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Post by shizoo on Oct 17, 2014 22:37:01 GMT -5
Jelly looked around at her infirmary with a certain grim pride. She sighed. It had been a quiet night since she had gotten here & had yet to see a patient other than the recalcitrant Otrox-& she suspected he only stayed as long as he had up to make sure she wouldn't get maimed yet. So she had spent all her time organizing, throwing out the useless items, & devising safer places for the more volatile medicines. Particularly as she was fairly sure she had a slight concussion from the pounding she had taken from the miscreants who had brought her here. On the plus side, she also hadn't seen hide nor paw of that cold, small, evil cat either. Not since he had disappeared after Macavity had let her out of the cage. There was definitely no love lost between the petite cream calico & Macavity's pet assassin. She stifled a pang of homesickness as she worked. She turned away from the door,thrusting the painful thoughts of her family away before she started feeling sorry for herself & wondering if they missed her. Of course she was also curious which of the toms had managed to gain Jenny's attentions or if they were still showering her with attention. She was grateful for one thing-she hadn't heard anything about Tugger or Tantomile getting caught & injured & considering what a prize they would have been-she knew she would have. Slowly, she began wiping down the already spotless treatment area, as her mind traveled to Otrox again. There was just something about the ornery tom that caught her attention & held it.
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Post by Moonstruck on Nov 12, 2014 3:06:31 GMT -5
Harley sauntered through the warehouse, absentmindedly trailing a paw along the wall as she did so. The queen was bored, oh so bored. And what fun was boredom? There were so many opportunities that usually lay within the warehouse to sate her boredom, and on the days that that failed she wandered off through the streets of London. As she roamed suddenly a realization struck Harley - the fog in her mind was rather thin, and the world around her was much more stable than normal which could only mean that her intoxication was waning. The thought brought a scowl to her face, now that certainly wouldn't do.
It only took a moment to orient herself and mentally calculate where her closest stash of illicit substances were. Harley's stash in the infirmary was the closest. The tawny queen rarely gave a second thought to keeping a stash in there, she knew how often the warehouse had a healer and how long such a cat lasted. Besides even with a healer the room was usually rather neglected. It was only a pawful of minutes before she was striding into the infirmary a grin on her face at the anticipation of being re-intoxicated. Being only half high didn't quite suit the queen. However she paused mid stride and whirled around, eyes widened in surprise at the change in the room. It looked taken care of. Oh what a delight! They had a healer.
With a Cheshire grin plastered firmly on her face Harley jumped slightly to sit on the treatment area, "My, my am I seeing things? Or do we have a new healer?" She inquired grinning.
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Post by shizoo on Nov 19, 2014 14:41:19 GMT -5
The butter queen's back stiffened as she heard the new cat's rather insolent tones. Jelly turned from where she had been tidying the storage closet. Looking over, she spotted a pretty queen with an impudent expression on her face sitting on her pristine treatment area.More importantly, it was what she didn't see--any sign of injury or illness. Taking a slight sniff of the air, Jelly noticed that the queen smelled oddly with a faint chemical tang. Her eyes narrowed slightly as she turned & walked towards the newcomer, her mind jumping to reasons the queen might be here. . none of them good. Her voice calm & a bit cool. "How do you do. I am the new healer here. My name is Jellylorum. What can I do for you. . Miss?" Her eyes taking in everything about the other queen.
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Post by Moonstruck on Nov 20, 2014 17:52:13 GMT -5
The thin queen had been surveying the room, her eyes roaming over the various changes she could see and took in the change to the scent of the room. It smelled of chemicals, but quite different than chemicals she was used to. The scent seemed sharp. And no trace of what she had hidden in here, well that was disappointing. Buuuuut on the upside there was a healer for Harley to amuse herself with! She refocused on said queen as Harley heard her start speaking. A breathy laugh bubbled up her throat at the more formal way of speaking. Formalities Harley could pretend at when the mood struck her, however that particular mood was a rare thing. Her Cheshire grin found it's way back onto her features as Harley also took in the other queen, although she let her eyes linger on the other queen longer making a bit of a show with the slow appraising way she examined the healer.
