Blackfur's bad dreams
Jake has fallen asleep trying to rest and heal.
Blackfur walks in muttering,he is looking for someone and frowns,"Dum dream...dreams with mice"
Jake opens his one good eye as he hears muttering and frowns,he looks around great no where to flee.
Blackfur catches the movement and looks over at the bed,he hisses low and goes to remove the cover."I've had enough of this!"
Jake rolls out of the bed and his paw is instantly on the sword,he watches the cat closely,ready for a fight if needed.
Blackfur eyes go wide as he sees the sword, "That sword..where did you get the sword?!"
Jake eyes narrow as he grips the sword,he isn't good at this but he can aways fake it, "Maybe it was given to me why?" He steps a little closer to the cat as he speaks,"If you think I am going to run you got another thing coming Blackfur,I won't run from you as I am no coward"
Blackfur backs up as he looks at the sword,the cat is a little on edge and growls "Take the sword away, give it back to the mouse, tell it to not haunt me"
Jake raises an eyebrow at the cat and stays where he is,sword still in his paw.."Say wot?"
Blackfur hisses but doesn't go near the hare,he looks at the sword and hisses again,"I said,..get it away from me, give it back to the ghost"
Jo peeks around the corner into the infirmary, his paw nearing the medical knife in his belt.
Jake looks to the door and then the cat,he glares at Blackfur."Sure wot ever you say..tell ya wot,let me pass and I will be on my way,even take the sword away." He isn't sure what to do being traped right now.
Blackfur backs up a little,he growls low "I am not stupid,your going no where, except maybe in a cell!!"
Jo smirks, "Blackfur, ye' really want to be doin' tat? Ye' would be near the sword if he stepped near ye'." He hides the knife behind his back.
Jake grips the sword in his paw,he looks over Blackfur's shoulder as Jo speaks,he steps forwards a little,sword in front of him,"I am going into no cell" A calmness is in his voice,but also hate for Blackfur.
Blackfur goes to draw his own sword and then spins around as he hears Jo,he hisses low again, as Jake goes a little nearer he backs into the wall, seems he is afraid of the sword,"G..Get it away..it belongs to the ghost mouse, take it away...get away from me!", He looks at both of them now and frowns.."Both of ya go away!" He is..shivering?
Jo nods towards the hall, "Come on Jake."
Jake starts to go closer to Blackfur,sword in his paw,he raises it and looks ready to run him threw,he narrows his eyes and looks to Jo, Then speaks to Blackfur"Better watch yourself Blackfur..." he then goes to head into the hallway with Jo.
Blackfur closes his eyes and then opens then again as they both seem to be leaveing,he shakes his head,"Stupid dream,just a dream...no such thing as ghosts.."he mutters out loud,seems he is starting to lose it slowly.
Jo chuckles, "Poor beast."
Jake slips into the hallway,but makes sure to keep an eye on Blackfur,in case he trys something.
Jo walks out as well, closing the door behind him.
Blackfur hisses low as he watches them leave,he slides his back agaist the wall and is in a sitting position agist the wall and twitches some,muttering to himself quitely.
===30 mins. Later in walks Erebos===
The leader of the Black Rose sits on the floor,back agaist the wall of the infirm,he mutters to himself and twiches a little.He talks low.."Ghosts...swords..stupid dreams,just a dream." Yeah..he may be loseing it.
Erebos slips into the infirmary, not quite so silent as he usually is. He is in withdrawal from the lack of alcohol. His reactions have sharpened, but so too has his temper, and since he received the news of Skarting's promotion, his mood has been steadily deteriorating. He doesn't even bother to look about, merely latches the door and slithers on over to his work station. If a beast is horribly injured and needs to be healed, tough luck, they'll have to knock.
Blackfur is already in here,so he wouldnt have to knock,he looks at the monitor and mutters to himself again,staying agaist the wall,.."Ghost mouse..yeah lock the door,it will still come in,..wants me..tried to pretend he was a hare," he chuckles dryly,"Dum ghost,..I'll slay it,wont invade my dreams it won't" He swallows a little and watches Erebos,he is a little out of it right now so is only maybe half here mind wise.
Erebos sighs, and his claws wrap around Blackfur's shoulders, trying to herd him to the nearest cot so he might have a decent look at him. "Zere are veree few of zose zat are truly loyal among uz...Blackvur was one." He pauses, as if to give a moment of silence. But really he is holding his breath, seeing what else the cat might say on the subject of betrayals. Then, "Up, zir. Ze otter fanziez 'eemzelf a 'ealer, but 'e ez leettle more zan a deebbun, 'oo meemics 'iz teacherz. I weell 'ave you properlee cared for." Not even an 'I told you so.' Erebos is a smooth one.
