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Who:

Shadowlight-2nd in command of Crimson Shadows

Pete-Old Major in LP

Terrence- Master Sargeant of Lp

-spoofs of hares and horde beasts

log:

Shadowlight glared towards 15 slightly hidden horde beast off to the side. She went towards the gate waving a white flag. The others stayed behind her, but not too close.

Pete was doubling checking the sentries on duty when he saw movement and laid a paw on his saber.

"Bows at the ready" Terrence mutters having seen the beasts approach as well.

The hares about the Master-Sargeant and Major notch their arrows and prepare to fire out the cracks in the rock. "Konner-go down and prepare the hares by the gate, in case they try breaking through, dought they will considering how many there are, but just to be careful"

Shadowlight waves the flag, "I only come ta talk...a peaceful talk on how to solve some recent issues that have come up, for both of us."

Pete studies the rat maid but he doesn't open the gate. He folds his arms over his chest" I can take a message."

Terrence raises an eyebrow looking sideways at Pete, "Sah, I don't trust them-she has a rathah ill-favored look about he'h" He mutters quietly"But that is the flag of truce...Should I have the hares ready to attack, just in case?"

Shadowlight puts on a face of shock and disbelief"Oh and why is that?" An idea comes, of course, no hare in sight" I could give news of one of your own hares my master has captive now...we can talk..that's all"

Pete listens as he nods to Terrence, he then looks at the rat maid. If  she was being truthful, they shouldn't fight or out right attack her."Are they with you?"

Terrence looks about in case Slaw is nearby, if he is a gesture to stay quiet-and every other hare beside the Major, who's doing the talking.

Pete seems very unsure, but then again he can quickly shut the gate back. They have a chat and he simply kicks her right back out she would be seriously outnumbered.

Shadowlightc edges closer"No but better to let me inside, just me in, the others will stay outside" yeah for now" I call a truce"

"Sah" Terrence is /very/ alarmed, "I must protest-do not open that gate o'h let he'h in. Even if there's only a few, we can't risk the dangeh of them getting inside, o'h losing you, sah. We can't lose two majahs within a week."

Pete frowns as he looks at the rat maid."Perhaps not lass." He smirks, "Your being rude."His paw was on the gate and now it's off, the gate was not opened, even a fracture, it stayed totally locked. So no danger of her getting inside. The old hare turns away from the rat.

Shadowlightglarees at the old hare's back, this is not working. She slips a paw down, drops the white flag, She aims carefully with a throwing dagger, flicks it towards the old hare's bacK! She is quick and silent. She is Zoltar's 2nd on command and has decided ..no..was the wrong answer!

Terrence speaks"Should I speak to her sah?" He has a loud enough voice to talk from where he is from.

Pete  nods to Terrence" Maybe, the gate is locked, she won't get in Sargeant Terr..."He tenses up suddenly, a look of shock on his face, pain as he stumbles now and collapses.

"LOOSE" The order came from Terrence's lips the moment he saw the dagger hit the Major, and he would try and catch old Pete before he hit the ground. A volley of arrows fly out at the band of fifteen horde beasts, landing among them with deadly accuracy and at least two hares aim at Shadowlight-in vengeance for the fallen officer.
"FAITHLESS!"
"YA BROKE A TRUCE!"
The shouts can be heard from the rocks above the vermin, the hares outraged.
Terrence for his part is kneeling down by the wounded Major" Sah-SOMEONE GET A HEALAH, NOW!"

Shadowlight quickly sidesteps, she gasps as 9 of the beasts she had with her fall to arrows. An arrow hits her shoulder as she draws her blade."Stupid hares! my master has 400 beasts..you are doomed!!!! He will come and take this place as well"

Pete is still alive, barely alive as his eyes focus on Terrence and then flutter shut.

