Thorn speaks (Redemption of Marek TP)
RW Abbey: Great Hall
The Great Hall of Redwall Abbey. Countless paw falls have echoed from these stones, and untold numbers of feasts and merry gatherings have been held here. A table, not nearly so grand or large as its predecessors, but quite functional for mealtimes, rests near the center of the hall. Chairs exist here aplenty, and they are all of a matching set. High above, the stain glass windows give the Great Hall a beautiful appearance. The glasswork is exceptionally done, crafted by a skilled artist. The floor is clean and swept. A fire is kept burning in the fireplace at almost all times of the day and night, and there are several more comfortable chairs and cushions set up here, of varying sizes. One looks large enough to easily accommodate a badger.
The Tapestry hangs proud and tall, and while the rest of Redwall may still bear the scars of natural disaster, this most famous of Redwall's relics remains unharmed by beast, time, or the elements. The figure of Martin the Warrior seems to be watching over his own with an unchanging, kindly gaze.
Soft light is slowly beginning to filter in through the stained glass windows high above your head.
Exits: Abbey's [Li]brary, [K]itchen, [C]avern [H]ole, [B]reezeway, [En]try, [Stairs]
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Thorn the rat. LilyMoore the mouse.
Thorn is curled into one of the larger chairs right now just being quiet. She has not spoken to anyone in the past week
LilyMoore comes skipping in from outside. She's been helping the Dibbuns fly kites, even (somehow) stopping a DAB escapade to the pond. She goes jogging across the Hall...then stops at the sight of the rat. She remembers her....she's the one who had to go to the Infirmary when the mouse trashed the kitchens. Gulping, she walks over to Thorn and stops a few feet away. "Hi."
Thorn looks over at Lilymoore and frowns, her face shows she is just sort of half here right now as she lays there quiet. She sort of stares off towards the wall.
LilyMoore coughs and adds, "I'm really, really sorry for hurting you in the kitchens that time. I...I'm sorry..." She looks to the floor, ashamed and filled with regret.
Thorn might hear the mouse but she doesn't look at her, she seems half in her own little world as she lays on the chair. Least the chair is cozy.
After waiting for a few minutes, LilyMoore glances up, wondering why she hasn't received an answer. Frowning, she takes a step forward and waves her paw in front of the ratmaid's face. "Hello? Hey, are you alright?"
Thorn tenses up and then remembers she is in the abbey and safe, she looks around and sighs softly and seems ok, but at the same time she is not ok as she starts to nod her head up and down and then shakes her head no as tears form.
LilyMoore frowns in concern and goes to put her paws on the rat's shoulders. "Hey, it's alright. What's the matter? Are you okay? Do you need to talk about it?" She has heard that the ratmaid hasn't been talking, but she's not sure it's true.
Thorn only has tears go down her face, she is clearly a little jumpy and those who have spoken to her have been careful. She sniff and starts to try and talk but she doesn't right off.
LilyMoore bends so she can look deeply into the rat's eyes. "What is it? C'mon, you can tell me! Who can you trust if you can't trust your worst enemy?" She says half-jokingly, then goes to hug the rat. "What's the matter?"
Thorn feels the tears come down her face as she coughs on flim cause of the tears, "I...I...I saw...they died and...the one who did it laughed, tr...tried to shoot me and I ran and ..got lost and...and "She is now shaking and clearly stressed about all this.
LilyMoore frowns and goes to stroke the rat's ears. "Hush, ssh now. Who died? Who laughed? It's alright, you're safe now..."
Thorn speaks through shivering and tears "A...A ferret and b...Bramblefur and a couple others with this m...mouse. His clothing was scary and so was his laugh and he seemed to like what he was...was doing. I...I was afraid he get me to so I ran and ran and bumped into someone and...and they brought me here..."
LilyMoore frowns and goes to hug the rat. "That's terrible! Momma said that she had found you....but how did you end up with those beasts? I thought you never left the Abbey." The mousemaid is eaten up with curiosity, but she is trying to stifle it a little.
Thorn frowns "They came in and grabbed me by the pond...r...right before the funeral, said they were just going up the road but they tricked me, took me to Bramblefur and he wanted me b...back to join their guild and I said no and he didn't like the answer, He also said I w...would never fit in here ever!" Now more tears fall as she sobs uncontrolled.
LilyMoore is hugging the rat if allowed. "No, he's wrong, you'll fit in fine! I'm the one who has trouble fitting in! You're okay. Why wouldn't you fit in here? That's stupid on his part." She is trying really hard to be comforting, but she's nto what to say.
Thorn sniffs "I...I am a rat, I don't have much good...s...skills. I can pick locks and I was taught to steal before I came here, and while I was away for a season..."
LilyMoore smiles brightly. "So if I get stuck in a closet somewhere, you can save me! And why can't you learn new skills? Learnign can be fun if you pick the right subject."
Thorn frowns, "I...I don't know, only other thing I do is work with clay and make pottery type things and then draw on the pottery"
LilyMoore grins. "So why can't you do that? Now that Benar is Abbot, he probably doesn't have very much time anymore to make pottery, so I'm sure the Abbey really needs a new potter. So why can't you do that?"
Thorn shrugs "I...I don't know, I do like it and its re...relaxing to do. But he is so bust now, its hard to..to talk to him"
LilyMoore sighs heavily. "I know. He said was going to teach me how to ring the bells. Hey, I know! Maybe if you can find us during my lesson, you can talk to him about it! And say it was my idea, so I'll get in trouble, not you. I'm used to it..." she adds with false nonchalance, but deep down she really does care. Actually, deep down, it hurts. But she tries not to show it.
Thorn shrugs "I, thought of being a novice but maybe not, don't know"
LilyMoore sits up straight and tall, declaring, "I think you should be a Novice, just like my brother! You'd be the best Novice rat there ever was!"
Thorn walks off silently as she looks at the floor and goes to her room as she is still stressed
LilyMoore watches the ratmaid walk off and sighs. Maybe she should apologize again...? She sighs again, stands, and goes back outside. She needs to think, and she thinks best in the Belltower....
Thanks for reading!
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