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***Its a VERY LONG LOG...but read it still ****

WHO:

A lot.....It's a feast!! At Redwall!!

LOG:

Gorvenalus was sitting in a chair relaxing, he did have his journal but did not write in it yet.

Vilfred was here and..with his shrews but they are behaving themselves, which he is happy with"So..when does Feast start?"

Krisha has ventured down and looks at the chair, she has sat in it a couple times since...Oz died and sort of still feels odd to sit in, so she sort of just sat on a bench when in the room, mostly/She sighs, and replies "Soon...I believe"

Gorvenalus walks over "Are you ok Krisha, you seem down, today is about fun and fellowship with friends. music and good food"

Vilfred offers a smile"Yes and should be most enjoyable to all or....yes all I would be thinking"

Krisha nods "Yeah just...it's the first feast with out Oz and it just feels so..out of place is all. I don't know if I can handle greetings a lot of beasts and some don't know he died, some do but not those who only stop by every like couple seasons or more."

Gorvenalus smiles "You will do fine...Mother Krisha, not to worry and if they ask simply share news, comfort if needed."

Vilfred nods "Yes, good advise" He sighs as he has to go speak with his shrews or least a couple on manners.

Krisha nods slowly "Yeah just...don't want to make anyone sad, not today.I know they will ask or someone likely will and that news will make them sad..though hopefully the feast will be nice and cheer anyone up that needs it"

Gorvenalus nods, he smiles "As I said, your be fine and today will be a good day, your see"

Vilfred comes back after a short walk and nods for 8 other sherews to sit down, a couple are at the new camp site he has found for the group.

The Doors are open, summer sunlight spills through the dark clouds looming over head. It has been on and off for the past few days with threatening stormy summer rain. So the feast has been set up in the great hall.

Even so the door is open, the hall has been decorated and the tables and groaning under food and the crowd is somewhat restless as Benar is late. People have been shuffling back and forth from the kitchen to the tables pouring drinks and setting out last minute food. But still no sign of the Abbot, which is unlike him, he is usually the first in the great hall.

However just as things are on the verge of going ugly a familiar bell rings from the direction of the main door and Benar strides up the steps. He has the Abbot's staff in one hand, the bell on the end swinging back and forth as he approaches. He smiles at everyone and stops, planting the staff on the ground, gently nudging it to cause it to ring louder.

"Hello everyone, so sorry to keep you, I had to go let our friends in."

He bangs his staff on the ground, the bell rings but this time it is joined by a chorus of bells. Flutes, a drum... all rumbling with energetic rhythm. As the Abbot stands in the door four otter maidens stream past him, all dressed in long flowing silk trousers and bedecked with scarves. They whirl past the elderly grey squirrel and start to spin and dance and flow around the clear space by the door. They are swiftly joined by two squirrels and an otter in quilted trousers who start to flop and dance and weave around the dancers, juggling clubs that glitter and gleam in the beam of sunlight flowing through the breaking clouds.

Benar turns and bows to the figure walking up the steps playing the harp that has just added it's song to the musical accompaniment of the flutes and drum. It's a shrew, his long grey fur pleated into a riot of shaggy dreadlocks, dressed in a quilted patchwork coat and long flowing cloak

He pauses dramatically in the door as his troupe all pause and pose and he looks around the room and smiles, "My friends, the Abbot asked us to visit and it is my pleasure to bring my troupe to your doors once more!"

He swirls his cloak and beams, "I am Oswald and we are the Southern Winds and we thank you all for inviting us to this, the feast of The Summer of Partings," He bows to the Abbot who bows back, the music strikes back up with a raccous jangle and Benar raises his hands. "Let us eat and be merry and remember and play and feast and give thanks to the bounty and joy life brings."

Lacota bustles in from the kitchen, pushing a cart which holds a large carrot cake on which figures in marzipan cavort about like the troupe of dancers that just entered.

Vilfred enters, a little late but he had 8 shrews to chat with and tell how to behave while at the feast, he enters and they find a place to sit quickly.

Krisha has made sure the dibbuns are ready, and decided to send them down with Sister Ginny and she comes down a few moments later, slowly and stops at the bottom step, she mutters something to herself, she can do this as she walks in and stops by the BadgerMother's chair, she has used it a couple times usually sits on the bench in the room, still feels odd to sit in the chair , but she does sit down and looks over the guests and this Osward that has come in.

Esen is clearly new as she wanders inside but doesn't come all the way inside yet, she watches from a doorway leading off to the side.She hmmms softly, well it's noisy and active, that's for sure.

Gorvenalus smiles as he watches the show that looks ready to start and chuckles, he nods to the name, he is good at remembering so he can write it down in the log later.

DoraRose had been off duty, or else she'd have helped the Abbot let in their guests. Sighing, she watches from where she's sitting, smiling slightly. LilyMoore is on her feet nearby, and she starts clapping and hopping happily as the special guests enter, making their fun music. Butterclaw is beside her, and he starts chirping to the music, as happy as his friend. The 2 mice are wearing matching yellow dresses with leaves, vines, and flowers embroidered on them. Angela is absent, presumably on Infirmary duty, giving all the Order members and Novices the day off.

Isa has been sat with the dibbuns. Silent in the chatter as everyone's waiting she doesn't really know what's happening, all she knew was the dibbun keepers kept trying to stop them eating the food already. She sneaked a little when they weren't looking anyway. Her ears perk to the first bell ring and she quickly looks to the door as the abbot appears. She ducks down in her seat when suddenly there's a lot of beasts dancing all over the place, watching them as she's mostly hidden by the table.

Keldorn had been helping set things up for the feast and now arrives, well better late than never, and sits down with a smile "Sorry I am a little bit late"

The Abbot bows to Oswald and makes his way over to his chair. He passes Dora and Lily and smiles at them before pausing to hug Krisha then take up his seat next to her at the table. He pours himself a drink and leans back in his chair to watch the show, he's been planning this for awhile so it is nice to see everyone enjoying his surprise show.

Oswald bows to all then hops up onto a table then pauses and bows, "Log-a-Log... my honour to you and our brethren..." He then turns back to everyone and strums his harps, "My friends, please eat and drink and be merry, let not your wondrous Friar's food go to waste... for now we shall play music to accompany this feast. For every story revers a Redwall Seasonal Feast but later there shall be dancing and music, stories and wonders..."

He strums a chord, the flutes pipe an exotic shrill and then his troupe all break and bow before heading off to find themselves chairs. The feast is well and truly open and Benar is smiling happily as he sips his drink.

Vilfred nods as he grins, "Always good to be at the abbey, in fact I had wanted to update the good abbot Benar that my shrews are back in the area, in a new and think being better campsite."He gets some food and drink, as does his shrews.

Lacota pushes his cart with the elaborate cake and stops it right in front of Benar's seat, so every beast can see it clearly.

Krisha smiles at Benar and gets herself a drink and a little food, Sister Ginny and Brother Rick are helping the dibbuns for which she is glad of.A smile again as she sits back down by Benar"It still feels..odd to sit here, it's the first feast without Oz.I had to tell one guest whom is only here every 3 seasons of his death, they were sad and I did my best to comfort them.I...think I did well"

Esen hmmms, a shrug and she goes to find a seat on one of the benches in the room. A couple novices say hi and she nods, but has yet to speak, hey room full of strangers here, and the whole new to the area, "Certainly....lively during a ....feast."

Gorvenalus smiles, he sips some drink and listens to the music.He has yet to notice Esen as he chuckles at a vole juggling cups, lucky none break as they bow and sit down.

LilyMoore gets some food once the singing and dancing is over, and sits beside her mother. Butterclaw sits in his own chair on the other side of the Bellringer. DoraRose rubs her daughter's back, smiling slightly sadly, then gets some food of her own. Leaving the plate with her daughter (who will guard it from any crazy thieves!) and walks over to the Badger Mother. "Hey...you okay?")

Benar smiles and claps his hands, "My friends, Friar Lacota and his truly astounding cake... let's all give him a hand!"

He leads the applause and bows to the Friar, "Thank you, my dear friend, once again you have outdone yourself as always." The abbot then leans over to listen to Krisha and places a hand on her arm and nods.

"I know, it is hard holding this feast with him not here but he chose you to succeed him and he would not want any of us to be sad, not today. Oz always loved a feast, it was one of the few times I could get him to come down to dinner."

He raises his tankard, "So my friends, one and all, old and new and visiting from afar or locals a toast to Lacota, master chef of this feast and to the memory of our dearly departed Oz... to Summer!" He waits for the cheering from the toast to die down and settles down in his chair again to dig into the food and enjoy himself.

Isa watches the visitors closely but seems to relax when they sit down and then suddenly everyone's eating. Some of the dibbuns know which cues to watch out for with the feasts and have descended on the feast quickly, Isa misses it but as soon as she sees the dibbun sitters aren't stopping them anymore she quickly starts grabbing anything and everything and hoarding whatever she can't fit directly into her face.

Keldorn watches the show and chuckles a little, a fellow novice got him a plate of food and some drinks and he nods his thanks.He raises a tankard as well and nods.

Lacota bows to everyone. "Thank you, thank you!" No one could accuse the squirrel of being overly modest, after all.

Vilfred exclaims, "I am loving a good feast! Redwall food is always the best all around, no one is better!" His fellow shrews agree, wow they are agreements thats rare but good!" Yes to friends! To the great great food! Yes!""

Krisha smiles "Yes he would not want us to be sad"She chuckles at the fact, yeah sounds like Oz to rarely be down to dinner, she smiles and raises a glass"To Oz....and also thanks to Lacota on the good food and drinks for the Summer Feast"

Krisha leans back and nods to Dorarose "I..will be ok, don't worry just...different without Oz is all and there was one beast that was sad"She looks around, are they here..she hopes so as they can surely cheer up here.

Esen hmmmms as she sips some cordial and looks over at the Badgermother and Abbot and any other elders at the larger table and looks around at the gathered beasts chatting away with friends, another sip of her drink as she frowns a little, hmmms ok someone is not fully happy as she nibbles a little food.

Gorvenalus nods as he raises an ale mug and smiles, he then sees Esen and stands to walk over to her "Greetings, I am glad you have decided to come today, welcome"

The abbot enjoys the food and chatting quietly with some of the guests that come up to greet him.

DoraRose smiles. "Okay. I just remember the first feast after Leon died....it was hard. I just wanted to make sure you were okay." LilyMoore is usually on the lookout for sad or lonely people, and upon seeing Esen, she waves at her, then gets distracted when she has to smack a Dibbun's paw away from her mother's food. Butterclaw looks to where his friend has been waving, and waves at the badger, too.

Keldorn leans back and chats with a fellow novice, "This is nice yes and there is to be dancing afterwards....I will though be helping wash dishes"..The other novice nods, oh wait he is helping as well, oh well...someone has to help after all.

Vilfred grins, yes his shrews are well behaved, he is glad of this as he enjoys the feast and relaxes as some music plays.

Isa has more food in front of her than she could eat in a week but she's not sharing and she gives a dibbun that gets near her pile an angry little glare. She's not even eating it, she's stood on her chair, leaning over the pile of food, big fluffy tail raised behind her for balance as she eats from the table. That is until she spots Butterclaw. There's something about the little bird which just makes her stare at it, tail slowly swishing.

Krisha nods "Yeah, it was likely..harder on you, he was your mate Leon was.....I kind of remember him, a little. He was here when I first came and was a friend, even if it was just a short while"

Lacota stands beside Keldorn. "And I better not find you shirking your dish duty, either..."

Esen nods and finally speaks to someone "Oh...hey..yeah I came..suppose, I know really no one here, like at all but they seem friendly so far....though didn't give the best first impression to a beast in the woods."

Gorvenalus nods "Well, I think I heard about that from Patch and something about the rain storm, luckily it was a very brief storm and nothing was damaged and no one was hurt and today is sunny for the feast."

Butterclaw is oblivious to having the attention of a small cat, and is busy pecking at his seedcake. DoraRose nods, her smile fading slightly. "And some days I miss him more than others. I think that's okay. It's normal. And we'll both be okay. Right?" She's not looking for encouragement, but is trying to see how the Badger Mother is REALLY doing. LilyMoore has chased the Dibbun thief away from her mother's food, and is now eating hers, happy the newcomer badger has found someone to talk to.

Keldorn nods to the frir "I will not Friar Lacota, fear not."He sighs "I only wish my daughter had stayed but she needed to get back to Halyard, but we are to stay in touch with letters"

Vilfred is just enjoying food and chatting with beasts, he in fact goes to chat a little with the abbot some before heading back to his shrews.

Krisha nods "Yeah we will be ok, even if at times we think we are not ok, we have friends and still family to get us through it" She glances around speaking of family where is Xander, ok she can chat with him later, she does hope he comes down stairs soon, slight worry but then a smile, things are fine.She does catch the kitten standing on a chair and frowns, Sister Ginny gasos "Whoa...sit down little one your fall"

Isa stares for a few more seconds at the bird before she doesn't listen to Sister Ginny but not long after she's told to sit down she does sit but then soon after slowly edges off her seat and under the table. She quietly walks under the table until she's in about the right spot for the bird. She waits for a second until everyone looks distracted before she sneaks out, climbing on to the bench seat and just peaking the top of her head over the edge of the table to stare at the bird again. A little wiggle and then POUNCE! Fortunately she is young and inexperienced. If the little sparrow is fast she'll probably miss but even if she doesn't then luckily for Butterclaw she hasn't drawn her claws out.

Lacota hmmms. He makes his way to his own prepared seat, at the elder table. "Merciful heaven!" He spots that kitten pounce!

Esen blinks, ok music, some juggling, a pouncing kitten....wait what? A juggler is distracted and 3 apples fall to the ground, one on the vole's head as he frowns."O....k then"

Gorvenalus turns to look and tilts his head, "Oh..."Well hopefully all is ok as he is close enough to see it happen or maybe the cat missed?

Butterclaw had no idea what was coming, so he's very greatly surprised! Squawking with alarm, he spreads his wings and tries to fly away! LilyMoore leaps forward and goes to grab the kitten and hold her in her arms. "Hey! Hey, that's not very kind, honey! You could've hurt him. That's not the way to treat our friends!" DoraRose looks over at the chaos and covers her mouth with a paw, valiantly and successfully covering up her smile. It's not okay, as the Bellringer said, but it IS a little funny.

Lacota shakes his head and tuts. "Dibbuns these days... No control at all..."

Xander slips in, yep he is late and just quietly gets a plate, 2-3 squirrels and an otter with him , Mossflower Defenders. He quickly finds a chair, as does the beasts with him and yep he missed the brief excitement with sparrow and kitten.

Keldorn hmmms, a sip of drink as he smiles.Music and some more entertainment of juggling and one beast doing tricks with colored scarves.

Krisha didn't see Xander, yet anyways as too much was going on as she sighs, ok some dibbuns are wild it seems, but she does know Isa can be sneaky and usually one novice, or two, help keep an eye in the kitten.

Esen blinks , she shakes her head and does notice Xander and frowns, she just looks back to the feast and grows quiet.Again maybe she will just quietly slip off, take a snack with her perhaps

Isa is delighted when she catches the bird and grins as she holds him down so he can't fly off but it doesn't last long before she's grabbed and she yowls in surprise and starts twisting every which way to try and wriggle out of LilyMoore's arms and try to get the mouse to drop her.

Gorvenalus smiles "Seems it is under control now....I think

Benar looks over and then decides its being taken care of and smiles, a quick chat with the musical guests as some music to dance by starts up, a couple from the traveling circus starts to dance and others motion for others to join in if they want to dance.Some stories will be a little later

DoraRose coughs slightly. "That kitten looks like a pawful." LilyMoore shifts her grip as necessary, doing her utmost to keep hold of the kitten. "Oh, no you don't!" Butterclaw is perched on a rafter, his feathers pointing every which-way, and he's scolding the kitten rather ferociously in the Sparra language. As the dance music starts up, the Bellringer glances towards the dance floor, then whirls out onto it, doing her best to keep the kitten in her arms as the mouse twirls around the dance floor, effortlessly keeping in time with the music.

Keldorn waves at Xander "Hello my friend, all is well I hope?"

Lacota will most certainly *not* be dancing. He hasn't danced even once since his wife died.

Xander nods "I..guess"He sighs and lays a paw on the eye patch he has and snorts.He glances at Krisha and sighs, a small sip of corial, he gets a roll, not that he got much food just a bowl of soup, that he ate, and the roll.He walks up to stand by Krisha "Hi..sorry I am...late, nothing happen just walked slow is all"

Krisha looks up as Xander comes into view and listens to him, a long drink of cordial as she seems to think on her words, a few n=bites of her food...seems like forever and she finally speaks "Your forgiven...there is a way to make it up to me though"

Esen moves a few veggies around on her plate and quietly starts to slip towards the doorway that leads outside.

Isa makes another note of surprise when she's suddenly twirled around and then there's dancing beasts everywhere and music and she's right in the middle of it all. Her struggle to get away suddenly changes direction and she squirms to burrow in to Lily's arms and hide there, just peeking out over Lily's arm though the kitten recoils back down for safety every time anyone gets close.

Gorvenalus just watches anyone dancing, he is not interested in dancing either but he is glad others are enjoying the evening.

Lacota taps a footpaw in time to the music as he listens.

DoraRose smiles at Xander. "Oh, hey there." Glancing between him and his wife, she slips away and nearly bumps into Esen. "Oh, hello there. Sorry for not speaking to you sooner. I'm DoraRose Strongheart, Gatekeeper." She smiles and holds out a paw to shake. LilyMoore smiles and hugs the little cat closer, continuing to dance, her feet easily keeping time with the music. Butterclaw lands on his chair and starts preening his feathers, still grumbling in the kitten's direction in the Sparra language.

Xander nods, he hmmms?" Ummm...like wot?" He likely should get something else to eat, but his focus is making sure Krisha is ok first.

Krisha fishes some pie and stands "Dance with me"She goes to lead Xander to the dance floor.

Esen backs up "Its....ok, s...sorry just not sure if staying much longer, it's nice and all..certainly lively bunch of beasts and friendly. I wouldnt of come but a couple beasts in the woods..invited me, and this after I umm...well lets just say not the best first impression but I was half asleep and thought they were...a robber beast"

Lacota reminds himself to greet DoraRose before the night ends.

Isa keeps watching from her hiding spot in Lily's arms and it's several minutes before she seems to accept nothing bad is happening and relaxes slightly. The sparrow's curses she pays no attention to and would gladly pounce him again were she given the chance. After a few more minutes she finally looks up at Lily, turning that stare on to her now.

DoraRose shrugs. "Well, that's okay. The amount of creatures at feasts isn't necessarily for every beast. I'm glad you came, though." She smiles easily. "And it's easy to overreact when one is half asleep. I've done that numerous times. I nearly punched my husband in the face a few times. I guess it's part of being a Warrior." LilyMoore smiles down at the kitten, managing to not trip or run into anyone as they continue to dance. "Yeah, it's not so bad once you get used to it. I'm Lily, by the way." She's not perturbed at all by the cat's stare. She's friends with Blisa, the borderline insane cat Chieftain of Ferravale. She can handle an intense stare from a feline Dibbun. Butterclaw has finally calmed down to the point where he can finish his meal.

Xander smiles as he goes to dance with Krisha, it has been a while since he danced and he will enjoy dancing.

Krisha smiles and lays her head on Xander's shoulder letting him lead the dance after a little while. She is just gonna enjoy the dance and the music as it plays.

Esen nods "Interesting...I almost stabbed a beast...I didn't just almost, I stopped when I saw they were not a threat, it's just a little lonely to travel and..."She frowns as a memory hits her, "Just last time a beast came into a camp I and my...father was in..."She just shakes her head, it clearly didn't end well and she excuses herself as she heads to the doorway, she will slip back inside a short time later, away from all the dancing and get some food to take with her, yeah good food for the road.Then she is quietly leaving.

Gorvenalus smiles, he gets out his journal and write some things down and watches the others as he chuckles. Well most are having a great time at the feast, seems one of the best Summer ones in a while.

Lacota gets up from his chair, making his way toward DoraRose. "You seem to be enjoying the feast..."

Isa has yet to say a thing to anyone at the abbey, the healers found nothing wrong, she just won't talk and tries to run away and hide from the dibbun keepers on a daily basis. It's with her usual silence that she keeps staring at Lily before finally she reaches out a paw and goes to put it on the mouse's nose. The staring continues like she's just waiting to test what Lily will do.

DoraRose watches the guest leave and sighs. She understands having hard memories to work through. Sitting down, she (FINALLY) starts eating her food when the Friar comes over to her. "Oh, hey. Yeah....it's always fun to see all my friends, and meet new beasts. I just.....I guess we never stop missing our mates when they die..." LilyMoore widens her eyes, smiling as she brings her nose down to try and touch the kitten's nose with it! Butterclaw continues to eat, content that his mouse friends will protect him from crazy cats.

Xander smiles, today is a good day, he is happy and happy is good as he dances and enjoys the night.He can get something else to eat a little later, dancing right now is better....food will be there later so it can wait.

Krisha smiles, happy as well and relaxed..."Dancing is nice, we need to dance more often."

Patch slips in, late but hey there is still food as he happy;y gets some of it and enjoys it very very much along with s nice October Ale.

Lacota nods his head slowly. "Aye. The memory is always close to one's heart, I should think..." He goes silent for a few moments, remembering Krystal. "Ah, but... Life goes on." He turns to watch LilyMoore and the cat. "Your daughter is growing up to be a fine lass. You ought to be a proud Mother."

Isa goes a little cross eyed as she watches the mouse's nose approaching hers and then the kitten suddenly giggles when they touch and she quickly hides her own nose under one of her paws and goes to playfully bat at Lily's whiskers with the other paw.

Gorvenalus yawns, he is tried but smiles as some beasts come to talk to him, he can stay up a little longer after all.

Xander says, "Dance more often would be nice, not sure when" He will dance as long as she wants to dance, then he can sit down and get some more good food."

DoraRose smiles. "Oh, I am. She's amazing. I love her too much." Quickly finishing her food, she stands and holds a paw out to the squirrel. "I know the pain of not having our mates here anymore. But would you dance with me to honour both Leon and Krystal's memories? I believe they wouldn't want us to stay sad and not celebrate their lives, and what was." LilyMoore crosses her eyes, then straightens them out and purses her lips so her whiskers tickle at the kitten's cheeks. She's still dancing around, but much more slowly now that she's successfully drawing the cat out of her shell.

Lacota offers one of his rare *genuine* smiles, the ones he only offers to his dearest friends. "Why, I would be only too happy to," he replies, taking DoraRose's paw in his own, then guiding her toward the other dancers.

Isa giggles again and hides her head under her arms at the tickling attack. She returns with more batting though she stops for a second to blow at the whiskers and make them move before she tries to catch them. She's being surprisingly gentle about it though.

Krisha looks over at the dibbuns and some that are dancing also and chuckles as she smiles and just enjoys some time with Xander, but she will sit back down to have some dessert

Gorvenalus watches the beasts as he finishes what he needs to write down in the logs and then puts away the ink and a quill pen , then his journal."This feast has been very good indeed"

DoraRose smiles and follows the Friar's lead. LilyMoore slowly shifts the kitten in her arms and goes to gently touch the cat on the ear! She giggles, too, unable to resist the joy the Dibbun is expressing!

Lacota is actually better at dancing than he will *ever* let anybeast know openly. Perhaps something from his pre-Redwall life. "Do you happen to know the Southsward Three-Step?"

Gorvenalus watches as Lacota and Dora start to dance and smiles, he gets some cake and eats it slowly, it for sure has been a very good day and now evening.

Isa's ear flicks when it's touched but the kitten goes to rest her head against the paw in response and just purrs, closing her eyes. It lasts a few long seconds before Isa opens her eyes again and it's like something broke when she looks at Lily again as she suddenly looks sad before she looks down and starts to curl up and hug on to her tail still comfortably in the mouse's arms "I want mom" she quietly says as she starts staring at the world again.

DoraRose grins. "Nope, but I figure I can pick it up pretty quickly. Lead the way!" She'll follow his lead, absolutely! And she's a very good dancer, herself. Helps her be a good Warrior, all that fancy footwork. And she does pick up new steps pretty quickly, too. LilyMoore smiles as the kitten purrs, then her smile softens sadly as the little kitty talks. The mouse doesn't know that the cat hasn't been talking, but she can tell that she's sad. "I know," she whispers, hugging the Dibbun close and slowly dancing, hoping her movement is soothing. "I want my dad. I miss him every day. But he went to the Dark Forest a while ago, and while I'm sad that I can't talk to him right now, I know I'll see him again someday. I don't know where your momma is, but I believe that even if you can't ever talk to her again, you'll still be able to see her again, someday, just like I'll see my dad."

Lacota picks up the pace, in that case! "Ah, it was all the rage many seasons ago," he says, "I wouldn't doubt Benar knows it... He came from Southsward, I believe..."

Isa is sad but comfortable to just stay there and sway until dads get mentioned and things take a turn for the worse. She recoils, trying to hide in Lily's arms again "I don't want da'" she looks scared and like she might cry as her fur raises and she gets extra fluffy "Mom says y'have to be quiet an' hide when da' gets mad" she starts getting really quiet and very still as she just sort of shuts down and the fear changes to a blank expression as she stares at the ground "Da's always mad"

Gorvenalus smiles as he gets up "Benar is from Southsward, in fact a beast i spoke to ealier was gonna live in that area with family."

DoraRose follows, mistepping a little, but picking the dance up pretty quickly, nonetheless. "Oh, unodubtedly. I know a few reels from Tuscani, although I'm probably a little rusty. Maybe I can get Benar to dance later...." LilyMoore frowns. Oops. "Well, if your dad shows up, I'll make sure he stays away from you. I'll do everything I can to keep you safe, and so will /my/ mom. I promise."