"SOMEONE PUT AN ARROW  THROUGH HE'H THROAT! SHUT HE'H UP!" Terrence rises as a healer comes to help the Major, his anger flaring-he refuses to let a 2nd Major die without repayment."AND KILL THE REST OF THE VERMIN, FIRE AT WILL!" Another volley is loosed, and more than just fifteen.

Shadowlight glares"Idiots fire back, fire back! They try to, the last cou[ple bolt. The rat is hit in the leg and tries to crawl off. Fear floods her now.

The healer looks very worried as they tend to the major. They try their best to help him.

"DON'T LET A SINGLE ONE ESCAPE! The return fire of the vermin harmlessly off the stones, as none of the bow-hares can be seen-but even more arrows whistle out in answer! The rat crawling away is pierced several times over and so are the rest of the bodies. Terrence draws his saber, seeing the looks of the healers, and nods to the hares around him.

"Draw swords., I want that one alive-maybe to ask he'h something, o'h simply toss he'h from the top of the bloody mountain!" The gate opens and several hares stream out to surround the creature.

"Don't move vermin, oh'h I'll  skewer yo- and leave you'h body  fo'h the gulls"
Terrence's voice is cold as he raises his saber, pointing it at her throat"More than ya deserve, I say, flith, o'h I'll cut you'h togue, o'h tail."

Pete is carried to the infirm, but it's feared he won't last the night.

Shadowlight tenses up, 15 of the horde...all dead, she has arrow wounds. She looks up at Terrence, and is afraid, for once in her life...afraid.

"Good, you're silent." Terrence practically spits, his gaze  burrowing into her."But I'll make sure-"And with that, he brings the hilt of his sword down upon her head in a savage strike."Bound he'h and lock her away. I don't want  he'h to ever see the light of day again"

Shadowlight goes unconscious and is taken to a cell, tied and locked up.

With that done, he and the other hares outside kill any vermin that remained wounded or otherwise, and remove their bodies to pile them up high away from the mountain to burn.

The smoke rising into the clear blue sky could be seen from Halyard for several days afterward.

And yet, when the grisly work is finished, Terrence is exhausted, leaning against the stones just inside the gate. A second Major lost in a little over a week. He wipes his eyes, going deeper into the mountain for a long drink. It has been a rough couple of weeks, and he finally had a moment to let everything sink in-the Deaths of Varus, Greenhill, and the other hares in Halyard, believing Felicity was dead only to have her return and break up with him, and now the old Major himself being wounded. He wasn't going to make the Sargeant Major have no doubt, and he breathed a heavy sigh" Damn shame"

Shadowlight was placed in charge of making sure the captive  met his fate.

The couple vermin tightly tied the other's paws to the spears they placed in the ground and then backed off.

Errapel frowned, pain in his wrists from rope burns, also cuts and bruises on his body,he was weak and the hot sun was not helping him at all.

Rufus landed on a bit of drift wood and watched the vermin closely.

Other seagulls circled overhead. A flock of likely 50 or more, led by a rough looking seagull with the tip of his beak gone and jagged scars on his chest and head.

Shadowlight smirked as she looked at the old otter." Seems your death is coming soon. "

Errapel took a shaky breath." Perhaps,  perhaps not….but so is your Master's death."

Rufus puffed up, fixed a messed up feather " Why Rufus do this….less  bad idea,very bad...but Rufus do." He took flight and soon got near the other gulls bowing his head." Rufus..ask favor.."

The gulls start  circling,  one dives close and then back up to the sky. The leader looks at Rufus  " No fave...we hate you go way yark!"

Shadowlight chuckles as she backs off to watch from a distance.

A couple hares on sentry duty have now noticed what is going on.

Errapel is barely conscious as the sea gulls seem to get excited. A frown as he is dizzy and looks ready to pass out.

Rufus speaks to the gulls. " No kill old otter...help him...we both hateum  badfurs ya ya, you could help bunnies too..help badfurs die instead ..badfurs eat eggs, eat..gulls...only gets worse if badfurs win."

