07-06-06

Characters involved: Sadie, Zoe_Lang, Lozi-Lao, Sonal, Leori, Rahier, Magramba, & Roreck.

Salamandastron: Dining Chamber

The fighter glares at the oddly dressed rat, but quickly nods, murmuring something to Sadie. "I'll try." Is her soft reply, the signs of tears beginning to appear in the corners of her eyes.

The odd creature moves away from the fighter and Sadie and looks around, keeping an eye on the guards who are examining the group of weasels who are rather dead on the floor, the food they were eating is shifted and thrown into the fire quickly and the guards mutter amongst themselves. The name Greysnout being bandied about.

With a little twitch of the eyelids that would denote a blink if her eyes were actually open, Zoe stirs. She has fallen over onto her side in her sleep, curled slightly inward on herself with her tied paws held stiffly out before her and around the chair leg. It is an awkward position and her first action as she wakes is to wince grimacingly at the stiffness in her limbs. A grunt is forced out through her lips.

Sadie blinks back her tears, trying to recompose herself before settling back between the two fighters she's between. Another glance is sent towards the murdered weasel, a tiny shudder running through the doe.

Lozi-Lao listens with interest to the guards talking about the death of this Greysnout, seems someone attempted to kill Toroth earlier that day. With the guards mostly distracted and warned away from interferring with him, he moves to stand near Zoe and nudges her in the stomach, gently so as not to actually harm her but done to make it appear like he's kicking her. "Colonel Francis.." he whispers softly, "Don't sit up.....I'm a friend."

Whaaat? The Colonel turns her head just slightly, squinting up at Lozi-Lao distrustfully. For a while it seems she won't say anything, but eventually she looks back before muttering, "Sure ya are."

Sonal wakes again, after passing out for what is an inumerable amount of times. He sits and looks around noticing the "rat" talking to the Colonel. He notices her defiance and wonders if there is a way to make her understand.

Lozi-Lao turns to face away from the Colone, just another guard standing over the prisoners. "Come on COlonel." he whispers, "I know this disguise is not perfect...i'm Lozi-Lao Maltazar, Kail's fiances brother." Gods that is a mouthful to whisper. "I managed....to get a message to Halyard, hopefully they'll have tracked down your recruits and privates."

Zoe_Lang's ears flick do more than flick. She shakes her head. "I don't know how ya know what ya know, but yer not goin' t' goad me. Feel free t' keep talkin' if it pleases ya, though. I'll be takin' a nap." And her eyes close, and she says no more.

Sonal sees Zoe lay down and 'sleep', sighing, knowing he can do nothing at the moment, and fumes, wondering what he can possibly do to assist Lozi.

Sadie has gone back to glance around the dining chamber, eyes finally resting on the odd rat again who's near the colonel, ears perking up. Biting her lip, she tries to shift to turn more towards them, leaning forward with a squint of her eyes.

Lozi-Lao sighs and shifts from paw to the other, "Colonel....i'm not a rat." he mutters softly, "But fine be tha way....but every vermin i kill inside now will make it easier when the time comes.."

The 'rat' gets no response, only a stubborn silence from the Colonel in question.

Sonal sighs as he watches the two, then gives up and goes back to wathcing the vermin, wahtcing for any sign of weakness.

Lozi-Lao sighs and reaches up to place a paw agaisnt his muzzzle, "Fine but i'll tell you this...be ready...he's planning something...got me killing all off the beasts loyal to some stoat he just killed." With that he moves to walk away and leave the Colonel to her denial.

Sadie manages to catch a few words, tweaking her curiosity as she tries to lean forward a smidgeon more, only to tumble onto her side with an 'oomph'. A guard nearby sends the doe a glance, snickering to himself as he ambles over, aiming a kick towards her middle once near enough. Sadie bites back a whimper, glaring daggers at the rat looming over her, trying to right herself.

Once Lozi has moved off, Zoe slowly starts the process of sitting up. She uses the table leg to help pull herself up and then leans tiredly against it. Ah, sigh. She turns her eyes toward Sadie, offering a silent nod.

Sonal notices Zoe sit up from the corner of his eye and smiles slightly. He begins to twist his footpaws around to the left and under himself, keeping his upper body pointed ahead. Once he is on his knees, he hobbles on his kneecaps around to face the nearest rat. The rat squints for a moment, but only a moment as Sonal lunges (btw, for reference, last i was here, i spit out the ears and got the rops off my mouth) at him. Sonal hits the rat, lathcing onto is knee with his mouth.

The rat guard sends one more kick towards the young doe before sauntering off to cause trouble elsewhere. Sadie allows a whimper to break through this time, deciding to stay slumped on her side as she's rather sore now. She offers a tiny grin to Colonel, mouthing a silent 'hello'.

Zoe_Lang's offers a return smile, trying to get briefly comfortable. She then gives the classic 'okay' signal with her thumb and forefinger forming a circle whilst raising her eyebrows questioningly and indicating Sadie with a foreward dip of her head.

Sonal decides to cause as much damamge as he can. Digging the front ends of his footpaws into the floor (as much as can be done considering the flooring) he rams the rat to the ground by pushing savagly on his kneecap and biting down into the skin and sinew behind it. He then attempts to stand, using the rat as leverage. As he gets to his feet, hes tackled from the left by a rat. As the two roll to a stop Sonal bites into the rats neck.

