Lily becomes a therapist (IC RWA RP July 11, '19)

BlisaMarshmellow · 2019-07-11 04:48:34 PM

SCENE: Redwall Abbey, Cavern Hole

CHARACTERS: Emyuil the male mouse. Xander the male badger. LilyMoore and Angela, female mice.

LOG:
It's the middle of the afternoon, and Emyuil is bored out of his mind. Wandering down to Cavern Hole, he picks a suitably isolated corner by the empty fireplace in which to lurk, casting an idle glance over the room.
Although the Half-Rat's expression is foreboding, he doesn't have anything in particular on his mind...which is probably what's bothering him.

Xander walks into the room, slowly and..well..one paw is bandaged, but bleeding right now threw the bandages, and in the other he seems be carring something sort of small as he goes to sit in a chair and snorts.

LilyMoore comes skipping into Cavern Hole from the kitchens, having just finished helping make cookies for tea later this afternoon. "Hi, Xander! Hi, Unle Emmy!" exclaims the little mousey ray of sunshine. From the direction of Great Hall come the sounds of another mouse. "Whaddaya mean 'is paw's bleedin'? Did y'see it? *Pause* Well, where is 'e?" Sounds like Angela might be joining the crowd of grumps.

Despite his mood, Emyuil can't help but crack a quick grin at Lily, like a beam of sunlight between storm clouds. "Hey there." Hearing Angela, he sits up a little straighter on reflex, glancing over to Xander and raising an eyebrow at the bandaged paw.

Xander looks up and just lays the injuired paw, his fault, into his lap and stays quiet, his other paw is fine he is just holding something that was given to him maybe half an hour or so ago.He frowns at the mouse,"Just...don't worry, got worse things to be concern on than...my paw." Least the wall is fine, poor wall.

LilyMoore skips over to her uncle to give him a hug. "What've you been up to today? Oh, Xander, are you okay?" She notices the badger's paw and a look of concern crosses her face. Angela just in that moment storms into the Hole, scowling feircely. "Xander, there y'are! I 'eard yer paw's bleedin'. Why didn't ye come up t' the Infirm?" She hobbles over to him, leaning on her staff, and goes to grab his paw and take a look at it.

Emyuil hugs his niece in return, offering a pat on the head. "Not much of anything, really. A bit of training with Nevermore, but that's about it. Too hot out to do much else."

Xander normally would jerk a paw away and sighs, "I ...I punched the wall....ok, happy?" He is grumpy and then he frowns."I punched it..yesterday too...ok"His voice is a little less loud now as he looks at the other paw and sticks something in his pocket and is just quiet.

Angela scowls darkly. "No, 'tis not okay. Why are y'goin' around punchin' walls? Now I gotta get some bandages and 'erbs...." Muttering to herself and giving the badger the order to stay right where he is, the elderly mouse hobbles out of the room to get the healing supplies she's going to need to replace his bandage. LilyMoore lets her uncle pat her on the head. "Yeah, it's too hot to do anything much outside." Giving him another little squeeze, she lets him go and walks over to the badger, a concerned look adorning her face. "Are you okay? Did something happen that you need to talk about? I find that helps me sometimes when I'm upset."

Emyuil watches Lily go, abruptly struck by how much like her mother she's become--and even more so like her namesake. Out of habit, he moves a little closer to his niece and the badger, in case anything happens.

Xander sighs "Beasts need to not...die and...I helped someone on the road and..." He frowns and looks at his paw, ok it does hurt as he frowns.He lets a tear fall and clears his throat " And...Krisha's...she is..like upset and..."

LilyMoore frowns. "I'm sorry. I hate it when friends....die. It's the hardest thing." She drags an ottoman over and sits on it, looking up at the badger's face. "But why would Krisha be upset? She knows your's a Warrior. Is she sad because of who died?" Angela has yet to return, probably to the relief of everyone.

Emyuil moves closer still so he's sitting next to Lily, silently offering guidance and support if she needs it. For now, though, he listens to see how she handles this rather than speaking up.

Xander frowns, he looks away and grows quiet "I...sort of..lied to her and ..didn't tell her some...things and...so now she..." He frowns and sighs, he pulls something out of his pocket, it's a ring... "She gave me this...back and something 'bout ...not wanting to talk right now and then walked away" Then he was moody, he did yell and yeah he did lie on couple things, didn't bother to tell her he was off to, yes find a fight after he said he didn't go looking for one. His paw is dripping a little blood as he frowns, he just had to punch the wall after she walked away, like that would make things better.

