Why does everybody hate this guy?!
Redwall Infirmary Recovery
Oz the badger. Ragg the weasel. A random squirrel Novice. DoraRose, LilyMoore and Caleb the mice. Emyuil the mouse. Leon the mouse. Benar the squirrel. Moonsong the rat.
Oz is here getting something to help his bottom lip, its still a little sore from yesterday, he sighs as he squints some and looks around the infirm, he mutters something to himself.
Ragg comes into the room, nursing his paw. It was burned in the kitchen while he was partaking in some....questionable actions around some cooling scones. He sees Oz and makes his way over and once he's beside the badger, he asks, "What happened to you?"
Oz turns as he looks at Ragg, he frowns and walks a little ways over to him "Oh..Greetings Ragg, a rat attempted to punch me, missed mostly." He blinks a little bit and shakes his head, "Dislike the infirm" He mutters.
Ragg frowns worriedly, "Why'd they try and punch you? Who was it? Have they been punished?" He cuts off his flow of questions before he can add on more. He grins dryly at Oz's commnet, "It would seem the dibbun's are rubbing off on you!" He's not totally sure if that made any sense, but he'll be glad to explain.
Oz rasies an eyebrow at Ragg, he then nods "The rat is part of Marek's horde, she is now tied up and has two guards on her at all times." He glaces around but does so slowly as he rubs his forhead, "Today has not been fun everything is.." He stops and then goes on, "But sure it will pass"
A sneeze echoes from a cot in the corner and DoraRose sits up, wipign her nose with a kercheif, a book laying in her lap. She is going to be released today, and it can't come a moment too soon. The (very) brand new squirrel Novice that was taking care of her Dibbuns on Thursday is back, playing witht he twins on a cushy blanket on the floor. The Novice has heard every word said by the badger and the weasel, but the warriormouse was too into her book to hear. DoraRose sneeze thrice more and sniffles.
Oz glaces over at the cot as Dorarose sneezes, "Everything ok over there..ummm" He sighs, great from where he is he can't tell who it is, but he doesnt let on that he can't tell.
Ragg's frown darkens at the information, but he quickly moves on. He riases and eyebrow as Oz fails to divulge the reasons for the days lack of fun and so he takes it upon himself to find out "Everything has been...what?" He looks over in the direction of the sneezing and sees DoraRose, but he hasn't seen her in quite awhile, so, at first, he fails to recognize her.
DoraRose nods and smiles. "Yes, Oz, thanks you. It's just my allergies. I the infirmary has run out of the powder, and I think I overheard them saying that they've run out of one of the herbs." She gives Ragg the look one gives to people that you recognize, but don't know who they are, yet you /know/ that you've seen them before, but where? She smiles faintly and waves a little.
Oz smiles "Ahhh Dorarose its you I mean..of course it's you, who else would you be" He chuckles a little, he doesn't answer Ragg's question.
Ragg Grins and waves back, getting a similar feeling as the mouse maid. He neglects to notice that Oz /just/ said DoraRose's name, and makes his way over to the bed side, "I get the feeling we've met before, but I seem to have misplaced your name. I'm Ragg."
DoraRose wrinkles her forehead at Oz's statement, but before she can respond, she is adressed by the weasel. Smiling politely, she holds out her right paw, since her left arm is in a sling still. "Good day. I am having the same feeling. My name is DoraRose Strongheart. Master Healer Leon is my husband."
Oz walks over a little closer to Dorarose and Ragg, he looks at the door and back to them not saying anything right now.
Ragg smiles and takes her paw, giving it a light kiss before releasing it. He's not flirting, simply doing what he thinks is polite, "Ah yes! I have heard your name many times before. You are quite the warrior." He glances down at the Novice playing with the two dibbuns, "Are these your children?"
DoraRose blushes slightly at the compliment and quickly turns to look at the twins. "Yes, they are. The male is Caleb and the female is LilyMoore, named after my sister....they will be a season old in a few weeks." Lily is sitting up and playing with a little coloured ball with what looks like legs. Caleb is also sitting up and playing with a miniature all-cloth version of Martin the Warrior...mostly by swinging the little figure around by his tail. Hey, he's just a baby! He doesn't understand that that's not nice to dolls. Err, or action figures. The Novice is smiling and mostly making sure that neither baby falls over or whacks themselves in the head.
Oz stays off to the side, he sighs a little and rubs his forehead some as if he has a headache
Emyuil walks in with a smile on his face (well, that hasn't happened in a while) and sits down by a bed a little ways from the Dibbuns, so he can watch without interfering.
Ragg smiles at the little mice, chuckling at Caleb's antics with the doll thingy. "They seem like wonderful children. Destined for a great future." He glances over at Emyuil, and nods a greeting.
