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By this point the fighting has all but ended, and the tending of the wounded by according to their injuries has begun. Raph, who refuses to admit that the injuries he has sustained during the seige are anything other than cosmetic in nature, has been sorting and relocating the dead by alliegence. Mostly people stay out of his way, but one of the King's Own notices that his hands have begun to shake, his fellow warriors take it upon themselves to get him the medical care he needs. In the end it takes two knights and a healer to corral Raph to triage, and even then it's only after someone's promised him that they will find Abigail and assure him that she is okay.

Date: 2009-10-15 05:07 pm (UTC)
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Worried anew, Abigail helps him through the door and over to their bed. The fire has gone out, and the room is mostly in shadows. Abigail sees Raph seated and straightens, frowning.

This won't do at all.

Without another word she exits and makes her way back to the gallery. She bellows at some servants below in the great hall, arguing that her patient deserves his stew just as quickly as the people recovering in George's study, then returns and sets to work on the fire.

"The food will be here soon," she tells Raph. "What else do you need?"

Date: 2009-10-15 05:20 pm (UTC)
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"First you eat," she says, tone warning against argument. "Then we'll rest."

She doesn't want to sleep, but neither does she wish to leave his side.

The flames flicker to life and Abigail makes a satisfied sound. Wiping her hands on her dirty skirt, she sits beside Raph and starts gently rubbing his back.

"That pirate. He was from Milliways, like," she hesitates, "Laura?"

Alanna calls Laura 'X.' Abigail doesn't know why.

Date: 2009-10-15 06:41 pm (UTC)
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"Even barmaids?"

Abigail keeps up the back rub. She figures it's her best shot at a good answer.

Date: 2009-10-15 06:51 pm (UTC)
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The back rub becomes a rather restrained (for her) back thump.

Calmly: "Don't suck in air while you swallow, you dolt. T'was a simple question, nothing more."

Date: 2009-10-16 01:00 am (UTC)
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"Oh yes," is Abigail's breathy response, almost as if she's awed at the idea. "After all I've seen and done here, how could I go back t'the Tortoise? Goddess knows."

Her tongue clicks against her teeth.

"If you won't be havin' me there I'll just talk t'the Lioness."

Eyes wide, she turns an innocent look on Raph. She's had a fair bit of practice at bluffing, but it helps that he's an easy mark.

Date: 2009-10-16 02:57 am (UTC)
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Abigail blinks once, then smirks.

"Like takin' sweets from a babe."

Date: 2009-10-16 03:14 am (UTC)
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Still smirking, Abigail leans in and kisses his cheek. Then, once he's swallowed -- an important hesitation, as he is clearly prone to choking -- she places her fingers under his chin and turns his head enough to kiss his mouth.

The crackling logs on the fire remain the only sound as she stretches out behind him, watching his back.

Oh. That feels nice.

"Out of that shirt, now."

Date: 2009-10-16 06:39 pm (UTC)
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Abigail turns sideways, resting her head on her arm, and frowns at the bandages and the bits of red skin they don't quite cover. Her free hand comes to rest near his heart.

She wants to ask if it hurts, but thinks that's a question she doesn't want the answer to and one he'd rather not address at all. It's best to ignore his wounds, for now.

"Carthak must be a wretched place."

Date: 2009-10-16 08:35 pm (UTC)
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"We've got 'em runnin' scared now," she declares, sounding fierce.

Right?

"Don't think even they'd be foolish enough t'try again."

Date: 2009-10-16 09:07 pm (UTC)
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They aren't all okay; she can't agree with that after what she saw on the field, but Raph and the children and the blessed queen are all alive, which is what matters most. She nods, wriggling closer and looking him in the eyes.

"You were worried about me? Don't be ridiculous," she scoffs, smiling slightly. "I had a good blade-"

(somewhere)

"-and a ninja Shang warrior from New York of my very own."

Beat.

"And a pirate."

And a rather fit pirate, at that. Still, he had nothing on Raph's moves. Goddess, she's never seen anyone move that way, and now he looks as if he can't move at all. Figures.

"That was clever, what he did. With Jamie. Whatever it was. Not sure I can rightly say," she finishes, brow wrinkling.

Date: 2009-10-16 09:19 pm (UTC)
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Abigail raises an eyebrow, lowers her chin and gives him a pointed look.







Pot, meet kettle?

Date: 2009-10-16 09:28 pm (UTC)
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Oh for...






"Did those nasty creatures knock you about so much you've forgotten how we met?"

She holds up a finger, because that isn't strictly accurate. They met, then Raph watched her for weeks, then he lunged over the bar and got in an ill-advised brawl with her brothers.

"Should I whack you over the head with another stool to refresh your memory, then?" she asks, grinning.

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