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I'm Sorry...I know I said Ewan would live but changed my mind, cause of a lot of things and I likely wont be back on here and this way no one can say oh Ewan is doing this or went to this place ect ect ect
Ewan- Dead
http://forum.rwmuck.org/viewtopic.php?id=1442
Mossy- An otter spoof that's one of the main slaves in the Blackrose, I know there will be an escape attempt....he will likely die to help get them free.
Dearil- Was killed in a battle with Monty and I must say ..THAT POSE!..awesome and yes I gave him permission to slay Dearil.....I will just post the link to the log and a paste/cop of the pose where Dearil is slain.
http://forum.rwmuck.org/viewtopic.php?id=1439
Here is the one pose I though was so cool......Monty's attention is laser focused, the words falling upon deaf ears as the hare approaches Dearil. He takes a step closer to him, weaving to the side as he is sliced at by the marten, easily avoiding the strike. His paw darting out to grab Dearil's arm, he bends it back and to the side, twisting it so that the vermin releases his grip on his sword. Reaching forward with his other arm, Monty grabs the sword before it can fall, and with one swift stroke, he sends the blade right through Dearil's neck. It slides cleanly through. Letting both the sword and the head fall to the ground at the same time, Monty turns and walks away in the other direction, his head lowered, eyes fixed on the ground.
Ewan Benjamin Delaney Tanner Mosswell Jahveri-ME-Residenal LP Redwall Hare/ Fighter and Private in LP
Zeldove Swiftheart-Fighter/ Archer of Mossflower Defenders
Spoofed vermin-A fox and 2 weasels
Spoffed woodlanders- A family of 3 squirrels
LOG:
Winter was always cold, this season was the coldest yet and one would think no one would want to travel in this, but travel at times happens when one is looking for warmth, and that was the case of the three beasts walking ever closer to Redwall Abbey, a family of squirrels who had lost their home, the roof caved in, luckily no one was inside but the home was unlivable and they heard of Redwall where others had taken shelter for the winter, so they headed that way.
One would also think vermin would be smarter and stay inside, but that wasn’t the case for a fox and his two weasel friends, they were out to cause trouble, rob beasts and maybe find some slaves for big coinage, and the three vermin spotted the three woodlanders as their leader smirked and they quickly went to ambush them.
Ewan was out walking, wrapped in his thick cloak “This was not the time to crave something, it could have waited..till like spring”
Zeldove chuckled as she waved the package in front of Ewan “Well Ferravale is the only place that has a vendor with Chocolate covered oranges and HA...I got the last two of the season, like others have to wait a whole ..wot..3-4 seasons”
Meanwhile not too far down the road, slightly south of the Black Gull ...the three squirrels were surrounded by vermin, a mother and father and small babe huddled together in fear.
“What do we have here..hmmm ...possible slaves, well maybe not so much the babe, but the other two..slaves bring a mighty nice bit of gold up north”
“Or south” Says one of the other vermin “There is a slaver group there or so I heard, some island”
“Please ...leave us alone” The father cried..
“Let me think on it.”The fox said as his tail swayed back and forth “Umm ...no” He grined.”Take them.”
The mother squirrel screamed
Ewan shakes his head “Wot..ever…”His ears perked “Was that a scream?”
Zeldove grined and then quickly put the package in his pack and got her longbow off her shoulders “Yep...let’s go see wot is up Ewan”
The fox sneered as he and the two weasels had the squirrels surrounded, a chuckle”Don't fret..your be out of the cold soon at our campsite and I am sure your like the south, it’s a lot warmer thar”
The squirrels looked hopeless as they were surrounded, it would seem their lives were heading to a sad time.
That’s when an arrow came threw the air and struck a weasel in the throat, the weasel fell over dead, leaving just one and the fox.
Ewan was not much of a fighter but had his moments to be brave, he was a Long Patrol hare after all. He went forwards while the fox and weasel was distracted and saber in paw swinged at the fox, hopefully the weasel would be taken care of by Zeldove.
The fox was indeed surprised and the hare got a good slice to the fox’s shoulder and collarbone, the fox snarled and got out his long sword and sidestepped and stabbed towards the hare.
Zeldove focused on the 2nd weasel and fired off her longbow, her aim was deadly when she was calm and focused.
The squirrels watched as the hares showed up and the father pulls his mate and child to the side of the road, safe out of the way of the fighting weather it ended well or not he was not placing his family in the middle of a battle.
Ewan was proving to be a skilled fighter and had an odd focused calm as he seemed to dance around the fox, the fox’s blade did leave a mark on his arm, he would have to have that tended to, he narrows his eyes and angles the blade as he goes to stab the fox in the side
The weasel falls dead, that leaves the fox who is still fighting Ewan.He blocks the hare’s blade and the hare seems to block his, he does get a slice at the hare and the hare gets a slice in at him as well, the fox pants and then gasps in shock as the blade sinks into his side, it sinks deep into his midsection as he staggers back and to the ground the white snow turning a bright red as he tries to get up and fails.
The squirrels watched from the side of the road, still in a bit of shock, is the fox dead? Are they safe?
Zeldove walks over to the squirrels and smiles “Hallo ya lot, I am Zeldove and that is me friend Ewan, he is a Long Patrol hare”
Ewan pants as he looks at his arm, a line of red and one on his ear and side,but none deep.He looks at the fox “Taking innocent creatures as slaves is wrong...also don’t mess with a Long Patrol hare, it ends badly…”But also being at Redwall he might be willing to help the fox, he isn’t sure,”I will give you a choice...you can be treated at the abbey or...just lie thar and hope some other..friend of yours comes.”He glances over at Zeldove and the squirrels “Zeldove, get them to the abbey I will be thar soon”
The fox listens, a small snarl as he again tries to stand, falls.He watches the hare close as it turns to talk to the other hare and he forces himself to stand on a broken leg, his side pouring blood as he grips his blade and smiles coldly, he uses the last of his strength to go to grab the hare by the shoulder blade and tighten his grip,at the same time the other paw grips the longsword and goes to plunge it into the hare’s back!He speaks a few words in a cold cruel voice “Ya..were a Long Patrol Hare…”
The squirrels smile as they are free now, all seems well till the squirrel mother eyes go wide as she looks at the road.
Zeldove turns quickly and grips the longbow she has in shock and horror “Ewan!!!!”
Ewan reaction is clear shock, then you would be in shock as well, first the intense pain and the fact a blade is now coming from his chest,he drops his saber and just sort of stands there as red drops fall to the snow, making an unwanted pattern of red and white, if he hears Zeldove he is not showing it right now.
The fox sneers as he speaks to the hare, “You..lose..”He rips the blade out and steps back, this likely will cause Ewan to fall, he looks at the other hare and the squirrels and chuckles “Awwwwww…..was he a friend, hmmm ...well “ Hare blood still on his blade “ Your next…..”
Zeldove just aims, fires her arrow straight at the fox, tears going down her face like a river, she says not a word,she just aims and fires.
Ewan hits the snow covered ground and is somehow still alive, though barely alive as some many thoughts seem to cross his mind, strange to think anything this close to death,he doesn’t try to move or get up as he can feel himself fading, he slowly turns his head towards where he knows Zeldove and the squirrel family is.
The squirrels stay where they are, fear again showing in their eyes.
The fox takes a step, it ends up being his last step as the arrow finds its mark and sinks into his heart, it's an instant kill as the fox falls sideways and into the ditch, dead...never to harm another again.
Zeldove drops her bow and rushes over to Ewan..”Ewan!!” She carefully supports his head and checks the wound, ohhh that looks bad, “Ewan...say something..please.. I..I can…”She looks at the squirrel “Run to the abbey, get a healer!!!”
The squirrels nod and rush to the abbey, it’s not too far and they do make it, they do find a healer on duty...but will they make it in time.
Ewan vision is fading as he focuses on the haremaid..”Z..Z...Zeldove ...did ya...know...I..I think...no know...I was..f..falling in Love with..you….”Those end up his last words as his eyes close and his head slumps to the side, a paw he tried to reach out falls to the ground, a brave heart stops beating, a final breath is taken and the life of a hare ends.
Zeldoves eyes widen, she then panics when his eyes close “Ewan?...EWAN!!!!!!”
A healer makes it to where the hares are, but they are only meet with a sobbing,weeping hare maid as she holds Ewan close to her, it’s clear they are too late. Zeldove finally sees them and lays Ewan down gently as if she was laying a babe to sleep and stands up, tear lines in her fur.”He..he needs inside..it’s too cold out here for him to be...we can get him inside and...and then...I can..”She frowns.”I can tell his friends..news”
The healer nods and some help is gotten to get Ewan inside the abbey, a funeral would happen in a couple days time.
Zeldove meanwhile stays, least till then and gets supplies and lets the abbey beast know she is gonna take this news to Salamandastron, it’s the least she can do, maybe join the Long Patrol as a way to..honor Ewan, she did not know it but she was falling in love with him as well and this just feels like a part of her was just ripped away and it hurts so so much. She takes a deep breath and starts her journey, towards the Western shores, yes she knows the way as she heard Ewan speak highly of it so often.
The squirrel family decides to live at the abbey
Ewan gets a grave in the Abbey Graveyard, close to the Long Patrol memorial they have from the Siege of Ormaz.
http://forum.rwmuck.org/viewtopic.php?id=1439
Yet another Log of the Tenderfoot gang and the Blackrose...it seems The Blackrose has Angered Monty......and that the Long Patrol has also angered the leader of the Blackrose...Its unwise to anger beasts.....from anywhere it seems.
Who:
Dearil-ME--2nd in Command of The Blackrose
A small black Raven-Spoofed by Me-Shows up at the end of the log
Emersyn- Escaped Slave of the Blackrose, Wants to join the Long Patrol
Sola- Hare Maid
Oak-Royal Guard
Unamed Mouse-Royal Guard
Monty-Long Patrol Hare,Fighter and Private
Adrian- Long Patrol Hare, Runner and Corporal
Various Vermin-4 foxes and 2 rats
Kalypso- Leader of the Blackrose
LOG:
Dearil had been tasked with finding the runaway slave and finding those hares he saw briefly the other day. He had with him 4 foxes and a couple rats, to him it seemed enough for he was skilled at his job after all, he had few worries as most seemed to fear him " Spread out....we find them, we don't kill...the boss wants to do that."
Emersyn had recovered a little and wanted to help out so she said she get firewood, she knew the area better than them after all, she looked over at the island off the lake shore and sighed, one of the hares was enslaved cause of her, she had to help them, but how? She wasn't much of a fighter, a healer somewhat and the only info she had was the beasts were maybe 5 dozen with a little over couple dozen or so slaves.
On the woods there was a completely different hare. Sola had finally made it to the area. She was looking a little different than she had at the castle and trying not to hide her scars but it was harder to avoid the little nervous twitch every time she heard something move in the undergrowth. She'd jumped at the wind a lot on the way there. She wasn't alone. The king did send her with an escort of two castle guards, a mouse who's currently walking with her and a squirrel who's up in the trees. So far they were unaware how close they were to finding everyone.
Dearil scans the area and looks around, did he hear something? He was unsure as he slows a little"Be on your guard, their camp has to be close by."He gets a nod from a fox as they slip off, Dearil smirks for now silent, he will not let his whereabouts be known just yet
Emersyn sighs as she gets some water and frowns as she thought she saw something and ducks behind a tree, she frowns as she sees one of the rats and quickly looks around for anything, a rock even to throw if she has to or distract them.
Sola's ear is alert and flicking this way and that but after all the false alarms the mouse isn't even investigating anything she hears now "It's just the wind...and that's Oak in the trees again" he gestures up at the squirrel "There's some water around 'ere somewhere, we'll stop for lunch an' have a break again, alrigh'?" they were heading straight for the lake and so far hadn't noticed anything. The squirrel, Oak, starts to scout ahead a bit, splitting from the others as he bounces branch to branch.
Dearil was close and slowed, he has spotted the mouse and hare maid Sola and grined "It may not be a Long Patrol hare....but maybe a new..slave"He smirks to a couple foxes "Fetch her..."He chuckles now, meanwhile the rat sees Emersyn and gets out a dagger to charge and slice at her!
Emersyn eyes widen when she notices the rat sees her and yelps, she throws the rock and goes to look around quickly, she finds a fallen limb to try and swing at the rat should it get too close as there was no way she was going back to that island!
Up in the trees Oak gets far enough away to nearly get to the water's edge. When Emersyn yelps he hears it. He considers going back to the others for help but after all the noises that turned out to be nothing he moves to go check it out first. Sola and the mouse are oblivious to the vermin still though a small rustle and the faint sound of the yelp in the distance makes Sola stop and look around, paranoid.