The large sea gull thinks on this, signals for the gulls to follow him as he gives a couple orders. Then the gulls land by the otter and look ro peck at him,they peck at the ropes...others flap around and make loud barking noises. When the otter ropes are cut loose,the gulls go to lift him,without trying to hurt him further and fly off, they circle towards the mountain and lower him to the crater before all, but the leader, stay.

Rufus lands by the lager gull, he is not even sure how he managed this, but it worked.

Qinten comes walking up the stairs a few minutes after the gulls drop the otter off on the top of the mountain. An excitable   Corporal has summoned the General and Quinten has brought several healers with him. Moving over toward Errapel he kneels down and lets the healer move in as well. "Can you hear me? Are you ok?"

Rufus watches the larger gull and backs off." Rufus only ask...help bunnies fight badfurs...badfurs if stay willa kill all gulls, take eggchicks."

The rough gull seems to think on this and glances at the hares.

Errapel is not fully conscious but can make out the voices .His eyes blink a few times as he focuses on the General.."Where is..this?" He sounds weak, he was a captive for the past several hours of the horde.

Quinten says, "You are in Salamandastron, the Mountain of the Badger Lord, I am Quinten and this is Marabel, one of our healers," The healer hare smiles and offers Errapel some water.

Quinten nods to Rufus, "I am glad to see you Rufus and your fellow friends, thank you for coming to our aid."

The large rough gull speaks." I am Swift...notta friend of Rufus...but will help agaist badfurs and cat.Badfurs needa stopped."

Errapel sits up some and coughs as he drinks the water. He nods his thanks as he clears his throat, still weak.."Errapel"

"Welcome to the mountain Errapel, you are safe here," Marrabel says as she makes him take slow sips and then pours a tonic out of a clay bottle, "Drink this too, it will help with the dehydration."

Quinten meanwhile walks over and bows to Swift, "Thank you Swift, the long-ears and the Stripedlord thank you for your help against the badfurs and cat."

Rufus keeps an eye on Swift as the gull nods and flies back to the flock.Rufus speaks." was hood show respect."

Errapel sips the liquid and coughs as he becomes a little more awake."The..horde caught me..as I drew attention away from a friend.."

"Well you are safe now," Quinten says softly, "They won't breach the mountain any time soon, so you are safe with us here." The hare then bows to Swift as they depart and turns to Rufus, "I have met many birds in my time, offering them respect and politeness is always sensible"

Rufus nods. He replies." Rat maid have otter tied to post...trya make him lunch of sea gulls, Rufus talk the other gulls ouutta it, say to help good beasts instead."

Errapel nods as he seems to fucus on something and stays seated, he is still going to need to recover.``The wildcat's death...waits for him, in comes  from an unexpected source." He still sounds weak as he speaks.

Quinten pats Errapel on the shoulder, "You sound like Orel, the Seer of Halyard," He stands up, "He speaks like that.... but news places the people who escaped Halyard out to see on the fishing fleet. But for now you should head to the infirmary and rest." He glances at Rufus and nods, "Well I am glad the gulls and yourself rescued Errapel."

Rufus nods his head." Rufus try find news for Bunny Lord...and then come back Ya"

Errapel tilts his head"Orel...not ever meet. I.."A deep look of sadness comes now.``My holt is gone now, I was not there when the attack happen.I came across it after my travels"

Quinten helps Errapel up and starts down the steps with them, "I am sorry for your loss Errapel, when all of this is over maybe we can help you find someplace new to live after we remember those we have lost"

Errapel nods as he accepts the help up."I had another vision that...the outcome was hazy...."He leans against the hare as they walk."It involved your Badger Lord..it seems a friend distracted the horde beasts....I later got their attention away from my friend."He has the same cloak..almost, but the otters sleeves are cut off and the cloak is lined with some odd symbols around the hood's lining.

