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Who:

Zolomon- LP Hare Archer/Runner/Private First Class

Seafoam- Seal

Hawkeye- Old otter

Log:

Seafoam is swimming back and forth, she did dive down for a short while and now is back up and going towards land, she stays close to the sea though as she scans the sandy land and frowns.

Zolomon is walking the shoreline, lots on his mind. He slows when he sees the seal and studies her before carefully getting closer"Hallo?"

Seafoam backs away a little but then seems to get excited"Your a longeared landbeast, your like the other ones in the tunnel..in the cavern"

Zolomon blinks "Like the other ones?"He frowns "Most of us hares be in Salamanstron..though I do know a small group of 4...maybe 5..are missing"

Seafoam nods "Yesyes..seen 5 longears...4 in landbeast clothing like yours...one was notaa in it"

Hawkeye says, "Is that...a seal? Not seen a seal for season."He listens quietly"Someone be missing?""

Zolomon nods "Yes..Private Rudolfo, Private Ewan...Recruits Ping and Pong and a hare lass may well be thar as well old chap...a..Reva think that's de name the dibbun hare, Posy..called her and mentioned cliffs..sooo"

Seafoam says, "Longears notta missing be...they in the sea cave....under de water is tunnels..a lot of tunnels and they go to cavern where longears are""

Hawkeye frowns"Under water caves are not safe..neither are tunnels, ya get lost and...well lets just say one can only hold thar breath for so long, even an otter...how did they get thar anyways?"

Zolomon frowns "Think the cliffs have like...tunnels and some maybe go to some sort of underwater somehow..I no clue, Posy said her sister Reva likes ta explore the cliffs, but she didn't mentioned under water caverns...then didn't ask"He frowns "How got there I don't know. I over heard a couple scouts looked in the cliffs and did have a like cave in of some old unsteady rocks and thar were dead ends."

Hawkeye says, "They could of been in the cave when a tunnel collapsed and tried to find a way out and well...found that cavern, there is underwater tunnels but there is more than one...as there is some openings in the rocks...isn't just those cliffs nearby, thar other rocks ya may see when tide is out, so they likely have at least some air..not the best though its more time wise to get them out...my guess they have no food or water rations and salt water is bad..least to drink and some may not like it mental wise and...can they swim?""

Seafoam says, "Swimmingbeast be good for this yesyes...notta get out without some swimming...long tunnel to small dry area and then few feet and then up a little and your outta the water...well on surface of water still need get land that's few feet away.""

Zolomon frowns "Ewan is one of them...he doesn't know how ta swim, no clue how well the others swim"

Hawkeye frowns, "Wots ya name lass?" He looks at the seal.

Seafoam says, "I Seafoam... learns landbeast talkway by listening a lot...then can nowspeak to them""

Zolomon looks around as he speaks "So we know where they are...not just to bally well get them out safely"

Hawkeye asks, "Can you show me the correct tunnel?"

Seafoam nods and smiles as she swims out and dives, waiting under the surface for the otter.

Zolomon frowns "Is it wise to follow her Hawkeye?"

Hawkeye lays his staff down and grins, he dives under the water. Under the water he feels free and can move, one don't need a staff in the water as he grins and does a couple loops under water before following the seal.

Seafoam shows the otter where the hares are, thought it will likely feel like forever to the lone hare on the shore, but hey some things take time ok.

Hawkeye resurfaces after...like a couple hours.

Zolomon has been on guard...and almost fell asleep till.."Hawkeye!" He rushes over "Oh my goddness...I thought you may of died and that been like real real bad news"

Hawkeye says, "I am fine...I see the others, but it's gonna be tricky and take a lot of luck but its...possible we can help them get to safely, though its not 100%...it could still end badly""

Zolomon frowns, worry clearly on his face as he looks towards the waters and nods "I'm..gonna go inform Major Varus....and you should come as well." He heads back to the mountain as quick as he can to make his report, the otter he makes sure follows him as well.

==OOC INFO: A role play will explain what happen during that couple hours....to come later and a log posted===

Who:
Benar- Abbot of Redwall

Oz- Badger Mom/aka Papa Oz

Log:

Benar comes down the stairs with a frown, he looks around and approaches the fire, "Ginny, Oz, have you seen my writing case? The rose wood one with the different pens in it? It isn't on my desk."

Oz is taking some time to relax in his chair, he is listening to Sister Ginny "And I can't find it. and I looked, why would a necklace disappear" The badger shrugs "I don't know"The abbey Sister just sighs and excuses herself it is time for reading class after all, she frowns "Not see it, Sorry Abbot Benar" Oz tilts his head "Some things have went..missing the last couple weeks"

Benar frowns at the fire, "And the poker," He points at the fire stand, "I mean who would take my writing case, let alone the fire poker..." He frowns and moves toward his chair, "It is puzzling, this means someone came into my study"

Oz says, "Thats not a good thing, we might need to see if the Matilda can find out anything, it's been mostly quiet since that trouble with the vermin in Summer"

Benar says, "Yes..." He looks around and frowns, "We can ask Matilda to take a look and see if she can track anything down, my mother gave me that writing case and well who would take the fire tools from the Great Hall?"

Oz says, "I at first thought the dibbuns were up to something because my small little box of buttons and beads I use for math counting and such, were missing but a couple toys and some shiny pebble one of the dibbuns usually has , disappeared as well."He sighs as his knee is bothering a little,"Least the weather seems to be getting slightly warmer now, still cold in the mornings and evenings"

Benar says, "Yes... that is something I will be glad when the snow melts properly and things start to bloom," He shifts his chair closer to the fire, "It is still much too cold for my liking."

Oz nods "I dislike the cold as well, it always makes my knee hurt. We will need to think on planting season once Spring comes."

Benar says, "Well we can't be having your knee hurting and yes Elmef was talking to me about his planting plans"

Oz nods "And my knee will be better come spring I am sure"He clears his throat and frowns a little"Among...other things"He mutters a little."Yes planting season is important and more beats will want to be outside."

Benar says, "Indeed it'll be nice to see the gardens starting to bloom as well and the world come back to life, Winter can look beautiful but after awhile it gets so very dreary"

Oz smiles"The dibbuns did enjoy a snowball fight, though had to end it, unless they keep having one with a couple of the order beast I do not know, I had to go inside...the cold air seemed to be a bit too much for me, had to go back inside."

Benar says, "Gosh I do not think I have thrown a snowball in years now."

Oz says, "It can be fun"He chuckles a little, maybe a little too much as he coughs a couple times and shakes his head, but still a small smile" There was a dibbun vs Novice snowball fight few days...days ago."

Benar says, "I think I am too old to enjoy a good snowball fight any more," He sighs, "I am not as spry as I used to be,"
Oz frowns"Your..younger than me....surprised I even joined in, even...briefly."

Benar chuckles, "Well maybe you are more adventuresome then me, and you are a badger you make quite a large target it would be very tempting"

Oz says, "I never was..adventurous.....the only traveling ever did was from the Snowy Northlands ta here and that was to track down Maxtor, and ended up..staying"He leans back and smiles"That was a good many seasons now"

Benar smiles, "I was adventuresome when I was little, the north lands, Sampetra, the western coast, Southsward but in the end I ended up coming home and staying."

Oz says, "Never been anywhere but the abbey lately...well close by places once...twice maybe like Ferravale and Brockhall the one time."
Benar says, "Well Oz there is something to be said for staying at home and enjoying yourself."

Oz hmmms?" If its get out more...not interested, sides....too old ta do much anymore"

Benar says, "You are never too old if you put your mind to it Oz."

Oz says, "I am needed here, maybe visit Brockhall again for a dew days and I will go out once its spring and find some mint leaves for mint tea"

Benar says, "Well in the summer I am sure we could take a week off and head on over to enjoy Brockhall for a bit"

Oz shrugs "I am unsure, this winter has been extra annoying it seems, that or I am not fully recovered from what happen during the siege in Summer."

Benar says, "Well a lot happened Oz," He reaches out and places a paw on his arm, "I am sure a few more months of peace and rest will help you feel better"

Oz frowns "A ....lot did happen and it could of bee worse, I am glad things didn't get worse and hopefully peace stays a long while"
Benar says, "I am glad things did not get worse as well," He smiles, "I am also looking forward to getting the bells back up but we are waiting for warmer weather."

Oz says, "Maybe get them up in time for the Spring Feast....or before"

Benar says, "Well my hope is to get them up well before the feast. If not at least in time"

Oz nods"I am sure...some beasts will help"He frowns a little as he seems to need to get more comfortable in his chair before speaking again"Spring will be very busy"

Benar says, "Well we have a good team already so fear not there Jessica's squirrels are a god send when it comes to working on the scaffolding."

Oz says, "I would help if I could but I best not, I hope you have enough help to get the bells back up again"

Benar says, "That is ok Oz, I'd not let you help on the scaffolding even if you offered," He chuckled, "I don't think Jessica would either, she is reluctant to let me up there to look at the work and I am the Abbot. Lady takes security very seriously."

Oz says, "That is wise to be taking safety seriously and I meant help with maybe pulling the bells up into place but some others be best for that."He slowly stands laying a paw on the chair to steady himself and snorts slightly going quiet before he speaks "I will need to tend to counting class soon..not sure what to use..since beads and buttons are gone"

Benar frowns at Oz as he stands up so unsteadily, "Why don't you let me go take counting class, you rest here by the fire."

Oz doesn't answer right away, weather thinking or maybe not feeling all that well, he finally nods and sits slowly "That would be ...fine Benar, thank you...I am sure I will be fine after a nap maybe"

Benar says, "Of course, you take care my dear friend," The abbot stands up, "I will go round up the dibbuns."

Oz chuckles softly, "If they don't behave just tell them they could always have a lecture instead of a lesson."

The shores have been fairly calm. There was peace. Yes Halyard has had it's annoying times, then Halyard always had it's rough spots, maybe just maybe a small group of 4-5 hares could keep an eye on Halyard, he would think on it.

Ciocan stayed up late to look over paperwork, sometimes paperwork was more evil than vermin issues, but he decided to once and for all get the paperwork he needed done, finally done and out of the way even if he was up late into the night doing it. Finally done he checked on some hares before going to bed for the night. Laying down on his many pillowed bed, it was fairly cozy and sleep would be welcomed.

Or would it?

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He was somewhere he was sure, but he didn't know where. Everything was pitch black darkness and he couldn't even see his paw in front of his face. He was not in his room, nor anywhere he knew of inside his mountain fortress. He tried to scan the area and failed to see anything but pitch...black...darkness.

“Hello, who tis thar?Any beast?” Lord Ciocan called out and his ears picked up slight noise like a light wind, but still nothing to be seen but the pitch..black...darkness, like a night with no moon or stars for light, no light not even a small slither of light anywhere.

The Badger Lord frowned, suddenly a cold breeze seemed to blow against his back and he shivered and a noise again caught his attention, a faint noise as he went to get his war hammer and griped it till his knuckles turned white

“Show ya self!” Lord Ciocan demanded, of whom or what he didn't know

Suddenly without warning out of the darkness came  a glow, two large glowing lights...no not lights

Eyes!
Large eyes!
One a deep crimson red 
One a deep golden color

They appeared! Suddenly and without warning and Ciocan stumbled backwards and griped his war hammer even more so as he started at the large eyes before him and then a cold laugh, a make you shiver in fear sort of laugh that seemed to echo and get louder and louder.

The Badger Lord's heart raced as he backed up and griped his war hammer tightly, the eyes.

One crimson red

The other a deep golden

Suddenly blinked, they flashed and seem to come alive and grow larger and then seem to charge right at the badger!

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Ciocan awoke with a scream and sat up in bed, his paw on his chest as he breath deep breaths and shivered, sweat running down his face and neck. He took a few deep breaths, his heart racing and he was even shaking a little.

