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Post by jack on Nov 18, 2007 1:13:08 GMT -5
Teague kicked and punched at Jokan beating him to the deck of the ship. "Bastard" He screamed at the stoat. He was not happy. He stared at what Jocard had done to the otter hoping it had worked.
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Post by Wolfie on Nov 18, 2007 1:14:45 GMT -5
Aiden looked up at her weakly. Her words sounded far and distant, but he could vaguely understand what she was saying. He nodded weakly in response and started singing to himself quietly in an effort to keep himself awake. It was his mother's song again. His favorite song that he knew.
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Post by jack on Nov 18, 2007 1:15:35 GMT -5
Teague's anger began to subside as he heard the song that the young otter was singing. He was not happy but he was feeling better at hearing this song.
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Post by carabadgermum on Nov 18, 2007 10:48:20 GMT -5
"Keep singin' matey, that's right," Moll stroked the little otter's head fur. "Everythin's gonna be jus' fine." She looked up at the other beasts assembled around. "'E needs a healer. We can't jus' let 'im die."
Just then Barlow who had heard the earlier cry of his young charge ran panting up the stairs from the galley. He saw her tear stained face and blood stained clothes as she held the little otter. "Alright everybeast move outa the way. Gimme some room to work. I'm no surgeon but I seen m'share o' wounds an' if anybeast 'ere can sew this feller up I 'spose it'll be me."
The crowd parted for him and Moll smiled up at the old searat gratefully. "I told ye, Matey," she whispered to Aiden. "Everythin's gonna be jus fine."
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Post by Wolfie on Nov 18, 2007 13:58:16 GMT -5
Aiden's dulled eyes looked up at her as he smiled weakly. Things definitely seemed to be looking up for the young otter. He'd never had stitches before, though, and was slightly nervous, but his will to live overrode his nervousness. He didn't care how much it hurt if it allowed him to keep on living.
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Post by carabadgermum on Nov 18, 2007 15:10:43 GMT -5
Barlow removed the cloth and looked at the wound. The otter had lost a lot of blood but the spear hadn't hit any vital organs and it was a clean cut. The kitt would live if he had anything to say about it. "I'll need needle and thread and brandy." He called back over his shoulder.
Moll, still holding Aiden on her lap, looked to Aleah and nodded at her to do Barlow's bidding, "Can you find those things? "
Barlow looked down again at his patient, "Ye jus' keep singin', lad. Jus' like Moll told ye. We'll 'ave ye up an' around in no time." Then he added a couple more things to his list of supplies before the otter maid left. "See if ye can find some clean water and clean cloth for bandages as well."
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Post by Wolfie on Nov 18, 2007 15:17:40 GMT -5
Aleah nodded and ran off quickly to get the requested items. She came back a minute or two later and set them next to Barlow. Aiden's eyes started to close again, but he shook it as as best he could and kept singing his mother's song quietly.
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Post by carabadgermum on Nov 18, 2007 15:29:11 GMT -5
Barlow handed the flask of brandy to Moll. "Pour a little in his mouth, and the rest over the wound." While she did this he threaded the needle.
Moll nodded and tried to explain to Aiden, "I'm gonna give you a little drink, Matey." She waited for him to stop singing for a second and poured the liquid into his mouth. "Now keep singin'. I wanna 'ear that song loud an' clear." Then she made ready to pour the remainder of the flasks contents over the wound.
Barlow held her paw for a moment and spoke to the patient. "This is gonna hurt, lad, but tha's good let's us know yur still alive. Scream if you've gotta and then go back to singin'." He whispered to Moll before he let her pour. "Pour it quick an' then hold 'im down. I'll sew 'im up as fast as I can."
Moll emptied the contents of the flask and then threw herself over the young otter.
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Post by Wolfie on Nov 18, 2007 15:32:57 GMT -5
Aiden snarled in pain and struggled weakly against the opressive weight that was holding him down. He eventually grew too tired and lay still, gritting his teeth against the nagging pain of the needle being driven into and pulled out of his stomach. He couldn't help but remember the fox, Jokan stabbing him and his eyes started blazing red as the memory started working him into a furious frenzy.
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Post by carabadgermum on Nov 18, 2007 17:25:33 GMT -5
((Jokan is a stoat)) Moll felt the little otter struggling harder against her. She looked into his eyes and saw that they were beginning to turn red. She'd heard of the bloodwrath but had never know that it could strike someone so young. She smiled. This one is a fighter. He'll live. And I pity Jokan when he's back to his full strength.
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Post by Wolfie on Nov 18, 2007 17:29:42 GMT -5
Aiden kept struggling, desperate to be free so he could take his vengence on the stoat that had stabbed him. He yelped wolfishly as the needle pierced a particularly sensitive area on his stomach.
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Post by carabadgermum on Nov 18, 2007 18:38:36 GMT -5
Moll bent down and whispered calmingly in the Aiden's ear, "Keep singin', mate. It'll be alright." Then she looked up at Barlow. "Are you nearly done? I don' know how much longer I can hold 'im."
"Jus' tyin' this off," Barlow answered her. He didn't have a pair of scissors to cut the thread so he grabbed the closest thing to paw which happened to be the dagger hidden in Moll's boot. He was one of the few who knew that was the place she kept it. He winked at her and replaced it when he was finished it. "Just 'old 'im a minute longer while I bandage 'im up."
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Post by Wolfie on Nov 18, 2007 18:41:07 GMT -5
Aiden clamed slightly as she whispered in his ear. Her asking him to sing had brought his mother's song to memory and it calmed him instantly. He stilled himself and stopped struggling as his eyes slowly started fading back to their normal color.
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Post by carabadgermum on Nov 18, 2007 23:56:32 GMT -5
Barlow padded the area of the wound with clean cloth and then had Moll lift the little otter so he could wrap more cloth around Aiden's stomach to hold it tight. "'E'll 'ave t' be real careful for a few weeks till that wound heals up. I'll come and dress the wound once a day. Then when the skin heals over I'll take the stitches out and he should be good as new."
"D'ya 'ere that, Matey? 'E says you'll be good as new." Moll hugged the kitt. Then she looked around to find Teague. "We're am I 'spose to be sleepin'? This little'n's gonna be usin' my bed till 'e's up on 'is feet again."
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Post by Wolfie on Nov 18, 2007 23:58:51 GMT -5
Aiden looked around weakly, still trying to keep himself awake. He felt even more tired now that he knew he was out of immediate danger, but he still wasn't sure whether it was safe to sleep or not.
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