One Night in Hobbiton (As Benigo)
We join the story already in progress: Nightshade was driving his carriage and narrowly missed hitting Cicely who was in the middle of the road. This resulted in Nightshade being thrown from the carriage and the ponies in a tangle with the broken carriage. The little Lass is quite shaken.
Hobbiton(#8Rnto)
Late Afternoon:
Cicely (#29925)
Nightshade (#30425)
Benigo(#25240)
Deedee (#30191)
Bingo(#30494)
[Cicely(#29925)]
"Helphelphelp!" The wee one squeals. The caterpillar who once was so amazing now crawls away through the grass. "Please, sir, get up." Cicely wrings her little hands and looks about desperately. She looks back and tugs his sleeve, then gets up and turns in circles, trying to decide what to do where to go.
[Nightshade(#30425)]
Nightshade just lies there. One of the ponies tries to pull free of he traces, but that just makes the overturned carriage creak a bit where it lies in the road.
[Benigo(#25240)]
The cries of the hobbit lass are answered by a huffing sound soon followed by a stout hobbit fellow jogging down the lane towards the scene. His face flushed from the exertion, Benigo stops short as he sees the scene before him. His eyes widen and quickly turns towards Cicely, "Wha-a- Happened 'ere?" He says between gasps.
[Nightshade(#30425)]
Nightshade groans inarticulately, then slumps motionless again.
[Cicely(#29925)]
The little lass turns to Benigo, tears in her eyes and fully shaking. She gasps in an effort to breath and whimpers, "IwasWithCaterpillarOnRoadAndHeRideAndIJumpAndHeFallAndNotGetUpHELPHELP!" Her explanatino comes out in a long, barely understandable word. She comtinues looking back and forth, "I not mean to, no honest not mean to!" She continues to sueal and a tear falls from her little cheek to the ground.
[Deedee(#30191)]
A young, wide-eyed hobbit lass hurries out of the Muffin Tin's front door. Her eyes filled with concern, and her little mouth gapes open at the frightening scene before her. Too stunned for a second or two to speak or move, Deedee Pott just stares at the wreckage and the fallen hobbit before reacting to the frantic cries of Cicely near by. Dropping her basket, she hurries over to the poor lass and asks, "What in the name of the Shire happened...Cicely, are you hurt too?"
[Bingo(#30494)]
Bingo arrives just in time from the direction of Bywater to hear Cicely's explanation of what happened. Raising an eyebrow, he starts toward the wreck, casting a brief, disapproving glance at his sister as she appears too. He seems to be about to say something to her, but doesn't after all. Instead, he comes to stand near Benigo and looks at him expectantly. "What can I do?" he asks dumbly.
[Cicely(#29925)]
"No, not me, him" Cicely
[Nightshade(#30425)]
Nightshade is still just lying there in the road, right where he landed
[Cicely(#29925)]
"No, not me, him..." Cicely's words are choked and gurgly, sputtered more than said. "Carriage fall and him too!" A trembling finger points to where he lays, "Help, I not meant to." Although tears roll down her cheeks, she isn't quite crying, obviously trying to hold back. "Wake up, please!" She tugs Nightshade's sleeve again and looks about the the gathering hobbits.
[Benigo(#25240)]
Benigo pauses for only a moment, his face registering the slurred explaination but he is clearly unable to understand Cicely's words. He returns Bigno's dumbfounded look and shakes his head. "Well sumon' should go an' call a 'ealer. Ifn he's hurt, as bad as 'e looks, we'll need one double quick!" With that said, Benigo hurries over to the carriage and the thrown rider. His face pales as he sees the gentlehobbit's form lying on the ground. "Someon' hurry!" He bites his lip.
[Nightshade(#30425)]
Nightshade doesn't wake up. The bruise on his head looks mighty bad.
[Deedee(#30191)]
Deedee casts a worried glance at her older brother, Bingo as he arrives, and seems torn between running over to him and staying beside poor, frightened Cicely. "Come now, Cicely.." she says haltingly, attempting to sooth the lass, "We all know you'd never cause anything like this on purpose. It's an accident." Resting her hand gently on Cicely's arm, she tries to coax her away from Nightshade. "It's probably for the best not to move him till the healer comes." Then glancing up at the terrified ponies, she asks Benigo, "Would you like me to try and move them, sir?"
