More Clues Found And A Small Talk-Bolts of Chaos TP

Scioto is in the infirm and has been here the past few days, right now sitting up on a cot.

The door opens, and the mouse DoraRose Strongheart enters, carefully and cautiously carrying a blanket-lined basket. Seeing Scioto, she smiles, then makes her way over to another cot and sets the basket down. A snuffling sound rises from it, and the mouse quickly reaches in and lifts out a tiny baby mouse and snuggles it to her shoulder as it cries. "I'm sorry. She tired, I think. Nobeast told me you were here, Scioto. How are you? Did you bring Blisa with you?"

Scioto looks over at Dorarose as she enters, he arches an eyebrow and sighs not paying attention to most of the questions, " How am I?...not well." Most bandages are hidden under the cover or the tunic someone gave him. He frowns some and glances at the little dibbun she has with her. What is visible is a slightly loose bandage on his forehead and back of head.

A healer comes over and whispers something, and DoraRose smiles and leaves the basket with said healer, who lifts a second baby mouse out of it. The warrior walks over to the cat, patting the fussy baby's back. "Scioto? What happened? You can tell me." She stands, pretty sure that if she sits, her daughter will wail more loudly.

Scioto ears go flat, " I was badly injured in an assassinate attempt, don't remember much of what happen..just smoke, heat..fire guess, and tunnel..that", He shakes his head, ok he dislikes that part, "And the thunderstorm and the bank gave way and I fell into the river and a squirrel saved me and go me here"

DoraRose narrows her eyes. "Do you know who I am?" she asks randomly, some sixth sense prodding her.

Scioto shakes his head, "I am..sorry, I do not" He frowns "I don't know anyone here, a couple I have learned the names of as I been here pass few day..Benar and there is the mouse umm..." He stops as he remembers as he did have a high fever that’s down now, least from high to mild, "Oh..Leon, been in here a lot since he is one of your healer beasts"

The mouse frowns, concern flooding her face. She lays the now sleeping Dibbun mouse maid in the middle of a nearby cot. "Leon is my husband. I'm DoraRose Strongheart. We are friends....I'm a warrior. I came here from the East long ago. Leon and Blisa....your daughter.....they were kidnapped a few seasons ago....do you remember none of that?"

Scioto listens, he is truly listening but frowns deeply at the names and shakes his head, "An otter told me I have a daughter he, he didn’t mention a name, the healer mouse said I had a very bad head injury and seemed surprised I was even alive I think"

DoraRose purses her lips and turns away, hiding the tears forming in her eyes by busily arranging a nest of blanket around the Dibbun. "Her name is Blisa. Your daughter. My daughter is named LilyMoore, after my sister who was murdered. Her twin, my son, is named Caleb."

Scioto nods and offers a small smile, "From.. what I see, your dibbuns are lovely looking and I am sure well cared for here." He sighs "I just hope my daughter is safe, where ever she is"

DoraRose has regained her composure, and so turns back and smiles. "Thank you. I'm sure Blisa is fine. I heard a little while ago that you had assigned a bodyguard for her, and that he cares very deeply for her. I'm sure she's fine."

Scioto nods "That makes sense, being chieftain and how she could be a target as well, she may need the extra protection"

Leon steps into the infirm to check on beasts here, mainly the chieftain of Ferravale.

Oak walks into the room and sits quietly in a chair, look briefly at Scioto before beginning to eat a scone

DoraRose looks up as the 2 new creatures enter the room. Smiling slightly tearfully, she stands and hugs Leon tightly. LilyMoore is laying on a cot, sleeping in a nest of blankets, and Caleb is asleep in the basket their mother carries them around in.

Scioto catches sight of the squirrel first, it’s a little hazy memory but then he remembers, "You..you’re the squirrel from the river...Oak"

Leon smiles at Dorarose returning the hug and nods to Oak, he listens as Scioto speaks and looks over at Oak again before checking Scioto's wounds quietly

Oak finally speaks up. "I 'ave come 'te check up on 'de cat" . He goes over to Scioto and stares at him. "Let Doctor Oak look at 'ye......yep...errr....little shaken up but it looks like 'ye gonna be fine physically" . He pauses. "Mentally on 'de 'utter 'and..."

DoraRose scoops up LilyMoore and puts her in the basket beside her brother. The snuffle in their sleep, then settle back down. Their mother watches and listens, wishing she knew how to help.