DoraRose smiles at her brother, then turns back to the weasel. "Thank you. But, you said that with such certainty. Do you really believe that?"
Oz looks over at Emyuil and stares at him a moment as if trying to figure out who he is, he shakes his head.
Emyuil speaks, getting the sense that Oz doesn't recognize him. "Hello, Oz. It's me, Emyuil," he says clearly, but tactfully.
Ragg nods firmly, "Yes. With all my heart. No creature is born without having some greater purpose to fulfill. Whether they choose to do so is their choice."
Leon walks into the infirm and nods to those that are here, "Ello all, how is every beast today?"
DoraRose frowns and waves hello to her husband absently. "What do you mean? That....that sounds familiar...." The Dibbuns have caught sight of their father, and they stat to fuss, wanting him to hold them, LilyMoore holding her footed ball and Caleb cling to his Martin the Warrior dol---I mean, action figure.
"'ey Leon," Emyuil says to his brother-in-law. "You doin' okay?" He seems to be in a right good mood today as he idly listens to his sister and Ragg talking.
Oz nods "Yes of course," He sees Leon and frowns as he looks at the closest door, which is the one that goes to the open grounds and starts to slowly walk over that way.
Ragg smiles, settling into the topic happily "I mean that every beast has a choice as to the path they take. Good or evil, they have a purpose. And if you've heard it before, you'd probably have heard it from Nightbreath. He's my mentor."
Leon smiles down at his dibbuns, he catches site of Oz as he sees him heading out, "Oz..where you going? I wanted to talk to you real quick if I could it wont take very long." He smiles at the two dibbuns again before walking over to the badger.
The Dibbuns start to cry as Daddy walks away. DoraRose doesn't notice because all of her attention is focused on the weasel in front of her. "Wait....did you just say that Nightbreath is your....mentor? Wait....what? What....what do you mean by that?"
Oz stops at the door, "Well I don't want to talk, I have some things to do thats not in here." He thinks of a quick excuse, "Your dibbuns desire your attention, I do not" He then walks to the open ground.
Emyuil jolts and stares up at Ragg. Who is Nightbreath again...? But if his sister's uncertain, /he's/ uncertain.
Ragg grins obligingly and explains slowly, though not in a demeaning way. He does note the slight change in the way DoraRose is speaking to him, but he brushes it off, "I'm Nightbreath's apprentice. I'm training to be a seer." He glances sharply over at Emyuil as he moves. The weasel frowns to himself and takes a step away from the bedside. He can sense somthings up. Maybe he should get going.
Leon folds his arms over his chest, "Oz..it's important, a quick exam and you can leave" He frowns "Let me..." He looks over at Dorarose now his attention there now.
Oz takes this as a leaveing chance, he misses one step on his way out and grumbles, he brushes himself off and quickly heads elsewhere but..well here.
Emyuil glares slightly, murmuring distantly, "Seers..." His dark eyes glint slightly. He looks quickly to DoraRose, wincing as he anticipates her reaction to the news.
DoraRose's voice goes up in octave and pitch, and her eyes flash as she mentally and emotionally raises shields. "A Seer! Get away from my children!" She stands and glares in hatred at the weasel. "Begone! I will not have Seers near me or my family! I don't trust you! You have evil in your blood! Begone!" The twins wail in fear. They've never seen Mama like this. The Novice quickly gathers them up and goes to hide with them behind Leon....just to be on the safe side.
The door from outside opens and Benar sticks his head inside and frowns, he then passes the rest of the way under the portal and pushes the door shut and glares around the room. "This is the infirmary, if I can hear your voices from the bell tower something is seriously wrong...."
Leon turns to..wait whee did Oz go, he groans deeply "Why does he avoid me.."He blinks as Dorarose screams loudly and looks back to her quickly and to the novice and dibbuns, he carefully takes the dibbuns in his arms and starts huming softly to them to calm down.
Emyuil glares at both Ragg and Benar now. "This ain't yer business, squirrel," he growls, starting to fall back into vermin-speak. "This is between Long, Pale, and Creepy and my sister's family. Nobeast else."
Ragg takes a few steps back, quite taken by surprise. He frowns and says incredulous, "Seer's are hardly evil! It's their choice what they do with their gift, but I can assure you with the utmost certainty, I am not evil. What proof have you that my kind are evil?" He turns his now rather gimlet eyes on Emyuil, "Long, pale, and creepy?! You're one to talk!" He can't come up with a suitable name to call the mouse, so he leaves it at that.