Dearil hears the yelp and chuckles "Come out where ever ya are, I want to....play you hide and I seek!" The one fox appears but not in front of the escaped slave, they appear in front of the mouse and Sola, the other fox has heard the escaped slave and seems to head that way, the other 2 foes and rat is with Dearil, the rat that found the hare maid gets a rock to the shoulder and when he lunges to grab the hare maid he is hit with the tree branch and dazed a bit.
Emersyn starts to run, but no she can't let them find the camp..can she? She gulps and looks around quickly on how to avoid them, she runs to the side,they are close to camp but it's sort of hidden a little by some bushes
Sola jumps with a little yelp as the fox appears and she immediately moves behind the mouse and backs up muttering "No no no no no" her first thought isn't even to draw the knife they gave her but it's somewhere on the list as she holds it out in front of her, her paws a little shaky. The mouse doesn't have the same fear and draws his sword "Ya run along now and we'll have no trouble" Meanwhile Oak in the trees spots Emersyn and the fox headed for "Hey! Hare! Not that way!" trying to warm her against heading for the fox as he quickly climbs down to the ground.
Dearil smirks "Time...to play"He says with an evil chuckle and his blade out as he walks towards the sounds of a yelp. Meanwhile the one fox just grins "Like I will listen ta you, your not the boss...a slave maybe.Oe a dead beast one..."Of course the fox goes to fight the mouse, it seems less likely to win, to him, meanwhile the other fox is gonna find the other hare maid, unless the other rat does first, course the other foxes are close to the camp now, will they find it or be spotted first?
Emersyn runs and slows as she hears a voice and quickly looks around "Wot?" And then the fox is in front of her as her eyes widen, she backs up and goes to try and run, but the couple rats as she frowns and looks ready to panic herself, this is not good..being captured after an escape means death and she refuses to die as she finds a rock and throws it at the rat, "Back off rat,not in the mood!"
Monty had reached that point where he'd absolutely had enough, of everyone and everything. He'd come as close as one could come to just quitting the Patrol, and turning to walk away from it all. Having spent an entire evening thinking about it, he hadn't yet made a decision. When he'd heard those noises not too far away from the camp, the hare had picked up his weapon and gone to investigate. Coming upon the scene, his expression darkens, and he immediately goes for the closest vermin to him, whirling his sling and whipping a rock off in the direction of one of the foxes. If it were up to him, this wouldn't take long at all.
Adrian had been feigning sleep the past half hour, and when Monty slips away from camp, he gets up and follows, coming upon the same scene not long after. He readies his rapier, but keeps out of Monty's sight.
Oak curses as the vermin seem to be surrounding Emersyn and so jumps out of the tree, drawing a knife and trying to land on the fox and stab the beast. The mouse has to backup because Sola is getting increasingly further away from him but he keeps his sword pointed at the other fox "We ain't going to be dead nor slaves. You're going to have a hard fight" the mouse says but he's trying not to start this, hoping Oak will be back for backup if he stalls a little. He only sees the one fox so far anyway.
Dearil has his sights set on some slaves, and then one fox gets a rock straight between the eyes and falls over lifeless to the ground, He makes his way to..."And your found, I win."He says to Emeryson,but he seems to find the other haremaid as well, "Well well...the wood is full of hare...isn't it?" He chuckles coldly, The one foxes seems to be wanting the mouse dead rather quickly, but at the same time seems surprised by this mouse has some skills as he growls,ears back. There are 3 foxes and a rat left to fight, the marten has yet to see any other hares.
Emersyn frowns, she watches the Blackrose beasts and frowns, she has a sort of weapon when she finds a jagged rock, she needs some practice and that is ok, she will learn as she backs up against a tree."I'm not going back with you"
Monty gives a nod in satisfaction as one of the foxes is felled. Placing another rock in his sling, he fires it off at one of the other foxes who are surrounding Emersyn. He does not yet notice Sola's presence there, which is likely a good thing at this point.
Adrian mmms, as he sees what's going on. He circles around, the opposite from Monty, and stabs one of the foxes in the back, the vermin emitting a strangled gasp, then collapsing in a heap.
With the sound of the other fight becoming more obvious the mouse is growing concerned for his friend and changes tactics. Trying to get this done fast he charges the fox, feints a slash with his sword and tries to stab the fox. Sola meanwhile has backed up so far she's bumped in to a tree which made her jump. She stays there, as ok as she can be as nothing's currently attacking her but she keeps the knife close and raised in front of her.
Dearil ears flatten a bit, he then grins as the hares are close, he can feel it and what he believes to soon be a victory for him. He grins at the escaped maid"You get to see the hare that saved you..briefly before you die"He flicks a knockout dart at her, before....grining and stepping over to the other hare maid "Well well..who are you? Never mind...want to join the ranks of the Blackrose...as a slave?" Meanwhile the fox and mouse fight,the mouse getting a rather good gash in at the fox who stumbles back in surprise,meanwhile a rat is now there as well and one fox is dead thanks to Adrian. This could end badly and likely will, for someone.
Emersyn backs off and ears go flat, she goes to try and sidestep the dart and it seems to get her in the arm, fear floods her now as she starts to pass out, a small whimper as she fears the worse before she loses consciousness.
Monty's ear perks as he hears Dearil, and the hare's gaze shifts over in that direction. He stares daggers at him, the hare's eyes filling with absolute rage. The rat that appears likely won't be there for long, as Monty rushes in that direction and aims a tackle at his legs. Once the rat is down, Monty rises up, and he begins to slam his fists down into his face over and over, growling with his anger, and more than likely taking it way beyond the point it should go.
Adrian merely watches Monty beat the rat to death, knowing better than to interfere. No, instead he stabs the other fox, then makes his way toward Emersyn. He's not bothering to hide himself any longer.
Sola can barely focus on the details right now. She hears fighting all around, she's just trying to stay calm and then Dearil's right there and she stares, frozen. She suddenly starts shaking her head, she tries to back away but there's just a tree there "Not again" she quietly mutters. Her head keeps shaking and she just seems stuck there for a second before she tries to stab at Dearil with the knife. Oak has meanwhile been returning to his group. He assumes the mouse can handle himself so it's Dearil he charges at.
Dearil still has 1 fox alive and that one goes for Monty, likely unwise right now as Dearil grins at Sola and goes to grab her arm when he is sliced on the shoulder and growls low, the squirrel aims at him too so he swings the blade at the squirrel!No blade swings at the hare maid, but he is aiming to try and grab her arm still, whether he does so remains to be seen.
Monty slips off the pulverized rat, Monty's front and his paws now spattered with the rat's blood. His gaze focuses on Dearil now, and the small hare turns and begins to slowly stalk in his direction. Recognizing him from the other day, he points his bloody paw at him, which trembles. "...you. YOU!" Both his paws clench, his expression one that likely would scare anyone, let alone one of Monty's enemies. His head turns as the remaining fox goes after him, and Monty swings his fist at him, aiming right for the fox's jaw, as hard as he can. He is not going to be denied once again.
Sola freezes up again when she's grabbed. She does try to pull her arm free but then she sees Monty. She wants to call him but nothing's coming out and she just stares as he pummels the fox to death, it's hard to tell what she thinks of that, the mouse even gets out the way. The squirrel is taken by surprise at Dearil's quick reaction and stumbles back after the blade catches him, the mouse quickly coming to his aid.
Adrian moves to assist the unconscious doe. He knows Monty can handle Dearil on his own in this state, though words will be had later about the other buck's uncontrollable anger. In the meantime, he's carrying Emersyn off into the brush, to get her out of the way, before returning to clean up any of the rest of the mess.
Dearil turns as he sees the hare..kill his fox and glares at the hare, "You...."He sees Adrian and grins "Your friends with the other Long Patrol..hare aren't ya....I can take you to him...but your die soon after seeing him, how sad." He goes to block an attck from the mouse , but another swing gets him in the side and he has a bleeding side and arm now, "No...matter...I will still win and my boss will have your heads sent to your stupid badger as a gift!" He will grin at Monty and get out his blade, going to attempt a slice at the hare.
Monty's attention is laser focused, the words falling upon deaf ears as the hare approaches Dearil. He takes a step closer to him, weaving to the side as he is sliced at by the marten, easily avoiding the strike. His paw darting out to grab Dearil's arm, he bends it back and to the side, twisting it so that the vermin releases his grip on his sword. Reaching forward with his other arm, Monty grabs the sword before it can fall, and with one swift stroke, he sends the blade right through Dearil's neck. It slides cleanly through. Letting both the sword and the head fall to the ground at the same time, Monty turns and walks away in the other direction, his head lowered, eyes fixed on the ground.
As the marten falls down dead, Adrian watches Monty impassively. "We have to talk... Again." He goes into the brush, and picks up Emersyn. "Hopefully this doe can give us useful information..."
Sola is happy to have her arm released as the marten certainly has bigger problems to deal with. She's a weird hare, the thought that it may be rude to interrupt him while he's working actually crosses her mind. She's calming down after the marten and everyone else seems to be dead. She does look around to check but it's at that point she realises that Monty's walking away "Oh! Um..." she hesitates, steps over the dear Dearil and tries to catch up to the other hare. The mouse, moves to help his friend to stop the bleeding so the squirrel should live but the pair of them don't seem to want to draw Monty's attention when he's looking like that. Sola has no such worries "Monty?" she spots Adrian then and gives him a very hesitant wave. She looks considerably different without the veil she was wearing at the castle, scars and all on show.
Monty growls under his breath. "M'done talkin'. See them, on the ground? They liked t'talk," he mutters to Adrian as he begins to walk further away into the woods. His ear perks however as a familiar voice reaches it, and it causes the small hare to pause, his expression subtly shifting from one of annoyance and anger to one of surprise and recognition. His eyes go wide, his shoulders visibly tensing in the process. "...Sola?" he replies after a moment, his voice quiet, as if unable to believe the word he'd just said. He slowly turns, hoping that he'll see who he thought he might see there.
Adrian isn't done talking. But he is for now. Instead, he checks the mouse and squirrel. "You two... Are you escaped slaves?"
Sola hesitates a little more because Monty sounds angry but she finally lets go of the breath she's been holding without realising it as he recognises her voice. She waits for him to turn before giving him a little smile and a quiet "Yes, it's...it's me. Hello" perhaps she should have rehearsed what to say because now she's just being awkward again. The mouse helps the squirrel up before his attention goes to Adrian and he shakes his head "Nah, we were sent from Floret by the King" he gestures towards Sola "We were told to escort Sola there to you lot...Seems you've found a spot of trouble around here already"
Monty's brain still seems to be registering the fact of what he is seeing and hearing, the hare blinking as he stares at the doe who stands there just before him. His jaw moves, but no words emerge, just a confused '...uhhh...' He peers down at himself at the blood covering his fur and clothing, before his gaze lifts to land on Sola again. "...I'm....I...I mean...um..." He seemingly is having trouble thinking of what to say as well. "...what're you DOIN' out here?" he finally manages, his voice carrying concern, before he glances over to Adrian. He sighs heavily, shoulders heaving, before his eyes fall back on Sola. "Sola, you...you shouldn't be here..." He turns, and begins to slowly walk away again in the other direction. She'd likely seen him in that place that he always hated going to, and it more than likely changed her opinion of him in some way.
Adrian harrumps, rather like his father back home. "Story o' mah life," he deadpans to the two. "'Old up while I go knock some sense into Private Mopey-Face here. Can you two watch this doe?" He lays Emersyn at their feet, then stalks after Monty. "Get back ovah 'ere, an' greet Sola propahly. That's not an ordah... It's a bloody strong request, wot!"
Sola looks happy when Monty seems surprised but the smile fades and she looks worried when he doesn't look so happy about it "I...Well, I...wanted to come along...To Salamandastron with..." she steps forwards when he turns to leave and she goes to place a paw on his arm in the hopes it might stop him. She sees the blood of course, kind of hard to miss and she saw the insane fighting but she doesn't seem to be acting like it. She flicks a little smile back to Adrain for his help before nodding at Monty "And a...strong request to stay...if you please" He mouse just nods to Adrian's request "Sure" as it doesn't look like the hare will be waking up any time soon they for now just move her to a position that looks comfortable to sleep in.
