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Log
Oz-Papa Oz and dibbun caretaker of abbey
Zolomon-Archer hare in Mossflower Defenders

RW Abbey:Infirmary
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Several beds are lined against the red sandstone walls of the Abbey's Infirmary. An examination table, separated from the rest of the room by hanging blankets, rests against the far wall. Tucked into a small alcove is a sizeable workbench with various containers for mixing and preparing medicinal compounds. Against another wall is a desk for use by the Infirmary Keeper. A curtained off alcove behind the desk hides a locked door to the Infirmary's supplies and linens.
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Oz is sitting up in bed and sighs, he listens to see if any other beast is here or awake

Zolomon is here, seeing the badger awake he walks the rest of the way in sitting down a tray of lunch" Soup, some salad, a couple rolls, a piece of apple pie and some juice to drink as I know you don’t drink Ale."

Oz hears him enter and nods "Thanks, but I don’t need that much lunch" He manages a small chuckle and eats a little of all the items and sips his juice "And...no..anything alcoholic seems to...let’s just say disagree with me"

Zolomon nods "That’s fine Ozzy. I was talking to Xandy earlier and he seemed most worried about you, told him to not worry and I could help you to your room if you so desire"

Oz eats a little more food, ok maybe he is more hungry that he thought as he listens to the hare" Just so he doesn’t go off somewhere trying to hunt any vermin down. I do not wish to hear of more beasts hurt...or worse" He drinks some more juice and frowns a little.

Zolomon says, "I won’t let Xandy wander off, so don't ya worry Ozzy. I am his best friend and he listens to me. I got him to eat breakfast after all"

Oz nods "That is good. Stress is slowly getting to all of us. A beast was killed and others missing, we may lose another beast soon...I do not know"

Zolomon frowns "Who might die?"

Oz says, "Rayen...from what heard she isn’t getting any better, maybe not any worse but still. She was attacked and luckily Takeo found her and tended to some of her wounds and made a campfire till you and Xander came by and helped each other back to the abbey"

Zolomon shivers "Oh yeah...the monitor..I bally well carried Rayen and Takeo got Xandy after Xandy passed out, it could of been worse" He rubs his cheek as the claw mark is still healing, "A lot worse, we could of all been monitor chow"

Oz sighs as he does finish the food and speaks "True, luckily things worked out good...so help me to my room then?"

Zolomon nods and looks around, where is that staff, he shrugs and just goes to help the badger best he can "I don’t see ya staff, sorry but I can led you to your room all the same"

Oz allows the help "Staff may be in my room, left it there before...well before was injured" He gets to his room and sits , the staff is sitting by the wall where he usually keeps it.

RW Abbey:Badger Mother’s Room
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The room you enter is rather neat and almost spartanly furnished, quite a visual contrast if you entered from the cluttered Dibbun's room adjacent. The warm red of the sandstone walls is the primary motif, broken in only a few places. There's a small leaded glass window for light, a bed (rather massive, which might give one a hint at it's occupant) with a coverlet of brightly dyed and woven cloth and a small table with a chair; this is holding a small pile of books and papers, a candle in it's holder and a couple odd Dibbun toys that ended up there somehow. The only real ornament in the room is a middle sized, carefully framed parchment: a charcoal and ink drawing of some group or family of badgers.
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Zolomon picks up the staff and lays it by Oz "Found it...so what can ya still do with the healing shoulder?"

Oz says, "I can still do my dibbun classes I do, just in here, I can still walk around as long as my arm is in a sling , not today though it still hurts fairly bad"

Zolomon says, "I could see if the healers have something for pain and bring it back in here"

Oz smiles "Would you Zolomon, it would be helpful"

Zolomon salutes and heads back to the hallway, he returns a short time later with some of that tea the healers had "Here ya are"

Oz accepts it and drinks it slowly "Thank you Zolomon, you’re a good help at the abbey...even if you do get into mischief sometimes, you are helpful"

Zolomon frowns but then grows curious "So..I AM helpful?"

Oz says, "Yes you are. Your young yet and still learning. You know some helping in other places in the abbey may be good for you and also staying away from the kitchens be wise too"

Zolomon frowns "But food is good and us hares use a lot of energy don’t ya know"

Oz says, "Well maybe use it elsewhere, or find something you can snack on and keep with you throughout the day."

Zolomon says, "I...well will try. I could grab an extra rice cake or two..three and keep in a pocket, maybe get an apple"

Oz asks, "See, that could work and you’re not raiding the kitchens, also some simple things like nuts maybe, I am sure you go on patrol also with the Defenders correct?”

Zolomon says, "Yes....I do. I think Quade been doing most of the patrolling but no one found any clues yet, like none"

Oz says, "I am unsure of Quade, least for now"

Zolomon says, "He hasn't been too rude lately...and he been or says been looking over the woods for clues and trying to find places...like a cave he found had nothing"

Oz says, "Well he told me Magramba needed to speak to me, but he wasn’t where he said he was to be.....now he could of left that’s true, but still." He sighs "Then maybe it’s the stress, stress can make one look for a beast to blame or just be over worried."

