[Steliana]

There ain't no rest for the wicked
Until we close our eyes for good

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       Steliana wasn't winter's biggest fan. It wasn't just because it was cold - thankfully, her wolf blood equipped her with a thick, fluffy pelt - but her duties as a medic made her dislike the season where there was barely any herbs to speak of. She would have to get by with herbs she had meticulously stored in the warmer months, though there was no guarantee that her stores would last through the winter. In addition to that, winter was also full of sickness and prone to other injuries. The wolf-jackal especially hated long winters which seemed like it was the norm in Saboro.

       All the silver medic could do was hope and pray that her herb stores would last through the winter. Her former mentor, the elderly medic taught her that "Most basic plant remedies can be substituted with remedies made from trees". Avalonari was nothing short of a genius and that tip would have served her apprentice well had she been in a place where the more useful trees such as alder, birch, cedar, oak, and poplar were readily available. However, the lands of Saboro had very few of these medicinal trees and while pine did have its uses, it wasn't exactly what was most often needed in times like these. And fir was useless for the most part. There was no shortage of mosses and lichens at least.

       Though this wasn't the reason that the gold-eyed medic decided to leave her pack on this fine evening. There was another reason for her search around the rings.

       The Chemist was nothing if she wasn't ambitious and after having learned about the ranks, she learned of the Alchemist rank that seemed to be a step above that of a Chemist. The rank dealt more with poisons and that was an aspect of botany that the female was no stranger to.

       The slate and cream doctor had a working knowledge of poisons though it was primarily just knowing what not to pick and what to pick. She heard about less-competent healers mixing water hemlock with yarrow and foxglove seeds with poppy seeds and she definitely wanted to avoid that. But other than the basic poisons such as yew berries, nightshade, and the afromention poisons, she wouldn't call herself knowledgeable about poisons.

       But how would she find any in these conditions?

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OOC:
Time: Evening | Date: before MoN stuff | Location
Steliana is looking for plants~ Anyone knowledgeable about poisons want to help her?