Lacota perks his ears toward Gorvenalus. "Ah, see, I was right. I spent time in Southsward when I was *much* younger..." Several other abbeybeasts, seeing Friar and Gatekeeper dancing, they begin to mimic the footwork.

Isa just seems to be mentally gone. She doesn't respond this time and she's staring but it's blank and unfocused. Some sort of coping mechanism maybe. She just quietly stays curled up there. Eventually, if the gentle dancing continues, she might just fall asleep there.

Ewan sighs, late to a feast...oh well good food is still here and he gets a large plate and a tall October Ale and sits down watching the dancing, maybe he will join on dancing...maybe, after he eats.

DoraRose notes the other couples dancing around them, like any good Warrior, aware of her surroundings, but she ignores them, knowing it's not too important. "I've never been to Southsward. What's it like?" LilyMoore frowns and holds the kitten close, continuing her gentle dancing. She plans to keep her promise, even if the kitten didn't register it. And she'll tell her mother later, too.

Isa doesn't completely snap out of it but eventually her head and eyes start to droop and she rests her head on Lily's arm. There's a little yawn and a tiny, very quiet sigh as she relaxes in to sleep.

Gorvenalus nods as he smiles again, things are slowing down now as beasts get treid, though some will stay up a little later to tell stores or share news, some stories will just wait till breakfast.

DoraRose continues to dance with the Friar for a while, and eventually everyone drifts off to bed, and she does one last check of all the gates to make sure everything is secure. LilyMoore holds the cat until she's asleep, then passes her off to one of the Dibbun caretakers. Meeting her mother in the Gatehouse loft, she tells her mother about what Isa said, and the Gatekeepers makes sure to keep a watch out for the little cat's parents. But first, bedtime.....

Ewan is just up late, it's fine...he will likely regret it in the morning.

Gorvenalus takes time to write down in the logs the events of the feast and some of other events and then smiles. he heads to bed and has a fairly good rest full sleep.

oz · RP Chat

Well I was helping with an adventure when ever all 3 ( Monty, Adrian, Elbio) of you can be on or even just a couple on......

Elbio found a traveling carvan of beasts , mainly hamsters and squirrels led by a tall otter....well they have 3 missing dibbuns that need found and found soon before a thunderstorm hits....they can find and hopefully save the dibbuns and head on into Southsward area . And there is some places to role play in that area before they head onwards to where ever after Southsward area. I am on most days for role play just need to figure out a day next week...maybe Monday, Tuesday or Thursday? Like round 12 noon est?

oz · Logs

Who:

Patch-spy, tavern worker, ale maker

Xander- Leader of Mossflower Defenders

Esen- New to the area, sort of a wanderer

a couple spoofed squirrels

LOG:

===Somewhere in the woods by the abbey==-

Patch disliked rain, he would so just head back if he had it his way but who would miss a feast at the abbey, surely not this rat.

Xander was checking on some Mossflower Defenders and seeing if they had wanted to come to the feast, a couple squirrels decided to join him, others said they might wander over and a grumpy otter with a sore paw just flat said nope. So here he was walking along the path and then the rain was starting, well least it wasn't too bad yet.

Esen was asleep by a dying campfire, she had yet to sleep in the abbey, too many strangers she didn't know .Good thing there is no vermin around seeing as its nighttime now and the sun set a couple hours ago.

Patch sniffed the air and hmmms, he shrugged, not his business and he seen Xander "Stripy!..Where ya been wander off and don't tell me a thing you don't...and..whats with de eye patch?"

Xander laid a paw on the patch over his eye and sighed "Remember the...fight, I mean I don't but it was injuried then, I do know I didn't get it checked as much as I should of...ok long story short, it's...its gone and so I have a permit eye patch."He motions to come on before the rain gets worse when he hmmms notices camp fire light and walks towards it.

Esen is not that deep of a sleeper, and the camp fire is nearly out thanks to the rain as she stirs in her sleep a little slowly waking up.

Patch blinks "Hey...ya avoid campfires not go towards them Stripy..what if tis a horde or some ..some beast ta tear ya limp ta limp and leave nothing to even ID ya with."He points to the abbey"Look..tis dry in thar..hey!!" And a loud thunder and lighting strikes across the sky as Patch screams, and.....

DOWN POUR OF RAIN!

Xander frowns and blinks "A..badger?" He seems surprised there is any badgers around as he kicks wet dirt over the campfire and goes to tap Esen on the shoulder "Hey...miss?"

And she may be a badger but it's dark and she was half awake, surprise fully awake now! The badger maid growls and goes to lock her paw around his wrist as she stands, and if she succeeds flip him over her back and to the ground, pinning him to the ground a craving knife to the throat and a growl...then a gasp as she gets a good look and backs away"Oh my...your a..."She drops the craving knife "I almost stabbed you in the throat!!"

Patch seems not sure if he should go in the woods or not and frowns at the sound of...fighting?" Oh wondera full!!" He sighs and ...the abbey or the woods...the abbey or the....oh heck with it the woods.

Xander eyes widen as he looks up at the badger maid and eeeps, "WAIT!!" He tenses up as he would of had no chance to block that had she stabed him and that's a rather bad place to get stabbed. He scoots back and stands slowly, paws up "I am a friend...trust me..My name is Xander Winters, my wife is Bagdermother at the abbey that's like...over thar"He points to where one can likely see part of the taller walls maybe the bell Tower a little, as it starts to pour down rain he frowns "Inside is a lot..dryer and sorry to scare you like that"

Esen frowns, she sees Patch and snorts, looks back at Xander "I'm..sorry..I thought you were some robber or..worse, I am not the best at...well fighting" Umm she isn't? She looks to the abbey and nods "I..yeah that sounds like a plan, thank you...Xander and I did hear there was some..Summer Feast though my luck I missed it and I had told a friend I made I would get them something."

Patch slows and looks between them and backs up a little, "Umm..hey?"

Xander nods and smiles "Its tomorrow and you can come..."He nods to Patch "That's Patch he wont hurt you...he may annoy ya but that's it...come on we can get you a towel, sit by the fire place and a nice warm meal..and a room to stay in while your there."

Esen studies the rat, and nods.At the mention the feast is still on she smiles "Really?!" She grins and gets her cloak she was laying on, double makes sure the fire is out and follows them, "lead the way"

Patch rolls his eyes "Anooying? Me?..Your the one who is..."A loud thunderclap!" EEEEEK!!!!...Wait on me..!!!" He quickly follows after them, yeah inside is better and food, yeah Redwall food is the best!

oz · Logs

WHO:

Gorvenalus-Recorder of Redwall Abbey, Part time healer

Vilfred-Log a Log

Esen-A visting guest

Lilymoore-Bell Ringer of Redwall

LOG:

Gorvenalus was on the walltops and chatting with a couple beasts and ever so often looked down at the road

The road was not busy, then it is hot outside so why is a cloaked beast walking along the road, slowly..they sway and then fall over, they may need some help.

Vilfred is on the road and rsuhes over as he carefully checks on the beast.

Gorvenalus excuses himself and quickly joins the beasts on the road"Are they hurt, injuried..ill?"

Esen groans and mutters something, no injuries but she looks like she should cool off inside and get some water.

The shrew sighs "And ya wonder why beasts dont just carry water in a canteen on hot days."

Gorvenalus goes to help her inside and offers some water, "Here...sip and we can get inside to Cavern Hole"

Esen nods, sure if its better inside she is all for it.

Gorvenalus is helping a cloaked figure inside and to a chair, "You can rest here if like, all are welcome to Redwall"

Vilfred follows as he is stlil unsure "Providing they are good beasts that is and who wears a cloak in the summer..wot be with beasts and being out in summer sun too long."

Esen has yet to really take off the cloak as she just leans back in the chair and sips more of the water, she does finally speak though "Thank....you" She says quietly "I am...not use to this area."

LilyMoore comes out from the kitchen, carrying an empty basket over her arm. "Oh! Oh, hello! Do I need to get anything, Gorvenalus?" The mousemaid, ever eager to welcome guests, sets down her basket and stands ready to dash off and get things, if needed.

Gorvenalus smiles "I think all is ok, maybe some cordial prehaps and yes this summer has been rather annoying I agree."

Vilfred nods "Yeah...and..oh hello!" He waves to Lilymoore, luckly he is by himself as his shrews are elsewhere, thank the seasons he thinks to himself.

Esen looks over at the mouse maid and quietly listens as the others talk, she decides it seems safe enough as she stands and takes off the hooded cloak.Her outfit is a bit different than most would see in this area..more northern sort of outfit, she keeps the cloak in her lap when she sits back down and glaces around the room "So what is this place called?"

The mousemaid smiles to the new badger. "This is the Abbey of Redwall. You're in our Cavern Hole right now. My name's LilyMoore, but you can call me Lily. What's your name?" She holds out a paw to shake in a friendly sort of way.

Vojin enters the room but stays close to the doorway and folds his arms over his chest, he is slightly moody it seems but keeps what ever reason to himself as he quietly watches the other beasts.

Gorvenalus smiles and gets some water for anyone who wants some, "Redwall is a safe place and I am sure you can stay a few days if your just passing through.

Vilfred tilts his head "Oh a badger, what is with needing to help badgers lately ."He yawns and speaks again "Not that I care, I help any beast in need...I think I like not having arguing of the other shrews, was annoying but soon we shall, I hope, find a better location for a new camp"

Esen nods and starts to reply when she sees Vojin and narrows her eyes "There is a wildcat in your home."She is calm, for now but its clear she is no friend to a vermin species.It seems the answer of her name will wait.

LilyMoore glances at the wildcat. "Oh, yes, but it's alright. Redwall is open to every creature who comes in peace. Also, my mother is the Gatekeeper, and part of her job and the job of the wall guards is to remove the weapons of anybeast who enters the Abbey. So you don't have to worry. Momma always does a good job keeping us safe," she adds with childlike pride.

Vojin rolls his eyes "Wot, cant be here either...my day cant get any worse...or can it?"

Gorvenalus frowns at the Wildcat "The wildcat is...."A friend? He is unsure "I do not think he means anyone harm and is clearly having a bad day"

Vilfred says, "Redwall is safe for all good beasts and those who listen to the rules and are good hearted, a place to relax and rest weather a few days or a long long time, some live here and others do not"He smiles "I am Vilfred or Log a Log to some"

Esen scans the room and back to the wildcat, she studies him "He is a..vermin I was always taught they were to not be trusted..."She relaxes, a little "Esen of the North"

LilyMoore frowns slightly, but says nothing, just fidgeting with the hem of her tunic. How can she say that some of her dearest friends have been vermin? She smiles politely when the badger shares her name, though. "Esen? That's a pretty name."

Vojin steps the rest of the way inside "I am Vojin Longtail, not....some random vermin. I have friends whom are woodlander and of vermin species..may of lost some but that is my fault and mine alone, I did some wrong things and shouldn't of, but hey..its the past and the punishment is...fitting, I am still a friend and help help abbey beasts.."

Gorvenalus listens, he can ask later what happen but for now he rather relax "The abbey even has a peace treaty with Ferravale" He hmms "The north hmm, not many seem to like the northlands. There was a badger here..a couple really from the Snowy Northlands"

Esen grips the arm of her chair when the wildcat comes in further and keeps an eye on him, she then glaces at the beaver "Other badgers?" Then a frown as past tense is used "Oh..so what happen to them if I may ask?"

LilyMoore looks at the floor, frowning. "Zee....Papa Oz, and....Zork all died....they were really old," she adds quietly. She sits down on a nearby footrest, fidgeting with a loose string on the hem of her tunic. A couple of those badgers obviously meant a lot to her.

Vojin sighs as she just stays quiet and mutters "Not gonna harm anyone"He frowns and slowly gets up "I'll go elsewhere..."He walks out to the entry and towards the pond.

Gorvenalus nods "There is a couple badgers..Xander and Krisha and I think I seen another but think he left the area"

Vilfred frowns "Maybe we can speak of not death but other things..oh there is the Summer Feast in a weeks time!"

Esen frowns as she listens and nods "I..see..."She decides yeah its best to not ask details"I am sure their lives were worthwhile and they had many friends..I have...no friends and not even seen any other badger for a long while..well my parents I suppose, but they are no longer around and so I sort of decided to travel to lands I have not been too before"

LilyMoore glances up at the badger. "I'll be your friend if you promise to be nice to all of my other friends." She perks up at the reminder of the feast. "And you should totally come to the Summer Feast next week! That's a good place to meet new beasts and make more friends."

Gorvenalus friends "The feasts should be good this year...manners, hee...I am Brother Gorvenalus, Recorder of Redwall abbey, its nice to meet you Esen and yes, do stay and be our guest"

Vilfred says, "I will be at the feast though I am hoping to speak to the abbot before that time...let him know the Guoism is ok..though yes we been a bit...aloft suppose since...yes"

Esen smiles a little "I am..a good beast and friends would be nice and never been to any feast of any kind"

LilyMoore legitamately gasps. "You've NEVER been to a FEAST?! ANYWHERE?!" The thought is almost outside of her imagination...almost. How horrifying! "Then you absolutely HAVE to come next week!! I was so little when I went to my first feast, I don't even remember it. You have the chance of a lifetime to enjoy such a fun thing for the first time!" She seems excited now. "You can sit by me, if you'd like. And maybe you'll see our Badger Mother and her husband, too. I'm sure they'd love to meet you."

Vilfred nods "Redwall feasts are talked of all over, even the western shores speak of them..hares from there would love to come, though hares do eat a lot"

Esen shakes her head "No...there was no feast in my small villlage, we did share small meals but food was not always much, not many places to grow good food,there is a lot of fish and some nut trees, but little else, and traders do not stay long either."

LilyMoore calms down. Taking a deep breath, she says, "Were you ever not able to have enough to eat? You don't have to tell us if you don't want to," she adds quickly, understanding that some beasts don't like answering personal questions.

Gorvenalus listens quietly and lets the others talk as he relaxes in his chair.Not much to really do today, least that he hasn't already done.
Vilfred says, "Well come to the feast, enjoy good food and drink and make friends, friends are always good to have"

Esen says, "At...times, but usually only the last 3-4 weeks of winter, and maybe a little into spring but we got by.One can find wild mushrooms, some watercress and there is ice fishing, also some things can be stored..I have heard some libe further north but we lived in a small village...maybe less than a dozen beasts. mostly otters...the Frozen Creek Holt..white fured otters, they were good friends and took in me and my mother and father when I was young...sadly my mother died, my father died ..."She frowns, it must of been recently."Its not always wise to travel but we wanted something better than..what was north" Or least her part of the north

LilyMoore frowns. "That must've been hard. I'm sorry." She pauses, then adds quietly, "My Dad was murdered a few seasons ago. He was the Master Healer here. But he took the evil bird out with him. He was very brave." She doesn't ask how the badger's parents died, but maybe her own vulnerability will make the newcomer feel safer in sharing it, if she wants to.

Gorvenalus smiles "I can see if a room can be found for you to stay, maybe even see Ferrvale if you like"He adds "Even if staying is temporary"

Esen says, "Do you still...have a Master Healer? She asks quietly "And..i may stay for the feast, but not sure on Ferravale..I meet a squirrel on the bridge, he said it was a village of vermin beasts"

LilyMoore shrugs. "My great-grandmother is sort of the Master Healer, but we've kind of left the position empty. She's not a member of the Order of Redwall, so she can't become the Master Healer, but she's in charge of the Infirmary." She lets someone else answer about Ferravale.

Gorvenalus says, "Ferravale is safe....well maybe go with another beast. we have a peace treaty with them and they help us at times and we help them as well. Blisa is the chieftain there. As for the infirm..yes Angela is the main one and she does an excellent job and has helped many, I help at times as well "

Esen nods"Well...maybe, for now I will just stay here I have traveled a long while and..sort of spent too much time in the hot weather ealier, so thanks for your help inside, not sure what would of happen had I stayed outside"

LilyMoore smiles at the praise for her great-grandmother. "I'm happy you're here, Esen. I do hope you'll stay, at least for a while. It's too hot to do much, anyway."

Gorvenalus says, "Summer is almost over though, then will be autumn time, we will likely have more guests to come for the feast"

Esen says, "A feast does sound nice and it will be good to meet new beasts, few stayed in the Northlands...that were nice anyways" She yawns and finds herself tried so falls asleep.

LilyMoore walks over to the beaver. "I hope you're having a good day," she tell him as she goes to give him a hug.

Gorvenalus accpets the hug "As good a day as any. I wonder how long our new guest will stay, its always nice to see new faces at the abbey."

LilyMoore nods. "She seems nice. I bet she could use some friends. I was on my way to the herb garden for the cooks, and I had decided to take the long way around. That's why i was coming through here."

Gorvenalus nods "It seems better to do some gardening at dusk lately..been a couple beasts who have had ill effects in the heat."

LilyMoore nods. "I try to stay in the shade and rest when necessary. I also have borrowed my Nana's water canteen, and I have it with me everywhere." She pulls it out of her pocket to show him. "And I wasn't going to be out there for very long. I was just going to get some fresh herbs for a dish for dinner that one of the cooks asked for."

Gorvenalus nods as he smiles "I should help check supplies for the abbot.Though we should be fine, but we usually check towards end of winter when a spice mechart comes by the abbey"

LilyMoore puts the canteen away. "Nana checks the supplies in the Infirmary like every month, with a small check every week. She's very serious about keeping the Infirm stocked with all the necessities." She dashes over and grabs her basket. "Maybe you can help me pick the herbs and then come check on some supplies in the kitchen?"

Gorvenalus nods as he gets out of his seat "Why not...I would love to help, lets go"

oz · Logs

**I got the Abbot on....**

Who:

Benar-Abbot of Redwall

Xander-Leader of Mossflower Defenders and Owner of Redthorn Tavern

a spoofed novice

LOG:

RW Abbey: Kitchen Yard
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Boasting a decent view of the Abbey's orchards and gardens, this
space is mostly a work area, displaying well trampled grass and the
occasonal bare spot. An especaily worn spot is the path that leads
between the kitchen gardens and the vineyards.

From one end of the kitchen yard to the other, the space is nearly
filled by the tremendous gnarled trunk of an ancient apple tree,
roots and branches and boughs trimmed off and piled alongside for
later use. A deep groove of mud-churned sod and torn grass leads
back to the orchard, from where the fallen tree must have come.

There are also a variety of workshops around the edge of the yard,
the wood-shop, the cooper for making barrels. The small smithy
where the abbey's tools are made, the potters kiln and the brewery.
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Xander worked on a bowl, still, that he was making, a design of swirls and clouds and carefully laid it aside, there was also a mug he was, well trying to figure out and decided to give up on its design as he sighed.

Benar walks over to where the badger is "Hello Xander, I heard of what happen, I also remember you and I was supposed to talk but you left before I got here.I am sorry I was not here right away I had to tend to some things in the orchards, a tree branch needed trimmed back that had gotten damaged in a storm, lucky the tree is ok."

Xander frowns and doesn't look at the abbot right away and then finally does slowly turn to face him "I'm..sorry Abbot Benar. I...I left..I was upset and it was likely better I left at the time than stay or..well..may of ended up punching someone"

Benar nods as he listens "Well, we clearly do not want you punching anyone, may I sit?"

Xander nods "Again..I should of waited you did say it was not a request after all."He grows quiet and speaks "C..Can I talk now?"

Benar nods as he sits down "If you wish to speak I am always around to listen."

Xander sighs, "I..I know..first sorry for upsetting anyone, sorry for my grumpiness lately as I should of focused it elsewhere or maybe no where..I..I don't know. So many things were happening and I failed at, at stopping them...but I am leader of the Mossflower Defenders, we are to defend and yet I failed at that when...when Hawkeye..died and i failed at stopping that cat, who by the way leads a new Blackrose group..she might have a couple slaves but I don't know for certain.I killed around 12 or so of her..beasts and her mate or think it was her mate...after...they...."He takes a deep breath and exhales.

Benar listens as the badger speaks" Some things can not be stopped .And I heard of Kalypso was it?..Her group is whom killed the dibbun.How you and a couple others hunted down the group and there was a fight that ended with injuries and the group being again lost."

Xander frowns "Yeah...no clue where and they may of left Mossflower, a couple of the Defenders..an otter and a squirrel, couldn't find her, Silverwing found tracks east but then lost them and there been no sights of them since. I have decided to not go hunting them down, it..it is pointless too and she has maybe..a pawfull now with her, maybe she will run into others that will finish her off or..so I hope." He wipes away tears as he speaks " but I still..failed to make sure Hawkeye and Northstar were..were safe, I am lucky no one else was hurt..or...or worse."

Benar nods "Then for now do not dweel on it, leave the worry to others.You may want to defend and protect but you cant do so for everyone, everywhere, 24/7..it will only cause you stress and stress can lead to many things..health issues..anger issues..confusion and even pain, it makes matters worse." He will let him speak if he wants to.

Xander frowns "Yeah...I..I know and my group has..little"He frowns, and takes a deep breath "The ones I have can still..patrol, when needed for..well anything and Patch has beasts even to see what is going around and what does or..doesn't need attention. I know Camp Willow keeps an eye on things near the river and Ferravale with stuff near there,...and I found or..guess they found me..the Guosim are back in the area, they were south of here and I kind of..sort of..took care of a wolverine for them, out of luck it ambushed me and I killed it...then fell in a hole ment for it, that after being lost in woods, and yeah it was hot and sort of forgot water...they helped me out and got me here, I also didn't let the healers tend to my..eye and well.."He sighs "I..have to keep the patch...."

Benar shakes his head "It is always wise to have water in this summer heat, this summer has been very annoying and I will be happy when its Autumn, I am glad you got help Xander but that could of ended worse and I don't wish more bad news. I also hope your letting the healers check your eye now, its always important to let healers do their job..even if you rather not go to the infirm when they tell you too, its better too do so" He gets some clay and looks to the badger"Did you still wish to talk? Sometimes a hobby can lessen stress.."

Xander frowns quietly "I...know"He did bake a lot of cookies,muffins, a cake and a cobbler at the base, he has not done much with the pottery wheel, just the bowl and..that is a mug right? Or maybe its for butter now, or..creamer? He then just suddenly starts crying and decides to just let it out for a good few moments not caring who his company is, this may be a good thing as he hasn't cried since the day Oz died and even that day he forced himself to stop."Why?..Why...They..died..w..why I should of been there too..."He sniffs and frowns" A..And when I..I am..t..t..there for..Hawkeye..and..and my daughter its...its too..late..life hates me"And more open sobbing,tears, and shivering as he FINALLY gets all this bottled up feelings of sadness,anger,confusion,stress, out."And..And that..fight with the Blackrose....and maybe even falling into that...hole after being in the sun too long..messed up memories..didn't help just mak..making it..w...w..worse.."Yeah nothing like not remembering an uncle , and a child,and a friend died, all that news in one day! And this stuff, who knows what else happen in the past what 4-5 seasons and he has forgotten ALL OF IT! So there is stress of that too.

Benar starts to work on some sort of vase and stops, he wipes off his paws on a rag and lays a paw on Xander's arm, "I am here..Xander..it is ok to weep, keeping feelings bottled up is not good."

Xander jumps slightly and lets himself sob for a little while before he does manage to calm down finally"I..I need to tell others..s...sorry,,how acted when...when I was ...upset" He frowns, how long has he been here, is that the lunch bell?

Benar nods "For now...relax and calm yourself..sit here a while."A passing novice from the nearby gardens clears their throat "Father Abbot it's lunch time..." The Abbot nods and smiles "Please bring me and Xander's lunch out here"The novice nods and does so.

Xander sniffs, ok lunch here is ok, there is a small clear table and a couple benches "Oh by the way the new Log-A-Log wanted to speak to you think just to say hi.."

Benar nods "That will be nice to see how they are doing, no one has heard much since the siege with Ormaz...for now lunch and we can work on some pottery together after lunch"

oz · RP Chat

LP LOG FOR TENDERFOOT

I Spoofed Pine,some hamsters and a couple squirrels in the woods as the gang has finally found some woods as its ICLY been a couple weeks since the horrible lost in the tunnels area.

==LOG==

Elbio was out looking for some sort of eatable food, lucky it was spring so it was not too hard and they were in a forest of sort and had been the past week or two wandering some paths.Today was hot VERY VERY HOT in fact and the hare was just a little lost, he sighed as he drank all his water rations and he was not sure where the creek was they were following, he decided to go off the path to find a couple herbs, and found berry bushes, least he knew what blueberries were as he filled a small bag he had and went further away from the stream.

It was always wise to pay attention as danger is not always travelers, or insane beasts..in can b nature as well. Bees for example hate company or anyone near their nest and this nest had been knocked from a tree, not too long ago and broke, some bees still buzzed around.Bees sting and it hurts, like a lot.

Elbio was already hot and frowns, "Where is de bally camp..."He gasps as he stumbles down a small sort of drop off, no more than 2-3 feet but he sprang his ankle and rubs it, "Ow..ow...stupid luck"

And the bees are once more disturbed, and decide to take it out on the poor lost hare! Lucky most of the bees have flown elsewhere but a few are here and aim to sting!

Elbio swats a bee and then another and screams bolting away from the bees and sadly further into the wooded area, away from the stream and away from his friends who will soon wonder where some lunch is as yes they may of gotten a few supplies, but not many. He gets a couple stings on the arm and pants as he gets away, he gulps and looks around, he is freaking lost, he is hot and tried.

It may be a lot of trees and some shade, but the sun is no one's friend in summer and the further south, the worse it is and with no water he is in trouble, lucky or maybe unlucky some others do travel the forest paths sometimes.But how often?