Zolomon says, "Ya were not over worried and sides you have this odd way of knowing things it seems.....when a beast enters a room and who it is, it’s sort of neat"

Oz arches an eyebrow "I have learned my way around the abbey top to bottom every corner and it’s my job to know voices and footpaws...scents of beasts around me, it may take me a couple days to learn a new beasts voice and such, but once I do I don’t forget. Also tone of voice can show emotions both good or bad and sometimes hidden ones or...just ones that seem off. The walltops were too quiet and if one wanted to talk to me they would of walked towards me and no one did...no scents either so I started to head down and...well the arrow and falling backwards. I was told by martin to wear the bark leather vest, the book I just happen to forget was in a front pocket of the winter cloak I have...luckily I guess"

Zolomon says, "I do say always wise ta listen to old martin"

Oz says, "Yes always good. He comes in times of need, like now. His messages are not always clear...sometimes they are very clear. Other times it’s a riddle to solve"

Zolomon says, "so when he told ya to wear the bark leather vest....that was clear right?"

Oz says, "Not...fully clear. More a...he is in my room...where the vest in your brother’s trunk....so I ask why? And he just repeats it louder and disappears and I wake up...eat breakfast and then decide ok I will wear it, then find the reason later when that archer tried to kill me"

Zolomon says, "I think I would of freaked out, we must be dealing with a skilled beast or some assassin beast, then they would be skilled...duhhhh"

Oz says, "But if there is an assassin out there they need found and...well..found"

Zolomon says, "An assassin for the Assassin"

Oz says, "Yes something like that"

Zolomon says, "I would say me but....well it’s harder than it seems. Yes I can shot a fly from 300 yards , but its seeing a target and they not see you and this ...whoever they be is skilled and maybe more so than me."

Oz says, "I do agree with that and you need to be careful, I don’t think Xander wants to lose his best friend to some crazy beast"

Zolomon nods "I know and I stay alert and try to make sure I know whats around me. It is hard at times when a lot is going on, like in big battles or even small ones"

Oz says, "That’s true, I have not had to fight beasts often. I am not a fighter and never was. I can use a staff very well, I am strong but not as strong as most badgers are....goes back to when I was a dibbun and got affected by a very deadly poison, a very pretty flower that grows in the northlands like 2 weeks out of the whole year or 4 seasons, 4 seasons in a year...anyways got it on my paws...that got on some cookies I ate...skinned by knee and had wiped my paws on it...so..and I almost died and would of if my brother wasn’t right there when I started having reactions, we had a skilled healer a wolf named Silverfangs and he knew the antidote..oddly enough the roots of the same plant were an antidote and the flower part was the poison. I recovered but it made me a lot weaker than most badgers. I am still stronger than some here, but there are ones stronger than me still...like Xander for example and a couple others"

Zolomon blinks "Whoa...well a history lesson...some flower in the northlands is bad"

Oz says, "just one...you can look at it just don’t touch, course one could wash their paws really well, but may still get a little ill and there are lots of flowers a short bit of time that are just fine."

Zolomon nods, “Just pays to know what plants are good or bad"

Oz says, "Yes and info is in the library and Leon has a book, Anglea I think is making one"

Zolomon says, "Helpful. Now I do know what mushrooms are good and bad. I can find wild onions and greens also"

Oz says, "A good skill for travelers, do you happen to know what mint looks like...peppermint?"

Zolomon nods "Yes...and it grows or starts to in like spring...so soon'”

Oz says, "Maybe you could find some when your outside, just a little till some grows in the abbey herb gardens, but then there isn’t always enough there as its used as a healing herb as well as tea, and sometimes sweets"

Zolomon says, "Mint is ok sometimes"

Oz says, "Each beast likes or dislikes different things"

Zolomon says, "Like carrots...beasts assume I LIKE them...I hate carrots"

Oz chuckles “Well as said different likes and dislikes for everyone"

Zolomon grins "Got someone to chuckle today, laugher is good for all that brings ya down, and it helps one feel better"

Oz smiles "That is true...helps lessen stress as well"

Zolomon says, "Stress is surely something one doesn’t need right bally now"

Oz says, "Also very very true"

Zolomon decides to get the mug and plate "I can get these to the kitchens, just drop them off and leave"

Oz says, "You could help wash dishes, dry them also. Even just a small amount and more than what you have there....maybe a couple dozen, it will help lessen whats needed to wash and dry by others as chores still need done no matter what happens in and out of the abbey"

Zolomon sighs and then grumbles, ok fine "Ok...I will do a couple dozen dishes and this mug and plate, I will also dry them afterwards"

Oz nods "Good Zolomon, they will like the help trust me"

Zolomon asks, "Will they really?"