Monty is stopped before he is able to fully walk away, the hare's gaze dropping to Sola's paw as she grips his arm. Adrian gets another look, his expression one of surprises more than anything else at his friend's words. "...huh?" The buck is confused, for a few moments, as he looks between Adrian and Sola. Sola's words also seem to help keep the hare there, and his shoulders slump as he sighs heavily. "...when you...turned and ran off, I...I thought I'd never see you again. I thought...you hated me. For...for puttin' you through everything again..." Monty takes a step forward, reaching out to try and draw Sola close in a warm embrace. "...m'sorry...."
Adrian huffs. "It's a bloody request...because yahr mah friend. An' friends are equals, dammit." He turns away, and sighs. "'M askin' ya t' stay, because now Sola's 'ere, an' wot on earth are th' two of us gonna do if *you* aren't around?"
Sola looks a little embarrassed when Monty mentions her running off, she glances at the ground "It, um...I sometimes panic over...well, a great deal of things. It wasn't you...not really. I just, um, wasn't worth all that...changing your life" deep breath. She glances back to Adrian and tilts her head briefly but then she quickly has to put up a paw to pause Monty's hug "Um, blood...Perhaps a brief wash first?" just because she doesn't find the blood horrifying doesn't mean she wishes to be covered in it "Then I shall, um...take that hug" she looks amused just because it's all so very awkward.
All seemed well, a reunion and the slavers whom attacked...lied dead. The 2nd in command of the Blackrose didn't even have time for a moment of surprise before he was headless on the ground. All was watched by a small raven out of sigh, one that waits till the hares go back to camp and swoops down to get Dearil's head and flies away. Back to the island, the only thing left behind, by the inland lake shore, was a boat with the flag of the Blackrose on it, a boat that can take whomever to the island, but was that wise?
On the island was Kalypso, the leader of the Blackrose. The calico colored cat watched as the raven came and droped Dearil's head at her footpaws, her ears go back as she hisses st what she sees "How...HOW?!" All the slaves, even the Blackrose beasts quickly leave her sight and head inside wanting nothing to do with her wrath right now and its strong!She demands the raven fly down and report to her all the details.
The raven does indeed provide details, there was 2 hares that did this, 2 other hares were ther but didnt fight,afterwards the raven counted 6 total hares, 1 squirrel and a mouse at the Long Patrol Camp, and yes 4 of the 6 hares had uniforms of the Long Patrol!
Kalypso listened and thanked him for the details as her tail wagged behind her, she still was in pure rage "Thank you...seems we have guests to welcome soon, do get thier dear friend Elbio here I wish to..."She smiles coldly "Chat with him..."
The raven nodded as he cawed and went to fetch the hare, who best listen and follow the raven as its unwise, very unwise to refuse a request of the Blackrose leader, for sure at this time.
What was gonna happen next? Why does she want to speak to Elbio? Will they find the boat?
Stay tuned for the Next Log in the Tenderfoot Adventure !
After the 1st of the year I am gonna take some Tine OFF .Not sure how long...or what to do with my Characters as for now at least one is staying around. That one is Ewan
Ewan is my main character and most important but not sure on what to say if he had to disappear for a bit or maybe he is just in the background. I rather NOT kill him off...I like the character, an injury maybe? I don't...know
My other character is Dearil-2nd in command of the Blackrose and he WILL DIE ....and likely soon when the tenderfoot fight him, so he likely won't be in the final battle, hey something to peeve off his boss as hares will likely kill Dearil.
Figureing it out but I need a bit of a break to tend to things IRL
WHOM
Ewan Benjamin Delaney Tanner Mosswell Jahveri- ME- LP Residential hare of Redwall, Private and Fighter in LP
Zeldove-Fighter/Archer hare in Mossflower Defenders
Xander Winters- Leader of Mossflower Defenders
Krisha Winters- Badger Mother of Redwall
LOG:
Xander was sitting in the large chair, least for now he was and sort of relaxing, least for the time being.
Krisha stepped into the room looking over a couple papers she had as she looked up and sighed "Xander...could you kindly sit elsewhere, there is another chair you can sit in." She might be busy but she can still argue a little if she has to.
Zeldove chuckles "Your sitting in her chair, that's funny." Then again there is lack of large chairs it seems.She was just reading a couple books and looking at a map on the table.
Ewan speaks as he overhears "Well it is the chair the Badgermother has after all and yes there is another chair she is correct and Hallo to you"
Xander does stand and sits elsewhere, a smile is offered"But yours is more cozy of a chair.."He tilts his head "Wots the papers about?"
Krisha sits and replies "Just helping get the abbey decorated, get into some mid winter cheer and plans for..well, usually there is a small bit of a fun day for the dibbuns..maybe a visit from the snow badger or helpers and..and"She frowns "I don't know if I am able to handle it well with out Oz here, he was always so good at that and always heard how he found helpers and even dressed like the snow badger a few times..I mean I know Lacota can make cookies and maybe have some sort of maybe green sap milk or drinks for the dibbuns and others too, maybe candy chestnuts even" She frowns "I just don't...know,but I also don't want to disappoint any beast"
Zeldove says, "I heard stories of the Snow Badger when I was a dibbun, was always fun..he brings the snow, yeah he brought it early this time!!" She grins "And ice too and I bet it's thick enough to ice skate on the pond now,right?""
Ewan says, "That be a question for Brother Sinway, he is in charge of the pond and maybe a couple other otters help him, he would know and he will be one to make the final ok for it""
Xander goes to take Krisha's paw after listening "Your do fine love, your see."He smiles, he has been happier this week than he has been in a while, maybe just being back in the abbey just helps, and being close to his wife and friends helps.
Krisha smiles, a kiss on the cheek " Maybe..it's just...it needs to be soon and I still have some of the Abbot's duties, Badgermother duties and got to figure out what to do about my father's Blacksmith shop, he left it in my care in a will he had,but it's not like I can be there and I didn't fully learn how to use a forge...I can fix one, make sure the flames are lit and going, but not make anything...I think he planned to teach me some but,well I had then started training to be the Badgermother and lived here instead of Ferravale and liked it better here."She frowns as she thinks, yes she is fine with not knowing all that would need known in the forge, but thinking on family brings up her father, her daughter and then thinking on that makes her remember Oz and the tears come, she stands "I..I need to go,excuse me"She just lays the papers down and walks off.
There is not much on the papers really..just cookies and how they should look like snowflakes or maybe shaped like paws even or maybe stars for mid-winter night, picking up some package that has gloves and hats knitted from a beast she spoke to from the grasslands/woods area, and just some assorted things on a story...needing helpers and a lot of question marks........
Zeldove watches the badger slip off, "So..she is ok right, she seemed stressed"
Ewan leans back in his chair "First winter time as Badgermom and Oz was Badgermom before her, err..Badgerpapa...anyways, he died in the middle of summer season so not long ago"
Xander frowns, "Krisha..."He looks down at the paer and studies it and seems to get some sort of idea in his head as he smiles and walks over to the two hares "I need your help"
Zeldove asks, "With wot?, is it hunting down some vermin cause I am totally bored right now."
Ewan says, "I can help...wait with wot?" He gets a concerned look now "Umm, ok but I don't think any thing is going on, on the roads,is thar?"
Xander asks, "Wot?,,No" He smiles "I happen to know where a certain wooden chest is, with a couple..outfits and I need hares and you two are hares"He smiles warmly"So..please follow me and not to worry this won't be today but..soon and stay quiet bout it I want it to be a surprise"
Zeldove frowns "Outfits?" She then starts to think"Ok so wots so special bout them and wot exactly are we doin' sur? Why the secret?" She will go follow him of course.
Ewan sighs as he stands "Do we,,have ta?" Seems he has an idea already what the chest is and what is likely in said chest.
Xander smiles and leads the way to his room, he has kept a chest there and finds a key and opens it, he frowns a little but finds what he was looking for, a small box he gets out and sits down, opens it and grins "Perfect, course we need some flour and a little of this stuff they used that helps fur be white, with the flour and washes out a lot better than dye.."The outfits are red and green and have bells on them, and there is a crazy looking hat to go with it.He finds the stuff for fur " And it's not like for all fur just like paws and ..head,neck a little...makes ya look more snow hare like."He chuckles.
Zeldove seems excited now and jingles the hat and smiles at Ewan "Look we can be..OH OH..Jingle Bell Hare..hee hee, jingle sound everywhere ya walk, fun!" She goes to sit a hat on his head and hmms "Doesn't go with that Long Patrol look..but ya will have another outfit on!"
Ewan frowns as the hat is placed "But..."He sighs and gives up."Ok..we both can help and be...I suppose snow hares that like help the Snow Badger"
Xander grins "Great and yeah your both have the outfits and the makeup..well it's not really makeup more sort of, colors the fur but its very easy to wash out and the outfit does jingle a lot" He seems to debate on something as there is a sort of bluish thick coat and hat, and slight bells on that hat too, he hmms and lays it down for now."I want to help Krisha, and I know the snow badger story from Uncle Oz, and even Uncle Zee,I could tell it and you can be his snow hares coming to visit and get an idea of what all the dibbuns and maybe others want and how they need to be good and go to bed early on mid winter's night....and to like leave cookies or treats or something"He loves this time of year,even if it does remind him of his uncle,he wants to honor some things he did."WE can talk to Lacota on cookies and milk, and maybe hot Chocolate as they save it for special events and that is this and we have like a week ta plan"
Zeldove smiles "Sounds fun,right Ewan? I am so excited for this!" And it shows,she feels like a dibbun again almost"What about bell shaped cookies with snow sort of pattern on them? Can the Friar make those?"
Ewan nods after a while but doesn't seem as excited as the hare maid.He watches her and does manage a smile, it's nice to see her excited, he just isn't excited on this outfit and idea of being a snow hare but he will help still.
Xander gives each hare a hug,if allowed, "Thanks you two, this will help a lot and be a surprise I am sure"
Zeldove says, "your welcome sur"
Ewan nods, he is fine with hugs and after a while sits down as seems planning will happen "I could let Lacota know to make the cookies and hot chocolate"
Zeldove watches as the badger heads off and smiles "This will be fun and ya know it, ya need a little fun Ewan"
Ewan shrugs "Never said it wouldn't be fun and...well suppose, been a while since had fun,then don't know"
Zeldove smiles and walks off, still excited!
Ewan just sighs, what has he gotten himself into?
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Another log of Tenderfoot/Blackrose
Blackrose/Tenderfoot log
WHOM:
Dearil- ME-2nd in command Blackrose
Adrian- LP Hare,Corporal and runner
Monty- LP Hare, Fighter and Private
Emersyn- Escaped Blackrose slave, Hare
Kalypso- Leader of Blackrose (Seen briefly at end of log)
4 spoofed weasels that work in Blackrose
LOG:
It has been a little under 2 weeks for the traveling hares and they came to an area of woods with a large inland sea of some sort with an odd..island of some sort in the center, but there was also some fog around,luckily not too cold as of yet as this was still in the southern edges of Mossflower lands. It seemed an almost quiet night.
With their packs fully laden with new food and supplies, plus more letters to deliver, Adrian and his merry band of hares head on, in a south-easterly direction. For once, the next two weeks are largely uneventful, which, compared to the nonstop drama the group had run across practically every other day since leaving the Mountain, was almost like a holiday. However, as they near the Great Inland Sea, something Adrian had not intended to stop by for long, their provisions are running low again. With Elbio and Yerna off scouting ahead, and Selena lagging behind, Adrian chats up his best friend Monty. "So, I figure when we get there, we'll bag ourselves one o' those bloody 'uge Pike, eh? Then we'll 'ave fish jahrky t' last us at *least* two weeks... Wot d' ya think, Mate?"
Monty, despite the apparent weeks-long respite from anything really particularly dramatic, had an air of depression about him. He hadn't been his usual perky and energetic self ever since they'd left Castle Floret. Sure, he'd gone through the motions and made sure that he and his friends stayed safe, but...he hadn't been very talkative at all, his face drawn tight, ears drooped and eyes fixed downwards as they walk. As Adrian speaks, the hare's ears twitch, and he looks up distractedly. "...hrm? Oh. Oh, uh...y...yeah. Yeah, sure. Pike. That sounds, er...spiffin', wot." He tries a smile, but it only lasts a second or two. "...fish jerky...s'good." He kicks at a rock, and watches as it bounces off into the underbrush.
Emersyn was rather close to the hares, she just didn't know it yet as her only thoughts were to run, and run barefooted at that as she never really had good shoes and she had been hiding,only to be found.So she ran and tripped once skinning her knee so that slowed her down.She looks around wildly, she meet another hare and he had mentioned his friends were nearby, she had to find them..they would help,or least she hoped so as right now she was needing all the help she could get.