Scioto ears flatten some, if he was himself right now the squirrel probably be grabbed and roughly pushed back but this doesn’t happen, he instead asks, "Did you find out about the smoke from the village direction, what happen?"

Leon starts to say something to Oak but decides not to, he checks ion wounds and does any reapplying of herbs and aloe for the couple burns, he then bandages with fresh bandages and shakes his head, "He is lucky to be alive is what he is and still has a ways to recover, as for regaining any memory I sadly have no answer for that"

Oak nods. "Ye 'dat" He clears his throat. "Well 'twould appear 'dat 'sum beast blew up the tavern and 'ye were in it, 'ye some'ow escaped and ended up by 'de river" He takes a bite of scone. "Some beasts described to be a very tall stoat, 'oo apparently held a crossbow bolt to a candle, fired it at the tavern, blew it up, and 'den jus' walked away, killin' two guards. Same beast 'oo's bein killin' people on the road recently. If I do 'de math right, so far 'ee's killed about 'tree dozen beasts in 'de course of 'tree weeks"

DoraRose digs some sewing out from the basket (It was underneath the blankets, wrapped up so as to not prick the babies) and starts to sew, staying where she is so as to be able to hear the conversation.

Scioto frowns as he listens to the squirrel, "That would explain the burns and I do not know how I got to the river, I just remember waking up wounded in some sort of...tunnel like place, it was caving in and I could ..only crawl and there was a cave or old den of some wort by the river bank, I sliped in and almost drowned and would of if wasn’t for Oak"

Leon finishes making sure bandages are in place and steps back, "Maybe a..basement?" He doesn’t sound too sure as he stays close by.

Oak nods. "Sounds like 'summat like 'dat", He takes yet another bite of scone. "Reminds of me 'o back in 'de day when Bloody was around...'ee kept an old fox and 'de abbot locked up in a basement under 'is 'ouse....'ye could barely see it...but it 'twas 'dere"

DoraRose frowns in confusion. Bloody? Must have been from before she came to Mossflower. She shrugs to herself and continues sewing and listening.

Scioto sighs and lays back down on the cot, "I wonder, who is watching Ferravale and did anything else happen"

Leon shrugs, "Whomever the head guard is maybe"

Oak nods. "Yep Scioto's 'ead guard, Raymond is bein' de chieftain at 'de moment" He finishes his scone. "Best bet is 'te wait till 'dis Marek fellow is dead as 'ell....'den Scioto can return 'te Ferravale"

Jarvis pokes his head in and looks back and forth, "Whoa. Lot of beasties in here..lots.."

DoraRose speaks up now, asking, "Is Blisa alright, do you know?" , Her paws move quickly as she sews, and she flashes a quick smile in greeting at Jarvis.

Scioto waits for an answer, he is just resting for now as not much else for him to say right now.

Leon heads off to check on another beast as one of the healers come over to him, "Excuse me all" He then slips off quietly"

Jarvis enters the rest of the way, "Someone is not ok? That is...NOT ok..."

Oak blinks. "Who is 'dis shrew?" he asks. "He looks insane"

DoraRose looks at the shrew nervously and scoots over until she's almost sitting on the basket and continues sewing. Jarvis better not mess with this mouse...she a warrior, and now a mother. Good combination...if you want to die.

Scioto glances at the shrew and Dorarose, "I am sure all will, get better somehow but would be good to know if..." Ok he forgot name," My daughter is ok or not?"

Oak picks up another scone from his pack. "I can go search for your daughter if you want" He pauses. "Scone?"

Jarvis blinks and watches the mouse maid, he looks at the basket, "What’s in THERE.." He gets closer, is that wise?" He frowns at the scone "Is that safe?..The soup had evil in it..EVILLLLL!" He looks at the basket again curious and looks at Oak, "A daughter is lost?...this cat loses a lot he lost his mind too...think he dropped in somewhere...YEAH!"

DoraRose glares at the shrew. "What I have in this basket is none of your concern. Please keep your distance, /sir/." The 'sir' is cold, with undertones of threats and danger in it. "And Scioto did not lose his mind...he has just forgotten. And I doubt the scone is evil. Why don't you eat it and find out?"

Scioto looks between them and decides it’s best to stay quiet and let the mouse maid handle this.

