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#1 2018-01-13 03:39:49 PM
- BlisaMarshmellow
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The newt-comer is awake and angry! (RWA log)
SCENE: Redwall Abbey Infirmary
CHARACTERS: Shiska, a female newt. DoraRose and Angela, female mice. Ilari, a male mouse.
LOG:
The infirmary has been having an interesting time since the newt arrived. It's become clear over the last week that she doesn't understand a word they're saying and doesn't like to let anyone near her. She's swung at a few beasts but mostly just shouts at them. She didn't eat for days and often only starts if someone tries the food first. Even then it doesn't always agree with her but she's also once tried to eat something which wasn't food just because it was in a bowl. They're pretty sure that she has frostbite in some fingers but getting close enough to do anything about it is difficult and even then she seems to have a thing against bandages. It's just as well she's still quite slow and tired most of the time.
The Healer on duty today, the elderly mouse named Angela, is running out of patience. Most beasts would say that she had almost none to start with, but that's simply not true. She has no patience with sass, to be sure, but when a patient is unable to understand anything anyone is saying and is in desperate need of help, she has a tremendous amount of patience. Rubbing her face, she mutters, "Now where is m'granddaughter? Oh, I wish Lily was 'ere; may'aps /she/ could understand what this creature is sayin'."
Shiska has been drifting in and out of sleep for the last couple of hours. She never relaxes, she just gets exhausted to the point she can't stay awake and then they all get some peace. It took four days for her to stop shouting all the time, now it just happens if they do anything. It's a restless sleep though and often seems to end with some nightmare waking her, as it does now. She wakes with a mutter of some language, hissing in pain from suddenly moving and then glares at the room as soon as she recognizes where she still is "Gurnisss kaassi..." she mutters. She shouted that a lot, some figure it's probably a threat but there's a lot less force behind it now like she's lost hope that it'll happen. She just kind of lies there and stares for a minute, lost in this strange place.
DoraRose enters the room, and Angela turns to her, looking relieved. "Oh, thank 'Eaven's yu're 'ere! Maybe you can get 'er to let us 'elp 'er." Gesturing at the amphibian, she continues, "She appears to be a Warrior of sorts, so I was 'opin' y'could 'elp 'er understand. She doesn't seem to know Common." Dora nods and smiles at the newt. Holding her paws up to show that she's unarmed, she starts to slowly walk towards the amphibian's bed. "Greetings. I know you probably can't understand me, but you're safe here. We don't want to hurt you."
From staring aimlessly to suddenly fixed on DoraRose, Shiska's one remaining eye is suddenly alert and snaps back in to a glare again. She hisses as the mouse comes closer "Insk inisa...Kaass inisa gulk" she sounds angry again and is getting louder.
DoraRose stops where she is and looks completely unperturbed. A calm smile on her face, she simply continues to talk in a friendly tone. "Well, that's the most I've heard from you. Then again, you were unconscious when I last saw you." Keeping her paws up, she decides to introduce herself. Pointing to her chest, she adds, "Dora." easy, right? Angela and the other Healers are watching nervously. They don't like it when patients shout all. the. time.
Having hid for a while after his last encounter with the infirmary Ilari was content to keep it that way, but then he was found out. Part of being found out meant that he was being sent back to the infirm, much to his latent disquiet. Moseying in the mouse attempts to stick to the wall so that he can avoid as much notice as possible. This is hindered when Ilari sees that lizard thing again, still over there hissing and making a row, this causes the mouse to hesitate and stare for a bit.
Stopping is good. The yelling doesn't continue right away but Shiska is coming to recognize that calm tone and the pointing to themselves things. Shiska starts to look really angry. She's angry enough that for the first time she actually tries to get out of bed. She's shaky but it's a force of will that gets her to crawl off the cot and slowly stand next to it, with one hand on it for support. There's a world of hissing for anyone who looks like they're going to try and help though and finally she's staring back at Dora. There's a moment of hesitation and then she starts off again "Inka inisa kaass gl'Shiska! Shiska kaassi inisa glukg hisk manu" They want pointing, she provides pointing. She points at Dora when she says Inisa, herself when she says Shiska and a tattoo of a frog on her arm seems to be Gurnisss "Gurnisss burrg des, inisa" she also looks like she's practically challenging for a fight.
