Troubles In The Infirm

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Zork pokes his head in the infirm, which to him seems a bit too quiet "Ello?"

Thorn still has a couple splinters in one of her paws when she walks in, she frowns a little, "Where is a healer? Isn't at least one usually..in here?"
Zork nods "Usually one or Leon. Half expected ta hear grumbling on how I didn't get me tea earlier but ya it be a bit quiet, too quiet." He folds his arms over his chest, he sleeps in sometimes and this time seems he may of missed something that may of happen.
Thorn shrugs, she then goes to try and remove the splinters herself.
The door opens slowly, and one of the novice healers enters the room. "Has anybeast seen Brother Leon? I was under the impression that he was going to keep the Friar under observation, in case his condition improves, but the guards at Lacota's door said Leon hasn't checked him all day..."
Zork looks at the healer and shakes his head, "No...not seen any beast and I heard wot happen ta Lacota, I over sleep" He steps further inside and frowns noting a bed with some rope and walks over checking around to not disturbed anyone, then it’s very possible earlier no one thought to check in here, some stuff happen at the gate, course he has yet to learn this. He frowns more when he looks by the bed and bends down, he stands up slowly, "Something happen in here..Brother Leon may be in trouble if he was in here"
Thorn frowns, "What?"

The healer frowns. "What do you mean? Everything looks alright... Although, there should be a healer on duty... Where is he?" The squirrel sighs. "I swear, if he skipped off to play hooky, I'm reporting him to the Abbot and Leon."

Zork shakes his head and gently picks up the very still novice, "He's..dead and I have a bad feeling that Patchfur is involved in this"
Thorn whimpers now looking scared "P..Patch is....he..where is he?" She looks like she wants to hide but where good, hmms is corner always works. "I..I told someone bout yesterday...what if he found out...he'll go after me too"
The healer gasps. "Oh my! Dead? That Patchfur.. He's escaped... The Abbot should be informed immediately!"
Zork lays the novice on a bed, "Yes..maybe someone at de gate knows something and yeah, if he doesn't know already that is he does need told and it’s a good bet Patchfur might have Leon and I am gonna go help look for him"
Thorn mutters something and then looks up saying it more clearly, "But Patchfur might kill you too, he said he wanted to kill the.." She stops there, yeah she is not repeating what Patch called the badger, "He was to kill you cause you stopped Morgan from slaying someone else"
Zork blinks "Morgan?..wait de wildcat?"
The healer frowns. "Who is Morgan?"
Thorn nods slowly. "Yeah he's..sort of an assassin and like fighter beast, he'll sometimes tell others to kill beasts , or he will just do it himself sometimes too"
Zork frowns, "I remember him, he were at Ferravale couple weeks ago, he tried ta kill the chieftain but I stopped him"

Thorn frowns, "So you can’t go looking for him"

Zork folds his arms over his chest, "Morgan and Patchfur don’t scare me." He frowns as he looks over at the novice and sighs covering them up with a sheet "Ok look, your worried about Patchfur coming after you, one stay in de abbey and two stay with an adult"
Thorn looks shaky and very near tears right now.."o..Ok"
Zork looks around, "Great..Where Ozzy when I need him" He is still not that great with dibbuns and this one is crying now.
The door opens and Angela enters, grumbling to her granddaughter, DoraRose, who is following close behind. The young mouse's left eye is a horrible shade of purple and is swollen shut. She smiles crookedly when she sees the badger. "I had a 'fun' time in here yesterday." she says, sarcasm oozing like hot molasses.
Thorn frowns, she tenses when beasts enter and hides behind Zork, seeing its only abbey beast she only relaxes a little, some tears going down her face.
Zork sighs, he looks at Dorarose, "Let me guess..Patchfur?" He walks over to Angela whispering something to her and frowning.

Angela covers her face with a paw, muttering, "They can't be separated again! This will drive me crazy!" DoraRose nods. "Yeah, he was trying to find something, I'm thinking poison, so he can kill you. He muttered something about a dart not working on you. I threatened to chop of limbs if he didn't give the information I wanted, and since I was holding a sword at his throat, he was very well persuaded." She waves at the rat, then goes over to her and says, "Hi. Are you okay?"