A high ranking hare rushed in without even a knock, “Your Lordship?! Ar you alright?”

Ciocan took a moment to calm himself and frown “I..I am fine..I...go back to your quarters”

The hare in turn frowned and nodded as they left the Badger Lord to go back to sleep.

But he couldn't sleep. He stayed sat up in bed and frowned “What in the ..seasons.” He got up and walked to another room of his quarters, he had his office and he had his bedroom, and the far side of his bedroom was a long crack in the wall he ran a finger down it and took a deep breath and placing in claws into the wall, it moved! He used all his strength and it opened. He got a oil lamp and lit it and walked forwards down a hidden hallway.

Only Badger Lords could go here, he was unsure where he was going, he got some scented herbs from a small ledge in the wall and placed them in the oil lamp before heading further down the hallway and stopping and looking at a wall before him.

==OOC NOTE: No one but Lord Ciocan knows about this dream, what he seen, what he may of seen in that hallway on the wall? Did he see something? Maybe he..added his own scribe  to the wall....well Ciocan isn't sharing this with anyone, least not for a while====

Who:

Zolomon- Archer/ Runner and Private First Class in LP

Rudolfo- Fighter and Private in the LP

Sinway- Brother in Redwall Abbey

A spoofed Stoat....

Log:

Zolomon is back in Halyard, he has been here a lot the past few days but he has avoided the tavern, so far anyways as he walks along the road to think, or maybe not think so much in some cases.

Rudolfo has sometime off is why he is in Halyard today, he sees Zolomon and walks over"Hey...not seen you for a couple days, you been doing ok my friend?"

Zolomon stops and shrugs "I..been avoiding most the past couple days, looking around Halyard, some..not so rough areas around."

Rudolfo says, "Oh...not always good to avoid friends ya know and Halyard is nice at times, so is the beach and other places.""

Sinway comes walking up to the two hairs, the direction he is coming from suggest he just got back from the tavern. as he walks he is lightly tossing a bag of coin "G'day mates, how ye be t'day?"

Zolomon looks at Sinway and nods a hello "It's..a day Brother Sinway, not much goin' on really, it's just a normal day"

Rudolfo waves to the otter and shakes his head at Zolomon "You seriously need to do something and get your mind off things."

Zolomon glares at the other hare "I don't need to do anything and I am fine ok."He shakes his head and walks towards one of the small shops and almost into another beast as he backs off and mutters something.

Rudolfo frowns, he just watches him and starts to follow, "I don't think your fine, not totally anyways. You want to talk? Or maybe get a drink...or snack..there is a place that has pastries nearby"

Zolomon shakes his head "I don't wanna talk to..." And a voice that may seem a little familiar to him, maybe.."I could so help with that if your serious hare boy"The hare turns to see..oh great it's one of the stoats and they look oddly happy"But not today...later...me and a few..friends have plans, might be good to watch your back..oh yeah that's hard isn't it"He chuckles and just walks off, leaving Zolomon to stand there and then "Yeah..wot ever ya vermin furbag" The hare yells out, seems to start to follow and decides not to after all.

Rudolfo paw edges towards his dirk when he sees the stoat and walks over slowly, he watches the stoat leave and looks to Zolomon"Wot did ya do to upset him? I don't think this be some..random thing"

Sinway sighs but isn't going to let Zolomon bad mood ruin his day, the otter is in a good mood after all "Me offer t' spar still be open z, if ye need somethin' t' get yer mind off things." Started to follow the two hares tucking his coin bag into his habit pocket when he notices the stoat walking away from Zolomon, stepping past him quickly staying out of his line of sight coming up to Rudolfo just as he asks Zolomon that question "I'll explain it later mate, bu' maybe we should move someplace else fer the time bein'."

Zolomon speaks "I am..not worried about it, it's just some dumb vermin pest with a loud mouth"He nods to Sinway"We could..spar, but where. It could be interesting"

Rudolfo sighs as they start to head more toward the path to the beach again"If you say so...but it just seemed like..more"He nods to the otter and chuckles a little "A Redwall beast...likes to spar?"

Sinway gives Rudolfo a friendly pat on the back "First and foremost I be a otter, we like to be all rough and tumblin', spar and play fights jus' be one of the ways we have fun." He follows Rudolfo hoping Zolomon will naturally just start following them "Second off, I was a warrior a lot longer then I was a Redwall beast." He then turns to Zolomon "The beach be a good spot, and ye shouldn' write 'em vermin off yet, experience has taught me that if a vermin beggin' fer his life shows back up tis normally a sign he got some buddies with him."

Zolomon shrugs "Vermin don't scare me, never did even when I was a dibbun they didn't...maybe he will be back and maybe not, could just been trying to act tough"He forms a faint grin "Spar on de beach...maybe, but when?" He is interested in sparing, it has been a while since he has spared with anyone.

Rudolfo looks back in the direction the stoat went and looks back to them" Vermin don't have to scare someone to be troubling...I know a weasel, not seen him lately, but he hates me..like a lot and there is a rat here who is like a best friend to me, though if I went saying that in front of others they likely think me insane to have a rat as a friend, ask what is wrong with me even"

Sinway sighs again shaking his head "There be a difference between bein' scared and being careful." He looks over to Rudolfo "Tis because they ain't seen t' many good vermin mate, I have had plenty of vermin who where friends even a couple I would trus' t' have me back in battle." He looks out at the beach figuring it be good to get Zolomon out of Halyard and closer to the mountain and says "How about we go out t' the beach and spar now?"

Zolomon nods"Sure" Short, simple and to the point "Let's go then."Finally he seems interested in something for a change.

==The Beach===

Rudolfo had decided to follow the two back to the beach and walks along it as he looks around..it's a clear, slightly warmer than a couple days ago and no vermin here on the beach!

Sinway follows the two out but makes a quick stop by the tavern coming out with a few bottles grinning to him self he catches up with the two taking his fiddle off his back handing it and the bottles from the tavern to Rudolfo before rolling up the sleeves of his habit

Zolomon watches Sinway and takes off his longbow and arrows, he didn't have his saber, which could of been a bad thing. "So..you still wanna spar huh"

Rudolfo just stays off to the side to watch, and keep an eye on things. A couple other hares are outside and look their direction but don't yet walk over.

Sinway smiles and nods taking up a fighting stance keeping his stance loose "Remember mate, I'm jus' goin' t' provide a target, and ye try to hit me, an' don' feel bad if ye do."

Zolomon slowly smirks, "If I..don't....you just be careful"He stands ready and studies the otter and then goes to attempt to knock him down into the sand.

Rudolfo sits down and will watch the two spar, not much else to do and he has done training today and in fact has the day off.

Sinway neatly pivots out of the way of the hare hopping a few steps back to put some distance between the hare and him "trus' me mate, yer goin' t' have t' hit me pretty hard if ye want t' really hur' me."

Zolomon snorts, he looks for an opening and then goes to sweep the otter off his footpaws or least that's his goal at the same time looking to again knock him down to the sand. He is quick in his movements, but who is quicker?

Rudolfo chuckles a little as he watches "This is interesting so far "

He watches some more till a hare, looks like a higher rank taps him on the shoulder so he sighs and stands up, looks at the sparing beasts and then heads inside.

Sinway smirks a little his stance has one leg closer to Zolomon then the other so he easily avoids the sweep by lifting one leg, in the same motion he takes a step forwards putting his foot down and attempting to hook it around the leg Zolomon didn't use to try and knock him down also adding a little shove with his should this time trying his own hand at knocking Zolomon onto the ground

Zolomon is a little surprised at this move, he was not expecting it and having one leg trying to sweep at the time doesn't help. He manages to stay upright till the shoulder into his own shoulder and feels himself fall backwards onto the sand. He goes to push the otter aside with his foot paw.

Sinway is already backing up after knocking Zolomon down the foot paw catches him but it isn't enough to knock him down he chooses not to say anything yet just waiting for Zolomon to stand back up. He smiles and places his paws behind his back and starts to walk around Zolomon a good few feet away from the hare

Zolomon slowly stands and watches the otter "Ya bally well got lucky, that's all!" He suddenly goes to leap at the otter to again try and knock him down, hopefully catch him off guard.

Sinway wasn't caught off guard, after all, all Zolomon has been doing right now is charging him and trying to knock him down, so this time he waits till the hare is to close to stop and pivots out of the way raising his leg up just enough to catch the hares foot paw as it is about to step down

Zolomon blinks and is surprised "How?..."Ok he is confused and just snorts as he starts to get a little moody now yet somehow keeps his balance just barely.

Sinway doesn't say anything just lightly hops back to get distance, the uneven sand not effecting his balance at all. His actions are having the desired effect though, flustering his opponent which normally makes there attacks more reckless and easier to read. he is a little annoyed he didn't knock Zolomon down again

Zolomon takes a few deep breaths and starts to circle the otter, tries to find an opening and then leaps forwards and goes for a sweep of the footpaws , and an elbow to the otter's shoulder line, though he isn't perfect with this move, I mean he hasn't really boxed or done much paw to paw and it does show.

Sinway makes sure to not allow Zolomon to get behind him as he circles him, his observant eyes looking for the moment the hare is about to strike, the attack is sloppy and again easy to read, he pivoted out of the way again this time doing a quick spin and is now behind the hare close enough that there backs are almost touching, his tail raising up and wrapping around the hair torso while one of his paws goes to hook around the hares leg again almost locking Zolomon in place

Zolomon tries to shove the otter down and gasps in surprise when the tail is wrapped around him and his legs are hooked, or least one leg is as he goes to break free and then loses his balance going to fall face forwards into the sand and spits out bits of sand before rolling to the side, jumps upright and trying to elbow the otter in the side

Sinway unwraps his tail from Zolomon the second he feels him fall as not to be dragged down with him, already he is moving to preposition him self but the elbow does manage to slightly connect not a solid hit but enough that the otter feels it but like he said, it is going to take a good hit for Zolomon to really hurt him. He decides to turn it up a notch as he leaps forward coming in low as if he is about to attack Zolomon before again neatly pivoting around the hare trying to stay within the hare's blind spots, he doesn't attack Zolomon but he is doing it to try and throw the hare off

Zolomon grins and looks ready to sidestep and then blinks as, ok how is he moving so fast. He shakes his head and is starting to tire out now as he looks for Sinway, then sends an elbow backwards to attempt to knock him down as he has yet to do that.

Sinway notices the hare is getting tired his moves becoming more sluggish and Sinway uses this to his advantage letting the elbow hit him but he was ready for it and braces so he doesn't get knock down instead he reaches and hooks one arm around the hare's paw pulling back while his other paw presses on the hare's elbow with just enough force that Zolomon can feel it forcing him to lean forward, Sinway takes advantage of that and trips him again letting go of his elbow but keeping a hold of his wrist twisting Zolomon's arm slightly putting one foot on the hare's shoulder blade

Zolomon is totally surprised and rolls onto the sands with a groan, he blinks a few times and looks up at the otter as he stays down for now catching his breath as he did attempt to move away and failed, struggled a little which made it worse...for him. "Whoa....how..in the seasons.."

