Passing Time in the Cell (Thorns of Steel TP)

In A cell

Leon has finally gotten loose of his rope on his paws and now stands looking around the cell.

Terfil cautiously edges into the room...not very hard considering his size. He hasn't encountered the mouse yet, and he goes rigid when he spots Leon.

Leon sees Terfil and studies him, he sits slowly, "Who are you...what are you even?"

" 'm a Terfil," the newt mumbles. Then he looks indignant. "How you get in here?"

Leon frowns "I was throw in here by the fox, not sure what he is gonna do with me"

"Prob'ly ripya guts out'n'feed'em t'yer eyeballzzz," the newt says matter-of-factly.

Leon frowns, "Well I would hope not"

"He badfox, that wot he do." Terfil glances around and begins sweeping the copious amounts of dust on the cell floor into little piles using his tail for no apparent reason .

Leon watches the newt, "Well, he needs me alive I think, only other thing he did was ask my name, hats all so he is not interested in questioning me"

Terfil shakes his head emphatically. "He come back, ask more."

Leon stands back up and dusts off, "Oh?..Well if he comes back I will just kick him or..." He glances around the room, darn nothing to use as a weapon, "Well I will think of something and it’s not like I know much, except he is going to be in a lot of trouble soon when they find this base and they are working on that and gathering forces."

"An' ssso is he," The newt whispers hoarsely. "He got monitorzz an' ravenzz an' crowzz an'..." Failing to think of something else, he continues with, "an'...monitorzzz an' ravenzz an' crowzzz an'...more"

Leon shrugs, "He doesn’t scare me..." Ok he is lying a little bit, the fox does scare him more than he lets on.

"That bad," Terfil mutters. He plunks himself down on the floor and gazes at the wall .

Leon asks , "How is that bad? Besides I am loose from my ropes, I can get out of here and run, whats he gonna do then?"

"Hunt you, kill you...an' there'z not just badfox guarding." Terfil gives a sidelong glance to the door. "Thizz juzzt one room in BIG-place," he says, waving his paws in an expansive gesture.

Leon listens and hmms, "Your right, still..what if tried"

Terfil shrugs. "Then you probl'y diezzz."

Leon folds his arms over his chest, he winches some as his wrist hurts, "Fine, yeah bad idea to try and get out of door opens."

Blisa stirs. She has been asleep. Blinking her eyes, she looks around, then stares at Leon. "Who're you?"

Leon glances at the kitten and offers a smile, "I am Leon, guess I am here for now....better me than someone else"

Terfil mutters, "You not sssay that when badfox beatcha up."

Leon frowns, "If he didn’t have me he...would of had the abbot, so better me here than the abbot here, that’s what I meant."

Blisa scoots closer, no fear on her face. "did the bad fox beat you up, too? He kicked me." she is now sitting very close to the mouse, gazing up at him intently.

Terfil mutters, "Fink he did."

Leon frowns "Well he..slammed me into a wall and broke my wrist and dislocated my shoulder but I..umm got my shoulder back in place, just don’t ask....how"

Blisa winces, then moves to right beside the mouse. "Why are you here?" she kind of coddles her broken arm, which is in a splint and sling, and seems to have been set almost expertly.

Leon frowns "Cause a raven tried to grab the abbot of Redwall, so I shoved him out of the way, didn’t know I be brought here instead"

"Why you not kill raven?" Terfil inquires

Blisa blinks at the newt. "Not all ravens are bad. Lenore the raven set my arm and brought me and Papa Oz food."

Leon frowns "Umm...it was in the air and would of fell to my death"

Terfil continues arguing. "But why let it grab you? Juz /punch/ it'r'sumfin."

Blisa sneezes, then settles back down, willing to just listen to the conversation of the creatures who are older than her.

Leon says, "I don’t know"

Terfil certainly isn't older, and he scampers out of the door for no apparent reason.

Oz slowly wakes up and blinks a couple times.

Ragg comes through the door, this time he seems to have (what he considers) a reason to be here for in his paw is an apple and in the other a small cup of water.

Oz looks over at Ragg as he comes in the room, "Greetings"

Ragg looks over at Oz. Surprisingly his eyes are twinkling again, but not very much. “Hello. I brought you some food." He walks up and stands about a foot away from Oz and offers the apple first.

Leon is sleeping.

--Next day, yes in the cell—

Oz is extra quiet today, not that there is that much to talk on in a cell.

Leon is up and glances over at Oz and walks over to him," Your quiet, then guess not much to talk on"

Oz shrugs slowly and frowns, he shivers slightly as if he is cold, there is a slight coldness to the room but not too much of one.

Leon studies Oz best he can where they are, he checks his ear and scar on his face, he managed to save a little water and cleans the wounds, he then frowns as he backs up, "Your burning up!"

