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one sees the river as quiet and peaceful, calm as it's winter time. Most inside where it's warm.

Not today

Today it's far from quiet as Log-a-log has checked on the log boats and is now cussing and muttering looking ready to rip his fur out.

Leigh has ventured out of her hut to see what all the noise is about, she looks at a fellow shrew "Wot is wrong is Log-a-log?"

A tall shrew shrugs "Chief is having some sort uh mental breakdown"

Another nods "Yeah went te check de log boats and now he is...Ummm...well like this"

Log-a-log kicks a pile of snow and finally speaks "Me Log boat is gone, some beast stole it!"His eyes flash"When be getting me paws on them, dead they be!"

The tall shrew frowns "Maybe de wind blew it off?"

"How? It was tied up...like away from the water" Another state

Leigh walks carefully over "But, how and why? Is it possible  the storm did something?"

Log-a-log shows the cut rope "See cut..some beast done cut it."He searches for pawprints, anything, and cusses again so it is likely wise to stay back a few feet.

A couple of shrews do as they watch their leader pace and mutter.

The tall shrew walks over to examine the rope and hmms, he judges the distance to the river."Well, whoever also messed up the cattail plants too."

Leigh speaks, "But why just one, and why steal it?"

Log-a-log takes in a deep breath, then exhales "Cause they want at de end of me rasiper!!" Oh yea perfect reply

Leigh sighs," Ok maybe calm down a little, I mean what vermin or maybe woodlander would be out in this anyways"

Log-a-log just screams, slams a paw into a nearby tree trunk, and goes to storm off, going the wrong well and eerks as he is sudden;y chest high in freezing water as he walked on some thin ice.

A couple of shrews quickly and carefully get him out of the river and pull him towards dry land.

Leigh checks on him "Well least it was only a few seconds, and not in the deeper part of the river"She takes his paw "Come on, back inside to the fireplace.

Log-a-log shivers "My log boat..someone done stole it they did, they want a rasiper to the head...they..."He shivers "I'm freezing..c...c...cold"

One shrew shrugs "It's winter Log-a-log"

"Yeah duhhhh"

Leigh sends them a glare as she escorts Log-a-log inside, "Then inside you go, get warm, rest healer's orders"

"But my log boat...we needa find me log boat" Log-a-log complains.

Leigh  hmmmphs"We need our leader well too, maybe Osward can guard ya make sure ya rest, we can figure out the boat later" Her tone, obey the healer or else.

Log-a-log frowns "Yes ma'am" He will obey...so much for the log boat today but in a couple of days.....maybe?

Who:

Elbio-Ensign, Archer, Fighter, soon to be Rw Rsidential Hare

Zolomon- Sargeant, Runner, Archer

Some various spoffed vharbor beasts

LOG:

The docks.....what docks it seemed to be the question. They were mostly washed away except for a couple of areas where it still stood. The main Harbor  Master's building still stood but was still filled with a little water and lots..lots of mud and seaweed! Vermin and some woodlanders stood around as a pile of old deck pieces lay in a large pile, bits of half poles broken stood in a few places, bits of the collapsed deck.

Elbio walked up and scanned the area with a frown."Ok everyone stay close, no one wanders off and that's an order."

Zolomon had still a small patrol of hares as he looked around. His expression was not his normal one, he looked more serious than normal and had a few spiked bits of headfur. His uniform neat and clean, longbow and arrows on his back, saber at his side.

The Habor Master was a sea otter, his name was Jeral, he got along with most and had the respect of many it seemed. He was speaking with a group of volunteers that was helping clean things up."Alrighty ye got ya duties." Most left.

Elbio takes a deep breath and walks over with a salute"Habor Master sur, Ensign Elbio reporting fer duty, was told de Long Patrol could use the Habor Master Building while we are here helping out sur"

Zolomon stands nearby with the various privates from the units sent, he clears his throat when one starts to walk off making the hare stay in place.

Jeral looked at Elbio and nodded a polite hello" Hallo thar, and yes ye can use de building"He is tapped on the shoulder as something needing his urgent attention makes him need to rush off, it's likely best to talk to him tomorrow it seems.

Elbio frowns, ok so far not going so great. "Ok suppose we make sure the helpers  know where ta put the supplies."

"Or ya leave hare" Comes a voice, a tall stoat who clearly didn't like the hares being there."I know Jeral wants de Long Patrol 'ere..I don't"

Zolomon walks over calmly and folds his arms over his chest "Problem?" He says in a dull tone, but his eyes seem to say back off.

Elbio nods to Zolomon "I am fine Sargeant no need to worry" He then speaks to the stoat "We are here to help rebuild the docks mainly, we even have food supplies, maybe see if some buildings need repaired"

The stoat just chuckles and then draws out a cutlass"How bouts I cut ya up, see if ya fellow hares can repair ya, hmms?" He goes to swing the blade.

