After Math Of Choas
- The next day after http://rwmuck.limitless.org/rwmuck/content/zurrgg-needs-stopped **
Several beds are lined against the red sandstone walls of the Abbey's Infirmary. An examination table, separated from the rest of the room by hanging blankets, rests against the far wall. Tucked into a small alcove is a sizeable workbench with various containers for mixing and preparing medicinal compounds. Against another wall is a desk for use by the Infirmary Keeper. A curtained off alcove behind the desk hides a locked door to the Infirmary's supplies and linens.
Exits: Infirmary [Rec]overy Room, [H]ealer's [D]ormitory, [O]pen [G]round, [Hall]
Zee has stayed in the infirm overnight. He could of rested elsewhere but he was worn out and still in a bit of shock at what even happen. His shoulder is bandaged up tightly as he slowly stands and looks around the room, his eyes land on Jase and he slowly stands and walks over to where the cat lies on a cot.
Jase has slipped in and out of consciousness and his breathing has gotten better than it was the night before, but he will still need to spend some time recovering. He has a bandage on his leg as well as one on his tail.
Zee looks for a clean cloth, upon finding one he dips it in some cold rosewater and lays it on Jase forehead.
Jase groans slightly and he moves a little. A paw feels the blankets of the bed and his eyes start to flutter open as he lets out a series of rough coughs.
Zee watches him closely, "Lad? Ya waking up lad...say something?" He lays a gentle paw on arm and keeps a closer eye on him now, he takes a quick look around the room for any beast else before his attention is back on the cat.
Jase takes a couple more minutes to wake up, and coughs again and then focus on the badger, he doesn't speak just yet as his throat still hurts, he just frowns and seems still not fully awake just yet.
Zee frowns and looks around "I can get some water, it's somewhere I am sure"
"O' course there's water in 'ere, ye big ormadorm," comes a very grumpy voice from the Healer's Dormitory. Angela comes hobbling in, leaning heavily on her staff. "'Tis over there. Is my patient awake?" The door to the hallway opens and Blisa comes in at a sedate pace, but it doesn't last long once she spots the Ferravale Master Healer. "Jase!" She comes over to his side. "Oh my goodness, what happened? Nobeast told me!"
Jase at first frowns, till he hears Blisa's voice and manages a smile and a cough again. He is awake just has yet to speak to any beast. He glances at Blisa and manages his weak smile.
Zee sighs at Angela, "Calm down will ya and yeah he be awake." His own shoulder is bandaged as he finds the water and then gets a glass for the cat and walks over to him. He nods to Blisa, "Hey lass...where is Scioto, not seen him since we got here"
Blisa shrugs. "I dunno where Dad is. I didn't realize...wait, Dad's here?!" a bright smile spreads over her face. "What happened to convince him to come here?" Angela shakes her head and starts to try and check on the male cat. "Does yer throat hurt, son?"
Jase nods, he tries to speak and just coughs roughly, his leg is under the blanket so one who didn’t know wouldn’t see the bandage, he sighs as he tries to speak again.."I..." He frowns, great..Wonderful, well least his breathing is better than it was.
Zee frowns, "It was closer after that wildcat nearly killed him, before ya panic he is fine..maybe sore and..peeved..but he is ok and he is alive, but the wildcat got away"
Blisa holds up both paws. "Okay, whoa. I literally have no idea what on Earth you're talking about. I've been helping with Dibbuns for the past 3 days. Please, start at the beginning." Angela purses her lips. "Don't try to talk, sonny. Does it hurt on the inside?" She stands and waits for his answer before going over to the herb cabinets.
Jase nods in reply, he can let Zee explain what happen last night.
Zee nods "Well I were heading to Ferravale, ya know check on me hut and get some things. I get thar and...well tis gone..Almost gone, it’s like 1/4 of the way standing, and Bandits house is like completely gone. Thar was a fire and think de wildcat started it. Anyways I think Jase saw de wildcat and whomever else and they knocked him out and tried to put him in me hut" He frowns, "Anyways I went to bring him here and I am attacked by the wildcat..ya father came and he and the wildcat fought .The wildcat and his name be Zurrgg did something so Scioto couldn’t move for a little while and laid a sword at his throat. Told the two guards to move away or he would slit his throat, they moved and the wildcat laid ya father on the road and walked away. I got Jase here and the two Ferravale guards got Scioto here...he didn’t come to the infirm though.."