Elbio takes a deep breath and yells out "Monty! Adrain...Yerna!" He walks along, he nibbles a few berries and then frowns, ok berries and overheating is bad as he throws up and coughs a little, ok no berries then, he needs water and the skys are clear as it the sun is laughing at him.He walks on and wipes away sweat, least at the camp site there is tents, beside a creek so THEY have water, he doesn't and it is getting to him, a few more moments and he falls to his knees and slumps sideways slipping into an unconscious state.

There is luck! Hopefully as voices and then someone checking his pulse and saying something, though it may be hard to make out but strong arms will lift him and take him down a path, a short half mile walk.

TIME PASSES

It is a camp of travelers of some sort, a few hamsters, a couple squirrels and a tall otter who seems in charge, a small band of 10 beasts as the otter speaks "I don't know Honeyfur, but he needed help?" "You were ta come back with my Suzzy.." Another hamster "And my Belle..they are out there somewhere."

Elbio eyes flutter open, that is not the voice of his friends"H..Hallo?"

The face of the otter comes into view "Oh good your awake, I was concerned as its not good on a hot day like this to be without water"He offers some "Small slow sips lad..I am Pine and these are my friends..Elm and Honeyfur"He motions to a squirrel and a hamster"Traveling entertainers.."

The hamster maid sighs "Yeah and our young ones are missing...3 hamster dibbuns and a squirrel dibbun...you didn't see any young ones...did ya?"

Elbio sips the water in small sips slowly and shakes his head "No..sorry, a little, sort of lost myself..thar be 3 other hares by a stream...my friends but got lost ANd then the bees didn't help either..."

Pine nods and hmmms and then grins "That stream is about 2 miles east of 'ere..maybe you and your friends can help us find our missing dibbuns?"

Elbio nods and sighs, he needs some rest and hopfully can get back to the others...soon

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Will the hare be reunited with his friends?Where are those dibbuns at anyways? How close are they to a city or town...Southsward maybe? Guess your just have to

Stay Tuned!

oz · RP Chat

I will help with a small bit of adventure before they get to Southsward...I have an adventure idea working on for later, but will be awhile yet, and maybe they can gain a new hare friend too who knows....BUT for now I can use Scioto to spoof some stuff..like that caravan!May also have a problem they can solve too

oz · Logs

***This was fun to do, no one else was on so had a little different role play with someone...I spoofed some shrews, have permission to mention someone's brother and...oh yeah someone makes a short appearance in the log!!! Hee hee...can't always escape a lecture seems...read and find out what happens! ******

***Happens mostly in the woods and....a little at the gates of the dark forst, yeah ya read that right!***

WHO:

Oz- former Badger Mother

Xander-Leader of Mossflower Defenders

Zork-Brielfy in log, Oz's older Brother

Some shrews!

A Wolverine!

LOG:

Xander has had the WORSE past 3 weeks, or was it 4 weeks, heck could well be 5 weeks he doesn't know and sadly can't remember it all thanks to that stupid fight with the Blackrose beasts, he so kicked their behinds and was left wounded with a injured right arm, a right eye clawed and some claw marks under and above it, and some memory loss. Now he knew who he was, who others were he just kind of lost most of his memories of everything since last summer, about a year or so, 4 seasons, of memories good and bad, but he knows the Blackrose is still out there and so he wanted to find them, but after a few hours he gave up.

Xander also got a bit....lost in the woods, at first he decided it wasn't so bad, he hunted a wood pidgion and made a camp fire, had a nice meal. He hadn't had wood pidgion in..well he wasn't sure and once in a while he would slip off to have some, roasted over a small camp fire.
Now its summer and already hot temperatures, and a fire is not a good mix, even if its put out and the heat had gotten to him, maybe too much and the fact he wasn't going to a healer as much as he should for his eye, and he was told to and yet in his grumpyness he chosen not to brother, oh it would heal on its own as its been maybe a few days....not the best plan being swollen, he would likely lose the eye, being lost didn't help as he got up to walk, try and figure out where he was.

A nearby rustle, a snarl didn't help either as he just attracted unwanted attention of a wolverine! He was fine long as he didn't go in a cave.

Xander of course goes in the cave, its sort of shady and his headache, likely the summer heat getting to him and the fact he didn't take much water with him, ok he is an idiot sometimes, but he does notice the wolverine and gasps backing up a little.

This wolverine decides it could care less if he is backing away and attacks the badger!

Xander errks and grabs his blade and slices at the wolverine, he pants a little as its way to hot outside to fight but seems he has no choice.

THE Wolverine!gets a gash to the chest and growls, pufffs out and backs away from the badger, it then leaps again at him!

Xander sidesteps and slices at the wolverine, angleing slightly and trying to not get hurt, best he can, as sweat rolls down his face and soaks his tunic.

The wolverine yips loudly as the blade slices into its throat and it falls over, twitches and is dead....well that was exciting!!

Xander pants and gulps, he stumbles backwards, stands and puts his blade away and goes back to walking.He feels dizzy and worse sweat burns his good eye and his bad eye even worse. He frowns as he tries to look around, has to be someway to get a feel for where he is.
And he should watch his step, there is an uneven place, a large hole covered with twigs and grasses, most likely for the wolverine,not a badger. But if he avoids it he wil find he is close to st. Nihms church.

Xander frowns and gasps, too late hole found and he falls in with a startled scream, he hits the ground and knocks himself out, and lays there, the hot sun making things worse and there is still a good 3 hours or more of daylight, and even the evenings are a little hot.

2 hours pass before he is found, but that doesn't mean he is out of danger, it just means he is found and whomever did find him is gonna take another few hours to get him from that hole and to a camp somewhere.

Xander is not doing well at all, being in the hot sun without water is bad for this long, overheating without cooling is bad, having an injury left not checked, starting to get infected is bad...he needs a healer but will one even be able to help as he is deeply unconscious and that was before he was found by, well hopefully friendly beasts.

A voice "Idiot.....".

And another voice, this one should be more recognized,though slightly less deep...hey age does that at times to a voice "Enough..I will make sure he knows his options but stay ....just in case"

Xander groans as he opens his eyes and focus on where he is as he sits up.."Hello?"

He may or may not like the view, it is sort of foggy and misty, but there is also.....gates, in front of those gates is two badgers, one taller than the other and clearly stronger, the other of course shorter by maybe a head or two, he may not be recognized right away as he has choose to look like he did when he first came to the abbey, he raises an eyebrow at Xander "Hello indeed...I shouldn't even haf ta put up with this right now"

Xander frowns, wait who are these badgers, and what are...his eyes widen "Oh no I'm dead...am I inside or out?" He studies the badgers, the one that speaks he studies a long while it seems, the voice...no way too young looking but.."Uncle Oz?"

Oz folds his arms over his chest , the other badger snorts but a look gets him to shut up, back to Xander "Ya not dead...yet."Wait he can SEE! Well yeah he wasn't gonna stay blind in the dark forest,"You could still die but rather ya not yet hate to block your way or better yet..he blocks your way "He points to the other badger who just grins."Trust me my brother was always stronger than me"

Xander looks between them as he stands, then snorts "Wots de point...lost so much anyways may as well be dead...no one cares really and those you do, are dead." He gets in his face"Like you!"

Oz just shoves him backwards, and glares "I said....no and beasts do care..Krisha cares and you should care! Your supposed to be caretaker of the Winters Clan now!" Yeah let's block with his staff too. Its clear his brother will make sure no one that not to enter is gonna enter those gates.

Xander gasps as he is shoved backwards, he tries to pass again and is hit backwards doing a backwards summer salt of sorts.He will keep trying and after a while just stay on sitting and panting, worn out and groans.

Oz blocks, seems to take turns with someone else and yawns "I have..all the time ..seriously to do this Xander."He stays calm and watches his nephew, he then speaks, but still alert"Stop and get a freaking thought to ya actions, your attitude lately and yeah I may be dead and here but doesn't mean I am not still watching over things, even if I cant help."

Xander has finally just stopped, he now starts to cry, "You...You left me...You died,...and Hawkeye died...and...and those vermin killed my daughter..and Krisha hates me, no one would...likely care if I just left."He sniffs "Yeah..t....talk to someone..yeah..WHO!!! You died!!! I STILL NEEDED YOU AND YOU JUST DIED!!!!!!" '

Oz sighs as he walks closer and lays a paw on his shoulder, "I'm..sorry, it was my time to go. I would of loved to stay longer...but it was my time, we all have...a certain amount of time and none know that amount. Any day could be a last day..I knew I was..dying and even greater feeling in the orchards that day....I just managed to borrow a few more days time. But you...its not your time yet, you should not stay here Xander. Words given to me once....there is a chance you could be forced to stay if you stay too long at the gates and don't...try to..wake up"

Xander frowns, he is grump, sad, confused and he hates it! He sniffs "Wot ya mean?"

Oz says, "I could of easily just entered those gates 4 seasons sooner, when I was in that fight with that insane marten....I...wanted to die"He frowns and looks away before back "I wanted to be with my mate Northstar so so much but I was still needed, and then then I lost consciousness in the orchards, and woke up in the infirm just to go into a deep faint mere moments later....I woke up to Northstar , I gladly let her lead me into a dance..and learned I had died, I was in the dark forest....your still needed Xander and its not your fault wot happen to your daughter."He offers a sad smile "I will keep an eye on her till it IS your time to be on the other side of the gates and that time is not now.Now you need to wake up"

Xander tears stream as he goes, if he can, to hug Oz and just sob.He doesn't want to leave, he wants to just stay but deep down he knows he can't, he cant be with his uncles, his lost friends, his....daughter. He nods slowly"I miss you....I misss you,,,,misss the....."

Oz will allow it, briefly and wraps his arms around Xander as he speaks softly "Its time to wake up....wake Xander...wake up...."

"Wake up....Wake up....hey"

" Maybe we should let him rest"

" And maybe ya should shut the blank up...I'm de one with the stone"

""BOTH YA SHUT UP!!!"

Xander groans as his eyes open.He has a fever and is covered in wet cloths, he has a new bandage on his eye, it clean and temporary till he can get elsewhere.He ..aches all over, his arm is freshly bandaged as well, but its not nearly as bad as his eye, yeah he is gonna lose it likely but could be worse, he is lucky infection didnt spread to somewhere worse or he likely never would of woke. He whimpers.

Shrews....shrews look down at him and one random..wait two random ottters who walk off, hey not there camp they just helped get him here.

"Finally ya wake up...."

"Yeah took him long enough.....he best not eat alot"

"SHUT UP!!!"

Xander says, "Where...am..I?"

A shrew bows "Guosim..I am LOg A Log and this is my group.." Yeah its maybe 10 shrews but hey its cool, they all nod "Ya be close to the church south of de abbey ya best rest for now, we can gets ya home oh and that wolverine been a pain in our sides for a few weeks..seems ya killed it and then ya fell into the trap" .

"Your fault ".

"Shut UP!!!"..

A sigh from the Log a Log "HEY!..sighs...yeah it were fer the wolvern...sorry, but the hole is gone..your here ...so rest and recover and don't mumble in your sleep" ..."

"He does have a fever ya know"

"He better walk I ain't raging him back"

"Shut Up".

"Make Me!"

Xander frowns and closes his eyes to sleep, he had a headache and the shrews are making it worse.

The shrews argue another hour before they notice the badger is asleep....oh well time to rest and then get to the abbey tomorrow, its like a 1/3 day walk, maybe more but should get there by lunch time, they hope anyways!

oz · RP Chat

I should be able to be on and some nice entertainment at the feast will be nice as well.

oz · Logs

Who:

Patch- Spy,Tavern Worker,Ale Maker

Ewan- Redwall Residential LP Hare, Private and Fighter in LP

Matilda- Champion of Redwall

Ferro- Blacksmith

Xander- Leader of Mossflower Defenders and Owner of Redthorn Tavern

some spoofs of various Mossflower Defender Beasts

LOG:

Patch was just serving drinks in the tavern and decided he needed a break so he left to go outside, but he was unsure where to go.

Ferro walked up and studied the rat then spoke "Have you ssssssssseen Xander? He asks "He issssssssss not in the infirm"

Patch blinks and shrugs "I..have no clue, maybe he went to the abbey or something, all I know is he woke up and his mind sort of got all these holes in it, probably from that fight."

"It might be a good idea to find out or is this a wasted trip, I normally wouldn't do this but Krisha asked and its better than her coming all this way, if he is missing someone is gonna start talking" Says a voice as once they look its Matilda, the Redwall Champion.

Ewan is here as well as he looks around "Maybe he is in the Mossflower Defenders Base, never know till we look, he is the leader or does he know that?"

Patch frowns as he sees the hedgehog and then rolls his eyes "He knows he is the leader..I thinking..he knows his name and other stuff just like seemed ta not know Oz was dead and he mentioned remembering parts of the siege, then parts of where the Patrol left ta go home and how he had training in the woods and then its all blank."

Ferro frowns and starts heading to the base right away."We check then" He leaves it at that,plain and simple, and heads on inside.

Matilda follows them and looks around as they enter,she didn't really get too good a look at the place before as she was focused on protecting everyone and being stressed about news of Oz at the time.

The Defenders are here, well most of them....3 otters, 2 squirrels and a ferret named Kidd...and Xander is sitting out a tray of freshly made apple muffins.He slips into the kitchen where there is 2 dozen oatmeal muffins, 2 dozen blueberry muffins, a dozen blackberry muffins, 4 dozen cookies and looks like they are sugar cookies and some oatmeal cookies.He right now is finishing the makings of a blackberry cobbler and stirs a pot of some sort of soup.It all smells so good in here.

Ewan sniffs and smiles "I smell...good, we can stay right?" He gets muffin, or two or maybe three and sits down to taste one and smiles, yeah he likes the muffins.

Patch blinks "Wat the?" He asks as he looks inside and walks over to the badger "Stripy?"

Matilda looks at Xander "Xander...are you ok?"

Xander studies the hedgehog and frowns, but just sits aside the pot of soup "Its a cold cucumber soup, also made a cucumber mint tea, and the muffins and cobbler is ready in an hour. OH and there is cookies and I made buttered rolls, I will make more rolls and you can stay...anyone can stay , unless they are like..evil then not stay, they can go and..ummm.."He frowns as great he doesn't remember the hedgehog."Hello...."

Ewan gets some rolls, soup, another muffin a couple cookies and some tea and water, "He is cooking a lot.I didn't know he cooked, good food"

Patch groans"Oh good grief...he mentioned doing this in Willowbark..stress cooking he called it"

Matilda is half listening to the rat and anyone else as she sighs at Xander and lays a paw on his shoulder "I am Matilda, champion of Redwall...Krisha is worried so I told her I would come check on you, she will be happy to know your out of the infirm and that your awake."

Xander nods slowly "I'm....sorry I don't..remember you but ok.."He frowns "I..don't want to worry Krisha,,,ummm you can stay if like, a snack...lunch, I go walk back to the abbey with you and..and..."He searches for a name and smiles, "Ewan..."

Ewan nods "Sounds ok...staying is nice and you should cook more often.

Ferro had been quiet but slipped the rest of the way inside and shrugged as he may as well sit down, he did need to get out more than he did.

Patch samples a cookie and smiles "This are fairly good Stripy, maybe cook for the tavern "

Matilda smiles "I can stay, I would love too and then me and you and Ewan head back to the abbey, ok?"

Xander nods as he looks at his friends and manages a smile."I'm...I'm gonna finish some more cobbler....this one is peach and I am sure its good"

Ewan just quietly eats his food and watches the badger ever so often.

Ferro gets a muffin, a roll and some tea before sitting back down.

Patch sighs "Umm..Ya can stop cooking ya know Stripy..I mean..really this is a lot, and we only have one hare in here and your need to..figure out what ta do with all this"

Xander hmms "Take some to the tavern then Patch...and I forgotten I like cooking, yeah pottery is good...so is cooking and it reliefs stress and stress is bad, so...bad..." He sort of spaces out now.

Matilda gently guilds him to a chair and sits down beside him after she makes sure he sits.Another can make sure the rest of the food does not burn, she smiles and offers him a muffin and some tea,"Relax Xander, enjoy a meal with friends and we can chat some ok?" She smiles and will make sure he gets back to the abbey in the morning.

oz · RP Chat

Sure...Most know though

MY OOC Characters I keep around :

Oz- Badger-He use to be BadgerMother and died in his sleep after having some breathing problems due to an internal injury that never healed correctly and it slowly got worse, he was also very very old. He basically had a lung slightly punctured when the siege with Ormaz happen, because an Assassin was sent to kill Benar..welll they sort of ran into Oz first and threaten the dibbuns and Benar and..Oz blocked their way basically said they would have to kill him first.... and they fought and OZ killed the insane marten, it was the first and only time Oz ever killed a beast.Oz was in a deep faint for 4-5 weeks, he did recover but winter caused some issues later on that made it worsen and it just sort of went downhill late spring to early Summer when he went into a deep deep faint he never woke from as a week later is when he died. The log here= http://forum.rwmuck.org/viewtopic.php?pid=2651#p2651

Scioto- Cat- He used to be Chieftain of Ferravale and was killed by Zurrgg when he unknowingly drank poisoned ale..Herei s the log= https://www.rwmuck.org/wiki/All_Hail... … ravale_Log

HERE IS MY IC:

Gorvenalus- Beaver-Brother and Recorder of Redwall Abbey

Patch- Rat-Spy and tavern Worker, also makes ales and can Fight if needed

Zolomon- Archer/Runner and Private First class in Long Patrol

Kalypso- Cat Evil leader of the Blackrose, the Blackrose is sort of in hiding now and won't be around Mossflower it can be assumed they left...for now, they will be back likely after Spring, maybe

I have given Krisha permission to Spoof Sister Ginny whom is a hedgehog and helps with the dibbuns.

There is also a Brother/Elder Rick, an old squirrel...I sometimes spoof but others can spoof him. He mainly helps where ever.

oz · Logs

== Patch day was already bad, then got worse when he starts talking to Xander==

who:

Patch-Tavern Worker, spy, ale maker

Xander-Leader of Mossflower Defenders and Owner of Redthorn Taavern

LOG:

Patch decided to go check on his friend and walks in slowly as he looked around and over to the cot "Stripy? Ya awake yet?"

Xander opens his eyes, he had woken earlier and frowns "Patch...wot happen, how did I get here?" He lays paw on the right side of his face, bandaged up, glaces at the bandaged arm and shoulder, hidden is one on his leg"I feel..feel like I was in a fight with a ton of vermin or..something"

Patch nods "Well,,,ya did like 10...or 12...not sure and ya choped de head off the cat or so I heard..I weren't thar..Vojin and Ferro was and they got ya here"

Xander nods and "Here is?" He doesn't remember being in infirm of Ferravale, in fact he doesn't remember the fight either

Patch rolls his eyes "Infirm in Ferravale it were closer...hey I got news, ya gonna think its neat"

Xander frowns "Vojin...didn't he like disappear or.."He looks around and frowns "I should get back to the abbey they will worry"

Patch says, "Well Krisha is worried but ya in no shape to go walking very far anyways Stripy"

Xander frowns "Wot about Uncle Oz...he'll likely lecture me" Ok now he seems to not be himself as he sits up a little.

Patch frowns and rasies an eyebrow "Umm....not unless ya mean he is gonna just walk outta the dark forest and lecture ya....yeah not wanna see no ghosts, sorry..even friendly ones"

Xander frowns "W..Wot?" He shakes his head "Wot..how?He was fine and..stop j..joking" He looks confused, and on the verge of possible tears or maybe wanting to punch the rat, its unclear.He also has a headache so there is that.

Patch frowns, concerned now "Stripy..wot be de last thing ya remember?" Ok this is bad, very bad"Like...what ever or..stuff?"

Xander frowns "I..don't know.I don't remember...."

Patch groans, just what he needs "Ok..ya remember all the hares? Ormaz..Marek?" Please give me something he thinks.

Xander frowns "Ormaz...."He then nods "Yeah he like died, him and Marek fell off the bell tower..I think and the long patrol..left?" He frowns "And...."He stands and just walks out, not the best plan likely.

Patch frowns "Hey Stripy..wait..ya shoulnd't just...oh great"He quickly follow the badger.

==Outside the Infirm and Into center of town==

Xander looks around in clear surprise and frowns as he goes to sit on a bench, "I don't.....wot..happen?"

Patch finds the badger and walks over, he frowns now "Hey..its ok Stripy or maybe tis not..I mean...ok"He takes the chance to sit by him and talk, if allowed"I can leave but not sure ya should wander around right now"

Xander frowns "Its...fine...."He rubs his forehead and looks at the rat, and then the town squre "I..."He frowns "I dont remember this...why? I dont even remember how I clearly got wounded..a fight yeah but where...why...with who?"

Patch sighs and takes a deep breath "Like...a group of vermin, ya fought them, like said I werent thar but vojin and Ferro were and..well Vojin has his own, issues right now but thats another story, not ta worry he is an ally..I think"He sighs "Ok..ya fought like 10-12 vermin after ya choped de head off this feline who was like the other felines mate and peeved her off somethimg awfull, why...well they peeved you off cause they umm..."He clears his throat.."Kill your...dibbun...you do remember a dibbun...ummm Northstar think her name was...right?"

Xander listens as Patch talks and just frowns, he nods "Yes...."He feels tears form now.."She's....dead? Where is..she..."A concerned look "Where is Krisha, she is ok right??"

Patch nods "She's fine Stripy, at de abbey with all those...dibbuns, cause she is Badgermother now."He frowns remember the reaction ealier when he told him Oz had died."Ya uncle died in his sleep by de way like 4 weeks ago so not that long...he..didnt really fully recover from de seige thing I guess , some inside wound that didn't heal right, got worse again and....yeah"He sighs, he hates this.

Xander listens and just sort of stares at the ground."W..Wot else..should I know?" He is calm, barely calm right now.

Patch stays quiet and sighs "Fine.....Hawkeye...he's dead and..."He shakes his head "Ok enough on...bad news, important stuff de tavern over thar...new one and ya de owner and I help out a lot and like run it..course you do too and I have other workers..cause..well duhhh..."

Xander frowns and lets a sob escape and coughs a little "Just...shut up...ok shut up" He wipes away tears and stares at the rat, then looks at the tavern.

Patch nods and is quiet, just sits there making sure he doesnt rush off, he sighs and speaks again "You...need a drink? Food...and ya really should be in de infirm still resting, you fought 10-12 vermin and got injured, ya might lose your right eye and ya clearly got ya head knocked really hard or something cause ya got memory lost but least ya know who ya are, so that's good right?"

Xander frowns "And that's supposed to make me happy..."He mutters and shakes his head "No..headache drink make it worse and not ...not hungry."He fiddles with a necklace chain and..blinks.."Why is this on a necklace?" He shows the ring and frowns "Patch?"

Patch looks and then answers "Umm..I don't know..everything ok...some sort of argument and...ummm..Krisha gave that back to ya..I..I dont know, sorry Stripy not been ta the abbey in couple weeks..."

Xander frowns more, he just stares at the ring on the necklace chain and looks at the ground, "Its....fine..."He frowns, what did he do? Wot happen? He sighs and rubs his forehead again as he sits here with Patch..a bandaged shoulder, the right side of his face is bandaged and he has one small bandage on his leg and just seems part sad, part confused and part...just worried it seems."What...happen to the..vermin group?"

Patch sighs "They...got away....somewhere, Vojin and Ferro were more concerned with getting ya here " He hmmms "We can find Chiefy and ask, which reminds me..gotta tell her the news"

Xander sighs as he stands "I...need to be alone....go"He heads back to the infirm, he needs sleep.

Patch sighs and watches him go, "Great just what need..more news for Chiiefy" He then goes off to talk to Blisa. hopefully it goes well.

oz · Logs

==A very VERY short, but good role play ==

Who:

Patch-spy,Tavern Worker, Ale maker

Vojin- Wildcat, archer, former Head Guard

-A spoofed Ferret maid who works at the tavern

LOG:

Vojin walks in with a groan, he was glad it was night and most were asleep, and few at the tavern.He stops a passing bar maid and orders an ale and some soup.

Patch was awake, of course he was awake and frowns as he sees Vojin and waited till the ferret that took his order came to get the drink and soup, "Wait....need ta add..seasoning"Yep seasoning, as in sleeping herbs he mixes it and grins "Trust me...its not poison its sleeping herbs"

The ferret snorts "I get paid extra for this"

Patch frowns and sighs "Fine...here is some gold"He hands over 3 gold as he nods to the wildcat he will come over in a short while.

The ferret grins, takes the gold and gives the wildcat his order"Here ya are....ale and some nice warm spicy soup" And walks away.

Vojin takes the order and eats the soup, he hmmms but shrugs and keeps eating being nervous makes him hungry, he eats his roll and drinks half his ale.

Patch picks now to walk over "If it isnt the former head guard of Ferravale, who abandoned us..who seems ta care less I almost exploded with the tavern, that I was without a proper job and I am upset at de fact the beast who pays me..owns the tavern is in the infirm...feel like stabing someone right now I was to get paid today, but nooooooo"

Vojin rolls his eyes "No one cares Patch"He finishes his ale and scoots it over "More ale and who owns the tavern?" He forgot, what he had other things on his mind and not the best past few hours ok, give him a break.

Patch snorts and gets more ale, "Xander does..ya know leader of Mossflower Defenders...in the infirm...I mean I do care he is one of the few friends I have and you are not."He stays beside him just studying him. "Also I am sooooooo telling Chiefy your back, I am sure she will be delighted"

Vojin finishes his soup and yawns, down half the 2nd ale and stands "Not gonna stay long....and dont wanna talk to her...so tell her ya seen me..could care less..."He rubs his head and frowns, he looks at the rat as he stands and tumbles to his knees "Did..you..poison..me?" And he slumps over, sleeping herbs have taken over....

Patch speaks "No....sleeping herbs "He frowns as he thinks, oh yeah didn't think this though hmmmms, he calls over the bouncer "Place him in a cell...".