[Nightshade(#30425)]
Nightshade continues breathing. That is his only contribution to the scene he has created.
[Benigo(#25240)]
"Eh? What's that?" Benigo turns distracted to Deedee. "Oh ye' ye can ten' ta th' ponies. They look mighty spooked." He turns back to Nightshade and frowns. He gets down on his knees next to the injured hobbit and leans in close. "'E's still breathin', that's good." He reports to the others.
[Cicely(#29925)]
Cicely looks up gratefully at Deedee and her shivers seem to ease, but return at Benigo's words. She turns slowly to look at Nightshade and Benigo, eyes wider than ever. The tears have stopped from the utter shock that now contorts the lass's face. Her knees buckle and collapse beneath her. As the cloud of dust rises up around her, Cicely seems lost in her own cloud deep inside her mind. After a moment, she stirs and kneels, lowering her face to the ground by Nightshade's ear, "Please..." she whimpers pleadingly, "Please wake up, sir, please. I sorry, not meant to..."
[Bingo(#30494)]
Bingo seems a little confused at this point. He shuffles his feet a bit, starts toward Benigo, then looks over at Deedee and Cicely. After another brief pause, he peers down at the fallen hobbit and suggest, "Perhaps I could go fine a healer, then? And .. um .. if so, then ... uh ... where would I find the nearest one?"
[Deedee(#30191)]
Deedee smiles encouragingly at Cicely and then nods solemnly at Benigo. Stepping quietly over to the ponies so they can see her, she speaks softly to them in reassuring tones that are scarecely audible. Taking pains to go slowly and calmly, she untangles the lose harness straps from the wreckage and then gently takes the reigns. Clucking quietly with her toungue, she tugs on the ponies who follow her with shaky steps over to a near by hitching post. Deedee beams in Bingo's direction as if to say all's well.
[Benigo(#25240)]
"I dunno, maybe one o' them might know. I'm from out past Waymeet." Benigo answers.
[Cicely(#29925)]
Little fingers on two different hands clutch at eachother like two dragons starving for eachothers' heads, Cicely bites her lip and a bit of red appears upon it. "I not know," she stutters, "Please I sorry please i sorry not mean to no no no." At this point, the little one is lost to the rest of the world. She's ina daze, only seeing what she has caused and what isn't getting any better. "Please please please" Her voice pleads more than a puppy's begging eyes beg, if that's possible. Her eyes dart from place to place, face to face, but all she seems to see are the carriage, ponies, and Nightshade.
[Nightshade(#30425)]
Nightshade moans, starts to move, moans louder, then goes still again.
[Deedee(#30191)]
Evaluating the situation caustiously, and seeing that the ponies would be alright where they are now, Deedee walks back over to where Cicely is kneeling and drops down beside the lass, putting an arm about her shoulder. Then she nearly jumps as she notices Nightshade suddenly move. Her eyes dart from one hobbit to the other and she offers a weak, but hopeful smile up at Bingo.
[Benigo(#25240)]
Benigo leans back, startled at the sounds echoing from Nightshade. The sounds seems to have caught more than just the small group of helpful hobbits that surround Nightshade. A few moments after the sound, another hobbit comes upon the scene. His crisp white shirt and confident step follow the annoucment, "What happened here?" He sets down a thick black leather bag that is marked with the sign of the healing house.
[Cicely(#29925)]
Still staring into nowhere, the lass begins to rock back and forth. Her hands still tear idly at eachother and her once happily shining eyes still shine, but are completely blank. The red trickle grows down the child's chin from her lip.
[Benigo(#25240)]
The healer walks straight away over next to Nightshade and starts looking him over, all the while making docterly sounding noises. He turns and asks Benigo a number of questions, most of which are responded to with shrugs. The healer, nods and walks back over towards the group, ready to give his prognosis.
[Bingo(#30494)]
About to step forward more to attend to Nightshade, Bingo halts as the healer arrives. Glancing over at Deedee, he smiles, then watches whatever the healer is up to with interest. He seems rather relieved that nothing has been required of him yet. If his attire is any indication, he may have never seen an honest day's work in his life.
