Catnip (Hawthorn)

[Daniel Taylor]

Daniel went in the cold. He wasn't complaining about the weather. It was finally starting to feel like winter here in Pilot Ridge. He walked down the sidewalk with the other brave souls who were out in the cold. Daniel didn't waste time. He was a man on a mission. His new cat friend, Karren, was having some trouble adjusting to her new home. After talking with the vet, Dan was going to try some herbal remedies. Hopefully, at least one of the remedies would help Karren settle down.

He turned the corner and continued down the sidewalk until he reached the herbal shop. He entered the shop. It was good to get out of the cold. Dan looked around the shop trying to decide where what he was looking for was located. Instead of wandering around the shop looking lost, Daniel decided to look for a worker. There was a man at the counter. Daniel went over to the counter. "Excuse me, sir. Do you have catnip, valerian, and chamomile?"

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With the cold still lingering and growing even worse with the passing days, people were seeking any kind of relief they could from the accompanying illnesses. Which left his mother's shop a little busy with a small flood of new and old customers.

He had just finished helping an older woman decide which shampoo she should buy, it had been... an odd discussion and it felt a little like he was being hit on, but he returned to his spot at the counter only to immediately be asked for help again.

There was a slight aggravation on his face but he did his best to keep it out of his voice, "This is an herbal shop, so probably. But in what form? Oils, dried, pills?" He was curious what he might use those specific herbs for, they were a bit uncommon right now unless they were scents, most people weren't searching for nerve calming remedies.


Hawthorn stepped out from behind the counter to show him where a few forms of the herbs were. "If it's for a tea, we bag it behind the counter. What are you needing it for?"

[Daniel Taylor]

Dan was little put off by the worker’s comment about the shop being an herbal shop. Some herbal may not carry what Dan was looking for. Or what he wanted wasn’t in season. Dan put the comment aside thinking that the worker had long and busy day. “I am looking for dried.” Dan was planning to make a little toy for Karren with the herbs in it. That way when she played with it she would smell the calming herbs.

Daniel followed the man to where the herbs were. He started to look at the choices. “I have a high stressed cat at home. I am hoping that the herbs might calm her down.”

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Hawthorn was a little sad the customer hadn't risen to his bait though it was probably for the best considering his mother took no patience in his argumentative shenanigans and would quickly toss him out of her store. And frankly, he needed the money.

"It's probably not a good idea to let the cat eat them," he said with a tilt of his head as he recalled the facts he knew about each herb, as far as he remembered he couldn't recall the herbs being anymore toxic than any of the other's they carried. But still, even if they were commonly used in teas it was definitely not a good idea to ingest them in large quantities or to allow a child or small animal near them in their raw forms.

"They should," he said, attempting to be helpful now as he turned to check the stock shelves behind him. Dried herbs were kept in carefully organized and labeled drawers only to be handled and weighed by employees. "How much of each do you need?"

Shay pulled the drawers free from their slots, placing them in front of the customer and removing the tops so he could inspect their quality if he felt so inclined though they never carried low-quality products here.