Quinten inclines his head, "Well we are never ones to turn away the assistance of a seer, we known only two now including yourself and Orel has always been reluctant to help the Long Patrol, preferring to stay in the town and help the villagers."

Errapel listens as he is lead further inside,"Perhaps..I can help the patrol.I can speak to your Lord later maybe,but first...I need rest"When they get to where he can rest, he indeed does fall into a good sleep.He will eat and drink something when he wakes up.

A couple hares will bring the otter food and drink and recheck any wounds.

Darian stands in the Great Hall, gazing up at the tapestry. It's unsure how long she's been there, but some beasts may have reported that she arrived a few days ago, and has been spotted looking up at the tapestry for most of her time here.

Krisha makes her way into the Great Hall followed by some novices and order beast"Ok go ahead and see what can be done with getting ready for spring planting" She nods to a 2nd group "And you guys can  see what chores need done."She sounds a little tired and goes to sit down in her chair.

Darian is a little startled at the arrival of the badger and the novices. Quickly, the weasel ducks her head down and turns away from the tapestry, scurrying over to a corner and keeping her eyes to the ground.

Krisha looks up and over at Darian and speaks softly "Are..you ok?" She stays in her chair as she speaks, but she does sit up better now.

Darian makes a small squeaking noise when the Badger Mother addresses her. "... Me?" she asks, glancing at Krisha before immediately looking to her footpaws again.

Krisha nods "Yes you?" She frowns "Did you need help? There is no need to be afriad of me if you are."She smiles."I am Mother Krisha, the Badgermother, and for a few days in charge of the abbey"

Darian's head perks up when she hears the name. "Krisha!" Now her eyes seem to sparkle. "You  Are... "The young weasel slinks over to Krisha, standing several meters from her chair, and bows her head. " I've heard about you. My grandpa told me about the Badger Mothers of the past."

Krisha offers a smile "Oh...well I been Badger Mother now, well a few seasons.Before me was Papa Oz, think before him..oh yes Heartwood was her name"

Darian smiles a little more. "My grandpa knew Mr. Oz," she says, lifting her head up to look up at the badger. "Have you known any weasels?"

Krisha shakes her head "None can I can think of. I know some beasts from Ferravale that are good, a rat I am questionable about that was a friend to my...my mate"She frowns slightly but smiles again"Papa Oz was known by a lot of beasts and was very old when he died"

Darian can sense Krisha's voice becoming sad, and she nods her head a little. "So was my grandpa," she says softly.  "My grandpa used to live here, with Mr. Oz. I was afraid of coming here, because... I guess weasels aren't really liked very much."

Krisha tilts her head"You are welcome at Redwall if you are good of heart. Some beast do..fear vermin or are unsure of them, different reasons I suppose."

Darian blinks, then looks down at her footpaws. "Do... Do you think I'm good at heart?" Darian sounds nervous when asking that question.

Krisha is quiet a moment as she studies her, she smiles "I think so, your also worried it seems, your safe in the abbey dear."

Darian visibly relaxes at Krisha's reassurance. Once more she smiles. "My name is Darian," she says. "Is it okay if we Are friends?"

Krisha  says, "Having friends is always important, a friend is at times worth more than gold. We can be friends yes"

Darian's eyes sparkle once more, then she leaps forward and hugs the badger mother, her eyes closing as she hugs Krisha. "Thank you!" she says. The young weasel sounds relieved, as though a large worry has been afraid off of her.

Krisha returns the hug  gently and smiles "You should come to the Spring Feast Darian, its in a couple days."

Darian nods her head quickly, smiling still as Krisha hugs her back. "... I might! My grandpa used to tell me about the feasts Redwall used to have." The weasel smiles up at her. "You give them names, right? Grandpa chose names for a couple of them"

Krisha nods"Yes we always name the season, there is very rarely we don't name a season, I think last summer we named it later on cause we didn't have a feast"

Darian looks confused. "Why did you have a feast last summer?asks.

