It's Not Your Time Yet
RW Abbey: Infirmary Recovery
This comfortable but spartan room has several small alcoves lining the wall. Infirmary bunks with resting and recovering patients lie in these alcoves, each cordoned off with a gossamer drapery of linen for privacy. The room is lit with oil lamps and the pleasing warmth of a small hearth fire. This room is kept quiet, except for the occasional snore, hacking cough or sniffle of its sleeping infirmary occupants.
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Exits: [Back] to the Main Infirmary
Angelo has been up all day and night the past couple day, letting other healers take a much needed break as he tends to Leon, he writes down some stuff in a book he keeps of his recent and former healing jobs and things he has learned. In another section he has a list of herbs and what they do and how to use them, even a small list of rare herbs. He finished the writing and sets the book down on a table top and rubs his shoulder as he goes to head over and check on Leon.
Leon has had very little change, least he isn’t worse and his pulse and breathing is at steady levels. His bandaged paw, or where it was, is tightly bandaged and slightly swollen.
Angelo changes the bandages on the paw and hmmms, he then does one thing he thinks may help and that’s making a cut along the top outer edge of the bandage and quickly applying herbs he knows will help clear up some of the poison and letting it bleed a little before then. A thin and tight bandage is added to that as he steps back slowly and starts to go to the hallway, well he does leave to eat meals.
Zinnia is in the hallway and nods to the hare “Ello” She says softly.” How are you today sir?”
Angelo nods “As well as can..can be expected” He frowns and grows quiet.
Zinnia frowns “You alright sir?”
Angelo nods slowly, “Yes”
Zinnia nods “Alright and heads to her room.
Angelo nods as he excuses himself to head downstairs, yeah lying threw his teeth he is not ok and being a healer he knows it. This is why he was retiring from being head healer at his village and why he wanted to visit his friend. Then he was involved in saving his friends life..or at least he hopes he has as he makes it to the hall. He holds his chest as a pain goes through it and sits against the wall and allows himself to slide down in into a sitting position. He breaths in and out slowly as his vision blurs and he allows his eyes to flutter shut.
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This Part is a sort of dream like thing, well sort of I am unsure what to call it with just Leon and Angelo and one other surprise visitor
Leon walks around confused and the go all around is not helping one bit, he thought he had a pathway out only to have it blocked, again he sees a bright clear path and starts to go towards it only to back up when he sees some beast coming towards him and tenses up, he then smiles and rushes forward hugging the beast just on the edge of the pathway “Angelo! Am I ever glad to see you, I needed a friendly face in this place.”
Angelo gladly hugs him and smiles “Hey, glad ta see ya lad, wot.”
Leon smiles then looks Angelo over, “But where are we and where did you come from?” He looks over the hare’s shoulder, “Seems a lot nicer than here.”
Angelo nods “It is wot, but you’re not gonna go there lad not after I saved ya once, rather not save ya again..well then again couldn’t now could I but I will feel bally well depressed.”
Leon frowns, “But..why what is that place and save me from what Angelo?”
Angelo answers him simply” Death lad”
Leon backs up as it becomes more clear just what the path is that’s behind Angelo.
Angelo sighs and speaks “It’s not your time Leon, your still needed and maybe this is my way of further helping you by telling ya to try and fight this..poison wot?”
Leon is more confused “Poison..what, what happen to me?” He sounds scared.
Angelo wraps an arm around him, “ Your get threw it wot, ya will. Me on the other paw needs to go keep the old fur bag company”
“ Old Fur bag?!”A voice calls out, showing himself to be none other than Taran. ” You are Older than me you old hare!”
Leon hears the voice, “Dad?”
Angelo rolls his eyes and chuckles, he then looks at Leon , A serious tone, “Leon like was bout to say lad, you’re gonna be facing a big change but your have ya friends and Dorarose there to help.”
Taran nods, “Listen to Angelo son” He walks closer “I know I wasn’t always there for you, I am sorry for that and I had planned to be there”
Angelo nods,” Yes trust me lad, he did and I was glad I was there to help ya when I did or you would. Probably would have been joining us already”
Leon frowns, “What?..No you..you can’t be dead too, I still need you” He says to Angelo.
Angelo smiles, “ No you don’t lad, you don’t need a silly old hare. Sides may still ye be some things you can learn from my journal, think put it on a shelf somewhere in that infirm before I went into the hallway. Also don’t you dare follow me any time soon, next time I see you I want ya to be an old wrinkled mess”
Leon manages a weak sad laugh and nods, he hugs him again “Goodbye Angelo” He also if able starts to go hug his dad.
Taran steps forwards and hugs him, “Your see me and Angelo again so its till then..”
Leon nods as he says softly “Till then…”
The hare and older mouse nod and head down the path leaving Leon alone by the path.
Leon sighs and sits down, well there is always sleep and he is tried and oddly sore, but another path catches his vision, it’s not as light but its light and has a feeling of home and friends and something calling him to wake up, he stands and heads down the path, this one will lead him back to his family and friends of Redwall, this will lead him out of his deep faint and he will soon wake up in the Redwall infirm.
This ends the dream
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Leon is in the infirm, in a cot and a healer near him at all times, one is missing as he moves slightly. He still has a fever but its droped by a good bit but its still there somewhat as he mutters as if maybe...in still somewhat fevered state.." A..Angelo...." He shivers a little and lets out a weak groan.
Rayen is beside the mouse when she heard him speak, checking his pulse and feeling his forehead, she calls a novice over "Who's Angelo?"
The novice "A healer hare that was here, he may of went out for a while I will try to find him." The novice heads off but is back quicker than usual and whispers in Rayen's ear and steps back again.
"Angelo is, is dead in the hall, we..we don't know and seems to have been there a couple hours, no wounds or anything. He was old." Is whispered from the novice.
Rayen listens to the whisper and frowns, she takes the time to check Leon's bandaged paw and cleans it best she can carefully after removing the old bandage. She nods as she then applies a clean bandage, she looks at the hall and back to the novice "Thank you for telling me" She says quietly and looks back to Leon.
The novice nods and heads back to the hallway as Leon mutters something not understood too well and then is silent as he drifts back into his deep sleep, prehaps not as deep now as it was so, this is a good sign it seems he is slowly getting better.