"I wish 'e 'ad, though.....I would like to check on 'im...." Angela grumbles as she comes back over with a wonderful smelling liquid in a large mug. "Drink this slowly, son. I put lots of tea in it to make it work better." she holds the rim of the mug to Jase's lips; she'll let him hold it if he feels up to it. Blisa frowns, fighting back alarm. "Is.....it this the wildcat.....that Marek was talking about, or am I confused?" She touches the barely-visible scars on the back of her head. "I'm unsure if he mentioned a wildcat.....I've had a stressful past few weeks, so I get confused easily...."
Jase wrinkles his nose at the so called tea mixture, but he drinks it down slowly and coughs again. He frowns at the mention of the wildcat.
Zee shrugs "I..don't know..." He then holds his shoulder and mutters something before speaking again "You know, it might be, ya will have to ask but Zurrgg had a crossbow and I think he may of stole it from Marek, Zurrgg also has a couple long swords that are his own"
Blisa waves her arms in the air in a frustrated way, then lets them flop to her side. "Oh, well, that's just great. Just what we need, another lunatic making the roads unsafe." she sighs. "What does this Zurrgg beast look like? I'll keep a look out for him if I know what he looks like." Angela takes the now-empty mug and fills it with mint tea, stirring in lots of honey. Setting it beside the male cat's bed, she smiles and murmurs, "'Ere, drink this whenever you get thirsty." Turning to the badger, she adds, "May I please take a look at your shoulder?"
Jase clears his throat and manages to speak a little, "S..seen before, in tavern..few weeks go, he remembered me" And that’s how far he gets before he has a coughing fit. It may be a few days till he can talk fully.
Zee frowns "Me shoulder is fine. just hurts ta move it. Then as Zurrgg said he wasn't aiming fer me shoulder, ice can be ya friend sometimes cause me slipping on Ice helped...well helped it not be elsewhere, it sliced me shoulder and the bolt hit a tree"
Angela shakes her head, but then turns to her feline patient. "I would suggest not talkin', son. Drink some o' this mint tea, then hush yerself for a while." Because this mouse does grumpy. Blisa nods. "I'm glad that he didn't hit you where he had intended." She pulls her sketchbook and a charcoal pencil out of her ever-present bag. Opening the book, she sits at the foot of Jase's bed and says, "So, what does he look like? I can draw him as you describe him, and then you can tell me if it looks like him."
Jase frowns, well how is he supposed to do this, he sighs as talking does hurt his throat, he sips some of the mint tea.
Zee frowns as he sits down, "Fine..look at it" If one does look at the shoulder it is a little swollen, not infected and it's healing fairly well and is not as deep as they first thought. He looks at Blisa "He's a tall wildcat, wears a red vest and has a cape of de same color, his other clothing is like grey and brownish. And a grey sleeveless cloak also"
Blisa starts making notes on the edges of her paper. "What does his fur look like? Does he have any marking scars or anything else that can tell him apart from other wildcats?" She starts to draw. Angela digs a journal, a quill, and a little pot of ink out of a cupboard and hands them to Jase before turning to the badger. "Ye can write what ye want to say, son. Yer shoulder looks good. I'll just need to keep changin' the bandages every day," She tells the badger.
Jase nods as he writes down the fur pattern, he even tries to sort of draw an idea..it’s a poor likeness but the fur markens are in the right place, but the nose could be smaller as he manages a sigh and takes a drink of tea again.
Zee nods, "Will do..." He frowns, "Gonna have to see what stuff, not that had much, is still able to be saved...guess was a good plan ta take de offer of living here after all, least fer now"
Blisa is busily drawing, and now she digs out her colors. She is working speedily, but from the little that the others can see, she is also working expertly. Angela nods solemnly. "Aye. What drives a beast to harm another in this way, and destroy their 'ome to boot, is beyond anythin' I can figure out. 'Avin' been a slave and, before that, a medic in war, I will never understand how a creature could be so evil..."