The new rat is not playing about, his sword is already drawn and he smashes it down into Sonal's head as hard as he can even as they topple over

Sadie nose crinkles, managing a slight shrug in answer to the Colonel, trying once again to push herself up. After the third attempt, she finally manages, breathing a sigh as she settles back between the two fighters once again, eyes returning to the older doe, mouthing 'Should be fine'.

Zoe_Lang smiles her response to Sadie's answer, then dips her head in a nod. 'Good', in other words.

Sonal is dazed momentarily as the sword hilt rams into his head. He bites down harder ont he rats neck, tearing through the skin and ripping out the jugular. He thrust up, throwing the dying rat of him and tries to stand again.

At the death of the rat guard a cry goes up and four guards converge on the hare, weapons are raised high and brought crashing down. A sword is aimed at his paw and three lance buts are brought down towards his head.

Sonal's head goes ker-crack and he passes out.

Salamandastron: Dining Chamber

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This is the dining chamber for the mountain of Salamandastron. It is a

veritable cavern, the necessity of feeding so many hares making the room

so big. Dominating the room is a huge banquet table made of solid oak.

Nobeast knows how such a venerable object came to be here, but its

presence is undeniable. Smaller tables skirt the outside of the room,

each sitting near a large torch burning brightly in its sconce. The chair

at the head of the table is different from the plain maple chairs that

occupy the rest of the room - it belongs to the Badger Lord. The massive

object is graced with a carving of the very mountain it is in, with the

sun setting over the sea.

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Visible Exits:

[M]ain [H]all [K]itchens

[Out]

Rowan, one of the fighters beside the doe, murmurs something to her, motioning down to her middle with a worried expression. Sadie mumbles a quick reply, offering him a smile until the commotion reaches her ears. With a quick swivel forward, her attention goes over to Sonal, eyes widening in shock.

The commotion eventually reaches Zoe's ears and she looks around just to see Sonal get knocked out. Her brow knits, but with nothing that she can do, she lowers her gaze. Le sigh.

The guards clobber Sonal for a few more seconds after he goes down and then they unhitch him, dragging him across the room, they hogtie him with chains and slowly hoist him up into the air.

The guards clobber Sonal for a few more seconds after he goes down and then they unhitch him, dragging him across the room, they tie his legs together adn then his arms with chains and slowly hoist him up into the air., held securly by a thick rope tied around his wrists.

Sadie can't seem to turn her eyes away despite Rowan's efforts to draw her attention to him. She watches in silent horror as the guards drag the hare away, worrying on her lower lip.

Oh, for crying out loud! The Colonel finally looks up, her eyes narrowing. She watches as they hoist him, knowing what will happen. And she can't help herself anymore. "Stop it! Jus' stop it, fer spirit's sake!" Because appealing to their spiritual sides will work.

The rats turn and walk over to peer down at the Colonel and one of them starts to laugh, "Want to join im up thar old one? or mebbe tha little one?"

Eek! At the mention of little one, Sadie makes a tiny whimper, biting her lip afterward. Trying to stay quiet, she scoots backward to try and hide behind Rowan.

Zoe_Lang thrusts her face forward to add some extra oomph as she sends spit upward and into the speaking rat's face. "Aye, sure, like I haven't heard /that'un' before. Get a new threat. Idiot."

The rat backhands Zoe and growls, "Ooooh fine no more threats then.." He turns and smirks at his mates as he wipes the spit from his fur, "Get tha little un.."

Sadie blinks, ears now resting back against her skull as she eyes the guards coming towards her, a small tremor running through her body.

Zoe_Lang has been punched oooone too many times. As soon as he turns his eyes away, Zoe's ears flatten back against her skull and her lips draw back in a snarl as she draws her bound legs up towards herself and then kicks them out with all her strength at the rat's legs. To knock him to the ground and likely onto her, ha.

Sonal wakes at this point, though groggy for a moment. As he wathces the rats and realizes what they intend to do he begins to thrash violently. "Leave 'er alone ya big idiots! Pick on some'un your own bloody size!" He continues to thrash, but after a few more seconds, his left shoulder bone pops out of the socket and he begins to scream.

The rat is knocked over, right into the next line of hares, who set on him pummeling him and shouting loudly before he is pulled free. Struggling up the guard captain growls softly, "Tie em both up...by thar ankles..." He then winces as the other hare starts to scream and glares at him.

Ha! Hahaha! When they advance on Zoe and as soon as they have untied her arms to free her from the table she's tied to, fists start flying. She manages to knock one rat flat and she falls on him, a thumb planting itself in his eye socket. His scream echoes through the room. Psh. 'Old one', they called her.

The rat who just lost an eye stumbles backwards and with a growl the guard captain walks over and kicks the fighters away from Sadie and yanks her up by the ears, "Stop it....or i gut the runt."

So much for staying unnoticed. Sadie takes a tiny breath, trying to remain calm despite her tremors as the rats untie her. But, then they grab her ears. Owies. Squeaking, the doe sends a kick towards the guard holding her ears.

Zoe_Lang is basically sitting on top of the rat's chest, one thumb in the eye and the other positioned precariously over the other. "Leave her /go/ or you'll have a blind guard on yer paws, 'n' not much longah aftah that, a dead one." Her lips are drawn back in a feral snarl. Seeeriously. She's not happy.

Sitting there festering in her wounds thankfully her head was wrapped and bandaged, but she still seams to suffer slightly from the fever, caused by the infection in her paw. She stirs looking up and suddenly babbles something that sounds a lot like 'die vermin.' she gives a sharp hard kick out not really paying any attention to where she is kicking. She struggles with her bonds. Before looking up at the rats before settling down and sitting back glaring for the time being.