"Why...wait is that Vojiin?!" The bouncer growls

Patch rat nods "Yep.."

..."I hate him..."...

."Just place him in a cell....and we can tell Chiefy."

The bouncer seems more than happy to as the rat watches and sighs "Ok Patch, that was..interesting now ta check on Stripy" But first he locks up and then heads to the infirm.

oz · Logs

Who:

Kalypso- Leader of the Blackrose

Strormclaw-mate to Kalypso (spoofed )

Crookedpaw-Tempary member of the Blackrose

Northstar-Dibbun badger

Ferro- Blacksmith of Ferravale

Xander- Leader of Mossflower Defenders

Vojin- Archer and fighter on the side of good

Atvi- Novice from Redwall

Spoofs of various Blackrose Vermin

Spoof of a healer hedgehog

LOG:

Kalypso walked along ears back”This is a dum idea Stormclaw, this had best be good”

Stormclaw smiled”Oh it is dearest..a place east on the edge of Mossflower woods, a hidden little settlement and they use a large mansion as a sort of meeting place, there is also a barn, and a stone wall, perfect for a base...very well hidden by trees.”He grins “And another surprise your have to see when we get there.” The cat had been away a season looking for a place for a base, found it and was reporting back.

Crookedpaw walks over “So a base that's not too close, but still beasts can cause trouble. I like it boss”

A couple foxes listen as well...”We need slaves before we go Kalypso , all we have is like 3...a vole, a badger cub and a mouse maid.”

Northstar frowned, she had not been feeling well since she fell from the tree, and they had already forced her to walk a good mile or so in circles.

Kalypso hisses “I know that and I been...careful lately to not draw attention, the vole and mouse maid didn't...surprised on the vole being a novice.

Atvi was beside the badger and frowned “You ok Northstar?” Yes he remembered her, even if she was a couple seasons younger than him, he knew her, and he knew she might of become a novice here in a season or so.

Ferro was out, hunting. Something he had not done in a long while, he always avoided trouble and in fact the last time he went hunting was when his tribe had caught up to him and his daughter and they had taken her, he hunted and tracked them down and his tribe ended up being no more than a painful memory and he and his daughter finally fear of their fear.

Kalypso looked around “So how do we get to this place Stormclaw?”

Stormclaw nods as he shows a map and places it in his hidden pocket”Not to worry. I don't plan to let woodlanders get ahold of it.”

Crookedpaw just listens in and chuckles “Ya need a map ta get there, why don't ya just show us by walking.”

Northstar meanwhile has tears in her eyes, she hates this, and hates it a lot.”I wanna go home....”

Atvi sighs “Yeah..me too trust me” He glaces at the vermin and frowns “They are planing something bad I think, taking us who knows where”

Around the small camp is 2 foxes, 3 weasels, 10 rats, 2 stoats and 5 ferrets. A couple rats guard the 2 slaves, and look a little bored, its also hot today.

Ferro sniffs the air and hisses, he stops as whoa he has found the camp as he frowns, too many for just one, but he is a monitor.

Kalypso looks around as she thought she heard a noise then just snorts “Ok slaves get up and walk we have a long ways to go”

Northstar frowns but gets up and whimpers a little “I don't feel good...and I don't like you your mean!” She proceeds to kick the cat in the leg!

Atvi frowns and backs up and helps the mouse maid up and looks very concerned right now.

Stromclaw hisses, ear flat and goes to grab the badger by her throat”I'll show ya not feel well little brat”

Crookedpaw chuckles “Yeah..slaves have no rights but hey your learn in time”He points to thee vole and mouse “They did”

Xander's eyes flash as he snarls and starts to go forwards and draws his blade as he readys himself to slay a certain cat.

Vojin frowns and lays a paw on his shoulder “We can not just walk or tun into trouble”

Ferro narrows his eyes, a low hiss...yeah he isnt too happy right now either.

Kalypso hisses as she is kicked and swipes a cat at the young badger and backs up so Stormclaw can grab her, she looks at the mouse maid and vole”Do not try and bolt, your regret it, trust me”

Northstar yipes as a claw goes across her left cheek, she struggles as she is lifted off the ground and just kicks more and coughs,

Atvi frowns and nods, he has learned to obey the cat by now, so has the mousemaid but she is also fearful, very fearful.

Stormclaw squeezes her throat and chuckles “Should I slay her?” He grins “Could be fun.”

Crookedpaw just watches and shrugs, “I don't know boss, could anger those woodlanders if they find us”

A snarl, growl like something out of a nightmare is heard and a voice “Too late for that scum, release her now!”

Ferro decides to step into view “I..2nd that idea.....releassssssssssse her”

Staying in the shadows by the small group of Defenders is Vojin, his longbow ready for signs of trouble, arrow selected and loaded.

Kalypso draw her blade and hisses at the badger “How in the seasons did you not drown, you were supposed to drown.

Northstar bites down on Stormclaw's paw in hopes he will let her go and release his hold on her.

Atvi eyes widen, is that...he grins and looks at the now stunned vermin “Your in trouble now stupid slavers, those two are the worse beasts to anger”

Stormclaw smirks and then screams in pain, his grip does indeed loose on the badger , but he still has his other good paw and under his sleeve is a hidden dagger, an off sort of coloring of something on it, slightly shinny he flicks it at the dibbun, weather it's her back, her chest,a shoulder it doesn't matter, it doesn't have to be a deep wound it just needs to draw blood,thats all.

Vojin frowns, he doesn't like this cat one bit, not one bit at all as he draws his arrow and takes aim.

Xander watches as his daughter bites the cats paw and chuckles but frowns at the sight of the dagger and right away races forwards to get her out of the way, or block it somehow, but can he get there in time.

The other vermin of the camp have decided to slowly circle the group, there is maybe 2 foxes, 3 weasels, 10 rats, 2 stoats and 5 ferrets, so little over 25 vermin, not counting the fox guarding the mouse and vole.

Northstar just rushes towards Xander “Daddy Daddy....”Its then the dagger from Stormclaw hits her in the upper shoulder blade and she whimpers in pain and falls forwards.

Kalypso watches and snorts”No harming captives..”She sees the dagger hit and rolls her eyes, she has not idea the wound could be far worse than it seems.

Stormclaw smirks as he seems to just oddly relax, the dagger had a coating of a strong poison, he looks at the badger “Oh..how I wish I had more of those, but she gets what she gets for biting me and drawing blood” His paw does drip blood as he simply gets out a rag and goes to wipe it clean and make a temporary bandage.

Crookedpaw blinks and draws his cutlass”Umm...why ya so calm, thar is a monitor and a stripedog here and ya blooming calm!”

Atvi frowns as he watches quietly and looks to the others, curious.

Vojin stays where he is and lowers the longbow just slightly, something doesnt feel right here, things are suddenly way toio calm, a rescue is never this easy.

Xander catches Northstar and growls at the circling vermin as he holds his daughter close “Its ok...”He says in a calming voice..”Daddy has you...daddy is here.” He smiles and motions to Ferro “So is grandpa..see”

Northstar looks between them and smiles weakly, then shivers and as if cold within seconds it seems, she coughs and gasps as if she can't breath and then her eyes close and she goes limp in his arms.

Ferro at first smiles, then frowns as he quickly checks on Northstar, a look of horror comes to his face as he pulls the dagger out, and sniffs it, drops it as he looks now ready to tear some vermin apart.

Atvi whimpers “Northstar?” He is scared now, why is she so still for, last time he seen a beast that still they were....they were....

Crookedpaw is also a bit, curious but he is also alert, no way he is getting attacked and be caught off guard.
Kalypso looks at Stormclaw, “What did you do, you hit her shoulder ...”

Stormclaw smiles coldly”Poison was on the blade, though quicker in action that thought be, then again it was not made for a dibbun, it was made for a grown beast.”He shrugs “All well....so sad...not”

Xander looks at Northstar, “Northstar?” He shakes his head and hands her gently to Ferro, shaking his head “No...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!” His blade swings at the cat, his eyes..oh they just changed and not a good color either.

Ferro takes the badger cub and backs away, he hissses at a fox thats too close to him.

Atvi backs up, oh this can't be a good thing, not at all.

Vojin eyes widen, is the dibbun.....dead? His ears flatten he knows that look and knows to keep his distance.

Crookedpaw tilts his head “What the....ummmmm”He backs off “Thats..bloodwrath we should run boss” He frowns “Like quickly.”

Stormclaw had no way to react, he had started to draw his main blade to prepare to slay the badger while he broke down in sorrow and pain, but it seems he is the one feeling great pain and then nothing as his head comes off his body thanks to the badger's blade.

Kalypso screams and ears flat, she looks at the dead form of her love and hissses, a howl and “Kill them...KILL THE REST OF THEM!!!Kill the stripedog!!”

Some of the group is smart and backs off, one stoat grabs the vole and mouse maid and decides he is getting out of here, not too far as he has no clue where to go just a fair distance.

Ferro just holds his grandaughter's as he feels tears, he is not in the mood to fight, how will his daughter handle this news.

Xander growls and slices at vermin, he kicks at vermin, he punches a rat in the face. He ends up with a slice to the arm, and a slice to his shoulder but keeps fighting.

In the chaos 5 rats and a fox are killed by the badger, another fox is seriously wounded.

Crookedpaw gulps and backs off, ready to bolt as he looks at his new boss.

Kalypso digs out the map from her mates hidden pocket and looks at it, she slips it in a knapsack of her's and looks back at Xander and then heads into the woods, if anyone is smart they will follow.

Vojin selects an arrow and fires it at Crookedpaw, and gets another one looking to see if a target can be got but sadly he lost track of the feline, the two slaves and some of the vermin and cusses loudly.

Xander pants and snarls as a fox manages to run off, he sways and collapse to the ground blinking a dew times as his eye color slowly returns to normal. His injuries include a slash to the arm,one on his leg and shoulder and his face where the eye patch is and that's a fairly bad wound, its very possible his right eye has a lot of damage as a lot of blood covers that side of his face and chin,

Crookedpaw gets brave, and not so alert as he pulls out a cutlass and walks over to the badger “I say...you should die..”But before he can make a killing blow the arrow from Vojin finds the rat and he gurgles and falls over dead as a door nail.

Ferro frowns, a ferret who stayed drops his weapon and flees as the monitor narrows his eyes and hisses a warning, the lizard then hurries over to Xander and checks a pulse and his wounds best he can.

Vojin walks over and frowns, “Is he?” Too afriad to hear an answer and he scans where they are.

Xander is alive, but he will need a healer.He groans a little as he is semi conscious.

Ferro speaks “He...livessssss and needs a healer, Ferravale it seems is closer....though I could likely move him to the abbey...”He frowns as he looks at the still form of Northstar.

Vojin nods, he frowns “The dibbun...is she...alright?” He studies the badger “No...don't move him, just get a fire started, I..I will return” He disappears and soon returns with a healer.

The hedgehog is old, he is grumpy, and clearly this has made his day worse.” Do ya like ta get into fight fuzzy?” He rolls his eyes as he tends to the badger and snorts “That eye might heal or might not likely he'll lose an eye.”He finishes with any sewing, herbal packs and bandaging before he stands up and frowns at the dibbun, he already knows when he got there he was too late to help her.”Suggest ya head back to that abbey,or Ferravale..ya choice”He then just heads back to his hermit den muttering how he hates that wildcat sometimes.

Ferro frowns “If you can carry....Northstar, I can get Xander” He picks up Xander and looks to the direction they came”Ferravale?”

Vojin nods as he goes to get the dibbun and sighs “Let's...lets get out of this area.I think we lost them”He goes to lead them back,,,,and sadly share this news.

Meanwhile.....

Elsewhere

Kalypso sits at a campfire looking over a map. She had near 30 vermin and now thanks to a bloodwrath badger she has 14 vermin in her group, but some good luck is she still has two slaves . She snorts at the map and folds it up she needs some rest, after rest they will head where the map leads them...to the new base of the Blackrose

oz · Logs

WHO:

Zolomon- LP Hare, Runner,Private First Class

Gregorian- LP HARE, Sargent, Blacksmith, Fighter

Lee- Camp Willow Otter

Konrad and Rosepaw-Lee's Kids

Gaheris-Skipper of Camp Willow

Taran-Camp Willow Cook/Guard

Baxtor-Camp Willow Guard

Spoofs of otters and 3 other hares...

LOG:

Zolomon was ready, so ready to race and was gonna have fun with this before he headed back home"So..when does the embarrassment start?"

Taran glaces at the otters and hares and just frowns. He was mainly the one who decided to provide lunch. Something simple a salad and some rolls, water to drink and some apple pie."Is this a good idea or a bad idea?"

Baxtor chuckles, he was ready "Depends on how you look at it lad"

Zolomon grins "Well I be the fastest hare in the LP..so there is that, can otters run fast, hmmmm?"

A couple otters chuckle "Anyone can be fast ya longears...can ya swim fast?" The two otters chuckle again. "I see it this way race by land one way and by sea on way back."

Taran sighs"But a hare and a otter in the water....is that wise? I mean..least land they both are sort of even, right?"

Baxtor chuckles "No..but be fun to laugh our selfs silly...otters can go lightning speed in the water, the hare is hopeless, hee heheh"

Zolomon does a couple cartwheels...so we doing this or not chaps?

Taran says, "So we....you guys gonna race?"

Baxtor says, "Yea..ya ready hare or ya worried?"

Zolomon smirks "I am not worried, this will be fun.."Though maybe not the swimming but he will see on that note, not worried..yet."So who is in this here race?"

Taran backs up and sits, not him he just made the snacks, he will just watch and listen for updates depending on how far up and down shore this race is going to be.

Baxtor smirks"Well your racing me, for one..we race by land, then by sea on the way back and no one waits on the other, ya get to the...umm"He hmms and points to a area of some sort of palm tree maybe, "There just turn and head on back..by sea." He grins "Who ever gets back here first..is de winner, hee hee"

Zolomon nods as he listens "ALright, sounds like this is gonna be fun...least for me"He smirks , he is a very fast runner, so should make up for swimming back right"

Taran frowns, he looks over as some otters chuckle and seem to place bets, but hey the couple hares also here likely is as well, but who is placeing bets on whom.

Gaheris has been setting up the markers for the halfway point down the beach and appears out of the water after swimming his way back "We're all set up! Y'see the flag?" he points down the shore to a flag near the tree "Down the shore, touch the flag, int' the water. Y'got t'swim out at least round tha' buoy there" he points to a brightly coloured sack floating in the water so very far out to sea but at least enough they'll not be able to stand in the water "No treadin' the shallows! Then back t'this mark" he says as he borrows a spear to stand in the ground "T'yer starts!" He grins "May the best otter win"

Baxtor grins "Yeah the best..otter win, ya hear that hare, hee hee...I mean you can just call this off now and spar the embarrassment hmm?"

Zolomon rolls his eyes and looks ready "I'm ready...your the one that will be crying ta ya mama here soon, not to worry..I am sure the Skipper will pat ya on the back and calm your tears"

Taran frowns as he looks at the hare and Baxtor and sighs, but he is curious of who might win this though.

Baxtor stands next to the hare and snorts "Yea...right, my tears of laughter."He sticks out his tongue.

Gaheris rolls his shoulders as despite having been up and down the shore already he stands on the starting line "Too bad there's no 'ere t'even dry yer tears 'are" they're not alone on the start line either, half a dozen other otters join in all wanting to win and beat the hare.

Gregorian goes In Character.

Zolomon smirks as he is ready for this, the running part shouldn't be a problem, the 2nd part he is unsure of right now but doesn't show it, he is ready.

Taran just watches quietly from where he sits, he is not that fast a runner or swimmer.

Konrad has come of the tent he's sharing with his father and sister, and joins the other otters to watch the race with much anticipation.

Baxtor is ready too and just grins.

Gregorian is watching from the crowd. He's placed a bet, he won't say which side for "No pressure but if yah lose this I'll make sure the mountain hears all about it!" he yells to Zolomon from the sidelines with a smirk.

Gaheris nods to one of the otters on the sidelines to indicate they're all ready. The other otter raises a paw "On the count of three! One, two, three, run!" and kicking up a cloud of sand in his wake the Skipper starts running.

Zolomon is surprised the Skipper is running, oh well who cares he is the fastest hare and can prove it as he seems to have no problem running, he was the one choose after all to run a message back to the mountain from Redwall, of course he was stuck in the infirm a few days from little rest, but this is easy, he is fast on his footpaws and enjoying every moment of this run, he chuckles enjoying the wind as he speeds along towards where they go to the water part of the race.

Taran hmms "The one hare is fast...well on the land but is he fast on water?"

Lee has also been watching the goings on from the sidelines. He's banking on Gaheris winning, of course. "Aye, give 'im wot four, Skip!"

Baxtor is fast but the hare does pass him on the land and he frowns, but he keeps going as he just smirks, "Ok hare...thats fine!" Just wait till he gets in the water he thinks, then we will see whom is laughing at whom.

Gregorian stays with the otters near the start and watches the race "Well we expected him tah be winnin' on the runnin' part. I honestly have no idea wot he's like in the watah though. I didn't even know he could swim" he says vaguely to the crowd but in response to Taran.

Konrad finds this all terribly exciting. "You think he can beat the Skipper, Dad?" Lee shakes his head. "I don't think 'e can... To ungainly in th' water..."

Gaheris is definitely not as fast as a hare on land and the otters are immediately falling behind to what is mostly a race to decide who the fastest otter in the group for now. He's already been up and down the beach a few times today but he's firmly in the middle of the pack, not trying too hard yet.

Zolomon smirks, he is easily the fastest, fastest otter? Its not clear yet as he touches the flag, smirks and goes to the water, yes he can swim...but not a quick swimmer and for now he is the only one in the water, so he is not worried...yet.

Taran nods "But the like..patrol teaches them to swim, don't they?"He hmms "There is one hare I think that can't swim or think I heard of one"

Baxtor is not as fast as the hare and a bit faster than skipper as he pants and mutters something as he gets to the flag and dives into the water, heading to the point where they start to go back around the point show in the water and grins as he passes the hare, though he slows a little "Enjoying ya self..longears...."He is just having fun, then he gives a grin as fun time is over and no way he is staying beside the hare now.

Konrad claps and cheers as Baxtor passes the hare!

Gregorian shrugs at Taran's question "Yah know, we probably should but it doesn't come up much. I don't think I've evah had tah dive intah the sea in the line of duty" he squints at the race as it enters the water "Well he can swim...but it looks like yah ottah's catchin' up fast!" and passing him even.

Gaheris is not far behind Baxtor with the rest of the group as they get to the flag and quickly turn to the water. Now was the time to really try as he sprint a little faster and dives in to the water a little before most of the otters and he quickly swims off, trying to close the gap to Baxtor.

Zolomon looks at the otter and smirks, he gets a little more energy and starts swimming a little faster now, but fast enough is the question.

Taran hmmms "This is getting interesting thats for sure."

Baxtor places a fake frown, it's fake "Oh..poor me..that hare is so so..."He smirks and chuckles "A loser!!!!!" And he salutes, just to be a jerk and speeds through the water on ahead of the hare, and he is fast in the water, of course he is fast in the water as he grins and then chuckles, this is fun! He grins and starts to head towards that spear that is where the finish line is.

Lee laughs. "Well, looks like th' 'are can't keep up in th' water after all!"

Gregorian chuckles as he watches "I think yah friend is just tryin' tah show off now" at this point it's just looking like a matter of time.

Gaheris sticks to a slightly wider course, going a bit deeper and staying underwater so he doesn't have to deal with the waves so much but he has to use the others as a guide since he can't see the finish from down there. He's been gaining but he's also getting tired as he quickly changes his heading when he sees Baxtor turn for the finish and as he turns in land he's really close to Baxtor and the hare.

Zolomon gasps and is a little tried at this point, he grumbles and attempts to go a little faster and can't, he achlly sinks once..but he surfaces and coughs, he then seems to almost...almost give up. He slows a little and then gains a little speed again in the swimming.

Taran watches quietly as they race and chuckles a little. He frowns once and then hmmms, oh never mind the hare didn't drown thats good.

Baxtor grins and is soon out of the water, he does trip once and snorts sand out of his nose and gets up and heads to the finish line and reaches out to touch the spear before any one else, likely an otter of course..does.

Gregorian is keeping an eye on Zolomon but seems satisfied that he's not in danger currently. He laughs and claps as Baxtor appears from the water though.

Lee applauds. "Looks like we 'ave a winner! Baxtor!"

Gaheris is just passing Zolomon when the hare slows down and sinks. The Skipper slows way down, almost stopping before the hare seems to recover and he keeps pace with Zolomon for a second. He's cautious but they're nearly there and the hare seems fine again. He gives it a final push, speeds up fast and uses the momentum to leap from the water, roll quickly and end up crouched next to the spear. He touches it quickly before springing out the way to catch his breath. There are still several otters that didn't manage to catch up and are still chasing the hare. Though last place seems to have got their own consolation prize and caught a fish on the way as they bring up the rear by some distance.

Zolomon does make it out of the water and sighs, but manages to get to the spear and touch it, well he did beat..lets see...fun one otter, maybe two as he sits down and bouts "If it was just land I would of had ya all beat"

Taran smiles as he sees who the winner is or least will be and chuckles, he looks over at the hare and sill offers a smile."Ya..did...ok"

Gregorian chuckles and continues to clap for a second as he heads for the finish. He aims a firm well done pat at the Skipper's back before turning his attention to Zolomon "Ah, yah did well. Held yah own for a while there in the watah. Gracious in defeat lad. It was a close thing!"

Baxtor touches the spear like a second before the skipper does and smirks, he looks at the hare and grins and is not even that tried at all.

Gaheris takes a few minutes after he's out the way to catch his breath while the rest are finishing, speaking between panting "Ha! I'm glad we didn't move the flag any further down the beach an' give y'anymore f'a head start"

Zolomon sighs as he nods "Yes sur...."He snorts, ok he needs to practice his swiming later on "Ok.." Yeah he is heading home soon with 3 other hares, one hare is gonna stay with Gregorian and Grace.

Taran chuckles "Well if anyone wants some snacks, there is some"He did cook, and yeah others cooked too.

Lee claps Baxtor on the back with his paw. "Thought f'r sure that Gaheris 'ad it in th' bag, but that was a mighty good show, Mate!"

The last otter leaves the water, holding his fish up victoriously as he touches the spear. They don't care that they lost, they have a fish!

Baxtor grins "The winner and champion..hee hee...well the hare did try" He grins"Tried..."

Gregorian goes to pat Zolomon on the shoulder "Four years and yah can challenge them again. Until then yah could always get yah revenge by eatin' all their food?" he laughs.

Zolomon nods and then smiles "Maybe an eatting contest..."He then just sighs "Maybe...sort of tried and did say I be back after a few days"

Gaheris breathes deeply and is just about back to normal. He gives Baxtor a clap "The champion! Defender f'otter pride! We'll make y'a medal or somethin'" he laughs at the hare before turning to Taran "Y'said we got snacks, we got enough f'an eatin' contest too?"

Taran walks over to Zolomon "You can run really really fast and thats still good, so you heading back to the mountain? Whats it like inside? Is it nice?" Hey he is curious, if he is gonna see the western shore he wants to see all of it.

Lee laughs. "Oy, Zolomon... I don't think ye'll ever quite measure up to an otter in swimmin'."

Baxtor says, "Hee hee..eatting contest"Though he knows hares can eat a lot though "I say one contest enough fer today mates"

Gregorian at least indulges in the snacks as he lets the others talk. He leaves Zolomon to field questions about the mountain.

Gaheris chuckles at Baxtor "Aye, perhaps a more relaxin' dinner then. We'll 'ave an all yah can eat breakfast or somethin' before yah head back tah yah mountain"

Zolomon nods, morning most likely be best and he sits down somewhere closer and shrugs "Not up ta me if you go see it Taran, and someone else would have ta bring ya back"

Lee laughs. "Now y'know Skipper that *nobeast* can out-eat an 'are... They'll 'ave us all soundly beat in an eatin' contest!"

Taran nods "Ok...and I think some otters from other tribes and holts go to and from Halyard and the mountain so....tag along back with one of them"

Baxtor says, "Yeah we want to make sure we have enough food for the end of this Halloballo....not till just the end of the day"He them chuckles."Hares are walking stomachs""

Gregorian chuckles but slips off with a little food to go check up on Grace and make sure she's not causing too much trouble for the otters.

Gaheris chuckles at Lee "Aye, but we already won the important bit, throw 'em a few kippers" he shrugs to Taran "Yah can go down tah see the mountain if yah like, fine by me so long as yah go with someone" he smirks at Baxtor "'ey, call me curious, I'm convinced there must be a limit t'their eatin'"

Zolomon yawns as he looks ready to take a nap and he did get some snacks in, a..lot of snacks.

Baxtor grins as he chuckles "I like races myself"He then goes to get some fish to eat.

Taran nods "Dont worry I wont travel alone Skipper." He decides to make sure there is enough food still and get some himself.

Lee laughs. "We 'ad a whole contingent o' hares at Redwall several seasons back... Nearly ate us outta 'ouse an' 'ome..." He shakes his head. "Anyway, that was a great race!"

With the group naturally gravitating towards the fire and food Gaheris joins in grabbing a snack on the way "If anyone can feed a 'orde f'ares it's the abbey...or I guess Sala must be used tah doin' it too. We can probably manage four"

Zolomon decides he will rest after a while, him and the 3 privates will head on back to the mountain in the morning, when its time to have Greg and Grace come home the mountain will send someone to meet them and get them back home. Well he did win on land, sea not at all but maybe others wont find out..too fast anyways.

oz · Logs

**Gorvenalus doesn't show up till later but I got the ealier part of the log to help show what happen and to help someone be able to have a log of events....the Recorder/Healer beaver Gorvenalus was sent out to look for Xander cause..well he was a little missing it seemed ***

Who:

Gorvenalus-Abbey Recorder and Brother at Redwall, Healer

Xander-Leader of Mossflower Defenders

Bandit-Baker

Antenora- an owl and Possible new friend

spoofed lizards(7-8)

couple spoofed Ferrets that work for Bandit

LOG:

This Happen on the road and woods area North of the Abbey, near the Black Gull Area....