LilyMoore's eyes widen as she sees the ring. Oh, snap. For a few moments she doesn't do anything or say anything, then she quietly stands and pulls a small Healer's kit out of her pocket. "Here, I'll fix that. I always keep this kit with me just in case any birds come to me needing help." She goes to gently take his injured paw to start unwrapping and replacing the soiled bandage. She has herbs and everything she needs, and her paws are gentle and experienced. She's obviously not as good as her great-grandmother, but she can do a pretty good job, nonetheless. "Why did you lie to Krisha? That doesn't sound like the Xander I know."

Emyuil watches coolly as the bandage is removed, not flinching at the sight of the injury; rather, he's quietly impressed with Lily's skill. He gives a gentle nod of approval.

Xander frowns as he speaks "Just...being too nosy and keep asking if I was in a fight, was I in a fight...and what was wrong with me...so I yelled and I don't have to tell everyone where I GO...where I go. I needed to take a walk...and then I saw Bandit and these lizards wanted to eat him, some reason so I fought the lizards and the owl did too...and ok I sliced one lizards head off and sort of threw it at the other lizards...it distracted them" He frowns.

LilyMoore keeps her gaze on her work, listening calmly as she makes sure the bandage is just right. "You're right, you don't need to tell everyone where you go and what you do. But Krisha's your mate. She has the right to know those things because...well, my mom said that the lives of beasts who are married are tied together somehow, and what one does affects the other, even when they don't tell each other what they do. She and Dad would tell each other when they were leaving, when to expect each other back, and when they got back, if something bad happened. Because they knew what happened would affect the other, even if it was just a secret." She finishes bandaging up his paw, but continues to hold it. "And Krisha cares about you, and if you had been in danger, she'd like to know. I'd like my future husband to be like that."

Emyuil stares briefly, surprised by Lily's sudden display of wisdom and maturity. He breaks into a proud smile and reaches out a paw to ruffle her headfur if allowed.

Xander frowns "I was in no danger" He looks at the bandage and sighs, "And..i don't think she is..is my mate anymore" He frowns "And it's my fault...I keep failing at things...not there when someone dies and should of been, and not getting to Hawkeye in time and..."He frowns "And had to watch him....and...I'm a failure ok."

LilyMoore doesn't expect the ruffle from her uncle, and she's slightly irritated. This is her grown-up moment! But she keeps her irritation to herself. She can talk to him about it later. If it's bugging her then. For now, she just tries to make the badger look at her, and she shakes her head. "You are not a failure, Xander," she says firmly. "Just because we make mistakes doesn't mean we're failures! When I was bad and a member of the Dibbuns Against Bedtime, I helped ruin the kitchen and almost made somebeast die, and I'm saying that neither one of us is a failure!" She softens and adds quietly, "It's not your fault when beasts die or you're not there for them. We can't be everywhere at once, and everybeast is destined to die, some sooner than others. What did that one song say? 'All the flowers and leaves born to wane.' That's just life." She crosses her arms, finally letting him go. "We can't live in the past, and we can't punish ourselves for mistakes. Abbot Lorimis taught me that, as did my bird friends. But we can fix the future, and while we need to not try to be in control, there are things we can do. Like apologize for our mistakes, and with things like lying and yelling for no reason, never do them again."

Xander frowns, is he listening? Its hard to say but he is...crying, silent tears fall as she speaks and he looks at the floor and sighs, his paw is bandaged and still hurts a little but he just sort of stares at the floor, the floor has his attention it seems then he speaks softly "Fix the future....how..she won't talk to me, she hates me now."

Emyuil stands up, recognizing that Lily can handle things here. "I'm going to go get some water," he says somewhat awkwardly. Heading off to the kitchens, he makes excuses to stick around there to give Lily and Xander the space they need.

LilyMoore thinks for a few moments, rocking from her heels to the balls of her feet and back again. She then gathers up her little kit. "Well, I would start by figuring out why I treated her that way, then going to her an apologizing and telling her why I acted that way. I would ask for another chance, and then do my best to never, ever, /ever/ do those things again." She puts her kit back into her pocket and goes to give him a hug. "I can't promise that she'll forgive you, and she may walk away from you and not come back. That's the hard thing about this stuff, is that we can't control how others will react. But we can control our actions, and we can choose to do what's right, even when it's hard and we don't know what'll happen. I guess that's maybe what Warriors do, is their best to do what's right."

Xander sighs as he frowns "I ...I don't...know, think it's cause I said I would never keep anything from her again and I hadn't...'til recently, and..she didn't need to know I fought lizards, they were not monitors...and I didn't die or even really get hurt...the lizards got hurt and the owl was there to help and...I helped the fox, Bandit...and he is here, well somewhere anyways and two ferrets...was I to let them die and just go on...I couldn't do that and I am...was already stressed and having a bad day, it started out a walk and i planned to be back...and I was..." Yeah the next day at lunch.