Sinway explains "The two points I applied pressure to are very sensitive points, when I grabbed yer arm and pushed on yer elbow I had almost complete control of what i wanted t' do t' ye, from that hold I could of broken yer arm and if I hit it hard enough force a bone out of yer body thus yer natural instinct is t' try and lean wit' it, which gives me the chance t' trip ye." He puts a little more pressure onto Zolomon shoulder blade "same goes fer this, I could make it so ye could never use this arm again bu' I don' have t' mate, no matter how ye would wiggle or struggle al ye are goin' t' do is make the pain worse." He steps off Zolomon and lets go of his arm reaching down to help him up

Zolomon allows the help up and rubs his shoulder, moving it some and tenses up a little, he looks at the otter and a smile forms, even a chuckle. He hasn't chuckled for a LONG time."Well...no beast needs ta worry about Brother S..cause he will be just fine on any old trip wot"

Sinway grins and nods "Also yer strategy was very basic mate, ye did nothin' but try and knock me down, fer yer everyday vermin tha' might work, bu' go up against a trained killer ye won' be so lucky." His tone is cheerful happy even "In a fight, especially a one on one ye need to be tryin' t' throw yer opponent off, tryin' the same ol' trick could get ye killed." He faces Zolomon in his fighting stance one foot paw in front of the other in a split second he kneels down lower and in the same motion lunges forward aiming four jabs at the hare moving up the body as he does, none of them connect but they are fact and accurate he ends the mock attack with a round house kick stopping just short of the hare's head

Zolomon studies what the otter does and blinks "Where did ya..learn this, I seriously need ta brush up on paw to paw and a little of this maybe"

Sinway puts his footpaw down smiling at him "Me first introduction t' this was when a mercenary squirrel gave me a book, I was a novice when I met him, we became good friends and he was worried because I wasn' allowed t' use a weapon, so he gave me a book that detailed a lot of paw t' paw trickes, the two tricks i used on ye came from this book along with a few others." He turns and looks out at the sea "But mos' of it I learned on the green isle." He stretches "Me clan be called the Stream Pikes, the clan not been around tha' long they came t' the Green Isle and promised t' protect the river and streams incase any vermin found there way onto the island and where traveling by stream."

Zolomon nods as he listened "Well it's good to know you can protect ya self Sinway...I rather not have news any other friends...."He frowns but clears his thoat and speaks"As I said, I need to maybe learn this, I have learned to use a saber and fairly good at it, I..always used the longbow most of me life"He looks at the longbow "It was my grandfather's, he..he was in the long patrol for a little while, may of gotten fairly high up had he been able to stay, but...well....he was kicked out"

Sinway nods "Aye, had t' we never carried weapons, or if we did twas a dagger, we spent a lot of time paroling in the stream it self and we had to be light in order t' get around quickly. why the clan name was the Streampikes, because we be just as deadly as any pike" He then listens about Zolomon's grandpa "Ye have t' do somethin' pretty bad t' get kicked out of the patrol mate." He walks over and grabs his fiddle throwing the cord over his shoulder and letting it hang back on his back, grabbing one of the bottles and tossing it to Zolomon "Here, tis rum, 'nother drink favored by saliors, bu' not as strong as grog, lets have a drink and ye can tell me about yer grandpa."

Zolomon smiles a little and gets a drink as he sits down " Jake Scioto Lafur Foreston Lakewood Johnson..the 3nd...he was a great archer too, even was sort of gatekeeper/ some called him head guard of Redwall....but he was a patrol hare before that."He sighs "He..it was a mission, haf ta find info on it maybe but someone he loved and cared for was killed and he blamed the General..yeah General, one named Lot...fer wot happen and slammed the guy into the stone wall..broke the guys shoulder blade and he couldn't do anything for like a season, may of broke an arm too and Lord Bludstripe asked him to leave...so he did."

Sinway nods taking the other bottle and sitting down next to Zolomon uncorking it and taking a swig "Well, losin' someone ye care abou' can do tha' t' ye, im sure the long patrol was less wit' out yer grandpa, but it sounds like the abbey gain a great protector."

Zolomon nods as he drinks some of the rum, he hmms "This is...interesting taste ta it."He sighs "He died sadly..got injured but didn't tell anyone till it was too late and it was badly infected...my mother was in the patrol, but she had...left before I was born"

Sinway takes another swig leaning back "Well he sounds like he was a brave beast either way." He looks over to Zolomon "We should spar more often Zolomon, I'll be here fer a while." He takes another swig of his rum looking out at sea "I be much better, I have accept Kenya is gone and I be able t' return t' the abbey." He pauses for a few moments "Bu' I think I'll stay till yer better, I would worry t' much if I didn"

Zolomon takes a couple gulps of his own rum and frowns, thinking of someone else. Another sip and coughs a little sitting the bottle down slowly and hugs his knees to his chest as he lays his forehead on his knees, "Spar...yeah...sparing is...."He doesn't get any other words out and he seems to just decide to stay sitting here and not rush off, just sit here and not care for his friend seems him start crying. maybe he needs a good cry right now.

Sinway doesn't say anything for a few moments just watching the rolling of the waves then he finally speaks saying one short thing "Let it out Z."

Zolomon has likely cried a couple times, or maybe he hasn't as it's not a thing a long patrol hare is to do..this crying, he likely did at least once but managed to stop shortly after it started, this time he just lets in flow...let's it happen, after about 20 minutes he coughs a little and rubs his eyes"Sorry...just..I miss Tarsa. I miss her a lot and don't plan to ever forget her...even if I maybe find someone else one day or maybe I will just be a loner all me life. I..have not ment to be..well..far from me self, I know."

Sinway just sits there while Zolomon cries not judging not saying anything just sipping on his rum, once Zolomon is finish he shakes his head "There be nothin' to apologize fer mate, and there be nothin' t' be ashamed of, showin' yer emotions ain't weakness after all." He picks up Zolomon's bottle of rum and hand it to him "Of course ye miss her, tha' be natural, and of course ye will never forget her, and I know tis not been easy fer ye." He turns to Zolomon "Bu' do ye think Tarsa would be happy wit' ye.....happy wit' wha' happen in the tavern?" He isn't lecturing him not at all, he is having a heart to heart with Zolomon

Zolomon takes the rum bottle, a small sip "No...she wouldn't..she would of made me do laps and sit ups and stuff"He smiles faintly"A lot..and I don't plan to get drunk again no worries..as fer the two stoats, I am not too concern could just them talking."

Sinway catches the smile and nods "Ye right she would, she tell ye to shape up, I didn' know her long bu' I know tha' much of her." As for the stoats "Still, do me a favor and make sure ye have at least another hare wit' ye, maybe even two and maybe inform the Badger Lord........I don' know mate, I  jus' go' a bad feelin' mate."

Zolomon says, "Ciocan doesn't need to worry about me and I can take another hare with me or just stay out the beach maybe"He shrugs "Sides..I don't think Ciocan likes Halyard that much""

Sinway sighs and shakes his head "Ok bu' if somethin' happens next time we spar, I'm not goin' t' hold back as punishment fer makin' me worry about ye." He finishes his rum and stands up "An' we will be sparrin' again, I can' help ye with sword play un the fact tha' I won' hold a weapon again unless the abbey is bein' threaten, bu' I can help ye learn t' fight with out one."

Zolomon drinks more of his own rum and slowly stands "I will be careful ok. But I can make sure someone else is with me..."He smiles a little " Sides...if the two stoats did try and be a problem again as I said I wont be drunk and I could take one and the other hare could take one"He chuckles "His Lordship could easily take them out if needed. But vermin do try and act tough sometimes and a lot in Halyard might not be expect fights...right?"

Sinway sighs a little and shakes his head "Jus' be careful, if they brought friends......that could complicate things." He turns to face the mountain his stomach growling "Wha' say we head back, I bet tis almost time fer dinner."

Zolomon seems a little worried "Friends...he did mention friends..."He nods and smirks, "Yeah..just who gets thar first!" He suddenly just starts running, not that it's too far to the entry, he may not to himself, he is still far from himself, but today was a good start towards getting back to his self again.

Sinway chuckles a little and takes off after Zolomon, he can't pass him but he is on the hares trail a few arms length away "N' fare, ye long ears always be better at runnin' now if this be a swimmin' race t' the mountain i already of beat ye and come back t' mock ye."

Yes very short log

Who:

Benar-Abbot of Redwall Abbey

Patch-Rat thats annoying and looking for work

Gorvenalus- Recorder of Redwall Abbey

Various spoofs of beasts...

Log:

The abbot was having a bad day, as he sighed and listened to the loud chatter and finally stood up:”QUIET!” As soon as he spoke loudly things got quiet as they all looked at him.

Patch sat in a chair and pouted, but was being polite or trying to be anyways.

Gorvenalus sighed “Alright every beast calm down I am sure we can figure it out but everyone speaking at once will do no good and blaming someone without proof will not help either”

Benar took a deep breath and spoke “Alright, it seems things are disappearing from the abbey, a scarf, a tail band, a necklace, some sort of special coin, a spotted pebble, a box of buttons, and some silverware.”

Patch muttered “And my striped socks..wot..I love those socks”

Gorvenalus frowns”I have a quill pen or two missing as well, it would seem nothing very vulnerable is missing”

“Yeah so far whats next?” Asks a mouse miad

“What if other things end up missing, something major?” Another mouse asked.

Benar holds up a paw “Do calm down, please we will look into this matter I promise, for now let's all go to bed, it is late and I am tried.”He looks at Patch “You too Patch”

Patch hmmphs but walks out of the Abbot's quarters and down the hall muttering something under his breath about socks and how they are valuable to him at least.

Gorvenalus makes sure everyone leaves and looks to Benar”I am sure it will get worked out Benar. I will keep the list of missing items, we can get some clues hopefully”

Benar nods “Yes....for now good night Gorvenalus.”

Gorvenalus nods “Goodnight Benar”

**Missing items! Who could it be? What is going on? What will end up missing next! ****

Ewan looks into the room, he is use to a room full when he was at the abbey, he looks around and does know the room isn't nearly as full as it could be but most hares are likely here expect for the couple on watch duty, well someone had to do it after all. He then steps the rest of the way into the room and finds a place to sit down quietly.

Rudolfo is here chatting with another Private and chuckles a little, likely some new joke being told or one that's just funny, it's hard to tell but he is in a good mood at least.

Ciocan finished up a couple things, some paperwork and even got some sleep time in before making his way into the dinning Hall with a couple hares, one at each side of him , coming into the room, he nods at some hares seated and then goes to sit in his own chair and waits till others come into the room before he starts.

Gregorian is there, complete with his less comfortable dress uniform and he's even dug out a few medals though it seems mostly to humor his daughter who's inventing stores for them for her friends. He seems amused by them and doesn't correct any even if he's never taken on an army of eagles all by himself. Whatever keeps the dibbuns happy and quiet while they're waiting for the food is a welcome distraction.

Zolomon thought a lot, and a lot more and decided he would go to the dinner after all, he did promise he would come so here he is. His mood is still not happy, not sad either just..I am here sort of mood as he finds a place to sit down and wait.

Ewan stays seated where he is and watches as the badger lord comes into the room, he gives a wave to Zolomon and waits for the dinner to start.

Sinway makes his way in, his arms held in front of him with his paws tucked away in the sleeves of his habit, he first makes his way over to Ciocan bowing "Tis good t' see ye again, thanks again fer havin' us and fer this dinner." Before finding a place to sit

Rudolfo looks over at the Badger Lord, a couple other hares, recruits , are a little late, but they do find places to sit quickly.

Ciocan smiles as he nods to Sinway "Tis is good ta have a Redwall order beast to visit us, your need to update me on how long your be here I know Ewan was unsure and knew likely till sometime in de spring, late sping he thought." He looks over at crowd and smiles"Greetings all...I know it's not often thar is a special dinner and this one is special  for two reasons, one our guests Private Ewan and Brother Sinway..also a dinner to welcome the peace that's here now, the shores were rid of danger and safe once more, let us hope peace lasts a good long while, of course"He smiles"Training will still be happening, no escaping that I am afraid but today is for enjoyment, good food..friends to welcome."