Jase frowns "Wildcat...wanted me dead.." He gets out as he coughs and sips some more tea. He watches Blisa draw quietly and even if it is of the wildcat, it calms him some watching her just draw.
Zee nods “I am unsure either. He also messed up Bandits home and I would of helped go after Zurrgg but I didn't wish ta see any beast get killed or..anyone already harmed get worse."
Angela nods, then taps the journal while giving the male cat a slightly grumpy look. "Write it down, son. Save yer voice so you'll still 'ave it later. Yer a 'ealer; be an example." She smiles. "I understand 'ow frustratin' it is to be the patient and not the 'Ealer." Turning back to the badger, she adds, "I thin kye did the right thing. Maybe the 'ard thing, yes, but the right one." Blisa takes a couple seconds from drawing to shove the journal over towards Jase. "Why did he want you dead?" she asks with obvious concern as she goes back to her picture.
Jase frowns, it’s clear he rather speak, but he writes it down, -he saw me in the tavern few weeks ago when he attacked Marek. The wildcat fired a bolt at me and it got my cloak sleeve and barely missed me, but I fainted and I think the cat thought I was dead cause he left me alone. He knocked me out yesterday and I woke up to smoke and flames.- He coughs, so the reason for the cough, he also show where his leg is bandaged and tail tip, some areas of fur look like they burned some, burnt fur?
Zee nods "I don't know who got Jase out of de hut..some beast did before it got worse"
Blisa purses her lips together angrily and continues to draw. She looks like she's working on tiny details. "I'll make sure he /pays/ for that," she grits out, her green eyes flashing as she works on her drawing even more carefully, wanting it to look /perfect/ so maybe anyone who sees it will be able to recognize Zurrgg on sight. Angela goes to check on the male cat's leg. "'Ow are ye feelin' in yer leg, son? Sorry that I can't make yer cough go away completely."
Jase nods he frowns, his leg hurts and he will let her check it again. It is a burn and a fairly bad one too, it had started to scab over but that scab will stick to the bandage a little. It’s also swollen and red, it doesn’t look infected right now but it will need closely watched. The tip of his tail is not nearly as bad.
Zee frowns, he looks at Blisa's drawing and mentions where to add more or less stripes, and "A bit less of de left ear lass and he has a weasel and couple rats that were with him, I think de ferret with the longbow was dragged off by Bandit to a cell in Ferravale"
Blisa nods and fixes the drawing. It looks almost exactly like the real Zurrgg....almost like she's seen him herself (which she hasn't). It's such a good picture it looks like the mini-Zurrgg is going to walk off the page. "Any other details I need to know before I start coloring?" Angela purses her lips and gets a foul-smelling ointments, which she then goes to rub on his burns. It will sting at first, but then make the area pleasantly numb in very short order. "We'll need to keep a close eye on this," She murmurs to him.
Jase grips the bed post and presses the pillow into his snout to quiet the yelp as that stuff burns badly and he nods, he takes a couple pained breaths before calming some as it numbs and nods again shivering a little.
Zee says, "I can help fight Zurrgg if ya like" Most likely a bad idea with the shoulder wound, but maybe he isn’t thinking right now."
"When you're healed," Angela orders moodily. "After yer discharged I don't really care if ye go after 'im or not, so long as ye try to not get 'urt again." Blisa is about halfway through with coloring her picture.
Jase has gone quiet and watches Blisa work, he writes and show her -are you ok Blisa?-
Zee frowns "After I am discharged, when that gonna be, I be fit as a ..." He yelps as he raises his arm up and frowns deeply, "Ok..not so fit, see ya point"
Angela chuckles and shakes her head as she goes to bandage up Jase's leg again. "Ye'll be fine in a couple of weeks, don't worry. I'd say no more'n 3 at the longest. Ye can probably leave the Infirm in 1 week, just come see me every day for a check-up, alright?" Blisa has finished her drawing and shows it to the badger and the other cat. It looks exactly like Zurrgg. "How does this look?" She reads the note and frowns; she seems to be thinking on her answer.
Jase frowns and if he can he will reach over and go to hug Blisa, she is frowning so he is concern for her.