Xander left the abbey and went walking, walking up the road and muttering, it was a surprise he even remembered his blade as grumpy and moody as he was. It was still light out but a bit late in the day, the weather was cooling a little but still a little hot at times. few clouds in the sky, some maybe rain later tonight.

"How do I keep getting myself into these situations..." The fox sighs deeply as the bandits finish tying his paws behind his back. The ferrets that pull the bakers wagon are tied up in a similar fashion, tossed like bags of potatoes in with the rest of the loot.

"For a baker, I was surprised to find so little food in your wagon." Bandit never caught how many lizards there were, enough to overwhelm the baker fox and his workers for sure. They are dressed in animal skin vests and bits of armor, and carry spears and pikes as weapons. "I guessss we know where it all went." The leader of the bandits chuckles, prodding the fox's belly with the butt end of his spear.

"Ok, one, that's really rude. Just assuming that the fat beast ate all his own pastries.
Even though it's true, still rude. Two ... WHO ROBS A BAKER? WHY? What makes you think we have any thing of value?" "What makes you think we value only gold?"
The lizard grins.

"What the blazes else is there to 'value' here? My wagon is breaking down all the time, my workers only ever complain, and I... oh." Bandit pauses, "Oh, you mean you are going to eat us..." The fox's shoulders slump, "Why does this keep happening to meeeeeeeeeeeeee..."

Xander was still..somewhat alert as he walks up the road and slows as he hears a familiar whine and blinks, he quickens his pace and gets behind a tree and peers towards the baker and the cart, and the , he sighs , "Great.."He mutters, lizards, well least its' normal lizards right.

The badger isn't the only one with eyes on the road... there's a very opportunistic set up in the sky, scoping out the lizards that are busy tying up the baker and company... and indeed. It's not the big, inedible monitors, but...rather something a bit more the owl's size by chance. Or, so it seems. She takes quick stock to just get a feel for how many, talons flexing lightly as she silently starts to circle overhead. Hmm. Right... outlines... She ignores the fox and ferrets for the time being, as well as those clustered immediately around him, and turns her attention to the lizards more on the perimeter of the whole situation to see if any are just a bit more separate from the main group.

"You are not as dumb as you look... Thrask," The leader of the group gestures to a larger, fatter lizard. "Get a fire ready. We will roast the fox with his own pots and pans!"

Bandit looks just thrilled at the irony. His workers are much more terrified, "Why are you taking this so calmly? They are going to cook and eat us!" One of the ferrets blurts out.

The fox only sighs, "Eh, I It's not the first time. First it was the eel, then the snake... then the eagle AND the snake... and the crazy hide stealing badger... it's like the universe just keeps trying to get me shoved into a stew pot."

The fox casts a quick glance about the area. There are eight lizards in total with a paw full watching the road for those would interrupt their feast. "Sorry boys, but I think our number is up. I used up more lives than a cat and I don't have miricals left in my bag of tricks to save us."

"You are the worst boss! The worst!" another ferret shouts.

Xander tilts hits head and sighs, then a lizard gets to close to him, likely hunting fire wood and the badger snarls, the lizard gasp, then the lizard gets beheaded, the lizard's head is throw towards the other lizard's! Yeah that felt oddly good as he snorts, ok got some anger out and likely needs to be careful now as they know that...well someone is clearly here!

Antenora blinks... The larger lizard certainly looks tasty...but a bit on the larger side for her... but there's also some noise happening not too far off. Looks like there's a badger going to town on a few of the scaled folk... So, she uses that distraction. With hardly a noise, she inverts into a dive, wings folding in to pick up speed until she's at the right angle of attack and extends her talons. Not...really to go after the big bloated one, but the lizard right beside ...Thrask was it? Either which way, target acquired.

Wings snap open to slow her descent and level out as she brings her claws forward to take a quick, fly-by grab at her chosen target, beating to keep speed on her side as well as to regain altitude. Lucky fox... Probably. Not so lucky lizard.

The lizards scream as one of there own has his head thrown at them. They scream again as the owl swoops in to carry off poor Feskoo. The smaller reptile barely has time to know what is going on before the birds talons dig into him.

"A-ambush! Ambush! Fight back you foolsss!" The lizard bandit leader points his spear at the badger. A trio of reptiles rush the stripe dog with spears and a sword.

The other two stand back to back, terrified of the deadly bird that dissapeared into the sky! The baker... just stands there, eyes wide. "Well alright then!" He begins to try and break free of his bonds, only to stop. He wasn't a fighter, not anymore. The fat bellied fox takes a step away from the lizards instead, deciding it was ok to be saved for once like the hapless civilian he is! "Have at them! Free buttered buns for all of ye if I survive!"

Xander is already in a bad mood as he narrows his eyes and snarls at the lizards, oh they dare charge him, well he sidesteps one, slices at another lizard, and makes a note as to where the lizards are at as he snorts. His left paw is bandaged right now but he decides to still fight.

Antenora banks slowly and looks at her kill before looking back at the others below... almost in thought, really. There's the notion that...yes, she has her meal already, what good are the others? But, then again...

She sighs inwardly and makes another check. Bows? Arrows? Anything dangerous to her other than spears and swords? ...hmm. Right. She flies overhead and just...drops Feskoo, letting him fall towards the two that are standing back before wings fold in and she spins into another dive, this time less to hunt and more to strike, intent on pinning the two hesitating ones to the ground under either foot.

The badger's blade splits the belly of one lizard open, his death rattle only spuring the other two onward. They come at the badger, one with a spear, the other with a blade, from either side of Xander, trying to impale him!

The cowardly lizards near the wagon scream as the body of their comrade is dropped upon them. And then the owl is upon them.

They have no chance to react other than to belt out terrified screams as the fat bellied Thrask and his skinnier companion are both pinned under the bird.

"Feathered fiend! Leave my beastsss alone!" The lizard leader leaps into action, spear in both paws to thrust into the owls back.

"Whoops!" The fox's foot suddenly appears in the reptiles path, causing him to stumble towards the owl! It seems there is still a little bit of fighter left in the baker after all...

Xander frowns as he thinks quickly and then at the last moment he jumps back, hopefully two lizards will kill each other! The other lizard gets a quick slash from his blade!

Antenora jumps back to get away from the two of her latest kills and almost winds up lanced by the last of the lizards nearby her, feeling the telltale bite of something catching just behind her shoulder. She's about to fly away from the spear, because those tend to be generally bad for one's health, and gets her wings moving to take flight realizing the chef's gone and tripped the lizard up. Well, who is she to decline such a generous gift...

Wings beat once again, this time to send her forward. Lacking speed from a proper dive to strike, it's more...hurling a lightweight body with talons and beak first to just rip, rend, and shred before that spear can cause any further harm.

"Bon'appite ma'am." Cackles the fox as the lizard stumbles towards her claws.

"No... NoOOOOOoOOOOOOOOOO!" the reptile manages to shout before the talons cut through his hide, through his chest, belly, limbs... it's... it's not a pretty site.

The reptiles facing the badger do not fare as well either. The badger leaps to one side, and the one with the spear runs his buddy through the heart. The spear wielder has a look of total shock even as the badgers blade separates his head from his body. The lizards lay dead before them, save one. Thrask, having a bit more hide to protect his vitals than his unfortunate comrade, begins to crawl away from the reptile massacar, one paw clutching the wound to his stomach. His terrified whimpers give him away though.

"Well then... that was... uh..." the fox glances at the lizard leader as he is ripped, rended, and shredded, "You... you are here to save us... right?"

Xander walks over to Bandit and studies him, "Bandit?" The owl can maybe take the leader as he seems to debate on untieing Bandit, he looks to the two ferrets that work with Bandit and scans the area for anyone else, friend or foe.

Antenora slumps slightly, the wing on the side of her injured shoulder hanging lax slightly as she straightens up and hops her way over. No, poor Thrask... She was intent on a filling meal and he's the biggest one of the lot. She pounces, aiming to strike at the back of his neck with her beak before looking towards the badger, then the fox...then the two ferrets... and then pivots her head back to get a look at her own injury. "You can save the rolls... I think there's plenty here for me already." She chuffs, glancing left, then right, more to allow her ears a chance to listen for any other potential survivors.

"No! Wait!" Thrask manages to squeak before the killing blow ends him. His tail thrashes once, and he becomes still.

"Um... sure." The fox chuckles nervously, stepping backward to keep the badger between him and the owl.

"Xander! Are you a sight for sore eyes..." He glances over the badger covered in lizard guts briefly, "You seem well. Mind untying me?"

"Um, boss?" squeaks a ferret.

"And my workers. Fat lot of use they were..."

Xander snorts but unties the fox, he keeps his eyes and ears open and looks at the owl, ok good the owl can eat some lizards, thats fine as he looks to Bandit and frowns "I am...least your alive..Hawkeye isn't alive and...and"He steps back and lets the tears fall now, he frowns "Uncle Oz is..is dead, he..died in his sleep, he's..he's gone"

Antenora is, for the moment, content to just sort of pick a bit. There's certainly enough to chose from, and the others seem content to just...talk. Or...cry? She looks up and regards Xander for a few moments. ..but nothing is said. She leaves them to mourn and instead takes stock of her wing and the injury sustained, just slowly testing range of motion.

The fox figits an ear. His eyes widen a bit but then retain a certain calmness. He looks to the owl, the dead lizards and then the badger. With a sigh, he places a paw on the warriors shoulder, "Come. Let's clean up this mess first. I have fresh water in my wagon, and a new shirt that isn't covered with lizard entrails. We will set up camp, then you can tell me all about Oz..."

==A few Hours Later==

Xander sits at the campsite, things were cleaned up and he is just sort of stareing at the small campfire that was made, just quiet like.

Antenora isn't...too far away, having opted against flying while injured. At least for the time being. Besides, she had a meal to enjoy...which she graciously enjoyed out of sight of the badger, fox, and ferrets. But, that's done and gone. She ventures towards the camp itself, the little owl just keeping on the fringes of the firelight itself as she continues to nurse her own wound as best she can manage.

Xander looks over as he sees movement, it's just the owl as he speaks."Hey.."He says softly, it's dark and he is likely gonna be grumbled at, it's fine not like he knew he run into..well trouble, and help get dead lizards off a road and a cart into a clearing, it did rain a little and that seemed to help some.

Gorvenalus was outside, his hooded cloak on looking around, he was being careful in the dark and had a small oil lamp as he walked along, he sighed as if what ever he was looking for was not being found.

Antenora narrows her eyes faintly but still keeps her distance, about to say something to the badger when she hears the approach of something else. Her head immediately swivels around to look at Gorvenalus, watching the motion carefully and tensing ever so slightly in anticipation of more trouble.

Xander lays a paw on his blade and stands "Who is there?" He is still a little moody as he seems to look at the cloak, and looks at the owl making sure she stays put "You need to be careful...your hurt"

Gorvenalus backs up and speaks "Xander...calm yourself, it is only I.."He takes off the hood and frowns "Some were worried when you left and Patch mentioned you were not at the tavern...are you injuried?" He looks towards the owl and nods "I am Brother Gorvenalus, I mean you no harm I am abbey Recorder and I am also a healer"

Antenora turns to glower at Xander for a moment as he chides her to be careful. "Hmph..." There's an annoyed click of the beak and she looks back at Gorvenalus. Her injury isn't easily seen unless looking at her back, and then there's dried blood near her left shoulder. "Antenora," she offers, the first thing really said to anyone. "Silly lizard had a spear..."

Xander goes to hug the beaver and smiles a little, he speaks "Her wing is hurt...not sure how close you can, get to her though" He frowns "I am fine...don't worry"

Antenora just chuffs softly again at mention of not getting close and looks at the badger critically, lifting one set of talons...before giving a dismissive gesture. "I'm full. You're safe... Besides, you're too big for me anyway."

Xander frowns, he sighs he looks tried and just...yeah he needs some sleep.

Gorvenalus frowns, he speaks with Xander a few moments "Get some sleep."He then looks at the owl. "Do you have a way to get your wing better then?" He makes sure Xander is resting and now can tend to the owl.

Antenora swivels her head to get a look at the wing...and then just looks back at Gorvenalus. "Time... it works best. What else would I do?" She stretches her wing again and winces faintly. "I'll borrow a burrow or something until I can fly."

Gorvenalus says, "It could get infected though and swollen, one don't want that, not moving it will help though, I am unsure where you can stay though" He hmmms, he is smart as he is not an owl is welcome in the Abbey..maybe Ferravale but he is unsure"Maybe..grasslands?"

Antenora sighs. "If there is an infection, I can...just open it again." She chuffs, shoulders slumping a bit at the prospect of just being off the wing for too long. "I'll figure it out..."

Gorvenalus nods and decides to not question her further then, he would leave but he had promised to make sure Xander got back ok, they were not too far from the abbey anyways, so he could wait till morning he decides.

Antenora sighs softly, sort of settling herself down. "You...know how to treat things, right?" She tilts her head slightly to the side. "Why not offer to take a look at it yourself, if that's the case?"

Gorvenalus nods "Yes, I was a healer at an abbey called Willowbark, I was also their abbot...at Redwall I am just a Brother, Their recorder but I also help with healing."He will look at it, carefully as the owl does have a beck and talons.

Antenora is also not a big owl, and...actually, that the beaver's intimidated by her is flattering in a way. She settles herself down and lowers her shoulder all the same so that the abbey-beast can get a proper look at where that spear caught her. Right under the shoulder of her left wing, it seems. Not...terribly deep, but enough that, indeed, it's probably painful to use that wing right now.

Gorvenalus is more careful than fearful, it pays to be careful. He exams it and nods, getting out an herb or two that will help with healing and pain, as well as prevent infection to place on the wound. He hmms on a good way to bandage it"You will need a place to stay though"

Antenora grumbles a bit, wincing at the work being done, though her head does swivel around so she can look Gorvenalus in the face directly. "What's wrong with the Abbey? I've heard rumors it has a wonderful loft."

Gorvenalus says, "It's possible, long as the sparrows are ok with it...how would you get up there though?"If her wing is painful after all."I can also let the abbot know your there"

Antenora sighs and sags again. Right...flying. "Well, I can...find somewhere, I suppose.... Nothing wrong with a bit of a walk..." She ever so slowly extends the wing out again and...winces. "Maybe a short glide..."

Gorvenalus thinks, where could she stay, he is unsure right now."If you did stay somewhere in the abbey, you have to not try and eat anyone there...someone can bring you fish and water, maybe some rolls even"

Antenora clicks her beak lightly, relaxing and letting her injured wing just rest by hanging lightly at her side. "I'll have you know...the lizard was an exception, not the norm. I...usually go for bugs and the sorts. Not sure if you've noticed, but...I'm not like the bigger owls out there."

Gorvenalus nods and offers a smile"Well...there are the flying bugs around..for sure at night" He hmms, its possible to get her worms or bugs if needed."There may be ..somewhere in the abbey, maybe the infirm even. Your wing will take a few days to heal."

Antenora she looks her wing over... "Fine...that'll work. Better, maybe, than a hole in the ground." She nods slightly and gives a soft chuff. "Better indeed..."

Gorvenalus nods "Then we can go there..."He sighs but they may need to wait or he can wake Xander, he hmmms one can see the abbey wall tops from here as he decides"I can wake my friend and we can head there."And why not just invite Bandit and his 2 ferret friends too, yeah getting to the abbey was a good idea...and a thunder storm prooves it was a good move as well!!

oz · Logs

Who:

Patch-Tavern Worker,Spy,Tracker,ale maker

Xander- Leader of Mossflower Defenders

Mudjaw-Guard at Ferravale

Rubblethorn-Guard at Ferravale

Log:

Patch is here, doing what he always does and that's get drinks, serve them and get food and he is over worked today it seems. "Why do beasts not show up...they supposed ta show up."

Mudjaw is already here and frowns "Beasts are showing up, so why worry and ya missed a...well no fight but there was a troublemaker here, took some otter and I have yet to find out what happen to de otter"

Rubblethorn drinks some of his ale "I think some ...cloaked beast was followed, but she got away with a couple foxes. Or..that's what I heard"

Patch says, "And no one tells me a darn thing...I should seriously get out more, find out stuff..ya know like before, always pays ta know whats goin' on around Mossflower""

Mudjaw frowns "Umm...sorry..a cloaked beast left de tavern..with two foxes and they had that old otter ..."

Xander walks in, his left paw bandaged as he overhears Mudjaw and snorts "The cloaked beast is a cat."He seen her face enough to know. Oh and he is not in the best of moods "Patch we are closing an hour early"

Rubblethorn waves to the badger and drinks more ale, then frowns "But de tavern has an hour yet to close...ya can wait an hour surely"

Patch sighs "Now ya show up stripy..and close early why close early?"Though he wont argue with the badger if hats what he wants to do.

Xander glares, "Its my tavern and I said everyone leave"A look says listen and beasts quickly head out,"The two guards can stay and Patch...everyone else go"

Mudjaw frowns as he watches beasts slip out, one a little too quickly to where they almost fall and looks over at Xander."What's the matter? Was the..otter found?"

Rubblethorn stands but then sits "I can...get the chieftain if you want sir, shouldn't she be here for this?"

Patch locks the tavern after everyone is out and looks at Xander "Wait wait..otter was led out by two foxes and...de old otter? Hawkweye be missing?" Ok he surely wants to know what is going on"What happen ta ya paw stripy, ya get attacked?"

Xander shakes his head "No, I punched the wall at the abbey, its not broken...the wall or my paw, but did scrap my paw up fairly badly."He frowns"I heard he was taken somewhere with a cloaked beast and two foxes so i went looking, and found him..the cloaked beast was a cat with yellow, orange and white fur, maybe some black fur too and the two foxes, i told them to back off and they all left and she seemed to think it funny Hawkeye needed a healer"

Mudjaw frowns as he listens "So a multicolored feline hmmmm...ya know cat. So is the old otter ok? Is he at the infirm..which by the way we need a couple more healers for the infirm, we be lucky no one has like..needed a healer really badly too often, well too often at all"

Rubblethorn asks, "So we hunt down us a cat and some foxes, or maybe just keep an eye out fer em?"

Patch folds his arms over his chest, he looks concerned "So where is..gramps at? He ok Stripy?" He frowns, worry setting in "Ya need me to go get that old hag....ummm healer mouse at the abbey fer ya?"

Xander frowns as he shakes his head and picks up a plate that needs washed and looks at it as he speaks "No..Angela isn't needed."He frowns "Hawkeye is..is with Markalaway...cause...cause that..cat.."He then snarls and throws the plate to the wall, the plate spins and sort of crashes into some pieces on the wall. Xander picks up another and does the same thing, it too breaks.

Mudjaw jumps and looks ready to bolt out the door or jump out a window right now as Xander seems to get a little too moody for him.

Rubblethorn frowns "Umm...your breaking plates agasist the wall, that solves like nothing, nothing at all"

Patch tenses as the plate breaks and a 2nd plate and hides under a table, he peeks out and frowns "Stripy...calm ya self ok, I be sure he woulsnt want ya to break the plates as I have ta clean that up and why would he be at that creepy rat's hut?"

Xander screams and just breaks a 3nd and 4th plate and drops to his knees and lets out a sob "Cause he's dead...he died..he was trying to tell me something and..and then he died, he's dead"

Mudjaw frowns now "The...the old bartender is...is dead?" That can't be the otter was like making cheese rolls and buns and salad .

Rubblethorn frowns "Wait....the rat he's the undertaker....oh"He frowns now too and goes quiet.

Patch frowns "Not the plates..stop" He looks at Xander then and blinks "Wait....Stripy ya best be telling de truth" Then when would this badger ever lie or get something wrong.

Xander just sobs and wipes his eyes "I was there when he died..he wasn't that hurt just some claw marks on his back..he..I think he fought them and...and.."He wipes away tears "He wasn't supposed to..be in a fight again and those vermin probably forced him to be in one"

Mudjaw frowns and is not sure what to say "Ok....so what do we do now?"

Rubblethorn asks, "Look for de cat and the two foxes, anything else important, did he like say anything?"

Patch backs up and frowns, is that a tear as he ...ok he liked the old otter, that otter was his pal and he liked him "I can hunt em down..look around, ask around, get some info That was my pal...best drink maker around 'ere and he laughed at me jokes."

Xander frowns as he stands and decides to unlock the tavern but it seems it stays a bit empty, yeah beasts decided to just..stay clear, but hey its got an hour...maybe two. He sighs as he states at the table and sits down at the booth.

Mudjaw frowns at the door and just finishes his ale "I can like make a report to the chieftain, if ya want me to"

Rubblethorn just stays in his chair, he will listen as he isn't sure what to do either.

Patch gets the badger some strong ale and sits it down "Figured ya need this..after..ya know"He frowns "The...kid...he has that..."

Xander blinks "Kid?" He then gasps and almost spills the ale, he downs it slowly and speaks after he is finished "Crevan....yeah...he can..."He frowns in thought, thinking quietly.

Mudjaw frowns"Who's Crevan?"

Rubblethorn answers "A fox kit he likes...oh"He frowns as he realizes something

Patch says, "The fox kit is..was..Hawkeyes adopted son..no what do we do Xander?" Ok the rat is a bit serious now and worried."

Xander thinks as he gets more ale and sits "Me and Krisha can...adopt him, if he lets us that is, Northstar can be his sister, they are sort of close to the same age"

Mudjaw says, "So he would like...still have family then right?"

Rubblethorn asks, "I think he said he would like adopt him and take him in, that's good right?"

Patch nods "DUHHH....and what about that Taran huh...he like went with all the other otters on that trip, Hawkeye was his uncle"

Xander frowns "It is...best to tell him when he gets back. I am not gonna ruin his first like...what ever it was called with the otters"

Mudjaw nods and sighs "Ok so we have any idea who the cat is?"

Rubblethorn says, "So far sounds like a calico sort of color..and possible slaver maybe?"

Patch says, "I dislike slavers...so ya said earlier gramps tried to say something, say what?""

Xander frowns "Frowns "That she had something and then he drew what looked like a rose and then he ...he went limp, I managed to ask him, was that a rose and he noded yes right...right before he ..."He closes his eyes, "He took his last breath and died, he had no pulse and I checked twice and a healer we have at the Mossflower Defenders Base c..confirmed he was dead and had been for a little while, the little while I took to carry him back to the village."

Mudjaw says, "He..drew a rose?"

Patch frowns "Rose?..why would he draw that for...maybe he seen one?" He frowns "Ya don't think..."

Xander says, "I don't know Patch...maybe she is the one leaders like...they are related and she is getting the group back again. I read something where it had disappeared one time, only to pop back up...be defeated supposedly and then it was around during that Ormaz thing...only I was told they were all killed...like tracked to the shores killed. The cat...a...cat"He frowns "A cat was supposedly drowned and it was a cloaked figure that was seen that killed Hanzi...""

Patch asks, "That hare?" He frowns ok something he knows "I seen him, he was trying to recruit some weasel who seemed to dislike the hare...Stripy...Hanzi had that Blackrose tattoo..a bit more fancy than the older ones but he had it and I didn't think much of it cause he was killed and ya had said any Blackrose beast were killed.""

Xander frowns "He was killed by a cloaked figure..after that...been nice to hear of this sooner but...its ok. I have a feeling the cloaked beast is the cat, why she killed Hanzi though no clue"

Mudjaw says, "She didn't like woodlanders maybe"

Rubblethorn shrugs, he has no clue who Hanzi was even.

Patch says, "Hanzi was like a hare gone bad and he likely did something she didn't like..that longear was always moody and tryed ta fight a couple beasts in Ferravale..short fuse..and I saw him a couple times and wandered why was he like back fer....course didn't see the tattoo till he took his cloak off and seen his arm.""

Xander nods and frowns"If she is trying to make a new Blackrose, that could be bad."

Mudjaw says, "Isn't the Blackrose like....some old slaver group, my ummm dad spoke of em'"

Patch says, "They are...hey maybe we are just over worried..I mean..drawing a rose, could of ment anything...right?"

Xander says, "I don't know Patch...when I asked if it was a rose he noded, he...he died before I could ask more,his heart rate was so fast and he acted like he was in some pain and was sweating a lot...and I don't know how well he was breathing..I was no where near a healer and it all happen so..so fast""

Mudjaw says, "Ya did what ya could..I am just sorry I couldmt stop her and her foxes from taking him out of the tavern"

Patch frowns "Dont blaim ya self stripy..I aint no healer but he likely would of died before ya could of got to a good healer"

Xander frowns "He was my friend"

Mudjaw frowns and decides he should get some rest, he has guard duty early

Patch sighs "Sorry STRIPY....things will be I am sure they will be just think o happy times"

Xander nods "I need to get back to the abbey"He is tried, his paw hurts too, its also fairly late

Patch stands "No, ya can stay here."He locks up"Your office has a cot and sides you head out and then end up umm....in the dark forest I am gonna have two badgers haunt me fer the rest of my life!"