Thorn shakes her head "No..Patchfur did something bad and..and he may be looking for me next"
Zork frowns a bit, "It will be ok, no one will let im' get ya, not ta worry and Patchfur will be dealed with...by me if needed"
DoraRose goes into her loving-worried-mother mind frame as she moves to look the rat in the eye. "Hey, hey, I'm not going to let that happen. He's done some of bad stuff to some people I care allot about, so I'm going to hunt him down and put a stop to him, okay? I'm a warrior, so I'll be alright. Don't worry." Angela goes to whack the badger on the arm with her staff. "Oh, no ye won't. If ye leave this Abbey, so 'elp me, I'll 'unt ye down, drug ye, get ye dragged back 'ere, and tonic ye 'till ye vomit!!"
Thorn frowns," I told a couple beasts what he did ...well yesterday anyways"
Zork rubs his arm and steps back "Fer what? Wot that gotta do with Patchfur he needs found he killed a novice, wot if he kills someone else?" He rubs his arms some more "That hurt..who else gonna go after him then? And thar is also a wildcat ta look out fer too"
Angela waves her staff around with great abandon, threatening to buff the badger in the nose with it. "My granddaughter can, and she'll be very willing to, especially with the news about Leon! And ye'll be fine! It'll just bruise." DoraRose stares at her grandmother, then turns her gaze to the badger. "What's this about Leon?"
Thorn looks back and forth between them, she lets Zork answer the question as she is still jumpy and watches the door ever so often.

Zork sighs, "I..I don't know, see I oversleep so came inna 'ere , ya know cause I didn't drink me tea yet taday.."He frowns and backs away from Angela before going on, "Anyways came in 'ere and it be too quiet...then me and dis other healer found a novice and ummm they were dead and no sign of Leon and then de one bed" He points to where ropes were cut and torn, "Patchfur were thar I think and ummm....may have Leon if he were here at de time"

Thorn decides to falls asleep...under one of the beds.
DoraRose stares at the badger, not wanting to believe what she's hearing. Angela starts messing with the stuff on the counter as the warrior stands and says dully, "A Novice is....murdered and.....Leon is...missing??" Panic is starting to rise in her voice by the last few words.
Another healer enters suddenly. "I informed Abbot Lorimis... Err, hello, ma'am and ma'am... I'm sorry I took so long to return, I was checking the Friar..."
Zork nods "I am sure some beast knows what happen, another novice went ta go tell Lorimis and..see if de gate guard knew, I don't know I only been here and before that me room" He catches sight of Thorn going under a bed and frowns .He nods to the healer, "Errr, how be Lacota and de ya find out what happen?"
DoraRose groans and sinks onto the nearest cot, her face in her paws. Angela holds out a cup of white willow bark tea to the badger, glaring at him a little, then turns to the other healer. "Aye, 'as the Friar shown any improvement?"
Zork frowns and takes the cup it's best not to argue with Dorarose's Grandma, he drinks it making a face but he gets it down slowly, he is going to have to remember to keep on time with his tea. He looks over at Dorarose once he is almost done, "Leon will be found..I am sure he will be"
The healer squirrel shrugs. "He's still sleeping heavily, but he was...er, talking some. In his sleep. Breathing normal, pulse normal... The swelling on his face has gone down some, but he still has a severe black eye. All in all, he seems fine... I believe he may wake soon."
Angela nods, crosses her arms, and begins to think, tapping her foot on the floor as she does so. DoraRose lifts her face and looks at the badger hopelessly. "He's always going missing....I turn my back and he's gotten himself kidnapped. I don't know if I can take much more of this...."
Zork frowns "This doesn’t sound like it were his fault lass" He finishes his tea and sits the cup down.
The healer frowns. "This is a most distressing turn of events lately... Leon missing, the Friar attacked, a novice murdered... What happened to the guards? Are they all asleep on the job now?"
DoraRose groans again and flops onto her back, staring blankly at the ceiling while a single tear trickles out of her not-injured eye. "An' Dora got punched in the eye while interrogating this nuisance rat," Angela adds as she mentally stores away the information about the Friar. "Maybe we should make the guards run laps around the ramparts as punishment....."
Zork says, "Has ta be someone else that seen or heard something earlier"
The squirrel shrugs. "Who know, sir. I don't understand how this Patchfur fellow got into the Abbey in the first place..."
Angela grimaces. "'E prob'ly pretended to be starvin' and lost and maybe 'urt and the Redwallers took 'im in to 'elp 'im get better. It's fortunante that anybeast found 'im out at all." DoraRose sits up, her left eyes looking very painful. "He told me he had been ordered in here by somebeast named Morgan to kill Zork." She sounds forlorn and depressed.
Zork frowns "And he got in by probably tricking some beast and I meet Morgan before, he’s a wildcat"
Zork adds after some thought " Morgan were in Ferravale, he had tried ta kill Scioto but I stopped him....well makes since now that’s why he hates me"
The healer slumps. "Well... I say that perhaps we shouldn't allow any vermin types into the Abbey for a while... I don't care if they're half dead, lying in the ditch... Just... No."
Benar opens the door to the Infirmary in time to catch the healer's words "Sadly my friend to do so would be to break the Abbey Charter and turn our backs on our way of life." The squirrel walks inside, his habit moving gently around his legs, he looks at Lacota then Dora rose and sighs, "What happened?"
DoraRose sighs and covers her face with a paw. "Patchfur. That's what happened." Angela nods, her arms still folded and a scowl on her face. "Aye, he was looking for poisons to use against Zork, and my granddaughter caught 'im, and 'e punched 'er. 'E killed a Novice an' now Leon is missin'. Lacota is unconcious with a concussion, but his condition is improving, so 'e should awaken soon."
The healer nods. "Lacota has started talking in his sleep, a sure sign he is dreaming, which is always a good sign. He still has a nasty bump to the back of his head, though... I'm afraid we cannot rule out the possibility he may have partial or even full amnesia... But I am confident he'll recover just fine."

