Voice Post//The Hospital//Open to Action

[treadingdawn]

For anyone who may have been present last evening...I apologize.

Private to Pevensies + Reepicheep

I believe you all know by now. If I remain in good health by the day's end they'll release me tonight. I am well for the time being.

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[Private] FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

Well there is a window, although I don't believe it opens. It keeps the air inside clean...I think.

It is no matter, I will see you when I return. Your king is in good health.

nothing stops a loyal and determined mouse;

[anoblemouse.livejournal.com]

[Reepicheep doesn't answer for a few long minutes. A measly window isn't enough to keep him out, not when he can easily find a overlooked hole in some nook or cranny away from those ladies with the high-pitched voices. It takes him a few more minutes to find his way through those windy metal square roads that he's never seen before in his life to get to his king's room. Unfortunately, there's barrier of linked metal blocking his entrance, but from this position, he still recognizes King Caspian in the bed below.]

You may say that, but I cannot rest until I see for myself.

[He feels as if he is inside a cage, only allowed to speak through the gate, not go through it.]

nothing stops a loyal and determined mouse;

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

[What the... Caspian looks up from his bed to the sound of the good knight. Where is it coming from?]

Reepicheep, is that you? Where are you?

nothing stops a loyal and determined mouse;

[anoblemouse.livejournal.com]

Up here, Your Majesty. To the east, almost as if a clock says it is time for tea.

[Look, Caspian. Can you see Reepicheep poking his little paw through one of the holes? Maybe it'll help if he wiggled his fingers?]

nothing stops a loyal and determined mouse;

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

........ You are a clever knight.

[He nods approvingly to Reepicheep. No one can catch him up there either. Caspian even steps out of bed to stand closer to the duct...taking his IV thing along too.]

I'm sorry you have to see me like this. It is a bit ridiculous.

[He notes the IV needle taped to his arm.]

Re: nothing stops a loyal and determined mouse;

[anoblemouse.livejournal.com]

Well, I'd like to believe so.

[Why yes, Reepicheep is visibly preening, thank you. He stops when Caspian taps his arm, and the mouse squints his eyes in a most suspicious manner, determined to get some answers.]

Who put that into your arm? Why haven't you removed it yet? I will find a way out of here and assist you as soon as possible.

nothing stops a loyal and determined mouse;

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

I have already tried the same, but everyone says it's necessary for a proper recovery. Our High King agreed, so it must stay. It looks threatening, doesn't it?

nothing stops a loyal and determined mouse;

[anoblemouse.livejournal.com]

Well, if the High King commands it so, then it must be.

[The Talking Mouse--not a giant rat, thank you--stares at the needle for a few longs seconds before forming a full opinion on this new fangled medical treatment. Whatever happened to the old herbs and ointments they were all familiar with? Where they not good enough?]

It looks painful.

nothing stops a loyal and determined mouse;

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

It is a little, but it helps. I am no doctor so I'll have to trust those who are.

[And those who aspire to be one. He rubs at the insertion site then forces himself to stop fiddling with it.]

I assure you this will not happen again.

nothing stops a loyal and determined mouse;

[anoblemouse.livejournal.com]

You must tell me how you arrived here, Sire. I will make sure it doesn't happen again.

nothing stops a loyal and determined mouse;

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

That won't be necessary, Reepicheep. I don't suspect malice was intended at all.

[At least, he wants to believe this.]

And I will be more careful and smarter.

nothing stops a loyal and determined mouse;

[anoblemouse.livejournal.com]

May I ask what happened exactly?

[There's a careful look on the mouse's face, probably one Caspian is too far down to see, but it's there, hoping he isn't overstepping his boundaries.]

nothing stops a loyal and determined mouse;

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

[Well when it's Reepicheep asking, how can he refuse?]

I tried something I shouldn't have, a bit like having too much to drink only in one sip instead of the entire flask. My judgment was ill placed.

Re: nothing stops a loyal and determined mouse;

[anoblemouse.livejournal.com]

[If there's anybody who won't yell at him, frown at him, or a combination of the two, it's Reepicheep. Call it a benefit of his unyeilding loyalty.]

Perhaps it was bad fruit? Once, I ate a berry I shouldn't have and I got very ill as well.

nothing stops a loyal and determined mouse;

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

It is a bit like that, only this is made to make people feel...different, different before they grow ill.

[And Caspian is ever so grateful.]

nothing stops a loyal and determined mouse;

[anoblemouse.livejournal.com]

And it's supposed to make you ill? So you've been poisoned!

[His mental leap, while wild, isn't too far off.]

nothing stops a loyal and determined mouse;

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

[By the lion's mane!]

Not intentionally. There are people who...who enjoy the poison. I was unaware that this was the case.

nothing stops a loyal and determined mouse;

[anoblemouse.livejournal.com]

How could anybody enjoy a poison? With all due respect, my liege, what sort of people have you been cavorting with?

nothing stops a loyal and determined mouse;

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

[He shakes his head.]

People who don't know better and I suppose people who make bad decisions sometimes.

nothing stops a loyal and determined mouse;

[anoblemouse.livejournal.com]

Perhaps they do not have much respect for themselves to know better.

[If Reepicheep ever meets Chuck, he'll absolutely stand by that opinion. For now, he rattles the metal grate of the air duct in a test of its strength.]

How does one escape from this cage?

nothing stops a loyal and determined mouse;

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

[He considers Reepicheep's wise words and half agrees with the sentiment. As for the grate though...um.]

I don't know. Please tell me you came in knowing how to find your way out that isn't through there.

[Caspian points at the 'cage door'.]

nothing stops a loyal and determined mouse;

[anoblemouse.livejournal.com]

[Reepicheep jiggles the grate a few more times without the slightest bit of give from the metal blockade before glancing behind him, making sure the strange road he traveled in on did not change while he wasn't paying attention.]

No, but... I suppose I could go out the same way I came in. But I do not wish to you leave without guardianship.

[At this point, Reepicheep probably isn't the only person...er, mouse... who thinks Caspian is safer with a babysitter.]

nothing stops a loyal and determined mouse;

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

The nurses and Doctor Chase are not far away, Reepicheep. I will be all right.

Trust me, the man who gave me the...poison will not set a foot near me.

[At least not today. Chuck apparently knows better than to cross paths with Peter, Chase, Claire, Karolina...]

nothing stops a loyal and determined mouse;

[anoblemouse.livejournal.com]

I do not mind at all. I shall stay here until they release you.

[Your royal knight is being stubborn again. What else is new?]

nothing stops a loyal and determined mouse;

[treadingdawn.livejournal.com]

[In all honesty, Caspian doesn't mind the company at the hospital...as long as the good mouse isn't blown away by a gust in the duct for whatever reason.]

As long as you are not caught by the staff. Keep yourself discrete.