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Who:

Ummm...a lot of beasts, too many count!

LOG:

Salamandastron is not used to guests or such a vast array of small guests.   
   
But General Quinten, his staff and the Kitchen staff have done their best and the great hall is festooned with streamers and paper chains, lanterns and whilst outside the tag end of Summer has dissolved into a storm that is all rain and lightning and wind here in the depths of the mountain it can barely be heard.   
       
   
It's not quite a Redwall feast, the variety of food is not quite as broad but the quantity, well the quantity more then makes up for it. The tables along the far wall next to the door to the kitchen are groaning under the weight of salads, pies, quiches, desserts, cakes, trifles, more salad, these ones with nuts. A gigantic punch bowl full of Strawberry Fizz, several kegs of wine, and the single remaining barrel of Lord Ciocan's October Ale.   
       
   
The table itself has a Sergeant of the Home Guard and five chefs standing guard over it to keep the circling, hungry hares of the Long Patrol and the dibbuns of Redwall away from it until Lord Ciocan says they can start. Matilda is entertaining everyone with a deft display of swordsmanship in the middle of the wide open space in the middle of the hall. She is whirling and spinning, the sword of Martin the Warrior gleaming and sparkling, slicing and whirling back and forth as she dances nimbly on her feet, the sword flickers out and an apple that Oswald tossed into the airdrops back down perfectly peeled and sliced into pieces, the core bouncing into a bin nearby.   
       
   
Several beasts oooooh and clap and cheer as the Hedgehog draws her dance like motions to an end by slicing through two candles the GUOSIM shrew throws into the air. The two lengths of wax fall away but the whick drifts down through the air, perfectly shorn from the candles interior to land on Matilda's outstretched hand as the Champion of Redwall bows to Ciocan.   
       
   
His lordship claps from the doorway where he is standing with General Quinten. He then makes his way through the crowd with a warm smile for everyone and approaches his large chair. Settling into the heavy, sandstone carved chair he nods to Quinten who lifts his voice and bellows over the noise, loudly enough to cut everyone off, "Give heed, the Badger Lord Ciocan, Guardian of the Western Shore, Master of Salamandastron, Leader of the Long Patrol."   
       
   
With silence, well mostly silence, some of the younger dibbuns are still making noise the Badger Lord speaks, "Welcome everyone, and thank you for coming. Now I am not Abbot Benar, I don't have a fancy speech written, all I wanted to say was... thank you, today... today is a joyous occasion, a victory to be celebrated so.... let's begin."   
       
   
He thumped one hand to the left and knocked the bung into the tankard of October Ale and lets it spill out into a tankard and starts to fill tankard after tankard hand them out to people. Quinten meanwhile starts to serve the strawberry fizz to all the little ones as the buffet tables are declared open!   
       
   
Zolomon was always on time for a feast! Then what hare is not on time for a feast, after all, a hare missing food would be odd.   
   
Old Major Pete has even come into the feast, a couple of privates who get some food go back to sentry duty as someone has to after all.   
   
Donica smiles as she gets her food and some ale as well and watches everyone "This is nice and I am glad the mission was successful.I wonder whom all will tag along and go on to the abbey place?"   
   
Felicity is conspicuously absent from the festivities. She's being kept in the Infirmary while the Healers try to figure out a way to get through to her and get her to start responding. So far, no luck. Julia is upset and has been since the heroes arrived back. She has not been allowed to see her sister because the other adults are concerned about how both of them might react. However, she has slipped her and her doll into their new dresses for the feast. She's quiet, but with the DAB, that could always be a bad sign.   
   
The Redwall Dibbuns have been somewhat timid since they arrived, but they seem mostly okay since DoraRose is leading them in. They're all dressed in clean clothes, not fancy, but clean and nice. Squirrelbabe is acting like she knows exactly what to do, and honestly is leading the other Dibbuns at least as much as DoraRose is. They all sit and behave mostly well, although there may or may not be the beginnings of a food fight that had to be stopped by the mouse Warrior.   
   
   
Varus is dressed in his dress uniform, his array of medals polished to a dazzling shines. He's got an arm around his wife, Olivia, whom is likewise in a flowing dress of blue, though the insignia of her rank of Lieutenant is quite visible fastened to the right shoulder of her dress. Varus and his wife, after Ciocan has finished speaking, stop near him briefly, and Varus gives a smart salute. "Sah. Spiffy show, wot wot. Spiffy indeed."   
   
Koda is helping to serve the food and drink and will get his own and sit down after most have gotten some food and drink of their own.   
   
Gregorian has attended in his best dress uniform as well but slouched back in a chair watching the sword display he was looking quite relaxed. He sat up a little when the badger lord began to speak. He raised his drink at the end but doesn't get up to gather food immediately, he's letting the crowd around the table die down a bit first. Grace was off somewhere with all the other dibbuns, enjoying meeting new beasts.   
   
Keldorn is sitting near Keifer as the two chat among them selfs, and the shrew chuckles at something said by the hare. They will get some food and drink also once the line eases a little, he does raise a glass to the victory and smiles "A victory is always good!"   
   
Leigh enters the room a little late and has braided some flowers into her head fur, she smiles and greets beasts as she enters the room.   
   
Xander raises a mug and nods, he has been quiet today and had a little help to get here and sit down as the staff he has borrowed since he has been here resting near his chair. He has yet to get up to get anything to eat or drink, though he does have some tea he is sipping right now.   
   
Rufus peeks inside and has decided to join in on the fun as well, he goes to stay near Ciocan as he looks around "Lot of beasties in one place, is interesting yark"   

Cole and Slaw come in, fight over a pie till they get a glare from a Sargeant and then get their food and drink and quickly sit down.

Ciocan looks at Varus and Olivia and holds out a hand to grasp the Major's forearm in his own, "Thanks Varus, I hate speaking in front of crowds," He rumbles softly, "But thank you, without you and the other officers under you we would not have had such a smooth ride," the badger lord then offered Olivia a smile, "Nice to see you too Olivia, now both of you enjoy yourself."   
       
   
Oswald meanwhile gets up and walks over to Leigh and offers her his hands, "Hello my love, how are you doing darling?" he smiles warmly, "Care to join me for dinner?"   
       
Matilda advances on the food table, the sword of Martin back in its sheath at her hip and the crowd of very hungry long patrol hares melt out of her way. No one is foolish enough to jostle or jab elbows at the hedgehog. There is some music, the Long Patrol Marching Band are performing some very uplifting music and a bunch of the Home Guard and non-patrol hares who usually look after the leverets are taking care of Redwall Dibbuns, making sure they have food and enough to eat and behave themselves.   
       
Zolomon grins"I say a feast is always grand, and fun too" Pete just rolls his eyes at the Sargeant as he quietly eats some food, it would seem Pete isn't one to chat a lot of the time unless it's important to do so.   
   
Varus smiles and inclines his head respectfully. "I thank y', Sah," he replies. Olivia also nods her head. "Thank you." She turns and watches the dibbuns and leverets mingling, and chuckles. "This will surely be a night to remember for many seasons."   
   
Oz just looks around wide-eyed at all the beasts here, he even giggles at one of the hares, one gets a little too close and the tiny badger grabs their ear as they let it get too close. Ciana is the only hare dibbun not from here, or really the abbey for that long she had been at the abbey a few days maybe so she is just extra quiet.)   
   
Leigh smiles and takes Oswald paw " That would be lovely dear, I am sure we can find a good place to sit."   
   
Isa is with the dibbuns, waiting impatiently for food. She'd wanted to watch the storm for longer originally but the promise of food was effective bribery. The moment she has food though she quietly waits for a moment for the adults to stop paying attention and then she ducks under the table, taking her plate with her to sit on the floor under the table and eat there.   
   
Donica eats quietly and smiles, this is a good day. A hare asks if she is going to the abbey, she replies "I may just stay here, they may need some help after all and it be good to have another healer here, that and have some training to catch up on wot"   
   
Koda finally gets his own food and sits down in a chair once he finds one and looks around, there is a lot here, some he knows and some he does not know.   
   