Dearil was also out and about, with 4 weasels, and one was an archer as he grumbled "I dont care..find her, kill her...wait no I want her alive as she can die in front of the others as an example. He calls out "You can't hide forever...your vole friend is dead, maybe I will let ya live if you come out now!" He did not know anyone else was around and seemed to really not care.
"Mont..." Adrian stares at the other hare. He knows something's up. "Mont, now, y' gotta talk, Mate. I gave y' wot... Ovah a week? But yahr bloomin' withdrawn. So I think we need t' get thi..." He stops, his ears perked. "Wot's that? I think somebeast is runnin' this way... Quick! Off th' road..."
Monty frowns, his ears folding back against his head. "I told ya a million times, Adj, there's nothin' to talk about. I..." At that point, Adrian gives the warning, and Monty slips off the side of the road to hide.
Emersyn has yet to see any other hares but she hears Dearil, that's for sure as she slips up and trips over a fallen log,spanking her ankle as she frowns.She lets out a whimper as she tries to stand and fails badly only falling back down onto the path.
Dearil makes his way down the same path and pauses as he grins in victory, a snap of his fingers as the 4 weasels come closer "So..I win this game of tag."He smirks "I knew that stupid hare you meet lied and you were alive after all, no matter..he will be punished, and get to see you die..then everyone will. So lets come quietly shall we or are you gonna run again?"
Adrian strains to see anything through the fog. He had head running footsteps, but they strangely stopped. He can just make out voices, but not what is being said. He turns to Monty. "Somethin's off. Yerna 'n' Elbio shoulda tol' us somebeast was comin' up th' road ahead. I c'n 'ear voices, but they're too fahr off... Lissen, I'm gonna sneak closah, wot. You stay 'ere, an' make sure Selena gets off th' road, too..." Drawing his smaller dagger, the hare creeps through the underbrush, as quietly as possible.
Monty glances over towards Adrian and gives him a nod. He motions for Selena to hide herself, before he settles there and simply watches, waiting for a signal.
Emersyn frowns as she backs up and bumps into a tree, her ears flatten as she looks at the beasts in fear.."L..leave me alone...and no leave him alone, if you do you can kill me just....."She looks around, it's worse a shot"Somebeast help me!!"
Dearil growls, he starts to slice at her with his blade and nods to a rat to knock her out "Make her shut up before she draws attention, there may be more beasts around"
She's certainly drawn attention. Now that he's closer, Adrian can hear the commotion better, and he grips his dagger tightly. He remains silent as the dead, not planning on letting his presence be known for as long as he can manage. The fog cover is thus an unexpected advantage. Moments later, a weasel falls, silently, stabbed in the back with nary a whimper, and the vermin none the wiser.
Monty hangs back in his hiding spot along with Selena, and merely waits. If it started to take too long, he was planning on going on ahead to see exactly what the situation was.
Emersyn manages to roll out of the way of the blade if it's swung and stands, getting a few feet and falling close to where the long patrol hares are with a soft groan.She is tired,sore and her footpaw swollen.
Dearil growls, the fog is clearing a little but not in time as one weasel is lost, 3 remain as they look for the hare maid.Dearil draws his blade and looks around,scanning the area as he knows she could not of gotten to far
Adrian debates attempting a second kill, but decides that would be pushing his luck. The fog is thinning, as the wind picks up a bit, so he knows he can't keep himself well-hidden for much longer. Spotting the collapsed doe, he grabs her, hawling her up, and starts to drag her away back to where he left Monty. If they want to avoid an all-out fight, they'll have to hot-foot it quickly.
Monty notices Adrian returning, this time with another doe. He frowns, the buck not looking to be in the best of moods. And when Mad Monty rears his ugly head, good things hardly ever come from it. His paws clench, as he stares straight ahead, a soft giggle coming from the buck, an unusual sound given the circumstances. He gives Adrian a look, his eyes narrowing as the giggles fades into a growl, as he points a paw in the opposite direction. "Go, take 'er..." he mutters, in a tone not to be argued with. "I got ya covered." He then rises up from his hiding position, and stalks out onto the path, clearly visible to anyone coming in the other direction. There is a particular glint within his eyes, one that hadn't been there in a very long time.
Emersyn looks at the two hares, she is barely awake but she remembers "You...your..clothing is like...his..."And she passes out, allowing herself to feel safe,least for now and either way she clearly needs rest and likely a healer for her ankle.She is also thin looking and has scars on her from what looks like a whip.
Dearil snorts, he is clearly angry as he looks at the 3 left "What do you mean she disappeared? She can't just disappear....the boss will not like this" One weasel is not so wise "Your fault...not ours..."And then there were 2 weasels "She is nearby and you two are gonna find her or else....no one escapes the Blackrose...and lives very long"
Adrian wants to retreat, like, *this instant*. "Monty!" he hisses. "Not *now*! They don't bloody know we're 'ere, wot!" However, he knows it's a losing proposition. Selena, for her part, immediately takes pity on the thin, abused doe, and she helps Adrian get her away from the road. Elbio and Yerna will have to wait for later.
Monty mutters, as he approaches one of the two remaining weasels. "..they do, now." He swings a paw at him, trying to fell him with a punch. If that is successful, he turns his attention to the other one, trying the same tactic. It is obvious the buck is past the point of caring, the vermin making him angry enough to where that part of his brain that was always teetering on the edge, just tumbled over finally.
Emersyn is meanwhile a bit, unconscious now.She moves slightly and mutters something again.
Dearil narrows his eyes, "Come on..."One weasel follows, the other hears a noise and goes to meet..MONTY!..they try to call out and instead dies.The other one taps Dearil on the shoulder as he spins around and narrows his eyes, he gets a good look at Monty and grins "So there is more of you..Long Patrollers is there...."He grins "I will be sure to tell your friend..hello"He then leaves the weasel to his fate, yeah Dearil could care less as he is planning on getting back to the island.If one looks closely before he disappears,they would see a fancy looking black rose tattoo on his shoulder with curled leaves and thorns,and wild vines.
Adrian is grumbling to himself, about never getting any respect, and his orders being flagrantly flaunted, as he and Selena carry away the unconscious doe. He's giving Monty a stern talking to here soon.
Monty turns his attention to the remaining weasel, the hare's paws going right for his throat. Getting a tight grip, they remain there, squeezing hard until the weasel is no longer breathing. Monty stares down at him with an unsympathetic gaze, eyes narrowing a little as he continues to strangle the already dead weasel. Finally, his grip loosens, and he leaves him there on the ground. By the time he gets back up, Dearil is already gone, and Monty curses loudly. Standing there, he stares out at the place where he'd disappeared, before he finally turns and heads back in the other direction.
Emersyn will rest a while. Old scars..new ones.She is thin and later they will learn very hungry as its clear she hasn't had a good meal in a while.She has no shoes and her outfit is not the best,for sure when it gets colder weather. Her ankle is sprained and she has a few cuts and bruises from running.It also seems she knows where Elibo is he end up being the only one missing and not showing up at the camp site the hares make.
Adrian will leave Emersyn in Yerna's care, the older doe having many seasons' worth of first aid experience. He waits by the campfire he and Selena set up, for Monty to arrive so he can give the other buck a few choice words.
Monty soon arrives a short time later, the buck still bristling. He bypasses the fire and Adrian completely, walking right past him to stand on the outskirts of the temporary camp. He begins to pace back and forth in frustration, wanting to head back out and pursue Dearil. He kicks the occasional log, picking up a rock and flinging it into the woods.
Adrian gets up to his feet. "I told y' not t' engage th' enemy. Now they know there's more 'n' one o' us. They'll be bloody well waitin' f'r us, now." His voice is even and calm, but it still betrays the accusation that it is. "Oh, aye, they got Elbio, too. So now they know t' watch out an' prepare f'r a group o' Patrol 'ares... That is, unless y' killed their leadah just now... You *did* kill 'im, right? 'E couldn't *possibly* 'ave escaped you..."
Monty turns on his heel and stalks over to Adrian, the shorter buck going nose to chin with him as he stares daggers at his friend, his expression absolutely furious. His voice isn't nearly as level and calm as Adrian's though it posses the same amount of vitriol. "So it's my bloody fault th'bloody fool went n'got 'imself captured, is it? We're s'pposed t'be findin' recruits for th'bloody Patrol, not traipsing around rescuin' and killin' recruits we already found!" he snarls. "What's the point, Adj? What's the point of -any- of this? How long have we been out here, eh? How long? And wot in th'name o'Hellsteeth 'ave we accomplished? Abso-bally-lutely nothin'!" He growls and turns back again, moving in the other direction. "An' y'know damn well 'e got away, don't gimme that sarcastic nonsense. So what if they're waitin' for us. We're the MIGHTY Long Patrol, we can handle it, yeah?" He kicks at a branch in his way, the buck at a point of anger that he'd never reached in a long time, if ever at all.
Monty turns on his heel and stalks over to Adrian, the shorter buck going nose to chin with him as he stares daggers at his friend, his expression absolutely furious. His voice isn't nearly as level and calm as Adrian's though it posses the same amount of vitriol. "So it's my bloody fault th'bloody fool went n'got 'imself captured, is it? We're s'pposed t'be findin' recruits for th'bloody Patrol, not traipsing around rescuin' and killin' recruits we already found!" he snarls. "What's the point, Adj? What's the point of -any- of this? How long have we been out here, eh? How long? And wot in th'name o'Hellsteeth 'ave we accomplished? Abso-bally-lutely nothin'!" He growls and turns back again, moving in the other direction. "An' y'know damn well 'e got away, don't gimme that sarcastic nonsense. So what if they're waitin' for us. We're the MIGHTY Long Patrol, we can handle it, yeah?" He kicks at a branch in his way, the buck at a point of anger that he'd never reached in a long time, if ever at all.
Adrian's fist clenches. He's never struck a fellow Patroller in anger before, but the urge is rising. "I nevah said it was yahr fault, dammit!" he snaps. "An' yes, we *are* th' bloody Long Patrol, but in case you 'aven't noticed, there's only five of us, versus 'eavens only knows 'ow many o' them. An' with Elbio bein' captured, that makes it only *four* of us. An' we bally well need each othah's back right now, so I need you, right now, t' get yahr 'ead on straight, and stop bein' wotevah *this* is, because right about now I can't honestly say I c'n trust y' t' make good decisions." There. He said it. And he regrets the words as they come out of his mouth, but this needs to be aired.
Monty whirls back around at that, the buck getting right back in Adrian's face again, that same look of fury upon his normally calm and stoic features. "So why doncha say what's -really- on yer mind, Adj? Why don't ya just tell me that y'regret ever goin' on this mission, y'regret they sent ya out with Mad Monty. I know y'want to, so why don't y'just come out n'say it, eh? Save us all th'time n' energy. Get it out in th'open," he growls. "Can't trust me. Can't trust me, 'e says..." He throws his paws up into the air, as he turns to stalk away again, his voice rising, and breaking. "Y'know what? That's it. I'm -done-, Adj. I'm finished. I...I can't do this anymore. I can't. I'm -done-. Consider this my resignation." He wriggles out of his uniform, a simple tunic worn beneath, and he throws it on the ground. "M'goin' back to Castle Floret, an' livin' out m'days somewhere where I don't have to worry about any more killin, I don't have to worry about bein' hurt anymore." His chest heaves, tears fully running down his face at this point. He turns, and begins to head in the other direction, his ears folded back, as he aims a punch of frustration at a treas he passes it, as well as a growl to match.
Adrian watches this all, his anger welling, as his only close friend in the whole world seems to have a breakdown. He's not accepting lying down. When Monty tries to leave, Adrian lunges forward, to forcefully grab the other hare, and restrain him if possible. "Please... Please don't go. Please, Mont..." His voice falters. "Dammit, Mont... I'm sorry, I didn't mean t' imply... Please, I ovah-reacted, Mate. Y' undahstand? Right? Mont... We're friends. I stood by you..."
Monty goes to stalk away, but ends up being grabbed at the last minute by Adrian. He struggles, trying to tear himself out of his friend's grip. "Let me go, damn it..." he growls, struggling as he continues to try and tug himself away. "LET ME GO. I've bloody -had- it, Adj!" He turns to face Adrian, his face a mask of anguish, tears still running down his face. "She kissed me, Adj. She -kissed- me. And I left. I left it behind. I left -her- behind, when she needed me. I finally had an opportunity t'truly be -happy-. I was -happy-, Adj, those last couple days before we left. I hadn't felt somethin' like that in ages. And I left." He waves a paw at their surroundings. "I left it for -this-. More wanderin' around, more chasin' our tails in circles. An' fer what? For them t'pat us on th'back when we get back to the mountain, sayin' 'good job, fellas'?" Monty frowns, shaking his head, his gaze shifting to the ground. "Why? Why does this always happen, Adj? Why am I not allowed to be bloody -happy-?" He slumps down to the ground, burying his face in his paws.