One of the guards cuts down Sonal so he'll no longer be dangling from a dislocated arm, the one holding Saide just grunts and presses the dagger to the leverets throat, "So...is own fault fer gettin caught, now ye move back or aye start ta peel th akid."

Sonal thumps to the floor, hitting his head and passing out with a sickening crack.

This is really starting to hurt. Sadie's breath hisses out, her kicks stopping as the dagger presses to her throat. Biting back a scream, her eyes close, trying to focus on something pleasant.

Zoe_Lang actually /laughs/ as she shakes her head, starting to press the claw-tipped thumb forward. "You'll do it anyway. Like I said. Get a new threat. M'bored of dibbuns dyin'." And a little further in goes her thumb, to the shrieking unhappiness of the rat. She smirks. "Really. Ya oughta mix things up a little bit." She's of course having to shout this to be heard over the shrieking, buuut.

Leori starts to fight again, pulling and struggling hard againist the ropes. Kicking hard not hitting anything, almost looking like she is gone insane or something, turning her head and bitting at the ropes, or at least trying to do some. She suddenly erupts in a furry of words, yelling at both rats, pulling the ropes still. "I say you want someone to torture and harm, then harm me you bloody coward." she spits out suddenly, trying to distract the rats for the time being, or make then come at her.

The rat holding Sadie is glaring at Zoe and then he starts to laugh softly, "Ooooh ye want something new do ye..." He hurls Sadie away and stalks forwards dagger in his paws, "Grab her!" He shuots and four rats pile into her ignoring Leori for now.

Sadie grunts, landing hard against Rowan, blinking her eyes slowly. Ow. With the fighter's help, she slowly rights herself, eyes immediately going to the Colonel and the rats.

As soon as Sadie is thrown away, a triumphant smirk transports Zoe's features. She tries to catch Sadie's eyes before the rats stalk forward, trying to convey the 'okayness' of the situation in the look. If that makes sense. But then the rats are on her, and she's spitting, kicking, and just generally hitting at anything she can. Which is a lot. But there's a lot of fists and kicks in four rats, so to say that she's winning would be blatantly untrue.

Leori growls and scoots back grabbing a cup that had fallen on the floor, and takes it, spinning quickly she launches it at the Rats the best she can, somehow managing to get it almost on target, as it fly's towards the rat going for the head hit if she can. Yelling out, as she sits there. "Cowards!" she either has a death sentence or is really delusional from the fever either way she seams determined.

The rat who gets hit by the cup screams out and lunges towards Leori dagger raising and stabbing down into her arm. The three remaining on Zoe are joined by the captain as he lunges in to grab her ears and yank them up taught.

Sadie catches Zoe's look, not sure how any of this is 'okay' but she is the Colonel. Staying silent this time, the doe watches the older doe fight, giving a tiny shake of her head.

Leori Screams in pain, and suddenly lunges forward bitting the rat in the neck or at least trying to do so, She is defiantly delusional at this point, She keeps trying to bite in retaliation for being stabbed before, She aims a hard kick at least trys to hit the rat but misses and hits nothing but air, her eyes looking a little crossed as she sits there.

And yank them up taut he does. In fact, the force yanks her back somewhat and off one of the rats she'd been laying into. A pained grunt is forced out through clenched teeth, but she does what she can to twist around and return the attack, trying to elbow into anything solid and/or soft and giving on his person.

The guard captain growls down at the hare as she elbows him in the side, he shifts and goes to slam her head down onto the stone flooring. The other three move back in to try and get her arms under control. Meanwhile the rat being attacked by Leori has staggered back and is growling down at her.

Leori seams to have lost her mind at least for the time being before she Quiets down her head teetering around some before she suddenly falls forward having exerted herself to much, passing out.

Sadie's eyes have begun to brim with tears, head finally turning away to hide in Rowan's shoulder. The buck does his best to console the young one, murmuring softly into her ear.

Oh, /stars/. That's what Zoe's seeing, that is. Bright flashing lights appear before her eyes as her head is slammed back into the ground. The fight goes briefly out of her, long enough for her arms to be secured. Fwooooo. She blinks furiously, trying to clear her sight and her head, which finally does happen in order for her to realize she's been 'caught'. Her eyes widen and another snarl is forced out of her as she goes to kick out at the nearest rat, trying to yank her arms loose. Grr, argh! "Geroff me! Jus' like a vermin, t' need four just t'..." Pause, struggle. "Just t ' subdue an 'old one' like me!" And there's another spit, up toward the captain's face. Ahhh, she's fond of doing that.

The captain growls and bunches the old ones ears together in one paw and presses his thumb down over her right eye, "Old one.......yer should be dead...but aye think...an eye fer an eye is in order."

What a time for Sadie to chance another towards the Colonel, eyes going O.O when the captain speaks. "Leave her alone!" Sadie seems to surprise herself as she shouts this, biting her lip afterward.

Uhhhh. Whatdidhesay? I mean, Zoe's eyes are /bad/, but she's never exactly wanted them poked out for it. Her eyes widen slightly and then squinch shut - like /that/ will help - and she starts to buck violently, twisting her head away. All comments have been squeezed out of her for the moment.

The rat looks up at the young doe and laughs softly, gripping zoe's ears tighter to force her head to stay somewhat still he presses down with his claw...into her eye.

Sadie lets out a slow shaky sigh, tears now flowing freely from her eyes as she watches, giving another small shake of her head.