DoraRose trembles and opens her mouth, then closes it, then opens it again, much resembling a fish as a tear threatens to fall out of her eye. "I...I'm...I just...." she sits back down and covers her face with her paw. The Dibbuns are still wailing, but not quite so loudly now. The Novice looks around nervously. Well, this got interesting really fast.
Moonsong wakes up, yep still under guard and wakes up to dibbuns, and dibbuns wailing "Do shut the brats up will ya..stupid woodlanders"
Benar says, "Enough," he raises his hands, "Emyuil, regardless of whether or not this is between your sister and her family and Ragg here. The well being of the abbey is my concern." he glances at Leon, "Oz is avoiding you because he is having eye sight trouble and keeps trying to hide it. He won't even talk to me about it," he points a finger at Ragg, "If the lady does not wish you to use your gift on her family then please refrain from doing so. Now DoraRose, Leon, why don't you take the children home to your cottage?"
Leon nods and then the rat maid speaks and he glares at her and holds his dibbuns closer to him, he looks at Benar, "You have noticed too huh"
"He didn't," Emyuil mutters, still glaring at Benar and Ragg furiously, glancing passingly at the rat maid.
Ragg deflates quickly when the mouse maid starts to cry, and he quickly goes over to her. "Something about my kind troubles you, probably for reasons untold, but whatever it is, I don't wish to make your perception of us worse. I shall leave." He quickly starts towards the door, raising an eyebrow at Benar as he reaches it and saying quietly, "Don't get caught up in this. The other mouse was right. It's between his sister and I." He then slips out the door and is gone.
DoraRose lays down on her side, her eyes still covered by her paw. Raggs parting words to her echo quietly through her mind, fighting with the hatred and prejudice. The twins are almost quiet now, and LilyMoore sits back a little and starts to play with her footed red ball a little. And that's a lot of littles....
Moonsong snorts, she looks at Leon, "Let me guess your brats?..Your brats are loud, I hate dibbuns and hate it here" A guard by her gives her a warning look and she hmmphs loudly, "Hate you all" she says very clearly.
Emyuil stands up suddenly, so quickly the sheets beneath him go fluttering off the bed. "What did you just call my kin?," he growls at Moonsong.
Benar exclaims, "Enough!" Benar raises his voice not at all, but his voice carries and he does not sound pleased, "Emyuil, leave the infirmary now please, your presence is not conducive to a quite and ordely place of healing. Leon take the day off and take your family home please. I suspect DoraRose and the little ones need you, we can talk about Oz later." he glances around the room then fixes his eyes on the rat, "As for you Madame, please refrain from insulting those who are giving you the care and healing you little deserve for your actions.""
Moonsong rolls her eyes, "Don't tell me what ta do squirrel boy, or you" she glares at Emyuil."Yeah leave...go away...."
Emyuil snarls. It's Half-Rat time. "Both of you, squirrel, rat, shut yer gobs. I ain't leavin' and frankly if you try to make me I'll knock yer teeth in, is that understood? I ain't scared of either of you, or all your guards, or any of that."
DoraRose's eyes snap open, and she sits up straight as a pole and quietly, dangerously, venomously says, "That is enough, all of you!" Her brain barely registers that Leon leaves, and that she should go with him. She slowly stands, glaring first at her brother. "Emyuil! Sit down. Shut up. Or so help me...!" she lets the sentence hang, but he should get the message. Turning to Benar, she softens her gaze and tone, if only slightly. "Please don't mess with my brother, Benar. If he hurts you, I'll have to hurt him, and it will be a big mess." Lastly she turns and anger-laden gaze upon the rat. Oh, crap. This isn't going to be good. "You. My children are /not/ brats. If you call them so again, I shall see if I can escort you out of the Abbey and teach you some manners...the hard way. Now shut your trap before /I/ shut it for you."
Emyuil shuts up, but it would be beneath him to sit down for /anyone/ at their command. But he backs off a pace, grudgingly, still staring the ratmaid down.
Moonsong smirks, "Oh will ya now, sounds fun woodlander...."
Benar inclines his head to DoraRose, "Of course DoraRose, I like your brother but he must remember he is in the Abbey not on a battelefield. I will return to my work at the Belltower, you and Emyuil should go join Leon." he nods and moves for the door.
DoraRose goes to grab her brother's arm and forcibly pull him out of the infirm. "Let's go somewhere quiet and talk, Emyuil Half-Rat." she says his last name loudly enough for the rat to hear, then she is gone....hopefully leading her brother along.
"Everywhere is a battlefield," Emyuil mutters, yanking free of DoraRose and stalking off in his sister's wake, fire in his eyes.
Nuts....I had to leave right now. Phooey. Ah, well. Thanks for reading! :)
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