The Travelers Return Part Two
Characters: Will, Fira, Kentar, Dunplume, Aikuen, Skuld, Garnet(spoof), Jullian(spoof), May, Henry(spoof), Flicktail, Bottlebrush, Nidlorf, Kate
Location: Dirt Road, Great Hall, Infirmary
Redwall Abbey: Infirmary
Jullian leads the travelers to the infirmary and goes to find a healer for the otter.
Aikuen reaches the familiar infirmary, and says, "Odd... I've think I've spent more nights here... then in my room..." He laughs as he slowly lays down on a bed, waiting for the crazed healer. He smiles to Fira, "Thanks for being my second leg... " Though he is saddened about leaving Kentar
Jullian steps back so Henry can take over, "He was the only healer that was available."
Henry the healer, Looks to Will, then to Aik, "Are you bleeding all over my bed sheets again? Tee-Hee!" The aged mouse, pads over to to Aik and prods the bandage with a claw, "Obviously not your work, It looks to Good! Tee-Hee!" He prods it again and begins to unwrap it, to work on it
Fira hangs around besides Aikuen's side, hold onto his paw. She smirks faintly "Lets hope can keep your actual second leg too" she looks to Henry a second later, frowning slightly in puzzlement as he pokes the bandage. Surely that's a bad thing to do...
Aikuen grunts as he is poked, "Yah... a newt did it... Mind stop doing that!" He grunts and lays back, "He pulled out a hunk of wood from it, don't know what else to tell you." He sighs a holds on to Fira paw, though lightly to not hurt it anymore
Henry, has taken off the bandages, and opens the wound. He says, "Can you move your leg for me please" The otter does as he is told, and a fresh stream of blood gushes from the wound. Henry shakes his head, "There yah go... bleeding on my bed sheets... Tee-Hee!" He pulls out a flask, and pours it on the wound. The otter watches it happens and squeezes Firas paw a little tighter.
Jullian takes a seat in one of the chairs out of the way, once Henry's done he'll see if they'll tell him what happened.
Fira frowns a little more at the 'tee-hee'. She's seriously getting concerned for the sanity of this beast. Still, as long as he knows what he's doing then she's keeping out the way, doesn't want to interrupt.
Henry after cleaning the wound begins wrapping the bandage back around his knees, but with more sticks for support, and gives a diagnosis, "That hunk of wood in your knees has cut your muscle in your leg. The best thing you can do is... not move your leg of course!" He laughs, and tightens the bandage, "It should repair itself in no time..." He wipes the blood on his habit. The otter seems to be getting a little woozy at the blood loss. Henry shakes his head, "No more getting cut for quite a bit... need to stock up on your blood..." He laughs again as he cleans up a bit.
Dirt Road
Dunplume flies passed Skuld once more on her way to the Abbey.
Skuld would pounce if the bird were low enough... If not, she simply watches, hungrily.
Dunplume makes a point to fly too high for the cat to catch her, but low enough for her to think she can.
Skuld makes a swipe then, clawing air. She grumbles to herself upon landing, tail twitching more than ever.
Dunplume seems to ignore the cat as she alight on the tall tree by the Abbey before gliding down to the grounds below.
Great Hall
Dunplume enters the Great Hall again. She looks around for her friends, not seeing them she concludes they've gone up to the infirmary. She really hates stairs.
Zen is sitting in a chair, seeming to be resting, though he's perfectly awake. He opens an eye and looks around, spotting the sparrow and smiling softly
Dunplume bobs her head at the little mouse. "Orphrat at Abbey house?" she asks hoping the mouse can help her.
Zen squeeks softly as he stretches, tilting his head. "Ughn, I.. don't know. I've been sleeping." He tilts his head. "You know Orphs?
Dunplume nods, "Orphrat is good eggchick. Orphrat Dunplume friend. Mouseworm Orphrat friend? Orphrat with healerworms. Aikuenotter hurt need healerworms make fix leg. Dunplume come Abbey house tell friends and healerworms go fix Kentarstoat. Kentarstoat hurt bad much bad. Foxworm kill worms, Kentarstoat brave warrior no dead. Newt fix and say need healerworms."
Zen tilts his head a little, trying to peice things together. "Uh, yes. I am a friend of Orphs. Aikuen's hurt? Kentar? Fox? What fox hurt what.. uh. worms?" He rubs his head, "Uh.. is Kentar a friend of Orphs?"
Dunplume nods, "Kentarstoat is friend. Is not dead. Dunplume get healerworms for friend. Mouseworm come too?"
