Insanimation <Open Packet o' Chips>

[Njack]

Slip slipped through the entrance of the herb healer cave, glancing around at what was inside. He had just recently been accepted into the position, but he really didn't know anything. Actually, he wasn't even sure he'd been accepted officially; at least, he hadn't been hearing any wolves talking about it.

Perhaps I should take the time to get to know some of my packmates, he thought. Or maybe go ask the alpha if I actually am accepted as the herb healer or if I'm just having memory problems.

"Well," Slip muttered to himself, sniffing a bundle of herbs, "It's not like we have a herb healer, so I might as well familiarize myself with these. And if I'm not actually the official herb healer, being familiar with herbs never hurt anyone."

(What is it with these verby names I keep making up? Slip slipped, Blink blinked, Patch... patched? Banana bananaed? XD)

[SaveAWolfxSaveALife]

(Don't ask me. )

Vivichi glanced around with her good eye, and she limped her way into the herb healer cave. "Anyone there?" She hollered, limping further into the cave. Her paw had recently been sprained after rolling down tumble weed hills, Jolon doing the same but escaping without injury, and it was starting to hurt more than before. Sure, she knew a little bit about herbs, but she had none with her, and the only thing she was able to do was wrap it in bundles of grass. It did keep the paw from moving or bending a lot, but there was no stopping to Vivichi's rambunctious games, and she had made it worse by pouncing on tumbleweeds and playing chase with Jolon.
Her eye adjusted to the gloom inside, and before long she noticed Slip messing with some herbs. "Hey, are you the herb healer?" She guessed, silently praising Slip for taking the job. She'd known how the Yozoran Pack never had a healer, and apparently she'd been the only one who knew some herbs. Her heart screamed out "THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!" Just because the last thing she wanted to do was be an herb healer. How could anyone live like this, trapped inside all day snuffling through leaves with fancy names, treating sick patients.
"Um, I sprained my paw, I think it's a sprain." She lifted the paw with the grasses wrapped tightly around it. "I tripped and rolled down a hill." Vivi said sheepishly.

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"Oh... hey." Slip blinked at the new wolf that had come in, silently noting how she looked, in case he ever ran into her again.

"I dunno if I have anything for sprains," Slip said softly. "Lemme look."

There was some honeycomb in the corner; perhaps some previous healer had left it there. Slip resisted the urge to taste it or pick any up. He was pretty sure it wasn't for use on the skin.

Shuffling around in the herbs, he picked up a few nettle seeds. I thought someone might have told me something about nettle... something for swelling... Nettle seeds or nettle leaves?

Oh wait, I'm stupid. Seeds can't be rubbed. Slip dropped the seeds and picked up a couple of nettle leaves in his mouth, trotting back to Vivichi. "Here. You did a good job securing the paw, I think... Just rub these leaves on the paw... Should help keep down any swelling." I think ice or snow would work as well, but it's kinda summer right now...

[SaveAWolfxSaveALife]

"Thanks." Vivichi went to work, awkwardly rubbing the leaves to her skin. What were these called again? Needle? Neetle? Nettle? Something like that. They were recognizable to her, since she'd used them on her self before, but she'd never really learned a lot about herbs. She hardly even knew the names, but she could recognize them, knowing what they were used for. Soon, as she wandered through thought, all the leaves were limp and crinkled from her rubbing, and the juices had most likely soaked into her skin. The remains of her wrapping were by her side, torn apart from her teeth, and Vivichi decided she should wrap it up again. There were small amounts of grass growing from the crevices of the cave floor, and Vivi used that, rather than having to walk outside. The pain didn't ease off, but the swelling had gone down just a little bit. She started to tightly, but not too tight, wrap her paw once more, inabling it to move. Her mind drifted to the day before, where she and Jolon had had the best day of their lives. At least, it was for her. For once someone hadn't stared at her eye, and not only that, but totally not notice. Jolon had seen her directly for her inner beauty, and that menat everything to her.
Also, he had shared the fact that they both had a past unspoken of, one that they kept hidden. One they were ashamed of, and they had both confessed to eachother, becoming the best of friends.
Yes, now he was her best friend ever. The one she could go to whenever necessary. She was his friend too. That made her the happiest wolf in the world, happier than she had been before she met Jolon.
Vivichi curled up tightly in some of the bedding, and she waited for exhaustion to hit and make her fall asleep. But the excitedness didn't fade off quickly, so she watched Slip work, keeping her mind off of her day, hoping that she would become drowsy while watching.

(You really stated the obvious there, in that last sentence. xD)

[Njack]

Slip watched as Vivichi rubbed the leaves on her hurt paw. He turned around for a moment to place the nettle seeds back in their proper place - having been dropped unceremoniously earlier on - and then turned back to see that Vivichi had settled down in a little bedding area.

He turned back around, intending to sort through the herbs, leaves, seeds, and whatnot and find out sort of what they did.

"So, uh... what's your name?" Slip sniffed at the same batch of honeycomb he had noticed earlier. What does this do? Cure sore throats or something? I guess it would be wrong to taste it...

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A yawn escaped before Vivi replied. "Vivichi, but everyone calls me Vivi."
Her eyes wandered, glancing around the cave and examining every crevice. "You're Slippy, or something like that, right? You're new here. Glad you took the job." But inside her head she said more that "Glad you took the job," but "I LOVE YOU FOR THIS!" It would seem wierd though to scream that out. Her mind shifted back to what Slip was doing. She paid attention to the few herbs she could name, such as Juniper Berries, Dock, Daisy Leaves, Poppy Seeds (which would be a good use right now)...
"Hey, it looks like you're almost out of Chervil. I heard somone earlier complaining about a belly ache, so you might want to keep an eye on that." Vivichi said drowsily, still too excited to sleep.

