrior
Lilyriver - ♀ A Fierce Elder
Skykit - ♀ A Gracious Kit
OUTSIDER/S
Duchess - ♀ A Charming Semi-Feral
Laetitia Von Noon - ♀ A Poised Domestic
Putting the leaf discards in the corner, Tigerrush turned and took in Robinkit's appearance. The kit had a mouthful of some kind of flower, she currently wasn't taking a close enough look to identify what it was yet. An ear twitched in uncertainty as the kit put her mouthful down and stated she had brought something.
"A collection? Storage?" She echoed faintly with apparent confusion, tilting her head. It didn't make much sense to the medicine cat, honestly. "While I appreciate you thinking of me, wouldn't you rather be playing defend the camp or practice hunting foxes with Rimekit and Finchkit?"
She went over to sniff lightly at the flowers before gathering them at putting them off to the side- not in storage with the rest as these were not of medicinal strength but she wouldn't discard them with the litter and hurt the kit's feelings.

I may be small, but I’m braver than I look.
✦・゚: *✦・゚:* 🐦 *:・゚✦*:・゚✦
Robinkit squinted at the idea of playing rough with Finchkit and Rimekit, as if the mere idea left a bad taste in her mouth. The little caliby kit licked the roof of her mouth for a moment before shaking her white, black and ginger pelt "I don't like being rough, I think I only get upset and 'rough' when Rimekit messes up my collection" she explained rather calmly, twitching the tip of her tail in thought. "And maybe when Wildcry yelled at me a moon ago when I said I didn't wanna hurt anyone when I'm bigger." she added matter-of-factly
"But I like finding flowers and sorting them, I like my collection a lot and it means a lot to me" Robinkit stated, walking closer to her paternal aunt and sitting beside her, they both had stripes in one way or another, but Robinkit just seemed to have less than Tigerrush, which didn't bother the little kit. "I also liked when I was in here with you, even though I was sick, I still enjoyed myself. Learning about Brightflower and the different herbs, I still remember what tansy and honey do, sorta" she added, leaning her head softly against Tigerrush's brown tabby fur.
"I don't like when the nursery gets so rough, that's why I'm out 'n about sometimes" she explained, sometimes, when Finchkit and Rimekit were roughhousing, she would simply let her mother know where she was off to and move to the elder's den for peace and quiet. Its a nice time when she goes to the elder's den, she quiet enjoys Bravesong's company.
Bee’s Characters
FROM WINDCLAN
Beewhisker - ⚧ A Bubbly Queen
Sunbear - ♀ A Stoic Elder
Basilflame - ♀ A Gentle Warrior
FROM THUNDERCLAN
Greypebbles - ♂ A Quiet Warrior
Robinkit - ♀ A Thoughtful Kit
FROM SHADOWCLAN
Clovershine - ♀ An Optimistic Senior Warrior
Wolfkit - ♂ A Reserved Kit
FROM RIVERCLAN
Goosesong - ♂ A Disciplined Senior Warrior
Lilyriver - ♀ A Fierce Elder
Skykit - ♀ A Gracious Kit
OUTSIDER/S
Duchess - ♀ A Charming Semi-Feral
Laetitia Von Noon - ♀ A Poised Domestic
The medicine cat's fur twitched at the contact of the kit's head against her flank as she listened to Robinkit chatter. It wasn't that she disliked the kit, but she was unused to the physical touch the kit offered. Granted, the small brown tabby was pleased that the kit enjoyed the medicine cat's den over being scared to visit, but she wasn't sure if she should be concerned or not over the kit's seeming obsession with playing with plants over playing with her denmates. It just didn't seem normal to her and, while she wouldn't say anything directly to the kit about it, at least at this time, she also wasn't fully sure how to redirect the kit towards more healthy behaviors.
"You don't have to play rough, but when kits play, they get fresh air and the exercise helps strengthen their bodies." Though Tigerrush tried to keep from doing so, her tail twitched from some inner unease, an unease which she just couldn't stifle. "And unfortunately, there are times when you have to hurt another cat."