[Deedee(#30191)]
Deedee gives Cicely's shoulders a reassuring squeeze and she says softly, "Everything will be alright, I'm sure it will..." she pauses and looks up at Bingo with a raised eyebrow, "Don't you think so, bro?" Obviously she's attempting to get a little extra support, even if she has to tug it out of him. She doesn't glance in the healer's direction, but focuses on Cicely for the time being.
[Benigo(#25240)]
The healer turns towards the little lass and chuckles with a grandfather's patience. "Oh there, little one. Don't you worry about your friend there, he's got a nasty bump, but he's going to be fine. He'll sleep for a while, you can be a mug on that." He smiles comfortingly to Cicely. "But we can't leave him to sleep out here on the ground now can we." He rubs his hands together and looks at Bingo and Benigo for likely canidates to carry Nightshade to the healing house.
[Bingo(#30494)]
Bingo nods at Deedee and says, "Oh yes, like the healer says, he'll be just fine. Only temporary harm done, right?" He starts toward Deedee as he says this, and as the healer looks his way, he seems a bit nervous, trying to avoid eye contact.
[Cicely(#29925)]
Cicely, like a feather floating to the ground, seems to return to her senses. She turns from Deedee to the healer, to Nightshade and all around. Wiping a red streak onto the back of her hand, but off of her face, she looks up hopefully, "Just sleep? A-and wake and all gooder?"
[Deedee(#30191)]
Deedee rises to her feet and stands in front of her big brother with arms crossed infront of herself. She finally speaks in a conserned, but stern tone, "Come on, Bingo..you've got to help them. It won't kill you to help carry a fellow hobbit in need to safety...Such a thing never killed anybody." She fights a smile all the while that she is speaking, but the stern glint in her eyes remains.
[Benigo(#25240)]
The healer smiles broadly at Cicely, "Yes, yes. He's just asleep, and he'll wake up in due time. He'll have a right smart headache, but he'll be okay." His gaze returns to his two likely canidates. An eyebrow raises as he notices Bingo's hesitency. His gaze returns to Benigo, "Well, how about it? Are you up to help get your injured friend back to the healing house." Benigo looks down at Nightshade and back to the healer. "Eh, well, yes, I'm thinkin' I might be able ta lift 'em."
"Good. Be careful as you get him up. Just watch that you don't bump his head. He's not broken anything."
Benigo nods and complies. He strains slightly as he works his way under the unconscious hobbit. "Where to?" he says, his face starts turning bright red.
[Bingo(#30494)]
Looking a bit embarrassed, Bingo turns a bit and mumbles something to Benigo about helping, though it is not very understandable except for the word 'help'. He shifts on his feet a bit, glaning over at the carriage briefly, then at his sister (who receives an accusing look).
[Cicely(#29925)]
Cicely rubs her eyes, takes a deep breath and rises to her feet. "My help, please?" She queries, her hands still slightly twidling and scratching.
[Benigo(#25240)]
The healer points off towards the center of Hobbiton, "Off that way, to the healing house. Follow me, " He says as he picks up his bag and starts to move towards the center of town.
Benigo stands up straight, though he is obviously straining. He huffs some and starts to take tenative steps to follow the healer.
[Cicely(#29925)]
Cicely says, "Help I?"
[Deedee(#30191)]
Deedee glances down rather shame-facedly at Bingo's accusing look, and blushes. However, there's simply nothing for it. Starting over to Cicely once more she offers her hand to the lass, "We can follow along behind if you like?" she says with a warm smile.
[Cicely(#29925)]
Cicely gnaws on air, then manages a grin up at Deedee and nods, "Please." She takes her hand, reeady to follow. She is no longer trembling, and breathing pretty normally, although her eyes aren't quite back to the usual, "I not meant to." She whispers.
[Deedee(#30191)]
Deedee gives Cicely's hand a reassuring sqeeze and leans close to whisper back with a smile, "I know you didn't." And with that, she begins walking after the other hobbits slowly.