Oz says, "Yes they will really"

Zolomon says, "Ok but I won’t bally well cook.....unless ya all want burnt food"

Oz says, "No one said anything on cooking, just the 2 dozen washed and dried dishes"

Zolomon nods "Alright, I can and will do that, only that"

Oz nods, well it’s a start at least maybe the badger can get the hare to do other things, small jobs and maybe bigger ones later

Zolomon may or may not but least he is willing to try and starting small is best for him

Oz yawns "I should rest for a couple hours, my dibbuns will be done with classes soon and will most likely visit me and trust me it’s wise to let them or you could have troubles....they are a bit...well..hard to say no to with something like that."

Zolomon nods “Got ya...let dibbuns see Oz, no problem Ozzy" He then heads out to....yep wash those couple dozen dishes and he does, and dries them, and then he leaves the kitchen area alone for the rest of the day.

Oz waves to the hare and then gets maybe an hour’s nap in before his room is invaded by dibbuns.

oz · Logs

Log:
Oz-Papa Oz and dibbun caretaker of Redwall
Quade-Warrior in Mossflower Defenders
Kurt-Robin
spoofed guard

== Oz hears only a faint tale end of a talk between Quade and a robin named Kurt. Oz is starting to be unsure of Quade but decides for now it’s just stress, its a short log but important still **

Quade was on the walltops, that was unusual as he volunteered to help with wall duty. He walked to an area away from the other guards, a corner sort of, having a sleepy guard leave, yeah he would keep an eye on things he said so the guard left Quade in his shift, now the squirrel sat quietly.

Kurt landed near the squirrel "I bring news....both good and bad."

Quade nods "What news? I know some already but do let me know, perhaps I don’t know all news my friend"

Kurt nods "The badger know as Takeo has taken his cubs and made it to his ship, the large eagle and the one known as Xander was with him. Takeo set sail to the western shore and Xander and the eagle are on their way back to the abbey. I also bring news of...Stoneskin."

Quade frowns "My pet, yes I seen him" Fire burns in his eyes of hate and revenge, "DO you know who killed my pet? And what of the vixen? I know she was no way able to do what happen, she was near death"

Kurt speaks low "The vixen was brought back to the abbey and lies in a very deep faint in the infirm...I checked, the badgers were there, but I overheard talk between Xander and Takeo...Xander Winters killed Stoneskin, he saved the lives of his father and the hare Zolomon." He seems nervous "And what if the vixen awakens..speaks or writes out your name as she knows...she worked for you did she not?"

Quade says, "Then we will have to make sure she doesn’t wake up...won't we"

Oz walks along the walltops offering lunch to the small amount of guards and either lucky, or unlucky, he catches Quade last sentence as he clears his throat and sits down some oatcakes and greensap milk "Make sure who doesn’t wake up?" It seems by the tone of voice its best to answer the badger. “And who else is here?"

Kurt studies the badger "I am Kurt..a robin" He leaves it at that and looks at Quade as if to say now what?

Quade frowns but he remains calm, he is good at hiding true emotions" Just a beast who needs some sleep, you know how some can be when woken too soon...moody and all, it’s best to let beasts get a nap in at times, especially now with everything happening. The abbot is missing and so is Brother Leon's daughter, and Sister Zinnia's death...must be so hard, and I recently learned Takeo left with the twins, I do hope all is well with them"

Oz listens carefully and seems to look for any signs of voice change and snorts at the squirrels calmness" Yes Takeo and the twins left, but he made it to the ship and is heading to his homeland...we could of used him here but I understand his feelings and respect them. As for beasts napping I never said it was a bad thing, you just seemed to think it a bad idea to wake them, if it’s important you do so. So where was this beast who wished to not awaken ?"

Quade keeps calm, ever oddly calm he is skilled at this" Just one of the abbey beasts living here, they seemed tired from helping out so much and I didn’t want to disturbed that as I was telling the robin here, we don’t want them waking up as they may grumble at another beast and with all the stress lately. I say even you could most likely use a nap.. I mean one of the main 4 in charge, and chores and dibbun duty on top of that, well that’s a lot to handle, and let’s not forget Sister Zinnia...why she was family and your most likely still stressed over it."

Kurt stays on the wall edge, not moving and just doing his best to stay calm and let the squirrel talk, then a little nervousness could be expected after listening to the squirrel.

Oz says, "I get rest when I can" He replies softly, he seems unsure of the squirrel. "In fact I should get back to the dibbuns, I was only bringing anyone on the walltops a small snack."

Quade says, "To which I thank you. I will be heading out with a couple guards" A lie, bout the guard, but he makes it sound as if he will have guards with him, he controls his tone of voice. "I do hope things get better soon"

Kurt nods "Better would be nice"

Oz sighs "Yes we all want things to get better..." He then heads downstairs slowly and back inside the main building.

Quade makes sure the badger is out of ear shot and out of sight and no one else is near before eating a rice cake and taking a drink of the milk, he then speaks "Kurt..tell Bolt I will be there later tonight. I need to take care of a couple things that have come up"

Kurt nods "What things sir?"