[Njack]

Chervil, bellyache. Noted. Slip glanced back at Vivichi for a second. "Slip. But I guess you could call me Slippy if you really wanted to..." Slippy, eh? Well, at least she didn't call me Peppy or Falco or something.

"Thanks. I thought no one was going to take it, so I kinda..." Slip trailed off into silence. He glanced at the chervil that was left. "I'll keep an eye on it... maybe the wolf that complained will be over here sometime soon."

He noticed Vivichi eyeing the poppy seeds, but couldn't figure just why...

[SaveAWolfxSaveALife]

"Slip. I was close." She muttered. Her eyes were half open now, almost to unconsciousness (did I spell that wrong?) but as she thought to herself "Go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep," It woke her up more. A rumble escaped her throat, frustrated with herself. Though for some reason she didn't want to take the drugs. She was oddly interested in what Slip was doing, and she was still to excited about her day to dream. Even the Poppy Seeds would fail to put this wolf to rest. Still, she stared anxiously at the Poppy Seeds, then at Slip, then at the Poppy Seeds, and back again. Forcing herself to keep her eyes on Slips's work, Vivi slowly was roused more by the second.
At the same time though, she whispered under her breath. "Poppy Seeds, Poppy Seeds, Poppy Seeds..." In hope that focusing on the effects of the drug and saying its name would work as if she were taking them herself.

[Njack]

I thought I heard something about poppy seeds. Why is she saying something about poppy seeds? Slip thought about that for a moment, then picked up the poppy seeds. I'm pretty sure these numb pain... don't they also put you to sleep or something?

He glanced at Vivichi, who was nodding in and out of sleep. He put the poppy seeds back down again. I shouldn't waste the poppy seeds. A natural sleep is better than a drugged sleep, anyway.

Slip sat down on the ground, a bit self-conscious now. Vivichi seemed to be watching everything he did. It was a bit unnerving.

Uh... what now?

[SaveAWolfxSaveALife]

Vivi held her breath as Slip started to lift the poppyseeds, but he put them back down, and she felt slightly relieved yet frustrated. For a minute, it seemed like she actually had fallen asleep, because she couldn't remember what had happened a minute ago. Whatever did happen, she was still awake, and the adrenaline in her blood was pulsing faster than ever. Perhaps that was a bad thing, a health issue, but she chose to ignore the excited feelin she got. Slip was sitting down now, her eyes following him like a target, and when she noticed he was doing nothing, her eyes fell back to the piles of herbs. They smelled like a bouquet of assorted scents, tickleing her nose and soothing her thoughts. They all were relaxing, except for a few such as mouse bile, and her muscles became less tense as the aromas wafted over her.
But of course, niether of the scents took away the excited feeling.

[Njack]

"Er... are you trying to sleep?" Slip tilted his head to the side, examining Vivichi. "Because if you are, uh... sorry."

I dunno. I figure I might as well get to know my packmates, right? And I haven't really got anything to do... except maybe gather some more chervil, wherever that grows...

"Uh... how was your day?" His little inner self grinned foolishly at the lame icebreaker, but Slip kept his face straight.

[SaveAWolfxSaveALife]

"How was your day?"
Foolish question, Slip foollish question.
This question let all of the excitement burst out like a supernova. Her day had been amazing, and this question was not only bringing it all out, but the happiness she's been born with. Her character burst out, along with an excitedment.
Her maw held a big grin as she quickly sat up and face Slip.
"My day was AWESOME!" She shouted. "First I was out in the terras and I saw a wolf who was killing an elk, so I helped him kill it. He became my friend and we ate together and then we played a whole lot of games!" She skipped the part where she'd told him her story. "Then he chased me and I accidentally rolled down this hill and sprained my paw and we were in Tumbleweed Hills and I threw a tumbleweed in Jolon's face and then I could hardly walk and we came back and I came here because my paw hurt really bad and I met you!!!" She gasped at the end, saying it all in one breath, relieved of the adrenaline she'd felt earlier. "I had an amazing day, thanks for asking!" She grinned the biggest grin ever.

[Njack]

"...because my paw hurt really bad and I met you!!!"

And then Slip flew into the wall of the herb healer's cave! No, just kidding, but he did feel like he got blown back a few steps by the sheer force of Vivichi's enthusiasm.

All he could really say was, "Wow." He blinked a few times. "Uh... so who is this Jolon? Nice guy?"

Maybe I should go meet him too. The more wolves I know, the merrier, right? Or something of that sort... Slip had forgotten to protect himself from the next possible Vivichi Tornado of Enthusiasm^©, though.

[SaveAWolfxSaveALife]

She took a deep breath, trying not to yell this time, but nothing took away teh adrenaline she felt. Still, she spoke in a normal pace. "Jolon is a black wolf, you may have seen him. He came back with me. He's a really nice guy, and very fun to be around." She said, clearly and smoothly. Inside she told her self "Good job, Vivi, good job.".
"You know, I would offer to show you around our terra, but I'm just as new here as you are. Though I remember where I saw some herbs, so I could take you there one day."

( Trust me, it was longer, but I always get lazy with posts I have to retype. It happened three times with one post once. -.-')

[Njack]

"Really? Sounds like a nice guy..." Slip thought Jolon would be a good type of wolf to become a mate with. Not... you know, not that Slip was thinking that he would want to be a mate with Jolon, that would just be weird. He was thinking that if there was like a female Jolon... er, no. I mean, like, Slip was thinking if there was a wolf with Jolon's personality... you know, just forget this, scratch all that. XD

Slip glanced at Vivichi. "So where is this place with the herbs?"

(Sorry, short post.)