Adrian slumps down with his friend. And now his arms around the other buck. "Monty... Y' shoulda tol' me..." He sighs, completely torn. "If y' love th' doe, y' shoulda told me, right off." He looks up at the sky. "I mean, I thought I was yahr friend? Friends 'elp each othah, dammit. An' frankly, if you quit th' Patrol... I'd 'ave t' quit, too, because who else'd help ya keep yahr 'ead on straight? On...th' othah paw, y' only knew 'er three days, Mate. Are y' *absolutely* sure about this?"
Monty sighs, merely sitting there for a little while, head in his paws as his pent up anger begins to dissipate. "Everythin' happened so fast. I...asked her to come back with us, she was afraid. She's...got a fear of runnin' inta vermin, cuz of wot 'appened to 'er. So I told 'er I'd stay, then, instead. She got scared, said she wasn't worth me throwin' everything away just for her...then ran away. Couldn't find 'er before we left." He sighs, shaking his head. "I've never met anyone who understands as much as she does, Adj. Yeah I only knew 'er fer three days, but...sometimes, y'can just tell. It was three days, but it felt like I knew 'er m'whole life." He lifts his head, and stares out into the distance. "...I...I don't know wot I want, Adj. I...just, I'm gonna sleep on it. Will letcha know in the mornin'. Fair enough?"
Adrian hasn't pulled away from Monty. He's never literally hugged the other buck before, but he is now. "I...I'd like it if y' did, Monty. Yahr like mah brothah." There, he said it. "An' yahr nevah likely t' see me get this mushy again, so don't y' evah say a word. I got an image t' maintain, wot." He sighs, and goes quiet for awhile, before saying, "If you were t' resign... I swear I'd 'ave t' resign, too. An' I wouldn't 'ear any argument from y' othahwise. Couldn't let y' go off on some damn fool adventure by yahrself, aftah all..."
Monty glances at Adrian and stares at him for a few moments, the buck's expression one of contemplation. "Adj, y'don't have t'throw away yer entire career just fer somethin' I decided. I appreciate th'gesture. Really, I do, but. I couldn't letcha do that." He sighs heavily, "Yer like m'brother too, that's why I don't want ya t'make a foolish decision. I'm fully aware o'the consequences if I step away. I...I'm gonna go try n'get some sleep. I...gotta lot of stuff t'think about." He extricates himself from Adrian's hug, and heads towards the area he'd chosen to sleep in. "Goodnight, Adj. N'thanks fer listenin'."
Adrian is set in that decision, but he merely nods his head and offers a weak smile. "Yes, sleep will do us good. In the meantime we should focus on freeing th' othah slaves, yes? Before any majah decisions are made, wot." He'll stay and sit by the fire, providing watch for now.
==MEANWHILE ON THE ISLAND INSIDE THE HIDDEN BLACKKROSE BASE==
Dearil came in looking fairly peeved off as he marched forwards, he shoved a slave into the wall that was in his way and went to a small room without knocking and kneeled down.
Kalypso looked at her 2nd in command, she remained calm "Your..report Dearil"
Dearil speaks "The Long Patrol hares are in the woods, I am unsure of how many but I am sure the doe is with them. Do not worry Master...I will find and slay them."
"No...take them captive, wounded is fine but I want to kill them myself...."She smiles coldly "Then sent Lord Ciocan their heads in a nice gift warped box...but rest first,then ..."She nods "Hunt"
Dearil salutes and stands "Of course...Master" And he heads off to rest, in the morning he had plans.
Evil plans
Ewan Benjamin Delaney Tanner Mosswell Jahveri-ME-LPhare of Redwall and Private/Fighter in LP
Zeldove Sally Wildfire-Archer/Fighter Hare in Mossflower Defenders
LOG:
Ewan was doing his normal check up on beasts around Mossflower and today he had an extra thick cloak on as the weather was getting much colder, if fact colder than it had been in seasons.He had just finished checking up on where the moles were fixing up some homes for a couple families of field mice that was staying at the abbey.
Zeldove came up the path and chuckled as she seen Ewan and made her way to him, waiting till she was beside him to speak “So took my advice and got a better cloak huh, good for you wot”
Ewan blinked as he heard Zeldove and looked over”Yes...I did, so what.It was needed after all so you were right, so congrats I suppose”He slows his walking so she can stay beside him.”I can walk you to the abbey if you like, or Ferravale, either is good”
Zeldove smirked “You have a way with words don’t ya Ewan, and the abbey is good...sides I like the food”
“Who doesn't like Redwall food? That would be very odd and ok”He stays beside her and smiles a little himself when he sees her smile.
Zeldove replies “I know of a vole named Poe who doesn’t like it at all.”
Ewan shrugs “Then he is a very odd vole then and clearly not one from this area”
“Nope, he lives in the woods”Zeldove says and looks around “The colder weather does have one good thing, few problems on the road”
Ewan speaks “Thar is always a problem somewhere, just not seen. Any path is not always safe , at night for sure and once in a while in the daytime. I caught sight of something I may look further into earlier...though I am unsure”
Zeldove tilts her head , curious “And wot was that to spark your interest, then again you find a lot intresting”
“Not a lot...if I want to learn I read a lot or speak to a beast whom may have the needed info...no this was a squirrel with paint on it’s face and ..not much to wear for cold for sure, and a bone in their nose”
Zeldove hmms and replies “Gawtribe maybe?”
Ewan stops a moment, the abbey gates are just a few feet away now “The..who wot?” Clearly a group he hasn’t heard of before.
Zeldove grins “OHHHH...Something you don't know, let’s go sit in the Great Hall by the fire and have hot cider and discuss this topic...you see they are a group….”And she starts to explain as they walk inside, stopping a moment to get cider and some small cakes and then it’s a chat and one she knows her fellow hare will listen to.
Ewan does indeed listen and keeps the info in his mind, he does ask questions and keeps that info in his mind, this is a hare that needs no notes taken as he just retains info in his seemingly ending brain storage!
******This Island Hides Danger-Tenderfoot Adventure Role Play*******
WHOM:
Dearil Sharepclaw-ME- Evil 2nd in command of Blackrose
Atvi-ME- Former Novice of Redwall Abbey
Kalypso -Leader of the Blackrose
Emersyn - Hare and Escaped Slave!
Elbio- Long Patrol Hare
Spoofs of slaves and Blackrose Beasts...
LOG:
It was a normal day for those of the Blackrose and its slaves. Some light rain fell and the air had a small chill to it as the leaves were indeed beautiful shades of red and orange, some yellows even but the beasts who were slaves were far from happy in the hidden valley of the small island. Once a home to about 2 dozen rabbits.Those rabbits now slaves along with any other passing traveler that came to the island.
Visits were rare though, but once in a while they came like a family of shrews, that same day all 5 shrews were slain.another time a hare and a badger came to visit, the badger Mancio was killed protecting the hare, the hare was Emersyn..and she was taken as a slave. The only other non rabbit was a vole named Atvi..a novice from Redwall who wishes he never left the abbey at all that one day.
It was today...two beasts planned an escape attempt…
Emersyn watched the guard closely as she passed out some tea and ale, a glance back to other slaves doing various chores.
The guard takes the ale and nods his thanks as he chugged it down, the other guard got ale as well and one got tea and went elsewhere as it was their time to get some rest.
Atvi was close by chopping some firewood.Every one in a while he looked up at where the hare was and then would get back to work.
Dearil sneered “Chop more wood already slave, we need a good deal for winter season after all and some for cooking”
Kalypso stood by the large building they had built, this is where the Blackrose stayed, the rest..the slaves, stayed mainly in the barn, too small to do much but sleep, they stayed dry but not warm as warmth was a small fire pit and logs were not always there for the fire.
Emersyn got close to Atvi as she looked back and forth “I drugged the ale, it should work soon...we can escape and get help”
Atvi frowns “Help where, we have to get off the island first and it's hard to say how close help is, Redwall Abbey is a good 3-4 weeks away”He frowns at that thought, if the Blackrose grew the way it wanted to, the abbey could one day be in trouble “And it's still a ways anywhere else unless there is some village somewhere”
Dearil didn't think too much of slaves talking, not like they could escape as there was only one way into and out of the hidden valley and two guards stood there.
Kalypso looked bored, not always a good thing”Someone best bring me some fish and creme and NOW!”
Emersyn looked over as slaves hurried about to please their master and owner, a glance at the guards at the entry.
The two guards had both drank the ale and ate a good bit of fish and mixed vegetables, food,ale and sleeping herbs soon get to them and they are fast asleep for likely a couple hours.
Atvi nods, “Yeah and before they gather the slaves to go inside.”He is all for escape, even if they don't have a plan on where to go once off this horrible place, it didn't use to be horrible he knows and he would love to see it a happy place again.
Dearil looked around and yawned, the light rain was interesting and he glances over at the feline and snorted, does she always have to complain, he snorted again as standing around was starting to get to him he needed..action or a chance to get off the island and hunt.
Kalypso likely would still complain, but today it seemed the fish and creme were to her likely and she shooed the slaves away.She did have plans to get more slaves but not many came to the island, but beast did pass through the area with goods, so maybe in a day or two as a couple scouts did keep an eye on things and there was the lookout tower to see the beach.
Emersyn took a chance and quickly went to the entry and studies the guards, she motioned for the vole to follow her.
Atvi frowned but then bolted, almost tripped but made it beside her, they were so very very close now.
The two guards, snored away..an earthquake would likely not wake them right now.
Dearil stood up better , he spoke to one of the other slavers “Gather the slaves for dinner.”
Yeah, the slaves dinner was a simple thin soup with a few potato slices, water and maybe a roll at times.
Kalypso watched as the slaves were gathered up and counted them quietly, ok maybe she would wait as sometimes one or two were elsewhere, they went out to the beach but only with a guard and she knew when guards went in and out and that wasn't today yet.
Emersyn quickly grabbed Atvi’s paw and ran! She ran to the small tunnel and down it and didn't even stop when they came onto the path to the beach “There is me and….”Tears come “ Mancio’s boat if it wasn't destroyed, it's a small fishing boat but it fit me and a badger!” She only hoped it was still there and able to get them to the main land area.
Atvi hurried along, he didn't complain when at first he was dragged a little, he kept his balance and smiles..freedom? Not yet he decided as he nodded “Lets hope its still there”
Dearil noticed something was...he scanned the slaves “Two are missing and so are...two guards”As the slavers also meet to eat dinner, just a lot better food.He looked to the entry and narrowed his eyes as he marched over just missing the escaped slaves, he checks the guards and the mugs, more narrowing of the eyes “Sleeping herbs?!” He then growled and broke the mug, the two guards would never wake as punishment was already decided for them, each a throat slash and they died as the 2nd in command roared out “There has been an escape!!!” And it was clear, hey only way in and out, where the two missing slaves were heading and if they acted now they could recapture them and it would be decided what punishment was good for the escaped slaves.
Kalypso is not happy and when she is not happy slaves suffer, “Put them in the holding pen!!” Well at least they got some dinner before they were forced to the slave pens, they look between one another with fear and maybe some hope, if the two got away after all…..this nightmare could finally end, or get worse if they were caught.
The hare maid looked around and almost gave up hope and then found it “The boat!” It was a little..torn up but it seemed to float, it was all they had so it had to work “Come on!”
Atvi took one look at the boat and backed up, “Is that even able to be used still?”
They could not take long to decide as Dearil came charging with about 5 other Blackrose beasts...3 stoats and a couple foxes, the other Blackrose members stayed at the base to guard the rest of the slaves and the guards were about to get a lot more alert and strict with rules.
Emersyn gasped “Get in quick! There is no time to figure it out!”She pushes the boat out and jumps in, a paddle? Ok she can use something else! She finds a replacement pole for the sail, wait the sail..the wind..”Help e get the sail up, the wind will help us go faster!!” The extra pole will be an ore she decides, but that wind will help a lot.
Atvi is already in and looks to the shore, eyes widen and he helps to get the sails up. “This is bad, very bad!!”
Dearil glares at the boat, he nods as 3 of the slavers are archers “Fire!!” He nods to the other two “Get my boat, yes he has a boat I mean..how did they get here after all and unlike most here it's checked on and keep in good shape by a small little sort of rocky area.