Xander leans back in his chair, he then goes to slowly stand and frowns a bit. Getting the staff he uses it to help him go over to get a plate of food and something to drink. It's clear he dislikes the staff he has, he dislikes not being able to walk without it but it could be a lot worse as he has been told a lot. He is alive after all,   
   
Rufus yarks, he looks over at a couple of hares who seem very unsure of a seagull being in here, but decide to just not say anything about it as one gives the seagull some fish and rice cakes, to which the bird nods his thanks.   
   
Keldorn sips some ale " I will be glad once we get back to Mossflower, I have missed the GUOSIM camp"   
   
Gregorian frowns slightly for the gull, he never has been fond of the birds. With the food table clearing though he finally gets up to claim himself some dinner. He gives Xander a brief nod as the badger's by the table already "Evenin'. Yah lookin' bettah than the first time we saw yah on the beach"    -   
   
Oswald smiles and leads Leigh over toward the buffet table, "So when did we want to set the date? When we get home to the camp? Or ask the Abbot?" He holds out a plate for the shrew maiden and smiles at her.   
       
    Ciocan meanwhile has settled back in his chair and is just watching everyone having a lovely time, smiling as he accepts a plate of pie and salad and smiles at everyone, it is so very nice to see everyone having a good time.   
       
   
The dibbuns meanwhile are being fed and given drinks, the helpers Quinten has drafted in to help look after them know what they are about for the most part. Mothers and nursery workers themselves have a good idea of how to handle little ones.   
       
   
Zolomon watches Xander and motions for a private to help him if needed. He sips some ale and smiles "I might jolly well head ta Redwall after all...have a feeling might need me seeing as Felicity is clearly staying...likely means Terrence will stay too, guess will have ta see if they want me to come along, and be nice to visit the jolly abbey"   
   
Ciana starts to relax a little more and even smiles some as she enjoys the food with the other dibbuns.)   
   
Varus and his wife eventually drift toward the food table and toward Gregorian. Varus nods at the other buck. "Evenin', Greg," he says, casually, whilst Olivia serves herself.   
   
Donica nods to Zolomon "I would say ask his Lordship sur, he would know."   
   
Leigh smiles at Oswald " I am not sure, either Log-a-log or maybe the abbot, perhaps if we get there in time for their autumn feast, that be a good day "She will sit down when he does.   
   
Koda just enjoys the feast, he has not seen a feast before so this is nice for him.   
   
Xander nods to Gregorian "Yes sir...I am doing better, still a little unsteady when I walk. Need a better staff or a cane..."He sighs as he is gonna have to get used to the cane the rest of his life, he does let a hare help him get his plate and drink to a chair and says a thank you to the hare.   
   
Keifer sits at the end of one of the tables, he eats a little and that's normal for him. He then excuses himself and heads back to the infirmary.   
   
Keldorn waves goodbye to the healer hare and looks around, a smile here and there as today is a day to relax, they will be heading on to the abbey in a couple of days.   
   
Gregorian selects a few things for his plate but doesn't get far before he pauses to glance back at Varus "Majah, evenin'" he nods to the doe too "Olivia" he resumes his food gathering "Quite the spread. More tailored tah the dibbuns than usual but I shall nevah complain about an extah selection of cake" he glances back to Xander again, nodding along "Well, yah'll probably still get bettah but trust me yah can get used tah it"   

Rufus enjoys his fish and rice cakes, staying beside Ciocan he just looks around every so often at all the beasts.   
       
   
"Well when we get back to Mossflower we can decide then," Oswald says as he sits down with Leigh and settles in to just enjoying the food and spending time with his fiance.   

       
Cicocan meanwhile is watching the feast and the beasts, smiling as he sips on a tankard and just smiles happily, he is really very happy to see everyone having such a good time. Several of the dibbuns are getting into a grump over who drank whose drink but several of their minders move in and smooth it over and then Quinten arrives and tops everyone's drinks back up with the strawberry fizz, gathering the dibbuns around him to start telling them one of his stories.   

       
Zolomon looks over and chuckles "General Q seems ta get along with de little ones...that's nice" The dibbuns do calm down when a story starts and even Ciana is listening, edging closer as the story is told.   

Oz meanwhile giggles and decides some applesauce is better on the head of a hare that picked him up, he giggles loudly and then pouts when he is sat down again.
   
Olivia smiles to Gregorian in greeting, as she picks out a few quiches. "I *really* should avoid too much cake, really," she says with a laugh.
   
Keldorn watches everyone and sips some ale, a bite of pie he has, and is enjoying the feast.   

Leigh nods " yes we can decide once" She smiles " Home...do hope all is well home, everyone will be most glad to see us I am sure"   
   
Xander looks over at Oz as e ists back down slowly and shakes his head, he then starts to eat dinner, sips some drink every so often.   
   
Rufus speaks to Ciocan "Is Bunny Lord gonna need Rufus come along to the Red stone house ?"   
   
Donica blinks as she overhears what Rufus calls Ciocan and looks over curious, she didn't see much of the bird while on the ship.   
   
   
Ciocan looks toward Rufus, "If you would like to accompany us, Rufus that would be welcome," He smiled, "I am making the trip myself in-person to see the little ones home safe and sound. I'm not about to let anything happen to them now, I'll be taking a veritable army with me into Mossflower to keep everyone safe."   

       
The feast however seems to be going down well with everyone, the food and drink are flowing, the music is loud and boisterous and a space has been cleared for dancing, several hares pairing off to take a turn on the dance floor. They are shortly joined by a small stampede of dibbuns who have decided food is boring when there is dancing and they are currently bopping around, all in their styles.   

Zolomon looks over and chuckles at the dibbuns as the dibbuns dance, both the ones from the mountain and the Redwall dibbuns, both groups are getting along, hmmmmmm.....that could be good or bad. Ciana though stays at the table with little Oz who just watches and yawns, a hare maid frowns as the small badger is a very messy eater,then he is still fairly young and has barely learned how to walk or talk much yet.

Gregorian chuckles at Olivia "As should we all but yah not really livin' if yah give up cake" he glances at the dibbuns as he talks "It's nice havin' so many more youngsters around for a few days, eh? They've had a long way tah go"   
   
Donica watches "Well they are having fun at least...well most of them anyways"   
   
Xander watches quietly from where he sits, he is happy the mission went well and happy to hear they will head on to Redwall soon, but some things are clearly on his mind still as he has gone sort of quiet,   
   
"I know I'll be mahchin' off t' Mossflowah," Varus declares. He takes a sip of Raspberry fizz. "Somebeast 'as t' keep those hares in line, wot wot." His wife, meanwhile replies to Gregorian, "Not going to lie, it takes me back," she says. "Reminds me of Adrian at that age... Full of spunk." She frowns. "I wonder where he and Montgomery are right now..." Varus rests his paw on her shoulder. "I'm sure th' lads 're fine, mah deah..."   
   
Leigh smiles and enjoys her time with Oswald happy that they reunited and has rarely left his side since.   
   
Keldorn chuckles "All the dibbuns are getting along, is that good?" He gets some more pie and cake even and glances over at Xander and sits by hin "Are you alright Sir Xander, you are being quiet. It is good to see you are much better, even walking now."   

Rufus nods "Rufus will come, Rufus is back to flying ya ya"His feathers have come back from after his molting, that was seriously annoying too, landing is a slight issue but he is working on it.   
   
