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Update The Chieftain of..Chaos!-Ferravale Log

Who:

Patch-Spy,Tavern Worker,Ale Maker....

Xander- Leader of Mossflower Defenders, Owner of Redthorn Tavern

Texo- Architect of Ferravale

Blisa-Chieftain of Ferravale

Blisa's personal guards-Spoofed by blisa

LOG:

==iNFIRM AT FERRAVALE===

   
Patch is laying in one of the cots , bandages on his chest and right now...sort of half awake as he was unconious.   

Well, he gets to wake up to the Chieftain of Ferravale staring down at him angrily. "What in the name of everything good happened?" Her green eyes flash as she tries to not be grumpy. Ferdinand and Clarissa are sitting on the next cot over, watching the exchange closely. Valerie is raiding the cabinets, as usual.   

Patch frowns weakly as he looks at the chieftain "It...were...not my fault....I got..stabed"He tenses in pain, "He was gonna stab..stripy and ya not supposed to have...have weapons in de fighting pit and the wildcat had a hidden one.."   

Texo walks in looking nervous as he scans the infirm "Ummm..hello? Someone said..Blisa was here and its imporant..."His tunic also smells a little of smoke some reason and he is nervous.   

Blisa hmphs. "Well, at least you were doing something worthwhile. Next time, search beasts before they get into the fighting pit." Valerie goes to check on Patch's vitals because she knows the cat can be scary. Ferdinand and Clarissa look concerned by the scent of smoke the Architect brings with him. The Chieftain looks the weasel, a feeling of dread spreading through her. "Oh, brother....what happened now?"   

Patch groans, he is weak and clearly not able to do much,he fears the worse "The....tavern....."What thats his first thoughts right now as he frowns "The wildcat...also killed a guard....how I..get..here?"   

Texo frowns, well he will help some "Not the tavern, it's still standing....no some beast set fire to Xander's hut and me..and him and Log-a-Log was inside but we got out and then we found this blade...we dont know but someone is missing and...maybe they got captured,there was signs of a fight and....yeah the wildcat was at the tavern last night, he killed a guard and fought Xander and was going to kill him when he was told the fight was over, said something like yeah its over alright and knocked Xander out.....and then he ran, the wildcat ran that is."   

Blisa takes in all this information somewhat calmly, although she poufs up a little and her tail starts lashing back and forth. "So...Patch got injured....saving Xander from being killed by this wildcat. Who has the blade you found?" She pulls a sketchbook and pencil out of her ever-present messenger bag. "Can you describe this wildcat for me? I can draw him right now." Her drawing skills are legendary in Ferravale. The Chieftain is known for being able to draw pictures so life-like, it looks as if the drawing is about to walk off the page.   

Patch frowns, "A..wildcat...."He is able to desc Bladefur fairly well, even if his voice is weak and he stops a couple times when a pain hits him..."I mean....stripy...he has like a mate and...kid on de way...not like I have family...or friends...."   

Texo frowns, he sits "The blade...it belongs to a hamster named Minsc and...Xander has the blade cause it was droped....ohhh I wonder if its the wildcat who did it? That..that could be bad"   

Blisa draws very quickly, but when she shows it to Patch and Texo, they can see that it is expertly made, matching the wildcat exactly. She pulls out her colours and fills in the drawing based on what the rat says. "Minsc, huh? He's a good friend of LilyMoore, DoraRose's daughter. I hope he's alright.....I would not be surprised is the wildcat is behind this. Clarissa, go get the Head Guard, quickly! I must inform her of this." The rat bodyguard nods and is off at a run, out the door of the Infirmary. The Chieftain starts pacing, glaring at her sketch. "Great, just great...."   

Patch seems glad the tavern is ok, he closes his eyes "I'm.....sorry...cheifie...shouldnt of let a fight happen, but it were in de fighting pit...didnt know he had a..dagger in his boot"   

Texo frowns"What...wha tabout the house..well hut...its like...total loss...why would someone do that? And the wildcat seemed really upset when he was told Xander owned the tavern and he called him a ummm...bad name"He is not repeating what name badgers hate the most, as if if he did it be heard for miles.   

Blisa shakes her head. "Xander has a mate in Redwall, he can live there, or in his office above the tavern. Stopping somebeast who tried to kill someone just because they're a woodlander is more important." The Chieftain shakes her head at Patch. "Well, now you know to search beatss before they fight in the fighting pit. We have more important things to worry about right now." She faces the weasel head on. "He would do that because he is evil, just like all those stupid warlords."   

Patch frowns, he nods as he tries to sit up and nope....too painful. "The wildcat ...seems like one ta still..go after Xander"Ummm he said the correct name, this is serious..."Xander...could be in trouble"Is he...concerned? Does the rat ..care?   

Texo nods "More serios things...like what?" He tries to think "And we got out cause of this trapdoor in the hut...use to be Zee Winters Hut..."He frowns "I miss him, it was Mr.Winters who..who helped me get a job and a home in Ferravale, I could of easyly became like a robber or..horde beast or something"   

Blisa tries to be patient. "Catching this wildcat and killing him before he hurts anybeast else is more important than the state of Xander's hut." Valerie goes to make Patch stay down, giving him her best Healer's glare. "Stay still, stupid." "You asked for me, Chief?" Ann the Head Guard and Clarissa enter. The Chieftain holds up the drawing for the rats to see. "This beast is a known danger. He has tried to commit murder and has possibly commited arson. He is to be arrested on sight. If he is killed in the scuffle, it won't be an issue."   

Patch clears his throat"He..did..kill a guard in de tavern..."He seen that before he passed out.   