Blackfur lets the monitor led him to a cot and nods,he is still tense and on edge "We..need to be ready,for anything..like if the mosue comes back,ghosts can go threw the walls..." he growls low"Stpuid beasts..think can trick me,wont work for long, I will get them...the mousemaid got away,I will find her,track her down,and the hare..hare" he frowns"He is REALLY the ghost mouse in disquise,he had its sword!"
Ohhh paranoid delusions, Erebos almost forgot about them. But if he remembered correctly, more than one captain he served under suffered from them. The lizard says nothing, merely nods in what seems to be agreement, and slices the bandages away. They are useless now and cannot be rebound, spattered as they are with Blackfur's blood.
Blackfur swallows as he has calmed some and looks around the room,he is still pretty tense, his shoulder wound is deep and the cut on his leg isnt as bad,nearly as bad , as his shoulder...a long gash and an area where a dagger went into it.
"Well, zir..." Erebos finally replies, with caution "We 'ave eendeed been wounded. and een more zen just ze flezh..." He sighs and turns away, grabbing a needle and thread, and a strange black bottle from the counter. "But eet eez nozeeng zat cannot be overcome. I onlee prey you zhow more caution zan you 'ave recently wiz your decizionz." He thrusts the bottle at the cat. "Dreenk zis. You will feel almost nozeeng." Inside is a thick smoky liquid, a deep grey. The drug is much more stronger than needed, but the lizard figures the cat could use a little something to dull his nerves.
Blackfur looks at the bottle and the lizard,he twitches some and seems a little untrustworthy at first,he then drinks the potion down and coughs.
The bottle is small, and seems to be made from the claw of another monitor. But there is certainly enough in there to do the trick. all there is to do for the time being is to sit back and wait for it to take effect. Erebos watches his patient carfully, and a scaly brow raises. "You zeenk I would try to poison you, like you 'ad me do to ze badger?" He crosses his arms,, and the hint of a smile flickers across his face. "Do you not recall you 'ired me vor ze eprezz purpoze of 'ealeeng you, and preventeeng your death?"
Blackfur glares slightly, he is just out of it and the potion doesnt help it much, "I..have had a horrible pass couple days....mice and hares....least..Angelo should be dead..." he starts to slur his last word and chuckles some,.."Yeah..maybe ya can poison the mouse the ghost one...ghost poison,hee hee ha"
Erebos picks at a spot on his arm where a gash has almost healed. The scales are only slightly warped at this point. 'I am afraid I carree none of ze eengredientz needed to make a poizon for ghoztz." he says sarcastically. He is not sure whether the cat is serious or joking, in the state that he's in. A footclaw taps out a beat on the floorboards.
Blackfur smiles coldly "Oh..then we will find some,yes find....you can kill the ghost mouse?" he asks and then suddenly shuts up as the stuff takes more effect as he is sort of...semi-awake now near falling asleep,he hissses low as he looks at Erebos..."Why be there...two of ya...ohhhhhh" he closes his eyes and goes silent.
Well, that was quicker than he expected. Erebos holds a needle carefully between his talons and threads it. Then he attacks the gash in blackfur's shoulder. He works swiftly, though he doubts the cat will be feeling any sort of normal anytime soon. He just wants to get this healing business done and over with and enjoy the quiet while it lasts.
Blackfur is being quiet thats for sure,but also being asleep again makes his twitch a little, after another few mins a whimper is heard as he mutters in his sleep"Stay..back mouse...can't..can't...."he goes quiet again,not moving much at all while Erebos stiches him up,he seems to be having a bad dream though still.
Erebos ignores the cat's ramblings, though he does wonder. What would this little concoctions do to an already adled beast's dreams. The next cut is too old to be worked on, so he moves down to the leg. It is likely Blackfur will have an awful scar there for the rest of his life. He does his best to keep the cat's leg still, wrapping one arm around it as he sutures the gash.
Blackfur tenses up a little,he has stopped muttering again,but does twich once and is still again.
Blackfur pretty much sleep threw the night and woke upo the next day,his mind still a little messed up with bad dreams of a ghost mouse with a long deadly sword,and he needs someone to Blame!
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