Zolomon right away is in front of Elbio going to grab the stoat's blade arm and glaring "How..bout No"His voice sounds cold.

Elbio backs up and when Zolomon is in front of him he frowns "Sargeant!"He says as the other hares watch nearby unsure what to do. Well too late to say no fighting. He looks back at the others "Stay thar, no one..go anywhere" Back to Zolomon and the stoat as he gets out a dirk, just in case.

The stoat's arm is lowered as he blinks in shock, he then goes to kick the hare in the upper leg! His other paw not held down moves to punch the Sargeant out!

Zolomon manages to move sideways to avoid the punch, he grumbles as he is kicked and lets go of the stoat to send one powerful kick of his own to the stoat!

Elbio shakes his head they  clearly don't need this, he doesn't need this.

The stoat screams as he is sent backwards and into a nearby cart. He groans and then growls quickly getting out and charging the hares.

Zolomon calmly watches, actually walks closer to the stoat, and then goes to trip the stoat as he sidesteps.

The stoat gets tripped and then picks up a wood plank that's broken and goes to slam it into Zolomon.

Elbio gets his longbow out now and aims, not in a vital spot just a warning shot towards the stoat. He then fires off the arrow.

Zolomon gets hit in the arm as he sidesteps the stoat, trips over some loose rocks, and groans as he gets the wind knocked from him.

The stoat grins and then yelps as the arrow sinks into his upper arm. He spins around  and looks right at Elbio."Your pay for that hare boy!!" He does back off Zolomon and just chuckles"I'll be back, with friends.." He spits on Zolomon and walks away.

Elbio relaxes but keeps an eye on the stoat "We don't want trouble, we are here to help Halyard, everyone in Halyard as the docks being gone affects the whole town, and who knows what else it might affect if not fixed right away... a bit hard to get to close and do this right" He did notice small boats getting some supplies off a ship but he knows that won't help too much.

Zolomon sits up and glares at the stoat as he wipes spit from his uniform, he stands slowly "Yeah, if ya friends want trouble they will get it if they try and fight, then I guess we will need to clean up the scum in the village too, like you"

A few gasps from beasts watching, yes there is some that distrust, some here even still hate the Long Patrol but a lot has put aside differences to get the town docks fixed.

Elbio clears his Throat "Sargeant, over here please that's an order."

The stoat chuckles "Go on...obey, go back to fixing things but know this some of us don't want ya here..."He smiles, it's not   friendly "Like me..."He gets closer to the Sargeant "I mean...There is a way for me ta like hares, maybe in a nice stew with some veggies."

Zolomon turns to leave and then spins around to punch the stoat in the jaw! Sent a hard kick to his stomach and then heads over to Elbio.

Elbio face palms and mutters to himself, he folds his arms over his chest and looks at Zolomon "Are you trying to make trouble for us? I don't need it, I know thar is vermin here who...well hate us and the stoat is clearly one of them but doesn't mean I WANT to invite trouble, wot is wrong with you?"

The stoat gets punched right in the jaw, the kick sends him into the sea that's beside them, he coughs and gets back to shore, he snorts and heads further into town, a plan to come back with a couple friends most likely.

Zolomon  just looks at the Ensign " We need to rid the town of the bad ones, we need to prevent slavers from being around, we need to not just clean the town up of...well storm damage but clean the town up from bad vermin...even Terrence would agree...this town needs to be safe if I had it MY way that stoat been needing a grave"

Elbio keeps his arms folded "We can not go after every vermin we think is...bad or even all the bad ones. Yes some are likely dangerous, I know this but we are to fix the docks, we are to help with food and supplies which I expect to get here in the morning, if not before and I will be talking to the Harbor Master, and yes I will mention the stoat. You have gotten some sort of....I don't..don't like it"

Zolomon snorts " Some sort of wot?"He shakes his head "I am sorry you seem to dislike me."He shrugs "I don't need liked. "

Elbio shakes his head, he looks to the others "Ok everyone let's get this building cleaned best we can, a couple of scouts..."He nods and points "You two..see if can find a clear area, and away from the tide, to set up some tents....maybe near the fish market or just past it."There was still a fish market, just not as big as before. He looks back to Zolomon  "Help clean and...look your friends are gonna start worrying about you if they don't already"

Zolomon salutes "Of course..sur" He starts to head to the Harbor Building to help "And friends? I don't know if I have many, I did have one...true friend and he was murdered and I will never see him again, I couldn't even go to a funeral, and wot is worse...he's been dead least a week, likely more, before we get the news from one of the Mossflower Defenders, gee where were they at I wonder. Anyways I need to go help clean the Harbor Building, have a good eve sur"He then walks silently away.

Elbio ears droop as he sighs, why him, why does he have to deal with this, he much rather have the old Zolomon as this new Zolomon is...well to tell the truth starting to seriously worry him.