Infirmary
Will cocks his head at Aikuen, "Are you better now?"
Fira looks a little more relieved and nods once to Henry "Thanks...I assume this means he won't loose the leg either?" going to give Aikuen's paw a little squeeze too, he'll be fine, she's happy
Aikuen looks to Will, and blinks a few times before mumbling slowly and stupidly "Yah... Can't feel my leg though..." Henry laughs across the room where he is washing his paws, "Course you don't feel anything... there is not enough blood to help you feel it..." He then walks back and looks to Fira, "He wont lose his leg... Though it may pain him for sometime... that may never go away!" He laughs again. Aikuen looks to Fira, and blinks a few times and smiles, "I love you..." He then falls back on the bed, still smiling stupidly, but still keeps his eyes on her. Henry just laughs as he goes about his business.
Jullian shoots the other mouse a disproving look before turning back to the others, "You do need to rest Aikuen. Now miss," he turns to Fira, "I'm sorry I didn't get your name. I'm Brother Jullian, perhaps you could explain what happened on your journey since Aikuen isn't able too and as to how he became injured."
"Someone get some help..." comes a voice from the hall. And following it, are a few beasts. Two mice, a newt, and a stoat. Bandaged stoat. Bandaged stoat that looks, absolutely nothing like Kentar. He is set down on a cot, on his stomach so that the healers can work on his back. Anyone who looks can see long HUGE splinters in his back along with some sharp, sharp rocks once the bandages are off. He's bloodied up badly and still bleeding once they start to slowly remove the splinters. And the stoat that was out cold, isn't anymore cries of pain ring out as they remove the sharp objects in his back, and wash out the wounds.
Aikuen becomes awake at the screams, and looks over to the form, he knows that voice "Kentar?" he says groggily, and he reaches with his free paw.
Will sees the stoat come in and shudders. He puts a paw on Aikuen, "The healers are with him ... not Henry and they're gonna help him ... you need t rest." The rat leaves the infirm.
Jullian was about to say something to Fira when the stoat comes in and then the rat is leaving, he nods to the others and follows the rat out partly to find out what's going on and partly to see that the dibbun is alright and stays out of trouble.
Fira looks round when Aik speaks, blinking again when she sees the stoat...it doesn't exactly look like Kentar but she doesn't believe there could be some other stoat turning up today.
Kentar's cries die off after a little while as they give him something that knocks him out cold. Everything is taken from his back and his face bandaged up almost totally, paws getting bandaged as well. And around his mid-section of course as they still work away
Aikuen blinks a few times before having to look away. He returns his paw to his side, and concentrates on something else besides Kentar. He can't looks at him at the moment
Fira meanwhile can't seem to look away despite the fact that she's horrified. She has the benefit of not hearing the screams but it still looks horrible
Garnet is sobbing softly unable to watch.
It]s a little while before they finally finish. The healers sigh to themselves and go off to make some potions. Kentar rolls onto his back and lays perfectly still after everything was done. Everything, as much as there was, was over quickly, the only thing they now can do is wait.
Aikuen is able to see the healers leave, and looks back to Kentar and asks quietly, "Mate?...Can you hear me?"
Great Hall
Will comes down the stairs and punches the wall hard, "Ow," before walking over and droping down into a seat at the table. "Pass me a candle," he growls to whoever's nearest.
Zen blinks and looks around, spotting Orph. "Heh, that was stupid..." He smiles and nods his head, curious of his reaction. "Uh, what's up?
Will has started carving on the candle he'd been given and doesn't answer right away.
Zen blinks as he watches Orph, rubbing his head. He knew a lot was happening, but he wasn't sure what. He goes over and watches Will carve into the candle, remaining silent
Will looks up from the candle and over at the mouse who like all the other mice seems to have shrunk since he left. "Yeah, yeah, we're all stupid. Kentar's back .... must have got away somehow .... fox didn't kill him ..... with luck Ma- er somebeast killed th fox." he barely manages to catch himself, remembering who he's talking to.
Brother Jullian comes down the stairs after the rat and takes a seat at the table.
Zen blinks and tilts his head. "Er... well.. it's... nice to see you too Will... What's all this about killing people and... who's Kentar?"
Will says, "Sorry Zen. I missed ya, haven't seen you in forever. Pa an me an Kentar and Fira went on a trip together. Kentar is a stoat and he's my friend. He's kinda like my brother but he isn't really. We were going to th Eastern Sea but it ws supposed to be a suprise so I didn't tell them where we were going. And on the way there Kentar got attacked by hares and we got attacked by river rats and some otters laughed at Aikuen for bein my Pa so he attacked them and we had to run a lot. Since Kentar was really hurt we went and visited Rose, she's a lady I used to know and Sister Mary had asked me t take her a letter cause Rose was her mum. It was nice there at first but the rabbits that lived there were strange and this fox dibbun that lived there too kill them all and one of the rabbits hit Kentar with a shovel and made him blind for a while. Then Rose fixed Kentar's eyes, but one didn't get fixed right.