Leori lays there on the ground passed out and bleeding from the stab wound still very much alive, The knife never was really removed from her shoulder, and now she lays half on it, almost conceling it from view, far from being able to use it in her passed out state.

When her head is secured, though she still struggles, she opens her eyes to 'see her fate', so to speak. Her jaw sets firmly, her breath coming out in little, enraged, and almost fearful gasps. Even she can't be completely brave all the time. And that's when the claw starts to go in. Her breath catches in the inward gasp that usually precedes a shriek and then it hits, echoing off the walls.

The rat shudders and laughs in pleasure as he drives his claw deeper and deeper into Zoe's eye socket...plunging her right eye into darkness and pain, squeezing her ears tightly and shaking with glee as he laughs.

With Rowan's quiet urgings, Sadie has finally turned away, keeping her face against his shoulder. Zoe's shriek only causes more tears to erupt from the young doe's eyes, body starting to shake.

/Oh/. Pain explodes in Zoe's head, quite unlike anything she's ever experienced before. There is brief hope that she will pass out, but she doesn't and instead just goes on writhing in pain, her arms pulling ineffectually at the many paws that grip her. With her head back in its slightly pulled back position, her throat can be seen working as she gags. But at least she's not shrieking anymore.

The captain seems to have calmed down somewhat now and slowly withdraws his thump and smirks happily down at Zoe, "See old one...yer don't mess wid us....wot next boyos?"

Sadie is..still crying. The doe has curled up as best she can beside Rowan, trying to stop her tears.

As the thumb comes out again, Zoe /tries/ to scream but it sounds more like a surprised gasp, like someone's just given her a present and it's... a really... bad... present? o.o; She tries to turn her head to the right, to curl inward instinctively toward the pain, but his grip on her ears holds her in place.

Tightens his grip on the hares head and looks at one of the rats holding her arm and smiles, he wiggles his free paw him and nods. The next thing Zoe should feel is somebeast gripping one of her fingers...more importantly the claw. "Ready fer stage two?"

Leori stirs and slowly rolls over the knife sticking out of her shoulder still and in plain sight. She seams to be waking up slowly as prof her eyes slowly open and look around, wincing at the pain in her arm, thats when she sees the kife and tries to get it with her mouth hands still tied behind her.

Zoe_Lang's right eye has already closed up from the almost immediate swelling in and around the eye, but her left eye is perfectly capable of shooting open in pain-induced panick as her claw is gripped. Stage /two/? There's a stage /two/?

There certainly is a stage two it seems, using a pair of pliers, either stolen from the forge or made for this express purpose the rat hold the colonel's paw begins to tear the first nail free. She's really upset these guards it seems. The one who initailly attacked Leori has noticed his missing dagger and goes to cuff the hare and yank it free again.

Leori growls and swings kicking out hard aiming for the guards feet, She trys to pull her paws free, but to no aivil she eventually falls forward again laying there not having the energy to fight anymore.

If only she had any breath to express her displeasure with. As it is, Zoe's mouth is open in a silent scream, her breath issuing out in choking gasps. As the blood flows freely from her paw, she quickly curls her fingers inward into tight fists, trying to protect her remaining claws. "Ah! Spirits!" She manages to choke this out though it is almost inaudible to anyone save for the captain who is closest to her.

Said captain just laughs softly and releases the hares ears and stands up licking his paw, "Tie her back up." He states and smirks, "You wanted a new threat, hows this....do anythin else an I take yer other eye and tha rest of yer claws."

Leori lays on the floor bleeding from her shoulder, she is no state to argue nor fight anymore even though she tries, to weak to even lift her paw up fully. She lays there staring at the wall, on the verge of passing out again.

Ooh, the screams have stopped. Sadie chances a teary eyed look towards Zoe, biting her lip at all the blood. Eww. Sniffling, the younger doe sits up finally, keeping a weary eye the rats.

Zoe_Lang is easily drug back to where she was and it is there that she is deposited, tied once more with her arms behind her back. She slumps almost immediately, lying over onto her side in order to press her cheek to the cold stone, anything to relieve the fire that has erupted in the entire right side of her head. Ha. Respond to the rat's threat? She didn't even hear it! "Ahspirits..." Not that they're doing her much good.

The captain chuckles again and looks at the colonel, "Send fer tha vixen..guess we'd best get her looked at, would rather she doesn't die on us." He folds his arms and chuckles softly.

Upset? Well, y'know. Rah is still untied, naturally, being the good healer, and is creeping his way to Zozers now that the rats have left her be. The healer stops next to Zoe on his hands and knees, looking down at the side of her head. "Zoe?" He places a paw atop the side of her head. "Can y'hear me?"

That rat's making a funny buzzing noise, inne? Ha. Haha. Tears produced from her still-working tear ducts send a searing and sharp pain shooting through her skull and the Colonel whimpers, red-tinted tears squeezing out to soak into the fur of her cheeks. Just in time for Rahier to reach her, and have that as his response.

The captain stops a short distance away and looks towards Rahier and chuckles softly, and then laughs out loud. Turning on the spot he strides towards Sadie and smiles down at her, "You know...that was your fault right brat?"

Rahier leans back from his forward-leaning posture, on his bad leg, eliciting a wince as he fishes in his tunic. A quantity of herb is produced, and he leans down again, close to Zoe. "Shh," he says, placing it in front of her lips. "Chew. Don't swallow."

Leori lays there bleeding on the floor no one to blame but herself, for the cause. She tries to move tied up weak from fevor that returned after the attack on the mountain having had no time to heal. She lays there bleeding her eyes glazing over or so it seams as she becomes unresponsive to anyone passing out again but this time with her eyes open.

