Aftermath of a fight...that the Healer was in.

OOC: This happened after a huge ole fight on the Dirt Road, and Leon logged it ([1]), so you might see some repeated poses.  :) BIC:

RW Abbey: Gatehouse Loft

This room is as wide as the one below it, if not quite as tall. The roof meets at a visible point above your head. There is a single window that looks out over the entry area of Redwall, but it is quite small and has thin pale blue curtains partially drawn over it. The room itself appears to have been very recently remodeled by a skilled craftsbeast and it also has been well furnished with a wooden bed frame that is complete with a head and footboard, two small chests of drawers, a simple chest sitting at the bottom of the bed and on the floor is spread a thick woven rug. The bed is just the size for two beasts to sleep in it comfortably and it is covered in a mid-weight blue blanket and made complete with two pillows. In one corner of the room, is a beautifully constructed baby cradle. The entire area has a very peaceful, secure feeling about it with few shadows but rather soft, warm light spread by several candles placed strategically about and a lit oil lamp hanging from the rafters.

Exits: Climb [Down] the Ladder

DoraRose 'dumped' Leon in the loft and went to go get the pizza from the kitchens, where she got into an argument with some of the staff who wanted to help her, even though she was insisting that she could carry it by herself. Finally, she got away from them and dashed across the Abbey grounds carrying her 'prize'. Without pausing or being inturrupted, she enters the gatehouse and then comes into the loft. The warm pizza quickly fills the air with the smell of bread, tomatoes, herbs, melted cheese, zuccini and broccoli.

Leon smiles, his wrist is bandaged as he sits up, "Smells good dear"

Indeed it does...and it doesn't go unnoticed by a certain reptilian double act of high-strung, wild mischief. Zarok pokes his muzzle through the loft door and slithers up into the room, Terfil splayed out on the young monitor's upper back like a limpet as Zarok rises to his full height, which, while still not very impressive next to all the older beasts, looks a bit more substantial than the 'familiar' height of Zarok in the past few months. He's getting older...his tail is long and curls at the tip, swishing across the floorboards behind him, and his neck is more snakelike and arches a bit, while his eyes are gleaming with more intelligence than mere curiousity now. But he's still pretty much, heart and soul, a little kid. And he's just past DoraRose's elbow now in height, so it's not too drastic. Terfil looks the same as ever.

DoraRose smiles. "Thanks, love." she sets the pizza down on the table and digs out some plates and cups from her haversack, that she hasn't used since...well, since many seasons ago. With barely a glance in their direction, she greets the lizards as she begins to cut the pizza with a knife she brought from the kitchens. "Good day, Zarok. Hello, Terfil. I suppose you want to share this pizza with us?"

Leon looks over at the two and waves, he then holds his wrist as he forgot it was injured, "Hi" he says.

The scaleys dart over to DoraRose and both nod affirmatively. "Yarz!" Zarok places his forepaws on the edge of the table and peers at the pizza incredulously...smells to him and Terf like the best thing since fish, which is pretty impressive for these two.

DoraRose smiles and fineshes cutting the pizza into slices and lifts steaming slices onto 4 plates, 2 for each person. She hands everybody their plate, then pours everyone some very honeyed tea.

Leon takes the pizza and tea, he smiles"Thanks" He eats quietly and takes a drik, "I think I will...avoid the outdoors till...well after tomorrow" Leon finishes his pizza and decides he is tried, hey it was a bad day, he is asleep fairly quickly.

Zarok and Terfil both eat their fill, trying to pace themselves despite the incredible flavors of the tea and the pizza...Terfil, when finished eating, curls up on his empty plate, while Zarok sips at his cup of tea, lapping it up with his long tongue, which flickers in and out of his mouth like lightning.

DoraRose has also fineshed her pizza and is sipping her tea, thinking deeply, barely noticing that the newt is sleeping on his plate. Her brow is furrowed, and a slight frown is on her face.

"Whatza matterz, Auntie?" Zarok says softly, buzzing slightly. "You be okiez?" He tilts his head in concern and his tail curls around one leg of his chair.

It takes a couple seconds for it to register in DoraRoses' mind that she's being spoken to, but when it does, she glances up and smiles. "Yes, I'm fine, thank you. I'm just thinking about a hare Leon met earlier. I hope it's alright."

"Wot 'appen?" Zarok asks, attempting to drink tea in a normal manner and only succeeding in sloshing a mouthful of tea over his snout after tipping the cup at the wrong moment. He licks the sweet brown drink from the indentations between the scales on his face and looks a bit embarrassed, then acts like nothing happened as he continues the conversation. "What hare'zzzzzzzz name, Dorrozzzzzzzze?"

"I don't know, Zarok. It's making it very difficult. Leon didn't even catch the hare's name." DoraRose leans foreward and absently wipes the lizard's snout, very nearly lost in thought.

"Can I help?" Zarok asks quickly, almost reflexively. "There gonna be 'nother big 'venture like when we fight badfox?" He jumps up and down in his seat a little.

DoraRose shakes her head and places the cloth she was cleaning his snout off with under her plate. "I don't think we'll have another big adventure...I need to stay here for right now. But I'm sure you can help somehow. I just need to think of anything." she yawns and rubs her eyes.

Zarok crawls under the table and curls up into a ball around DoraRose's footpaws, drifting off into a contented slumber, just like old times. Terfil awakens briefly and sleepily lies down on the floor next to Zarok, using his friend's tail as a blanket. And yes, Zarok still makes those little 'snerk' noises in his sleep.

DoraRose rests her head on her arms on the table, thinking and thinking....and eventually falls asleep. If only all of our problems could be solved by sleep...

Thanks for reading!