[Benigo(#25240)]
"Come along now!" The healer calls back over his shoulder as he sees the small caravan starting to follow behind. He leans over and offers a slight help to Benigo as the two move towards the healing house.
Hobbiton(#8Rnto)
Late Afternoon:
Cicely (#29925)
Nightshade (#30425)
Benigo(#25240)
Deedee (#30191)
Bingo(#30494)
[Cicely(#29925)]
"Helphelphelp!" The wee one squeals. The caterpillar who once was so amazing now crawls away through the grass. "Please, sir, get up." Cicely wrings her little hands and looks about desperately. She looks back and tugs his sleeve, then gets up and turns in circles, trying to decide what to do where to go.
[Nightshade(#30425)]
Nightshade just lies there. One of the ponies tries to pull free of he traces, but that just makes the overturned carriage creak a bit where it lies in the road.
[Benigo(#25240)]
The cries of the hobbit lass are answered by a huffing sound soon followed by a stout hobbit fellow jogging down the lane towards the scene. His face flushed from the exertion, Benigo stops short as he sees the scene before him. His eyes widen and quickly turns towards Cicely, "Wha-a- Happened 'ere?" He says between gasps.
[Nightshade(#30425)]
Nightshade groans inarticulately, then slumps motionless again.
[Cicely(#29925)]
The little lass turns to Benigo, tears in her eyes and fully shaking. She gasps in an effort to breath and whimpers, "IwasWithCaterpillarOnRoadAndHeRideAndIJumpAndHeFallAndNotGetUpHELPHELP!" Her explanatino comes out in a long, barely understandable word. She comtinues looking back and forth, "I not mean to, no honest not mean to!" She continues to sueal and a tear falls from her little cheek to the ground.
[Deedee(#30191)]
A young, wide-eyed hobbit lass hurries out of the Muffin Tin's front door. Her eyes filled with concern, and her little mouth gapes open at the frightening scene before her. Too stunned for a second or two to speak or move, Deedee Pott just stares at the wreckage and the fallen hobbit before reacting to the frantic cries of Cicely near by. Dropping her basket, she hurries over to the poor lass and asks, "What in the name of the Shire happened...Cicely, are you hurt too?"
[Bingo(#30494)]
Bingo arrives just in time from the direction of Bywater to hear Cicely's explanation of what happened. Raising an eyebrow, he starts toward the wreck, casting a brief, disapproving glance at his sister as she appears too. He seems to be about to say something to her, but doesn't after all. Instead, he comes to stand near Benigo and looks at him expectantly. "What can I do?" he asks dumbly.
[Cicely(#29925)]
"No, not me, him" Cicely
[Nightshade(#30425)]
Nightshade is still just lying there in the road, right where he landed
[Cicely(#29925)]
"No, not me, him..." Cicely's words are choked and gurgly, sputtered more than said. "Carriage fall and him too!" A trembling finger points to where he lays, "Help, I not meant to." Although tears roll down her cheeks, she isn't quite crying, obviously trying to hold back. "Wake up, please!" She tugs Nightshade's sleeve again and looks about the the gathering hobbits.
[Benigo(#25240)]
Benigo pauses for only a moment, his face registering the slurred explaination but he is clearly unable to understand Cicely's words. He returns Bigno's dumbfounded look and shakes his head. "Well sumon' should go an' call a 'ealer. Ifn he's hurt, as bad as 'e looks, we'll need one double quick!" With that said, Benigo hurries over to the carriage and the thrown rider. His face pales as he sees the gentlehobbit's form lying on the ground. "Someon' hurry!" He bites his lip.
[Nightshade(#30425)]
Nightshade doesn't wake up. The bruise on his head looks mighty bad.
[Deedee(#30191)]
Deedee casts a worried glance at her older brother, Bingo as he arrives, and seems torn between running over to him and staying beside poor, frightened Cicely. "Come now, Cicely.." she says haltingly, attempting to sooth the lass, "We all know you'd never cause anything like this on purpose. It's an accident." Resting her hand gently on Cicely's arm, she tries to coax her away from Nightshade. "It's probably for the best not to move him till the healer comes." Then glancing up at the terrified ponies, she asks Benigo, "Would you like me to try and move them, sir?"