And the fox killed Rose when we were down in the bunk room where I used to sleep but Pa was up there talking with Rose and killed the fox an tried to help Rose but it didn't work. After that we went to th sea shore and Kentar and I finally got to have our sparing match like we'd wanted to but it didn't work out right and I got in trouble because I bit him too hard /on accident/. And Pa and Fira started actin more mushy and that mouse," he nods toward the tapestry, "told me t come back here. So we started back and the vermin fox that caught me before, that I lost my eye to ... he found us and carried Kentar away and now Kentar's back but the fox almost killed him! Kentar and Pa are in th infirmary. Pa's in there cause Skuld stabbed him with a stick cause she was mad at Kentar for ruining her eye but she's not mad at him anymore or doesn't act like it anyway ... I told her she should let th healers fix it but she's still outside ...
She said she didn't like th Abbey and her Dad, we met him, he's looking for her cause he was off somewhere and had t leave her at th Abbey and she don't know why he left her here and why he couldn't take her with him. And Fira, she's an otter and my friend, well she more than likely is gonna be my step mum, unless she says no when Pa asks her but don't see why she would."
Jullian coughs a bit and excuses himself.
Infirmary
Fira leaves Aikuen's side for a moment. Going after the healers to find out how badly the stoat's hurt.
Kentar starts to slowly move his head towards Aikuen, peering out though the hole left for his good eye. "Aik...uen?" his voice is quiet and quite rough.
Aikuen sits up despite what they told him, and gets a good look at Kentar, "Geeze mate... Im sorry to say this... But you look terrible... Dont talk... save your strength... Your alive matey!" He cant help but smile at that thought, but he soon washed away at his appearance.
Kentar doesn't listen. "Mayeul...problem...setup." are the only words he can force out, and they're as loud as he can make it.
Aikuen shakes his head, "Shush mate... You can tell us after you get better... no more talking" He sighs.
Kentar shakes his head and winces a bit. "Mayeul...Trap...He...he...set...set us up..." he almost shouts though the bandages.
Aikuen looks to Kentar and almost shouts out, "Mayeul? Trap?... Set us up!" He growls out the last part, and clenches his paw.
Nidlorf comes in just as Kentar says 'Mayeul set us up...'...his eyes widen - if he plays this right, he could have the entire group out after that mouse. "What's this? Oh my... is this beast alright? I... I heard a familiar name, there! Mayeul? What about him?" The king looks at the otter, "Set you up, did he?"
The stoat didn't see or hear Nidlorf. "He...set...us...up....got...me tortured..fox...need...kill...mouse..." Kentar says, shaking a little.
Bottlebrush makes his way in with a strech and a yawn, the fox rubbing at his good eye. He then pauses as he hears Aikuen and Nidlorf, his ears perking forward.
Aikuen looks to Kentar, then to the strangely dressed squirrel, and almost growls out "Er... Hello...Apparently Mayeul...a friend that i thought was on our side... Somebeast... who better not cross my path in the near future..." He smiles evilly.
Nidlorf shakes his head, "I knew he was up to something... dealing with that fox again, he is... can any of you tell me, is he with the fox now?" He looks at Kentar, "Was he with the fox when you last saw him?" That could make all the difference, hopefully he hasn't started talking...
"Fox...hurt bad...I...t-think...t-t-too." Kentar says. "Not..s-s-sure." he says quietly before nodding towards the squirrel he just noticed.
Bottlebrush twitches an ear and then clears his throat, "Is anyone in here injured? In need of help? Or needing bandages or such changed?" Not his place to butt in in the conversation, though he does keep an ear perked..
Aikuen eyes the squirrel, "He is injured, and needs to rest, though im sure its quite important. My mates life is more important, then answering your questions..." He is a bit angry, because they can wait till later.
Nidlorf hmms, well at least the fox might be more easily taken care of... he turns to Bottlebrush, narrowing his eyes before speaking to Aikuen, in a lower tone, "Of course, of course... I've come back to this abbey to settle with that mouse, and I can use all the help I can get - if you've felt first-paw his double-dealings, then you may be more willing than the others. I assure you, you would be well-paid if you brought him to me..."
