forum Roleplay with @Starlight-I-Love-Magic! (closed)

Started January 19, 2019 by @Becfromthedead group

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"Make that three" said Silver, "Has to be fully risen."

"Right…" Aurelius said, continuing to walk.
He bent down to the ground to examine some nice-smelling herbs.
"You wouldn't happen to need these for anything, would you? I recognize them from somewhere, I just couldn't quite tell you."

"Markate" said Silver, Identifying them. "They're used to calm people down."

"Oh…" Aurelius murmured, "I think my mother used this stuff a lot."

"Was she a healer?" asked Silver, pulling out a small bag and harvesting some of the plants.

"No, but she occasionally added it to teas that we drank," Aurelius replied, "Come to think of it, she would usually do that after a tough day at work. Not that she had extremely hard or dangerous work, as she was a librarian and a writer, but she was very prone to stress."

"Sounds about right" said Silver, "It can ease stress levels physically, and even ease depression and anxiety."

Aurelius nodded. "Yeah… I wish she would've told me about that. It might've helped me out a little through the years."

Silver smiled, "Y'know you could always eat it raw if you're stressed out.."

"I think I'm okay for right now, but I'll keep that one in mind," Aurelius said, "I'll definitely need it."

Silver smiled, "Trust me it works wonders." said Silver, "I've had to use it myself a few times.."

"Good to know," Aurelius replied, "Say, are there any other herbs that you can think of off the top of your head that have similar effects?"

"Well, there are the tea variety, chammomile, jade, ect. And there's Marigold, and mint, Okera is similar.." he listed off a few more.

"Thank you," Aurelius answered once Silver had finished the list, "I hope something helps, even if just a little."

"Markate tends to have the best results…" said Silver, "Healers always keep a large stock, half for themselves more than anything."

"Yeah, it must be a nervewracking job some days," Aurelius said, "It seems like a lot of pressure."

"It's stressful on the battlefield, or if someone has a bad infection, but after that it isn't hard."

"I guess so," Aurelius replied, "You seem to be the very caring and attentive type, so it all must come natural to you."

"That and growing up with parents who had the same profession kinda cinched it for me…"

"Ah, I see…" Aurelius murmured, "It's a wonderful profession though. No wonder you wanted to follow in your parents' footsteps."

Silver sighed, "Yeah.." he said, looking back at his herbs wistfully.

Aurelius reached for Silver's shoulder and placed his hand on it.
"Hey, you okay?"

"Just.. remembering simpler times.." said Silver wistfully.

"Oh… I miss them too," Aurelius said, his voice fading, "Then again, don't we all? Especially those of us who have fallen upon some amount of… misfortune."

Silver sighed. "You got that right.."