[Nightshade(#30425)]
Nightshade continues breathing. That is his only contribution to the scene he has created.
[Benigo(#25240)]
"Eh? What's that?" Benigo turns distracted to Deedee. "Oh ye' ye can ten' ta th' ponies. They look mighty spooked." He turns back to Nightshade and frowns. He gets down on his knees next to the injured hobbit and leans in close. "'E's still breathin', that's good." He reports to the others.
[Cicely(#29925)]
Cicely looks up gratefully at Deedee and her shivers seem to ease, but return at Benigo's words. She turns slowly to look at Nightshade and Benigo, eyes wider than ever. The tears have stopped from the utter shock that now contorts the lass's face. Her knees buckle and collapse beneath her. As the cloud of dust rises up around her, Cicely seems lost in her own cloud deep inside her mind. After a moment, she stirs and kneels, lowering her face to the ground by Nightshade's ear, "Please..." she whimpers pleadingly, "Please wake up, sir, please. I sorry, not meant to..."
[Bingo(#30494)]
Bingo seems a little confused at this point. He shuffles his feet a bit, starts toward Benigo, then looks over at Deedee and Cicely. After another brief pause, he peers down at the fallen hobbit and suggest, "Perhaps I could go fine a healer, then? And .. um .. if so, then ... uh ... where would I find the nearest one?"
[Deedee(#30191)]
Deedee smiles encouragingly at Cicely and then nods solemnly at Benigo. Stepping quietly over to the ponies so they can see her, she speaks softly to them in reassuring tones that are scarecely audible. Taking pains to go slowly and calmly, she untangles the lose harness straps from the wreckage and then gently takes the reigns. Clucking quietly with her toungue, she tugs on the ponies who follow her with shaky steps over to a near by hitching post. Deedee beams in Bingo's direction as if to say all's well.
[Benigo(#25240)]
"I dunno, maybe one o' them might know. I'm from out past Waymeet." Benigo answers.
[Cicely(#29925)]
Little fingers on two different hands clutch at eachother like two dragons starving for eachothers' heads, Cicely bites her lip and a bit of red appears upon it. "I not know," she stutters, "Please I sorry please i sorry not mean to no no no." At this point, the little one is lost to the rest of the world. She's ina daze, only seeing what she has caused and what isn't getting any better. "Please please please" Her voice pleads more than a puppy's begging eyes beg, if that's possible. Her eyes dart from place to place, face to face, but all she seems to see are the carriage, ponies, and Nightshade.
[Nightshade(#30425)]
Nightshade moans, starts to move, moans louder, then goes still again.
[Deedee(#30191)]
Evaluating the situation caustiously, and seeing that the ponies would be alright where they are now, Deedee walks back over to where Cicely is kneeling and drops down beside the lass, putting an arm about her shoulder. Then she nearly jumps as she notices Nightshade suddenly move. Her eyes dart from one hobbit to the other and she offers a weak, but hopeful smile up at Bingo.
[Benigo(#25240)]
Benigo leans back, startled at the sounds echoing from Nightshade. The sounds seems to have caught more than just the small group of helpful hobbits that surround Nightshade. A few moments after the sound, another hobbit comes upon the scene. His crisp white shirt and confident step follow the annoucment, "What happened here?" He sets down a thick black leather bag that is marked with the sign of the healing house.
[Cicely(#29925)]
Still staring into nowhere, the lass begins to rock back and forth. Her hands still tear idly at eachother and her once happily shining eyes still shine, but are completely blank. The red trickle grows down the child's chin from her lip.
[Benigo(#25240)]
The healer walks straight away over next to Nightshade and starts looking him over, all the while making docterly sounding noises. He turns and asks Benigo a number of questions, most of which are responded to with shrugs. The healer, nods and walks back over towards the group, ready to give his prognosis.
[Bingo(#30494)]
About to step forward more to attend to Nightshade, Bingo halts as the healer arrives. Glancing over at Deedee, he smiles, then watches whatever the healer is up to with interest. He seems rather relieved that nothing has been required of him yet. If his attire is any indication, he may have never seen an honest day's work in his life.