Texo frowns "And...possible someone else too by the houseing area...not sure if they worked fer him or not...but they died. He burned a hut down and almost a 2nd one.....kind of scary."   

Ann takes in all of the information, then nods. "I will alert the guard. Excuse me." She stalks off to do just that. Clarissa shivers, muttering about how creepy the Head Guard is. Blisa closes her sketchbook and slips it back into her bag. "Aye, which why he needs to be stopped, before he kills anybeast else."   

Texo frowns "Ummm...should..Log-A-Log wait to....there is this map he found with Nardo and...it shows tunnels under de village and paths above ground too...and then a tunnel underground in the woods leading to...well something.He said a creepy skelton had this key, that opred a chest beside it and that had the map"   

Blisa starts to pace again. "...no, he should explore the tunnels, with help from some other fighters. We need to know about all the entrances and exits into Ferravale before the situation gets any worse." The cat realizes soemthing and halts, scowling. "Oh, crap, I need to let Redwall know...."   

Xander opens the door to the infirm and walks inside, sort of tenses up as his back hurts, in fact the back of his tunic is stained in blood, but its dried blood.He leans on the wall and looks over at the others quietly.   

Texo frowns"Why let them know...we could like..."He sees Xander and frowns, "You look horrible, you should...rest, should you be up?"   

Blisa's green-eyed gaze fixes on the badger. "Xander. You do look terrible. Sit." She points to an empty cot, her whole demeanour communicating that she is absolutely not going to put up with any argument. Glaring at the weasel, she waves her arms around to emphasize her point. "What do you /mean/ why let Redwall know? Of /course/ we're gonna let our closest allies know! They need to not let him into their Abbey.....they need to know what's happened with Xander, and what issues we're having. Why would we /not/ let them know?!"   

Patch looks over "Stripy....."He groans, pain and he is sort of not talking much right now."The wildcat...bad news..."   

Xander frowns "I..am..."He strumbles a little and about drops the blade he has as he lays it down, it would look familar.He slowly sits on a cot "I can rest and head back tomorrow....or maybe not, got week...two?....figure out things"He glaces at Patch and frowns"Hey, glad to see your alive"   

Texo frowns, he just nods "True...let abbey know, in case and yeah the wildcat be bad to get inside the abbey, so yeah ..ummm but how tell them to not let the cat in ? Its a bit of a walk"   

Blisa rolls her eyes. "Texo, do you forget I have a small army of blackbirds who obey me as....basically their queen or general or something?" She fiddles with the carved bone skull she has on a leather cord around her neck. "They often take messages to Redwall for me." Valerie and a Healer both converge on the badger. "Xander, you don't look so good," the vixen informs him as the stoat pulls a privacy screen around the cot. "Let's change your tunic and bandage up your wounds." The vixen goes to check his vitals.   

Patch looks over, not like he heard about what happen at the abbey yet he just knows the fight seemed to wear the badger out quicker than it should of,"He got slamed...into the wall couple times...knocked out...."   

Xander frowns, he nods and will let her as he sighs..."Its...."He sighs and lets her see his back and top of his head, his head is ok...scabs where claws were but his back has some scabs and some open claw marks...dried blood on his back and tunic and the bandage he had is messed up a little, might even be sticking in a couple places,that will hurt coming off. He has very faint areas of infection..very faint so he is lucky it isnt bad, least yet as something like that could get bad.He has a low grade fever too, and great a cold...then a cold is normal this time of year with the cold weather and snow."The...."He tenses up a little, they hurt like fire a little.."Wounds from like week..ago"   

Texo is concern and nods "Oh yes the birds, forgot about them as birds make me...nervous"   

Blisa throws her paws up in the air. "Birds make him nervous, of course." She returns to her pacing, thinking, trying to figure out what to do about the situation with the wildcat. Valerie and the stoat healer, together with the badger behind the privacy curtain, are now trying to gently soak the bandages off with warm herbed water. It's still gonna hurt when they peel them off.   

Patch just stays quiet.."If...I am here..who gonna..run the tavern?"   

Xander tenses up a few times and frowns, shivering a little "It's..cold...but the claw marks..feel like..fire..."He quietly tells them what happen, what he did and how sparrows hate him now or least half of them does, but how he did it also to make sure they didn't hurt Krisha, he couldn't let them hurt her..and she is mad at him too, he even goes on to say how he has two weeks to figure things out and how he doesnt want to lose her....ok so he has a lot to say.He sounds tried too...like he could pass out and he might pass out in fact.   

The Healers listen impassively, not revealing any emotions, just caring for his wounds. "Lay down and rest, Xander. Miss Blisa is planning on telling Redwall what's going on." They'll make him rest, even if they have to drug him, and cover him up with blankets. The Chieftain keeps up her pacing, obviously worried about the whole situation.   

Patch looks ready to rest himself, seems been a long day for all.   

Xander frowns "But...Krisha doesn't need..worry...."He ends up passing out, part way from being so tried, part way the wounds and that fight took a lot out of him, he is also worried "And..gonna find..Minsc......"And he has passed out on the cot, luckly he was on the cot when he passed out at least.   

Blisa goes to rest a paw on Patch's arm. "I'll check back on you later." Valerie helps the stoat Healer get the badger settled and tucked in, then she follows the Chieftain, Ferdinand, and Clarissa out the door. They have a village to deal with.....   

Patch nods as he watches her head off, he looks over where Xander was and seems worried, he sighs and decides to just sleep,he is sure the tavern will be fine a couple days....he hopes so at least.

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Oz-  Badger-young adult-Wanderer