Gregorian finally decides he has enough on his plate to munch on a bit as he watches the dibbuns, glancing briefly at Varus "Yah off on the trip tah finish the mission then?...I'll admit I like tah see things tah the end but I requested tah remain behind" he nods at the dibbuns, focusing on Grace where she's so far behaving and eating "Yah miss a lot at that age..." a little shake of the head and he's back to talking between eating "Besides, with his lordship and myself off sailin' about the forge needs a beast tah stop and catch up with everythin' again" he glances at the pair when Adrian and Monty are mentioned though and after a pause looks back to his food "They're capable hares, I'm sure they'll be fine"   

Donica speaks "I am staying at the mountain unless they think they need an extra healer along"   
   
Xander replies after a while when Keldorn is beside him "Just....guess lot on me mind, and miss home "He looks at the staff he has sort of borrowed "Need a better one..."He frowns as he looks at his paw, slightly shaky but nothing near like it was and it's only sometimes now, He snorts"Also been thinking....bout change and all"   

Keldorn nods "Change can be hard at times, yes but at times it must happen"   
   
Varus gives Olivia's shoulder a gentle squeeze, as he looks at Gregorian. "Aye, I will," he replies. "I'll be th' most senior rankin' 'are available aftah all. Th' othah Majahs are on their own missions or off duty. Somebeast 'as t' go t' 'elp keep discipline." He looks at his wife. "I know I just got back... An' I'm goin' off again, Deah... But th' trip t' Mossflowah will be considerably shortah th'n th' trip t' Terrmont was."   

The dibbuns seem to start to finally get tried and so the helpers gather them up so they can get to beds soon to rest.   

   
Zolomon watches the dibbuns, then decides to walk over to Xander "Hey Xandy....ya doing ok?"   

   
Gregorian backs away from the food table a bit, at last, eating as he goes "It should be a simple return journey at least...Plus I'm sure when yah get there yah'll get tah enjoy anothah feast. If there was evah a reason for Redwall tah throw a party it'll be the dibbuns returnin'"   

Xander shrugs, "I...am alive" He glances around as beasts walk, some still dance or get more food, maybe even help get a dibbun off to bed here soon ."Maybe I will head to bed early"He gets up, a little shaky and frowns, he uses the staff he has and then it ends up slipping from his paw and rolling away. He grumbles and just takes a deep breath and gets the last few feet to the doorway showing he has a very bad limp, it shows a bit less with the staff though.   
   
Keldorn frowns and starts to go help and then sits back down as he looks at Zolomon"Maybe you coming along will also cheer sir Xander up a little"   
   
Zolomon frowns as his ear droops some, he watches Xander and as he gets to the doorway, he nods to Keldorn"Maybe...though likely getting back to the abbey will cheer him up even more so, or least I do hope so"   
   
Varus idly munches on a salad while chatting with Greg. "Anothah feast. Can't say I'm not lookin' forwahd t' that, eh wot!" He laughs heartily.   
   
Xander does make it to his room, steadying himself along the walls slowly   
   
Gregorian notices the badger losing his cane and leaving anyway but he doesn't move, it didn't look like help would be accepted anyway "A propah Redwall celebration too. They might really go all out for that...They'll be glad tah see all the younstahs home, it's been a long time since the dibbuns were lost"   

   
Zolomon nods "Feasts are nice....hmmms like over a season right or something?" He frowns as he had learned how long the trip to here was as they didn't come straight here after they left the abbe., a frown forms., that was a long time and still at least a month till any news, but hey good news at least would be literally at the gates soon enough

   
DoraRose is in the only dress she brought, and she seems tired, although her smile is there for the Dibbuns. The feast goes well from their end, and the mouse takes them off to bed when it's time. Julia goes with them, although she has been getting more and more cranky as the evening continued. However, they get to bed with no fight, and DoraRose comes back and eats more food in peace, not speaking much. She's getting worn out looking after all the tiny people. She goes to bed early, herself.

   
Varus nods. "I haven't experienced a propah one o' those since I was a young Lieutenant too many seasons ago t' even bloody count, wot." He sips some wine. "That was before you an' I were married, Olivia."   
   
Gregorian nods to Zolomon "Somethin' like that. Far too long for children tah be away from their families" a shake of his head and he looks back to Varus "Hm, I was still retired the last time I went there. Met my ex-wife in the process. It was nice tah go there without a horde tah deal with though"   
   
Zolomon hmmms, he nods "Well the young ones will get safe and sound back to the abbey, as well as others that went as well"   
   
Varus nods. "I'd said seasons ago aftah I retired th' first time that I'd take mahself t' Mossflowah one day." He shrugs. "Turns out, bein' neah th' Mountain is in mah bones." He gives his wife a squeeze around her waist, and she smiles. "That's all it ever was, dear. Idle talk. You're rooted here."   
   
Gregorian hehs "I was retired the last time I went tah Redwall...Though I suppose they did end up getting in tah a bit of a scrap then too, I nevah did stop carrying my hammahs with me though...As yah say, bein' retired doesn't stop yah bein' the patrol and part of the mountain"   
   
Varus snorts and laughs. "Sometimes lit'rally, when they re-hire y'." He raises his glass. "T' be honest, I only retired in th' first place because mah youngest was just born. 'E'll be joinin' as a Recruit next season, though, so it's only fittin' I was roped inta work..."

Zolomon finally stands and excuses himself before he slips off, likely to check on his best friend, then go to bed, its been a good day, long...but good.

WHO:

Ciocan-Badger Lord

Donica-Private,Healer in LP

Tenzin-Warrior Otter

LOG:

Donica had decided to stay here at the mountain, no need to go on to the abbey as they had the shrew for a healer after all.She was on duty and then noticed the otter and walked over "Wot...happen?"   

Tenzin looks at the hare maid "Lets see...upset a weasel and a ferret in Halyard after stole a silk pouch and de weasel wanted me ta hold thier dagger...in myside" He smirked some.   

Donica frowns, she looks ready to then slap the otter "Why would you....do that fer? I wondered why ya were not at dinner"   

Tenzin shrugs "Use to it and was broke and why eat dinner in this place, guessing this is the mountain's inside all stone and such."

Ciocan enters the infirm and right away is beside the cot, he folds his arms over his chest and looks down at the sea otter, no words are spoken yet but he doesnt look too thrilled to see him in a bed in the infirm and so soon after even getting home.   

Donica sighs she then jumps slightly and saultes the badger as she steps back.She stays where she is unless told otherwise.   

Tenzin looks up and snorts"And his Lordship is 'ere....hey"The silenice he dislieks as he speaks again"What ya gonna lecture me or something"   

Ciocan is silent for a little while before he speaks"At ease Private Donica..."He then focuses on the otter "I would like your side of wot happen, starting with why you wandered off"
   
Donica relaxes and then blinks, private...she smiels at this and sits down in a chair.   

Tenzin rolls his eyes "I am a grown beast, a loner...I didnt plan ta get a dagger in me ya know, as fer going to Halyard..why do ya care? And ya sent a hare after me, what if he got stabed?"   

Ciocan speaks "I care as it is my duty to make sure all got back safe and sound.   

Tenzin snorts "I dont live 'ere or anywhere...this place, this land is all new to me"He grumbles a bit as maybe a secret is coming out,"I never liked those tunnels either but I didnt tell Kash that,I focused on learning them and saving slaves, spent a lot of time in that cove...."He closes his eyes "I...don't like closed in places...bad memories...yes Kash saved me but he quickly learned....I didnt want want in de tunnels too long,he let me hang out in the cove or by the watch area.And why do I dislike closed in places....spent enough time in one barely big enough for me, tis one of the things that wolverin would do if ya didnt listen...think he wanted to keep me around for laughs and finally just grew tried of me and ....threw me off his cliff,I meet Kash and helped Kash for 3 seasons...then that slaver fox came with those dibbuns, then a couple weeks later you all show up...ya know de rest and other reasons I hated that wolverine"   

Donica frowns"That...had to be horrible. I am glad that island is clear of vermin now"
   
Ciocan listens, he replies "That base was knocked down and most of the place burned..."He looks at Tenzin"For now you need to remain here and heal, you can decide if you want to go on to Redwall when I head there is about a week..or stick around the western shore,though I would sugguest you avoid stealing, there is some otters somewhere in or near Halyard and in Mossflower Camp Willow"   

Tenzin shrugs, "I am not too good at making friends, and I suppose I can..try and make my own coin..I don't know..really don't know"He decides fine he will stay in this infirm like a day or two"Maybe I can hang out on de ship?" He grins "Guard it ya know"   

Ciocan replies "That ship is mine, we will use it to get part of the way back towards Redwall and then we will be on foot, if some want there will be 3 log boats with the shrews but they have limited room so most will walk after a certain point upriver"   

Donica speaks "Your...Lordship, may I stay here or does everyone need to come with you to the abbey?"   