I may be small, but I’m braver than I look.
✦・゚: *✦・゚:* 🐦 *:・゚✦*:・゚✦
A small innocent "Why?" was all that Robinkit said about being unable to avoid hurting other cats, why was the world like this? Why must cats hurt other cats to get by in the world, is the wish for cats not to fight just naive and wishful thinking? Perhaps it was... perhaps Robinkit was just wrong, but she did want to know why or how she was wrong, she wanted to hear a medicine cat's side of the story.
"Well, I do play, just differently, I pretend to help Finchkit and Rimekit when they get fake hurt in their play fighting, that way I won't get yelled at by Wildcry if I accidentally hurt Rimekit." Robinkit explained the best she could with her kit-like logic, but perhaps Tigerrush was concerned about Robinkit not getting enough movement in her life, and Robinkit didn't think that was true either, furthest thing from in her opinion.
"I chase leaves" Robinkit stated, a smile gracing her features as she began to explain what she did for fun "When leaves fall overhead, I leap and pounce at them, a chase after them until I'm able to catch them, I don't need Finchkit and Rimekit to be a kit" she added, making her voice as warm as possible, but all she really wanted to do is inform Tigerrush on something she might not know about, and make her less concerned.
Bee’s Characters
FROM WINDCLAN
Beewhisker - ⚧ A Bubbly Queen
Sunbear - ♀ A Stoic Elder
Basilflame - ♀ A Gentle Warrior
FROM THUNDERCLAN
Greypebbles - ♂ A Quiet Warrior
Robinkit - ♀ A Thoughtful Kit
FROM SHADOWCLAN
Clovershine - ♀ An Optimistic Senior Warrior
Wolfkit - ♂ A Reserved Kit
FROM RIVERCLAN
Goosesong - ♂ A Disciplined Senior Warrior
Lilyriver - ♀ A Fierce Elder
Skykit - ♀ A Gracious Kit
OUTSIDER/S
Duchess - ♀ A Charming Semi-Feral
Laetitia Von Noon - ♀ A Poised Domestic
"Medicine cats sometimes need to hurt other cats. Even if we don't wish to. Sometimes it's done to correct an injury that had begun to heal improperly, sometimes to make sure an injury can heal properly. And while medicine cats have the warrior code to protect them when other clans attack, accidents can happen in the heat of battle. Medicine cats have to be ready to defend themselves and, if the camp is attacked, be ready to defend the injured they care for, as well as the elders, queens and kits who might not be able to defend themselves. There are also loners and rogues who won't follow or care about the warrior code."
Tigerrush's tone was unusually serious, almost stern, but that was all the explanation she was going to give on that subject at the moment. She gave an inward sigh at the kit's comment about Wildcry and hurting each other during play, though she said nothing. She worried over the kit's unusual timidness and yearning to play alone, making a note to speak with Sunstrike about it later.

I may be small, but I’m braver than I look.
✦・゚: *✦・゚:* 🐦 *:・゚✦*:・゚✦
"So, hurting others can be for the greater good, so they can be healthier in the long run?" Robinkit tilted her head, she certainly understood Tigerrush's words, but she wanted to make sure that Tigerrush was able to make sure that she understood. "Keeping ThunderClan safe if what matters, for a warrior or a medicine cat" she further stated, a little more determination and belief behind her usually timid voice, though it was still rather quiet all things considered.
Robinkit remained cosy against the striped pelt of Tigerrush, not really bothering to move, since Tigerrush hadn't pulled away, she felt a sense of warmth in being close to other cats, especially being in contact with them, and if Tigerrush didn't want to be cuddled, she's surely say or do something wouldn't she? "I think I understand" she added quietly, her near yellow eye staring up at ThunderClan's medicine cat.
"Did you enjoy my gift?" The small kit enquired, twitching the tip of her tail in question as she dipped her head to the side out of mere curiosity and innocence, she didn't really care what the answer was, of course she wanted Tigerrush to like the gift, but the thinking about Tigerrush when no other cat seemed to was enough for the small tri-colored kitten, she liked to make others feel that way, feel safe and listened to, fell.. appreciated.