Gregorian quietly shushes the dibbuns are Ciocan starts speaking. He smiles faintly and raises his drink for the final bit. He gives the room a glance once the badger is done, checking the familiar faces as he waits for the food to come out. He spots Zolomon too and gets up to wander that way "Decided tah give it a go in the end? Pete will be disappointed" he jokes.

Zolomon listens, likely a recruit got picked by Old Pete for sentry duty, there would always be sentry duty with two hares at all times day and night, some food would be brought to them a little later."Someone else is..gonna be thar and I did promise to..well come, so did"

Ewan smiles "It is nice to be here, I did miss the mountain some and Think till end of Spring, yeah."

Sinway smiles and turns to the Badger Lord "I be plannin' on stayin' till the end of spring." He then gets up and wonders over to where Zolomon is "glad ye could make it Zolomon, ain't t' sure how beast would feel t' me draggin' yer tail in here if ye didn' come."

Rudolfo chuckles some as he over hears the otter, he then is quiet as things seem to have begun or well very soon now it would seem.

Varus comes into the room fashionably late, limping still and relying on a cane to get around. He's dug out his best dress uniform, freshly pressed, his various medals all polished to a shine.

Ciocan nods and looks to the gathering as he smiles"I hope you all welcome our guests while they are visiting, there is a guest each for our guests to stay in while they are here." He smiles" Well there is food and fellowship to be had so I think we should begin...the cook has made a nice blueberry cobbler, there is even hot root stew and a clam chowder and some other food" He waits as a hare whispers to him as he chuckles "It would seem a special  case of October Ale that was sent to us has been opened as well, well this does seem like a good time to share that we did say we save it for a special occasion and, well this is it..so Let's begin our dinner, shall we?" He holds up a mug of ale and smiles, then takes a sip as the dinner has begun.

Gregorian settles in to a seat neat Zolomon, the dibbun keepers will make sure his daughter and the rest get their food and don't cause too much trouble. Greg looks back to Ciocan as the menu is introduced. He looks pleasantly surprised "I didn't think the cooks here knew how tah do hot root soup really" he briefly raises his drink to Sinway as the otter's coming their way "Perks of havin' an ottah come tah visit"

Zolomon listens quietly,and nods "Hot root is good, not had it in a while. And a special  dinner is good too, de abbey always had a like feast for each season and named de season too"

Varus makes his way toward the table and sits, after nodding to Gregorian in greeting.

Ewan smiles, he goes to get some soup and a roll, and some tea. A couple other hares go to talk to him, and he replies quietly back to them before going to sit back down, he does get some cobbler before he sits down though.

Sinway ears perk a little when he hears hot root "Did some beast say hot root stew and October Ale, tees like yer after me own heart." He turns to Gregorian and smiles "They sure do know how to spoil a otter." And with that he decides to get him self his first bowl of hot root soup along with some clam chowder finishing it off with a mug of ale, how he is able to carry all this is also a sight to behold but he manages, going to sit down next to Gregorian

Rudolfo smiles "I always like excuses to eat a good among of food"Then what hare doesn't like food...he gets himself some salad, some clam chowder, a couple crab cakes they always seem to have and some ale, he can get desert later as they should, he hopes, have some left.

Ciocan smiles, he lets some of the hares get their food first before he gets up and gets himself some food, he gets a little more ale .He smiles at a couple of the dibbuns nearby with who ever is on duty as caretaker, it would seem all the dibbuns are sitting in one area of the room, a little table of their own, with the caretaker of course. He smiles and goes to sit back down in his own chair.

Gregorian offers a very relaxed salute to Varus "Majah. Perfect timin', right in time for the food" he chuckles as he quickly grabs an ale and hotroot soup before settling in to his seat. He nods to the others "They do a pretty good hotroot in Halyard, depends who's cookin' and where yah go but the October Ale yah can't always get outside of Mossflowah"

Zolomon gets himself a roll and hotroot, some ale to drink and a little bit of pie as they have apple pie today too and sits down quietly to enjoy his meal as he glaces around, he sighs a little but least he is out and about not off somewhere by himself.

Ewan stays mostly quiet as he sits here and eats his food, every so often a sip of tea...least a couple others like tea as well so he isn't too out of place drinking tea. He frowns not seeing a couple hares he knew, he knows they were lost in the Mossflower battle.

"Of course I'm on time," Varus replies, limping his way over to grab himself some of that hotroot soup. "I don't see Jinora here, so one of us Majahs 'as ta make an appearance..."

Sinway listens to Gregorian talk as he eats his soup "Is tha' so, I'll have t' go and visit Halyard and try it out me self." He spends his time eating and drinking chatting with any who decides to come and talk to him

Rudolfo chuckles some "Today is a good day, then days off is always good and welcome dinners are nice as well."

Ciocan nods" Today is a good day indeed...I have never really gone to Halyard...just once and it was a very very brief visit"

Gregorian glances around the room for Jinora when Varus mentions it "She's probably around here somewhere unless she's one of the unlucky few on sentry duty" he nods to Sinway "Best I'd say is from the fish merchants, they don't officially sell it but most of them are ottahs who jump at the chance tah curl a few whiskers" he raises his drink to briefly gesture at Ciocan "Yah should get out more sah, there's more on these shores than just the mountain"

Zolomon says, "Ya can...always go ta Halyard again sometime your Lordship, could be interesting." He takes a long drink of ale" Maybe.."

Ewan says, "Halyard can be...ok at times, not ok other times"

Sinway chuckles to Gregorian "Aye, tis a otter thing, I be guilty of it t' if i am bein' honest it always be fun t watch a beast take there first taste of hotroot." He looks over to Ciocan "Aye, and just thin' how much more the vermin in Halyard would behave if the Badger Lord visit's the place often." He takes another sip of hotroot, while the cooks didn't use as much hotroot as he would like it is still good and he is clearly enjoying it

Varus nods as well. "Was born 'n' bred in Halyahd, mahself. Many, many seasons of Swiftbucks stretchin' back inta th' distant past 'ave lived there in Halyahd an' been part o' th' Patrol just as long."

Rudolfo says, "most are probably staying 'ere today,maybe venture out tomorrow, not sure how well a Redwall beast would do in Halyard though, may be a wee bit rough fer ya Brother Sinway""

Ciocan quietly sips his ale"I do not venture out much, I do exercise drills on the beach as there is a lot more room thar than inside...as fer visiting Halyard I am not against my hares going if they would like, but I do not think I will pay it a visit before it was so me and someone could look around for a beast at the time but that beast is gone now"

Gregorian chuckles back at Sinway "Aye and it's fun when yah not an ottah but yah can handle the hotroot like the best of them" he nods to Varus "Raised in the south myself. Yah'll not find anothah Harthwill in the patrol but we've got a couple of Skippahs" he chuckles "They're all ottahs" he shakes his head at Ciocan "Well at least stop by the rec room unstairs maybe?"

Zolomon eats a little food, he finishes an ale and gets some more before he sits down, drinking the ale he listens as all the others talk and relaxes somewhat as he tries to enjoy the day

Ewan says, "I forgot to see how Camp Willow was, last checked they were slowly recovering still and like rebuilding some homes and such after this..Vikings or something a few seasons ago, there was an otter at the abbey that grew up at the abbey and found out he was achally a camp willow otter and like..forgot I guess"He frowns "Sorry no not news from there...""

Sinway looks over to Rudolfo and chuckles a little "Aye I be a abbey beast now, but I was a warrior before that, and I be aware of how rough Halyard can be mate, been there a few times in me life, twas the port I left on t' go visit Green Isle, and tis the port I came in on when I came back t' this side of the sea t' head back t' Mossflower, need t' worry t' much about me." He looks over to Gregorian and nods "Din' thin' I ever see another beast who wasn' a otter understand how fun it can be." He then chimes in when Ewan speaks about Camp Willow adressing the Badger Lord "The camp be doin' much better, repairs be goin' well, had to visit the camp to see if they could spare a otter to take care of the abbey pond while I was away."

Rudolfo says, "Camp Willow..thats like de home of a lot of otters of Mossflower....right? Read of it once in a book here in the library, never been there..or in Mossflower, my dad went when...well...""

Ciocan listens and nods"New of Camp Willow is good as well, I think a couple helped the abbey out during that siege in Autumn." He frowns about Halyard but says nothing.

Zolomon is still drinking some ale and chuckles a little "Halyard...hee hee..we could get tagether one..two..more hares and get de badger to the Halayard..might be fun"He chuckles a little"Someone did say something bout draging a badger there be hard, hee hee...maybe it would, maybe it wouldn't...do we find out or not?" Yeah..he's drunk, fun but hey he hasn't chuckled in a while.

Varus ear-perks at Gregorian. "You were raised by ottahs?" Turning to Sinway, he chimes in, "I visited Mossflowah an' Camp Willah once, many, many seasons ago, when I was still a headstrong young private, wot. 'Elped repel some vermin... Very long time ago, wot."

Rudolfo looks over at Zolomon and frowns, then chuckles a little at the idea but hey the hare is having a good time at least.

Gregorian nods back to Varus "Aye, me and my sistah" Which means his hare accent makes no sense at all "Funnily enough my aunt ended up Skippah at Camp Willow. It's her son now but heh, there's yah Harthwills...Last I heard from them they were survivin' at least" he briefly raises an eyebrow at Zolomon "How much has be had already?"

Ciocan raises an eyebrow at Zolomon but doesn't say anything right now "Hmmms I am unsure perhaps someone will need to help him to his room for a good rest."

Sinway looks to Varus "Must of been while I was out at sea adventurin' or when i went t' live on the Green Isle fer a while, after all, when I left Halyard the mountain still didn' have a Badger Lord." He chuckles at Zolomon "Drunk already Zolomon!" He then turns to Gregorian "Raised by otters mate, knew there be a reason why it felt easy to get along wit ye, what was yer aunt's name mate. I might of known her but sadly I took a bad injury t' the head and i have fergoten a lot of stuff."

Zolomon smiles"Not many...otters are around, hares ya a lot lot of hares....."He sips some more ale like..hmmms his 4th mug maybe."This be good stuff and so is other ales and I don't need rest, rest tis for the..the weak"

Rudolfo watches Zolomon "Well he is smiling then again could well be the ale he drank too"

Varus hmms at Greg. "I'd 'ave nevah guessed, wot..." To Sinway, he says, "It was long, long ago. Before I was married."

Ciocan shakes his head and goes back to relaxing and chatting with a couple hares beside him.

Gregorian shrugs at Varus "It doesn't exactly come up much and tah be fair I've been here longah than anywhere else at this point" Sinway gets a chuckle "Her name's Hallow, son's Gaheris. Honestly though she was leadin' the place for years since her husband, the old Skippah, died. Now Gaheris is apparently Skippah. Hard tah imagine. Last time I saw the kid he was a scrawny thin'" another shrug "Chances are if yah've been tah the camp yah've seen more of them than I have. It's not exactly easy tah visit from here"

Varus laughs. "Now, tha' really ages me, wot. Hallow's husband was still Skippah back when I visited."

Sinway nods to Gregorian "The name does sound familiar and it does fit, the last skipper I knew before meetin' Gaheris was a female otter." He gets up and goes to get more food, luckly there is plenty of hot root stew left, so he grabs another bowl and some dessert as well before sitting back down to Gregorian "Though when I met Gaheris, he looked like a good strong and reliable otter to me." He then turns to Varus "Then ye must of visited before I even came t' Mossflower me first time..I was just barely out of me dibbun years when I first came to Redwall....and there was a female skipper when i arrived."

Zolomon stands up "I need...more ale...ale is good and ya forget..get..forget things ya want to forget...."Though he dosnt get more ale, another sign he likely drank too much as he frowns, luckly another hare catches him as he passes out..too much to drink and lack of some sleep, not a good combo. He will get carried to a nice bed now to rest it off and likely have a horrible headache when he wakes up.