Harley leaned forward from her perch, invading the other queen's space as she did so "Miss? Well ain't you a sweet darling? I was minding my own business when all of a sudden something new! Bless our hearts, a healer in our midst. And by the looks of it, you're determined to stay."
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Post by ShirQuickpaw on Nov 22, 2014 18:28:41 GMT -5
"I hope she will."
An ice cold voice announced another visitor to the infirmary. Prrasha stood inside the door, her arm still in the cast that healer had set around it the day before. She had sought out this new addition to her tribe, so she could get rid of it. It didn't hurt any more and the cast and her reduced mobility were starting to get on her nerves. As usual the area around her seemed darker, the lights from the corridor behind her not visible.
The night black queen stepped into the room, her green eyes flashing in the lights of the room, she held her arm towards Jellilorum:
"I am in need of your assistance, healer."
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Post by shizoo on Nov 25, 2014 9:22:33 GMT -5
Jelly's eyes grew cooler & her body straightened at Harley's response. She deliberately assessed the other queen with the eye of a healer & was about to continue with her observations, when a new voice was heard. Looking towards the door, Jelly saw a new patient-& this one looked like she actually needed a healer. With a rather tart, "Excuse me, I have a patient." The butter colored queen walked over to Prrasha, her manner changing slightly, & becoming a bit more welcoming, her voice brisk & calm. "Right over here please." she said, gesturing towards the other treatment area, not far from where Harley was lounging.
Glancing at the other queen, she added. "Besides any who know me will tell you I am far from sweet & as to my presence here, you would have to ask Macavity. I am not at liberty to say. Though I will give you some healer's advice, if you don't lay off the recreational pharmaceuticals, you will grow old & ugly before your time." she remarked almost casually. Turning back to Prrasha, she held out her hand for her arm. "May I take a look at it please?"
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Post by Moonstruck on Nov 25, 2014 18:16:34 GMT -5
Harley's gaze slid to the new queen, the black queen seemed vaguely familiar. Though she had no idea if that was because she'd met the queen, simply knew of the queen, or the black queen simply reminded her of someone else. Not that it mattered much to Harley. She just now wanted her curiosity about their new healer sated, possibly find out where her lovely little stash had gone and have a bit of fun. The tawny queen easily ignored Jelly's tartness, many weren't fond of Harley and she'd heard ever name in the book. They had no effect on her. Insults meant little to Harley anymore.
Oh she was fun! Harley started laughing, amused by their healer's behaviour. She'd gotten more information than she'd even been interested in! As her laughter died down, Harley's smile remained wide and vaguely unsettling. "But you are a darling! So willing to give out information and advice, my my Macavity must be up to something bringing you in here!" Harley could tell this healer hadn't been in the warehouse long, but could not quite pinpoint the nagging scent. "Recreation is good for the soul! Shouldn't a healer know that? It's imperative to take care of one's soul. A body breaks, souls keep burning." She gestured to Prrasha's arms as she spoke of bodies breaking and winked conspiratorially to the black queen. Harley barely noticed the change in the lighting, much too focused on her amusement with the healer.
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Post by ShirQuickpaw on Dec 4, 2014 8:01:11 GMT -5
Prasha raised an eyebrow at Jelly's request and held her arm even higher in the direction of the healer.
"Of course, that is why I am here."
Then the black queen regarded the other occupant with an ice cold gaze that clearly showed her disdain of Harley's remark.
"If I had succumbed to the kind of recreation you are talking about, more then just my arm would have been harmed. The "Joy"",
her low growling voice just oozed with sarcasm,
"they provide will always be ones death, one way or the other. Either they kill you directly or mull your mind enough that you kill yourself."