Krisha hmmms"I think it was last summer....a lot was going on, but those problems are not a concern now, dealed with and everything is back to normal now"

Darian  smile returns. "hat's s good then!"she says, then scurries to a nearby chair, pulling it with some strained effort in front of Krisha, then sitting on it, facing the badger mother. "I'm kind of sad grandpa won't be here, he always said that he missed this place"

Krisha nods "Its always..sad when love ones have to leave us, but they live on in our hearts and tis good to remember the good times one had with them"

Darian sits with her paws folded on her lap. "Yeah."she whispers. " I'm sorry you didn't know him. I want to meet more beasts who may have known him but, I haven't yet"

Krisha nods "Well, what was his name? Maybe you can ask at the feast.I know some beasts are no longer here, but others are still here who may of known him"

Darian smiles at Krisha. "Compest" she says, then points a paw to Martin on the tapestry. "Grandpa's  name was Compest and, he was like him."

Krisha looks at the tapestry "You mean a warrior?"

Darian nods. "Kinda,"she says, looking back to Krisha. "But I mean, he was like him. Like um..." She tries to think, scratching at her head with her paw "Grandpa was a warrior /here/. Like for the Abbey.Carried around that sword." Darian points again to the picture, this time at Martin's sword.

Krisha blinks"Champion?" She is a little surprised at this "Martin must of trusted him a great deal then"

Darian nods several times. "Yeah! " she says, sounding a little excited. "That! Grandpa was that. And I guess so." Darian curls up on her chair, her fluffy tail curling up around her. "Everybeast trusted grandpa, because he was a goodbeast. After grandpa, Martin chose Nich. And after Nich, I forget who. Then after them, it was Flicktail. Now  um.....Who is it now? Mat... Matilda?"

Krisha nods "Yes.She is with Abbot Benar right now I think but she will be at the feast.We will have it with the GUOSIM shrews"

Darian leans up. "Oh yeah! Mr. Beaver, I forget his name, and the Lt. Long Patrol Hare were talking about them! They make really good food right?" Now she leans back again, lowering her head. "Who is... Benar?"

Krisha hmmms"A Lt. hare, that was either Velm or Elbio..Velm had to head back to the mountain. The beaver is likely Brother Gorvenalus"She smiles "BenaR..he is the abbot, an old squirrel"

Darian smiles, "Oh yeah! Mr. Gorvenalus, he is really nice. Lt. Elbio, he is  nice too. Mr. Gorvenalus gave me some tea and scones."  Now she looks like she's  thinking again. "Abbot... that is  like, the leader, right?"

Krisha nods "You could say that, yes he isi in charge of the abbey and others help like me, and there is the champion, the Friar and our Gatekeeper helps as well."

"Lorimis was before Benar" Darian states.

Krisha nods "Yes,I never meet Lormis but heard about him from others. I came here later on with my father and martin the warrior choose me to one day be Badger Mother so Oz trained me and...well now I am Badger Mother"

"Wow"Darian whispers, curling up a little more on her chair again." You are  really nice, Ms. Krisha. I'm really glad Martin chose you. Are the others nice like you, and Brother Gorvenalus, and Lt. Elbio? The others, like Abbot Benar and Matilda the Champion?" The small weasel's head lowers, and she whispers, I really hope so."

Krisha nods "All are nice here,"

Darian looks a lot more relaxed than she did before. "Then I'm safe here" she says gently. "I'm gonna ask Abbot Benar if, maybe, I can live here. Is that okay, do you think?"

Krisha smiles "I do not see why not.As I said he will be at the feast and so will I."Though the walk will be interesting but it has been a while since she been outside the abbey"It will be nice to get out and about, been a little while since I been outside the abbey walls"

Darian tilts her head a little. "Really?" she asks. "I can show you around, if you want. I've spent my whole life outside!"The weasel giggles.