Sadie scoots back as the captain approaches, teeth sinking into her lip. The doe gives a tiny bob of her head, mumbling a soft 'I know' in response.

Zoe_Lang's lips part in order to admit the herbs, and that's the first signal she understands. Chewing in a haze of pain, she remains as perfectly still as she can, blood dripping and pooling next to her head. "... Ah-" and brief silence as she tries to obtain speech. "Nevah... ah, Rah... nevah like this..." Her words are whispery and fade inny-outy. She's still chewing as ordered.

The guard captain chuckles again and leans forwards a bit, "How does it feel brat? To be the one responsible fer her loosing an eye? Hmm, how do ye think all these hares are going to react when they learn wot you caused to happen."

Right bloody awful is Sadie's first thought, another wave of tears threatening to spill from her eyes. "They won't care cause they know it wasn't really my fault." She replies in a very wavery voice, turning her attention back on the two older hares.

Rahier ignores the prattling of the rats, as he has to bend an ear close down to Zoe to hear her. "Shh," he says again. "I know. It'll be okay." The healer takes out his bandages, and touches a wad of them over her ruined eye, to try to stem the bloodflow. "I'm going t'take her t'the infirmary," he says, just in general, but it's clearly meant for the rats.

Zoe_Lang falls silent at Rahier's reassuring voice, soothed at least enough that she only jerks a little bit as the bandages touch over her eye. She keeps any noises of complaint to a minimum, her left eye clenched tightly shut.

The captain pauses and frowns at Rahier then waves to two guards, "Go with em...keep two guards on her at all times ye hear?"

Sadie breaths a soft sigh, resting her head back down on Rowan's shoulder, giving one last glance to the two hares before closing her eyes and drifting off to sleep.

Rahier holds it in place, touching another reassuring paw to the side of her head. He stands, and addresses the captain. "Your men'll have t'carry her there.. an' gently." Gimpy old Rah isn't carrying her anywhere far. ;p "I think th'marten'll already be plenty mad atcha f'hurtin' his hare." That's kind of morbid. But you know. XD

The rat turns and sighs, "Ok two of ye carry her...tow of ye keep watch." He turns back to Sadie and smirks, "Oh miss they will pretend tae not mind, but they'll all know twas your fault." He then looks slightly uneasy at Rahier's words and looks back at Zoe. "Oh dear...didn't think of hislordship.."

Magramba rouses gently from slumber, head rising, bringing his chin off his chest as he wakes. He is still chained in the corner, all on his lonesome, after his general bad behavior. The squirrel casts bloodshot eyes over at Rahier and the rat captain.

Rahier turns his attentions back to Zoe. "Don' worry, Zoe. We're gonna go t'another room here'n jus' a bit." He slides out of the way, letting the two rats do as he'd advised, lift her up between them. Carefully. XD And they begin to walk, and he limps slowly after them, staying close to the trio. "Yeh," he says, to the captain, as they pass. "Bad move."

Speak of the mad devil. Roreck always seems to know what is happening in every room of the mountain. Now the marten shifts to stand in the doorway, ears folding over as he looks into the dining chamber - in time to see the guards picking up Zoe. Curious earflick. The hob starts forward. It is noted that his right shoulder is bandaged up.

Woooo, that's unpleasant. A pained grunt is forced out through her lips as she is lifted. Her arms and legs are still tied, though, so there's not much she can do but... be carried. Her left eye slits open, seeking out Rahier's face, which she locks on. The marten in question goes unnoticed.

Leori still lays on the floor having been pulled back by a fellow hare, a rag tied over her shoulder where she was stabbed still bleeding, and still passed out, her eyes seaming glazed over, as she lays there, Being tended gently by a fellow hare. Doing his best.

The rat captain's face pales as he sees Roreck and he drops his knife and starts to moving swiftly towards the door to the kitchen, breaking into a run hhalf way. It won't matter that he did what he did in response to Zoe poking out a rats eye...Roreck will still kill him.

Rahier isn't paying much attention to anything but Zoe, watching that the rats shouldn't.. stumble or something. XD Ah well. He sees her looking about and meets her gaze, giving her something of a look of reassurance.

Magramba tugs on his chains absently, hardly strong enough to make an effort by now. The squirrel watches Zoe and her rat bearers curiously, about all he can do.

The hare tending to Leori looks up watching the others, knowing whats going to happen if Leori takes another stab or loses anymore blood. He just watches in silence what is going on, pressing hard on the cloth he applied to the bleeding shoulder of Leori, Leori herself passed out due to weakness.

All attention is on Zoe, ears flickering and looking confused, until the rat drops his knife and runs. Roreck scowls in his direction, paws in his pockets before something seems to snap in his mind. If that's not guilt, he doesn't know what is. The marten doesn't run after the captain, but just saunters towards the kitchen, following him.

The reassurance seems to work. Her eye closes and she allows herself to be carried on toward the door without any fuss. Her apparent revenger goes unnoticed and unknown. Ah well.

The captain glances back and swallows as he sees Roreck and then darts forwards yanking open the kitchen door and going to run out of the room.

Rahier gives her a small smile, and then she closes her eye(s), and so.. hey, what's going on over there? XD He looks, to see the captain scarpering away from Roreck. Oh dear. ;p Good thing they leave the dining chamber.. now. XD

Magramba finally sets back, rubbing his wrists, the fur gone and the skin rubbed raw. His ears move back in anger as he glares at the chains.