Kentar is wrapped in quite a few bandages, round his face mostly, chest area, and his paws and footpaws. So there's hardly any stoat visible.
Bottlebrush looks to Kentar first and makes his way over while he does throw a question to the two plotters, "And what fox are we talking about when I came in?" He then looks right at Kentar, "You ok, mate? What happened?"
Kentar takes a few deep breaths and closes his eye. "Tortured...three days...by...fox...Anba...something..." he sighs and shudders.
Aikuen shakes his head, "I've had enough to do with that fox...and as long as i don't see Mayeul again... im not gonna do anything...
Nidlorf, needless to say, doesn't want to deal with anybeast who looks suspicious... he answers Bottlebrush deliberately vaguely, "Oh, your average grasslands fox... very evil character, this one. How many of them aren't- oh, uh... forgive me." The apology lacks much sympathy
Bottlebrush frowns and nods to Kentar, "Many foxes can be mean, aye.." He starts to look over Kentars bandages, seeing if they are fresh or dirty and in need of changing, while he listens to Nidlorf and then shoots back with a smirk, "Good thing I'm a high-seas fox, mate! We're the nice ones!"
"Will...hire...a...hunter...t...t...t...to kill....Mayeul..." the stoat gets out before shifting about a bit, sighing to himself.
Aikuen shrugs an leans back on his bed, doing what the healer told him a not move his leg, "If i do see either of them... I will do something... But not go looking for them" He looks to the fox, and nods a bit.
Nidlorf nods, looking back out of the corner of his eyes at the fox, "Yes, I /would/ do that too, but you see... most of the really nasty ones would accept just as much payment from the fox or Mayeul not to kill them or even go after the one who first hired them... that's why I am asking the abbey beasts - you all seem trustworthy enough." He looks at Aikuen again, "I respect your intentions, otter, but what if your loved ones go outside the gates one day and have an ill-fated encounter with one of them?" He shakes his head, "It would be awful, wouldn't it?"
Aikuen glares at the squirrel, he could be a little more sympathetic, "I have ran into that fox twice and lived... My son who is only 5 seasons old, lived... Mayeul is a coward and a weakling... The fox is predictable...I'll take my chances..." He just doesn't like him now
Bottlebrush suddenly speaks loudly, "I will have no more talk of revenges or murders or killings in the Infirmary. This is a peace of healing and recovery, not a place of death. If any of the Abbybeasts were in here, they would probably have a fit!" He moves to check on Aikuen after, though he stops a few feet away, first, "How recently was the splint put on, if I may ask?"
Fira frowns faintly, she's been keeping an eye on the chat after having a word with some of the healers "We're not going after the fox or Mayeul. It's one thing to protect beasts when danger's right there, it's something entirely different to seek out trouble and bring it on yourself. There will be beasts who want to fight, suggest trying to convince them to get together a group or something. Infirmary probably isn't the place to find fighters"
Nidlorf puts a paw on the otter's shoulder, "I'm sorry... you have had encounters already, and suffered much worry if nothing else, I suppose. It is my fault for seeming selfish. But... well, I suppose he has kept you all alive for a reason? I know why he might keep Mayeul alive - but have not others /died/? That's what I heard." He glances over at Bottlebrush, but ignores the ottermaid, "And what do you know of Mayeul? You have met him?"
Kentar closes his eye and then adjusts again before drifting off to sleep.
Aikuen looks to Bottlebrush and smiles, "Thank you for saying that... It was put on about an hour ago... He said im not supposed to move it at all." He shrugs, and smiles to Fira tapping her paw. He then glares at the Squirrel, and shoves his paw away, "He kept me alive...because he took a hostage, and tried to make me bring back some beast... don't remember her name now... that was a long time ago..."
Great Hall
Will looks up when he hears the fox come in, Zen seems to have drifted off while the rat had been talking a mile a minute. "Hey, there Sir Flicktail!" Will greets the fox warmly.
Flicktail says, "wello Willion..oi be ye?' he stt down with the weapon it has ablack Pommel and a red stone in the handle"
"I'm ... alive," the rat says finally, "We heard the news on our way back. Congratulations Flicky!"
Flicktail blinbk blinks "wot news?" he cocks hies head ears perked forward.
The rat gives the fox a weak grin, "Th news of you becoming Abbey champion of course. We were gone then just got back really. How is everyone? Abbot Nic around? Might have a job for him after while."
Flicktail flicks his ear and smiles sheepishly "oh that be no great thing, Oi still be e same ol Flicktail.....Oi aven't Seen Father Nic.....wot be everyone doin in e infirmary?