Tenzin sighs, then nods "I know don't get ya stripes all...worried, I ment till ya all...or whoever tags along heads to this..Mossflower and Abbey place your talking of...I can hang out on de ship"Be in the open air and not surrounded by stone walls he would say but doesn't "I can even sweep the deck and stuff, help ya get it loaded for the final part of your little trip, and if I decide to stay thar...I will or come back with you and stay in Halyard,I am sure its fairly nice when one doesn't look fer trouble which...ok I did I admit, and I am sorry...but again friends are hard to make, for me anyways and de few I have had....."He frowns as he closes his eyes, there was Copper but he was his brother and that dont count as a friend, plus thye sort of had an agruement as of course Copper wanted him to stay and ....well duhhh Tenzin is here now so...yeah.   

Ciocan nods to Donica "You may, you do have some lessons to catch up on and Felicity is gonna need someone to help keep an eye on her"He frowns he was worried for Felicity."I am also gonna see if Terrence is gonna stay and help her or not"   

Donica says, "I will try and help her as well sur,best I can"   

Tenzin frowns "I seen her....odd for someone to be....well what ever that fast, but friends....loved ones..beasts close to her be the best to help her out"   

Ciocan nods "Friends are important, tis why i wanted you to try to make friends Tenzin...I am still willing to be your friend, yo don't have to live a life thats a bit..reckless Tenzin, you are no longer a captive to that island, yes there is memories there but make new memories elsewhere, you could still be a warrior and help beasts but a warrior also can be wise and know when to fight and when not to fight"   

Tenzin shrugs, he listens though "Yeah..."He frowns "Maybe I am....afriad, ya know...make a friend and will just lose them, or new places....would they even accpt me, and not sure how good of a warrior I really am, lucky I suppose.My father had trained me fer like a season before those slavers came and destoyed my holt, early in the morning...the holt was getting ready to celbrate me , me becoming a squire to one day be a knight like father was...father ..."He frowns as he seems to relive the day..."Father was the last to die, everyone else....dead, but me and 4 other younger pups or dibbuns as you call young ones,I was a couple seasons older than the others jsut barely out of dibbunhood when those vermin took us, me and Copper , after all that happen, was the only ones left of my tribe and he wanted me to stay with him and a half dozen assorted former slaves to watch the island with the seal clan, I told him no and we argued and I said I hated him and left....yeah some big brother I am huh.I mean he could of just went with that Rusty to get the others home...guess he means well, suppose someone needs ta stay, he can handle it on his own"   

Ciocan frowns "Sometimes words come out, we dont always mean...maybe Rufus would be willing to help you two send letters to one another"

Tenzin shrugs, he then nods "Maybe....'A small smile....."I will think on it but...I speak the truth Copper will be fine, far better leader than I would ever be and he speaks seal,I dont...those seals can also swim around and keep an eye on things.Even if he orgives me I dont plan to go back thar...ever, where do I plan to go? I have no clue, not yet"

Ciocan nods as he stands , he then heads out but turns before he does "You need to rest today and then, if you like...you can be on the ship"He smiles "A guard could be wise, do you think you can rest for now?"   

Tenzin grins, through a small frown at staying in here "Ummm....."He dislikes the stone walls, stone walls in his mind are bad.....so very bad as he whimpers slightly.   

Ciocan frowns and walks over carefully picking up the otter and walking to the ship, he had a couple hares keeping an eye on it, he says some words to them and ends up carrying the otter to the ship and laying him down in the captains quarters, there is a window he can see out of.He steps back now.   

Tenzin seems to at first be back at the island, but sesons ago and the badger lifting him makes him tense and struggle a little as a flashback happens "No No....as he feels soft beding he curls up, tenses up as his side of course hurts, he breaths in and out and blinks serveral times as he looks around and comes back to the here and now and a couple tears fall "I..."He notes the room, the bed and wipeing his eyes looks at the badger"I'm.....thank you Ciocan.I..I didn't mean to..."   

Ciocan says, "It is alright and your welcome.I will be by later to check on you Tenzin and do try and stay here,you need rest my friend"
   
Tenzin nods, a small smile "No worries.I will stay 'ere "He looks out the window now and then decides to get some rest.   

Ciocan nods and heads back inside the Mounain, says a few words to Pete and then heads on to his room.

Who:

Zolomon- Sargeant, Archer, Runner in LP

Xander- Former Warrior badger

LOG:

Xander made it up to the crater slowly and with the staff across to where he could look over at towards the land and sea. He sighed as he was starting to worry, not just over where his friends were but if things were ok back home and how they likely worried as well.   

Zolomon makes his way over and stands beside Xander "Hey ya Xandy, getting fresh air?" He asks "I just got done with a running drill and thought check on ya, someone said ya were up 'ere"   

Xander nods "Yeah, fresh air...I was was just"He frowns " I don't really, guess thinking and wondering, I never been away from the abbey this long before, even when the Mossflower Defenders came for help against Ormaz...then we were in a hurry then I suppose."   

Zolomon one ear droops a little "Yeah its been like...a season my guess...since ya know 2-3 weeks here, ya were here a week and well, his Lordship and others been away almost 8 weeks...wow that IS a long time"
   
Xander says, "Your not helping and also the fact we didn't head this way right away...heck we didn't plan on stopping here, It's good we did we got help but wot if help...had trouble, those slavers were dangerous, even without Kurgan, I am sure there were worse than him"   

   
Zolomon nods as he looks around and listens, he looks towards the sea briefly and back to the badger"Kurgun got beheaded, sort of wish could have seen it, would have been cool."He chuckles and adds "So ....Wot I am glad of is Kurgan failed at killing you and he likely died thinking he did"   

Xander nods, he glances at the far sea and just sort of stares quietly, "Me too, trust me..even if thar is still some after effects of it."
   
Zolomon listens "Your alive, so that's a good thing Xandy. You could be dead or even in a wheelchair"   

Xander says, "Yeah, I know..I know...still walking is a bit of an issue, I need a better staff than just some borrowed weapon staff, even then though my hip will still make my leg lock up, my right paw still....shakes once in a while... it's like my whole right side hates me, sometimes a lot."   

Zolomon nods as he blinks and squints as he rushes off and returns with something to better see further out, he tilts his head "Thar is a ship.."
   
Xander looks at his friend, "Ship?" He tries to see for himself as well, maybe there is movement or a shape, he is unsure"You sure on that and ships do go to Halyard ya know, right ?"   

Zolomon studies it and grins, "I say... let's see...3-4 hours or so.....and yes tis a ship...gotta report this ta General Q!" He rushes off down below to find the general.   

Xander stays where he is for now and looks back out to sea, if it is friends, he will be glad of it, if its not...well. He tries to figure out who it is and sighs, he will stay up here for now and keep watch, likely Zolomon and Quinten will be up here soon enough.

***** Copy/Paste again is so cool...logger /radio still down ****

Who:

Ciocan-Badger Lord

Tenzin- Warrior Sea Otter

Leigh-Heaer from GUOSIM

LOG:

Tenzin once again stayed in his little corner of the ship, he brothered no one, nor talked to no one and they did the same to him so far.

Ciocan choose to walk over and cleared his throat, "Tenzin, it would seem some are concerned for you so I thought I check on you.

Leigh glances over from where she is quietly watching the sea otter.

Tenzin snorts, "Maybe a couple beasts, not many care wot I be din' sur" He says, he does glance over at the shrew though and shakes his head, looking back to the sea again as if in deep thought.

Ciocan nods"Maybe, or maybe not. I am still glad, as are others, you saved Ciana's life, she is still with us thanks  to your quick actions."