Xander stumbles, yep tried as he frowns "Who...what....two"But he allows himself lead upstairs and falls asleep almost as soon as he lays down

Patch nods "Yeah..Zee and Oz..both of em' would like haunt me the rest of my life like why ya let the boy go off like that and oh he is here with us way too early and tis your fault Patch, its so so so your fault...."He shakes his head when the badger is asleep, makes sure he is cozy and frowns "See....too tried to do much"He sighs and goes to his own room but not before fetching a guard to watch the badger's door and then he goes to get sleep in his office, good grief this night is the worse.

oz · Logs

**Kalypso shows she is still someone to worry about and..seems to have angered a beast, and likely more soon ***

=Right after this log http://forum.rwmuck.org/viewtopic.php?id=1234 =

Who:

Kalypso - Evil leader of the Blackrose

Hawkeye-Bar tender, retired warrior

Mudjaw-Guard of Ferravale

Xander-Leader of Mossflower Defenders

Spoofed: 2 foxes, and later on a couple slaves and other evil slavers at a base

LOG:

Mudjaw watches as they, well hurry off and shrugs "Probably that snake did something again"

Hawkeye frowns, oh he knows that tattoo or least he is sure he does, he clears his throat"Of..course..."He then purposes bumps an ale over and goes to clean it up "Oh excuse me.."If he can move that sleeve on the cloak, if not then..ok and yes he us taking a risk here.

Kalypso blinks and glares "Ya stupid woodlander!!" And then he has the nerve to move her sleeve, she hisses, ears flat and goes to shove him down. The two foxes are clearly on alert now.

Mudjaw blinks as he looks over at the yelling and frowns , he will only get up if he has to, he waits for now.

Hawkeye is shoved backwards and falls onto his bottom and snorts, "That..tattoo...do ya know where that is from lass, not one ya should have really it was a fairly bad slaver group and slavers are not welcome in this tavern or Ferravale"

Kalypso stands and smirks "I very well know what the tattoo means course mine is a lot better than my mothers, more detailed and glorious...course one design is so so simple, then again a slave don't deserve the best...oh ooops I spoke too soon, then who cares."She looks at the tavern"I am leaving now."

Mudjaw frowns and stands "Ok ok...I for one think if ya be a slaver...leave before I get the chieftain involved."

Hawkeye glares, he always hated slavers and stands slowly to dust off. "Leave and do not come back here feline"His voice tone is cold, he means it too do not return "You or ya two friends"

Kalypso keeps an eye on the guard, others in the tavern stare as she smirks and nods, the two foxes go to grab Hawkeye, "Little insurance..so no one thinks on trying to stab me..he is set free after I am out of the gates."

Mudjaw lays a paw on his sword and frowns, ok this is not a good thing and he is just one guard.

Hawkeye was paying more attention to the cat than the two foxes, when he is grabbed, he struggles a little and then takes a deep breath, relaxing again,he glares at the cat not saying a word yet.

Kalypso smirks "Good choice.." She heads out of the tavern and makes sure the two foxes keep a hold of the otter, but she is smart and exits out a small entry towards the back of the village and to the river by the mill, its still there after all just no one is there right now, likely elsewhere but a back door leads to the river and she smirks, "Hold him, he is tagging along, I not only need to build up my members but my slaves, sides...the novice vole and a mouse maid whom was traveling in the wrong place needs some company and help with chores."

Hawkeye kicks at the foxes "You said you would let me go, then again should figure a slaver would lie..your mother was in charge if the Blackrose, that's their tattoo but I thought they were all killed"

Kalypso smirks "All in mothers group was....I left her group and thus....a new improved Blackrose I am leader of"The two foxes grip tightens a little as she smirks"I have an idea...he seems to know so much of the Blackrose..lets talk, let him go, if he flees put an arrow in his back"

Hawkeye snorts as he is let go and frowns a little "Chat? I do not..chat with..slavers."He makes a fist and then lowers his paw, no fighting is bad."Leave and I wont even say the direction ya went"

Kalypso smirks, "Oh...but you know I am around, not a good thing...I am not a fool...your tell, course I can so leave false trails, or take you as a slave."

Hawkeye glares "I will never be a slave of yours cat."He slips a paw into his pocket, oh he still keeps a knife around, useful for cutting fish as this knife he uses for that and he didn't put it away and right now he slips it out and uses his still fairly quick reflexes to stab the cat in the arm and quickly bolt back towards the tavern.

Kalypso eyes go wide as she growls in pain, ears pined to her head, the two foxes are right away after Hawkeye and so is she as she gives chase, "Don't let him get back to the village!"

Hawkeye frowns, he decides he will take the path by the river and get to the path going into Ferravale, he pants and frowns..running this fast is bad and he shouldn't do it as he catches his breath and slows a little, its also seriously hot out today, summer heat doesn't help him at all.

The two foxes catch up to him, one has an arrow they fire at him, the other a set of bolas they throw. The feline hisses, tail wagging as she goes to slam him into a tree if she can, or least trip him when he slows.

Hawkeye tenses, the arrow hits his leg and he tumbles, he sees the cat and just glares, he goes to punch her in the jaw as he barely misses the tree, "I..might be old but I..CAN STILLL FIGHT YOU!"

Kalypso smirks "Alright...."She holds up a paw and makes a fox hand over a cutlass and tosses it to otter as she has her own blade "You win..I go back with you and you can be some..don't know, hero of the hour and I will go quietly into a cell, you lose..well I get to leave, with you as my slave."

Hawkeye blinks as he pants a little and catches the blade, he nods "Fine"This may end up a bad idea but he agrees. He was once a skilled warrior after all.

Kalypso grins, she is not gonna give him time to catch his breath she is attacking right now and fast too! She is not aiming to injure him to much, if he is to be a slave she needs him, no ..a knock out or a he cant get up will count as a lost. She goes to slam the flat of the blade into his side.

Hawkeye tenses up and almost stumbles, he fakes a left move and aims for the right side with his blade, a skilled slice movement.

Kalypso keeps an eye on it and hisses as the blade cuts her, not deep. She goes to rake her claws across his back and go a sort of spin kick to his chest

Hawkeye screams out in pain and shivers, panting a lot now as he sidesteps and the kick gets him a little but not full blow as he takes in a breath and lets it out tenses up in pain as he drops his blade and holds his arm slightly and looks a little paleish.

Kalypso watches the otter and singles the foxes to back off, she tilts her head as she watches him "You..don't look so good..not at all, maybe fighting at your age is bad...hmmmms"

Hawkeye frowns "You....go...back...off."He goes to walk forwards and falls onto his face, but he doesn't get back up he seems to be in some pain and frowns, he looks at the cat and two foxes as he manages a glare and rolls onto his back, still a bit shaken up.

Xander was on his way back to Halyard when he learned Hawkeye was missing so of course he goes to try and find him,he frowns when he thinks he heard a yell and heads that direction.

Kalypso just watches the otter and smirks "You lost....seeing as you can not even stand" She kneels down "But..are you even good slave material."

Hawkeye pants a little still and glares at the cat, he tries to sit up and can't as he shivers and sweat beads his face and clothing, he has some blood on his back from the claws but they were not deep at all, he would likely be fine but something else was wrong.."Go to....where ever evil..goes..vermin ...scum"

Xander finds them and snarls a warning at the group of beasts, blade out and he is far from happy "You have 3 seconds to back away from my friend."

Kalypso smirks, she slowly turns to see the badger"Oh its a badger..how delightful."She decides she will back off, singleing the foxes to do the same as she just chuckles a little "Happy now....he is far from slave material it would seem....so he can stay free"A nod to the foxes.."Let's go...oh and the old fool may need to see a healer" With that she slips into the woodlands with the foxes.

Hawkeye doesn't notice Xander, but he knows the cat and foxes backed off just not why yet. He lays where he is doesn't try to move much at all.

Xander quickly rushes forwards "Hawkeye!" His main concern is the otter, he can try and figure out where the cat went later. He check for wounds and a pulse.

Kalypso watches from behind a tree, though still a bit hidden, she is curious it seems.

Hawkeye tenses up and weakly goes to try and kick whom ever it is, but the voice.."X...X..xander?" His pulse is dangerously fast, his breathing a bit uneven and he is covered in sweat, a slight shiver sort of jerk."She..she had...."He can't talk too well, too much weakness, so so tired as his paw closes around a stick and he tries to draw a flower....a sort of rose looking one and lets go of the stick closing his eyes barely awake now.

Xander frowns "Hawkeye?" He looks at the flower,"She had...I don't understand...she had what...a flower?" Why would a flower be so important, he looks at it"Is that a rose?"

Hawkeye manages to weak nod lifts his his paw as he reaches out the paw to the badger and then the paw just drops and he goes limp.

Kalypso watches from the path and raises an eyebrow, ok what is going on now as she dares not get any closer

Xander frowns "A rose?" He is concerned now "But...no couldn't be them, they all died, that group is gone..was it a tattoo of a rose?" He looks at the otter and frowns "Hawkeye?...." A gentle shake, oh please please wake up..have a pulse.."Hawkeye?!"

Kalypso ears flatten as she hisses but ...wait is the otter...she waits to see, risking being seen but curious and hopefully being curious wont be her downfall.

Hawkeye has no pulse, he isn't breathing..his pulse went from serious way to rapid to a sudden drop of maybe a couple beats here and there...then nothing at all. Not many injury, no that was not the cause of this..age and his heart not liking the sudden workout with no rest, the running...the heat...the fight with the feline, that's what caused this lost of life.

Xander checks again "No..no no NO!" He stands and scans the woods as he draws his blade again"If your within ear shot cat know this...if I find you, if I see you again...your a dead beast!!!!"

Kalypso smirks, like he is gonna find her and she is no fool, she wont be alone, heck soon she will have an army...ok maybe not soon it will take some time to built a horde, a good while knowing her luck, she slips off, has a fox leave a fake trail, she has a temporary base, and has her sights set on a much better one, the new one would be much more well hidden and good size, it could easily be added on to and it even has a bit of defense, sort of..its on a hill sort of, a sort of wall around most of it, more wall could be added and would. She smiles coldly and turns to leave. She has a small amount of beasts working for her, and a couple slaves....for now, give her time, both will grow in numbers.

Xander drops to his knees and lets out a couple sobs, he then goes to gently as he can pick up the otter and goes to report to Blisa.

Kalypso meanwhile makes it to her base "Ok everyone..." Her group right now, not counting the two foxes..20 in number, she nods to grab the two slaves, a mouse and vole,"We head towards the place I seen a couple weeks ago...get any supplies we leave after sundown."And they do...she will just stay out of sight for a while, hideout and...

PLAN

oz · Logs

Who:

Zolomon-Archer,Runner, Private First Class of Long Patrol

Gregorian- Sergeant,Fighter and Blacksmith of Long Patrol

Ciocan-Badger Lord

Keldron- Soon to be novice of Redwall, Retired Warrior

Grace-Dibbun Hare

5 spoofed Privates(Hares)

LOG:

Keldorn was standing on the beach, ready to head back to the abbey. To Mossflower as he sighed a little as perhaps home would cheer him up, he surely hoped it would.

Zolomon walks up and offers a smile to the shrew "It will be ok K..and ya get an escort to the mouth of the River Moss."With Zolomon is 5 other assorted hares of the Long Patrol.

Ciocan is finishing up some exercises on the beach when he glaces over. He was not going with them, but did want to speak to Keldorn before he left as he finished his morning exercises and walked over "I see your heading off now, before you go thar was one thing I wanted you to have, to take back to the abbey" He hands the shrew a small package,"You can save that get you get back, my hares can get you as far as the river moss."

"Hold up!" comes a yell from the mountain as Greg come in to view. He's got a pack of supplies and his daughter up on his shoulders but she looks like she objects to the early start and looks half asleep still "I hear yah travellin' upshore. If yah happy for anothah it'd save me findin' someone else tah go with" he quickly throws a salute towards Ciocan. He requested a holiday which is something he never does and yet he's still in uniform despite being off duty.

Keldorn takes the package and nods, "I had..wished my daughter would of come but..I was not gonna ask, she..she knows where I am going"He turns as he sees Gregorian and gently places the wraped package in his backpack."Also I have a friend..Silverwing whom will help get me the rest of the way to the abbey from there."

Zolomon listens, he glaces at Greg and looks back to Keldorn "I remember Silverwing..She is a good choice ta have as a friend ta get ya back home K."

Ciocan nods, he looks to see Gregorian come up the beach "Good timing." He gives the hare a nod before looking back to the shrew "I will make sure your daughter gets back to Halyard if that is her wish but yes its best to leave it up to her where she wishes to go."He looks to Greg again, "And you and your daughter have fun on your holiday and be careful, just remember when your supposed to be back, I can have a couple hares come and lead you back when its time to head back to the mountain"

Gregorian chuckles and talks to the badger, not interrupting the conversation of the other two "Fun is guaranteed. I'll make sure we're not comin' back alone when it's time. A week or two and it'll be back tah work"

Keldorn lets the hares talk to the badger, he seems curious as to what is going on but doesn't ask, he is just sticking to his plans, meet a friend and get the rest of the way to the abbey.

Zolomon has not heard much himself, but he does know a ship of otters was spotted going towards the river, not something to worry about of course but interesting, he then speaks "And I will be back once I make sure K..and.."Hmmms..lets not go with a nickname here "Gregorian is safe and sound at the River Moss"Of course the other hares will be back too.

Ciocan nods and smiles "Of course."He nods to Zolomon "I expect a good report from you and the other Privates, for now I am heading back to my quarters, have a safe journey..all of you"This includes the shrew, he nods and heads back to the mountain and on inside.

Gregorian nods to the badger lord and watches him go before he turns back round to give Zolomon a look "Gregorian? Even the officahs go with Greg" he looks amused and shakes his head before he starts walking.

Keldorn decides to ask "So...is something going on at the river moss my friends?" He then goes to follow the hares as they walk.

Zolomon shrugs "Umm..some don't always like nick names sur..higher ups fer sure."He smiles a little "I can go with Greg ."He rubs his neck, still a little sore from the other day."I am..not sure, something"He had not heard, then maybe it was mentioned while he was in the infirmary the past 3-4 days.

Gregorian snorts "Yah bettah off stickin' tah rank with them. If they didn't like Greg they'd probably be just as concerned yah didn't put sergeant in front of it" he chuckles to Keldorn's question "Otters! Lots of otters. They're gatherin' up by the Moss tah have some fun"

Keldorn nods "Interesting, sounds like something they must do every so often"He would not know much of it, he was a wanderer after all or he use to be one anyways, that life was ending now as he would live at the abbey."Maybe I can stay a couple days, if they allow it"

Zolomon grins "Could call ya G..."He listens and smiles " Hullabaloo..every 4 or..5 summers I believe, I thought it was just otters though didn't know others could join in de fun G"

Gregorian looks amused "If yah call me G wot do yah call someone else who's name starts with G? Like Grace?" nods once though not too much as his daughter Grace is practically asleep on his shoulders "Every 4 years though knowin' ottahs if they could they'd do it every year if they could. It is just ottahs officially but yah know, they're ottahs. If yah bring some ale or entertainment they don't care, they're just tryin' tah have a good summah. I get a pass though, I got raised by ottahs, I got family there"

Keldorn manages a small chuckle "Sir Zolomon was always good with nicknames it seems, I will stay but a day or two, then back to the abbey to be a novice."

Zolomon nods "Greg then.."He grins and smiles "Otters are always nice and always have hot root around, Hot root is something me grandfather loved, me...I am so-so with it..maybe something between really hot and mild seasoning."

Gregorian chuckles "That's not answerin' the question. Maybe they can be G2, G3, problem is remembahin' which is which" he grins, he's looking forward to this "They've got a contest tah see who can make the hottest hotroot, if yah not fond of the heat I'd suggest avoidin' that"

Zolomon hmmms "I...just come up with...other names....not many with G as a name..who knows maybe a name based off a like."He shrugs.

Gregorian just chuckles "I guess yah will have tah figure that out when it happens...Lucky for yah I can't think of a large group of hares beginning' with G still livin' in the mountain"

Keldorn quietly listens as they talk, he seems to have other things on his mind right now.

Zolomon says, "I suppose..."

Gregorian smirks "Ah relax Zolomon, I'm just jokin' with yah. Yah can call the ottahs as many names as yah like before yah go back"

Keldorn finally speaks "I wili have to warn them of Silverwing...she is a eagle but friend to good beasts. No worries unless ya be a fish" He smiles a little

Zolomon nods, he glaces at Keldorn and nods to him "I can help...though I will only be there a day before I and the others have to head back and I can let your daughter know your safe and sound...well if I see her that is, I don't go to Halyard very much"

Gregorian chuckles "It's goin' tah be a bad season for fish already, yah start throwin' eagles in and they'll think it's the apocalypse" raises an eyebrow at Zolomon though he still sounds amused "And every time yah do go tah Halyard I get a report sayin' somethin' went wrong...usually involvin' bar fights"

Keldorn says, "Why is it going to be a bad season for the fish...all the otters in one place?""

Zolomon frowns "I don't...always get into a bar fight and ...well not sure the monitor counted on de beach, it wasn't really a fight more a..sort of ummm...chat?" He sighs "He grabbed me by de throat and I passed out and woke being carried ta the infirm and it was on the beach..someone else took care of de monitor."

Gregorian nods to Keldorn "Exactly that, it's just as well there's plenty of fish in the sea, it'll probably take a lot tah feed them all for a season" the raised eyebrow returns to Zolomon "The monitah started as a bar fight. Aftah yah were in that bar fight with the fox who took the dibbun. The monitah was friends with the fox if yah recall, then Dom knocked him out in the bar. That's already two in a month...and if the fight starts in a bar and yah just take it outside I'd still say that counts"

Keldorn nods and frowns as he listens "So...the monitor was around before. I think it was a slaver..the monitor is dead your badger Lord killed it..very lucky I say that he was there...I do believe Seriea told him or a hare and the hare told him there was trouble, I know not but things could have ended badly had he not shown up..the monitor was following us from Halyard is my guess

Zolomon frowns and his good ear droops "Yeah...but me and Private Dale were trying to keep a look out and my plan was to get back to the mountain and make sure you were ok K...did not think we run into Mr ugly scales..."He looks back to Greg and sighs "Sorry sur...guess I have bad luck in Halyard..maybe its best to avoid going there or...well...take another with me maybe"

Gregorian rolls his eyes to the sky "Wot yah youngstahs just need tah learn is how tah sit in a bar with vermin insultin' yah and not escalate it in tah a fight. Honestly, yah could call some of the recruits longears and they'll start throwin' punches"

Keldorn says, "Walking away is always good advice, if it can be done....I have been in many taverns, some are a lot worse than that one is""

Zolomon nods as he sighs "I will..try sur tis just hard soemtimes. And some seem to respect the long patrol and yeah a lot don't in Halyard, not sure of other places only other tavern I was ever in was in Ferravale and that one is gone, but they have a new one now me buddy owns"

Gregorian snorts "Yah can't make anyone respect yah and yah just have tah accept that they won't. Slavahs, killahs, yah can fight them but yah best not givin' in tah the ones that just want tah provoke yah for bein' a hare"

Zolomon frowns"I know sur..I know" The group will likely have a break or two, I mean they are hares and they need to take a break for some food and water, but they will get to where the otters are safe and sound, maybe a little fun before most of them head off leaving Keldorn, Greg and Grace there.

oz · Logs

Who:

Zolomon-Private First class, Archer and Runner in LP

Keldron-Retired Warrior and soon novice of Redwall Abbey

Sereia-Daughter of Keldorn

Kage-Evil monitor Lizard

Ciocan-Badger Lord

A spoofed hare,Private and Fighter

LOG:

Zolomon walks along and stays ever alert, every so often looking over at Keldorn to make sure he is ok.

Keldorn was fine, he was not concern, too much, of the monitor showed up but he did look for signs of it's path as they walked. He stays close to the hare "Thank you Sir Zolomon for your help..I only hope you find my daughter and she is ok and has not joined her mothers fate then maybe its just punishment for me if she does."

Zolomon frowns and speaks "We will find her K...don't worry or least we will try our best"Another hare frowns "This is a monitor..is that wise to look for?" Zolomon sighs "Well we bally well can't let it get to far, can we?"

Keldorn says, "Monitors can be dangerous, tricky. They do not always need weapons as they have teeth and claws, weapons just make them even more deadly.""

Zolomon asks, "So do you have any suggestions?"

Keldorn keeps walking as he speaks "Skilled beasts, you with a longbow..if needed Lord Ciocan, this is a monitor after all"

Zolomon grins "I am a good shot, I can fire a longbow at 300 yards if needed"

Keldorn says, "Still you want to be careful my friend"

The day has been long, its been a little hot and so not many are likely out and about right now. For the monitor this is good,he left the docks and starting traveling towards the dunes, south was a good direction after all.

Sereia frowns as she is forced to follow this monitor, but she does look for ways to get away, to run and maybe the wide open beach could be her way as she has run on sands before, a lot.

Zolomon has yet to see the monitor and neither does the other hare, just yet anyways as they travel along.

Keldorn sighs as he stares at the sands and shakes his head"So...what to do my friend? I know I cannot help but..still.."Yes it pains him but he is sticking with the not joining this fight, he promised and he is keeping that promise to not touch a blade again.

Kage keeps alert, one can see a lot on the beach and he knows he is close to that blasted mountain, he grins to the shrew maid "You just behavezzzzz and we get along nicely"

Sereia frowns, she has no clue of her mother's fate..her mother after all was alive when she was taken, she frowns as she looks around quietly, escape on her mind just need a good time to try.

Zolomon hmmms "Well K...you would just stay inside and wait on news, weather it be good or bad news and tis good you want to be a novice and I hope you do well with it"

Keldorn sighs as he looks to the sand and kneels down with a frown, studying some sort of tracks it seems "He has...been this way...and so has..."He frowns and looks to the hare"They are on the beach, possibly close"He is a tracker after all as skills do not go away just cause he is going to live at the abbey as a novice.

Kage hissses as he walks "Southzzzz...izzzz a nice direction, warmzzz all year round and my homelands"

Sereia speaks finally "Well isn't that...nice for you,why do you want me for?"

Zolomon looks at the tracks, not his skill but he can learn "Hmmm....well"He nods to the hare with him"Careful chap, we may run inta trouble before we get home"

Keldorn looks around and scans the beach"If the monitor is close..our day could be ..changing"

Kage then spots the hares and smirks "Bunnies.....sozzzz they follow...ok so we have..fun"

Sereia looks the direction the lizard does and gasps, she has to do something so why it's distracted she bolts, "Help..Help!" Yes get their attention is good, she hopes.

Zolomon frowns and looks the direction of "Well...ok this changes things." The hare with him is a little..edgy,its a monitor after all as he frowns "No one else is out..wot now?"

Keldorn frowns..all in him wants to rush to his daughter, but the whole no blade and promise not to fight thing, he frowns deeply, he looks to the two hares and to the monitor "So...a fight?"

Kage hisses as the shrew maid bolts and he gives chase aiming to knock her into the sand, he makes a note to where the hares and other shrew is and hisses as he chuckles coldly.

Sereia zig zags along the sand, almost triping once but she does barely manage to escape the monitor. She is fairly good at running on the sand!

Zolomon gets his longbow, aims at the monitor and then when he feels he has an opening he lets the arrow fly towards the monitor as he speaks "K...stay..umm, stay still"He frowns no where to really say to go.

Keldorn frowns but nods, not like he could fight a monitor right now if he wanted to, he just wishes more hares were around

Kage was about to catch the shrew when the arrow slams into his shoulder blade, he hisses and narrows his eyes right at the archer, and the other hare with him"Wellzzzz I did want to...kill some hareezz"Claws out, teeth shown and all he has a blade, what fun as he grins and charges the hares

Sereia screams and rolls to the side and closes her eyes..and when death doesn't seem to come she opens her eyes and frowns as she sees the lizard charge the hares,she glaces at the mountain and back to them and gulps..should she run? Do they know a fight is out here?

The one hare tenses up...oh no he is not liking monitors, they freak him out as he draws his blade and goes to slice at the lizard. Zolomon frowns, ok he cant fire off an arrow if they get to close and he doesn't want to accidentally hit anyone as he backs up and gets his saber "K...ya may wanna run"

Keldorn frowns "I do not normally run my friend, is that wise?" He looks to where Sereia is and frowns, he could try and get to his daughter.

Kage grins as he misses any serious injury from the hare and goes to grab their throat with a sort of cackle,he smirks to the archer,"Hellozzzzz...bunnies..following wazz a bad plan"

Sereia frowns, she had decided to run, not like she knows how to fight, she dashes towards the hare's base and frowns, yeah she may have no clue how to even get inside, so there is that.

Zolomon frowns, and then grips his saber and goes to stab the monitor when it grabs the the other hare, The hare that is grabbed gasps and at first panics and then beside to repeatedly slice at the monitor's arm!

Keldorn backs up a little and looks around for something, a rock maybe that he can throw at the lizard. Maybe a rock wont harm him but it will distract him.

Kage gets the rock to the side of his head and turns to the shrew and narrows his eyes, he throws the hare he has by the throat at Zolomon as he smirks at the shrew "Soooo..de shrew wants ta play hero....ok..thizzzzz will be enjoyable"

Sereia frowns, she jumps when she is tapped on the shoulder and spins around only to relax, its a hare she shivers and points to the beach,they seem to get the idea and helps her inside..she is safe.

Zolomon gasps, he manages to catch the other hare and sort of roll a couple times and frowns "You ok?" He gets a nod..he checks on his fellow private..some claw marks on the shoulder, one lucky not deep one to the throat and a bit scared but other wise ok, as he stands and looks at the lizard saber griped, "Ok..scales....back off"

Keldorn frowns, he makes fists at his sides as he stands tall and speaks "I do not fear monitors...or death sir Monitor but I will not fight you"

Kage grins at the hares, and looks at the shrew "You won'tzzzz fight..that's fine with me, you can die then"

Zolomon frowns and steps in between the monitor and the others. Well one hare vs a monitor...this could end badly as the other hare is a little too freaked out to fight.

Keldorn frowns as he looks at Zolomon"My friend....this could be unwise."He frowns, this could seriously turn into something bad and he has lost sight of his daughter so worry for her creeps in as well.