The archers fire off the arrows and the two foxes go get the boat ready to follow the other one, weather its to get the slaves back dead...or alive, it didn't really matter to them.
Emersyn is glad the sail is up and it helps, she eeeps as an arrow grazes her arm and the wind helps them get halfway across.
Atvi uses that pole to try and get the rest of the way to the mainland, panicking a little now.
It had been a couple a little over a week for the traveling hares and now the small group of hare friends had come to this area of woods with a large inland sea of some sort and planed to explore it soon.
So on the mainland is one of those traveling hares, Elbio is that hare and he is fishing.He sighs why did they pick him to do the fishing? Yeah, he was good at it but didn't mean he wanted to do it, he wanted to explore, maybe get a nap in but he said he would fish while the others set up camp, it was starting to get dark and he had maybe 5 fish, another one soon was caught as he grined.
“FIRE!”
And arrows come at the boat again! It’s not to very far to the main shore, would take maybe 10-15 minutes as one can see the main shore from the island beach and the island from the main shore.Unless it was foggy which happens at times. It was slightly foggy now.
Emersyn gasped as arrows torn the sail and one grazed her shoulder, on hit her arm .
Dearil had them fire 2-3 times and then he and a tall fox got in his boat, another fox join as well leaving two stoats on the island. They followed the boat and he grinned as he purposely crashed into her boat, his boat was a lot better build and could handle some small fishing boat, yes his was small as well but as said, build tougher and better.
Elbio looks up at the noise and slowly stands as he scanned the area, the camp where his friends were was off a path, maybe half a mile into the woodland.
Atvi tenses as he gets an arrow in his leg and frowns, worse the boat is them crashed into and starts sinking!
Emersyn can’t swim, so she panics, “Help me!!”
Dearil chuckles as the boat is basically destroy and motions to back off.He smirks “Escaping are we? You know the punishment for that dearies”
Elbio clearly hears the call for help and can hear other voices, but there isn't time to go find Adrian and them so he dives into the water to save whomever needs help.
Atvi can swim fairly well, though the injured leg slows him some, he does get to shore and groans in pain as he breaks off the arrow and gets the rest out letting his leg bleed, lucky not too much.
Emersyn sinks under the water, then resurfaces to grab a broken bit of boat.
Dearil grins,and scans the waters “To shore..we have a vole to capture..”The fox points to the water, he noticed Elibo as the 2nd in command nods,”Keep an eye out”
Elbio sees the hair maid sink and dives under to get her, he reaches for a paw and plans to get to the surface and to the shore with her if all goes well.
Almost all goes well, then Dearil and his 3 sidekicks catch up. “What is this? Helping with an escape, I think not ...”He grins “I think not”
Atvi notices the vermin, those Blakorse beasts and stands shakely on his footpaws.
Emersynis saved, well from the lake anyways as she coughs up a lot of water and her eyes widen in fear when she sees the Blackrose, for sure when she sees Dearil.She stands and looks around quickly to find Atvi, she speaks to Elibo when she goes to take his paw “Run!”
Elbio frowns”Run? Why run..I am not afraid of vermin.I am a hare of the Long Patrol” Ok he has arrows, but he also has a saber he draws out and he is outnumbered 3 to 1 odds as he thinks, ok he can run as he whispers ”I have 3 other friends..lets go”
Daril narrows his eyes “Get them!”
The chase is on, Dearil walks over to Atvi and smiles coldly,a punch to the face and he knocks out the vole and nods to a fox “Don’t kill him ...I want him to be an example to the others on why you don't escape the Blackrose” He gets a salute as the fox takes the young vole back to the ship, one other fox and the stoat stay with Dearil.
Emersyn speaks as her and the other hare run” Wot’s the Long Patrol? You have friends, how many and where..you..we can’t let Dearil find them!”
Elibo frowns “Who is Dearil, the one vermin? And why...it be like 5 to 3 odds...and Adrian and Monty are very skilled.”
Dearil catches up going to surround them.”Cut off any escape!!”
Emersyn panics a little and then “Atvi!..They have..took…”
Elibo thinks quickly and frowns, ok time to either be brave or stupid as he finds a sort of hollowed out area by a large tree and shoves her towards it “Hide!” He says,his plan...get to the others and come back for the hare maid.
Dearil and his two helpers don't see where the hare maid went and close in on the other hare.An arrow is fired!
Emersyn frowns but scoots more under the roots and vines and dead leaves .She lays down and stays very quiet.
Elbio hmms and gets out his own longbow and scoots to a stop and fires off his own arrow “Ya like arrows huh, heres one chap!”
Dearil side steps quickly and hears a gurgling sound as his own archer stoat falls over, arrow in his throat.He shrugs and narrows his eyes as he gets out his bolas and twirls them around and throws them.
Elbio was not expecting that! He yelps and the bolas wrap around one leg and he tenses in pain, lucky the boals strike mostly the ground and so he avoids serious injury, but his leg will seriously be bruised knee down,the uniform helped some too and the fact he had some sort of pads on his knees to take most of the blow of those bolas.
Dearil walks over and grabs the hare by the collar “Well well well ...seems we have a new slave”
“What about the hare maid?” The fox asks.
Elbio tries something, it's worth a try as he takes a deep breath and glares at Dearil “Ya monster..ya killed her, she’s dead..”It's a lie but if he can buy her some time to escape and hopefully find the others, he will.
Dearil smiles coldly”Good…”He cups the hare’s mouth, on his gloved paw is knockout herbs smashed up that he keeps in a vile on his side.
Elbio struggles and then goes still as he is forced into a deep unwanted sleep.
Emersyn stays where she is, so close she can hear voices and tenses up..wait he just lied? Lied for her? She frowns and stays hidden until she hears them leave and follows them quietly enough to see the lake shore from the tall grasses.
Dearil gets the hare on the ship, a brief look at Atvi is seen and the small ship heads back to the island as heavy fog sits in, she frowns and backs up, she had to find that camp Elbio mentioned, friends he said, Long Patrol he said..she isn't sure who that is but..then she rushes off, they are warriors right? Warriors who can help her and the slaves, maybe freedom was closer for the slaves, she had hope it was.
==The Island Base of The Blackrose ==
Elbio woke slowly, his leg hurt so bad,”uggg wot happen guys?”
“You were captured by the Blackrose, that's what happen lad?” A rabbit came into view, other rabbits were here as well.
“Wots the...Blackrose?”
An answer to the hare’s question came quickly, a couple vermin came in and spoke “All slaves to the clear now old..and new ones.”
The rabbits helped Elbio get to the clearing as it would be a few days till he would walk without help. He looked around and frowns a little.
Kalypso was in the front and in front of her was a tied up vole, Atvi
Dearil came forwards as well “It seemed two captives escaped, one was brought back alive” It was not clear if he believed the hare was dead, though it's possible he went along with the lie, who knows. “This one….”He grins “Last words?”
Atvi looks at Dearil “Hope ya rot in hells gates soon scum”
Elbio frowns, “The Blackrose..slavers, where are we?”
“An island, an island that was once my tribes home”A rabbit answers, the other rabbits nod in sadness it was far from a home now, it was a slave place.
Dearil grins “Let this be a lesson to you all...try and escape”He slices the axe across the voles neck..there is a now headless vole”And you pay with your life..you don't try to escape then we all get along”
Atvi is dead,before he hits the ground, he is dead.
Elbio is not sure but something awakens in him as he glares at Dearil, this vermin is going down..maybe not today and maybe not tomorrow but some time soon
The rabbits tense up in fear after seeing Atvi die and some whimper, dibbuns here cry.
The slaves are soon placed back in the slave pen.
Elbio speaks”I have friends..maybe Emersyn got to them and if she did they will help, they are the Long Patrol.”
“Long Patrol?” A rabbit asks, the others curious.
“Emersyn IS ALIVE?” A Rabbit is now happy, so is others and a hope builds up within the slaves.
Maybe this nightmare they were in would come to an end after all.
Have any pages that might help people with poses? Like if one wanted to make a pose better, for example.....
Bunny the hare run down the beach and onto the Halyard.
OR.............
There was a light breeze and the sun was out as Bunny run down the sandy beach , the light breeze blowing against his ears as he was in a race to get to Halyard by lunch time.
Ha ha....Dom and Blorg could have swamp tea together . The hares could find him and he could tell them how Konner is fine he is with his new friend Blorg and the hares be like oh a new friend ok lets meet them....and Dom introduces them...yeah Blorg is a little....ummm shy and quiet? Yeah thats it he is just shy
Be really funny if he took Blorg to the mountain, like sure he will go home but ya know Blorg needs a home too...so there is like this toad skeleton just forevering chilling in Dom's room at the mountauin and the hares and even the Badger Lord is just like........yeah what ever...OH! And Blorg is always holding a mug of some sort of ale and a plate that always has a snack of some sort on it!
So was one ever made?
Reading the logs...you all should plan a find Dominik role play. I think that would be neat.
And you need some more privates to join up ..so maybe people can make some fun loving brave hares to like..join up!!!!!
Who:
Ewan-Private/fighter and Residential Redwall LP Hare
Zeldove- Fighter/Archer in Mossflower Defenders
LOG:
Ewan sat in a chair and ate some pie, apple pie it looked like with honey on top, and a glass of milk beside it he drank every so often.He looked outside at the entry and could see some small flakes of snow but nothing really ever stuck, yet..just a thin coating of ice, all over outside! He sighs as least its warm in here.
Zeldove makes her way to the great hall and stops when she sees Ewan and walks over "Hallo..didn't get a chance to say that yesterday, name is Zeldove..archer hare, fighter...member of the Mossflower Defenders now ya see"
Ewan looks up, when did she get here "Umm....hey"He says in his simple tone. And goes back to pie and milk, his snack choice for the eveit seemed.He didn't seem much a talker right now.
Zeldove sits down"Ya..don't talk much, do ya?" She studies him "Where is that uniform of yours and like wot is it, no other like hares of beast in it"
Ewan finishes all but one slice of the 8 slice pie and scoots the last piece to her, he may as well.Then that question and he answers "Long Patrol...I am a private in it..fighter if want to know that also"
Zeldove grins "So...ya CAN say more than a word or two and ok..wots de Long Patrol and where are the rest of them at, ya cant be the only one,.....right?"
Ewan rarely talks much, unless its a topic he knows of.."They are at Salamandstron with Lord Ciocan..on the Western Shores....There isn't as many since the siege..but more have joined, I know..most of them, ranks and age and weather a fighter,healer,runner...only don't know is those that joined since then....well meet a small group once but not recently. We are fighter hares and Lord Ciocan is the Badger Lord.I am stationed here to..well keep eye on things and report things and such"
Zeldove gets that slice of pie and some water as she nods .A grin "Badger Lord...sounds neat.I know of two badgers here but guessing this Ciocan is different, I mean he has a title and..they don't really have one"
Ewan frowns "Krisha has one..Mother Krisha..Badgermother of Redwall...and Xander..ummm...ok he doesnt but he is leader of Mossflower Defenders and when Keldorn was here he called him Sir Xander..Ciocan is different yeah and like 8.5 foot tall, for real he is."
Zeldove says, "I knew that Xander is leader of the Defenders, didn't know the rest."She chuckles "Your just full of all kinds of info arnt ya Ewan."
Ewan says, "I like to learn and like remember things after looking once..like paths.I know 3 ways to the Western shore and even an area to avoid on the river cause of these weasel like beasts that knock you out with smoke, not to be confused with the painted ones...who are rats and more insane..but I think they maybe left the area I don't know....not checked lately, they left the one camp had so...maybe."He should check, well once he can"I update the Badger Lord in Spring unless its real important like when Oz, the former BadgerMother died, that was important news"
Zeldove hmms as she nods "I heard of the siege...led by a Ormaz or something, seen the memorial in the graveyard, tis nice to have that..always remember something like that"
Ewan says, "History is important"
Zeldove says, "Well of course it bally well is"She smiles a little "You know, your a fairly interesting hare"
Ewan tilts his head "I...am?" Seems he doesn't think so."Really?"
Zeldove nods "Ya are..ya know facts and you have a grand memory that's clear from wot ya said.You would like never get lost probably. You could be like the expert in descing a beast that needed found...well guess you would have to see them first"
Ewan says, "Or have them desced to me, sometimes works..sometimes doesn't"He smiles a little"And..thanks, so you staying the winter or..staying elsewhere?"