Leigh offers the sea otter a smile before heading below deck she had decided to start helping with the dibbuns, that and they tended to mind her, along with one other beast, better than most.

Tenzin looks to the badger finally"Yeah well, least I got to do something good suppose, been a failure at other things in my life, even failed at helping much in the rescue plans."

Ciocan offers to lead him to the captain's quarters to talk, he will leave it up to the otter if he accepts the offer or not.

Tenzin snorts, but then he goes to follow him and folds his arms over his chest"Wot ya want...chat..talk of me life story so I feel better, well that doesn't always work trust me...why did I even come in 'ere fer...not like you know how I feel..wot I been threw that's to that bloody wolverine!!"

Ciocan sighs as he closes his eyes, he opens them again" That is true, I do not, every beast has their own reaction to things. I did not even know Gorax lived till seen him upon my arrival to the island, we followed a vixen and her rats here, I met Gorax many seasons ago when he killed my wife, I fought Gorax and woke in a small infirm a few hours later.Things may have been different had I known he lived, likely a lot different"

Tenzin rolls his eyes"Yeah, maybe ya should have stuck around and figured it out ...hmmm? Got ya hares to find out. Trust me I tried to slay Gorax once....and..."He looks away, ok maybe he failed too or in his eyes, he did anyways."He killed my father, my mother, my sister...friends....a whole holt of otters! He came with monitors and some weasels, he took me and 5 others, young ones at the time and we grew up on that island as slaves, he took others from the area as well..I wanted to be the one to slay him but ..."He looks ready to punch the badger as he makes a fist"You got to him first you..you stripe dog!"

Ciocan remains calm, even under the threat of being punched and the name calling, he takes a deep breath "It was not a race to get to Gorax, anger clouds the mind if you let it control you and leads to foolish thinking and unneeded death, to of fought the wolverine alone would have been the wrong choice, even I did not fight him alone. As for knowing Gorax was alive all this time, I didnt...and I was not Badger Lord yet, that was a few weeks later"He frowns now "I only wish Martha could have been at my side, she would have loved the mountain."

Tenzin undoes and redoes his fists and snorts again, he paces as he mutters to himself and then sinks into a chair finally tears in his eyes "Ya..ya be right Ciocan, I likely would have been slain,  guess almost was...some help I turned out ta be"

Ciocan stands before him"You helped a great deal, if you had not shown us the tunnels and the caves, we would have never been able to win the battle, you also saved many lives that day and not just that day over the past seasons you been in that system of tunnels, you were able to help us know what we were fighting against and you saved the life of Leigh as well when she could have been lost to us."

Tenzin listens and leans back in the chair."I..."He nods "Yeah....I did, and ya welcome, just wish could have saved Kash, de old hamster, he was de one that taught me of the cave system and such, he was a healer and...he died."He frowns and then speaks again"He was also a seer, seemed ta know ya was coming just not when....the hammer will come and needs shown the right place to be at the right time as faces of the past face-off....."

Ciocan listens as the otter speaks, he then speaks" I do not know your plans once we get back to the Western Shore but your welcome to stay in the mountain a little while or Halyard, there is also Camp Willow in Mossflower. I plan to rest a few days at the mountain get supplies and escort the dibbuns and the other Redwallers back to Redwall Abbey, you can join us if you wish"

Tenzin shrugs "I...don't know, I don't plan to ever go back to that island that's fer sure....even if my father now rests there..finally at rest..Gorax worn a otter fur cloak..."He doesn't go into detail, it's not needed to know ."I...will tag along maybe to this Redwall, maybe see Camp Willow. I don't have may friends...hard ta make ya...ya know"

Ciocan nods "I do, I found it hard to make friends when I first got to Salamandstron, then I made friends with a couple of the hares, I now see all the hares as my family. I didn't think I needed friends when I first got there...I didn't even tell them of my past, just I was a sea captain, and nothing more, my hares have learned more of my past over the past couple weeks than they have over the seasons I have been Badger Lord."

Tenzin nods "Nothing wrong with not sharing de past...though suppose at times it helps heal the mind"

Ciocan smiles "Yes, at times...so try and make some friends Tenzin, I will offer my friendship to you as well if you will accept it" He offers his paw to shake.

Tenzin seems unsure but then a grin as he takes the paw and shakes it."Ok then....my friend"

== Short Log....hey you can have short logs! ==

Who:

Ciocan-Badger Lord

Rufus- Gull

LOG:

Ciocan sat on his cot, he was deep in throught , he laid down again trying to sleep and wasn't being able to fall alseep at all

Rufus grumbles as he paces back and forth.He looked a right mess as feathers stuck out everywhere, his tail feathers were also half gone thanks to a lizard and the fact he was freaking molting!

Ciocan looks over at the gull,"Are you alright Rufus?" He slowly sat up and gave up on sleeping and glaced at the door, and again at the sea gull.

Rufus puffed out at the badger and then calmed a little as he smoothed out his feathers best he could anyways."Look at me....Rufus iss...."He yarks loudly.

Ciocan smiles "Your fine, I have read of birds molting before, your featehrs will grow back my friend and your welcome to stay in my room till your feathers are a bit less"He serches for the right words..."Everywhere"

Everywhere was right, Rufus had lost feathers on the island and on the ship so far, he perned the ones left best he could and then just sat down in a huff."Rufus stay in here, ya"

Ciocan smiles and yawns as he lays down, "I am gonna get some needed rest, not to worry I have a hare posted outside to not distrube me unless its very important."

Rufus nods and ends up sleeping soon as well, in the corner of the room where the bird has a couple towels and some sort of straw, least its cozy for a bird.

This is not the 1st time Felicity has been kidnapped. This is actually not the 2nd time, either. This is literally the 3rd time she has been kidnapped by the enemy, and it's getting kind of old. At first, she screamed and fought. Then she just screamed as all the memories of what happened to her the other 2 times she was kidnapped. Now she is silent, partly because she knows that she can not say anything that might jeopardize the mission. But there is something else forcing her to keep quiet...something sinister within her mind that has been growing in there since her time of captivity with the toads. Something that prevents her from being able to speak at all. So she is just sitting there by the wall, staring at the door, waiting to see what is done to her next.   

Gorax is who opens the door, a monitor on either side of him as he walks in "Leave us..." The two monitors leave thier master as he walks over and smiles coldly"Hares....hmmm, on my island, how interesting, seems they ran away though....hmmmm..."He smiles "In terror, I have that sort of...effect"   

Flinching, Felicity stares in fright at the lizards until they leave, then glances at the wolverine. Swallowing, she returns to staring at the door, refusing to say anything to her captor. She knows they wouldn't abandon her, though. Plus, they haven't saved the dibbuns yet, else the wolverine would be dead. She holds on to that hope, even while being terrified for her life.   

The wolverine comes closer "Who were they? My pets mentioned a stripe dog...dangerous creatures"He chuckles "Some of em'...some can be easy to kill when distracted.I have  killed stripe dogs...one freed some young ones I had seasons ago....oh they paid"He grins "With their life"

   
Still no response. Felicity blanks out her thoughts, not even letting herself think about her friends, the beasts she traveled here with. She hugs her legs to her chest, staring at the wall, mentally folding in on herself. She refuses to say anything.
   
Gorax growls and gets in her face.."Answer me? Who is the Stripedog?" He snorts, its unlikely its the same one, is it? So many seasons ago as he traces a rather nasty scar on his neck and backs up with a snort.   

Huddling deeper within herself, Felicity's eyes unfocus, and she doesn't even seem to be aware that the wolverine is still within the room. She shows no emotions, no thoughts, no feelings, nothing.
   
Gorax goes to grab her ear, "You're not gonna talk?" He growls and then chuckles "Who cares then...hmmmm.....my pets scared any friends off"   

Wincing as her ear is grabbed, Felicity tries to tug it out of his grip, then just relaxes and stops reacting at all, even though it hurts to have her ear held like that. She believes her friends wouldn't leave her behind, or leave him alive, so she sits in silence, holding on to her hope even as she closes off from the outside world.   

