Redwall Isn't Safe Anymore! (Is Redwall as Safe as they Say it is? Part Two)

[Hickory]

Ava Gave grant a skeptical look. "Well, at any rate, there's a vermin band of some sort in Mossflower. We'll deal with that later; right now we have the mouse to help."

[LT Sandpaw]

"He's unconscious he needs to be moved, immediately." Rayne insisted looking around for where Ava disappeared too. Moving to Marble's side Aver scooped up the mouse keeping the bandages pressed onto the wound.

"I'll carry 'im up Rayne, get upstairs an' get ye ready." Nodding her appreciation Rayne led the way up the stairs to the Infirmary preparing a bed. Laying Marble down he ripped off the mouse's tunic so Rayne could have easy access to his injury.

"The bleeding has slowed down, but he's still loosing blood. I'll need to slow it down before I can stich it up. I also need to clean it, swords can carry infection." Aver nodded slowly keeping pressure on the wound.

"I dunno 'ow to heal. I reckon I if'n ye tell me wot to do I'll do it jus' fine." Quickly and with carful paws the two worked in grim silence only speaking when necessary.

[Groddil]

Mortembell followed the two upstairs to the infirmary, tearing open the cabinets in search of the needed medical supplies. Upon finding a satchel with clean bandages and sutures, the vixen rushed it over to Rayne.
"Here you go, Rayne. After you clean him up, we can stitch the wound and rebandage it. He'll have to lay low for a while, though."

[Ashleg]

"And the feast," Said Grant annoyedly. So a mouse they don't even know shows up and they suddenly forget about the feast? He sighed.
This is Redwall, not a hospital.

--

Rapshade and Fang halted near the entrance to the Great Hall and peeked in.
Duncan narrowed his eyes when he noticed the prisoner's tail fur fluff up.
"What?"

Rapshade turned around. "Was somebeast just stabbed? They were carryin' away a mouse with a sword wound..."
Duncan glanced at Drubble and then pushed Rapshade out of the way so he could see inside.
They were already gone. "Nobeast just gets stabbed at Redwall Abbey."
"But really, I know what I saw--"
"Shut it, Scumshade!"

Fangfang glanced at Drubble. "No, he's right, I saw it too. This is creepy. Mayhaps it was that weasel?"

[Groddil]

Drubble nodded.
"Zo did oi, zurr. If'n it was yurr weazel, wuddn't th'whole Abbey be's in an upraar, troiin' t'foind 'im? Nay, oi thinks 'ees from outsoide the walls, one o' Muddle's victims. But then, wuddn't 'ee 'ave no ois? Oi don't know, it's all vurry confuzlin' fer a poor molebeast loike moiself."

[Ashleg]

Rapshade began to feel blood rising in his throat.
The ferret gulped and shook his head, trying to clear it.
"...Muddle, no eyes? What's that about?"

Duncan was about to intervene, but then decided to let the ferret talk for once.

[Groddil]

"A stoater called Redfang came to th'Abbey last season an' attacked the assistant cellarkeeper, an 'og named Muddle. This was before moi time, y'see, oi wasn't cellarkeeper back then. Redfang escaped, but Muddle went insane. He joined up with one of yurr crewbeasts, another stoater, called Begskin. 'Ee murdered ole Fergbar the cellarkeeper, an' the two ran off. Naow, they attack travellers an' rip out their ois. Er at least, that be's what oi 'eard from th'Vigil."

[Ashleg]

"They rip out their...I wouldn't even do that!" Rapshade grimaced. Maybe it was good One-Ear had brought him back. A sick ferret with a broken leg would be all too easy for Muddle to catch, had he wanted to.

Fangfang perked his ears. "Are we tellin' scary stories? Cause I've got 'un! 'Tis called 'The Missing Barnacle'..."

Duncan and Rapshade groaned in unison.

[Hickory]

OOC: Maybe "The Story of Jitterbug Jeff, the Ghostly Pirate!"

[LT Sandpaw]

"Thank you Bell." Rayne said checking the Marble's pulse. "He's still breathing, and we managed to get the bleeding under control. I'll just give him an antiseptic and start the stitches."

"'E's out o' it." Aver pointed out as he backed away, his services no longer needed. "E' don't feel pain, or at least 'e can't respond to it." Rayne nodded not really having the time to explain that Marble could still feel pain, and he might wake up in the middle of the procedure.

Gently she massaged the open wound together lightly sealing it with a brush soaked in beeswax. That done she reached into her satchel producing a large needle and a thick circular thread.Glancing over at Mortembell the mouse held the two items out.

"How's your sewing paw? You work on this, I'll get him the pain killer." She looked over at Aver who was standing swinging his paw a short distance away. "You go down to the feast, tell them we have Marble stabilized and they can begin. We'll join them when we're done."

[Hickory]

OOC: Story idea: Rayne goes on to be a paramedic in the Mossflower Hospital force.

[Ashleg]

OOC-
Sage, I posted with Grant in case you were wondering.

[LT Sandpaw]

OOC: Rayne would make a excellent Paramedic. Especially since she's using medical know how that is a few hundred years advanced. Technically she ought to be apply leaches and not even know about antiseptics much less care, but who cares because RP logic.

[Hickory]

OOC: Jes' hand me that chlorofoam, that'll keep the mouse it for this surgery session.

BIC:

The big badger reassured Grant. "I'm sure it's nothing to worry about. You're right, at the moment we should keep our focus on the feast. Rayne is more than capable of dealing with wounds. And ferocious," she added.

The badger joined the crowd of Redwallers gathering at the tables.

[Groddil]

BIC:

Somewhere, deep in Mossflower woods, a bush stirred. One-Ear's snout poked up from the foliage. He squinted through the trees at a clearing, where a large amount of vermin lounged around idly.
"Needle. Vermin in the clearing ahead,  about threescore. Take half the force, circle around and hit 'em from behind. Yell out Vigilance when you attack, we'll rush in to help you out."

*****

Drubble shook his head at Fangfang.
"Not zcaree ztorees, Fangfang, this be's th'truth. Oi remembers it, you wuzz 'ere when Muddle got attacked, but ye 'ad already left when 'ee went insane an' murdered ole Fergbar."