Flicktail says, "Glad to ave ye back William...."
Will sighs, "Well Pa's in there cause Skuld stabbed him with a stake but Henry says he won't need t have his leg cut off after all. And Kentar is in there cause that Vermin fox got a hold of him. He's alive still but he might not be much longer and uh the beast Pa sent t rescue him hasn't come back yet."
Flicktail says, "Oi's gonna miss Kentar."
Will nods, "He's not dead yet ... well he wasn't last I was in the infirmary anyway. He might get better."
Flicktail says, "well it would be noice, Oi liked Kentar."
Will says, "I like him too. ..... There's a chance Ma- er the beast Pa sent after Kentar mighta kill the fox what tortured him. Or they mighta killed each other .... more likely th fox killed him ..... I used t like him too." He scoffs, "He just lay there whimpering while we fought th fox and then he yells for Skuld t go an kill the fox! Stupid mouse if ... but he is ... he better live."
Flicktail says, "oi don knows Oi be usin Martin's sowrd best oi kins"
Will nods, "Yeah ... nearly forgot you'd seen th mouse in armor too." He looks over at the stairs.
Flicktail asks, "YE MEANS Martin?"
A sudden roar erupts from the kitchen followed by a clatter of dishes, a pan rolling out of the kitchen shortly after some food splatters the wall. A roar from the cooks echo throughout the place before one emerges with Kate in his arms looking quite distressed as he sets the kitten on the table shaking his head, "It all be ruined gonna be a late dinner." Kate mews and makes a move to follow only to get yelled at by the cook. "Now little miss you stay there or I will have the den mother spank you. I will get you some milk just wait." he shakes his head disappearing.
The rat looks back over at the fox blinking a bit at the sudden loudness of his voice. "Told me t come back here not much else. .... I should go see what trouble that stoat an otter had go into now. Sure Fira's with em but ... I'll see ya Flicky less ya want t go up t the infirmary with me."
Flicktail looks up and smiles at Kate "well ello kitten...whoy doen't ye comes over ere and oi get ye some cream.." he turns to retrieve a saucer and seek out a small bowl.
Will turns back around, "Hi Kate. Remember me?" He reaches out to pat the kitten's head.
Flicktail Rubs and polishes the sword....the blade unmarred he just dons the daily maintainence on it
Seeing the kitten doesn't want to be cuddled and doesn't seems to remember him after all the ratling goes up stairs to check on the others.
Infirmary
Bottlebrush nods to Aikuen and he smiles, "So it is fresh, good." HIs good eye then narrows and his smiles disappears while he looks to Nidlorf, "Nid..." He delibrately uses a shortened name, though his tone stays friendly, "..I am going to have to ask you to leave, if you keep bothering the patients. Stress and bothersome squirrels will not help then heal faster."
Will comes back into the infirmary and stands by the doorway, he looks the squirrel over and doesn't like him right off .. maybe it's the way he's dressed.
Fira frowns a little more at the squirrel but Bottlebrush instantly gets a few brownie points for trying to throw him out. She gets herself a chair in the meantime, sit herself down beside Aikuen's bed
Nidlorf knows when he's not welcome, and gives up trying to be persuasive. He sits in a chair by the bed, his eyes starting to tear up, "I lost a squirrelmaid to the fox, a daughter... I would go myself to slay that evil creature, but I would not risk it alone, leaving my people without a king - I have had no success in finding help - /please/..." He puts his head in his paws
Bottlebrush looks towards Nidlorf and sighs softly to himself, though he does not yet ask the squirrel to leave. HIs ears fold back and then perk forwards while he looks back at Aikuen, "Well, if you need anything, just call on ol Bottlebrush! Scary face, friendly name!" He grins
Fira sighs faintly, squirrel didn't go. Alright she feels sorry for him but only a tiny bit and dammit she will not be dragged back into that mess again, she will have her five minutes of peace "Look, I'm sorry, really but we can't get your revenge for you. Kentar is more bandage than beast and Aikuen can't walk on his leg. You look rich enough to buy a group of mercenaries, why not just go do that? Or ask this new Champion guy, he probably knows a few beasts who'd be happy for a fight, maybe even just looking for an excuse. We're not the beasts you want."
Aikuen looks to the fox and sighs, and says quietly, "Aye I well thanks, I'm Aikuen by the way, or Aik if you perfer... Pleasure to meet you..." He then lay back in his bed, ignoring the squirrel. He looks surprised at Fira, but cant help but smile.
Bottlebrush dips his head, "For now, I must go."
Will just stands by the door watching.
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