Gorax growls and then just lets go and smirks "No dinner tonight....or water...maybe I will get lucky and those woodlanders...friends I am guessing? Will come back...my pets could use a snack."He grined "I have a blade to sharpen"He didn't totally believe they had left either, why would they? If they did he will just hunt them down and bring back the surrivers and maybe get a better look at the badger he saw.He leave or starts to...he then goes to grab her and drag her down a hallway.   

As much as she's disassociating, Felicity doesn't resist being dragged down the hallway. Wherever he's taking her, she won't really react to much of anything. She just stumbles and jogs down the hall as he leads her, not fighting and not reacting.
   
Gorax tosses her into a cell and locks the door...if she looks up she will notice....just where she is.   

Squirrelbabe helps the hare sit up. "'Ey, we gots a gwown up in hewes!" Seems Felicity is in with the Dibbuns now....

====Later That Evening ====

Ciana had calmed and sort of gone to staring at the wall, that was till things got noisy again. The dibbuns had been made to do varies tasks like cleaning, or maybe bringing this or that to the vermin.Then palced in cells at night.Gorax was in the throne room now and had visited, if call it that, once or twice.   
   
The rescue has arrived! DoraRose is leading a contingent of heroes into the building the slaves are kept in, her axe held at the ready, blue eyes blazing with a righteous anger. So far she has kept the Bloodwrath under control, but we'll see how she does as the fight continues.   
Meanwhile, in the cells, the Dibbuns have a new distraction. After a little chat of her won with the wolverine, Felicity has been placed in the cell with them. She is basically nonresponsive. Many of them have tried to get her to talk to them, but she hasn't said anything. She almost seems to not even know they exist. Squirrelbabe is currently standing on her lap, peering into her eyes. "Is she blind, maybe? Oh, no, she no blind," She corrects herself after waving a paw in front of her face makes Felicity blink.
   
   
Keldorn had came into the small building with Dorarose, with him was 3 other shrews, "Stay close"He whispers to them"   

Isa has been putting up with their new life of slavery with little fuss. The lizards scare her so she hasn't been so outspoken with them. Felicity was a whole other thing and she'd been watching the others trying to get a response from the hare "Maybe she's just scared?" she offers as a reason while she sits not far away in the cell.   

Rufus was outside, for now, ashe had no reason to go inside. Every so often he would dive at a vermin and caw and claw and then dive up again, a clawed scaly paw barely misses his feathers.   

Gregorian and the two hares with him are quietly searching around the buildings still and dispatching any vermin they cross paths with in the process. So far their search has been in vain but the next building on the list is the one Dora and co seem to be launching an assault on "Any luck?" He yells as he gets closer, immediately going to join the fight.
   
Ciana frowns, she looks at the hare and then the doorway as she just frowns."I....no like this place....."   
   
DoraRose twitches and swings her axe as the hare's yell startles her, one of the blades gets caught in the doorframe. "We're trying to be sneaky," She grumbles as she yanks her axe free from the wood. She opens the door to the building and enters, axe ready. The former slaves follow.   

Squirrelbabe thinks for a moment, then nods. "Yeah, she pwob'ly scawed, you wight. I guess we just twy t'be hew fwiends!" A trio of young mousemaids comes up and start fussing over the hare, trying to straighten her shirt and smooth down her fur to make her pretty again. Felicity doesn't fight them, but she doesn't respond, either. The Ringleader frowns in thought. "Why she no talk, though?"   
   
Ciana looks at the hare maid now and frowns,"Maybe the things with no furs, scare her lots"   

The building here is small but at the sound of the door being broken, 3 monitors go to greet the heros entering, there is also a couple ferrets and a weasel!   

Isa shrugs at the question and gets up to wander over and look at Felicity more closely "Maybe she doesn't want t'be friends? Maybe she just wants t'go home?" The kitten did spend months not talking when she got to the abbey, she's making guesses from her own experience.
   
Rufus claws at a monitor looking to try and stab the Redwall Champion, the monitor spins around and grabs a claws paw of tail feathers and pulls as the bird caws loudly! The bird gets loose and tumbles behind a barrel, he puffs out which only makes his feathers look worse, its bad enough he has lost a few,then it seems to dawn on him why, also the fact flying is gonna be a bit messed up for a few weeks and not at the best time either.   

Gregorian just gives the mouse a look "I think they know we're here" as far as he's concerned sneaky time is over now. If the vermin don't know their base is under attack they must be deaf. He turns his attention to the inside of the building as the door is opened "Look out" he says, quietly just to keep her happy, as he keeps back from the door in case she wants to back out given the collection of vermin waiting for them.

Ciana frowns "There is noises ...I no wanna go back outside, it darks..."She starts to wail loudly now.The monitors just...well fight the heros of course!   
   
Ha! DoraRose back down from a fight. What a silly suggestion. "REEEDWAAAALLLL!!!!" The Gatekeeper attacks the closest of the monitor lizards, trying to chop it with her axe, then twirls and expertly avoids any attacks while also chopping at the next lizard who's close to her. The former slaves attack, too. The mouse Warrior is keeping herself under control for now....although just barely. She's been angry this entire trip, she just wants to destroy all the things. But she can't go Bloodwrath because it'll scare the people they're trying to rescue. Everything is hard!   

Squirrelbabe scowls slightly, not liking the kitten's suggestions. But the sound of Dora's shout quickly gets her attention, and she darts to the door, trying to get to anywhere she can peer out. "Dat sounds like DwowaWose!!" Felicity's eyes flicker slightly, but then she returns to staring at nothing.   
   
Keldorn fights against a weasel and ferret, along with the 3 shrews helping him best they can."We need to not let any vermin live!"
   
Isa shrugs at Squirrelbabe's scowl. Just because she didn't like it didn't mean it wasn't a possibility. Her ears perk though at the shout as well and she gets closer to the door trying to hear more "...We should wake everyone up"   

Rufus caws and barely gets away from a monitor and goes to attempt to fly, and sort of fails so he decides to slowly get back to the ship, this will be a slow...long night and by the time he gets to the ship, he has a bit less feathers.   

Gregorian sighs inwardly as the mouse charges in. A door way is a bottle neck, not allowing more than a few through at once. He doesn't like those when getting to the other side means you're outnumbered. He'd rather have let the vermin out to die in a nice orderly fashion. As everyone is piling in though he follows, forcing his way in ahead of some of the former slaves and blocking a sword from one of the vermin trying to take their heads off on the way in.   

Ciana eyes widen and some other dibbuns wake as well, in this celll is..well mostly dibbuns the only non dibbun is the hare. Another couple cells have older beasts who have been slaves a while over the past like 10 seasons.
       
Well, DoraRose has never claimed to be good at strategy, so this isn't really something she would think of. She skillfully attacks and defends with her axe, making headway into the building. "DEATH TO ALL SLAVERS!!" She agrees with the shrew as she tries to do just that.   
Squirrelbabe bounces on the balls of her feet, starting to smile. "Mawtin was wight! Dey hewe! Evewybeast, wake up, get up, huwwy!" She goes around shaking the other Dibbuns. They get up, but they look fearful, like maybe this is just a trick by the bad guys. Felicity continues to stare. The Ringleader looks thoughtfully at her. "D'y'think she'll walk? We can'ts cawwy hew."
       
Keldorn makes his way to a cell door and slices at the rat guarding it,gets the key and opens it..."Go"He says to some slightly freaked out slaves, were they really free after all this time? Some do go to help fight, others kind of stay in the cell slightly afraid and unsure.,the shrew looks at a vole "Any idea where dibbuns would be kept?" One otter points down a hallway.   

Isa feels hope as the yelling and sound of fighting gets louder! She doesn't know if she can trust hope, she doesn't know if she can stand being let down. She tries to stay calm and fool herelf in to thinking she's sceptical just in case. Quickly she looks back at Felicity after Squirrelbabe's question "I dunno" she goes to take one of the hares paws and pull on it "Maybe she'll follow?"   