Zork is sitting in a chair as everyone else talks, "Oh and Thorn is scared of Patchfur too..she is currently under one of de infirm beds, thinks she fell asleep"

Benar sighs and walks over to Lacota's bedside, "Patchfur I know that name, aren't they the rat who caused us trouble before?"  He asks with a sigh, coiling his tail around arms and looks down at his Friar then places a paw on his side and turns back to DoraRose and Angela, "Who died? I... will have to inform Lorimis... this tragedy cannot go unanswered I fear we may have to dispatch the Champion to hunt them down" He then glances at Zork and sighs, "Oh dear... and I was just helping Thorn to settle into abbey life."
Lacota is still, with a black right eye, his face still somewhat swollen, but not as severe as before. What the others don't know is his dreams had become vivid nightmares, of his past. "Don't hurt me..." He mutters.
Angela gestures at Zork. "I 'aven't seen the body yet. As far as I know, only 'e 'as." DoraRose shrugs. "I was thinking about hunting him down myself. The Abbeybeasts can watch the twins, and I fear that Patchfur may have something to do with Leon's disappearance." She still sounds depressed, but less than before Benar came in.
Lacota is still, with a black right eye, his face still somewhat swollen, but not as severe as before. What the others don't know is his dreams had become vivid nightmares, of his past. "Don't hurt me..." He mutters.
Zork stands and shows where the novice is, a cot in the far back and course they have the sheet over them, "They were by the bed, the one with cut ropes and some sort of dart was by then too. No one else was in here at the time when me and the healer found them" He hmms "Thorn walked in about then and like said..hid under a bed"
Benar walks over to the bedside and lifts the blanket and looks down and then sighs and lowers it, "Thank you Zork my friend... thank you and... Dora is that wise to go alone? Surely you should wait for Flicktail or Lee to return from Camp Willow or someone?"  He glances toward Lacota as he mumbles and resist the urge to hurry to his friends side and lets Angela do her job.
Angela calmly goes over to the Friar and begins testing his pulse and breathing and stuff. DoraRose scowls, then grimaces and gently covers her black eye with a paw. "I was going to try and get some of the guards to go with me, but we don't have time to wait for Lee to get back! Patchfur needs to be stopped, and the more time we sit around, the greater chance there is that he'll escape or kill some other beast!!"
Zork frowns "I think Patchfur already escaped lass." He nods to Benar and goes to head out "I am gonna go to me forge and yes I am staying in de abbey" He says as he passes Angela, as much as he like to go try and find the rat he knows he can’t really do that.

Benar says, "Speak to you later Zork," He raises paw and turns back to DoraRose, "If he stayed in the abbey then he is a huge fool... but if he has gotten out into Mossflower you are right anyone could be in danger from him."

Zork nods as he heads off to his forge.