Then she turned her attention back to Jelly.
"I would like to have this removed. It starts to hinder me on my duties."
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shizoo
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Post by shizoo on Dec 21, 2014 20:31:49 GMT -5
Deftly Jelly examined the cast on the black queen's arm. She gave soft snort. "No wonder it is hindering you. Who put it on you a pollicle?" With that observation, she gently cut the cast loose & set it to the side. Carefully, she cleaned the arm examining the injury. "Hmm, not too bad. Let me put a splint on it. It's started healing but it needs care yet or you'll have more trouble with it." Unintimidated by either queen, Jelly laid out her supplies & swiftly went to work, fitting a new, more flexible splint over the queen's injured arm. Then she spoke to Harley in a casual tone as she tended Prrasha. "She's right you know. Playing with chemicals may feel good, but it's doubtful they are helping your health any, but far be it for the likes of me to lecture you." A slightly frosty note came into her voice. "However, if you are expecting to use this infirmary as a drug storage or drop place, you may wish to make other arrangements. Any drugs I find here I Will confiscate." The small queen knew very well this could turn ugly fast, but she wanted to be sure she started out as she planned to continue.
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Post by Moonstruck on Jan 12, 2015 17:02:28 GMT -5
Harley had tuned out most of the black queen's words as soon as she began preaching against recreation. The tawny queen had heard it all, several different ways and at this point found it more tiresome than anything else. Harley had been using so long that she could barely remember life without some type of drug in her system. The speeches about their danger now only bored her as they fell on very deaf ears. She'd fully tuned out of their conversation, really not caring about the other queen's arm in the slightest, until she heard the frostier tone in the healer's voice.
Oh that sparked her to life real quick. Her anger quickly showed on her face and in her tensed posture, still in her spot on one of the examination tables. Harley's scowl pulled severely on her face as she glared at the healer. "And anything you take will be repaid healer." she spat the term before continuing, "You already owe me for what you cleaned out of here. And other arrangements aren't exactly needed, no healer has lasted long in the warehouse. Never mind a Jellicle healer. She all but snarled, finally recognizing the nagging old scent on the queen. While Harley knew physically she was no real threat, hell she had no fighting experience all her fun was mental.
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Post by ShirQuickpaw on Jan 18, 2015 5:39:47 GMT -5
Prrasha's almost constant frown towards Harley deepened with the tone she had taken towards the healer. With an ice-cold whisper she stated to no-one in particular
"No-one will touch the healer. This one belongs now to us and I won't stand for anyone harming one of ours. Healers are a much needed addition to our group and I will take it up to Macavity, if I learn of someone touching this one."
Her shadows quelled up around her like a dark aura.
"After I disposed of the offender."
She then flexed her arm with the splint, much in favor of the difference in mobility and returning in a much more normal state of voice.
"I thank you, healer. This will work."
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Post by shizoo on Jan 21, 2015 22:30:43 GMT -5
The Jellicle matron flipped her tail in annoyance. In her crisp cool voice she addressed first Harley. "Young lady, I am not really impressed by kittenish theatrics. You wish to be 'paid' for your loss. Very well." The butter colored queen went to a cupboard & withdrew a neatly wrapped bundle of pungent, but not unpleasant herbs. Then she marched over & set them down beside the other queen. "There you go. All for you." Jelly wasn't really afraid of Harley. The butter queen suppressed a shudder though. She still didn't want anything to do with that nasty assassin of Macavity's, Darkstar. she thought to herself. She also knew she didn't look like much, but her knowledge of the Jellicle physiology was formidable & if any of the henches thought she'd be easy prey, well. they were going to get a shock or two. Then she returned to her patient checking over her work on Prrasha's arm. "My dear, it is very sweet of you to umm threaten someone for me, but it is really not necessary. Macavity has assigned me a guard of sorts. Though I have no idea where the tom has gotten to." She rummaged in the drawer for a moment & offered Prrasha another bundle of herbs these slightly sweet-smelling. "If you feel a fever coming on, brew some of these into a tea & let me know immediately."