Gregorian doesn't seem to be much for war cries as he just roars angrily amongst all the others shouting as he drives the spiked side of one of his hammers at a lizard's head and narrowly ducks an axe swung by one of the vermin.
   
Tenzin had been knocked out, some of the former slaves from the tunnels guarded him while a couple healers tended to him. A couple voles, and a otter had went to help the others free some slaves still captive.They fought well...a vole was killed, and some squirrel but other former slaves fought on, one an otter named Copper who looked just as brave and skilled as Tenzin,maybe more so in fact.
   
Ciana stands "We gonna go homes soon?" She is hopefull, but also afraid.   

Two montiors come out of no where to try and prevent the dibbuns or any other slave from being recued   

Dominik hasn't really spoken much if at all during the entire thing, the large hare preferring to let his actions speak much louder. He stays slightly ahead of the group, serving more as a shield of sorts and clearing a path through the oncoming vermin as he cuts through them with his large sword. Occasionally he uses the pommel as a battering ram, slamming it into various heads and shoulders of said vermin that are in his path. Every now and then he takes the opportunity to wrest a cell door from his hinges to free whoever might be inside, but the general path is forward in search of the Dibbuns.   
   
DoraRose is keeping pace with Dominik, fighting, roaring, and in general wreaking havoc upon their foes. She is fighting the Bloodwrath, and so far she has done well keeping herself under control. She charges the monitors and tries to behead one of them -- she ain't scared o' them lizards!   

As the sounds of battle get closer, Squirrelbabe sorts out the Dibbuns so the younger ones have a pair of older ones to help them, saying cheerful, nice things like "We gettin' wescued!" and "You so bwave, no' cwying!" and "Let's get weady t'walk outta hewe whens deys gets hewe!" Felicity follows along as her paw gets tugged, standing once she's been pulled away from the wall. But that's all the reaction anyone gets from her.   
   
Isa is very happy when Felicity moves and so she very slowly keeps tugging on her paw, trying to lead her towards the door. She can hear absolute chaos outside. Metal clashing, lots of yelling, the building shaking every time Dom rips a door off "We're in 'ere!" She tries yelling, hoping no lizards will come to punish her for it.

Gregorian feels like he's following crazy people in this battle between Dom taking doors off and Dora doing her thing but he can't really deny that it seems to be working "Keep the door clear!" He yells at the beats behind him to keep their escape route ready as he pushes forwards with the group, dispatching a ferret who got too close.   

The former slaves that know the tunnels so well, fight on or least those who can....of the 22 , ....15 were fighters and of those 15 about 7 is gonna walk out of this alive, but they fight bravely and help free fellow slaves and help free the dibbuns!   

Ciana gets a little braver and jions in on the "We here we here!!!"
   
There is vermin in the way though, so its not gonna be easy to get to the dibbuns, or the other slaves either! A monitor is stabed by Dora's axe and a couple hares take out a monitor as well, luckly a lot of monitors are ayt the other building....well lucky for the ones in this building anywways.   

And Greg likely isn't straying too far from the truth...it -is- Dom and Dora, after all, both having toed the 'crazy' line at some point, it seems. This time it is being channeled in more of a positive manner...at least for those not currently in the path of destruction they are swathing through the oncoming vermin. Every now and then, Dom uses a torn off door as a battering ram, before flinging it into more of the vermin, the buck still remaining silent as he fights his way onward. The large hare seems determined to find the Dibbuns, and Felicity as well. He'd gotten poked here and there with swords, but it doesn't seem to phase him at all.   

DoraRose wouldn't consider herself crazy. She considers herself more....battle-eager, you know? She lets the huge hare wield the doors and such -- she's a bit short for that, and her axe requires 2 paws to successfully use. So she just hacks away with that, yelling enough for the both of them. She fights onward, ears perking as she hears the Dibbuns calling. "We're coming, sweeties! We're coming to get you!"   

Squirrelbabe doesn't try to quiet the other Dibbuns down, although she doesn't join them in shouting. She bounces on the balls of her feet, smiling and waving her paws. Almost all of the other Dibbuns are calling, recognizing the sound of the Gatekeeper's voice. Felicity continues to follow the kitten, not really aware of or reacting to anything. It's as if what made her into a person no longer exists.
   
Isa keeps hold of Felicity's paw but her attention is on the door to the cell as she's also bouncing a little on her feet "They're really here, they're actually here" she can't quite believe it.   

Gregorian directs the slaves that Dom's already released to one corner of the room where they can defend them rather than outside which may still be dangerous. His ears perk though as he also hears the sound of what is clearly dibbuns yelling. His jaw tightens and he heads that way fast, smashing his hammer through a lizard in the way "Two more doors Dom, rip them down" as if the big hare wasn't going to do that already.   

Ciana is happy, for the first time in days, in weeks in fact as she is very excited as the recuers get closer and closer down the hall, vermin fall at the feet of the heros! It looks like the dibbuns are about to get thier freedom in fact!   

Dominik finally reaches the cell where both Felicity and the Dibbuns are being held, the large, intimidating hare peering inside and appearing to be much more fearsome than he really is, in reality...at least to the Dibbuns. Sheathing his now bloodied sword, he lifts a massive arm to wipe blood and sweat from his brow, and he looks at the cell door to see if it is the same as all the others he'd disposed of so easily. Shoddy craftsmanship is definitely a good thing, in some cases. His eyes spot Felicity, and he glances back towards the others behind him, gesturing towards the cell to indicate this is the one. His voice is finally heard, as he turns back towards those in the cell. "...stand back," he rumbles, before reaching forward and grabbing hold of the cell door. With one or two hard tugs and a loud crack, it finally comes free, and he lets it drop to the floor. "Felicity. Am here."   
   
The Dibbuns squeak in alarm as someone they don't know peers in! DoraRose peers in, smiling. "Hi, darlings! It's alright, this is just Dom. He's a good friend." She backs up as he directs everyone to, hurriedly cleaning her weapon on the clothing of a dead enemy. Once the door opens, she rushes in, checking to make sure they're all there. "My Dibbuns!" She kneels and sets her axe down, spreading her arms wide as she gets mobbed by Dibbuns. The mouse hasn't smiled this much since....well, since before the Dibbuns were kidnapped, all those weeks ago.

Squirrelbabe stares up at the big white hare, narrowing her eyes suspiciously. "You a fwiend? Fow weal?" Felicity doesn't react to anything -- not to seeing her friends, not to having her name spoken, not to the fact they just got rescued. Nothing. She just continues to stare at nothing in silence.
       
Isa backs up a little when Dom tells them to, partly because he said to but partly because that's a very big beast covered in blood. She eeps quietly when the door cracks and then gets pulled off. She has to stare. She hangs back from the dibbuns mobbing Dora and looks quickly to Squirrelbabe before back to Dom. Dora says he's alright even if he's big and scary looking so she edges forward, still going to tug Felicity along as she cautiously moves towards the door.   

Gregorian lets out a sigh of relief as Dom finds them and he waits for the big hare to get the door open before he comes forwards to look in too. Felicity's lack of reaction makes him frown. That's not good. He gestures to Dom "Help her get out. I'll make sure the way is clear" another look at Felicity, a little sigh of concern and he heads back, going to make sure it's safe outside and where everyone else is so they can get the slaves to the main group as fast as possible.   

Dominik stands by and watches impassively at first as Dora heads into the opened cell and all the Dibbuns swarm around her. He gives a curt nod of approval and a soft grunt, before his gaze shifts over towards Squirrelbabe and Isa as they both stare at him. As Squirrelbabe asks the question, he slowly crouches down so he is more at their level, his gaze fixing on the small squirrel. A smile very briefly threatens to curl at the corners of his muzzle, and he reaches over a large and hefty paw in an attempt to pluck the small squirrel from the ground and lightly place her on his shoulder. That should be a good answer to her question. Slowly rising back up, he approaches Felicity, and reaches down to heft her up and carry her in his arms. He gives Greg a nod, ready to head back in the direction of the ship. "We leave," He rumbles.   

