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Post by carabadgermum on Jan 4, 2009 23:31:47 GMT -5
The sound of his voice threw all thought of her own injury out of Ally's mind. She jumped down from her own infirmary bed and tripped over to Jeremy's. "Oh, Jer, I was so worried." She took one of his paws in both of hers. "You are going to be alright and I'll be right here till your up on y'paws again."
"You'll be here longer than he will if y'keep jumpin' on that paw o'yours." The healer sighed but seeing the way the maid looked at the patient she couldn't help but allow her to stay rather than going back to her own bed.
Phil had also noticed the look in his sister's eyes and it made him a bit embarrassed to be in the same room. He looked down at his footpaws.
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jan 5, 2009 8:03:11 GMT -5
Sev thought of a good way to satisfy both maids. Casting about swiftly, he lay eyes on a chair in a corner, most likely for visitors. He picked it up and placed it next to Jeremy's bed and motioned for Ally to sit in it. "Ye'd better sit down before you permanently injure yourself with all this jumping up and down."
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Post by carabadgermum on Jan 5, 2009 11:06:55 GMT -5
Ally nodded her thanks once again a bit sheepishly to Sev and sat down in the chair he offered. Then she pulled the chair even closer to Jeremy's bed, still holding tight to his paw as if through the contact she could keep him alive by sheer willpower.
"Actually," The ottermaid said to nobeast in particular. "I think I might have to ask all of you to step out. I've got some sewing to do and it's not going to be pretty."
Phil swallowed nervously, "Right." He backed up towards the door.
Ally looked around at the others and then pointedly up at the healer, "I'm not leaving him."
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jan 5, 2009 11:58:06 GMT -5
Sev nodded at Phil. "You can go ahead and leave if you want. I've seen enough and heard enough that this won't bother me a bit. Besides" he added as he glanced down at the supine Lieutenant. "If its as painful as I've heard, you're probably going to need somebeast that can hold him down."
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Post by carabadgermum on Jan 7, 2009 14:28:14 GMT -5
Phil continued his exit and only caught a glimpse of the wound as the healer tore open the lieutenant's jacket. He placed the back of his paw to his mouth to avoid retching and ran down the steps and out into the cold night air. There he stared at his paws and seeing one of them still covered in blood, tripped and stumbled his was to the pond to wash.
Ally also had to fight back being sick. She looked Jeremy in the eyes and forced a smile that she hoped was encouraging. "It'll be alright. Just focus on me and don't think about anything else."
The healer smiled at Ally's efforts but she nodded at Sev as if to tell him to be ready to jump in as soon as he saw fit. Then she began to clean the deep gash. Thankfully all the major organs had been missed but the poor bloke had lost a lot of blood. She began to think of the treatment she'd heard of whereby blood from one creature might be transfused to another. She had an idea of the technique but she had never preformed it herself and hoped she wouldn't have to go that far this time.
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jan 7, 2009 14:52:24 GMT -5
Jeremy started twitching and he went to thrash from the pain when Sev grabbed both of his arms with one paw and grabbed held his legs together with the other. The lieutenant strained against the colonel's powerful grip. "Calm yourself Lieutenant!" He said, in hope that Jeremy would listen, but he hoped in vain. Jeremy didn't hear a word that the colonel said. he continued his attempts to break free
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Post by carabadgermum on Jan 7, 2009 15:27:03 GMT -5
The healer had finished the cleaning d***ed vermin and their dirty weapons! She had stepped back and with one eye shut was attempting to thread a needle for the next step in the process. "I'll need him very still for the next bit."
Tears filled Ally's eyes. It was terrible to see someone she loved in so much pain. "Jeremy!" She cried out trying to gain his attention and distract him from the agony that he must be going through. She tried to capture his face between her paws to make him look at her.
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jan 7, 2009 15:32:45 GMT -5
Sev used all the strength he could muster to keep the other officer as still as he could. "I'd appreciate it if you worked as fast as you can. He's a devil to hold down." he said through gritted teeth as Jeremy's eyes opened and closed in rapid succession, not seeing anything, not hearing anything. His head strained against Ally's paws as he emitted a low chilling groan
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Post by carabadgermum on Jan 7, 2009 16:07:13 GMT -5
"Isn't there something you can give him for the pain?!" Ally nearly shrieked. "Something to knock him out again? Anything?!"
The healer who had just been about to began stitching stepped back again. She took a deep breath and wiped her brow with the back of her paw. "There is something but with the amount of blood he's lost it could be dangerous." She looked up at Sev to see what he thought about it.
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jan 7, 2009 16:13:39 GMT -5
Sev shook his head. "If we knock him out now, we'll probably not be able to bring him back. Just hold his head so he doesn't hurt his neck while she finishes. I'll do my best to hold him down." Sev reached down and renewed his grip on the unfortunate lieutenant.
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Post by carabadgermum on Jan 7, 2009 16:59:18 GMT -5
The healer nodded and stepped forward resuming her grizzly task.
Ally looked the Colonel in shock for a moment. His words had scared her. Then she looked back down at Jeremy and renewed her efforts to calm him and focus his attention. Could he really be that close to Dark Forest gates? "Jeremy, please, stay with us. It's me Ally. I'm here and - and I love you . . ."
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jan 7, 2009 18:26:42 GMT -5
Ally had no idea how close her words were to the mark. Jeremy was indeed looking at the gates of the Dark Forest. His sepulchral (great word!) groans formed words as he spoke to the 'gatekeepers'. They refused to let him enter the forest, seeking to keep him out. "Why don't you let me enter?" the hares standing in front of the gate barred the way with their lances. "It is not yet your time!"
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Post by carabadgermum on Jan 7, 2009 23:38:41 GMT -5
The otter-healer finished her work as quickly as she could and stepped away from the patient to wash her paws.
Ally had called out to Jeremy, sometimes soothingly other times with angry frustration, over and over during the procedure. Her paws by turn caressed his face and practically slapped him. She hadn't noticed the rising warmth it his cheeks until he was suddenly too hot for her paws to remain in contact with him. "Corks! He's hot as blazes!" It wasn't until she stepped back and looked him over that she realized he was now deathly still. "What's wrong? What did you do to him? Why isn't he moving?" ((hope that's alright, not g-moding am I?))
The healer rushed back and put a paw on Jeremy's forehead, "He's got a fever. It's not from infection. He was clean before I stitched him up. It much be shock."
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jan 8, 2009 10:36:06 GMT -5
((*shrugs* if it is, i don't care that much. I trust you))
Sev had released his grip on the lieutenant. Looking down at the still hare, he shook his head slightly. The only indication of his being alive was the slight rise and fall of his chest and the burning fever. "He'll make it if I have to rip him out of the Dark Forest myself." it wasn't just a promise to Ally, it was a promise to himself.
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Post by carabadgermum on Jan 8, 2009 12:25:16 GMT -5
((well i suppose Jeremy was my creation to begin with so i do have some say in what befalls him ;D ))
Willow bark: that was the healer's best remedy for fever. She went strait away to the medicine cupboard to mix up a physic for the patient.
Ally took the colonel's words to heart and she gave him a sad smile. She went back to stroking Jeremy's forehead even though the flesh under the fur burned her paws. "He's very brave, isn't he, Sah?" She whispered to Sev. It didn't seem right to speak any louder now that Jeremy had gone so deathly quiet. "Thank you, Sah, for helpin' 'im, and," she looked up into the officer's eyes so he could see how truly she meant it, "for lookin' out for Phil."
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