Krisha shrugs "Guess I just stAY in the abbey grounds a lot, and never had a reason to go out much"

Darian leans forward and gently pats Krisha's paw. " It's okay, You don't have to be afraid, because you have friends who will be with you "

Krisha smiles "I know. It will be nice walk, spring is here and most of the snow is gone after a very hard winter"

Darian yawns, opening her mouth wide as she yawns deeply, looking a little sleepy. The small weasel rubs at an eye with her paw. "Mother Krisha?" she asks, blinking her eyes several times. "Thank you for talking to me."

Krisha nods "You sound tired, go ahead and get some sleep, if you need me I will likely be with the dibbuns"

WHO:

Krisha-Badger Mother

Jasmine- Abbey resident

Caleb- Leader of Mossflower Defenders

Thomas-Blind mouse

LOG:

Krisha is sitting seeing one of her abbey robes and looks it over to make sure the tear was fixed well.

Jasmine has been enjoying her time at the abbey, helping to clean in a couple of places and even volunteering to help with the feast in a couple of weeks.

Caleb would be cleaning up around the abbey, wanting to make sure everything was alright. The feast would be coming up and he was going to help make tea for it all. He does wander over towards his mother and sits down for now, resting his tired arms.

Krisha smiles as she folds the sewn robe." Well the robe is fixed now, still have a stuffed toy to fix later on as well."

Jasmine glances over and asks "Mother Krisha, would it be ok...I mean...could I help with the feast or did they have enough beasts already to help?"

Caleb smiles some as well at Krisha as she finishes up the robe, seeming to mimic her actions cause he was wanting to learn to sew someday.

Krisha hmm" Well, I suppose so.The spring feast is in n couple weeks.(April 10th) at the GUOSIM camp." she nods to Caleb" You helping in the feast Caleb?"

Jasmine sits down "I seen the shrews the one day they visited, they are an interesting bunch of beasts"

Caleb does nod towards Krisha. He was always wanting to help with the feasts and if he wasn't then he'd stay here to protect the abbey. He does shy up a bit as Jasmine comes over but doesn't say anything, rubbing the soreness away.

Krisha smiles. " I think Caleb was helping make sure the path is safe. I know some novices are heading there on 6th or 7th.I might go and could show Caleb where the Mossflower Mossflower Defenders base is."

Jasmine glances at Caleb and smiles slightly.She nods to Krisha "Sounds nice...but what is Mossflower Defenders?Are they like the GUOSIM..a group to protect and defend Mossflower?"

Caleb just nods towards that, still mimicing his mother as he was wondering what he could do to learn to sew.

Krisha watches Caleb and smiles." You want to learn to sew? I could teach you, its fairly easy...though Xander never figured it out too well and gave up." She smiles faintly at a memory.

Jasmine leans back in her chair"Different kinds of sewing ...I think."

Caleb takes a moment to clear his mind as he looks back towards his mother. He does nod before writing out a note. "My mom never actually taught me. She wanted to but then... well, you know. I always wanted to learn to fix my clothes while out on the road.

Krisha says, "sewing is a good skill travel or no travel. And shoildnt take too long to learn."

Jasmine frowns a little looking at note but then just relaxs,or tries to in her chair."I use to travel but decided to live here now.I use to be part of this trveling enterining group"

"I traveled after my parents died. Spent a good bit of time looking for Salamandstron but eventually settled here. Krisha and Xander, gods rest his soul, adopted me and now I take care of mom here and my brother." He looks towards his mom, eager to learn.

Krisha sighs then replies" I can show you a simple stitch Caleb." She gets to where she can show him with some cloth she has.

Jasmine smiles."You have a brother Caleb?" She does notice the sigh and frowns deciding maybe it was not a good idea to ask right now.

Caleb was going to answer but decided that it was probably not the best thing to talk about at the moment. He does watch what Krisha does, not wanting to miss a beat

Krisha shows Caleb the stiching and then goes to hand it off to him."Here Caleb you give it a try"

Thomas makes his way into the Great Hall through the grand front door, guiding himself with his cane. He pauses in the door, trying to hear who else is about.

