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Post by Silas on Oct 22, 2007 20:08:55 GMT -5
A knock resounded upon the infirmary door.
"Breffist!"
Silas opened the door without removing his gaze from the general direction of Vortex. Standing in the doorway were two small mousemaids, smaller than the cart they pushed laden with breakfast. "Thank ye, Tara, Cynthia." Silas said to the pair as he took the cart. His serious tone got through to the dibbuns, and they picked up on it instantly. "You're welcome, Mista Hawkeye..." Tara curtly resonded, feeling a little nervous around Vortex. To avoid a prolonged inquisitive stare from the mice, the squirrel shooed them off. "Go on downstairs now. I'm sure they need help at the orchards. Heard they were pickin' strawberries."
He pulled a thin smile at their departure, then turned about to face Vortex again, bringing the trolley with him and closing the door in the same instant. "Hungry?" Silas asked the fox.
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Post by `Tex (Snakeh) on Oct 22, 2007 20:40:50 GMT -5
Vortex nodded again, then spoke. "Why didn't you kill me? I could have killed you." His voice was the same cold, emotionless tone as before, his eyes never changing from their flat blue. He was curious, though, although he would never have showed it. Why hadn't the squirrel killed him? Had he been in the squirrel's place, he would have simply let himself lay on the path to bleed to death, rather than bring such a deadly creature into his home.
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Post by Vrelt on Oct 22, 2007 22:10:28 GMT -5
Vrelt was awake listening to the fox and squirrel talking, he sat up rubbing his side where he was hit by an arrow. "Yes, why didn't you kill him? He's a complete lunatic! That fox stabbed himself!" Vrelt looked around the room, "Where's my rapier at? And my daggers, my armor, and my stuff!?" Vrelt had some very important belongings in his sack, some were from his parents before they had died. Vrelt stared at the squirrel, his piercing ice-blue eyes locked into Silas's eyes, "I would like to know were my stuff is, and I would like to know who you are." Vrelt said coldly. "And, uh, could I have something to eat?" Vrelt asked, as he looked around the infirmary.
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Post by Silas on Oct 23, 2007 19:05:59 GMT -5
"Well hey, why d'you think we took your stuff, eh?" Silas responded to the ferret. "And if you'll keep asking questions, I think that the beast responsible for dragging you in here is liable to throw you out again. I did not kill the fox here because I'm just not that kind of beast. Secondly, I think he needs some help." He explained, seeing Vortex's condition as it occoured in his eyes. He could somehow feel it as well, a feeling familiar to himself... "And I'd be grateful if I were you. We didn't have to take you in, although the Abbot encouraged us to do so." Satisfied, he selected a pastry off of the cart andmunched upon it.
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Post by `Tex (Snakeh) on Oct 23, 2007 19:16:10 GMT -5
Vortex took a slice of fish from the cart and began eating it. "Thank you, but I am afraid that no amount of help can cure my... affliction. I am dangerous, squirrel, as dangerous as a badger. I doubt you would want me in your home." He was silent while he finished the fish, and then spoke again. It had taken him awhile to come to the desision to tell Silas his name, but the squirrel ought to know who exactly he had let into the abbey. "I am Vortex Deathcall, former corsair."
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Post by Vrelt on Oct 23, 2007 23:05:06 GMT -5
Vrelt looked at Silas, "I thank you for that, but that sword is very precious to me, it was my father's before he died." Vrelt turned his icy gaze to the fox, "Vortex Deathcall, I heard you fight like a mad-beast, but do you know who I am? I am Vrelt Darkfang the Warlord"That very name was feared and respected everywhere, mainly for never once being beaten in sword combat. Vrelt looked back at Silas, "Who cares about my weapons, there is a deep blue sash in my sack that is more important than my sword." Vrelt's gaze softened, "I owe you my life, if you didn't bring me into your abbey I would have been killed. There are many beasts after me."
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Post by Silas on Oct 24, 2007 6:39:01 GMT -5
Silas nodded towards Vrelt. "All of your effects will be returned to you in due time..." If at all... He thought, knowing that giving back weapons to a warlord might not go over so well with the council. Then he turned to Vortex. "I know how dangerous your condition can be, and I can assure you that I know how it feels." Silas set the half-eaten pastry down. "But with some help..."