DoraRose is smiling, looking happier than she has in a long time. She stands and grabs her axe, chatting with the Dibbuns, listening to all the things they're saying while leading them out the door. Ciana follows. When they get outside, the adult mouse looks around, frowning. "We....we need to get them to the ship without them seeing the carnage...." There are dead baddies EVERYWHERE.   

Squirrelbabe leaps away when the huge hare tries to grab her, and she bares her teeth at him viciously from what she considers a safe distance. "You touch me an' I wip you EYEBALLS out!!" She joins the group of Dibbuns following the Gatekeeper, keeping a wary gaze on literally every adult she doesn't know, no matter how nice the mouse says they are.   

Felicity doesn't react in any way when her friend scoops her up in his arms. She doesn't fight, but she also kind of just sits there limply, staring off at nothing. Her eyes are completely unfocused.   
   
Isa watches Dom very closely as he kneels down. Well he's not so scary when he smiles at least. The vermin would have threatened them by now. Her fur puffs out a little at Squirrelbabe's threat and she looks uncomfortable. She opens her mouth...she'd like to say the squirrel didn't mean it buuuuut she probably did so Isa closes her mouth again and just awkwardly leaves Felicity to Dom and edges around the big hare so she can follow her friend and Dora out.
   
Gregorian smiles faintly as he hears all the dibbuns being excited to see Dora but he also hears Dora pointing out that taking dibbuns in to the remains of a warzone is probably bad "Ah, right. Give me a minute" He checks outside. Everything bad pretty much seems to be dead so he quickly ducks out and gets a few hares who are still fighting fit to clear enough vermin out of sight so they should be able to get to the tunnels before he sends word back to the slave's building that it was safe to come out.   

"Lieutenant!" Terrence comes out of the main building, his saber still out. A hare comes out behind him - Konner - and runs off towards the healers. The sergeant watches him go for a moment, then, clearing his head with a shake, continues. "Greg?" He calls out again as he carefully steps over the body of a recently dead rat. Once he spotted Greg and the rest, he quickly makes his way over he gives a tired salute, saying, "Sah, the wolverine's dead and the majah's looking fo'h you." His task finished, he turns with the intention of getting back to check on Reuenthal, but his eyes catch Dom and who he's carrying. "Ah." Frozen, Terrence opens and closes his mouth for a few seconds before managing to get out "/Well./" Sucking in his breath Terrence slowly comes closer, looking from Felicity to Dom and back again. "Is she...?" He whispers, almost too quiet to hear.   

Dominik actually watches the small squirrel hopping away from him, and as she bares his teeth at him, he at first seems a little surprised, and also perhaps a little taken aback as well. However, as he watches her scampering away, the small grin returns to his muzzle. "Hrmph. Leetle squirrel, has beeg attitude. Dom impressed..." he rumbles, with a chuckle, before he turns towards the door with Felicity held in his arms. He puts her up and over a shoulder, as he steps across the bodies of slain vermin here and there. As they get outside and Terrence approaches, he glances to him. "She is alive...". Dom gets an idea, and begins to march towards the general direction of the ship. In his loud, booming voice, he calls out, "ALL DIBBUNS, VE MARCH BACK TO SHIP. GET IN LINE BEHIND DOM AND SING FAVORITE MARCH SONG!" He figures that might distract them just enough and cause just enough loud chaos and ruckus with each of them coming up with a different song, so they don't notice their surroundings. His own voice booms out in some random song as well, adding to the cacophony.   

The Dibbuns all look to DoraRose, unsure. The mouse smiles, then starts marching and singing. "But do we fall, or do we stand? Oh, do we fight or flee? Go and raise the banner high for good ol' Tuscani!" The Dibbuns grin, then they all break out into song, most of them singing their own individual song, although there are a few clumps of Dibbuns singing the same songs as each other. Thus they make their way towards the ship, singing and giggling and dancing! Felicity is definitely alive, but she's not reacting at all. She's also not looking at anything in particular. Just staring at nothing.   

Isa looks a little confused as the singing starts. She doesn't even know any marching songs! After a moment though she shrugs and decides it probably doesn't matter. She's just happy to be free and she skips along after the others.   

"Sargent" Greg returns the greeting as he gets close to hear Terrence shouting for him. He gives the main building a glance and nods once in satisfaction at the news the wolverine is dead "Good. We've found everyone so it's time tah get out of this place" he doesn't ask about the dead or injured from the fight in the main building. He knows there'll be some lost on the island today, he'll find out when he has the time to stop and deal with these things. He looks back when Terrence freezes and he just goes to pat the buck on the shoulder at his question "Alive but shaken" that's when the singing starts and he raises an eyebrow but then he presses his paw briefly to the bridge of his nose as the dibbuns join in. There's another sigh but sure, whatever works. A shake of his head and he gestures to a few hares to keep covering or hiding the dead. Even if the dibbuns are distracted he still tries to make sure the path gets cleared ahead of them.   

Relaxing, Terrence lets out the breath he was holding. "Right, good- good." He isn't quite paying attention to Greg when he gets the slap on the shoulder and he startles. "Yes. Very good." A hint of a smile tugs at his mouth as Dom leads the cacophony of dibbuns away, though the expression sours as Konner and what he assumes are healers rush back to the main building. "Pvt. Reuenthal was injured - one of the montiahs got him with its tail." The sergeant looks around for what seems to be the first time at the entirety of the battlefield; the fightings done now. "I suppose that went as well as it could have, all things considered."
   
Ciana still follows the dibbuns as she looks back and forth, blinking once when out in the sunlight and staying close to any adult.   

Gregorian doesn't think anything of startling Terrence. They're just finished fighting, everyone's a little jumpy but he frowns at the news of Reuenthal. He watches the healers heading in to the building to help "Hm. As well as it could...they're good healahs. If they can help they will" he's reading between the lines and assuming it's serious.   

Ciocan had left the main building after he made sure no vermin was left alive inside, on the grounds outside he slayed a couple monitors that was left standing around looking confushed.All who is able to is sent back to help others back towards the ship, a small area is made for those who can't get to the ship right now. He scans the area from where he stands now, taking any reports that need taken.
   
"Indeed." Terrence looks at the ground for a moment. "Though..." The reality of being some four weeks out from the proper infirmary with limited supplies is sinking into him, though the sergeant is careful to keep that in check. He marches over to a dead rat and rips off a pice of its clothing. "Anyway," he says, starting to clean his saber, "I suppose we should get a head count going, search fo'h any missing and all that." With a sigh he looks around again. "Too bad it's still dark."

Gregorian trusts in the healers, keeping hares from dying on the battlefield was part of the training. The nasty claw marks on his cheek have just about stopped bleeding at this point at least, he doesn't consider them a priority to have seen to. He squints at the sky "Dawn will come all too soon and we'll get tah see the damage done..." he shakes his head "Aye, do a head count. Make sure we have everyone and sweep the place at the same time in case there's any stragglers" he looks back at the main building and with another little sigh he heads that way.   

Terrence looks to the building again. "And we'll have to bury the dead. Fou'h weeks is too long fo'h to transport a body back, I think." Sheathing his sword, the sergeant sighs. "Especially in summah..." Shaking his head again Terrence shrugs. "Oh well. If you'll excuse me, sah, I'll go get that headcount done." With that, he heads over to were the largest number of hares are gathered, calling out their names.   

Ciocan spots Gregorian after a morment and heads over to him slowly, he nods to a couple hares before again heading towards Greg.   

Gregorian hms but nods at Terrence's words. He didn't like the idea of leaving the dead on this island but it would probably have to be done. A final nod as the Sergeant leaves and then Greg offers a relaxed salute to the badger when he sees him "The dibbuns and Felicity are safe and on their way tah the ship. Vermin all appeah tah be dead but we're checkin' and accountin' for everyone...It's all ovah sah" he looks back at the now quiet grounds "All but the goin' home"