Quade eats another rice cake and smiles "These are good, Friar Lacota is very good at his job...oh yes the things to do..."He finishes his snack" That blind badger may way be a bigger threat to me than I first thought....I need to get him out of the way, just how is the question as he rarely leaves this place and most likely won’t since he is a main one in charge while the abbot is missing. And..Xander" He hisses the name" Needs to pay for his crime of taking my pet away" He smiles " An accident or perhaps Xander can go missing soon...for now go. I will be at the base by nightfall and as to what to tell the abbey beast I am just on a mission to locate the missing beasts.....but in truth it’s a meeting on how to go about whats next, I am still trusted and a -friend- here after all" He smirks.

Kurt nods and flies off.

==Seems Quade doesn’t like badgers, what will happen next? Is Quade going to try and harm someone else? Is that wise? Will Oz figure out something is up with Quade in time, or will he learn too late….why did I type this last bit?. Cause I did ==

oz · Open Chat

Cool...I have a long history of Oz saved on my computer, recently added fact Zinnia died to his history since it was his niece.

oz · Logs

***Oz shows up a little into the log once Takeo and Xander talk a little, and at the end I spoofed an otter guard who decided to also go to the ship and back**

log:
Oz-Papa Oz and Dibbun caretaker
Xander-Warrior in Training and Nephew of Oz, son of Takeo
Takeo- Healer badger and Ship captain
Thunderwing- Eagle and member of Mossflower Defenders
Rayen-Mate to Flicktail
spoofed otter guard, a couple novice healers,spoofed Milo and Ottis(otter friends of Takeo), Hare-Harry(New Member of Takeo's Ship Crew), and some random abbey beasts

Takeo is working in the infirm, he right away is liking the ABC order of things and so far it’s been an easy day. Some beast had a headache and he checked on Rayen a couple times, and helped a dibbun with a skinned knee.

Xander opens his eyes and notices he is in the infirm and out of the armor, he sniffs as a couple tears go down his face, he has no clue, he remembers the monitor and the fighting, but the rest is a little blurry after that.

Takeo hears the sniffle and walks over laying a paw on Xander's arm, "Son...your awake, feeling ok? Want anything to eat...drink. I can get it for you"

Xander closes his eyes till he hears Takeo's voice and opens his eyes, right away he is sitting up and hugging him “Father.....I...I thought you were dead...I thought..."He hugs him tightly, "Your alive.." A thought "Where is...Zolomon?"

Rayen lays quietly in her cot , still in a deep faint.

Takeo allows the hug "Not..too tight son, cracked rib but tis ok....and Zolomon is sleeping over there" He points "He is fine...claw marks on his cheek but otherwise fine. You saved him and me..you beheaded a monitor"

Xander eyes widen "I..I won..I..I did?" He tries to remember, it’s still a little blur but he mutters a "Sorry " And leans back "Little bit of a..headache but food sounds nice, but only a little and water"

Takeo nods and goes to leave, he returns with a mug of water and some potato soup with finely diced potatoes and a little cheese, "Here...and Brother Leon suggest you rest for a few days, and I think that’s a good plan also"

Xander drinks the water and eats half the soup before he speaks "Sounds...ok with me" He watches the older badger "I am glad you’re alive, I though....you looked dead" He frowns.

Takeo says, "I..fainted. I have never seen a creature such as that with...teeth" He shivers a little "It was a bit...easy to lose one's bravery and I rather use my healing skills, not my fighting skills which are not the best, I need practice...a lot of practice"

Xander says, "Fainting isn’t bad...well guess could of been if me and Zolomon didn’t show up. I was told by Uncle Zee its ok to run from a fight if it’s needed."

Takeo says, "Your uncle Zee was wise then, but from what I heard he rarely ran from a fight. Your mother spoke of him often.." He frowns.." I miss her, maybe if I had just went with her that morning..."

Xander says, "You could of been killed too or became a captive."

Takeo shrugs "Maybe, maybe not. I am staying till this danger is over, then I will head off home...with the twins and Milo and Ottis."

Xander nods sadly "Ok...but we can try and keep in contact, with letters..Thunderwing can fly them to and from us and he flies fast too. He could even carry other things too"

Takeo nods "Alright"

*couple hours later *

"Xander are you still here?" Oz asks as he walks into the infirm.

Xander sits up "Yeah Uncle Oz...most likely a few days, but I would like to help look for Benar."

Oz walks on over as he nods "Wait who ever said to rest, then listen to them. Rest would also help you be prepared to go back out, always recover from a battle even if no wounds are to be healed, being worn out is something as well”

Xander says, "I have some bruises, a cut on my paw...cut on my chin but otherwise fine. Guess the armor helped..was in like scratched...up, never mind"

Oz shakes his head "I asked someone...no, just dusty but you can polish it in a couple days"

Xander says, "Wait...does that mean, you’re ok with me having the armor?"

Oz nods "I don’t think Zork would of wanted his armor to sit around and slowly rust due to no one careing for it, and you have his blade...sort of goes together." He sighs and adds "And you can help look for Benar, long as you are not going out alone"

Xander smiles "Thanks Uncle Oz and I can take Zolomon or father maybe, or..well someone. Marek has the defenders looking for both Abbot Benar and Lilymoore."