DoraRose raises an eyebrow and puts her fists on her hips. "Seriously?" Angela is making choking noises; she's fine, but she's obviously about to freak out. She's so worried about this whole thing she hasn't even noticed the newcomer mouse. The Warrior sighs and runs a paw over her face, then puts her paw back onto her hip. "Oi vey. I wish you understood common, Miss Newt. Shiska, was it?" As she says the newt's name, she points to the amphibian, then rests her paw back onto her hip. "Why are you being angry, sweetheart? We're just trying to help you," she says gently, making sure to keep her voice calm and reassuring. "And you also /really/ don't want to fight me. I'm not the Gatekeeper for nothing." The mouse then sits on the floor, looking up at the newt. "Does this help?"
With what is going on over there Ilari starts to slide along the wall again, making for the recovery rooms where he could simply go through the motions of cleaning up and not have to deal with an angry thing hissing at him that he can't understand in the slightest. Still shimmying along the wall Ilari almost makes it to the recovery rooms then stops, the cleaning supplies are in a closet back by where he came in. Great. Reversing his course Ilari starts to go back the other way, just hiding in the recovery room without actually cleaning will be just as bad for him as if he didn't show up.
Shiska seems utterly confused when Dora sits down. These creatures make no sense to her! "Inisa ulk! Desassi!" she shuffles forward, trying to look intimidating despite being in no condition for it. Her eye quickly swings around the room, looking at the others gathered, Ilari included, and she starts shouting at them too "Desassi!"
DoraRose simply smiles. Yeah, she's feeling very intimidated. Sure. "Inisa, huh?" She points to herself. "Okay, so that means enemies or outsiders or something. Let's see...." Then the newt is shouting at everyone again! Sighing, the Warrior looks back at her grandmother, who shrugs nervously. "I thought y'd be able to communicate with 'er." Rolling her eyes, the mouse on the floor turns back and looks at the newt again, very much not afraid.
The lizard thing being up and about makes Ilari pause, then cringe when it starts shouting. Trying to move on the mouse starts to creep towards the closet. Successfully making the closet Ilari fishes out a broom, mop, and pail then starts back towards the recovery room. unfortunately for the mouse he is paying more attention to the newt than where he is. As the mouse creeps the broom and mop clack into a shelf, twist between his foot paws. Tripping over both Ilari sprawls forward, swinging the bucket up, around and bouncing it off his head as he hits the floor with a muffled squeak. And a thump.
Shiska starts pointing at random healers as she keeps going "Desassi! Inisa gurp! Rugk gurp!" she suddenly stops, surprised when Ilari falls down moments after she points at him. There's a pause before she looks at her finger to wonder if it has some new power to hit beasts form a distance before quickly not caring and actually looking satisfied or victorious. There's a sound that could be a laugh but crossed with a croaking "Hasska issi!" she declares.
DoraRose looks at the fallen mouse, then covers her eyes with both paws. She's torn between laughing at the newt's obvious delight and groaning at the mouse's misfortune. Before she can decide, however, and guiard bursts into the room. Angela hits him with her staff (she's feeling really high-strung at the moment) and she screams and falls to the floor. "No! Mercy! We just need DoraRose back! There's a group of vermin seekin' refuge from the weather! Please don't kill me!!" The old Healer scowls and waves a paw at him. The Gatekeeper is obviously trying to not laugh as she stands and bows to the newt. "Until next time, Shiska." Turning, she then helps the sobbing, terrified guard up to his feet, and they both leave, letting the Healers try to figure out what to do with the amphibian. Angela hobbles off, scowling and muttering something about needing a Universal Translator, and a healer squirrel goes to try to hel the fallen Ilari to his feet. The rest of the beasts eye the newt warily.
~*Thanks for reading!*~
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