****This happens about 2 days before Zoltar gets to the Hamster Settlement and burns it/destorys it...I just now posted this ****

It was freezing outside as they traveled upriver, so cold it was stupid to travel really, and the river had bits of ice in it.

Oz shivered a little as he sat in the log boat, he stayed quiet as usually making noise got him grumbled out.

Esmeray rolled her eyes and decided to place  a blanket over the badger, "There."

Zoltar looked over as he paddled "Take that off him, my servant doesn't need a blanket."

"Yeah, and if he gets ill, he is of no use to you"Esmeray replied "Then what?"

Oz smiled a faint little bit but didn't dare reply to either of them.

Zoltar grumbles and goes to shore."I am in a good mood...leave "He looks at Esmeray"Leave and live, or stay and die"

Esmeray blinked and hmmphs as she gets off the log boat, "Fine...come on brat"

Oz frowns but starts to follow her out of the boat.

Zoltar right away grabs the back of Oz's shirt"Not the cub, he belongs to.."He narrows his eyes "Me."

Esmeray backs off and hisses low, but she is smart to not argue"Fine...I hate dibbuns anyways" She walks off into the woods deciding whatever job or pay she had is over, she will need to find a new job and a place to set up camp and be warm.

Oz frowns as he watches the cat walks off, he looks back at Zoltar quietly.

Zoltar tosses the blanket into the icy river and gets them back to the middle of the river. "Ok, you paddle stripedog"

"I no know how.."Oz says quietly

Zoltar growls, ears back, and presses the paddle into the cub's paws "Learn.....if we keep going downriver instead of upriver...I     make YOU go downriver as in a free swimming lesson in an icy river in winter"He sneers "And if by some miracle you get to shore, it's getting dark...it's cold and we are miles from that stupid abbey"

Oz shivers and gulps, he tries to paddle and messes up a couple of times but he does get the log boat going upriver after a couple of minutes but it's hard work.

Zoltar grins "Your a fast learner stripedog...good"He relaxes now letting the cub paddle "We need to travel all night and into the day, hmmms round lunch should be at me,  friends cave, need to pay them a visit, claim back what is "He makes a fist"Mine"

They would travel upriver all night and to almost lunch time the next day till finally getting to a slightly creepy area of the river.

WHO:

Elbio- Ensign,Archer, Fighter, Soon RW Abbey Redwall Rsediatial Hare..

Zolomon- Runner, Archer,Sargeant

LOG:

olomon was in the training room punching repeatedly one of the dummies set up. He had already done some push-ups and sit-ups and didn't look too tired yet.

Elbio watches him before clearing his throat for attention, he waits on a reaction but is already not so sure this is a wise idea.

Zolomon looks over "Wot is it Elbio, I was doin' some training before I go to sleep"Though last night he hardly slept at all.

Elbio walks over slowly "Rest is good, ya know...also I...I remind you I am in charge of the mission, Ciocan and General Quinten both said so, so you should get to bed, I...I know you didn't rest last night, little sleep is not good for you"

Zolomon shrugs, "Just...leave...me....alone," He said, sounding rather grumpy. He folds his arms over his chest."Leave...please"

Elbio ears go flat and he starts to back off, but then he stops, no he has to show leadership here. "No....Sargeant, I will not leave you alone, you're... you're worrying me, you're not acting like..well like yourself."

Zolomon glares at the other hare "Gee...I wonder WHY!" Oh yeah...my friend...BEST friend is dead, murdered, and seems his murderer is still walking around so full of annoying life and oh..ohhhh they likely have my pal's son as a slave. I want..I need.."He makes fists at his sides.

Elbio stands where he is unmoving, a deep breath "You will..calm down now."

Zolomon opens and shuts his fists and then picks up the training dummy and throws it across the room so it smashes against the wall! He looks at Elbio again."Calm..down? Why..why are you in charge anyways of this..mission, how bout a new one!"

Elbio takes a deep breath, he stays somewhat calm...ok he is starting to fail but he is trying."I was placed in charge...and supposed to outrank you and Terrence and we are all supposed to go to Halyard"

"You don't even know much about Halyard, never been there" Zolomon states, his anger is rising."I rather be hunting down a murderer so I can fill them with arrows till it's said...gee why are all these arrows here in the shape of whatever vermin that was."

Elbio frowns, "No, but I looked at a map cause that's how you learn wot is thar or where something is. Look I need you to be focus on helping with this mission, you're more focused on something else"

Zolomon storms over to Elbio and glares at him, he looks ready to punch him and then snorts "I'm hungry, I'm gonna go get some food, then go to bed" He walks out not bothering to look at Elbio.

Elbio ears go flat and he frowns, he tries to figure out what to do, ok advice? Maybe warn Terrence...yeah that's a plan tell Terrence...Terrence can maybe..chat better? Worth a try..right?