Kage chuckles as he grins "One scared hare...and only one other harezzz and we have a weaponless shrew....."He smirks "Shallz we...play?"

Zolomon frowns, he just grips his blade tighter and keeps his eyes on the monitor"Well...your ugly so that's a problem too"He chuckles nervously, the other private gulps and just backs up...yeah no fighting sprite for him too too freaked right now to fight, monitors are a nightmare.

Keldorn frowns but he stands where he is, he will not run,"Umm..Sir Zolomon....do not anger a monitor,bad idea"

Kage grins as he steps closer "Ugly..am I?:" He looks at the shrew, "A little...toooz late for that, I did promizzzze myself to kill a hare while staying on thiszzzz zzhore so..why not now" He goes to slam his tail into Zolomon and if able grab him by the throat!

Zolomon glaces at his fellow hare, "Just get the blade back...urrrrrk"And he is grabbed, drops his blade and goes to get the clawed paw from around his neck, the other hare just sort of..is now clearly in panic mode..fun!

Keldorn backs up a little, he finds another rock and throws it at the monitor

Someone else is on the shore now as a voice cuts across the sands "Let go of the hare now" The voice is calm but the tone is on the edge of being ticked off. The owner stands almost 9 foot tall, large war hammer in paw and clearly not liking the monitor on his shores.

Kage smirks as he has the hare in his claws,"Oh...don't worry this can go...quick..."He slowly turns and smirks, "ZZsomeone else wants to playzzzz do they?"

Zolomon gaps, ok the need to breath is important,he still cries to get loose. The other hare looks slightly relieved but still..the fear is real here.

Keldorn smiles at the sight of the badger, ok this is good or so he hopes.

Ciocan narrows his eyes as he speaks "I said...let the hare go lizard and leave my shores or face the punishment fer not"

Kage grins and drops Zolomon but not before aiming to make him pass out, or worse if he gets lucky enough. He chuckles coldly as he has claws, teeth out...he has a long blade for good measure and doesn't even ask for a fight he just charges, he has no plans to leave and makes that very clear right away!

Zolomon feels himself pass out before he is dropped to the sands, he is alive at least but will have a bruised throat, some light claw marks on his collarbone area and shoulders. The other hare checks his pulse and looks glad to find one but still a little worried as the monitor is still here.

Keldorn frowns and goes to be beside Zolomon and looks to where the monitor and badger is as he speaks "My advice my friend..stay clear of that fight"He speaks to the hare that's awake.

Ciocan sidesteps and brings down his large war hammer and strikes at the monitor's side!He can easily fight on the sands and right now he doesn't have any armor on as when he heard there was trouble he came right out.

Kage feels the hammer into his side, it likely cracks 3 ribs but he is not one to fall down easily as he grins and slices a clawed paw at the badger, this monitor has energy as he grins, his focus on battle and no talking.

Zolomon is...yeah gonna be passed out for a little while as the other hare frowns and nods at the shrew, finding a voice finally "Th..this is scary...are we gonna die or..monitors are supposed to be like serious bad"

Keldorn watches the fight "I do not know but your Lord and the monitor fight now, we are best to stay out of the way and not interrupt."

Ciocan snorts as claws go across his arm, he snarls and swings his hammer at the monitor again and then aims to swing it again weather it hits or not. He manages to control any urge to lose control. He stays focused and its sort of like a dance of a warrior in fighting.

Kage hissses as the hammer hits hard into his chest and he stumbles, but he has wounded the badger and cackles as he goes to try and swipe a claw at his neck!The hammer sends him tumbling as it hits his shoulder knocking it out of place and a cracking sound as the shoulder is clearly broken. But the monitor still fights!

The one hare just gulps and nods "Ok..."He watches the fight, its all they can really do.

Keldorn frowns, he looks at the unconscious Zolomon and back to the fight "We are gonnna need a healer after this"He just hopes he is right on who will win.

Ciocan blocks the claws with his arm and snarls as his eyes flash, he grips the war hammer and goes to slam it into the monitors jaw and hopefully send him flying! If he does so he will go to slam the hammer into the monitor again!

Kage narrows his eyes and goes to strike, he drops the long blade he has as the hammer hits under his jaw and he is sent flying a few yards away and hits the sands hard, his jaw is broken and he can barely move it as a gurgled hiss former, he tries to trip the badger with his tail and the hammer comes down and snaps the tail, the tail is broken as is the monitor's leg.

Zolomon groans, but he is not waking fully yet as the other hare briefly looks at him and then the fight again.

Keldorn has decided to not watch as he checks Zolomon again and sighs, he needs to learn some more healing arts, he knows battle wounds yes but not unconsciousness, but he does look at the shoulder and neck a little "Zolomon should be fine I think"

Ciocan focus is on the battle at hand right now as he sidesteps the tail and snarls at the lizard, hammer up and then down again, a 2nd time aiming to end the monitors life.

Kage hissses and tries to get up, he fails as the hammer hits his chest, cracking more ribs and then the hammer hits his neck and the monitor is dead, never to get up again.

Zolomon is...yeah unconscious, the other hare just looks over, then away again.

Keldorn is unsure of getting to close as he moves slowly to the two beasts, is it safe?.."Sir?"

Ciocan steps back and breaths in and out a couple times as he calms himself, he kicks the monitor and steps back slowly and leans on his war hammer catches his breath and speaks "I..am alright friend shrew..."His left arm is bleeding some and there is a small cut to the chin but he is otherwise ok though yes he will get his arm looked at as he places the hammer to his side and stands, "The lizard can feed the gulls"He looks up as some circle and goes to pick up Zolomon "Let's get inside my friends....I also believe someone you know is inside Keldorn..lets go" He nods to the shrew and the other hare that was with Zolomon.

Zolomon is picked up and stirs slightly, he will likely stay out for a couple hours. The other hare follows quietly.

Keldorn nods, he then blinks "My daughter is inside?" He smiles and seems very glad she is safe and goes to follow them back inside."Where is she..I must check on her"

Ciocan speaks as they head to the infirm "Infirm first my friend and she may well be theRE too resting."Once inside and at the infirm he sits Zolomon on a cot and snorts as he sits down on one further into the room, he never liked this room but lets a healer tend to his arm."Private.."He looks to the hare that was with Zolomon "Report to Major Varus please."

The hare salutes the Badgerlord and heads off quickly to report.

Keldorn nods as he sits down, he is not wounded but stays here for now, if anything to rest. He sighs as his leg may be a little sore from the small fight at the tavern as he did walk on it when it was healing from a sprang.

Ciocan lets the healer apply healing herbs and bandage the clawed are of his arm afterwards, no stitches are needed and the small cut on the chin is fine as he looks at Keldorn,"That could of went worse, I am glad it did not...for now rest"He stands and gets a glare from the healer, he arches an eyebrow and the healer sighs, "I will be in my quarters if needed."He then quietly walks to his room, less crowded in there and he can rest better.

Keldorn lays down, he ends up falling asleep so checking on his daughter will have to wait.

The healers tend to Zolomon and check on the shrew, one thinks on checking on Ciocan but decides the badger is fine and leaves him alone and stays in the infirm.

oz · Redwall Abbey

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Dear Friends,
The Funeral for Oz Winters was today. A lot had good words to say as it seems he has touched many lives and was friends with many as well. This week has been a sad one for the abbey and likely there will still be sad days ahead for some time but together we will get through this. News has likely reached Salamandastron by now, I wonder how they will react as I know Oz befriended Lord Ciocan and some of the hares and of course he already knew Zolomon.
Well This is all I am writing today,

Signed
Brother Gorvenalus Recorder of Redwall Abbey

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oz · Logs

After http://forum.rwmuck.org/viewtopic.php?id=1225

WHO:

Zolomon- Private First Class,Archer,Runner in LP

Jhan-Hare Dibbun

Grace- Hare Dibbun

Gregorian- Blacksmith,Fighter,Sergeant of the LP

Varus-Major and Fighter of the LP

Felicity- Corporal and Runner of the LP

Domink- Fighter and Private in LP

Julian-Hare Dibbun

Spoofs of 14 other Hare Dibbuns, 4 Recruits( 2 helping the dibbuns and 2 tied up)

Keldorn-is icly here, oocly not connected but was there icly in background.

LOG:

This room, and 15 dibbun hares counting Jhan is still a mess..food on the walls, floor and tables. Jhan is still in a chair, on the table looking around and grinning. No clue why 2 recruits decided to help...2 are tied up so they are not helping clearly. The small hare frowns "Its boring....been foreevers.." Two...no 3 hours its been, forever for a dibbun though. "And we outta good cookies"

Zolomon sighs, he has..given up. The apple makes it hard to talk seeing as the dibbuns idea of shut up was put an apple in his mouth and he and Keldorn is still tied to chairs. He frowns at the two recruits who seem on the dibbuns side, those recruits are likely so doomed. He looks at Keldorn and sighs, yeah great....go to sleep and not help out, oh yeah he tried didn't he and ......failed.

"We're out f'/all/ the cookies" Grace, Greg's daughter corrects because if dibbuns are causing trouble of course she's helping. He looks bored too, sat up on one of the table swinging her feet off the end as she stares at the captured adults. Suddenly she sits up straight. Inspiration! "We should give them a bath. We can fill up tha' big pot they use f'stew...an' put all the vegetables in it so they smell like broccoli fer a week" she grins, looking at Jhan to see if he approves.

Jhan giggles, "Broccli iss yucky"He grins a sort of evil smile "Let's do it!" One of those 2 recruits on their side looks a little uncertain now...well one recruit is still fully on their side for now, the other dibbuns seem to think this is the funniest thing yet."We should seeon yeah cause others may come cause they all is gonna miss dinner!!"

Zolomon looks over at the dibbuns and arches an eyebrow and frowns, ok this is not a good thing as he looks at the door, blocked by a table and sighs..wonderful.

Grace grins as her idea is approved and she quickly hops down off the table "Some's got t'get the watah an' the vegetables but only the gross smelly ones" she gets the big soup pot, made for serving soup to the entire mountain it's huge and she can only just able drag it from the kitchen. It's certainly big enough to fit a dibbun in it. Whether it's big enough to fit a Zolomon remains to be seen.

Jhan looks over and pouts "Is it..big enough? Maybe we can dump it on his head...the shrew is asleep" He does look at those 2 recruits not on their side, there is them and they just shake their heads no, no way as the dibbun grins. The others find some broccoli and cabbage, and maybe some beets too..oh and onions! Not too many as...well don't need a lot. Lucky the pot is on the floor so...that's good at least right?Its just yucky bath water, dibbun style!

Zolomon good ear droops as he looks at the two recruits as if..really, yeah looking at the two helping the dibbuns, not the two recruits tied up they just seem to be...wait crying? What the...and Zolomon groans, these are the future of the Long Patrol? Well..they are likely doomed.

Julia had been in the kitchens this entire time, somehow blissfully unaware that her DAB cohorts have been causing near carnage in the dining room. But now she comes out, a cookie in each paw, and gapes at the chaos that is unfolding in this room. "Wat're you dooooin'?" She asks, slightly awed by the sight. Toddling over to Zolomon, she looks up at him and munches her cookie. "Why Zol'mon 'ere? What'cha doin' with the pot?" The sight of one of the DAB Ringleaders may cause some panic in the captured adults, especially since she's known to be somewhat vengeful with her mischief.

Grace grins as it's all coming together and she directs a couple of dibbuns to dump stuff in or rip it up first. No cutting it up though, knives are still dangerous. The beets give her a sudden idea and she lights up, dancing a little "We should use beetroot! Then he'll be pink fer days!" she looks so excited she's bouncing on the spot until she suddenly spots Julia and freezes narrowing her eyes "Where'd yah get tha' cookie? We ran out"

Jhan looks over "Maybe she knows where all de special cookies are."He frowns a little and then shrugs, he and Grace seem in charge of this Chaos today as he just looks from where he sits, "We in charge and no one is gonna ruins the fun"

Zolomon frowns, he then shakes his head and tries to rid himself of the apple...wait he can maybe try and eat it enough to spit it out, why didn't he think of that before.

Julia finishes the last bite of her cookie, wipes her paws on her dress, crosses her arms, and swallows as she lifts her nose haughtily. "A wady never weveales her secwets." She regally walks over and goes to sit on Zolomon. "An' so what? Yous can bes im chawge, an' I'll just sit 'ere an' say I didn't 'elp an' sos not gets in twouble." Sneaky.

Grace looks suspicious "I'm n'sharin' my next cookie then" future cookies are better than past cookies anyway. She suddenly skips off again "We're givin' Zolo a bath with the smelly veggies. Y'may as well 'elp. No one's goin' tah believe yah didn't" she says happily as she dumps a few things in the pot.

Jhan grins as he is still on the table, he is in charge..14 other dibbuns and 2, so soon in trouble recruits have taken over."This is fun"

Zolomon finally can speak and spits out what is left of the apple and coughs to clear his throat"Now..surely ya all don't bally well want in trouble, do ya?"

Julia sticks her tongue out at Grace. "Wotevah. S'long as we don't cook 'im! I fink Lissie wikes 'im an' I don't wants her sad." Looking down at Zolomon from her seat on top of him, she goes to pat him on the cheek. "'Course not, but 'tisn't /my/ fault aduwts are boooring!" Meanwhile, out in the hallway, Felicity comes walking down towards the dining hall, grumbling about how the Badger Lord told her and possibly a few others to figure out what's up with the dining room and kitchen so the other hares stop complaining to him about not being able to eat and starving to death. She reaches for the door handle....and discovers that she can't open the doors to the dining room! "Huh?" She tries again, then starts banging on the door. "Oi! Open up in there, an' that's an ordah from a Corporal, wot!" She thinks for a second, then adds, "Unless ye're m'superiah, then it's a request straight from th'Badgah Lord 'imself, wot!"

Fortunately, Felicity is not the only hare on the case. There is another... And he's far less amused. "Corporal! Ah've been told that lunch is ovah an hour late, wot! Furthahmore, Ah've been told that fifteen Leverets are missin' from school. I think yah c'n guess wot I'm gettin' at, Corporal..."

Grace gets distracted again when Zolomon regains his voice. She quickly grabs a spoon and points it at him "Silence Stinkface! This is...Yah trial fer breakin' all the paints!" she still remembers he did that and suddenly thinks it's a good time for revenge "Yah tah be boileded with beetroot! How do yah plead?" her ears suddenly perk to the door and she lowers her voice as if she's worried they can hear her as she whispers to Jhan "Maybe we should tell them we're not in. Adults aren't tha' smart, they might fall fer it"

Jhan looks at Zolomon and rolls his eyes, the 14 other dibbuns giggle, one gasps as noise is outside and looks worried. One of those Recruits tied up starts to scream for help and ..then an mmmmph as..gross a dibbun put a dirty sock in his mouth, "Quiets"

Zolomon ear droops "Ok..look I said sorry and..."He frowns as he looks at the blocked door and to the dibbuns"Maybe ya all should rethink your actions..am I right?" He is tied up so he can't like...get up.

Julia gasps and stares down at her, um, bench in horror. "You.....YOU bwoke all the paintsies??" Tears well up in her eyes, and she breaks out in betrayed wails. Which is probably the opposite of what was expected, since she would normally just get angry and start breaking things. Felicity jumps, startled. "Oh, aye, sah, I know, sah, m'Lord Ciocan sent me on th' case m'self, sah, I'm sure the leverets are be'ind it, sah..." she's interrupted by the cries for help, and she starts pounding on the door with both paws. "ALRIGHT, DAB, LISSEN UP! LEMME IN THERE OR SO 'ELP ME I'LL USE Y'SCUTS T'MAKE SUPPAH AN' Y'EARS F'R TEA!!!" Julia's wails reach her ears and the Corporal starts pounding harder. "AN' WHAT'RE Y'DOIN' T'M'SISTAH?!"

Varus tuts. "Ya call tha' a threat?" He shakes his head, strides over to the door, bangs on it loudly, then bellows in his most authoritarian voice, "RIGHT, YA SCURVY LOT IN THERE... EITHAH YA OPEN THIS DOOR RIGHT NOW, OR YAH'RE NEVAH GETTIN' ANY DESSERTS AGAIN FOR TH' NEXT TEN SEASONS! AN' EACH ONE O' YA WILL TAKE A BATH EV'RY NIGHT FOR TH' REST OF YER LIVES!!!"

Grace looks alarmed because she didn't intend to upset Julia, she quickly drops the spoon and hurries over, going to give the other a dibbun a hug "They made 'im replace them! It's ok! An' Dom 'elped!" if her comforting doesn't work though she might try stopping the wailing by covering Julia's mouth because that's the next obvious solution. The door gets a frown as it gets louder and more annoying as more threats are piled on and she yells "GO AWAY!" back at it. "I heard that!" comes a roar from the hallway as Greg rounds a corner with a bag full of tools. Someone went to get the blacksmith when they couldn't open the door in case they'd somehow locked it. Grace quickly snaps her mouth closed before cautiously whispering "Tha's da'...He sounds mad. We shouldn't open it"

Jhan frowns as he backs up, "Its blocked not ta worry...we is..fine right?" A few dibbuns panic, one hides under a table.

Zolomon frowns and being tied up he can't go to the door and move that table as he looks at the dibbuns and frowns "Your supposed to bally well be the future of the Long Patrol....and ya all do this?"

Felicity gulps. "An' that's why ye're a Majah an' I'm not, sah." As Gregorian comes around the corner with his tools, the Runner steps back and gestures at the door, having also heard his daughter's voice. Julia goes to push Grace away, then starts kicking and slapping at her, continuing to wail. "I NO WANNA BU PUNISHEDED F'R SOMETINGS DATS NO MY FAULTSIESWA!!!" She slips off of her seat, hits her head, and screams in pain. Felicity gasps and starts frantically banging on the doorframe, trying to stay out of the Blacksmith's way. "JULIA! WHAT ARE Y'FREAKS DOIN' T'M'SISTAH!!"

Jhan eyes widen and he looks at the door and to the dibbuns, one of the dibbuns looks at Julia and frowns"Oh nos....we inna trouble, this is bad...we all gonna be..be"Well they are not sure. Jhan looks at the door again and frowns more."The door is...blocked its ok..its ok...its fine" Is it?

Varus tosses a salute to Gregorian, more out of respect to his age than his rank. "Ah, about time, Greg... Sounds like somebeast 'urt themself in there, so th' fastah we c'n get th' door off it's 'inges, th' bettah... I don't suppose any of ya 'ave found th' bloody chef yet, eithah, wot? Must be...incapacitated..."

Zolomon frowns as he ties to get loose and....falls, chair and all right next to Juliana and tries to calm her "Hey hey...it's ok..your be ok....I think they are getting the blooming door open."Good question though, where is the main cook anyways in all the chaos. One of those two recruits decide...ok this was a bad plan maybe he should leave and of course there is just the one door, so he is doomed.

Grace is getting flustered at Julia flails and hurts herself "Stop wailin' like a babe! Stop hurtin' yahself!" she shouts at Julia before shouting at the door instead "We're not doin' anythin'! She's doin' it tah herself! Leave me alone!" she's getting upset and frustrated herself. Greg vaguely returns the salute before dropping his tools "Wot's goin' on in there?" he yells through the door before nodding to Varus though he checks the lock first but it's not the problem so he looks to the hinges "It'll be alright, they're dibbuns, they're not goin' tah hurt her" he says to Felicity, he at least trusts his daughter not to do anything on purpose. After looking thoughtful for a second he grabs a mallet and crowbar and goes for the huge pins in the hinges "Yah bettah stand back" because he's going to make sure the doors don't go and fall inwards towards the dibbuns.

Jhan just frowns and sits down"We is..all doomed now"

Welp, they may as well just go ahead and put away all the tools right now, because more than likely the best chance they have to get the door open with minimal damage just happens to be making his way down the hall towards the dining area. Having spent most of the day on latrine duty (yay) due to his getting in a fight in the tavern a few days ago (it really wasn't much of a fight, as Dom took out the monitor with a single headbutt...but semantics, of course. He DID break a table, after all), Dom already is not in the best of moods. He had of course made sure to bathe after finishing his work, and so the large hare trudges down the hall, grumbling to himself the entire way, his fur still a little damp. "Mff. If Dom has to clean another latrine he is going to...eh?" He finally comes upon the small gathering at the door. Blinking, the huge hare peers curiously at all those gathered, looking from face to face. Nodding towards the door, he grumps, "Vat going on vith door? Ees not vurking?"

Zolomon is on the floor and looks at the door "Get the door open!" He looks concerned about Jullia and sighs, well this will be fun to see once the door is opened or...sort of opened. A large mess of food all over, him and a couple recruits tied up...and yeah some chaos and..ok a couple dibbuns are hiding under a table, like that will save them.

Felicity stands back, then looks at Dominik. Then back at Gregorian. "Th'DAB is doin' somethin' an' m'sistah's cryin' in there an' I think she's 'urt an' I JUST WANT TH'DOOR OPEN SOMEBEAST PLEASE 'URRY UP!!!" Julia continues to cry, rubbing the back of her head and one of her eyes. "Is nots okies, Isa bleedin's to deaths!" Glaring at Grace, she shouts, "GWACE AWAYS DOS TINGS ON PURPOSESES!!!" That makes her head hurt worse, though, and so she starts wailing louder again. Felicity looks like she's about to start freaking out. Literally.

Jhan blinks and frowns at the someone might be dying thing and starts crying also, some of the dibbuns panic and hide like 5 still sort of stand there and look at the door and each other and look at the found, yeah..they are so so doomed now. The two recruits that helped the DAB are as well.

Varus is so ready to storm the kitchen now. "Right ho, c'n anybeast get th' damn door open?" He's rapidly losing his patience here. "Dominik, Greg, whichevah one o' ya do it, jus' do it!"

Gregorian doesn't exactly trust to Dom's track record of doing minimal damage to things but he'll happily put him to work "Dom, get ovah here and lowah the door down slowly" he says as he pops the first pin out no problem and is pretty quick about the second, making sure the door falls towards them as he steps back, getting out the way of it and the others. "I didn't d'anythin' t'yah!" Grace yells back "Yah started cryin' like a babe an' yah ruined everythin'! We was havin' fun until y'turned up!" she looks angry but her rage is cut short as the door moves. She can just see the adults through the crack "Run" is all she says before suddenly bolting and going to hide in the kitchen.

Jhan sniffs and looks at Zolomon..yeah finally "Me is sorry, me only wannated to have fun..."The other dibbun like half hide, half just give up and sit down, 15 total dibbuns in all..and those 2 recruits that helped bolt to the kitchen to try and hide.

Dominik should have figured that it'd be the Dibbuns causing this entire mess. His patience already threadbare as it was, the large hare turns to the door and is about to wallop it with a paw...when instead, Greg goes the easier route and begins to remove the pins. "Aw. Is not as fun," he mutters, but he steps forward to help lower the door down to the ground, taking most of the weight of it, himself. Upon getting a good view of those inside the room, Dom puts on his best intimidating expression, ears lowering and eyes narrowing as he trudges into the room. Taking a look around, he shakes his head slowly at the mess, arms folding across his chest. He taps a footpaw impatiently, eyes searching out those hiding Dibbuns. "All of you. Here. NOW!!!" He points at the spot in front of him, his voice booming out and practically shaking the room.

Zolomon frowns,he tries to get free and fails but look help is finally here..is that good or bad? He is still tied to the overturned chair.

Felicity bursts into the room as soon as she can, rushing over to her sister (and temporarily ignoring Zolomon). As she wraps Julia in an embrace, the leveret starts figuratively throwing her fellow Dibbuns under the bus, telling them about everything that she knows about and even admitting that all she did was steal cookies. She only has a bump on her head, no blood. The Corporal whips around, glaring through the room. "Where are th' othahs? Grace an'...." "Dewere Wecwuits 'ere bein' bads, too!" Well, they shouldn't've left Julia out of the fun, apparently. Then maybe she wouldn't be betraying them all now.

Varus strides into the room, his anger practically oppressive. Sweeping his gaze over the trashed room, it lingers over Zolomon. Pointing an accusatory finger at the Private, he glowers, "You... I might 'ave *known* y' were involved. 'Ow in th' ten bloody 'ells did ya get tied up... BY BLOOMIN' LEVERETS! HOW? No, wait... I don't wanna know... Where's th' 'ead cook?"

Jhan frowns and gulps as he goes to stand before the very tall and...grumpy looking Dominik and frowns as his ears flatten, most of the 14 other dibbuns come out of hiding but like one under the table and it's unclear where Greg's kid is yet.

Grace will get Julia for this betrayal later. Right now she's no where to be seen as the adults enter the room to the chaos. Greg frowns as he looks around. Food on the walls and everywhere else "At least untie him before yah yell at him" he says to Varus entirely ignoring that the other hare is a higher rank. He quickly turns a frown on the recruits "Front and centah! Yah two will be explaining' yahselves tah his lordship! And yah will be lucky if he doesn't kick yah all out" he shouts at them before quickly looking around. There's one hare he can't see though is his "Grace, this is goin' tah be worse if yah make me look" he doesn't yell at her but he has that parental tone that's somehow more annoyed than any shouting. It's a few seconds before it works and Grace appears in the kitchen doorway, standing there in a huff looking at the ground.

Dominik merely stands there in the spot he had chosen, the large hare glowering down at Jhan and the other Dibbuns as some of them begin to slowly filter in and stand in the indicated spot. "Ve risk lives to save, and THIS? THIS is how ve are repaid?" he remarks to Jhan. "Vil let Zol deal vith you, however." His gaze lifts again and sweeps over the other gathered Dibbuns...his expression is now more one of disappointment than anything else. "Ve go down to beach. Dom take you. Is not something that is happening often, but this is vat you all do to say thanks? Hmmm." He folds his arms across his chest. "Dom is VERY disappointed in ALL of yous."