Zeldove answers "Staying think, this abbey is nice and the food is great and traveling in winter is bad usually,least too far...and I am a member of those Mossflower Defenders, hmms base is in Ferravale but that's ok, like the food 'ere better"
Ewan nods "Then stay...Abbot Benar likes guests to talk to in the winter season and the abbey is nice, well anytime but a couple like celbrations happen in winter time and sometimes they are put into one thing and sometimes not"
Zeldove asks, "Sounds nice"She yawns and stands "We should talk again Ewan, soon maybe?"
Ewan thinks on a reply and nods "I..would like that, yeah would like that its a good idea"
Zeldove chuckles and nods "Night Ewan"
Ewan nods "Night....Zeldove"
Wake up and be like..whoa there is snow all over
Early Snow!!!!
This could be fun..wouldnt have to be a storm..just wake up and oh look,.......SNOW!!!!!
What if there was an early snowfall?
Thoughts?
I mean the abbey has all its harvest in and I think the Gousim does, not sure on Camp Willow...
Is Ferrvale good?
Good or bad idea?
Could make for good role play maybe
WHOM:
Ewan-Me- Residential LP Redwall Hare,Private and Fighter
John-Warrior Squirrel
Anwir- Evil Monitor
Krisha- Badger Mother
Xander- Leader of Mossflower defenders
Caleb- Brother at Redwall
some various spoofs...
LOG:
Ewan walks along the road, near the woods and is alert.He has changed a good deal since he has been stationed at the abbey.Yes he has his moments at times but any bad flashbacks are a lot less now.He also is much better at fighting and skills training which yes he kept up with since he is still a Long Patrol hare after all, he is just the Redwall Abbey Residential hare..news is sent mainly in the spring and autumn and in fact he will send some again here soon by either sparrow or maybe that eagle that hangs around the area.
Up aways on the road, a squirrel can be seen trudging along. John has been up all night searching for the trail from the scuffle on the road, but, after several hours, the bent bushes and smoothed grass stopped. He is now returning to the abbey in hope of a good meal and baring the news.
Ewan speaks as he sees the squirrel "Hallo..."He keeps his distance as to not startle him or if he does he is not harmed because of it as some beasts can panic if suddenly hear one out of supposedly no where.
Squinting, John shields his eyes from the morning sun with his paw with his other on the hilt of his blade. Seeing the long ears, he relaxes and waves, calling, "Hullo there!" He starts closing the distance between them, adding, "Nice day t'day, aren't it?"
Ewan shrugs "It be nicer if someone wasnt missing.SO me and the champion is patrolling around for Krisha, she had went to talk Xander into not like...leaving guess...but he came back later on so guess they somehow missed one another or something happen before they had a chance to run into each other..Xander is at the abbey now and staying or think he is..he was told to stay anyways"
"Aye, I know 'bout Xander." John nods, stopping in front of the hare. "I were with him last time 'e left, I was. Anyway..." The squirrel points northward, bags noticeable under his eyes now. "Just past h'Black Gull were signs o' Krisha meetin' th'lizard, there were. Badger an' monitor prints both, there were."
Ewan ears go flat a little, he then nods as his ears perk again "Monitor....ok"He is quiet and speaks again "Maybe carried her? They are strong creatures and about de only thing that can carry a badger or fight one but I don't think she can fight well...never seen her fight anyways."
The squirrel rests his weight on one leg, shrugging. "Methinks dragged her, it did. There were marks of that for some f'a little while 'efore th'rain wiped it away..."
Ewan nods "Ok..we will find her as couldn't have gotten too far...right?" He is of the Long Patrol but not a leader type, he is still a private unless they some reason rise his rank."And find her soon."
John sighs. "I've looked all night, I have." He mutters, darkly, "An' I lost the trail 'bout four hours 'efore sunrise, I did. I'm no professional tacker, though, so maybe some beast good at tha' could have a go, they could. They got far."
Ewan nods "I know all...most of the woods and monitors can't be out in the cold..something in their body where they can't warm up well so he has to be close by, a hollowed out den or log or something."This hare has explored a path once and can remember it, he knows 3-4 ways to the badger mountain as well."So where the tracks became maybe one, ya may of been close"
"Aye, so I've heard." John nods, tapping the hilt of his sword. "Mayhaps I were...I marked th' tries with m'dagger, I did. I can show beasts th' spot I lost th' trial."
Ewan nods "Ok..guess it's me and you, lets go look"
With a deep sigh and a longing glance southwards, the squirrel nods again. "Aye, let's." As John turns back north, he asks over his shoulder, "Say, y'happen t'have anythin' t'eat with y'? Haven't had anythin' since dinner, I have."
Ewan looks over, he is a hare of course he has food"Tis not much...but"He stops as he looks in the pack "A small afternoon snack ya see"He smiles...3 apples, a couple pears, some cheese and apple slices, rice cakes and some mushroom pastry and small cakes, some bits of cut up bread and spaish pastry, he has some october ale and some water"Tis not much..."Yeah for a hare.
"Well, are y'willin' t'spare a pear an' a bito'cheese, are y'?" John asks before he starts off. "Come on! Sooner we find Kirsha h'better, an' y'can eat tha' in peace, eh?"
=Hour or so later==
Anwir is in this den, sort of den its more a hollowed out area of what was once a tree that fell down and a couple logs, it sort of formed a little hideaway thanks to over run grass and bushes and has a sort of half dug den of sorts, maybe an old wolverine one but enough room to stay and hide, little room to move much but the monitor did not have plans to stay here, he has a better den by the river he just has to get there following the wooded path.Most would avoid day travel but night has become unwelcoming to him seeing as its starting to be cold at night and him and cold are far from friends."Wezzzzzz go now...sssssssso move"
Krisha glares at the monitor but listens as little room to argue in here or try to bolt, maybe in the open there is more of a chance.
Ewan studys the path and signs of anything along the way as he walks along, looking left and right as he hmms "Think a tree fell sometime in past season...interesting..paths de same though"
A little ways away from Ewan, and not paying all that much attention to the hare, John is walking with his crossbow in paw. He stops, ear perked as if he had heard something. Deciding it was nothing, he moves on ahead. "Come on, hare," He calls over his shoulder, "We're nearly there, we are! There!" He points to a tree with a small slash on it. "Made tha' last night, I did."
Anwir makes sure the badger stays close as he is not far from the two beasts on the path but the trees are also a little thick in places as he heads to the river"Quietzzzzzz..or elsssssssse"
Krisha does stay quiet as she makes a mental note on just where she is, a small frown as its hard to say how far into the woods they got as she was unconscious thanks to a knockout dart but she hopes not too far as she remembers not being far from the abbey at all, yes she likely should of tried to get to Ferrvale but even that far she may of failed and still ran into the monitor.She has no clue that Xander turned around and went to the abbey, her thoughts are he left and planned to stay gone after a couple beasts she talked to and the speech, the walking off without a word was not like him.
Ewan nods "We are..close then."He looks around and listens closely, he studies the ground, hmms very little tracks and there is mud as he looks around again for anything, a sound even or a clue.
"Aye, close..." John responds, gazing out into the trees around them. He doesn't hear or see the two fleeing beasts, but he does keep his weapon at the ready.
Anwir looks around and hisses a little.He is not always careful in avoiding a trail or breaking some bush.Who would come near him after all unless they want a bad day.
Krisha frowns, she quietly takes off her scarf she usually wears and lets it drop to the ground, hopefully someone can find it and get an idea of the trail as if they make it to the river, may or may not be a good thing.
Ewan nods and hmms, it does take a few minutes or so, so yes they are close, he tilts his head and jigs ahead as he sees something that's not a flower or colored leaf, it's that scarf as he picks it up and quickly looks around now, a lot more alert than he was before.
Having heard the hiss, the squirrel come over over to Ewan, front facing the direction the noise came and crossbow up and ready. "Heard somethin', tha' aways." He whispers, gesturing with his weapon before looking down at the hare. "Found somethin', y'have? What is it?"
Anwir is too busy looking for a best path to the river without being right in the open, a low hiss as its breezy and a little cold breeze at that, he can handle it right now as during the day it's not too bad but enough to slow him down.
Krisha asks "What do you plan to do with me?" She has no fear in her voice as she is done with being afraid of this lizard, she looks for a chance to run, a small opening but where to run as she would look for one of the couple camps but at the same time she doesn't want to put other beasts in danger.
Ewan nods "Krisha..wears this..and there is tracks.."And voices he hears, a frown as he has his saber ready for trouble, he remembers a monitor some seasons ago it..was not a good thing to see.
Raising his paw, John hisses to the hare. "Differently somethin' up ahead - come on, slowly an' get tha' weapon o' yours ready, mate." He lowers his crossbow, slipping it onto his back. He points to one side. "Y'take left, I take right, an' be alert, could be them." Drawing his sword without waiting to see if Ewan does it, he moves forward to right, passing a few trees and bushes.
Anwir smirks "Yourzzzzzzz ssssssssse ssssssssoon, youzzzzz behavesssss maybe live asssssss pet fer while..winterzzzz issssss sosssson, will need....sssssslave again"
Krisha frowns at this and then shakes her head as she slams an elbow into his chest, ust enough to make him let go of her, "No way!" She is a lot braver than seasons ago and she has a lot more to live for now too. She has a home,friends..family and the abbey needs her.Its been barely a day..or will be a day once its nightfall again and she has no plans to be =missing= longer than needed.
Ewan nods and has his blade at ready..the voice though as he decides to run ahead as training he has had kicks in and he finds them, and..oh boy not a monitor, not a monitor...he manages to take a deep breath and his ears droop as he starts to back off but no, he can't..he has to help, maybe just get to Krisha and help her get further away so someone else can distract the monitor. Ok this wasn't the best plan of action.
Meanwhile, John had unclipped his buckler from his belt, holding the tiny shield in his left paw and adopting a battle stance as he advances as quietly as a squirrel only can. Of course, all that goes out the window as soon as he sees Ewan run. "So much f'suprise..." He mutters with a sigh before leaping forward, ready for a fight.
Anwir hissed in pain and gos to swipe a claw at the badger, then he sees the hare and narrows his eyes.He then smiles coldy"Bunnyzzzzzz hassssssss comezzzz to play?" He goes to right away attack the hare, the badger forgotten for now.
Krisha catches sight of EWan and frowns, barely avoiding a claw swipe she looks to the lizard and Ewan and frowns deeply.A quick glance around for a weapon of some sort, well there is a branch maybe, she should run but the last thing she wants to see is a friend killed.
Ewan frowns, he seems frozen in fear as he whimpers and finally moves as claws go across his arm, a jolt of pain as he goes to stab the lizard a couple times in the arm, he is starting to panic with this monitor right in his face, flashbacks of another monitor creep into his memory as he shakes his head not to panic, not to panic...forget it it's a little too late for that.
Mother Krisha?" John asks, as he steps from behind a bush to stand by her briefly. "/Run/." The squirrel, without another word, raises his blade and follows after the monitor. He attacks from behind with a quick jab, his aim to distract the lizard before it can get any more hits in on Ewan.
Anwir grins, he likes seeing fear in a beast as it excites him.He chuckles coldy as he grins at the hare "You fearzzzzz mezzzzz you win deathzzzzzzz"He goes to swipe a claw at him, bite him if he can and just try his best to slay a hare!The squirrel is a bit of a surprise as the blade goes hit him in the side and he goes to kick the squirrel away if he can.
Krisha frowns, she looks at the fighting beast as she starts to back up.She finds a few rocks as she tosses them at the monitor "Tired of running from him"
Ewan shivers, yes he is afraid, as the monitor misses once, hits his leg once and bites down on his ear but he does roll out of any life threatening hit and breaths in and out trying to calm and failing
Leaping out of the way of the kick with the monitor's rear claws barely missing him, John glances back towards the badger as the rock whistles by his ear, shouting, "Well by all means do wha' y'will!" The squirrel brings his blade up to give a light slash, aiming for Anwir's back. "Turn an' face m', y'coward!" He taunts as he does it.
Anwir gets a couple missing claws thanks to the hare and goes to grab him by the throat and if he succeeds throw him a few feet before he turns to slash the squirrel...and a couple rocks hits him as he hisses, no matter lets kill a squirrel first is his goal."Hellozzzzz....sssssssssnack"
Ewan has a torn ear, already has a long gash on his side and he dropped his saber.He gasps for air and feels himself fly a few feet and then the tree, and then the world goes black as he is seriously knocked out.
Krisha finds a branch and then gasps as Ewan is knocked out and goes to check on him "Ewan?..Ewan?!" She looks for a pulse and breathing and if needed holds pressure to one of the worse wounds.
