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Leon

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Mice Can't Fly-Redwall Log

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Leon-Master Healer and Brother in Redwall Abbey
Henry-Sparrow
Assorted spofted Sparra Sparrows

RW Abbey: Sparra Loft
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Directly above your head, the rafters meet in a point, the angles of which continue down past the flooring with alcoves being formed by the junction of the floor and the rafters.  Lengthwise, the sides of the loft end at the eaves and a dizzying drop into space. There is a brick wall at either end of the shorter sides. In the rough middle of the floor is a trapdoor, which looks old and rarely used.  The floor itself is littered with feathers, straw, sticks, and other nesting material.  Near one of the brick walls is an old armchair that is slowly moldering into nothingness. Who knows how it got up here?
   
Outside the sun is setting, and the loft's light is slowly fading.
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Up in Warbeak Loft, a mas buried is to take place later this evening. The bodies of two score sparrow warriors are laid out in trees on the edge of Mossflower, and now have but to by covered. The groaning of dyeing warriors, and the sobbing of their loved ones can be heard all around the small area of the roof space. Then the whole loft goes silent as the trapdoor slams open. Out of the doorway in the floor hop a black throated sparrow.   

Leon managed to get up here, not the best plan as he convinced a couple sparrows to help him, he keep his eyes shut till he was in the loft and away from knowing just how high up there are. He takes a deep breath and looks around walking over to carefully check a couple badly injured "I am Brother Leon, Master Healer of Redwall Abbey..I am a friendworm." He has his surcoat of herbs on and his pack of herbs and supplies, herbs for fighting swelling and infections and a sparrow close to him has some water it its needed for cleaning.   

A few of the younger sparra warriors eye the mouse with suspicion, but more the experienced know that Redwall are friends. The elderly, woman, and children were not in the combat, and trust the mouse, so most in the lost are comparative. A sparrow warrior, strongly built with a black face and orange beak, approaches Henry. The warrior nods towards the mouse healer, "Who is this?" "This?" Says the black throated bard. "This is help."
   

Leon smiles at the sparrows but knows to take things slow and stay calm “I can..heal" A sparrow decides to trust him and Leon kneels beside them and carefully tends to a wing wound, most likely being watched closely. He is careful to clean the wound and apply any needed herbs and bandage it carefully. He stays alert as he does so "I can...teach a couple some basic healing also and more advance best I can as I know a bird is...well does things a little different with wings rather than paws."   

The black faced sparrow looks skeptically at the mouse. "Youum help?" Say he to Henry. "You? Youum be one who got alla sparra woundhurt! Then you save no sparra when you sayswear you will. Now youum bring mouseworm into Warbeak Loft?!" The Defender's bard says nothing, and hops over to help Leon.   

Leon frowns as he tends to another sparrow, "I..should of been told sooner I also can’t promise I can save all the injured but I will try my best to"   

"Of course youum will," Says the sparra warrior, working himself up into a nice rage. "How weum know that you no spyworm are to poison mighty sparra warriors when them be wound hurt!" At this point, some of the younger unwound sparrow warriors start speaking up. "Warclaw be right! Himum spy!" "We never should have trusted Henry in the first place!" "Henry not even true Redwall sparra!" Despite this, henry continues to work as a helper to Leon. Some of the sparrows are badly wounded. But the wounded are all the survivors of the sparra casualties, so most will live.   

Leon frowns as he helps another sparrow, one is still too badly hurt and could die as the healer mouse frowns, he listens as the birds talk and knows they don’t always like strange birds in the loft and they seem to be trusting Leon more now and he even gets a thank you from a younger sparrow as he nods. He glances at Henry quietly and then his attention is on an older sparra warrior he aims to save best he can.   

The black face sparrow named Warclaw turns toward the younger generation of sparrows. "Henry has done enough to 'help' the sparra of Redwall abbey, and now heum bring spyworm to 'heal' what's left of us?" Some of the warriors are standing now. "We can't let that stand!" "No of course not!" Henry be spy for worms!" Warclaw takes a step towards the healer. "What should we do about it?" "Spyworm should be removed form Loft." "Yeah! And Henry with him!" "Wormspies must go! Wormspies must go! Wormspies must go!" The chant is taken up, until it fills the entire Loft. "Wormspies must go! Wormspies must go! Wormspies must go!" A sparrow maiden stands in front of Warclaw. "No! Mouseworm good, mouseworm save brother!"   

Leon frowns, ok this is not too good "I can...leave" But it’s clear he has helped some of the sparra and some refuse to throw him out. He looks around "I am wormfriend , you can trust me and I barely know Henry or where he is even from"   

"Youum want to know where Henry be form!" Shouts Warclaw over the chant. "Heum lier wormspy from the north! And weum going to throw him out just as we will you!" The chant is drowning out all most everything else as Warclaw takes another menacing step forward. "NO!!!" Shrieks the sparrow maiden, throwing herself upon the black faced bird in an adept to stop him. Warclaw bats her aside. The sparrows who been idle till now could be so no more. The some of sparrows start to gather around the healer mouse, making themselves into a living wall. While the young warriors start to come towards the mouse, with Warclaw at their head.   

Leon gulps "Well....nice knowing and meeting some of you...glad some are friends and..." His eyes widen as he is on the roof, whoa it's a long ways down as he is a little dizzy and the roof is slippery from the rain as he yelps as he slides down and gets his robe stuck on a nail or something and dangles upside down" Not.....good..."   

"Healerworm!!!" Shouts Henry. Who had, til now, been trying to help the injured. The poet tries to save his teacher but is attacked by the sparrows on Warclaw's side. However, the sparrows friendly to Leon fly in to the poetic bird add. Warclaw shouts "Youum betray you own people to deafened outsider wormspy?" "Henry no outsider," Shouts back the sparrow maiden. "Heum be with us for 5 seasons! And king sparra bing missing no change that!" "Anysparra who defenses those wormspies is traitor and rebel to king sparra!" Warclaw replies. The sparrow maiden has had enough of this. "Youum attack Redwall worm, and sparra comrade! Youum traitor!"

Leon frowns "Well....this is bad”  Also looks like a new king or maybe queen is to be had soon...wow that’s news, news he may not get to hear about as the robes rips and he falls, his response is to faint. Lucky a couple on his side catch him before he hits the ground and lower him to the ground carefully. They look to one another and to the healerworm who groans "Ya....healerworm is alive...find other abbey worms" Leon opens his eyes...he sees where he fell from and faints again as the a third sparrow comes to guard him and another gets some help, so two  guard sparrows to make sure he isnt harmed, yes plans for a new sparra leader is in the works.

A battle erupts in the loft, the sparrows on Warclaw's side are at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, but they are all stout young warriors, so can over power the weaker old ones and maidens they are fight. The defenders soaring songsmith himself makes his way through the chaos to the edge of the loft. He dives out in to the skies above Redwall, and flies away from the battlefield he once called home. The Loft is at war.

Leon is still on the ground, but alive just passed out, the two sparra on his side decide to take him inside to lay down on a cot in the infirm. They then go to help defend thier home.

Last edited by Leon (2017-05-07 07:03:05 AM)

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