Rudolfo frowns as he watches Zolomon carried off "I do hope he be ok..someone may wanna check on Zolomon later on"

Ciocan watches Zolomon and starts to stand but before he does he notices the other hare catch him and nods the ok to take him to a bed but one in the infirm just to make sure he is ok as he relaxes once more and eats a little before he speaks "Yes someone can check on Zolomon later on and let us know how he is, he has not been himself for a while now and I do hope he at least tries to cheer up some"

Gregorian frowns slightly when Zolomon passes out and is taken away "I do worry about that hare sometimes" a nod to Sinway "That's the problem with Skippahs, they all have the same name in the end. Good tah know the lad has grown up though" Varus gets a smirk though "That was a really long time ago, I'm not convinced yah not actually the oldest hare in the mountain"

Varus frowns sharply as Zolomon drinks himself into a stupor. "Undignified..."

Rudolfo hmmms"He's...been through a lot, someone should have a serious chat with him...well not too serious but, yeah a chat"

Sinway watches as Zolomon is help to bed before turning to Rudolfo "I talked t' him earlier today, it seemed t' help." He turns to Ciocan "He was talkin' about wantin' t' come visit the abbey, see Xander and his friends........I think it might help him, t' get away from the area fer a while....just like gettin' away from mossflower is helpin' me."

Ciocan looks to be thinking "I...am unsure our ranks are still low. I will have a chat with him later though, not on time off as not sure how long he would be away on a trip like that, I may see what others think as well."

Rudolfo hmms "Well boat is like week and a half, walking is 3 weeks...course he walks fast and runs even faster. Be best to let like....higher ups discuss it, most likely."

Sinway frowns a little "It be yer decision and i ain't here t' argue that, but Zolomon is a danger t' him self and the beast around him like this, so i just hope we can do somethin' t' get him back to his ol' self." He finishes his ale and the rest of his food

Gregorian shakes his head "No amount of talkin' is goin' tah make losin' a mate alright. Gettin' some distance can help but the only thin' that heals those wounds is time and even then there's scars. Sometimes it's easiah not tah think about it than talk about it. Maybe we should be treatin' him like normal and lettin' him figure out wot he needs tah do himself?"

Varus frowns, then nods. "Aye, Greg's right... Zolomon needs 'is time... 'Owevah, I don't generally tolerate drunkenness..."

Ciocan sighs, he closes his eyes a moment and reopens them" The long Patrol needs to be like a large family, help one another through times like this and not look down on anyone else either. Some still recover from loss in Mossflower, a couple left due to feeling great loss. Being a family makes a group stronger and yes a group can still be family...one doesn't need to be related by blood ta be family."He glaces at Sinway and speaks "A friend from the abbey could maybe help him, i do not know....time away I do not know either as rather not give anyone any long leave time, not right now."

Sinway shrugs "Again, tis yer call, I was mearly givin' a suggestion....I don' know if Xander can make the trip down, with all he has t' deal with, gettin' the defender base up and runnin' gettin' the tavern in Ferravale rebuilt.....plus he got Krisha and there little one t' think of, I just hope Zolomon be doin' better by summer.....I hate to have to bring nothin' but bad news to him." He then goes back to chating with the hares "But lets not let this bring down the night, there be good food and drink."

Gregorian shrugs to Varus "It's not ideal but I'll not worry unless he makes a habit out of it. If it starts effectin' his work talk tah him about that but outside of work if he's not causin' trouble it's Zolomon's call, yah can't force a beast tah get ovah a loss before he's ready tah" he nods back to Sinway after a moment "Aye, we probably shouldn't be discussin' it behind his back like this I suppose"

Varus nods firmly. "Aye, let's let th' mattah drop. T'is a private issue, not public business." He pauses to a slow sip of brandy while that settles. "Anyway, Sinway, was it? How is the Abbey faring?"

Ciocan nods, he leans back in his chair and watches as some hares head elsewhere, others stay, one of the caretakers carries a sleepy dibbun away."Today has been mostly relaxing."He sips a little ale "I will think on visiting Halyard but..no promises"

Sinway turns to Varus "Everythin' be good now that the vermin had been taken care of." He stands up and yawns before turning to the Badger Lord and bowing "Thank ye kindly fer the meal Ciocan, the food was all great, please give me complements to yer chefs, but I think I need t' turn in fer the night." He says his farewells to Gregorian, Varus and a few of the other hares that had talked to him before making his way out of the room

Gregorian throws a relaxed salute Sinway's way as he leaves "See yah around" he glances back to Ciocan "Yah said yah wanted the patrol tah be a family sah. Like it or not I think that includes badgahs and it's somewot hard tah achieve durin' workin' hours only"

Varus harrumps. He's still of the old school, and not fully sold on this family dynamic. "Jus' long as we don't go bloody well soft, wot..."

Ciocan says, "A lot of work does go on, but there is free time also. there will still be training drills, exercise drills...a lot more than before as I still want the patrol in good shape, but..yes free time is good as well. I sometimes likely work a little too much at times."

Gregorian chuckles and seems very relaxed but his proper sense of formal command got eroded a bit when he was retired and didn't have to follow orders "Yah probably talkin' tah the right hares about workin' too much. Well, I'm mostly just assumin' the majah here has his paws full as well even without a forge tah work with"

Ciocan nods as he yawns slightly and stands slowly "I will leave you and the rest here to enjoy the rest of the night, and who knows...maybe Halyard wil get a visit from a badger here soon. Sides...might be good to see how things are in Halyard after all"

Who:

Ciocan-Badger Lord

Gregorian- Sergeant/Fighter/Blacksmith in LP

Varus- Fighter/Major in LP

Zolomon- Runner/Private First Class in LP

Felicity- Runner/ Corporal in LP

Rudolfo – Fighter/ Private in LP

Keldorn- Fighter in Mossflower Defenders

Hawkeye- Old Otter

Crevan- Good Dibbun Fox

Silverwing- Fighter/ Messenger in Mossflower Defenders

Moswen- evil member of Blackrose

Melantha  - Leader of Blackrose

Various hare and assorted vermin spoofs

Log:

==Little before the battle==

Ciocan was out doing some quick drills before he and his hares went to hopefully ambush the Blackrose, it was decided an extra day to be ready, to see who went and whom didn't as some did need to stay at the mountain after all.

A lone sparrow lands nearby and looks around and seeing the badger waits till she can speak to them.

Keldorn is sat on the side as he blink and decides to go over to the sparrow, it looked like the Badger Lord was busy anyways as he nods "Ello friend sparrow what brings you here..tis it a worried friend to check on me and Silverwing?"

Hawkeye had been on the beach walking along and curiosity gets him as he walks over, his leg has been doing a lot better lately, but he still uses the cane just in case as there is times his leg decides to just make him fall.

Ciocan looks over at the sparrow and puts his hammer to his side as he walks over, he nods to Keldorn and speaks "News? Today may not be the best time for news but let us see what it is"

The sparrow nods "Friends of Redhouse come..Brother Sinway and harefriend Private Ewan, left 8 days ago and should be 'ere within week to Badgerworm home."

Keldorn listens and hmms"Not sure that's de best thing of this mormnet my friend. The dark hearted Blackrose is around the shores, but maybe we can defeat them before then yes?"

Hawkeye frowns"The Blackrose is a danger ta anyone"He clears his throat "Sorry sirs just sayin'..tis is. I do hope there is a plan"

Ciocan nods "There is a plan and the hares going know the plan"He nods to the sparrow "Thank you for the message as it's all the more reason to clear my shores of this...pest for good, to make them safe again for any travelers, as it will be slowly warming up now and more beasts will be around to enjoy the weather and the beach, even my hares will want some time on the beach"

Keldorn steps forwards "I would like to offer my aid, if I may sir badger, please..I offer my blade"

Hawkeye smiles "I...would offer my help but..maybe not. I can handle the one or two in the tavern but not a whole group..if I was younger yes, now there was a couple at the tavern but they seemed to behave themselves oddly, could be they were just eating or they are up ta something"

Keldorn says, "Vermin at times have dark hearts, these do for sure. I know a small..very small, few vermin can be friends and some very good friends and allys but not all, not this Blackrose, they indeed need stopped. It wold be wise to maybe take day off sir Hawkeye""

Ciocan hmmms softly and nods his head"Yes take a day off Hawkeye, and make sure Crevan is home as well I am unsure how this fight with the Blackrose will end. They may know we are coming or they may not"

Hawkeye nods "I think I just may stay home. I was on the beach to get some shrimps and seaweed"He smiles "Seaweed is good sometimes, though few seem to like it"

Keldorn grins "I have tried many things some think odd..seaweed and even the plant called cattails is a food, I wander sometimes and do not always pack food if its just me...even some barks and pine needles..some...are good food sources"

Ciocan nods as he looks upshore and thinks "Keldorn, you can come help if you wish and find Silverwing her help would much welcomed"

Hawkeye chuckles at the shrew and looks to the badger "And I will stay home and have a good day off. I hope you do well on your mission Ciocan, maybe you can send a hare with some news to the tavern, I will likely be there tomorrow"

Keldorn nods, "She is likely somewhere perhaps scanning the area from above and can report anything needed to you and your hares"

Ciocan nods "Having an eagle to help will be good, as I said I know not how this will turn out..hopefully it shall go well but things don't always go as planed and even if they do there is sometimes surprises"

Hawkeye frowns as he listens and leans a little on his cane"Surprises are never good but let's hope none happen or if they do its a good surprise and not a bad one"

Keldorn nods "I will go find Silverwing and then me and her will find you"He bows and then goes off to look for the eagle, it's an eagle ...a large bird...how hard could she be to find after all.

Crevan decided to venture out of Halyard upon hearing his father was on the beach, it doesn't take long for the fox to find the otter as well as seeing the Badger Lord and watching a shrew walk off. once he reaches Hawkeye he does the usual thing and grabs the otter's tail "Hello mister Ciocan." He greets the badger lord before looking up at his father "What ya doin' on the beach today papa?"

Hawkeye smiles "I was finding some shrimps and a little seaweed as well, we are gonna stay home at least today...maybe tomorrow"

Ciocan smiles down at Crevan "Hello Crevan"He says, there is a hint of concern in his voice but he hides it well "Yes...no one on the beach that doesn't need on the beach today"

Crevan tilts his head looking between the badger lord and his father "Why.....whats going to happen today."

Ciocan kneels down, not that that will help much as he speaks"A battle and I am unsure of the results that will happen or how it will end."

Hawkeye stays where he is, quiet for now as he has seen battle before large scale and short scale in his many seasons.

Crevan frowns looking at the badger lord "Are you going to make the Blackrose go away?"

Ciocan speaks quietly "That is my goal, I will try but not sure how well it will go....beasts will be hurt, beasts will...lose their lives...on both sides"

Hawkeye frowns as he listens "Battle can not always...know results he is correct"

Crevan listens and frowns "I'm sure you will be able to, your big and strong and the long patrol train very hard." He tightens his grip on his father's tail "you will make the bad beast go away, then i can play on the beach again."

Ciocan smiles a little "Being big and strong does not always go in one's favor...it does help though"

Hawkeye looks at Crevan and smiles a little "It will be ok, we will hopefully have good news later tomorrow or the next day"

Crevan nods and smiles "Ok......make sure you make the bad beast go away....." He looks up at his father "So papa you where looking for shrimp, did you find any..... what ya going to make with it?"

Ciocan stands and nods, "I must go and ready the hares going with me"He then heads back to the mountain quietly.

Hawkeye nods "I found some yes, we can make some hot root stew and seaweed salad"

Crevan tilts his head "Hot root stew.......what is hotroot?"