Oz doesn't respond too much to the touch, he seems only about half here even.

Leon frowns, "I need to get my herb bag back,...wait." He digs in his pockets hoping to find something, he slips out some willow bark he had placed in his pocket, to dry out later but never got a chance to put it in the infirm at the abbey, he looks to Oz, "Willow bark, may help a little...though only a tiny bit here, but it's something. You can chew on it a little while and spit it out afterwards."

Oz half hears, but does chew on the bark after it’s given to him and the spits it out after a while, he coughs slightly.

Leon sits down, he glances at the doorway, "Wander if...there is a way to get my herb bag and some simple water."

Oz coughs, "Probably...not."

Leon glances at Oz as he speaks, "Well, need to do something, not like I...always have herbs in my pocket, forgot even had the small bit of willow bark even and that won’t help for very long at all."

Oz nods slowly, he still shivers slightly and is not fully alert right now.

Leon looks around the room as he stands again pacing, not too much to do in here, he limps slightly.

Oz watches Leon pace, he closes his eyes slightly to rest a little, a little alert still.

Blisa has been asleep for a while, and now sits up, looking around the room with drowsy green eyes. Rubbing 1 with her good paw, she yawns, showing off her pointy white teeth.

Leon looks at the kitten "Hello there “He sits back down and sighs a little.

Oz opens his eyes as Blisa stirs and glances at her, otherwise he is quiet today.

Blisa smiles brightly at the mouse. "Hi!" How has she stayed happy in this place?

Leon smiles a little, "You’re in a good mood seems, that’s good for a place like this."

Oz listens as the two talk, he coughs slightly.

Blisa straightens her back and says confidently, "Martin will help us. LilyMoore told me so." She scrambles up into Oz's lap and snuggles down, being very careful to not hurt his side.

Oz smiles faintly, "Blisa..." His voice is a little weak today.

Leon frowns, he looks at the door, "Need my herb pack back" He mutters slightly.

Blisa turns her smile up to the badger, unable to hide the worry in her eyes. "It's OK, don't worry." she strokes his face and asks Leon, "What do you need an herb pack for?"

Oz smiles a little more, his forehead feels hot, though slightly less than earlier.

Leon answers, "Oz is not feeling well right now, so wanted to help him feel better"

Blisa nods and mouths the word 'oh', then cuddles down again. "Maybe the raven Lenore will get it for you."

Oz clears his throat, "Not...not seen her in..few days."

Leon asks, "Yeah but, can she be trusted?"

Blisa nods eagerly. "Oh, yes. She set my arm and brought us food." The kitten seems to have the ability to trust very easily still, despite all that she has witnessed.

Leon looks at the doorway, "Then maybe, it’s worth a try if she shows up."

Blisa is about to speak again when the sound of caws sounds outside the door. The door opens and framed in the light spilling in is the raven Lenore Nightwing and her crow 'shadow', Edgar. They are both carrying baskets, and Lenore's is larger than Edgar's. The raven casts a mysterious glance over the captives. If the eyes are windows to the soul, then Lenore's windows have some pretty thick curtains, 'cause there is no way to tell what she is thinking.

Leon glances at the birds and the basket, he holds his wrist a little as it still hurts some and watches the birds before he speaks, carefully, "Who..are you and whats in the basket?"

Oz looks to the door, he shivers slightly and is slightly quieter than he usually is.

Blisa smiles a little more at the sight af Lenore. The raven looks coldly at the mouse. "I am Lenore Nightwing. There is food in the basket. And unless you feel like losing an eye, I would suggest you not question me again." she caws something, and Edgar hops over to Leon, placing the basket on the floor next to him. Inside is bread (dry, but good), strong yellow cheese, water and 3 pieces of dried fish. Lenore's basket has the same things, just a slightly larger amount, enough for Oz and Blisa. The raven places her basket beside the badger, and the kitten slides off and grabs some bread.

Leon speaks more carefully now, "The badger...Oz, has a fever..I need my herb pack to..to help him, I am sure your master doesn’t want a dead beast in here." Then again he is unsure what the fox wants.

Edgar caws something, and Lenore some over, looking at Leon's paw. "What is wrong with your paw, mouse?" She seems to have not heard what he said, but that's just an act.

Oz nods his thanks at the offered food and water, he does eat some of it slowly and coughs a little.

Leon answers "Wrist is broken I believe, I was slammed into a wall, my shoulder was dislocated but..not now"

Blisa watches as Lenore grabs Leon's injured paw, looking at it thoughtfully. She caws something to Edgar, who hops out of the room, going about whatever errand she has sent him on.

