And this is why you should eat, girl. Angela has no qualms with threatening poeple.
RW Abbey: Bookbinding Room
This is a moderately sized room with a table that runs the full length of the
wall. It's rather stuffy, as there are no windows and only one door. The table
is neatly arranged with all the tools necessary for binding books, stacks of
spare parchment and spools of thread, as well as several clay ink pots and
quills made of pigeon feathers. There are some books set at one end in a neat
stack, all of which seem to be damaged in some way. A stack of scrolls, barely
readable do to water stains, are on a shelf near the door. A chair is sat by
the table and a small desk close to the doorway.
Exits: [B]ack
Zinnia the badger. LilyMoore the mouse. Hecktora the kestrel. Oz the badger.
Zinnia has been in the book room a while, since yesterday afternoon in fact. Fixing some books and sleeping. The last time she ate was a little bit at lunch yesterday and she is hungry but she doesn't seem to care right now.
LilyMoore is still heartbroken at the death of her friend, but her deep empathy, concern, and love for her remaining friends has driven her to the door of the bookbinding room. She has a basket with yummy things to eat in it that she and her mother made, and wonderful smells are emanating from it. She knocks on the door and says, "...Zinnia?"
Zinnia looks at the door and frowns, maybe if she stays quiet who ever it is will go away, well she knows who it is she just stays at the desk fixing the book. She applies a little glue and folds down the edge and shakes the glue from her paws and sits the book aside. She then wipes her paws clean with a cloth and sighs. She rubs her tired eyes as she has not had much sleep either.
LilyMoore deflates slightly. "Please, I know you're in there....everybeast is worried. They're telling me to be strong and have courage, and I'm trying to. Zinnia, I'll be here for you, just let me in. It's me, Lily...." Her brow furrows, and she slumps against the door. "Are you awake...?"
Zinnia frowns and then speaks, "Go away..." Her voice sounds a little weak and tried, she stands slowly to put the book on a finished table of books she has fixed.
LilyMoore backs up a step, hurt very deeply. ".....Zinnia...." she slumps and turns away, on the verge of crying. "Okay.....but....if you need to talk, I'll be there for you..." and she starts to walks slowly away.
Zinnia frowns, she had not meant to make a friend upset but she also doesn't want to talk to anyone, she sighs and looks around the room as she dusts off her robes from being in the corner earlier.
LilyMoore goes to the nearest corner of the library and sits down. Kicking the basket of food, she buries her face in her arms and cries. This has been literally one of the most emotionally exhausting weeks of her life.
Zinnia sighs and decides to unlock the door to the book binding room and steps out of it , but only barely steps out of it, and looks around and frowns. Her fur looks very unbrushed and she has the classic bags under her eyes from very little sleep and, it also looks like she is just a little, slight bit thinner maybe. She leans against the wall.
LilyMoore looks up at the badger through her tears. "....Zinnia?" She wipes her cheeks and sniffs. "You okay? Do you still want me to go away?"
Zinnia frowns and shakes her head slowly "No...I...I am s...sorry, didn't mean to upset you...Lilymoore." She lets herself sit down and stares at the floor slightly.
Hecktora peeks her head in from the great hall, before hopping in.
LilyMoore scoots over to her friend, dragging the basket behind her. "It's okay. Do you want a cheese bun? Momma helped me make them." She goes to hug the Recorder as she wipes her tears away. She has yet to notice the bird.
Zinnia looks at the food and shakes her head, "No...I am not hungry." Yeah her stomach says otherwise as she keeps a frown on her face, "I was...working..."
Hecktora peeks around the door head sideways one eye looking at the two, her leaf shaped necklace hanging for all to see.
LilyMoore looks at the floor, still looking terribly sad. "Oh...okay. If you're sure." She scoots back to the wall and rests her chin sadly on her knees....then spots the kestrel out of the corner of her eye. She sadly waves a greeting.
Zinnia stands up slowly and is just a little off balance, "Yes...s...sure..." And that's about all she gets out as she faints, luckily she falls into a pile of folded blankets and sheets left up here from maybe an earlier story time.
Oz has been taking a few days off, and the past couple have been more like half a day off as he decided he couldn't take too much time off his duties and right now he is on a couple hours break time and decides to check on Zinnia, not knowing yet what's going on.