Salamandastron: Infirmary

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This is the infirmary for the long patrol. This room is one of the most

well lit rooms in the whole of Salamandastron, with several candles placed

strategically along the shelves and cupboards. Many wooden beds line the

walls of this room, each outfitted with impeccably clean white linen

sheets. This unfortunately limits the walking space in this room. Where

there are not beds there are shelves and cabinets that hold a variety of

different medical equipment, mostly needles and bandages. A single stone

sink is firmly lodged into one of the counters. The sink is not fancy, in

fact it is quite awkward. It is a necessity, nonetheless. An open closet

is in the corner of the room, storing a surplus of compact cots, in the

unusual case of mass injuries. The room usually has several nurse hares in

it, roaming around tending to various injuries.

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Visible Exits:

[Out] to Level Three [Herb] Room

Rahier has had to move ahead, because.. the vermin aren't too good at keeping the now-disused infirmary lit. Hastily he pulls candles from his stock, using his comandeered torch to throw some light into the room. "Put her on the near cot," he instructs, as the rats enter. "Gently."

After seeing what happened to their captain, the rats are handling her like she's a precariously arranged pile of egg shells cleverly formed into the shape of a doe. They exchange careful glances with each other as they lower her, in sync, to the cot. They then hastily stand away, going to stand as far back from the injured hare and the commanding buck as it is possible to stand. They are almost out the door. Zoe, on the other hand, sinks into the cot with what only be described as a sigh of pleasure. It is the first soft surface she's touched in... she doesn't even know how long they've been captive, anymore.

Rahier spends several minutes coaxing the fire back to life, to give some heat to the room. A cold infirmary is nobody's friend! An ear perks at the.. most pleased sigh, and he looks back over at Zoe, and cracks his first grin in awhile. Heh. Well. He retrieves a couple of his things, what hasn't all been looted, and makes his way to her side. "Feel a bit better?"

Zoe_Lang starts to nod but stops when the movement quite naturally jars her head. Her head sinks back into the pillow and her often-rueful smile shines out. "... If I'd known losin' an eye was all it'd take t' get a ticket up here, I woulda done it days ago." He'll have to lean close to hear her. It's a very soft whisper. Her limbs were untied at some point on the trip up, so she finally gets to bring her paws around, one paw hovering uncertainly over her eye, like she wants to touch it to assess the damage. The damaged paw is held close against her stomach, because moving that one tied or untied is just out of the question.

Rahier chuckles. Well, it is pretty quiet with just them, and the rats who are wondering if they should stick around on their poor misguided captain's orders. "Yeh, well, I did have to bluff a little, so we're both good." He reaches up to turn her hand aside before such touching can occur. He'll have to get her one of those veterinarian doggy neck things. ;p "Don't worry 'bout nothin'. I've fixed somethin' like this before." He scratches at his chin for a second. Who was that? He can't quite remember. With a grin and a shake of his head, he goes to collect the water from the fire, and make The Mix. XD

Her paw is easily turned aside; she didn't /really/ want to feel it. She shifts slightly in the bed, almost luxuriating in the softness. You know, save for the horrendous pain part. But even that's dulling. Perhaps it's shock, and if it is, she loves it. A small sigh escapes out through her lips. "Mind givin' m'shouldah a look? Bloody marten put a daggah righ' through it the firs' nigh'. Someone threw a bandage ovah it, but..." She shrugs her /other/ shoulder. In other words, bandages can only do so much.

Rahier frowns. Someone's been nipping his herbs. He sifts around, selecting a couple, making the potent tea. We'll deal with that horrible pain, by gum. "No, 'course not." He looks over his shoulder, continuing his work, and frowns. "'M sorry. There were so many others, I didn't stop t'check y'over more." Mm. And he finishes that, walking back to the cot, to sit. "Can I offer y'a drink?" He gives her a winning smile.

Zoe_Lang shakes her head, but again that's a bad plan. She settles for watching him as he works, her head slightly propped up. "I coulda asked ya to. Figured othahs needed it more'n me." She offers a faint smile as he approaches and offers the tea, taking it in her paw. Setting it to her lips, she sips, tentatively at first, in order not to burn her mouth. No need to add that to her list of complaints.

Rahier mms, mulling it over. "I s'pose.. 'course.. y'know." They just kill the hares after he fixes them? Yes. Ah well. The healer smiles as she sips. "Easy, now, but drink all o' it." Zoe will be flying high in no time flat. XD He replaces the bit of bandage over her eye, satisfied now with letting her eye.. congeal. He can begin the terrible work once she's.. well, not here. XD "I'll jus' take a peek at this while y'do." Tired paws go to her shoulder, and remove the old bandage to give it a look-see.

Zoe_Lang sips obediently away. She's not a difficult patient because she's so often in Rahier's shoes. Ah, yes. The shoulder in question actually doesn't look bad, on the outside. There's just a narrow wound no more than an inch wide and no more than a blade's thickness. It's swollen and red, though. She pauses long enough to mention, "Comes out the othah side." ... This is the most relaxed she's felt in what seems like a lifetime. Not to mention the fact that the rather potent tea is quickly doing its work.

Rahier grunts, looking it over. "Looks like it's gotten a bit irritated.." A bit of the nasty sepsis, indeed. He retrieves a pair of poultices from his bag, placing one on her shoulder, bandaging it in place. He raises her shoulder, slightly, to get to the other and do the same. "That should do. Y'll be shipshape in no time.." A pirate joke? Neverrrr.