Hawkeye chuckles "That spicy soup or stew that's in the tavern sometimes"

Crevan hmmms and isn't sure if he will like it but will try it all the same "i guess we should go home papa......seems like its not going to be safe place here."

===The battle is now ===

Silverwing circles around the camp and then lands with grace and..forget the grace she tumbles a little and shakes her head..oh well she tried as she gets sand off her beck and spits out some, looks around and mutters "Perfect...landing....almost"

Rudolfo was trying to relax, and be alert also when the bird shows up and he right away stands up and paw on saber and then frowns, ok he has seen her before as he walks slowly over"Umm...ya ok thar?"

Gregorian already had to deal with one bird from Blackrose this week and he's in no mood for another as he spots the eagle circling before her less than graceful landing. By the time she's down on the ground he's already got the bow he bought along out and got an arrow ready in case of trouble "Keep back Rud, they already had one bird, they could have anothah"

Silverwing looks at Gregorian and tilts her head"Tis rud hare...point arrow at Silverwing...Silverwing here to aid harebeasts..plenty help ya"She perns a wing feather back into place."Silverwing seen bad beasts..many bad beasts round couple dozen...maybe few more walk around in and out, in and out of building"

Rudolfo frowns "She's on our side...I think"Ok he isn't sure, as he listens to the bird he does keep his distance as he is told,"She had a shrew with her one time"

Gregorian frowns and tries to think back on all the reports he's read lately. A lot has happened but a shrew with an eagle sounds familiar. He grunts and lowers the arrow but he's not putting it away "Rathah be sure this close tah the place but if yah say she's with us though..." his attention shifts to quickly check the area around them is still quiet as he nods to the news of numbers "Just the one buildin' or many? Yah see where they've got the slaves?"

Silverwing speaks, "One large building and seeum wall...broken in places wall geta rebuild ya..maybe old building they slowly repair..4-5 guards outside."

Rudolfo frowns a little but listens, then smiles after a short while. "So..maybe we will get to surprise them, that would be helpful

Gregorian nods slowly again as he thinks "Good tah know the land and numbahs ahead of time. Surprisin' them would be even bettah. We'll just have tah keep back until we're ready and they'll hopefully nevah see us comin'"

Zolomon is nearby, basically quiet and getting ready for when the battle starts. He has his longbow,arrows and even a saber if needed.

Silverwing asks, "Notta see comin' tis good ya?"

Melantha is inside her base, it's a slow day so far and most are inside...outside is about 6-7 guards, and a couple others that are asleep by the wall. Most of the slaves(8 total) are inside, of the 8 maybe a couple ..an otter and a mouse, are outside tending to fixing something by the wall.

MOSWEN looks around and at the cat "I am bored, we should do something and not just sit around. Why wait till it's warmer to do much that's dumb"

Gregorian keeps low and quiet, waiting for orders. He can just about see a bit of the walls but he's not going to even think about getting closer until everyone's ready and he'd told. He can't see any of the vermin yet though he's constantly on the lookout.

Silverwing decides to do a little looking around she will be around when needed, just a little unseen

Ciocan is here with the hares that came, waiting for a good time to call on the ambush to begin. He has spoken with the hares on what was important to know.

Rudolfo says, "So...do we slowly sneak in, maybe take out guards one by one?""

Zolomon speaks finally, "I can help with taking out a guard or two with my arrows and stay hidden at the same time

Varus comes up shore, leading his small patrol to take part in the fight. He only has 11 other hares with him, Dominick not included, and he looks fairly put out with having to deal with such low numbers.

Melantha looks over at Moswen and rolls her eyes "Not much happens anywhere in colder weather, yes it's slowly getting warmer...and its not like others are doing much either so be quiet Moswen"

MOSWEN just stands up and heads outside muttering how everyone is lazy today"She looks around and notes at least one of the sleeping guards but leaves them alone for now.

Gregorian is there regardless of the fact he's not in Varus' patrol, somehow he's even ended up with the small group already waiting in the area "Quietly would be bettah. There's slaves tah worry about as well" he keeps his eyes moving, checking constantly and sees Varus arriving with more hares and quickly ducks out of cover to signal their position to them before he returns to his crouched position.

Ciocan takes a deep breath and then after a while speaks"Let's do this...slowly get to the main building and any archers can take out the guards and be careful. Some can get inside and some stay outside."He has his war hammer at ready as he makes his way towards the main building slowly, there is places to stay out of sight but not many and once they are by the broken wall and inside...the true fighting begins.

Silverwing is circling a little in the sky and lands, for once fairly good beside a rat who eyes widen, but before he has a chance to sound an alarm the rat is grabbed by the birds talons and silenced fairly quickly, there...one guard down so far.

Rudolfo nods slowly and is ready as he stays low and as out of sight as he can get as its decided who shall go in and who stays outside as he keeps alert for trouble, saber at his side.

Zolomon nods as he slips off and slowly across the sands, keeping an eye to the skies and to the area the vermin seem to be moving around right now. He selects an arrow and finds a place to stay for now as he aims, he has yet to fire off an arrow as the right moment has yet to come up, he will wait and be alert, hopefully others are alert as well to make sure no one sees the archer, least the vermin anyways.

MOSWEN walks around, kicks the one guard awake and mutters "Do wake up, not wise to sleep"She looks around and seems to not notice any threats to them yet,then she isn't where she can see anyone right now.

Varus spots Greg and directs his privates to take cover with the others. He tosses a wordless salute all around, and then waits to see what happens.

Melantha yawns and looks to a couple slaves "Well..clean up this mess oh"She grins as she purposely tips over the water bucket "And that" She smirks and chuckles coldly"This base will soon be ready for more vermin and slaves as well."

Gregorian brought a bow for this but hangs back waiting until Varus has caught up enough to catch him and the others up "Couple dozen vermin that we know of. One buildin'. There's a wall around it but plenty of breaks in it. The eagle appears tah be on our side. We don't know anythin' certain about how many and where they're keepin' slaves. We're goin' in quiet. Takin' them out without raisin' the alarm" he mutters quietly before he slowly starts to advance himself.

Ciocan stays out of sight best he can as he walks along the wall and stops at one of the small openings and takes a quick peek inside before once more staying by the wall.

Felicity is at the back of Varus's group, silent and scowling, loaded sling in paw and short sword at her side. The scratch above her eyebrow is nicely stitched and bandaged, with a brown cloth tied over the white bandages to add camouflage. She just quietly waits for orders, more than ready to kick some evil vermin butt.

Silverwing has killed one rat and just sort of leaves them on the wall before flying to another area of the wall and slamming a weasel into it and lets them drop to the ground cawing quietly.

Rudolfo gets to the wall and waits to be told what to do from there, no one has gone in just yet it seems but likely soon.

Zolomon stays ever alert and decides to fire off an arrow as one guard gets a little too alert suddenly as if they see the hares or see someone at least, The vermin starts to move quickly along the wall to get to another guard, it's then the hare frowns and takes aim..fires...the vermin is hit in the neck and falls off the wall to the outside and not the inside. He gets another arrow and waits, hopefully no one saw the vermin take a nose dive to the sands.

The hare may be a little out of luck as Moswen did and lets off a low grumble as she gets out a couple daggers and goes to the area where the weasel fell, there is like one set of stairs only to go up and it's almost all the way down from where she is. She does not let anyone else know there may be woodlanders around, not yet anyways.

Varus nods at Greg. "Aye, I see, wot. I brought wot privates I could mustah... Let's 'ope we got enough..." The old hare is cut off when he hears the weasel get shot, and hits the sand. "Who fired tha' shot? Our covah is likely blown!"

Gregorian edges forward until he can see through a gap in the wall "His Lordship wanted them shot sah" he mutters back to Varus "It's quietah than chargin' in at least and they probably didn't hear it inside" he can just see someone through the wall gap and after a second draws the bow he brought. He's very careful about aiming before he shoots the vermin and draws a second arrow, waiting and watching in case anyone comes to check out the dead beast.

Ciocan has stayed by the wall, he did see the weasel fall but stays where he is as hares edge ever closer to the base. He glaces up, for now it seems the vermin on the wall seem to not notice their friend is dead yet..that is good so far as he gets his war hammer out and grips it knowing once they start to head inside an alert likely will be made, but hopefully some damage can be done first. He looks to 2-3 hares that got beside him..they best be ready at his signal to go inside.

Felicity is following behind Gregorian, reminiscent of an auburn ghost. She slides up beside the Badger Lord, ready for his signal, searching for any vermin to see them so she can shoot them in the face with her sling. The bird who scratched her face made her mad, okay?

Silverwing circles as she has taken out two guards and then the one weasel is gone, and someone spots the large eagle as caws loudly and sadly is seen and causes a little panic ...oh well add to the panic and so she dives down and grabs a rat in each talon and flies off, a couple archers fire at the bird and miss!!Well seems the bird seems to have made the vermin a bit alert, hopefully they just assume its a random eagle!

Rudolfo frowns as he looks at the eagle, "Well that can't be good..now what?" He asks quietly, do they charge in or wait?

Zolomon watches Silverwing and frowns. He has an arrow ready in case he needs to fire off one but for now he waits to see if the vermin are on alert...likely they are now but he blames the eagle if that's true.

MOSWEN makes it to the stairs and spins around eyes widen "Someone kill the bird!!! What ya mean ya missed..so someone get the boss!"

Melantha arches an eyebrow and slips outside "What in the seasons..."She sees the eagle fly off and glares at the sky as she snorts "If it returns shoot it down, not having any beast ruin my plans, my plans will happen one way or another"

Varus nods at Greg. "Aha, I see..." But then there's the commotion of the eagle, and yelling can be heard. "I think t'is safe ta say our covah *is* blown now, though," he says with a grimace, paw going to grip of his rapier.

Gregorian was waiting to shoot anyone who went to the dead beast but none came and suddenly his ear twitches to the sound of the bird before the vermin start shouting in panic and firing at the sky "Darn birds" he grumbles "Guess we should be glad she took some with her. Well...If we wanted a distraction that's probably the best we're goin' tah get" he moves quickly to the base of the wall, keeping an eye on the badger lord, waiting for the order to move in while the vermin are busy looking up.

Ciocan decides they may as well start the attack while there is a little panic already, he gives the signal and right away is heading to an opening, he grabs a surprised weasel by the throat and the weasel has no time to give an alarm of any kind.

Rudolfo follows the badger lord and looks around"Ok so guess some can slowly get to the main building and others attack out here..."A rat sees him and he frowns and draws out his saber "Ello..chat?How about not...rather fight" The rat seems ok with this.

Zolomon narrows his eyes, well seems the fight has begun and his arrows are ready. He fires off at another vermin who clearly seen the hares and gives off a alarm but it is cut short as the arrow enters the vermin's chest and they fall...into the base grounds.

MOSWEN blinks and quickly scans the area, oh yeah she sees the hares now and snorts, she quickly goes down below to find her leader"Boss...boss!!"

Felicity follows after the badger, switching her loaded sling to her left paw as she does so. Drawing her short sword, she slams her sling as if it's a flexible club into the face of a very surprised weasel. Stabbing him in the chest, she pulls her sword out and whips around, smacking another vermin upside the head with her still-loaded sling and stabbing at a third vermin's chest. Silent as the calm before a storm.

Melantha is on the grounds now and looks far from happy to see panic and growls, tail wagging

Varus draws his rapier, and urges his nine privates to charge in. In spite of his age, he's still quite a force to be reckoned with, as he cuts down a rat and a stoat both in quick succession, without even giving a second thought.

Gregorian moves the moment Ciocan gives the signal and he peeks around the wall quickly to get a better idea who's there. He doesn't charge straight in but takes aim at the archers who were shooting at the bird and he waits, letting the others get as far as they can before they're spotted but the moment the archers turn to see the hares he fires.

