Cleaning Up The Barracks

[Finnerator Rudderbow]

*Finnerator winced in sympathy of Zahi's broken nose, having broken her own nose before. The otter passed over a clean handkerchief from her pocket* Here, take this. *Thinking in her usual joking manner blood is difficult to clean off the floor. The otter refrained from speaking this out loud, unsure that Zahi would see the humor* Perhaps you should see a medic for that. *Finnerator suggested instead*

*Finnerator would have been surprised to see a grey wolf in the vicinity had Raiden not warned her before* You must be Horus. My name's Finnerator. Would you mind coming with me to gather some wood that we could use to repair some of this. *She asked, gesturing at the broken staircase*

[Songwind and Brawn Oakbrush.]

**Song ran up at the mention of a healer. Her breathing was heavy, as she had run nimbly up the stair that a heavier beast would have broken. Her chest heaved as she pulled out her healers sack. The pretty squirrel smiled breifly at Zahi before she adressed the matteer of a broken nose.**

Are you okay? I-I-I could help.

[Raiden and Zahi]

Please. My snout is in a lot of pain right now.

Love to gal. It's a pleseure to meet you I might add.

**Horus decided against the courtly bow, instead deciding to just smile.**

That would be a good idea. I'll start takeing the wood off at the top while I wait for you to turn up.

[Finnerator Rudderbow]

*When Song arrived, Finnerator immediately retired herself from that situation, being an amateur healer and not a very good one at that. She turned all of her attention to getting some of the rotted wood of the barracks fixed*

Love to gal. It's a pleasure to meet you I might add.

*Finnerator nodded as he gave a gallant bow. The otter found it rather funny to see a wolf, a species with a poor reputation, to be bowing to her like one of the famed hares, though she didn't show the expression on her face to save his dignity* Pleased to meet you too. *She replied* If you've got that taken care of Raiden then I believe we'll be off. See you in a couple of minutes. *The sea otter told the mouse as she headed out the door*

[Raiden and Zahi]

I'll get to work in a minute. I want to make sure that Zahi's okey before I do anything else. I'll see you both in a few.

**Raiden gave a quick salute to the otter as he kept his eyes on his wife.**

Good job I left my scythe by the door. It'll come in handy eh?

**Horus grabbed the afore mentioned weapon from outside as he passed it. today, the wickedly curved blade would do more honset work that usual. It would help in the gathering of wood.**

[Tasna and Willowtail Riverend]

*Tasna walked over to the side of the staircase and examined it. She looked close to the railing and couldn't believe what she saw* What the- *There were termites eating away at the wood. The otter stepped back in discust* Well, I think I found part of the reason for the hole in the staircase. Come look. *She waved Finnerator over* What do you think of this?

[Raiden and Zahi]

Here's me thinking the wood was rotten with age... Tasna, reckon you can help me shift the wood from the top down so we can replace thw whole stairway?

[Tasna and Willowtail Riverend]

*Looks away from the stairs* Of course Raiden. No need to wait. Lets get on with it.

[Raiden and Zahi]

Aye, lets.

**Walking slowly up the precarious stairwell, Raiden pulled a claw hammer from his tool kit, and lazily tossed it to his friend.**

Here, catch las.

**Taking a marking knife from his belt, Raiden started to dig at the rusted nials embeded within.**

[Tasna and Willowtail Riverend]

*Tasna darted forward to catch it* Thanks. *She walked over to stairs and started pulling the old nails out. She stopped to think and looked at Raiden* What do suppose will happen once we get them all out? Won't the stairs just collapse? Then we'll have an even bigger mess.

[Raiden and Zahi]

That's why I'm a stair down from the one I'm working on.

**It was true. While he was working on the top step, he was on the stair below it. Pulling out a nail, he droped it into a small bag. To his disgust, it broke in two on impact in the soft bag.**

Shoddy Iron work... When you pull a nail out, drop it into the bag. I can get Horus to forge dozens more later.

[Tasna and Willowtail Riverend]

*Tasna nodded. She dropped the nails that were digging into her paw into the the bag and returned to taking the nails out. She laughs* This might take awhile. Oh well.

[Finnerator Rudderbow]

*The sea otter had already left by the time Tasna called her, therefore she did not hear. She was intent on her mission to get some wood so that they could get some real repairs underway*

*Finnerator returned with a few good strong wooden planks under her arm. She navigated carefully through the doorway trying not to make any more of a mess than there already was. When she reached the staircase, the ottermaid lay them on the ground against a wall* Well, we've got a right mess here haven't we? *Finnerator said as she watched the mouse and other otter tearing apart the old insect ridden stair* But, I have some good news. I looked into an old storage room and found a whole pile of perfectly good wood. Must've been leftover from some other building project. *She picked up some of the wood that Raiden already pulled up and started to take it outside* I'll just get some of this out of the way.

[Raiden and Zahi]

Please do Finn... Can you let Horus know that he might be need to forge some nails, and to collect tree limbs for rounded poles in the banisters please?

**Raiden finished removing the nails from one side of the wood, so he moved down a step, and started work there.**

Tasna, when you finish de-nailing a rotten plank, chuck it over the rails would you?

[Songwind and Brawn Oakbrush.]

**The squirrelmaiden carefully wiped away blood from her friend's nose. The healer's gentle paws plunged into her bag and drew out an herb which they crushed and mixed with water. Spreading the past on Zahi's nose, she grinned misheviously and handed her the mixture.** Eh, Its better 'en a bandage. Jus' put some on ev'ry day an' you'll be fine.