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Post by Moonstruck on Jan 24, 2015 14:20:52 GMT -5
Despite her near constantly intoxication by some substance or another, Harley didn't miss as many cues as she outwardly appeared to. Most of the time the queen didn't care enough to bother with them. However the changes in the shadows finally registered in her mind, prompting her to recognize the queen from what shed heard around the warehouse of the dark queen. The fact that physically Harley wasn't a threat was only more solidly confirmed. Especially against this queen. However she wasn't exactly planning on mauling the healer, it wouldn't end well for her and at the end of the day that was what was important to the tawny queen. But that didn't mean Harley didn't have her ways in dealing with cats. She knew that she was the main source of "remedies" in the warehouse, including substances to take pain away.
However she did sneer at Prrasha's clear threat. Now Harley was high, not an idiot. It'd be nothing short of sheer stupidity to attack a cat specifically brought in by their ginger leader. But Harley had no potent enough threat she could effectively utter without giving away the starting of her idea.
With an oddly critical gaze that looked rather out of place on her face Harley watched as Jelly went to her cupboard and put a bag of something beside her. Mouth twisting down slightly Harley picked up the bundle and took a sniff. Scowling further not recognizing the scent. "This is payment how?" She demanded, it wouldnt replace her lost inventory and the herbs were of little use to her. Though she did observe the interactive between the healer and the killer. Tilting her head slightly in thought as Jelly thanked Prrasha for her threat, curiosity momentarily distracting her from her anger and dislike for the two. Especially as more herbs were given out. Her reliance on them was interesting. Very interesting.
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Post by ShirQuickpaw on Jan 25, 2015 12:28:34 GMT -5
Coricopat more or less fell through the door, his legs finally giving out under him. His vision was starting to get hazy and he knew that if there wasn't any kind of healer present that he would meet the Eternal Cat way earlier than he had ever anticipated. That was not a prospect the dark calico tom was looking forward to, given his list of misgivings. His words whispered into the room, came out more as a painful groan then eligible words as he reached to the closest other Jellicle he could still see in dimmed vision, his paw a bloody mess.
"Please, I believe I am in need of some help..."
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Prrasha was about make her exit, now that the healer, Jellylorum, had fixed her arm with a more flexible splint, when Coricopat entered the examination room. She frowned darkly, when she saw in what state the calico tom were in. with a muttered
"Idiot"
she briskly got to the side of hurt tom and lifted him up and walked to the free cot.
"Healer, I think this one needs all the help you can give him, since he decided to not follow the recommendations his wound demanded."
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Post by X2 on Jan 25, 2015 13:31:31 GMT -5
((Entering Gilbert. Probably briefly.))
It was both a relief and a shock to Gilbert's system when Coricopat went crashing through the door, and Gilbert lost his physical link to the broken and injured tom. He wasn't directly feeling like he was about to kiss his life goodbye, but the aftershocks of the pain were almost too much for him. He too ended up stumbling through the doors of the infirmary, his sight graying out, but only self preservation kept him from passing out. Being in an enemy tribe and around cats he didn't know kept his instincts alert enough to stop himself from doing a nosedive into the ground. He groaned, both of his paws gripping on the sides of his head, before teetering and staggering to one of the nearby walls. His jaw was clenched and he used the wall for support until, his knees gave way and he slid almost gracefully down to the floor. Gilbert knew he'd see any of the cats in the infirmary through the thoughts and memories of Coricopat. Gilbert didn't want that familiarity, it wasn't his. It wasn't! Keeping his eyes focused on something on the floor nearby his feet, he struggled to cope with the turbulent emotions, thoughts, and memories. Biting his tongue from also crying out for help in what would have only been an echo of the dark calico tom's words.
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