Oh, yeah, Felicity just charged in after the badger. He's more terrifying than she is, and he's bigger, so they'll shoot at him first, right? Probably. Hey, he's doubling as a shield! Sweet. As her 3 vermin lay dead (well, the one is actually stunned) on the ground, and she turns to see who's behind her. Spotting the cat, she smiles and waves her sword cheekily, taunting the slaver.

Rudolfo steps back and watches the vermin in front of him, the vermin then grins and suddenly charges the hare, Rud sidesteps and slices at the vermin's side drawing blood and goes to block a blade as the vermin swings back at him.

Zolomon keeps back, for now and just fires off at one of the vermin's archers and doesn't kill the vermin archer but for sure wounds them in the arm as they stumble and look for where the arrow was fired at them. They may or may not see Zolomon now.

MOSWEN ears go flat and she flicks her throwing daggers at one of the hares and then sees the archer"Kill the archer...someone kill him he is a threat..."Oh and the badger isn't one? Gee

Melantha draws her long blade and narrows her eyes "Kill any hare I don't care which hare...just kill them"She looks around, ok where is the badger...he has to be here somewhere as she is no fool, she knows he is dangerous.

Varus has charged in just as boldly as Felicity. He lives for this, and the chance to let his rapier do the talking is what gets him up in the morning. "Give 'em Hell, Lads! Th' ol' blood'n'guts! Eulaliaaaaa!" As he yells, he quickly draws one of his hidden daggers and stabs a cat in the heart, killing it instantly. The old Fighter his making his way inexorably toward Moswen, and it's clear he's no mood for a quiet chat.

Gregorian is acting like an archer, the call to attack an archer doesn't exactly fill him with concern though as he keeps on the move. It's not his weapon of choice though and he takes too long to aim before there's suddenly vermin approaching fast. He tosses the bow, literally, it hits one in the head. Greg is back to his element as he draws hammers, deflects a sword and shatters a few bones within seconds.

Ciocan is fighting about 4 vermin who dared to get too close, their mistake they finally find out as two of the vermin die by his war hammer, one gets their arm broken but goes to stab the badger in the leg and one decides to drop their weapon and run away!

Felicity is moving towards where the slaves are kept, stabbing some vermin and smacking others in the face with her loaded sling. This is probably a good thing since baddies are now converging on the badger for obvious reasons.

Rudolfo slips to the doorway to the building entry and does a quick look back and forth and hmmms. He steps inside and sees the hallway and the entry to the large room...well hallways lead to cells right?He hopes someone else tags along with him as there is still vermin inside as well, just more outside now clearly.

Zolomon stays alert, so far is just is firing arrows and either wounding a vermin or killing one, most is wounding so others can finish a vermin off. He does his best to stay alert as he knows they had a couple archers, one is injured at least and he spots them and fires off another arrow finishing the vermin archer off.

MOSWEN sees Varus and grins, she has two daggers left as she flicks one at him and holds onto the other. And yes..yes there is another archer on the Blackrose side...and they are aiming at Zolomon, and from behind so not too good odds right now.

Melantha ears back she hisses and claws at a hare...the hare stumbles back and looks to have an eye injury as the cat chuckles and tenses up as another hare gets a good slice on her arm, she swings and barely misses beheading the hare.

Felicity has followed Rudolfo into the building, and will help fight off vermin, as needed. Once they get to the slaves and free them, she will take charge of taking them to the safe place already planned for them to stay. All the slavers in her way had better watch out, though, because she is beyond ready to make them lose their lives....and their heads, if necessary.

Varus takes that dagger in his left shoulder... But he doesn't even stop, not even for a moment. He cuts down another rat, and steps right over it's corpse. "Yah think a li'l daggah c'n stop me?" he roars out, tugging the weapon from his shoulder and using it to stab a weasel in the chest. "Ya'll need a LOT more 'n' that, Fox!"

Gregorian finishes off one vermin and is facing off against the one he hit with a bow, not realizing he's being snuck up on until it's too late and he stumbles forward as he's slashed across the back by a sword. There's a pause before Greg straightens up, throws a hammer instead of a bow at the first vermin and then turns an irritated look on the vermin behind him. He's going to have to stitch up his uniform but the armor underneath works just fine. A hammer to the face and another vermin goes down before he too heads for the building, picking up his thrown hammer on the way.

Ciocan finishes off a couple vermin and snorts at the one who ran..right into one of the hares. So far no deaths on the hare's side..vermin there is many as they are well under half the amont they were. And the vermin back away from the badger, one gets brave and dies quickly. The vermin number about maybe 15 now, some inside being taken out by the hares inside as the battle goes on.

Rudolfo stays close to the couple hares with him and stabs a rat, he slips closer to a door and frowns, ok where is a key...oh yes on the dead rat as he gets the key and goes to unlock the door"Your freedom is near..not ta worry"He will let the other couple hares kill the other guard and get the other cell open, then they have to get outside again.

Zolomon sidesteps a rat that tries to stab him and sighs as ok fine he will put the longbow to the side and stab the rat, he stays focus and alert to most.

MOSWEN grins "A high ranking bunny too...let's try ta kill ya...see more blood hmmmms?" She slices at him again and spins the dagger she has, she is close to Varus ready to try and finish him off. Meanwhile that archer that was aiming at Zolomon....yeah he fires off his arrow, so...does it hit the hare or miss?

Melantha ears flatten as she hisses and growls. This is not happening "I will not be defeated"She stabs a hare and kicks them into the wall, well at least one hare dies today too bad it's not a high ranking hare as she keeps her ears flat and scans the area..oh the badger..great, she yells "Attack the badger! Attack him!!" A couple look at her like she is insane "Follow my orders !"

Varus thoughtfully planned ahead and wore armor under his uniform, so the vixen's slash does little more than slice open his jacket. That seems to really perturb the old hare, however, and he lunges at Moswen in return, his rapier dancing dangerously between them. Unfortunately for Varus, however, his legs are largely unprotected. "More blood? Yah'll have ta keep tryin'!"

Gregorian gets in to the building to see the vermin pretty much having been mopped up by hares already "Keep them inside until it's safe. Anyone need healin'?" he questions as he sticks near the door and takes a moment to look over the batter "Yah know I'm gettin' tired of listenin' tah that cat. She goes down I reckon the rest will scattah..." he says as he picks up one of the chairs in the building and tests the weight for potential throwing "Any volunteers tah help take down a feline and finish this?" he asks of the hares inside the building.

Ciocan snarls at any vermin that get near him, there is not very many now and...well seems they are too scared of the badger to attack him as they back up and he steps forward and they back up more"No vermin leave alive..."Is an order he gives, "once the slaves are out...make sure to burn the building down." Some of the hares are ready to kill the vermin and one by the doorway checks inside to see who is inside the building still.

Rudolfo stabs a rat and smiles as the slaves are free...a couple are injured but ..he counts 8...are alive, he nods to Greg"I can try sur...or we can surround her maybe."He will help make sure the slaves get outside and lets the couple hares near him take out any vermin in the way....yeah the vermin are so low now.

Zolomon grins as he beheads a rat and "Lose ya head over all..."He tenses up as an arrow sinks into his shoulder area, not nearly as bad as it could since he has armor on but darn it still hurts as he frowns and takes his longbow, through the pain and manages to fire off an arrow before he drops to his knees and takes in a couple deep breaths, that hurt a lot worse moving! But oh look..the archers hit and falls, the arrow may of missed a vital spot but the fall breaks some bones as the vermin archer groans and frowns...yeah he would have to be right near the badger wouldn't he.

MOSWEN leaps back as the hare's weapon slashes into her and blood spills, a lot of blood as she stumbles and falls sideways. The slash is across her chest as she tries to stab back at Varus but her aim is a bit weak now.

Melantha growls as her vermin are clearly drooping like flies, total vermin left counting a still alive Moswen and herself....5 vermin. She hisses and charges at the badger, blade out and ready to stab! One hare manages to get a slice in on the cat's leg and she stumbles and gets her balance back.

Varus is able to easily deflect Moswen's blade, and he attempts to knock it from her paw, and leave her utterly defenseless. He presses the tip of his rapier to her throat, and issues an ultimatum. "That's a bad cut yah've got there, fox. Yer gonna bleed out... Unless I intahvene." Is he... Offering her a chance to surrender? "If ya concede, I'll get our healah ta save yer sorry life, an' yah'll be our prisonah... But yah'll be *alive*. Othahwise... 'Ellsgates await yah. Wot is yer decision? Choose quickly... I'm an impatient beast..."

Gregorian nods to Rud and the hares still in the building "Yeah, spread out, surround her and if yah see an opportunity take it. Yah don't want a long fight with a cat, kill her fast. I'll try tah draw her attention. Get behind her if yah can" he says as he heads for the door and he's still got the chair in his paw. He heads for the fight quickly "Hey mothball!" he yells as after a little wind up throws the chair at the cat.

Ciocan growls and the 3 vermin in front of him back off, he sees Melantha and waits till she is in front of him and then kicks her aiming to break something at least as he scans for other vermin and keeps an eye on the cat. The other 3 vermin run, only to be taken down by some hares..looks like its 2 left now.

Rudolfo nods as he has his saber ready and keeps his distance for now as he watches the cat, he edges close and just waits. The cat is still alive after all so still a danger.

Zolomon stands and is helped to somewhere off to the side by a fellow hare as he frowns, ok some others will need to finish off the cat..little too painful to fire off an arrow again right now.

MOSWEN answer is to spit blood into Varus face and kick at him with one of her booted foot paws, these are thick boots too so likely will hurt.

Melantha sent flying in the air and tumbles a couple times. About 4 ribs are broken and her good arm when she lands. She stands and her claws come out and she gets a chair to the face!She hisses as some blood runs down her face now as she glares, is she the only one alive...wait Moswen looks alive for now.

Varus gets spit right in the face, but stands his ground, at least until he's kicked roughly. Unfortunately for the vixen, he stumbles forward... Driving his blade into her chest.

Gregorian can't help a quiet chuckle. It really is satisfying to fight with furniture. He draws his hammers again but with the obvious lack of vermin left alive he's pretty sure the cat's end is inevitable no matter what as the hares start to surround her. He advances, spinning one hammer by its strap.

Ciocan will check inside to make sure no one else is inside, no slaves and a lone rat is quickly killed with his hammer as he exits and gives the order for the place to be burned to the ground. He looks over at where the Blackrose leader is and just watches, let the hares finish her off he decides. He directs a healer to a couple of the injured who stay a safe distance from a now burning building.

Rudolfo circles the cat and grips his saber, if she tries to lunge at him she is getting stabbed, and sliced at by a hare beside him.

MOSWEN is quickly killed by Varus and he life ends with her last breath.

Melantha snorts as she does go to slice at Rudolfo only to get a slice to the shoulder and across her chest, she falls to her knees and pants as blood pours down her arms and chest. She has lost a lot of blood and likely has some bleeding inside too as she has a sort of far away look to her eyes now and looks to be fighting passing out.

Varus gets up, and has a noticeable limp now. It's possible the fox's kick broke his leg. Surveying the mob taking down Melantha, he hangs back, letting them take care of the cat.

Gregorian steps forwards as the cat starts to go down and swings a hammer at her shoulder just to add more broken bones on to the injuries. He's wary still though and tries not to get too close.

Ciocan stays nearby in case he is needed to finish off the cat, He looks around, all but Melantha is dead.....he looks to the hares as there is injuries, and sadly one hare was killed as he frowns...but it could of been more and he knows that, still losing even one hare is still a loss.

Rudolfo lets Greg get an attack in and then slowly steps closer to the cat and takes a swing at her neck putting a lot of power behind the swing!