Oz says, "As they should be, guards and Magramba is also looking for them, Ferravale as well most likely by now"

Takeo steps back from where he was helping to dry some herbs "Hello Oz, how are you?"

Oz nods "I am as well as one can be"

Xander smiles at Takeo "Hey father, you still helping in the infirm?"

Takeo nods "Tonight is being last night...I found Thunderwing and he agreed ta something" He steps into the hallway "I will be right back"

Oz tilts his head "Agreed to what?"

Xander says, "We discussed letters and things for when he heads back to that island him and mom lived on"

Takeo steps back into the room ...the twins Zork and Northstar with him, "Yes that as well...thought you could say goodbyes, Thunderwing is to help me get the twins to the ship, Ottis and Milo is already there and will watch them till I get there. Thunderwing watching me from above so...should be fine"

Oz blinks, he then goes to hold the twins "Your...leaving Takeo?"

Xander frowns, "W..What..you can't leave, why would you do that..what if your hurt or...what about helping..."

Takeo sighs, “I will send word back I arrived safely and Milo and Ottis are fighters, so is a hare named Harry whom has decided to join us, he is an archer and not a bad ship beast either" He frowns "I..my heart can't stay. Zinnia is...all over, the library has her logs, the room we had...still has her scent, just barely but memories there..memories of the cubs birth, her doing chores, the firepit...no where can I go without hearing about her or a memory. I know tis important to keep her memory alive and I vow to do it."

Oz hugs the twins and sighs "You will be missed, as will the twins. Maybe one day you or them could venture back here one day and visit, the gates are always open to the pure hearted"

Xander just looks at the floor, silent and looking so unsure.

Takeo sighs as he goes, if allowed, to hug him "I will miss you Xander. I am proud of you...your be a great warrior one day, you already are. You fought a monitor....few can do that and survive, even fewer can kill one and survive. You saved my life and ya friend's life, who knows how many others, most likely Rayen's life as well." He motions for the twins to hug him as well, again if he is allowed.

Oz stays where he is and listens. “Just be careful and send word as soon as you get to the ship, and once you get to the Western shore as guessing from there, you should be fine"

Xander allows the hug from Takeo and from the twins, he then looks at Takeo "I am glad you’re alive, and want you to remain alive...and I understand you needing to go and did know you would but didn’t expect it so soon was...was all" He wipes away a tear.

Takeo nods, he then hands Xander a log book "Your mother...did some writing, you can place in the library...Her recorder pin, and abbey robes she worn when she was laid to rest. But there is...this" He places an amulet, his family crest and it’s like the one he wears around his neck." This was her's..it’s yours now, along with a dagger she had kept, that was with you when she first found you. I am guessing it belonged to your birth Mother or Father"

Xander takes the log book and sits it on a bed to take the amulet as he looks at it "Your family crest sir?" He glances at the dagger and then holds it before sitting down"I..don’t remember my birth parents much..Sunflower was my mother, my father died shortly after I was born...and mom...in a bad storm..shipwrecked and that’s when..mom, Zinnia...found me, Zinnia became mom that day and adopted me"

Oz says, "Zinnia will be missed by many"

Takeo says, "She loved you very much...and all her family and friends." He leads the twins outside, and is soon inside again "Thunderwing has them now, the twins...and then he will come back in the morning to lead me to the ship and we set sail for my island right away" He sounds sad. "I will miss the friends I have made but friends always stay in contact, as do family and you Oz and you Xander are my family as well and always will be."

Xander goes to hug Takeo again "Love you Father, please stay safe...any way I could tag along, just to the ship" He looks at Oz "Please..Thunderwing will get me back to the abbey safely Uncle Oz."

Oz nods "You can go, I trust Thunderwing with my life, and with the lives of family and friends. I know he will make sure you get home safe, or die trying"

Takeo at first frowns and then nods "Alright son...bring The Blade Of The Northwind Storms and wear that armor again"

Xander nods "I will and thank you Uncle Oz" He adds "Don’t worry Uncle Oz I will be back, most likely by dinner time tomorrow."

Oz nods "I trust you, when are you heading out Takeo?"

Takeo says, "Before dawn, before the sun rises...so very early, an hour before the sun, he should be back by dinnertime with Thunderwing's help. Any talking we have quietly on the way he gets to ship with me, then right away heads back"

Xander listens "Sounds good, I will be ready" He hugs Oz "I promise to stay alert and come straight back"

Oz hugs Xander "I believe you"

**The next morning, 1 ½ hours before sunrise.**

Takeo is ready to go and on the road. His knapsack with him as he walks along

Xander is quiet the first half of the way. He is very alert and has on his grandfather’s armor, and he has The Blade of The Northwind Storms with him, and…an annoying otter guard. He then starts to talk to the older badger.

The otter guard came along to make sure the badger got back ok, the eagle made him slightly nervous but he stayed quiet.

Thunderwing stayed close, mostly flying high above and a couple times not too far above them. Ever the protector of his badgers, no one better even look at them wrong or this large bird will have a serious word with you.

