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Mother Krisha

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Registered: 2019-05-04

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Shattered Into a Millon Pieces!-Redwall LOG

WHO:

Krisha-BadgerMother

Benar- Abbot

Moles- A couple spoofed moles

LOG:

The path to the Kitchen Yard has been cleared through the snow, an actual path, not a tunnel and Benar is out here inspecting the Kiln. The oven is roaring with heat, the door open and the fire built up as the abbot moves around adjusting items as he inspects the integrity of the kiln after all the snow.

Krisha overslept, rare for her but she is stressed. She took today off and had planned to just stay in her room, but then decided to keep busy, to have her mind on other things. Upon hearing the kitchen yard was cleared some, she decided to check on the forge. She had the skills of working a forge from her father, and the abbey still needed it to work to make tools, hinges, and maybe sometimes other simple needs here and there.

Benar steps up to the edge of the shed and looks out toward Krisha as he hears her footsteps and raises a hand, "Krisha hello there, how are you doing today?"

Krisha glances over at Benar but says nothing as she dusts some snow off the forge, thanks to the nearby fire it's helping melt snow in the kitchen yard. It's likely gonna take a little while to make sure the forge is ok, so far all seems ok but there is of course ice to deal with, just a small amount.

Benar lifts his habit in one hand and walks over toward the badger, reaching up with one hand to touch her hand, "Hey Krisha... don't retreat from us all now, we are all here ok?"

Krisha looks away but doesn't back away. She then speaks quietly"I....I can..make sure" She stops to avoid getting emotional and clears her throat" Make sure the..forge works, just in...case"

Benar says, "I think we can survive without the forge for a few more days Krisha, you know you don't have to... keep it all inside around me."

Krisha feels tears threaten and coughs, "Need to..."She frowns and finally looks at him." I..."She starts again and just shakes her head.

Benar doesn't smile, his features are sober as he looks up at Krisha, "Need to what Krisha? You don't need to do anything around us."

Krisha seems to decide to just go quiet but then speaks again" I should be...tending to the dibbuns or doing a class..but I can't focus very well. I think all is fine..all is great and then...then it's not"

Benar says, "Everything is fine, the Sisters and Brothers who usually help you can take care of the little ones and you and I can do what needs doing out here. We could lay a fire in the forge? It probably needs warming up after being out here in the cold so long."

Krisha shakes her head "It's not...fine"Tears now start to flow.." I....woke up the day before yesterday..and remember being told Xander skipped his novice duties....and I remembered him saying he might help that.."A deep breath{"Guest...and I am just thinking how he should be back, how I will lecture him..only...only ta.."She now lets herself sob a couple moments remembering her chat with Velm...basically going off ready to grumble but finding something she rather forget but can't forget and likely won't for a long while.

Benar wraps his arm around one of hers and just holds on, she is much taller than him but the abbot remains quiet, standing there and letting her know he is here if he can help.

Krisha tenses up but then lets herself cry, "Why? Why did this happen..w...wot am I gonna do....I don't even know who to go after."Would she try to go hunt this killer down or is she just upset? She wipes her eyes.

Benar holds her arm, "I do not know why it has happened Krisha.... I am afraid all my information is useless, all I can do is offer to here... sometimes bad things happen and there is nothing we can do about it."

Krisha speaks "I feel like my world just fell into a million pieces and this time it can't be fixed. I just want to stay shut up in my room and not come out."She frowns "We still have to have...the funeral..I don't know how I am gonna handle all...this.And there are still beasts who don't even know...yet"

Benar says, "I can take care of those arrangements, letting people know..." the abbot frowned and sighed, "As for the funeral we can have that whenever you want us to? It is..... up to you when you are feeling ready to face it. I am afraid all I can do is be here to help you pick up those pieces."

Krisha looks ready to have some sort of mental breakdown, she finally nods..a funeral Wouldnt need to be right away, they could tend to it..later, let the moles tend to what is needed in the next day or two. She sniffs a little "We need to.. tries and find out more about that...feline, that..whatever her name was." She frowns, she spoke to that Esmeray like once..."I should of..tried to find out more....she...she just seemed to be hiding something and one of the dibbuns said she called them a brat, I didn't think too much of it..maybe she was just one of grumpy beasts that think little ones are annoying" She knows a couple of elders at the abbey rather the dibbuns be not to close..but then again the two elders didn't call them brats they just said they tell the abbot and that sent the dibbuns to someone else to brother.

  Benar says, "We will ask questions, I will ask Dora to ask around, she is good at this sort of questioning and we will find out all we can as quickly as we can Krisha. But until then you are my concern, the whole abbey wants to help you if they can but I asked them to give you some space and not over-crowd you."

Krisha nods, she lets tears fall "Help me?.. How?"It's clear she won't be ok for a few days, even after that the pain of loss will be there."I am..use to beast seeking me out when sad, or depressed and..I do my best to help them..but I can't..seem to help myself right now."

Benar pats her arm and turns her toward the forge, "Let's light a fire in the forge and have some tea, you and me together we can talk some more then."

Krisha nods as she heads over to the forge again, she manages to get a thin layer of ice off and more snow. She goes to open the small door where the fire will be lit."Yes..I can....we can lit the forge" Anything to get her mind off recent events.

Benar leads Krisha inside the small area where the forge is and would help her light the forge and make tea and tidy up inside a bit as the heat from the fire started to warm things up, the abbot would stay with her for the next few hours, just being a calm, quiet presence.

::Very Early The Next Morning,Right before Sunrise::

Benar stood taking to the couple moles, a fresh grave made..a funeral, no a memorial would be planed later for Xander Winters.

Krisha watched from a distance and walked over slowly "I...I have to" Tears go down her face. She looks  at the coffin and frowns. So much pain, she feels so lost.

Benar stays close by her "You need to what Krisha, I am here."

Krisha lays a paw on the coffin, then slowly opens it. Tears stream down her face "I..love you..Xander. I will..miss you..so much." She gently smooths out his tunic and nods they can close the coffin and walks a short distance away just to trip on some stray ice, she stays on the ground and just curls up a little and starts sobbing loudly.

Benar motions for the two moles to finish, the coffin is lowered and the grave filled. The abbot walks quickly over to Krisha and kneels beside her.He lays a paw on her shoulder and stays beside her till she is ready to get up.

Krisha stays like this for half an hour before she slowly stands. She let's the Abbot lead her inside, first to the infirm to tend to her now scrape up knee and then down to where she can sit by the fireplace in Cavern Hole , where she stays quietly, she will end up slightly crying and drift into some much needed sleep as the past 2-3 days...she has barely sleep.

Last edited by Mother Krisha (2021-01-18 07:57:13 PM)