Zolomon sits down and watches from where he is, he will be fine just need to get that arrow out as its sort of sideways now. Lucky it's not poisoned but may be barbed tip and it did get into his arm slightly, tangled with the armor it hurts..a lot.

Melantha is hit in the shoulder and slumps forwards, she coughs and makes a low hiss...her claws out with a shaky paw as she looks up in time to see Rud blade come at her, she seems to just accept her fate as her paw drops and the blade slices into her, at first it seems like its maybe a deep cut and then she slumps sideways and her head rolls couple feet away. No vermin survived the attack, and the base is burning now...may be good to leave. Some hares may of already escorted the slaves out to somewhere on the beach, likely where ever camp is to rest a little before heading back to the mountain

Varus nods resolutely when the cat falls dead, and he makes his way closer, limping and gritting his teeth through the pain. "We best get outta here, wot... This fire will spread quickly."

Even with only hares remaining alive and the cat's head departed from her body Greg still takes a minute to really accept it's over and relax. He looks around. They didn't do badly but still lost one. A small frown for that and he gestures to a couple of uninjured hares, asking them to carry the dead one back home with them. He sighs at the fire as he moves to offer Varus an arm to help with the limping "I know yah eagle but how about we finish fightin' and get ready tah leave /before/ we set the place on fire next time!" he yells at no one in particular since he's not sure who started it "That went rathah well though...I think we'll all deserve a drink when we get back"

Ciocan makes sure all the hares are out, no one was inside when the fire started and a couple stay behind to make sure the fire stays in the base and not anywhere else...then there is a lot of sand and some dead weeds..a little swamp that keeps the fire from going like into some nearby woods. It will burn a good 3-4 hours .

Rudolfo nods and goes to follow the others, he will help any that need helps out as well "So..back ta camp a little while then...home"

Zolomon nods "Home sounds...nice...or maybe a drink at the tavern first."

Varus leans on Greg and nods. "Aye, I'll take you up on that offah of a drink, wot... Just as soon as I get a healah ta look at mah leg... Think it's fractured from that kick... This'll be a bloody long walk, wot..."

"Fractured?" Greg repeats, give Varus' leg a look "We'll get yah a stretchah sah. Walkin' all the way back on a broken leg sounds like a good way tah lose it" he glances back at the others "Personally all I want tah do is go home, write wotevah report we need tah do and sit in the rec room and enjoy the peace for howevah long it lasts"

Ciocan walks up to Varus, "He is correct...a couple can make a stretcher and get you home or...I can carry you myself, you can choose one of those options..only"

Zolomon sighs as he just wants to get home as well, or least the armor/armor thing dealed with so he can just get a drink but he is likely forced to go back to the mountain anyways, and he is fine with that as he can go out later.

Varus harrumps. "Yer correct, Greg..." He sighs. "Get me th' stretchah, then. Let's jus' get 'ome as quickly as possible, wot. I 'ave ta make a report, too, aftah all..."

Gregorian smiles faintly "Trust me, yah'll be happiah tomorrow not walkin' it" he throws a quick salute to the major and badger and does what sergeants do best: organise the little things so the higher ranks don't have to "If yah injured make yahself known! You two, make a stretchah. Soonah we can move out, soonah we'll be home"

Ciocan looks around and starts to head back, he glaces towards the sea a moment and stands watching it a quiet hmmms and then shakes his head and heads on back to the mountain with his hares, just glad this is over and they can....relax.

Who:

Zolomon- LP Hare, Runner,Archer, and Private First Class

Rudolfo- LP Hare, Priavte and Fighter

Hanzi- Former LP  Hare

Kalypso- Evil cat

Ciocan- Badger Lord

A couple spoofed hares,Privates in the LP

Log:

Zolomon was on the shore testing out armor and how it felt when he ran along the sands, he also tested using his longbow by repeating a shot at driftwood and an old burned out boat by the shore,"SO far so good I say"

Hanzi is along the shores. A hooded cloak on, hood up as he slows and notices Zolomon but doesn't make a move near him, he just watches the hare.

Kalypso has made her way out and about as she looks around, she walks up to the cloaked hare"We should leave, there is gonna more than likely be a fair number of hares outside, I do not think they will wait to destroy mother's base, and there is ways to watch from a distance for signs it's...gone."

Rudolfo is also out, with a couple other hares..all privates and doing some exercise drills near the mountain entry.

Zolomon waves at Rudolfo as he does some jumping jacks and cartwheels. He trips once and shakes some sand off himself as he stands.

Hanzi just watches and his ears pick up the cat"Yeah...they could lose ya know, then not like the Blackrose is like it was and Taz was their best fighter."

Kalypso nods "I..know that"She smirks"We should try a little fun before we leave, that is if your still coming along with me"

Rudolfo notices the cat and cloaked figure and frowns "That...can't be good" He says quietly as he scans for other vermin, so far none...right?

Ciocan had seen the figures, even before they got this far down the beach and was already heading outside with a good idea who the cloaked beast was, given the size though he could always be wrong, but still if they are with that cat it mist likely is not for the best reasons.

Zolomon notices the calico and a frown forms, he has his saber and his longbow, though the 3 arrows he has been using are in driftwood and that's slowly...going out to sea as he sighs, well there is still one in the boat that he goes over to yank the arrow free.

Hanzi walks towards Zolomon and stops a short distance away"Exercise?"

Kalypso lays a paw on her blowgun and gets it off her belt as she loads one green feathered dart and watches Hanzi and Zolomon quietly.

Rudolfo frowns, he starts to head that direction and spots Ciocan so goes to him "Sur..sur it's the cat but I do not know who the cloaked figure is."

Ciocan nods to Rudolfo "I have..ideas but not a for sure whom it is..stay close and tell the other two privates to do the same."He starts to head towards the cat and cloaked figure, more so when Zolomon goes over to them.

Zolomon slowly turns and forms "Hanzi..surprised to see ya here chap. you do know I will have to take you in its not a maybe , it's a do..orders and all, you did kill a fellow hare my question is..why?"

Hanzi tilts his head, he looks back to the cat and to Zolomon "Didn't think I would hit her..but hey I did and I..oddly enjoyed it, you know ya think I would feel..cold or just..I don't know evil and you would think guilt and maybe it would fade after time but it didn't..I just felt the cold and..evil rising within me and  ya know what Zolomon"He steps sideways "I welcomed it."

Kalypso takes this as the chance, one less hare..yeah yeah she hates her mother and hates the Blackrose but wouldn't it be fun to learn that the lack of hares vs the lack of Blackrose beasts just..well snuffed each other out in some grand final fight blows on the pipe sending the dart to the hare..not Hanzi, the other hare in front of him.

Rudolfo frowns and looks just in time to see the cat pull something out and Hanzi to move as he frowns and yells out a warning that's hopefully not too late as he is just a little too far to do much, but he decides to quickly get further down shore "Come on ya two"He says to the other privates.

Zolomon sighs as he steps closer.."Hanzi..."And he finds a lose bottle in the sand, good grief stupid vermin are litter bugs around here. The dart does sink into his tunic as he blinks in surprise at the same time loses his balance and falls backwards onto the sand, gee thanks broken bottle. The hard landing takes the breath away from him a moment, and he lays there just like what the heck just happen.

Hanzi grins, he looks to the cat and grins and then it turns into a quick frown"Oh..no.."Yep he sees the badger and frowns "I vote we leave now!"

Kalypso looks to where Ciocan is and chuckles"Leave? It's just a stupid stripedog..he doesn't scare me"

Ciocan gains speed and quickly goes to slam his elbow into the cat and  looks at Hanzi and it's a mix of sorrow and anger.

Rudolfo gasps and gets his saber and quickly heads towards Zolomon, but is clearly ready to protect his friend if it's needed.

Hanzi backs up and quickly speaks "I didn't attack him..the cat did....hey one less ta..worry on?"And he figures right away wrong words to say and decides he also is not gonna try and attack the badger and goes to run, and sand is his enemy as he falls face down in it and gets back up slowing just slightly.

Kalypso grins and goes to stab the badger,"So a fight?!" She tenses up as the elbow gets her good in the chest, she slices at his side..like it will likely do much good.

Ciocan snarls as he just glares at the cat, the blade leaves a line...on his armored side, a scratch that will need polished now as he growls deeper and goes to grab her by the neck and makes sure to look her in the eyes"I never..trusted you..vermin"He then uses a lot of strength to throw her into the sea, just in time for a storm coming in with the tide!

Rudolfo stays his distance and frowns looking at Zolomon "No no no.."He thinks the worse.

Zolomon stays down, sort of starring up at the sky and has yet to move, hmms is there battle going around him as he grunts and turns his head to look. Ok slightly sore back but he has yet to get up.

Kalypso gasps and looks at the large badger in fear as her ears flatten and she tries her best to breath and fails, as he throes her she takes in a large gasp of air and lands into the sea, sort of sinking and resurfaces frantically looking for anything to grab onto.

Ciocan snorts as he takes the hammer and throws it towards Hanzi, he is not aiming to hit him but it will hopefully block his path as he is already heading toward him. He is far from happy and lets Rudolfo tend to Zolomon.

Rudolfo notices movement "Zolo..ya alive, hey hold still..."He checks on him and looks over at the cat and badger and catches her free flying lesson and looks away as he is not sure he wants to see what happens to Hanzi, if anything...well surely something will.

Zolomon blinks as he looks at Rudolfo and sits up, odd jumbled armor is felt and he loos at the dart.."Huh..Greg's armor works pretty darn good...huh?"

Hanzi already fell face first 3 times and then screams as the hammer lands mere inches from his feet and falls onto his knees and gulps. He looks back to Ciocan afraid to move now, thinking someone died "I....I didn't kill anyone..ok I..I did but not just now..Kalypso did!"

Kalypso meanwhile..and unseen somehow manages to keep her head above the water as it swirls back and forth and gets to a rocky little edge, he will be trapped here till tide backs off and she lays down fully out of energy and breath and loses consciousness, but hey she is alive!! Ya!!!

Ciocan walks over and picks up the hammer and lifts it above his head and then brings it down!...But he stops mere cm's from Hanzi neck and chest,his voice is shaky as he speaks"L..Leave....I won't slay you, though I SHOULD...You are..."Tears form and fall, but anger still there..sorrow.."You are ..Banished..Exiled!!You are to leave and not show you face again, as next time I will not be merciful..you.."A deep shaky breath "Will be slain..go..out of my sight! Off my shores!!" He slowly stands, shaky and puts his hammer away and turns and walks away towards his other hares. Tears fall freely down his cheeks, this pains him a lot to have to of even thought of death and to even have to banish a hare, a hare that showed promise, a hare that was one of his own long patrol beasts, a hare he though of as maybe even a son maybe...if Hanzi is wise he will leave and quickly while he is still able to leave.

Rudolfo looks over at the badger, as does the other two hares and just stares. He turns to help Zolomon to his foot paws and looks at the dart, feels the armor "Hmmm...well that's jolly well good, Sargent Gregorian will..be umm..happy.."He stays where he is, unsure it's wise to go near his Lordship.

Zolomon slowly stands and looks at the direction of Hanzi and Ciocan and blinks

Hanzi is shaking like a leaf in the wind, he nods as he feels a few tears of his own. He could so be very very dead but he isn't, he scoots back and watches the badger walk away and then gulps and runs, he runs and somehow keeps his balance, he will worry about Kalypso later or maybe, just maybe he is truly on his own now......

Alone

Ciocan gets to where the other hares are and studies Zolomon and the others before he finds his voice "All..inside...make a report, I will be in my quarters if needed...everyone has the ...the rest of the day off but use it to relax, inside and get ready for the ambush tomorrow at the Blackrose base..."He then walks inside as he puts the war hammer to the side in it's loop on his belt.