LilyMoore gasps and cries out, "Zinnia!" she rushes over to her friend, holding her paws out helplessly. She turns around and spots the other badger. "Papa Oz! Zinnia! She's....she...."
Zinnia has passed out, she is alive but she does have a weaker pulse than she should. The past week has been hard on her and she has not ate very well at all, or gotten much sleep.
Oz frowns and quickly enters the room, he uses where Lilymoore's voice is to help him find where Zinnia is, or at least he takes a guess she is beside the mouse. In finding her he finds her wrist and takes a relieved breath that she seems to of just passed out. "Get someone please Lilymoore..." He doesn't carry around any healing herbs, just an odd bandage here and there. He gently lays a paw on Zinnia's shoulder, "Zinnia...zinnia wake up, say something."
Zinnia groans and opens her eyes just a little, "I'm....fine." She gets out quietly, yeah she isnt all that fine right now.
LilyMoore nods and dashes off. After a few minutes, she returns, Angela in tow. The old healer grumbles to the blind badger, "Aye, ye and yer 'ole family is givin' me 'assles nowadays..." She then goes to check the Recorder over while Lily goes to hug the Badger Father in her distress.
Oz frowns, "You're not ok, you been staying in the book binding room, locked up and you disappeared for two days...where did you go?" He shakes his head at Angela, "Please calm down Angela...it's, it's been a bad week..." He says quietly and leans back, he lets Lilymoore hug him and returns a hug of his own.
Zinnia looks at Angela and frowns, she frowns at the semi-lecture but does answer, "Went to...Ferravale..."
LilyMoore allows the hug in return, and actually goes to bury her face in his robe front. Angela goes to check on the Recorder's pulse and breathing. "When was the last time that ye actually had a real meal? What 'ave ye been drinkin'?"
Oz starts to ask why she left and decides to ask later, he tilts his head "Lilymoore...you doing ok?"
Zinnia frowns at the question..."A...whole meal?" She says "I...been eating some...a little here and there and drank water...cordial once." Her pulse is a little weak and her breathing seems ok.." But like...normal meal...umm breakfast...on the day..." A tear goes down her face.
LilyMoore shakes her head and starts to cry. Angela scowls at the Recorder. "Are ye tellin' me that ye 'aven't 'ad a real meal in a WEEK?" She grabs one of the cheese buns from the basket her great-granddaughter had brought and holds it grumpily out tot he badgermaid. "Eat this. Or so 'elp me, I'll force feed ya!!"
Oz listens to Angela as she talks to Zinnia, he frowns remembering some time a long while back, he rubs Lillymoore's back if allowed or just holds her close, he forces tears he feels coming to just stay away.
Zinnia frowns, "But...I don't...really want anything right now." She dos take it and eats maybe a couple bits of teh cheese bun.
Angela brings her nose to within inches of the Recorder's. "I don't /care/ what ye want or don't want. Ye are going to eat everythin' that I give ya, or so 'elp me, I'll tie ye to a bed in the Infirm and request that Benar relieve ye from any and all duties ye may 'ave." Lily allows the male badger to rub her back; she finds it kind of comforting.
Zinnia frowns "Ya...you can't do that....wouldn't be right." Ok she eats the cheese bun, not that she really wanted to, "I ate the....the bun ok"
Oz slowly stands and keeps a hold of Lilymoore "I need to go tend to the dibbuns...you can come if like Lilymoore." He heads out of the library and lets her decide weather she goes or not, but he does speak towards Zinnia, "Eat Zinnia...if not for anyone else then for your father, He wouldn't want to see you like this." He then heads out to the dibbuns.
Zinnia frowns as tears go down her face and a choked sob escapes her.
LilyMoore follows the Badger Father. Angela scowls and goes to grab the badgermaid's ear. "I 'ave /every/ right. Now go to the Infirm!!" If she had a hold of the Recorder's ear, she now releases it, picks up the basket, and hobbles out the door. If the badger doesn't follow, then the old healer's fury will be legendary!
Zinnia knows better than to slap away her paw, she slowly gets up and goes to follow her, she decides she is not as tried as she thought she was. She will also eat what ever she is given and drink something as she is probably watched the whole time, she will even eat disgusting hot root stew if she is given that, and then sleep...soundly?...well maybe and maybe not.
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