Takeo sighs , he has talked quietly in return to Xander ”Almost there son. Thanks for coming along it seems we have learned much about one another.

Xander smiles “I have liked our talk and thanks for letting me come along”

The otter guard stayed quiet the whole time, seems he rather just go back to the abbey, and they missed lunch, he barely had breakfast.

Thunderwing leads them to the ship and once he knows they are there he goes to hunt –fishies-.

Takeo shows Xander around the ship and then lets him have lunch with him before giving a hug to him “Stay safe son”

Xander hugs his little brother and sister and enjoys a tour of the ship and lunch. He then hugs Takeo as he nods “Yes father.” He waves a goodbye

Takeo nods and then looks to Milo and Ottis, as well as the short hare Harry, ”Set sail” He then goes below deck for some quiet time with his twin dibbuns.

Thunderwing nods to Xander “Home going now..ya”

Xander watches the ship and then nods “Led the way Thunderwing”

The otter guard follows, yes home…home is good.

The trio arrives at home right when the dinner bell is ringing and after taking off the armor and placing his blade in a safe place, he goes to have a good dinner. Xander then heads to bed..it’s been a long day.

oz · Logs

*This first part is still important, so added it. Oz and Xander talking in the Rose Garden*

Oz sits in the garden quietly, it’s been a very tiring day for him so far and he needs a small break.

Xander quietly walks around, he has asked and knew Oz was here as he walked over to the garden and stopped within a few feet" I am...gonna go out...Takeo left and gonna make sure he is ok" One is different, he has on armor, yeah he found the key and opened the chest without asking."I'll be safe "He starts to walk off to the gates.

Oz frowns as he stands and goes to grab Xander's arm..."You’re not....." He pauses and feels along the arm and he frowns more as he feels just what he is wearing, then he gets a bit upset and that’s rare for Oz, “What in the blazes!" He takes a deep breath" Why do you have that on, just where do you think you’re going?"

Xander tenses a little, but manages to answer" It fit...and I have grandfather's blade too. I am hunting down those vermin..and before you say don’t go along...Zolomon is coming too and some hedgehog named Edson"

Oz shakes his head, "Xander....you can't just go off...and..." He frowns in his worry "I can't lose you too"
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Xander says, "And you won't..." He says quietly. "I am almost an adult...I will avoid trouble ok Uncle Oz"

Oz sighs "I rather you not....but fine, you and Zolomon and the hedgehog can go and be back by dinner or I send Thunderwing to look for you" He then heads to tend to dibbuns

==This next part has Rayen in it..===

**Mossflower Woods Near The River**

Rayen was still fairly weak, she had ended up passing out but was alive…barely, thanks to Takeo.

Takeo stayed by the camp fire and every so often looked at the vixen and sighed, Milo and Ottis had went to the abbey and so it was he and the vixen.

Unseen, for now, is Stoneskin walking along with his fox and wildcat fur cloak , he sniffs the air and hisses low as he sees the fox and badger…well two is good for a meal or one for later and maybe a new cloak of fur, his is old.

Rayen whimpers a little weakly and coughs, her throat is swollen but she can sort of breath and surely can’t talk.

Takeo stands and goes to add another trig or two to the campfire.

Stoneskin decides, now is a good time and so he goes to charge the badger, claws and teeth out.

Rayen jolts awake, and weakly looks at the monitor, even in her weaken state she shows fear.

Takeo eyes widen “What is that creature!” He barely dives out of the way and draws his blade.

Stoneskin just hisses and goes to try and swipe a claw at the badger

Xander is walking along a wooded path, his grandfather’s sword on his back and his grandfather’s armor is on.

Zolomon is with him as there was just bally well way he was letting his friend go off alone, though he did worry for him.

Takeo meanwhile blocks the claws and swings his blade at the lizard, his skills of a healer is much MUCH greater and he has never fought a beast such as this.

Stoneskin hisses in pain when two claws are cut off and goes to slam the badger into a tree with his powerful tail.

Rayen passes out, this time slipping deeper into a faint.

Xander looks around “ I know I am late getting home…but we have to keep looking”

Zolomon steps in front of his friend ”Xandy…look, you need some bally rest…let’s get to the Defender base and send a message to Ozzy”

Takeo yelled out in pain when the tail slammed into him and sent him flying to a tree, he slide down a bit dazed, and only a cracked rib so he was lucky, but the breath was knocked from him for a couple moments.

Stoneskin only needed a couple moments to rush over and pin the badger down and look down at him with dipping fangs, ready to deliver a fatal blow as he opened his jaws wider and starts to ready himself to bite down on the badger’s throat.

Xander sighed and then spinned around “That’s Takeo!” He draws the Blade of The Northwind Storms and rushes towards the river, his eyes go wide in horror “Father!!!!” His eyes flash with battle light as he goes to swing the blade at the lizards back

Zolomon follows and comes to a halt “Oh Martin that’s a monitor!! Xandy!!”