Anwir hisses low, he chuckles "Issss fun to ssssslay sssstill...I had fun withzzzz chaossssss on a traveling caravan."He goes to try and claw at the squirrel again, he would use his tail,but its gone.
Ewan has a pulse but he is bleeding and very unconscious now.He has a broken arm and leg also, his ear tip he might lose but otherwise no other injuries but those and the gash on his side.But a healer soon would be very nice.
Krisha frowns, she has an apron she keeps on around her robes, she uses that as a temporary bandage and looks at the lizard, a glare forms as she stands and walks over to where the hare dropped his blade and looks at the monitor..a grip is on the blade, hey her father taught her to use a blade she just...never wanted to...but this monitor, this monitor she has feared all her life and is not gonna let him cause fear again as she growls low and goes to make a slice at the monitor's back while he is distracted! She is not as helpless as you might think it seems.....well beasts have their secrets and her knowing how to use a blade is her's.
The claw connects with the squirrel's forearm above the buckler, and, while the simple padded armor blocks the full hit, a bit of red seeps out. John doesn't respond much to the monitor's prodding, though, instead giving another quick jab with his sword, the metal glinting in a small patch of sunlight. He moves to onside slightly so as to let Krisha have more space.
Anwir was clearly not expecting any attack from behind as after all the only fighting beast is the squirrel, the badger maid is so very...weak?A grunt of surprise as the blade enters his shoulder blade and comes out the front,it's enough to distract him so John's weapon to sink into his gut...he hissed as he goes to swipe at the badger, and kicks the squirrel away, but it's weaken strength for him.
Krisha manages to step back as she lets go of the saber and the claws misses her face by a hairline as she looks back to the hare real quick and back to the monitor to make sure he isn't trying to swipe at her again.
Twisting the blade savagely before yanking it free of the lizard, John seems to be bent on causing as much harm as he can. The kick lands because of this, though, and the squirrel lets out a howl as the monitor's heavy foot claws connect with his relatively unprotected shins. Stumbling back, he raises his blade and buckler in a more defensive stance, ignoring the stinging pain in his arm and leg, blood now dripping from both.
Anwir is surprise yes and that blade is still in his shoulder and exciting the front just under his collar bone as he hisses in pain and goes to lunge at the squirrel, he is losing a lot of blood himself now, the squirrels blade only causes more pain and blood lost as he coughs up blood and hisses, he is breathing faster now and shivers a little as the lunge is likely serious off balance.
Ewan gives a weak groan of pain, he is semi conscious now but at least the cloth has stopped any blood lost for now.
Krisha decides to tend to Ewan best she can and stays beside him for now, not moving him yet though as she makes sure it is safe to move him and then will very gently pick him up, slowly and easy as to not jolt anything and cause more pain or injury.
John lunges forward himself with his blade, the sharp point directed at Anwir, while bracing himself for the monitor's weight by spreading his legs and bending. His left arm, the cloth upon it red, brings the buckler up to protect his face.
Anwir grunts as the blade enters his chest, he tries to oddly still get a grip on the squirrel and then to sort of go sideways but soon sort of just falls sideways on his own as the blade enters near his heart and trying to jerk away and move only helped the blade find his heart and lung, the monitor lays still as the breathing increases and then seems to stop, a couple twitches and the monitor is still...all life leaves the monitor as it finally dies.
Krisha watches as the lizard stops moving finally, is it dead?Is it over?She checks on Ewan again and looks over at John"John?"
John seems ok as he nods and he can walk.
Krisha nods as she can carry Ewan, she speaks "Thank you....by the way...I went out to get Xander back, try and..talk to him and then that lizard sneaks up on me"
Snorting, John cleans his sword on the dead monitor's vest, "Y'were, were y'?" He says as he sheaths the blade, bending to pick up his buckler. "He's back at th'abbey right now, he is, or out lookin' for y'!" His wounds aren't that deep owing to the padded gambeson the squirrel wears, though they are bleeding. He can most likely make it to the abbey, though he will need medical attention when he gets there.
Krisha blinks "He..came back? But he..left, a note said he was not coming back..."She can ask later what happened to get him back, she is just glad he is back and glade the monitor is dead and gone, "The monitor he must of grabbed me before he turned around to go back....home, is he staying home?"
Ewan mamanes to sort of wake up as he speaks "Pain......"He groans as he focuses on where he is, being carried it would seem.But he can..sort of speak, "Think...don't bally...know..."He spoke to the badger briefly,"Before...monitor maybe was..waiting to go...somewhere.."It wasn't clear to him if it was temporary or for longer or maybe things change, he has no clue as he is sort of half out of it.
"I were with Xander when he left, I were." John responds, giving the hare a worried look. "Methinks we should get back t'th' abbey, I do." The squirrel rolls his shoulder, wincing again, "Don't know how long I can stay on m'feet, an'th' hare need help soon..." He starts to head off south, towards the abbey. "Come on, we can walk an' talk, we can!"
Krisha nods as she carries Ewan and if needed will help support John if he needs help.Luckly though guards are on the wall tops so they will most likely get some help inside.
Krisha carries Ewan to the infirm and lets an otter by the gates get John into the abbey as she frowns and sits Ewan down on a cot and sits in chair herself a little shaky but ok, she shakes her head at the healer she is fine tend to the others for now.
Caleb is not a healer but he knows some things as he noticed the group and right away made sure his grandma and mother knows the beasts were back and went to the infirm "What happen...whoa.."He smiles when he notices Krisha is back and ok or is she ok?
Xander right away notices Krisha and makes a bee line for her, hugging her but not too tightly as he glances at Ewan and then Krisha, worry in his eyes.
Ewan groans, he is mostly unconscious with a gash to his side, the tip of one ear torn badly and has a broken arm and leg..what fun.
Krisha allows the hug and is clearly tried as she sighs a little and leans into the hug, she finally gets out "I'm not..not hurt"A little shaken up, and there is some bruises and a claw mark on her face but she is correct, she avoided much in the way of injury.
Xander listens and is silent till he finally finds the words to say "I was worried...so worried and they didn't want me to go look for you"The lizard where is the "I won't let the monitor get you back, trust me I can go look for it...slay it"
Caleb listens as healers tend to the injured beast "Monitors are..like really bad and dangerous too"
Ewan has his injuries tended to, it's clear he is likely gonna be stuck here a few weeks likely.
Krisha speaks finally "Its dead..John finished it off."She will hold off on saying she injured it fairly bad herself, she needs some sleep as she ends up falling asleep against Xander.
Xander holds onto her and lifts her up placing her gently onto a cot but still a concern and lets motions for a healer t o check her anyways as he walks over to where Ewan is, a brief glance at John.
Caleb says, "I am sure she will be ok Xander...and also I have no clue what all happen...ummm a fight..."He listens and akss "Is the monitor for sure...dead?"
Ewan groans, he comes to a little after the healers have mostly bandaged him up "Its..d...d.ead...gone..."He is clearly in some pain and gulps a little "Monitors...are...b..b...bad....John would of died, maybe me if.."He stops"If Krisha didn't distract it, she stabbed the monitor in the back..errr shoulder and the blade c...came out of hits collarbone and john...finished off monitor....I got..very little in..."Panic attack didn't help him either, maybe if he didn't panic he could of done better but hey he is alive to tell the tale.
Xander listens and looks surprised "Krisha......did wot?" He glances at where Krisha is sleeping now and looks back to the others, he nods to Ewan "Get some, some rest..."
Caleb nods "Good riddance to the lizard...he was creepy and evil and..bad" Though he sort of wants proof but it can wait.
Ewan would answer but he has slipped into some needed sleep. sleep is likely best right now.
WHOM:
Dearil- Me-2nd in command of the Blackrose
Atvi- ME-Former Novice of Redwall
Emersyn- A hare that's a slave to the Blackrose
Kalypso- Leader of the Blackrose
Spoofs of slaves and some slavers...
LOG:
The days were starting to get a little cold at times. Then it was autumn, it got colder further north. But that doesn’t always mean cozy fireplaces and warm soup and drinks, this island was no under the control of The Blackrose, the remains of a ship of some sort lays off a path from the beach. There is some sort of cave, from a distance it seemed like nothing, but if one ventured inside, and down a small tunnel…it opened up to a little sort of valley, hidden away. It would seem beautiful to most with the exotic wildflowers, a small pool of water…but then the harsh reality hits you…..this once peaceful hidden valley settlement, has been taken over by slavers! A flag with the tattoo of the Blackrose flutters in a couple places in the wind, a fancy black rose in bloom with thorns and curled vines and leaves. A small village once simple and peaceful, lays in ruins and the only thing standing is the town hall and a couple other buildings, one area for the slaves and one for the slavers to stay in, the place is very well guarded by a couple dozen rats with longbows, and some ferrets here and there, the Blackrose is not too large a group but the only narrow entry and exit, makes them just as dangerous.
Kalypso walks out of the once Town Hall, now the main building of the Blackrose, she smirks as she watches the slaves, “I do hope no one is having a good day, good days are not allowed here.”
Atvi frowns as he carries some pails of water to a barrel and empties them carefully and slowly, he has gotten used to being here, its home to him now. He was a vole, once a novice at Redwall, if only he didn’t leave.
Most of the slaves are rabbits that lived here, they still live here but are now slaves in their own homeland.
Dearil bows to Kalpso, “My leader…..how is your day? Should I send a patrol out to look for slaves?”
Emersyn was a hare, one of few non hares here, she sighed and almost tripped as she carried a heavy log, but she made it…just barely.
Kalypso smirks “We do need more, don’t we? I like this location, good for a starter base. Maybe in time it can be grand.” She hisses at the hare maid “Drop that and you get no dinner.”She chuckles, the slaves were lucky to get 3 meals, not the best meals but meals all the same.
Atvi looks over at the hare and sighs.
Dearil nods “Of course my leader…I can also recruit, my raven spotted a group of vermin beasts, the group has 3 ferrets and a couple weasels, also I managed to get the wolverine clan on the beach to help us, for a small fee of course”
Emersyn frowns “I’m sorry..”She sits the log down and gets an ax, firewood that she wished was for the slaves, but no it’s for the Blackrose, most things on this island was for the Blackrose.”
The rabbits had crops here, now most of those in storage…
For The Blackrose
The small orchard of fruit trees outside the cavern….
For The Blackrose
Any fish caught, any water..Anything….
For The Blackrose
The slaves got very little of anything now. It was not a good life, yes they got to live but no one smiled. No one laughed, and if one tried to escape. They were greatly punished and maybe even slain. So far only 3 beasts had been slain…a couple rabbits and a badger who had been caught
Kalypso shakes her head “Slaves these days but yes…we need more.” She looks at a list “ 18 Rabbits, 1 vole and 1 hare….as for Blackrose members 4 dozen strong, more would be good and the wolverine tribe will be great allies, how strong are they?”
Dearil answers “A dozen, but very strong…sometimes a little hard to control but very deadly if told to capture a slave, they will keep them alive…they just require fish..raw fish as payment and the rare slave who chooses to disobey too much”
Atvi is listening, he can’t help it and shivers as he sits by the hare…the one time they all get a 15 minute break “You need to be more careful, ya want to be dinner to those..things outside?”
Emersyn frowns, “Those…things don’t scare me…I am planning on an escape..you can come, me and my friend had a boat, If they didn’t find it….we can use it, it’s small..a fishing boat, if we get to the main land we can escape and…maybe get some help for the others”
They were lucky no one was listening, slave or slaver…..the Blackrose leader was by the once Town Hall. Making plans for when colder weather came, there would still be work and the slaves would be able to keep warm enough to stay alive anyways, they needed slaves after all so it would be warm, but some drafts if sleep in a certain area of the building used to house the slaves, otherwise it was warm, straw to sleep on though.
Atvi frowns, “Escape? How?...the only way in and out is always guarded.”
Emersyn thinks “There is …ways…I sometimes serve the guards drinks, if I can find Valerian Root….it grows near the stream, not much but…it’s a strong sleep aid and mixed in an ale..Becomes stronger, they might only be knocked out a very short time or just so sleepy can’t pay close attention, that’s all we need.”
Atvi was….interested indeed, he nods “Well….worth a try anyways…..so how and when?”
A plan set in motion or will it be their doom?
Looks like 2 est it starts so...cool. Ewan will be around
Will try and get Ewan on, if not maybe he can help some though in...what ever it is.
If I can't make it will read the logs and see what Ewan would most likely know ICLY