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Post by `Tex (Snakeh) on Oct 24, 2007 18:20:31 GMT -5
The fox snorted, for once showing some kind of emotion. "I doubt that." He turned over so his back was toward Silas and fell silent, falling back into slumber and beginning to snore quietly. He could be very stubborn, when he set his mind to it, even though he was wounded badly and very tired.
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Post by Vrelt on Oct 24, 2007 18:44:17 GMT -5
Vrelt shook his head, "That fox has some kind of problem, before he stabbed himself his eyes started going red. I think badgers call it, uh, bloodrath." Vrelt turned back to Silas, "Maybe something could be done for him. I hate to see somebeast go into bloodrath, it leads to many deaths."
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Post by Silas on Oct 24, 2007 20:08:09 GMT -5
Silas sat down in a wooden chair next to a writing desk, gulping down some of the liquid in his glass. Then he spoke. "Not a lot can be done for Bloodwrath. I, actually..." Here he chuckled once, "...I had a similar affliction not too long ago. Not exactly Bloodwrath, but..." He seemed to stop, realizing that he was telling this to complete strangers. Suspected vermin, even.
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Post by `Tex (Snakeh) on Oct 24, 2007 20:16:40 GMT -5
Vortex woke from a bad dream and sat bolt upright, ignoring the pain in his side. He looked around wildly and saw he was safe at Redwall. Relaxing, he laid back down and tried to fall asleep again, but slumber eluded him. Come to think of it, he didn't much want to fall back asleep - what if he had that horrible dream again? He lay quietly, listening to Silas.
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Post by Silas on Oct 24, 2007 20:29:22 GMT -5
The squirrel decided to continue anyway. He had nothing better to do, anyway... Well, he would've had something... Until that ferret came along... His tailring was still missing...
"Well, anywho, I know how he feels." Silas gestured to the fox with his glass. "I had a similar, er, affliction, called Rale Arunek. It's kinda like Bloodwrath, but it sharpens the senses instead of taking them away, holding them back... But that feeling..." He shivered at the memory of that... that thing controlling him, giving him the undeniable urge to slaughter anybeast that got in the way, battle or no. But the feeling was irregular, erratic, occouring in certain situations. But the nightmares... those were horrible. He could even now feel the fear creeping in at the edges of his mind, of the memory...
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Post by `Tex (Snakeh) on Oct 24, 2007 21:05:04 GMT -5
Vortex nodded. He knew the feeling of being controlled by some sort of rabid beast... He began to hum a song he remembered from a long time ago. He didn't sing, just hummed the tune, remembering the bloodwrath that it spoke of.
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Post by Silas on Oct 24, 2007 21:29:18 GMT -5
Silas sat and actually listened to the fox, munching away at his pastry again, now trying to clear his mind of the memories his explanation brought back.
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Post by `Tex (Snakeh) on Oct 25, 2007 0:37:24 GMT -5
((I like your sig. It makes me feel sort of strange inside... Sad in a way. I'm going to go put your sig in my User Notes and save them there.))
Vortex continued to hum, and then sang very softly, the song. He considered it his themesong, and considered it was eerily matching the way he felt, especially about bloodwrath and the way he'd gone crazy for a time after being outcast from his home. Had the people that written it known about him?
"I can't escape this hell So many times i've tried But i'm still caged inside Somebody get me through this nightmare I can't control myself
So what if you can see the darkest side of me? No one will ever change this animal I have become Help me believe it's not the real me Somebody help me tame this animal (This animal, this animal)
I can't escape myself (I can't escape myself) So many times i've lied (So many times i've lied) But there's still rage inside Somebody get me through this nightmare I can't control myself
So what if you can see the darkest side of me? No one will ever change this animal I have become Help me believe it's not the real me Somebody help me tame this animal I have become Help me believe it's not the real me Somebody help me tame this animal
Somebody help me through this nightmare I can't control myself Somebody wake me from this nightmare I can't escape this hell
(This animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal)
So what if you can see the darkest side of me? No one will ever change this animal I have become Help me believe it's not the real me Somebody help me tame this animal I have become Help me believe it's not the real me Somebody help me tame this animal (This animal I have become)"
He was silent after this and the last quiet note faded away into the air. Singing was rare for him, but he felt that singing the song here would help in some way.
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