Zee looks at the drawing "It looks very good lass and not ta worry we will track down Zurrgg where ever he be"
Blisa nods and allows the other cat to hug her, her ears turning a little pink. "I believe you. I just hope that he doesn't hurt anyone else before you can catch him. And.....I'm okay, I guess. Better than I was a few weeks ago." She smiles. Angela looks at the drawing, then nods. "If 'e's ever brought 'ere, I'll be sure to alert every beast who should know."
Jase smiles at Blisa and nods -I am glad you’re feeling better-.
Zee says, "Hopefully Scioto didn’t go looking fer the wildcat himself. But I am sure your father is here in the abbey somewhere lass or his guards took him back ta Ferravale"
Blisa nods and, after reading the Ferravale Master Healer's note, smiles again. "Thanks. I....I hope you get to feeling better, too." Angela smiles at them, looking a little sad at the same time, then turns to the badger. "Do y'think this Zurrg creature poses a threat to the Abbey?"
Jase nods, he lets some needed sleep over take him and the notepad and quill pen lay by his side.
Zee frowns "Let's hope not, I am unsure really. He may pose a bigger threat ta Ferravale more than the abbey"
Blisa rubs her forehead. She can feel her headache getting worse. "I wish the weather was warm so I could have Basil hunt him down....." Angela shakes her head. "I'm not sure I like the idea of usin' a snake as a weapon....."
Zee says, "I never meet de snake...and not sure I want to either. The wildcat is dangerous not someone to face alone that’s for sure”
"With Basil, I wouldn't be alone," Blisa says smugly. Angela just rolls her eyes. "I'll make sure that if a wildcat shows up 'ere, I'll 'ave the guards keep a strict watch on him."
Zee frowns “Be best to throw him out and bar him entry lass. One thing he said on de road was it was far from over, ya can ask Scioto he was there when Zurrgg said it. He can knock one out and use something to temporarily cause you to have trouble moving, long enough to if t your luckily just get away and if your unluckily..well" He lets that one be guessed and frowns, "Zurrgg was in the northlands, he worked with Bora and he was insane then too"
Angela shakes her head. "If 'e comes 'ear in need of 'ealin', I will /not/ turn 'im away! What do you think I am?? I am a Healer, and there is nothin' that can keep me from usin' my craft on a beast, even if they are the enemy." Blisa lifts her head from her paws and looks between the other 2 beasts, a little cautious about how this was going to turn out.
Zee frowns, he usually is ok with helping anyone, but Zurrgg..."Well thats you, not me...you were not locked up by the wildcat, you didn’t have a son killed in front of you and have an insane wildcat laugh while it happens and then knock you unconcious...and then when ya finally can come back ta Mossflower find out ya were not there fer your great niece and your younger nephew cause the older nephew died and you were not even thar to help them through it."..Whoa..touchy...
Blisa hides behind the cot as Angela jabs her finger at the badger's nose. "No, but I was a slave, and after I escaped I found one of my old owners in a ditch, bleedin' to death. I could've let 'im die, as just punishment for all the starvin' and beatin's 'e gave me. But I chose to use my skills on 'im, even though I didn't want to, because thats what makes us different from the evil beasts in the world; that we choose to do what's right."
Zee snorts, right now he is grumpy and moody, who is more grumpy remains to be said, "I am gonna go eat lunch...downstairs..away from you grumpy face" And he turns and walks away as if he dares her to stop him.
Angela watches him go, then sighs heavily and sinks into a chair. She rubs her arms as a tear trickles down her cheek. "I wonder if I'm too old for this...." Blisa comes out of hiding and hugs the old mouse. They just hug each-other quietly for a while, until it's time to check on patients again
Zee meanwhile gone downstairs to get lunch, well he doesn’t eat it and instead pushes it away and walks to the room they have given him to use while he is here, he lies down and lets tears go down face and looks at the wall, he had not meant to seem mean to the old mouse, he was letting painful memories of his recent time in the northlands get to him. Yes he wants Zurrgg stopped but, maybe just let another handle it. He wipes away tears and closes his eyes. He will have to talk to Angela tomorrow, say sorry for being basically a grump, but for now he just needs some rest.