Takeo gets a not so brave moment and fear causes him to faint, I am sure you would too if you saw basically your death staring down at you with wide open fangs!

Stoneskin feels the blade and hisses as blood forms across his back and he goes to swipe a claw, or least his other clawed paw, at Xander and steps away from the fainted Takeo leaving him unharmed …least right now.

Xander sidesteps and blocks the claws, he then goes to slice his blade at the monitor as he looks at his father ..is he? ”F…Father….” And back to the monitor as something inside him snaps and he just swings one…two…three at Stoneskin.

Zolomon readies his longbow and aims, he tries to wait for the right moment to fire.

Stoneskin gets a couple gashes on his chest, and hisses fangs out at the young badger and goes to slap him with his tail.

Xander jumps over the tail and loses his balance, but quickly regains it and swings the blade at the tail.

Zolomon frowns and takes a chance and fires at the lizard

Stoneskin first loses his tail, and then an arrow buries itself in his back as it hisses and goes to grab the badger by the throat.

Xander gasps and swings the blade at the lizard as his breathing is blocked off.

Zolomon quickly fires off another arrow at the lizard’s side “Let go of Xandy ya furless brute!!”

Stoneskin hisses and releases the badger, an arrow in its side as he goes to take a swipe at the hare, totally peeved. Sharp fangs and what’s left of his claws.

Zolomon stubbles backwards as the claws slice into his right cheek and blood trickles down, he backs up and frowns as he bumps into a tree “Help Me!!!” Pure panic feels his voice.

Xander coughs and gasps for air, still a little dizzy he stands and snarls as he rushes Stoneskin and useing strength he didn’t know he had and some build up anger he swings the Blade Of The Northwind Storms at the lizards throat!

Stoneskin starts to bite down on the hare but he never gets to….he stiffens and falls sideways…..his head rolls a few feet away.

Zolomon eyes still wide in fear he looks at the headless monitor and then Xander.

Xander drops The Blade of The Northwind Storms and groans, he then passes out and falls backwards.

Takeo meanwhile has awaken and seen the last bit of the fight, he gets his own blade back but quickly tosses it aside and manages to catch Xander right before he hits the ground. A new fear floods him as he takes a pulse and listens for a heartbeat and breathing….tears then come but happy ones “He’s alive!” He gets the Blade Of The Northwind Storms and places it in its case on Xander’s back before adjusting Xander and standing with him.

Zolomon watches “Xandy….no…please don’t be…”Then he sighs in relief that his friend is alive and goes to him quickly

Takeo carries him, “Get the Vixen…carefully, we are getting ta Redwall” Milo and Ottis meet them about half way back and quickly are asking what happen and getting updated. The otters also go to fetch Takeo’s blade and then meet up with him at the abbey.

Zolomon nods “Right away sire..” He gently gets Rayen and they go to head to Redwall. He keeps alert as he walks.

Rayen stays quiet, she has slipped into a deep deep faint.

oz · Logs

==This happen shortly after Zinnia’s Funeral==

Rayen slipped into the hideout and looked to the guard ferret as she carried some hot tea, hot tea laced with sleeping herbs” Hey…my turn.” She says and goes as if the tea is her’s.

The rat grabs the tea and drinks it, he smirks and sits the glass down “Ye price fer getting on me….nerves…” And he is asleep.

Bolt is a little ways down the hall sharping his dagger, he looks to where Rayen heads and gets curious so he follows her down the hallway.

Rayen slips the keys to the cell off the guard’s belt and goes to unlock the door to the cell where Benar, An Abbey Novice mouse, Minsc and Gorvenalus is.

Bolt slips behind her and goes to twist her arm behind her “Drop it..what ya doing…boss!!!!”

Quade walks down the hall and frowns, “What is all this?” He looks at the rat and then to Rayen, and the keys “Get those from her and escort her outside please.” He turns and heads out without a word.

Rayen tries to stump on his foot paw as her arm is twisted behind her and growls showing her teeth, “Let me go or…or so HELP ME”

Minsc stirs and opens an eye to look out and sits up. He normally doesn’t get involved with the beasts here, he stays quiet and sort of a hopeless look since he is a captive.

Bolt goes to led the vixen to where Quade is.

Quade is out in an open area of woods by a stream, with him is 4 ferrets and 2 weasels “So…you were trying to open the cell, why? It’s not meal time…Bolt say you have the key please”

Bolt nods and tosses it to him. He also decides to take Rayen’s longbow and sits it by a tree.

Rayen glares at the squirrel “ I was releasing your captives and I plan to tell the abbey to not trust you, I am sure the captives would back me up”

Quade sighs as if disappointed “Really? You are being such a pain to me, I mean how am I to focus on things if I have to worry about you. First you refuse to help me but that was forgiven after you said fine, then you didn’t kill the badger…Bolt did”

Bolt grins “And it was fun, and your face..Oh Sister Zinnia…..so heartbreaking.” He adds “I so wanted to kill another one but the boss didn’t let me”

Rayen ears flatten against her head, “You are a murderer Quade and you know what I will take pleasure in telling her mate, heck Oz and Xander will most likely like to literally RIP your head off. A family of badgers ticked off is not a good thing”

Stoneskin comes in, claws clicking and tail curled as he grunts a greeting. He is a monitor and right now he has on a thick coat made of the fur of some sort of beasts.