That is when the rats move away from the door cause a marten carrying a doe comes in! Roreck has Leori over his shoulder, and only pauses to glance at all the rodents, before pointing to one. "You're Captain for now." That is all. They blink about at each other, unsure what to think, but a 'Yessir' is given. The hob starts towards a cot to drop the hare off - tired of carrying her.

Leori is still out her eyes glazed still, hot to the touch running a fevor, she just seams all but dead, somehow, The bleeding having stoped from her shoulder where she was stabbed. She moans as she is put down. She looks somewhat patched up the hare closest to her in the dinning chamber tied a rag like cloth around the wound to stop the bleeding. She mutters in her sleep, 'no it wasn't me, wot.' she says, still mildly delusional from earlier.

Zoe_Lang allows the ministrations as her eye closes, waiting as all of the aches of the past week fade into nonexistence. Her words are strangely thick, cottony. "... Powahful mix, Rah. Righ' powah-" ... ful. Her eye blinks open at the sound of Roreck's voice, her head immediately lifting to look toward the door. She follows his course across the room with silent displeasure. Perhaps because he's snapped her out of her near-euphoric daze.

Rahier finishes wrapping up the shoulder in a considerably more satisfactory fashion than had been the previous. A grin spreads across his face, she's definitely on the road out of here. XD And then, hey, it's Roreck. The healer raises a brow, and then stands, taking some limping steps over towards the new patient. "What's this?"

"It's a doe." Wow. Nothing gets past him! Roreck has leaned on the cot, saying this in a disinterested fashion to Rahier at the question. Finally he starts towards Zoe. Though, the expression upon his features doesn't seem like he's planning on tormenting her. Actually, he hadn't even looked at Rah like he had any hate for him, either. Odd hob.

The poultices do their happy work on her shoulder, relieving the hot stiffness there. Really, she feels better all over. Enough to sit up some, even, as Roreck approaches. She's of course got a bandage of her eye. Her face is pretty messy looking, though. Mm-hm. She doesn't offer anything in way of greeting.

Leori mutters in her delusional state hot to the touch, as she lays there 'No, no, no, I didn't.' she mutters, her else closed now, as she lays there, she just keeps mutter nonsense. The stained bandage over the stab wound on her shoulder. He paw wrapped as well as her head at least her head isn't bleeding but the paw bandaged is stained.

Rahier looks on with some unease as Roreck walks about, but as Roreck is the one letting him walk about unabated, he decides not to challenge the marten, and limps his uneasy way on over to Leori. Hm, yes. He didn't think her chances were too favorable. He sits, to remove her ragged bandage.

Look! It's sitting up! Roreck goes to prod at Zoe's cheek as she stares at him, leaning his other paw on the cot that the Colonel is sitting upon. The rats stare at their leader's brother, then around at each other again. No one really knows what makes him do the things he does. No words.

Zoe_Lang shies her head back from the paw, her eyebrows - ouch, that's painful - going up slightly. Personal note: do not do that anymore. Her eyes shift away from the marten to stare at least somewhat impassively at the opposite wall. Her jaw sets. Meeeeh. Notpleased.

Leori shifts some laying there she is still very much alive but her paw having been infected and never allowed to heal fully and properly. she is weak from the blood she lost having the fevor and loosing the blood she did made her weak, she opens her eyes and looks at Rahier. staying silent for now, trying to lift her paw.

Rahier gives a nervous look back at Roreck. Ahh heh. Well. He is turned back by Leori's lifting paw, which he takes into his own, looking it over. "Don' worry, you'll be alrigh' with a bit o' rest, lemme get this fixed up quick here.." He takes some more of his herbs and places them over her busted paw, and begins to bandage it properly.

Roreck drops his paw and that seems to be all for the moment. His attention circles around the room in turn, stopping upon Rahier and Leori for the briefest of moments, before settling once more on the Colonel. Hmm. Maybe he wants to ask a few things, or just say something, but nothing comes out.

Leori lays back resting, looking over at Zoe wishing she could of done something more to help. Her paw having been the source of the fevor and infection, she just lays there, breathing but alive.

Oh, hell. Zoe's head turns just enough that she's looking /at/ him again, her brow furrowing in a frown. "What?"

Roreck lifts his paw to lick the blood off again, having missed some. "You're welcome." He eyes her, dark gaze narrowing specifically upon the doe. All else is ignored now.

What. Whaaaaat. Zoe stares at him as if he's crazy. Which he is, but hey. "... Righ'." She shifts back away from him a little more, drawing herself up further on the cot. She rubs absently at one wrist with the other, finally able to worry at the rawness from being tied up for so long.

Rahier wets a rag from the bowl, and places it over Leori's forehead. He gives her a hopeful smile, and then rebandages her shoulder. Better than the field dress it had. "Don' worry," he repeats, and then sits up. Hopefully the fever breaks, and all. ;p He turns his head to look to Zoe and Ror again, and climbs laboriously to his feet, and begins to limp back over.

Leori lays there resting eventually her eyes close and she rests falling asleep, only time will tell if she pulls through.

She doesn't know what he's talking about? Roreck scowls about the doe and turns his attention away from her, just in time to notice Rah starting to limp towards them. His focus falls to his injured leg, before back up to the buck's face.

"Yeah, that was you." Zoe watches Roreck watch Rahier, offering a short shake of her head. So yeah. She totally has no idea what he's talking about.

Rahier just.. keeps on limping. XD All this gimping about must make him pretty tired. He goes all the way up to the endtable where his bag rests, and he starts to fish around in it. "I should get on with fixin' y'eye," he says. "Did y'finish th'drink?"