LilyMoore sighs and sits back down on the ottoman. "Why do you think she didn't need to know? And even if she didn't, maybe she wanted to know. Because she cares, and is worried about you." She shakes her head. "This isn't about whether or not the fighting was wrong. You did the right thing helping Bandit. But why didn't you tell Krisha about it?" She's sensing that he's just justifying his actions now, and if he continues, she'll just let him be and let the consequences teach him a lesson.

Xander frowns as he feels tears again "I ...I didn't...she worries and didn't need anything else to worry on, she has enough stress and didn't want to make it worse and then I go and make it worse...I mean..." He frowns, he knows if the owl wasn't there, maybe he could of died, maybe he would've missed the lizard and not moved far enough out of reach, the lizards may of been poor fighters, what if they were not...he knows he avoided slipping into bloodwrath at least but it doesn't make him feel any better as he sniffs and and rubs his eyes. "I care about her...I love her and...and I don't want her to not love me and she is upset and clearly said she didn't want to talk to me...so how am I supposed ta...ta...talk"

LilyMoore thinks for a few moments, her knee bouncing a little to help her focus. "Maybe write her a letter! You could write it to her and leave it on her pillow or have someone give it to her, then the next day go up to her and ask if she read it, and what she thinks." She frowns. "My parents taught me that love is a verb. You have to act it out. Love is patient and kind. It never boasts or gets angry for no reason or is jealous. Love never lies and only keeps secrets if the other person would get hurt knowing. The one who loves forgives, even themselves. Love isn't a feeling, it's a verb you have to DO. So you have to prove it to her through actions. Because actions speak louder than words."

Xander is listening and nods "I...so a letter, I can maybe do a letter...I think" He is not the best with on how to write a letter but he will surely try.

LilyMoore smiles, relaxing slightly on the inside. "Yeah. I think that'd be a good start." She takes a deep breath, then slowly lets it out again. "I can't promise that everything will be okay, because I don't know the future. But I do know that if you continue to try to do what's right and don't give up, you'll become a better beast through it."

Xander nods and frowns "But...." He sighs "Wot if things just get...worse?"

LilyMoore looks at the floor for a moment to think, then back up at his face. "That's a risk all brave beasts must take. If you do everything right, and it still goes wrong, then that's the risk you have to take. And then keep trying to do what's right. Anything else is just cowardice. And I know that neither one of us is a coward."

Xander smiles "Your..you're good at advice...and"He looks at the paw "Good at...healing stuff..." He looks around where did Angela go, oh well...he sighs "I was once told...well a lot, no one is perfect and I told others that same advise...guess I should also remember that...I...I am not perfect...and I don't want Krisha to stay mad and I think she does well with...with what has happened and suddenly having more responsibility thrown at her basically"

LilyMoore blushes slightly. "I try," she murmurs. "Maybe you should also tell Krisha that in your letter, too. And don't feel too bad. I've found that I tend to know the right thing to do, and can tell others to do it, but then I forget to." Just then, Angela comes back into the room, grumbling furiously about Novices making messes and having no idea what to do to fix it. The Bellringer smiles. "I fixed it, Nana, just like you showed me!" The old Healer pauses, then hobbles over and goes to look at the bandaged paw.

Xander lets Angela look and nods to Lily "Again, thanks and I will...try and get a letter together and...not sure whom can give it to her"

Angela grunts, then says quietly, "Good job, Lily. You're improvin' every day." As LilyMoore beams, the old Healer shakes a finger at the badger. "Don't go punchin' any more walls, an' make sure t'come t'th'Infirm'ry every day so I can check it." She then hobbles away, muttering something about needing to make sure the Novices weren't messing up the Infirmary worse than they already had. The Bellringer turns back to the badger. "I'd be okay giving it to her, or seeing if one of my bird friends would be okay with it. Why don't we go get paper and pen and ink and you write it now, and then I'll go get it to her?" She stands up, eager to help.

Xander nods as he finds a quill pen and ink, paper and does write it down, he wads it up a couple times and finally gets his words down and reads it over, handing it to the mousemaid and nods to Angela "I..yeah I know." He frowns, well least it was his left paw, still hurts though "My paw hurts....may need something fer that too"

~*~

Angela would make sure he got some painkillers, and Lily would make sure that Krisha got the letter. But will things get better in the badgers' marriage? Stay tuned!

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Lily becomes a therapist (IC RWA RP July 11, '19)

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