[Deedee(#30191)]
Deedee gives Cicely's shoulders a reassuring squeeze and she says softly, "Everything will be alright, I'm sure it will..." she pauses and looks up at Bingo with a raised eyebrow, "Don't you think so, bro?" Obviously she's attempting to get a little extra support, even if she has to tug it out of him. She doesn't glance in the healer's direction, but focuses on Cicely for the time being.
[Benigo(#25240)]
The healer turns towards the little lass and chuckles with a grandfather's patience. "Oh there, little one. Don't you worry about your friend there, he's got a nasty bump, but he's going to be fine. He'll sleep for a while, you can be a mug on that." He smiles comfortingly to Cicely. "But we can't leave him to sleep out here on the ground now can we." He rubs his hands together and looks at Bingo and Benigo for likely canidates to carry Nightshade to the healing house.
[Bingo(#30494)]
Bingo nods at Deedee and says, "Oh yes, like the healer says, he'll be just fine. Only temporary harm done, right?" He starts toward Deedee as he says this, and as the healer looks his way, he seems a bit nervous, trying to avoid eye contact.
[Cicely(#29925)]
Cicely, like a feather floating to the ground, seems to return to her senses. She turns from Deedee to the healer, to Nightshade and all around. Wiping a red streak onto the back of her hand, but off of her face, she looks up hopefully, "Just sleep? A-and wake and all gooder?"
[Deedee(#30191)]
Deedee rises to her feet and stands in front of her big brother with arms crossed infront of herself. She finally speaks in a conserned, but stern tone, "Come on, Bingo..you've got to help them. It won't kill you to help carry a fellow hobbit in need to safety...Such a thing never killed anybody." She fights a smile all the while that she is speaking, but the stern glint in her eyes remains.
[Benigo(#25240)]
The healer smiles broadly at Cicely, "Yes, yes. He's just asleep, and he'll wake up in due time. He'll have a right smart headache, but he'll be okay." His gaze returns to his two likely canidates. An eyebrow raises as he notices Bingo's hesitency. His gaze returns to Benigo, "Well, how about it? Are you up to help get your injured friend back to the healing house." Benigo looks down at Nightshade and back to the healer. "Eh, well, yes, I'm thinkin' I might be able ta lift 'em."
"Good. Be careful as you get him up. Just watch that you don't bump his head. He's not broken anything."
Benigo nods and complies. He strains slightly as he works his way under the unconscious hobbit. "Where to?" he says, his face starts turning bright red.
[Bingo(#30494)]
Looking a bit embarrassed, Bingo turns a bit and mumbles something to Benigo about helping, though it is not very understandable except for the word 'help'. He shifts on his feet a bit, glaning over at the carriage briefly, then at his sister (who receives an accusing look).
[Cicely(#29925)]
Cicely rubs her eyes, takes a deep breath and rises to her feet. "My help, please?" She queries, her hands still slightly twidling and scratching.
[Benigo(#25240)]
The healer points off towards the center of Hobbiton, "Off that way, to the healing house. Follow me, " He says as he picks up his bag and starts to move towards the center of town.
Benigo stands up straight, though he is obviously straining. He huffs some and starts to take tenative steps to follow the healer.
[Cicely(#29925)]
Cicely says, "Help I?"
[Deedee(#30191)]
Deedee glances down rather shame-facedly at Bingo's accusing look, and blushes. However, there's simply nothing for it. Starting over to Cicely once more she offers her hand to the lass, "We can follow along behind if you like?" she says with a warm smile.
[Cicely(#29925)]
Cicely gnaws on air, then manages a grin up at Deedee and nods, "Please." She takes her hand, reeady to follow. She is no longer trembling, and breathing pretty normally, although her eyes aren't quite back to the usual, "I not meant to." She whispers.
[Deedee(#30191)]
Deedee gives Cicely's hand a reassuring sqeeze and leans close to whisper back with a smile, "I know you didn't." And with that, she begins walking after the other hobbits slowly.
[Benigo(#25240)]
"Come along now!" The healer calls back over his shoulder as he sees the small caravan starting to follow behind. He leans over and offers a slight help to Benigo as the two move towards the healing house.
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