Bee’s Characters
FROM WINDCLAN
Beewhisker - ⚧ A Bubbly Queen
Sunbear - ♀ A Stoic Elder
Basilflame - ♀ A Gentle Warrior
FROM THUNDERCLAN
Greypebbles - ♂ A Quiet Warrior
Robinkit - ♀ A Thoughtful Kit
FROM SHADOWCLAN
Clovershine - ♀ An Optimistic Senior Warrior
Wolfkit - ♂ A Reserved Kit
FROM RIVERCLAN
Goosesong - ♂ A Disciplined Senior Warrior
Lilyriver - ♀ A Fierce Elder
Skykit - ♀ A Gracious Kit
OUTSIDER/S
Duchess - ♀ A Charming Semi-Feral
Laetitia Von Noon - ♀ A Poised Domestic
Tigerrush's gaze lowered to glance at the kit for a moment before inwardly sighing again. Even if Robinkit's behavior was odd, she knew hurting the kit's feeling wasn't productive nor would it benefit either of them.
"Yes, Robinkit, the gift was lovely." She made sure that her tone was genuine and, honestly, it was a nice thing for Robinkit to have done. She stood and rested her nose on the top of the kit's head for a moment in a gesture of affection before she pulled away and mewed.
"Though I must apologize that I can't suit and cuddle with you at this time. The cold brings the threat of illness so I need to finish checking on the queens and elders." The brown tabby medicine cat moved to take the mouthful of flowers and set them off to the side near one of the currently vacant nests, to decorate the corner a little bit. "Would you go to the nursery and let Sunstrike and Wildcry know I'll be along to see how they're doing and bring something to help keep them and your denmates from getting sick?"

I may be small, but I’m braver than I look.
✦・゚: *✦・゚:* 🐦 *:・゚✦*:・゚✦
Robinkit felt Tigerrush pause, but thought nothing of it, she was a medicine cat! She would surely have a lot of things to do other than sitting around and chatting to kits all day. But she was certainly glad that her little gift to her was appreciated, at least for the most part it was from what the small caliby kitten knew anyway. "I'm glad you like it" she purred gently before standing up on all four of her paws and shaking any dust or most from her pelt.
Her yellow eyes watched as Tigerrush prepared herbs for the elders, she hadn't the faintest idea on what the herbs were, but just watching Tigerrush put them so deliberatly into the pile reminded her of her own little nest and how she had sorted it. "Of course, you got medicine cat things to do, I understand" the kitten explained with a gentle yet small smile tugging lightly at the corners of her mouth.
Robinkit shuffled out of Tigerrush's way as she began to leave the medicine den, she gave Robinkit an order, a task for Robinkit only! From one of the highest ranking cats in the clan! This was fantastic! She was helping the clan without even having to unsheathe her claws like Wildcry had seemed to have done and many others before her. "Yep! I will! I'll make sure everyone is okay and come back to let you know if they're sick, Finchkit and Rimekit too" she stated with a bit less timidness in her words as she trod towards the nursery, ready to check for any sick cats. What a great helper I am!
[Thread End]
Bee’s Characters
FROM WINDCLAN
Beewhisker - ⚧ A Bubbly Queen
Sunbear - ♀ A Stoic Elder
Basilflame - ♀ A Gentle Warrior
FROM THUNDERCLAN
Greypebbles - ♂ A Quiet Warrior
Robinkit - ♀ A Thoughtful Kit
FROM SHADOWCLAN
Clovershine - ♀ An Optimistic Senior Warrior
Wolfkit - ♂ A Reserved Kit
FROM RIVERCLAN
Goosesong - ♂ A Disciplined Senior Warrior
Lilyriver - ♀ A Fierce Elder
Skykit - ♀ A Gracious Kit
OUTSIDER/S
Duchess - ♀ A Charming Semi-Feral
Laetitia Von Noon - ♀ A Poised Domestic