Leon gasps and at first starts to panic, he then takes a deep breath and lets it out as he notices she is just looking at his wrist.

Oz watches the raven and crow quietly, he glances at Blisa to make sure she stays close to him.

Blisa stays close to Oz as she eats. Edgar re-enters the room carrying bits of wood, cloth, herbs, and a cup of warm, strong wine. Lenore quietly caws something to him, then says to Leon, "Your wrist is broken. I am going to set it. Promise me you will not attack me. Believe me, it would not go well for you." And she means it, too.

Leon nods "I won't attack you, promise that." He holds still, only moving his other paw to get some bread to eat.

Oz watches, he sighs slightly as he does feel a bit tried, and the fever he has doesn’t help either, he eats some of the offered food he and Blisa has.

Lenore mutters something to Edgar, who goes to grab ahold of Leons' arm to hold it still. The raven takes a good hold on it and goes to pop the bones back to about where they're supposed to be. It should really hurt.

Leon manages to barely hold back any scream, yes it hurt but not as much as resetting ones own shoulder, he takes a couple breaths and gets out "T...T...Thank..you for..doing this."

Oz watches silently, he trusts the raven now and knows she will not hurt anyone in the room.

Blisa jumps as Leon nearly screams. Lenore caws something and Edgar begins bandaging the mouses' arm and paw. The raven ruffles her feathers, obviously disturbed at yet another thank you.

Leon lets her bandage it, he looks over at Oz wandering how he is and back to Lenore, "You should....why do you work for that fox, you seem nice, very unlike him."

Oz stays somewhat alert as the two talk, he shivers a little as if he was cold for a short bit.

Lenore's eyes flash, and she brings her beak dangerously close to Leon's face. "I told you to not question me, mouse. I am not nice. I was the spy in Ferravale, and I have no qualms of carrying out my threat to you. Now, do you want me to continue helping you, or are you going to keep on asking questions that are none of your business?"

Leon frowns, "Please help me...and Oz too..please." He says quietly.

Oz frowns, he is not able to really help if this turns out badly, he stays as alert as he can and can only watch to see what happens.

Blisa is beginning to doze off. Lenore backs up and looks the mouse right in the eye. "I will help you, so long as you don't ask any more questions." She cocks her head to 1 side as only a bird can. "You are a healer, correct?"

Leon nods "Yes I am, from Redwall. A novice, least for now, want to be a brother soon."

Oz looks to Blisa and keeps an eye on her, letting Lenore and Leon speak.

Lenore narrows her eyes. "You wish to be a brother, and yet you seem to be in love with the mouse maid DoraRose. That is interesting." She seems to be thinking.

Leon stays quiet, watching the bird closely, "I am in love with her, why?"

Lenore shrugs, then turns to check on Blisa's arm. "I was just unaware that Members of the Order of Redwall could marry, that is all." she gives a snort of frustration and glances at the mouse. "Since you are a healer, would you mind checking my work on the dibbun's arm?"

Leon nods and walks over to check it, he nods "It appears ok....you did good."

Blisa is asleep, and stirs as her arm is checked. Edgar gathers up the baskets at a sign from Lenore. She watches him take them out of the room, then turns to Leon again. "DoraRose is worried about you. Why did you let yourself be taken when you could've stayed safe at the Abbey?"

Leon frowns "The ravens were after the abbot, I ..could not let Vladmir get his paws on the abbot, would of given him too much power, he doesn’t need more power..and..the raven got me instead"

Lenore nods. "Yes, it would have." she preens her wing, then adds, "How long have you known DoraRose?"

Leon smiles as he thinks of Dorarose, "Umm...season maybe, and I hope she stays safe."

Lenore takes a few steps closer to the mouse. "She will if you don't make any stupid mistakes. You need to give Stormfeather information. But it doesn't need to be the whole truth, or even the truth at all.”

Leon says, "He wants info from...me? What kind?"

"It can be lies even." The bird says.

Leon frowns "I don’t know that much to tell him much"

Lenore turns to leave. "You might want to think of something, unless you want harm to come to DoraRose." then she is gone. Blisa stirs and comes mostly awake. "Daddy?"

Leon frowns, he starts to say something else and looks at the kitten hiding a tear, "No..not daddy,just..Leon"

Blisa smiles sleepily up at the mouse. "Leon...where..." she comes almost the whole way awake, and rembers where they are, and her smile fades.

Leon thinks "Umm...hey maybe I can tell you a story?" He wants to get her, as well as his, mind off where they are.

Blisa nods and goes to cuddle with the mouse. "I like stories." she settles down, ready to listen, her eyes shining again. Her hope cannot be stifled for long it seems.

Leon smiles and nods “I know..Martin the warrior…” He then tells the story as the dibbun is beside him.