Oak laughs. "I should hope these scones are good, they were made by me, put into the pack by me, and eaten by me. Never being touch by anyone else. I know a hare was poisoned but that doesn't mean MY food is" , He gets up. "Now, if you excuse me I think I will begin my search for Scioto's daughter, and maybe I will find this Marek fellow while I'm at it" He walks off

Jarvis watches the squirrel run off and looks at Dorarose "Why not my concern..." He grins "It could be bad..or good, or maybe left or right..IT COULD!!"

DoraRose glares at the shrew. "It's not your concern because I said so. Now /back off/." The baby twin mice in the basket move slightly as they dream. Do. Not. Mess. With. This. Mama.

Scioto watches the shrew, he clears his throat, "May be wise to..go elsewhere"

Jarvis smirks, "Don't wanna kitty kitty kitty cat" He sings along and grins, he looks at the mouse maid and glares back and then sticks out his tongue.

Emyuil storms in, his obsidian eyes blazing and the scars on his face clearly visible. Hellgates has come to Jarvis. The battle-scarred mouse pounds right up to Jarvis and stares him down from about a whisker length in front of his face, fire burning in his eyes. "What seems to be the problem," He hisses menacingly.

The babies wake up and start wailing, and their mother drops her sewing and somehow manages to pick them both up and starts to rock them. "Emyuil, he wasn't bothering me too badly just yet. Come here and hold your niece, please."

Scioto folds his arms over his chest and looks at the shrew, yeah starting to annoy him as well.

Jarvis eyes go very wide as he screams loudly and scoots back from Emyuil "Evil!!!!!!!!!!!!...AHHHHHHH!" He runs in a circle and then goes for the door top speed, he misses the door and finds the wall instead and ends up knocking himself out cold.

Emyuil's anger slowly fades and the lightning disappears from his eyes as he stares down at Jarvis's inert form. "There. Problem solved," He says calmly as he moves to take LilyMoore from his sister's arms. "DoraRose, dear, would you call your husband, please? The shrew here seems to have fainted out of the blue for no reason." His eyes twinkle now with suppressed laughter.

"He's busy...and the shrew will be fine." DoraRose stands up, cradling Caleb as he wails. LilyMoore is also wailing...and slobbering all over Emyuils shoulder. Eeeeewwww.......that's just nasty.

Scioto looks at the shrew "Well, he Is quiet now" He sighs as his head hurts again now.

Emyuil is vaguely repulsed and wipes up the saliva with the edge of his ragged cloak. A bit more wear and tear won't hurt it. "Um, 'rose, I think I released the floodgate," He says, a spark of concern in his voice.

DoraRose smiles, enjoying her brother's repulsion. "You woke them up. Baby Dibbuns slobber. A lot. I'm afraid it's just the way it goes." Caleb has started to quiet down, but LilyMoore is still going full out vocal extremes. The warrior holds out her son and one arm. "Here, I'll trade you." She smiles at Scioto. "I'm sorry...Lily seems to be a very fussy baby."

Scioto nods "I am sure I have dealed with that sort of thing as well before"

Emyuil quickly makes the swap and holds Caleb super-mega-careful. Don't want this one to start leaking, too...He rocks his nephew gently and whispers something inaudible to every beast else.

Caleb snuffles a little, and instead of slobbering, rubs icky snot all over his uncle's shoulder. DoraRose snorts with suppressed laughter and walks over to Scioto. "I'm sure. This is my brother, by the way. He's Emyuil." LilyMoore has now also begun to quiet down, but she's still fussing.

Scioto nods and manages a small smile, "I just wish didn’t have to have every beast re introduced to me"

Emyuil looks downright repelled now and again wipes up the snot with his poor, abused cloak. He's too busy to talk to Scioto at the moment as he strokes his nephew between the ears...WELL away from the erupting nostrils.

DoraRose smiles sadly. "I don't think you ever met my brother." she says cheerily, giving her brother a look that tells him to /not/ correct her. Eh-ver.

Scioto nods, he looks tried and his headache is off and on right now

Emyuil hands his nephew back to his sister, says something or other in a half-thought-out explanation for his sudden departure, and runs off to clean his cloak...for the first time in like, ever.

DoraRose sets the almost quiet dibbun mice in their basket, picks up said grass carrying device and smiles at the cat. "Don't worry. You'll remember. Just have some faith." and with that she is gone, deciding to have her fussy babies be in a room where they'll disturb fewer people.

Scioto watches the room empty and then closes his good eye and goes to sleep.