Jasmine watches curious to how Caleb does with the sewing. She smiles a little now.

Caleb definitely isn't as good as his mom. He understands the stitching and manages to do it most of the way... but he fumbles with his hands somewhat. Seems he was nervous to do. it.

Krisha says, "Your doing good Caleb..." She nods to Thomas." Hello Thomas how are you today?"

Thomas ear-perks, when he's addressed. "Ah, Krisha... It's good to hear you out and about." He approaches the direction of her voice. "Cannot complain. Spring is here, you know. The sun is warm, and the air is clear... For now. Perfect time for my daily walk..."

Jasmine ask, "Hello sir" She listens and chuckles some"Yes, oh the abbey is gonna start getting ready for spring planting soon, arn't they?"

Caleb whimpers somewhat and some tears come to his eyes as he remembers his mother. However the mouse just continues and eventually gets the stitch down pat.

Krisha says, "I have to get back to daily life, not just stay in my room and..well be depressed, I still have faith one day my son will be back. And if not...then I will accept  that as well." She nods." Soon yes, still some snow in places but  it's melting finally."

Thomas seems to only now notice Jasmine's presence after she speaks. "Eh? Oh, hello..." He doesn't turn to face her. "I believe they are, at that. The weather is growing much warmer."

Jasmine nods"Hi..oh sorry I am a bit new, my name is Jamine."She notices Caleb and the tears and goes over to him, if allowed will lay a paw on his arm"Are you ok Caleb?"

Caleb puts the cloth down and writes out a note, trying not to stain the notepad with some tears. "This just reminds me of my mother, the mother that gave birth to me. I miss them a lot but I couldn't ask for a better mom with Krisha."

Krisha glances over at Caleb and Jasmine and smiles, she for now stays in her chair. She will get up if needed.

Thomas nods toward the vague general direction of Jasmine. "Ah, well met. You may call me Thomas." He also apparently only realizes Caleb's nearby after Jasmine addresses him. "Oh, hello Caleb..."

Jasmine reads the note and nods "I..don't have a mom either....."She frowns "Or a..dad now"She doesn't go into details,she just smiles weakly to try and cheer up Caleb"But remembering good times help and friends help too"

Caleb does nod at that, seeming to smile just a tad s he remembers some good moments from his life before the abbey, before he even started traveling. It seemed to cheer him up.

Krisha says, "By the way the Spring Feast is at the GUOSIM camp this spring, Log-A-log and his shrews are hosting it and cooking and the abbey is supplying food and some novice to help."

. "I can't imagine Friar Lacota is very happy with that," Thomas notes. "He takes particular pride in his feasts..."

Jasmine  says, "maybe he can make the summer one extra special or see if he can still help some"

Caleb eventually hands the cloth back towards his mother as he watches everyone, not really knowing how to respond.

Krisha says, "Maybe Lacota could speak to Benar, guess they figured he may like a day off from a feast."

Thomas doesn't really seem to look anywhere in particular. Just leans on his cane. "Quite possibly. I can't pretend to know his thoughts, I confess. Fortunately I can find my way to the Guosim camp pretty well."

Jamine sits by Caleb and smiles."I only seen the shrews once...they are..well intresting and they have a new Log-a-log"

Caleb would nod to them all then get up, writing a note that he'd be off for now as he needed to do some other chores. He heads out.

Krisha says, "Yeah..Xavier is Log-A-log now."

Thomas frowns. "I heard the sad news of his predecessor..."

Krisha says, "Yes its sad..Xavier was a little worried he wouldn't be a good leader, I assured him he would be, yes he is young but.." a frown and she speaks more." When Xander was first leader of the mossflower_defenders he was a young age too and he learned and did well."

Jasmine excuses herself and goes to help somewhere.

Krisha stands "I should go as well, the dibbuns will need to get read for bed."