Zolomon listens and looks to them as Domink speak..wait what up to him, hey he isn't the dibbun..ummm...haremother? He frowns "Umm..little tied up..here"

Felicity stands, picking up her sister. "Well, looks like a visit t'the Infirm is in ordah. May'ap then ye'll leahn t'not do crazy stuff." Julia hunkers down in her big sister's arms, whimpering but not arguing, for a change. Looking down at Zolomon, she cringes slightly. "I'll check on y'aftah we're done in the Infirm....sorry," she whispers to him, then quickly leaves, letting the other adults deal with the rest of the carnage caused by the Dibbuns. She may add some discipline on her sister later, but maybe a check up by the Healer will be punishment enough. She'll just have to see. Oh, yeah, and report to the Badger Lord. What fun (#SarcasmFont).

Varus harrumps. He's entirely unamused. He grabs Zolomon's chair and sets him upright, then sets about untying the other hare. "Seriously, 'ow in th' 'ell did ya get tied up by Leverets? Did they... Ovah powah ya? Ya've got a lot of explainin' ta do..."

Jhan just frowns and sits down, the other dibbuns mutter sorrys and one starts to wail.

Dominik's eyes go to the wailing Dibbun. "Quiet. Is bringing this on yourselfs," he grumps. "Hmm. I am thinking that a good punishment to start vil be for these Dibbuns to clean up this room, right this second. Then vunce they are done, ve can decide vat to do further. Is good idea?" He glances back to Varus and Greg, eyebrows raising. "And I also say that there vil be no more painting until ALL of you apologize to Zol and the others you've terrorized."

"We were just havin' fun" Grace mutters after Dom's speech but she doesn't look up, avoiding everyone's eyes as she goes to stand near her dad. Greg does not look impressed. "Yah spoiled food so we can no longah eat it. Yah made the entire patrol miss dinnah. Yah tied up two beasts. Do yah undahstand wot yah did?" Grace just frowns and nods "And wot are yah goin' tah do?" Greg asks with Grace muttering "Tidy up" back. Greg points at the room "Get tah it" before he turns a frown on the other dibbuns "All of yah! Now" he nods to Dom "No dessert, no paintin' and an apology tah /everyone/ includin' all the hares yah kept from dinnah"

Zolomon frowns and lets himself be untied and frowns "I..tried to...stop them. They had help"He motions to the two recruits who peek from the kitchens and frown.

Varus turns on his heel, just like that. He glares at the recruits, points at them both. "You two, ovah here, RIGHT NOW." When they get over in front of the Major, his anger hangs heavily over them. "Th' Leverets 'ave an excuse... They're dibbuns. BUT YOU TWO... There. Is. ZERO." He practically bellows. "Yer on report, but, worse th'n that... Yer goin' to th' brig. THIS IS A SERIOUS BREACH." He shakes his head. "Dominik, when yer done, I want ya ta mahch these two sorry excuses f'r recruits t' th' brig... But only aftah they 'elp clean this mess..." He glowers at the recruits. "Yer not gonna see th' light o' day f'r weeks..."

Jhan whimpers, everyone is being a little scary right now. He of course quickly "I am sorry, I is sorrys...never do again."A few others mutter sorry, one dibbun just pouts and crosses their arms over their chest, always has to be one in the crowd. Tears go down his face "Me be good wanna be good hare and join as recruit one day"

Dominik gives a nod to Varus's command, and he moves over towards the two unfortunate recruits who had gotten mixed up in all of this. "Yes, sir. Vil stay here to supervise and make sure room is cleaned like it should be. Vil not leave til is finished..." He gives the recruits a glare. "Vil gladly take to brig. Maybe vil make recruits vise up leetle more...and not do things like taking others hostage in own Mountain..."

Gregorian remains pointing at the mess "Start tidyin' up, yah will write a propah apology and read it at the next meal" he says firmly to the dibbuns but he doesn't yell. Varus is doing a good job of striking the fear in to them already. Grace does as she's told, hoping they won't keep tacking on punishments or start sending dibbuns to the brig next. She's not entirely sure what it is but the recruits reactions make her sure she doesn't want to go there. Greg gives it a minute for them to start before he steps away, muttering to the other adults "I'll get some cleanin' supplies and er...fix the door"

Zolomon sighs, he will watch for a while and then go get a bath, it seems the young ones learned a lesson or so he hopes and he hopes this doesn't happen again. He does find the cook and dinner is made, just like 2 hours late.

oz · Logs

There is a slight mist of rain today as the funeral for Oz is about to begin.

Benar is here, with the staff he has for different events, the one with the little silver bell at the end.Also nearby is Foremole and the Elders of the abbey stand close to him as well.Champion Maltilda stays close.

Gorvenalus is here standing beside Benar to show support. He sighs as he watches as beasts start to come into the graveyard.

Patch is even here, and surprisingly he is in nice clothing, but he stays off to the side and watches with a frown.

Krisha is of course here, she keeps the dibbuns close to her and has with her to help Sister Ginny, and Brother Rick as well.

Taran at first didn't want to come, but after a while did make the walk to the abbey and now is one of the beasts here, he wipes away a few tears and waits quietly.

Lacota enters the graveyard, walking slowly. He pauses for several long minutes at the grave of his wife, doing his best not to show undue emotion. Anyone who knows him well can see that he's still deeply affected by her death, however. He waits for Benar to start speaking before he approaches the rest of the beasts in the cemetery.

Invar is there. Silently he takes up a spot near the back of the group and waits, lost in his own thoughts.

LilyMoore comes silently into the Graveyard, accompanied by DoraRose and Angela. They are wearing matching black dresses and aprons, and the old Healer has tied flowers and black ribbons onto the top of her staff. Along with them comes Blisa, clothed in a black sleeveless dress with black embroidery along the bottom, and her bodyguards, who have added a black band to the arms of their uniforms. (All their weapons are in storage, of course.) Lily and Blisa are already crying, and the Gatekeeper is fighting back tears, herself. Angela (who got drunk a few times this past week) stos by Leon's grave on the way, resting a paw on his headstone and sighing before continuing on. The group comes to a stop near everyone else, silently waiting for what happens next.

Benar steps forwards and nods "Friends...we are gathered here today to.."He stops a moment, the Champion is at his side and lays a paw on his shoulder as she nods, "Gathered here today to say goodbye to Oz.."He looks to where Oz lays in the coffin after the pallbearers bring it in slowly, and looks to the grave dug by the Foremole and his crew whom stay close by. He wipes away some tears "Would any beast like to..to say a few words?"

Lacota finally steps away from his wife's grave and joins the others. "I... I'd like to, if that's alright."

Gorvenalus will stay where he is for now, to record anything important, but he does speak "I will speak, here soon but others can go before me"

Patch stays where he is...then slowly raises a paw as others sort of stare at him and he frowns "Wot...I knew im' too...he...he was a nice old beast and..yeah he was nice ta a lot of beasts, even some of us vermin in..in Ferravale knew him and he will be..be missed " Ok he is not super great at words.

Caina ventures her way in as thoughts and eulogies are being delivered, just...keeping off to the outskirts, within earshot, quietly.

Xander walks in a little later, but he is here, he sighs and stays quiet for now, maybe he will speak soon or maybe he will not, its unclear yet.

Benar nods to Lacota "All may speak Friar Lacota"

Hawkeye walks forwards "I will speak."He says quietly and nods to the others "I didn't know Oz too long, but in the short time I did he was my friend and I am glad to of known him as friend. I can tell he was loved by many beasts."He then steps back and goes to stand beside Taran.

Raising her paw, DoraRose says in a quiet voice that yet all can hear, "Oz was a great friend, giving advice to all, as well as a listening ear and a caring heart, and a hug, if it was welcome. He helped me when I first came to this Abbey, he helped me in each season of my life, as a new wife, a new mother, a...a widow. He was always there for me, and even though he is gone, his strength, advice, and love shall always be here for us, to help guide us in the future." As she steps back and hugs her daughter close, Blisa steps forward, wipes her cheeks, and says, "He was one of my dearest friends, a father in my mind, a savior in the darkness of a prison cell when I was small. Oz....Oz may be gone, but....but the memories of....of him in my....my life will forever....forever endure." The Chieftain of Ferravale steps back and buries her face in the Gatekeeper's dress, weeping.

Lacota nods, clears his throat, and steps. "I've, ah... Only known Oz for a relatively small percentage of his long life, but that small percentage was several very good seasons of my life. He made me feel very welcome here when I showed up over 6 seasons ago, a wanderer from the north who had a penchant for cooking... And it was he that encouraged me to take pursue becoming the Friar. He was a true and dear friend, who will be missed..." He smiles sadly. "I'll keep the dandelion tea warm, Oz, don't you worry..."

Benar listens to all as they speak, a sad smile and listens as couple order beast speak also. He looks to see if anyone else wants to speak, he will give every beast a chance to speak.

Invar closes his eyes and bows his head as the speeches go on but he doesn't trust himself to say anything and he remains silent.

Gorvenalus looks around as he steps f forwards himself "Greetings all...I think I will say a few words if I may. Me and Oz talked sometimes and I too will miss him. He was a good, good friend"

Taran frowns as he goes to say a few words, he glaces over at Oz as some tears fill his eyes and quickly looks away before he starts sobbing, he takes a short while and speaks "Papa Oz was..was like a father to me, the only one I knew for a long while as I was brought here by some watervole..who died..I was maybe the only dibbun that survived when vikings attacked Camp Willow..I...I don't, maybe a couple others survived but they were not brought here, I was and so I grew up here. Then I got some memories back and made my way back to Camp Willow....yes Camp..Camp Willow is my home but Redwall is also sort of home too and I will..will miss him, a..a lot...lot..." He barely finishes and quickly goes to hug Hawkeye and stays like that for a while till he calms again.

Xander finally walks to the front and glaces down at Oz, saying a few quiet words to him and then looks to the others as some tears flood down his face "We should remember the happy times, the good times, Uncle Oz would not want everyone to remain sad too long and he surely doesn't want anyone to fall into depression, we..we must all be strong and..and help one another through this time..thank you"He steps back and will be here, just quiet the rest of the time.

Krisha hugs Xander before going to speak. She looks to the dibbuns and then to the others gathered here "Oz was one of the beasts that helped me when I first came here, I was...well I had not spoken for 3 seasons"She wont say why..she seems to think and then clears her throat "Him and Xander both helped me...then one day Oz said I was to be trained as the next Badger Mother..and so he started training me, teaching me a lot and I am sure there is more to learn."She smiles a little "Then like Oz said one time, he had yet to meet a beast that knew it all."She frowns "I hope I can be...just as good as Oz was but I can not be just like him, who..who can be like someone else..that's hard to do but I will do my best..I promise"

Hawkeye stands beside Taran and lets him cry on his shoulder if needed, he decides to stay as long as needed. Quietly listening and being here.

Angela clears her throat. "Oz was a good beast, a friend t'all. 'E will be greatly missed...." she pauses, but DoraRose nudges her, and she sighs. "Aye, an' I shall miss 'is talks an' 'is companionship. 'E was a good beast, may the seasons rest gently upon 'is soul." LilyMoore looks up, sniffling and wiping tears. "He was a good grandfather to me, and I am happy he was here in my life. I will....forever....forever remember.....his.....and.....and his presence will....will live in...in our hearts as long as we do.....do what's right." She hides her face in her mother's dress, and the Gatekeeper hugs her and Blisa close as they continue to cry.

Ewan decides he should speak and so he does "Hallo...ummm..suppose I can say some, words"He is not good with words and speeches in front of others though and frowns, ok so many looking at him as he looks down"Just...keep happy memories and..and I know Oz had..well letters he had me help him write and..yeah those were given out, seems he had the recorder give me one and..that was good, oz was a good friend and..will be missed.."He quickly steps back, ok speeches are hard and..a little hard on the nerves.

Benar smiles as others speak and then speaks forwards, "We say..goodbye to Oz..he was our Badger mother, an uncle, a brother...a"A few tears fall "A friend."He looks to oz and lays a paw on his shoulder"Goodbye..my friend, sleep well..till we meet again one day" He picks up a pawfull of dirt after the casket is slowly closed, he drops it on the casket as it is lowered into the ground and steps aside.

Caina keeps quiet in the back, listening politely and, between words said at least, making a few notations in a small journal before tucking it away into her habit and standing straight as the deceased is interred.

Lacota picks up a pawful of dirt, dropping it in after Benar.

LilyMoore, DoraRose, Angela, and Blisa each take a turn with the shovel, tears trickling down the faces of the older mice while the young mouse and the cat continue to just openly cry. Each of the cat's bodyguards take a turn with the shovel, too, murmuring their respects to the badger they also had come to deeply respect and, with Ferdinand, love as a fatherly figure. Then they step back and let more Redwallers in.

Krisha stays by Benar's side for now and nods to Sister Ginny and Brother Rick who let the dibbuns say a final goodbye and they are then lead to the open ground to wait on the Badger Mother. Krisha looks tried but stays alert and for now quiet watching as the others pay last respects.

Taran frowns and gets a paw full of dirt and drops it on the casket slowly and sniffs "G..goodbye..papa oz."He stands there a few moments and finally walks slowly away, he needs some alone time.

Ewan lets some others go ahead of him and then walks past the grave side and sighs, says a couple quiet words and walks to the side with some others.

Lacota wipes his eyes, the only outward sign of his emotion. The squirrel remains stoic, otherwise. He walks over toward DoraRose, and rests a paw on shoulder.

A figure stands near the back, arms folded across his chest...who would more than likely seem unfamiliar to anyone in the Abbey, save for anyone who may have been here awhile. It is a young male squirrel, currently cloaked with his hood covering his face, and he merely watches the proceedings with a stoic and unflinching expression upon his face. It isn't quite sure how long he'd been standing there...but as others start to filter out, he too turns and leaves, ducking his head as he slips back into the shadows.

Gorvenalus pats Benar on the shoulder and turns to head on inside, leaving Matilda with the abbot for now, he will be inside where he can quietly write down the events of today.

Benar lets tears fall and leans on the Champion as he stays here as others leaves, he nods to Foremole and his crew and stays till the grave is covered in dirt and quietly walks on back inside, him and the champion being the last two beasts to head inside to caern hole.

A light spread of refreshments has been laid out on a few tables along the east wall of Cavern Hole, flans, tarts, cookies, and other light snacks, as well as some drinks.

Caina makes her way into the Cavern Hole and exhales softly, just to sort of catch her breathing a bit. Once done, though, she moves over to fix herself some tea, taking a moment to glance about at who all has filtered in so far.

Benar sits by the fireplace stareing at the wall quietly, its been a long week for him and its easy to tell.

Krisha sits down in the badger mother's chair slowly and leans back, she looks tried but is still here if needed.

Lacota fusses about as abbey beasts partake of the refreshments he had set out.

Benar nods to Krisha, "Are you alright my dear?"

Brendan had made his way from the graveyard into Cavern Hole, much like all the others had, but the cloaked figure stands over near the stairs by himself, quietly watching those in the room with interest flickering within his eyes and a light smirk upon his muzzle. The place had certainly changed since last he'd been here, and he cannot help but wonder who all was still here from the period of time he was here as a youngster. He'd heard of Oz's passing via word of mouth out in Mossflower, and had made sure to try and made it back to the Abbey so he'd be able to attend the funeral. It seems he had arrived at the tail end of it, and so had decided to stick around a little to give his old home a look-over.

Caina sips her tea lightly and finds a spot to simply sit, not one to intrude on the other conversations, really. Taking time to adjust the sling holding her arm, she closes her eye and just sort of rests there a good moment.

Krisha nods to Benar "I am..will be fine."She stands "I need to check on the dibbuns and other things..check on Xander ..."She excuses herself and heads on up the steps.

Benar frowns as he watches Krisha head upstairs and makes a mental note to check on her later, for now he leans back in his chair, there for whomever needs him, Champion Matilda stays at his side.

oz · Logs

Shortly after this log

http://forum.rwmuck.org/viewtopic.php?id=1221

WHO:

Zolomon- Private first class. runner and archer in LP

Keldron-Guest

Jhan-Hare dibbun

spoof of 14 other dibbuns, all hares and 5 recruits

LOG:

It had been maybe a couple hours, seems like forever to some maybe as those 15 dibbuns and 3 recruits took over. Their captives in this taken over room 2 recruits, Zolomon and Keldorn.The leader of this odd..horde it seems...is Jhan sitting on a chair, on the table, in the mist of the messy messy room "I is bored..."

Zolomon frowns as he looks at Jhan,he snorts and tries to speak but the apple in his mouth and the fact he is still tied up with bedsheets, what fun.

Keldorn sighs, well he can speak "Your should not be doing this young one, you could be...you all the future of the long patrol"He then hmms is that good or bad.

Jhan looks at the shrew and shrugs " So...wots it mean..."The one recruit who sort of went to the side of the dibbun horde frowns, maybe this was a bad idea, he should sneak out. But he is traped by some of those 14 other dibbuns..small but fierce it seems, not to mention two recruits, just barely of age to be a recruit by the way grin and have blocked the door with a table. Jhan looks over and back to the tied up beasts"You is ones tied up, not me"

Zolomon good ear sort of droops, this is not a fun day, how did he get into this and arnt dibbuns supposed to be fun loving and sweat innocent beasts.

Keldorn sighs as he looks at the mess, hmmms whats left of a roll with cream finishes going down the wall and to the floor."But I am sure..others will want to know where you all are, then what?"

Jhan just giggles as he tilts his head and points to a recruit named Polly...poor Polly it was her first day on the job and she failed badly, she looks down defeated as she is one of the two recruits here tied up...make that 3 again, so only two recruits stay on the dibbuns side as Jhan stands on the chair, that's on the table "I say we eats all the candy chestnuts and get out stuff to make a cake, cake is yummy!" Chants of cake is heard around the room by the dibbuns."Cake!".."Cake!"..

Zolomon still has the apple in his mouth so he can't speak, he tries to mutter something and it comes out all nonsense and he is likely laughed at,he looks at the blocked door..oh wonderful, so so wonderful.

Keldorn frowns, he glaces at Zolomon "Has this sort of thing ever happen before my friend?"

Jhan seems happy, yep and some dibbuns look at each other, how does one make a cake...well sugar, flour, some greensap milk, maybe mixed nuts...something to make it all stick together as one finds honey and..the jar breaks and makes honey add to the mes as a couple giggle and make honey foot prints all over!

Zolomon just shrugs, not that he can remember, least here at the mountain as he looks to the door and shakes his head, well so much for a relaxing day

Keldorn frowns "You...are not helping my friend, this dinning hall has been taken over by a small ..small army of small beasts"Well and a couple not so small ones too as he frowns, its clear he is not good with children.

Jhan watches as the other dibbuns mix up the..hmmms sort of cake mix only to dump it all onto the floor and make..umm...came mix angles on the floor?

Zolomon frowns as he looks around and nods, like what can he do he is tied up here and can't even yell for help right now.

Keldorn sighs as he tries to get loose and only makes the sheets tighter, but if he could move enough to get the dagger from his pocket..maybe cut his way loose but he only eerks as he falls over and sighs, ok this is worse.

Jhan looks over and giggles as the shrew, chair and all falls to the floor. A dibbun has found cookies, oh yes COOKIES! And they are sugar cookies with mellow creme icing, just what this dibbun horde needs.

Zolomon eyes widen, oh no they found the cookies, wait there was cookies? Oh well soon there won't be as he looks to Keldorn and makes a muffled hey to him when he falls over, yes he is concerned but again tied up here, apple in mouth, no help to any beast.

Keldorn lays on the floor, still in the chair and tenses a little, now his arm hurts. He has been in worse places though as he looks at the dibbuns and then the hares tied up, Zolomon and those 2 recruits "Maybe they will tire out and take a nap my friends"

Is he serious? Dibbuns have tons of energy and somehow rarely run out and those cookies only will fuel them, of the 3 recruits though on the side of the dibbuns, they have fallen asleep, 2 are awake and look sort of bored, kind of guarding the doors while these 15 dibbuns cause tons of a mess and ...

CHOAS!!!!

Zolomon tilts his head and just stares at the shrew, he has seen dibbuns before elsewhere and he knows darn well and starts to shake his head.

Keldorn frowns and looks around"So...we are stuck like this for now?"

Jhan just looks at the ones tied up and giggles "You is doomed and in here forevers!"

Zolomon frowns, oh..that's not a good thing.

Keldorn asks, "Forever can be a very long time young one, what if you get hungry or miss anyone?""

Jhan arches an eyebrow, really..in this room "All the foods is here, we be fine"The other dibbuns nod in agreement with him.

Zolomon looks at Keldorn like..really? He just failed at the control dibbuns it seems as the hare just seems to have given in to his fate right now.

oz · Logs

Right before This http://forum.rwmuck.org/viewtopic.php?id=1221

Who:

Zolomon-Private first class, Archer and runner in LP

Quinten-General,Recorder in the LP

Keldorn-Shrew and A guest

LOG:

Keldorn quietly reads the scroll he has, every so often laying it down and saying something out loud and glaceing back at the scroll and smiling as it seems he got what he wanted correct.

Zolomon has some time off and walked into here, he slows when he sees Keldorn and walks over "Wot ya reading there K, seems interesting"

Quinten pokes his head out of his office as he hears voices, "Oh Private Zolomon and a guest, good day to you both.

Keldorn nods, he smiles a little at the hare "Yes..the abbey charter as I said and I ment it, I am laying aside the warrior life to be a novice, I no longer carry my blade now. I do have my dagger but not as a weapon. "

Zolomon quickly stands and salutes Quiten"Sur....just having some time off to relax a little sur."He looks at the shrew and sits down"So...what will become of the sword"He is just curious is all.

Quinten nods at Zolomon's answer and waits patiently, when it becomes clear the Private isn't going to introduce their guest he walks out of his office and strolls over, "Good afternoon friend Shrew, I am General Quinten Tof'Marole, Librarian, recorder and all that wot, pleasure to meet you, and you would be?"

Keldorn nods, well he can mention his own name as he goes to shake the hare's paw "Keldorn Firepaw of..well"He hmms and chuckles "I suppose I am not a warrior now I am soon to be a novice of Redwall."He glaces at Zolomon "Your Lord has my former blade, I will leave it up to him what to do with it, I just told him something useful and treasured..not another weapon, yes weapons do protect...in the right paws, but a weapon is made for only one thing, its one purpose is to kill and...I wish to not do such thing anymore"He frowns."I have killed..many vermin in my life...I want the rest of my life to be a life of peace and no harm to anyone"

Zolomon listens, oh oppps yeah he should of told the name...oh good Keldorn did, he just stays quiet for now and listens.

Quinten says, "Well Master Firepaw, you are most welcome to make use of the library as much as you wish and settling down at Redwall Abbey isn't a bad decision, if I didn't love this here mountain so much I might consider it," he chuckles softly, "But I doubt I'll ever move away from the mountain.""

Keldorn smiles "Your..mountain is very nice sur and Lord Ciocan did say I could stay a few days, unsure how long yet though."He sighs"I did bring some news from the abbey as well, he has likely shared it I am guessing"

Zolomon grins "Salamandastron is great...and the abbey is also..."His good ear droops a little, yeah he heard the news and clears his throat a little "Maybe you can even see Halyard if ya want K"

Quinten says, "Aye his lordship passed on the sad tidings from the abbey wot, dreadful news Oz was always a jovial fellow," he shakes his head, "I am sure he will be missed though... perhaps not Halyard, it can be a bit of a rough town and not suitable for a Abbey beast.""

Keldorn says, "Maybe the sea shore with a friend. I was advised to not go out alone, understandable at the sea coast"He nods "Yes...a sad day in Mossflower as well, I was on my way here when I got the news delivered to me,otherwise I would of just had some simple update letter on how things are going at Mossflower, other than a sad death things are going well.""

Zolomon says, "The beach is nice...we should have a jolly bon fire or something....some fun and it would cheer up beasts...we have had a lot of training, and more training and yet more...bet even Lord C needs some fun now..maybe something to cheer him up too""

Quinten says, "Well a Bonfire on the shore can be somewhat risky, but in the height of Summer with the badger lord in attendance he may well go for it. I'll suggest it to his lordship.""

Keldorn smiles "I am sure the Patrol can think of a lot of ideas for fun and relaxing and it is good to relax at times, too much training can make one sore."

Zolomon grins "Yes..too much training and little fun os not good....ummm"He clears his throat"Even if its the Long patrol way of things ..always alert don't ya know"

Quinten says, "Indeed," he gives Zolomon a look then smirks, "Well I will leave you to your reading Master Firepaw, I have some reading of my own to take care of.""

Keldorn nods as he waves a goodbye "Someone was nice enough to write a copy of the abbey charter for me to read while away, so I do,,,and who knows maybe will look at some books while I am here"

Zolomon nods as he smiles a little" I read the charter once....likely couldn't recite it word for word though"

Quinten shakes his head, "I should make you learn it whilst Master Firepaw is here, it is useful knowledge the charter, I learnt it long ago but I dare say I can still recite most of it."

Keldorn chuckles "I can help sir Zolomon if needed, maybe any other hares that are curious"

Zolomon shrugs as he yawns, his stomach growls as he grins "For now...I bally well need a snack"He then leaves for the dinning hall.

Quinten chuckles, "You may find it hard to convince any of our hares to read it, but good on you for wanting to change the direction of your life"

Keldorn smiles "I just hope your Lord finds something for the blade to become"

Quinten says, "I'll leave you to your reading Keldorn, if you need anything my office is open," he nods to the shrew and heads back to his office"

Zolomon says, "General Q is a good fellow, at times..little strike and seems ta have little time for fun, always inside his library or his room"He says as he pokes his head back into the library,"SO K..hungry...they have pie today...pie!""

Keldorn chuckles as he stands he goes to follow his friend.

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