This could be fascinating to Roreck, so he starts away from the bed just so he can sit on another and watch Rahier continue to 'doctor' Zoe. However, he also appears far away at the same time, ears starting to slowly.. slowly.. tip back.

Well, that's not good news. Zoe's eyes shift back to Rahier, quickly settling into resignation. "... Yeah. Finished it." Roreck bothers her. She keeps sending little glances his way, like he might attack or poke at her cheek at any minute. "Anything you'll want me t' do?" That's to Rahier, of course.

Rahier just.. tries to ignore the marten. XD Maybe he won't.. flip out, or whatever. The major selects a certain range of metal tools for the job, and settles down on her blind side (hyuck) of the cot. "Jus' don't look," he says, with a bit of a grin. XD Ahem. Hovering over her face, he proceeds to use the flat tool to rid her face of former lump of bloody stuff that used to be her eye.

Fascinating!! :O Roreck pulls his legs up onto the bed with him and leans forward, arms rested on his knees. The marten looks much like a dibbun who is just into the goriness. His tail flicks out behind him. Oh wow.

Despite the heady stuff in that tea, it is an uncomfortable feeling as Rahier works. It would best be described as a feeling of pressure, but she knows what it is so it's worse. She pointedly looks away, her seeing eye resting on the silent Roreck.

And scraping, don't forget the scraping. Rah slops bits of her former eyeball into a handy little bowl. o.- Expertly, he finishes this quickly, but of course, it brings rise to new bleeding as those pesky blood vessels reopen. "There we go, there we go.." And it's now that he sits up, dons a glove, and pulls the small pencil-shaped piece of metal he placed into the fire. "Y'migh' wanna close y'eye again," he says, before leaning back over her, and delicately using it to cauterize closed all the various oozing bits of her skull. Sizzzzle.

This is great entertainment. Roreck's attention has focused itself completely upon the cauterizing, ears perked fully. The marten hob's tail is flicking very slowly back and forth like an interested cat's, as he leans forward more. No longer does he look as if he is thinking on many other things at once.

Zoe_Lang's ears flatten back. She doesn't need to be told twice, almost immediately closing her eye. Her teeth clench tightly against the pain that even ole Rah's mix can't dull completely. "Nnnngh," she mutters. Ouch. "Aw bloody hell, wouldja get /outta/ here?" This is obviously directed toward Roreck.

And the flesh doth give way to the fire, sealing together once again at the heat. This is over relatively quickly, and the bleeding stops altogether. His back is to Roreck, so he is not privy to the cat-marten's expressions. Instead he places the metal bit back onto the counter, and removes his glove. "Hard part's over," he says, with a bit of a grin, and balls up some gauze to stick into the empty eyesocket. He bandages over that by looping them over the top of her head, and there you go. "..S'bout all I can do. It should heal up 'bout as you'd expect." And then he grins, admiring his handiwork. XD

Roreck glances about as if to see all those invisible beasts that Zoe is yelling at. Then his gaze rests once more on the work being done to the Colonel. She is.. talking to him? For a moment, disbelief is apparent, then a questioning to himself, before just leans back and resting on his paws. Defiance. Why should he leave? /He's/ the one in control here. The bandaging gets odd movements of his head as if following the motions with his muzzle as well as his eyes, before starting to get up off of the cot.

Oh, that smell is unpleasant. And bothersome. Oh wait, no. That's just Roreck. Once the work is done, Zoe's eye reopens and she proceeds to glare at him, as if the force of her will... will make him leave. But there're thanks to be given, so her eye shifts to Rahier. She dips her head in a nod, her lips twitching in the ghost of a smile. "Thank ya, m'lad. Stellah job, as usual."

Rahier replaces his tools, setting them all back into the beaten old black bag. The hare rubs at his nose, and then his forehead, and grins at the compliment. "Least I can do, Zoe." He then turns, and observes Roreck. "Ah.. she should be gettin' some rest. So she can heal." The major folds his paws. "Ah... thank you for bringin' up the other hare." Leori, of course.

Roreck eyes Zoe as if he is thinking about ripping out the other eye as she constantly glares at him from it. Though, then again he'd probably regret that in the end. The marten turns a glance to Rahier, ears swiveling in every different direction, before he goes to start out the infirmary window. Cause.. there's a window in here of course. :D "You're welcome." Is all that is gotten out, before disappearing into the darkness.

"... Sets me on edge like nothin' else, that'un." Ear twitch. Once he's out of sight she settles back onto the cot, closing her eye as she allows herself some of that 'rest' Rahier was talking about. "... Do me a favah. Don't even wake me up. Jus' pour s'more o' that tea righ' down m'throat while I'm sleepin' latah, eh?" Her lips twitch in that same almost-smile.

Rahier doesn't speak 'till Roreck leaves, anyway, somewhat satisfied with the answer he received. No flipouts. XD The hare laughs. "I think that can be arranged, Col'nel." Then it fades to a more sincere smile. "Have some rest, Zoe. I'll be around." With the smile, he turns and makes his slow way down the darkened rows of cots towards his desk.

Zoe_Lang's smile softens, as does her one-eyed gaze. "... G'night, Rah." She turns over onto her side, cupping a paw next to her cheek as she does what she can to sleep, despite the tingling in her face which suggests that feeling is starting to return. Ah, sigh. She's going to wake up with one of a headache. But soon enough her breathing does even out and Rahier at least hears no more from her for the night.