Quade only nods “Yes but I have plans to just say it was some other beast….sides I rather enjoyed seeing their reaction when that one badger carried Sister Zinnia back into the abbey…young Xander wanted to charge out and slay the murderous vermin and I think he would of left had he not been knocked out..funny really. Could be interesting to see if one of them would ever go..bloodwrath, hmms not sure on Oz seeing as he is blind.”

Rayen answers “Yeah just cause he is blind doesn’t mean he won’t fight if needed”

Bolt listens and sneers “Blind badger sounds like fun target practice.”

Quade shrugs “And he leaves the abbey even less than Benar did and rarely goes too far…course he may want as..escort to get some mint for the abbey as he is always drinking mint tea, yes I pay attention to details as it’s important to know those you fight, that you trick , so you can better be able to know strengths and weaknesses.” He looks at the vixen “But I am rambling again when I need to figure out what to do with you”

Rayen glares “You going to kill me Quade, seems a pass time of yours to kill or enslave beasts and make others think you’re a friend when you’re not”

Stoneskin just looks between them and grunts, seems he doesn’t talk much…if at all.

Bolt leans on a tree “I killed the female badger.”

Quade shakes his head “I won’t and I keep my promises as I try to always tell the truth with my words…but it doesn’t mean you stay alive as 3nd time the charm…usually that’s good, in this case its bad…see the 3nd time you upset me was when you knocked out a guard and proceeded to steal the key and unlock the cell..that was serious and made me know without a shadow of a dought I can’t keep you around. Your…a danger to me and my plans.” He goes to slip out a dagger and suddenly slices at her chest and arm!

Rayen gasps in pain as a cut opens on her arm and chest and blood drips down “Y..You said…”

Stoneskin watches with interest as his sharp teeth show.

Quade speaks “I said I wouldn’t kill you, this is not killing, it’s just wounds a healer like Brother Leon can fix up…..but how well…good of a healer is he?” He goes to slice at her arm again and stab at her footpaw, he seems to grow tired of the dagger and flicks it into a tree “Daggers were never something I liked, now Furyblazor is…a great sword that is a symbol of hope, that’s true…but the fact it’s mine isn’t…but I feel as if it’s mine now”

Bolt simply watches also, but he, as well as the others stay where he is.

Rayen yells in pain as blood forms on her arm and she goes to kick Quade hard in the leg to cause him to fall.

Quade snaps his fingers and drops, the ferrets and weasels go in to attack the vixen with daggers, one has a sword and one a spear aimed for her footpaw.

Stoneskin snarls and goes to grab to swipe a claw at the vixen, if he can.

Bolt stands ready and aims his longbow compete with arrow, aimed to kill.

Rayen gasps as she gets cuts on her arm, leg and a stab wound in the chest luckily it’s not fatal and not deep or anywhere vital. She manages to tumble backwards just as the spear enters her footpaw and she screams in pain.

Quade stands there, a slight limp down as his leg hurts, but it should be fine in a few hours, he waits and then “Back off….all but Stoneskin, hurt but not kill my pet”

Stoneskin goes to grab Rayen by the throat and squeeze, and takes one clawed paw and swipes in across her face.

Rayen starts kicking and struggling, then she finds it hard to breath and gasps for air, she tenses as a couple claw marks go across her face and leave two marks, one barely missing her left eye.

Bolt keeps his arrow aimed, you know just in case he gets to kill Rayen

Quade calmly watches and then speaks “That’s enough my pet…drop her”

Stoneskin snorts and slams the fox onto the forest floor and steps back fangs showing.

Rayen hits the forest floor and tenses up in pain, she coughs up some blood and shivers. Her eyes half open she looks at the monitor and backs into a tree weakly. Half a dozen wounds all over her and her neck and throat is swollen so she is not breathing very well.

Bolt says “May I finish her off boss…please”

Quade holds up a paw to wait, “No…she is injured fairly badly as it is, we will leave her here. She won’t go anywhere and a couple wounds are fairly bad….but no one knows where you are and I surely will tell them I heard you were going another direction and that I am not sure where you are….I mean you could be in the dark forest and most likely will be soon but think of it this way…your see Sister Zinnia again soon, won’t that be nice?”

Stoneskin decides to go hunt some lunch in the woods.

Rayen lays on the forest floor, her eyes half open as she somehow manages to stay awake, she manages also a glare and weak growl, but the growl causes her to cough up blood.

Bolt grins and looks at Quade “You know we should make double sure she don’t try nothing” He goes to grab her longbow and if able break it in like 4 pieces and toss them aside, he then fires his own arrow towards her lower back and cackles.

Quade rolls his eyes and frowns, he had not given an order to him, he waits to see the results.

Rayen whimpers as her longbow, that she has had most of her life is broken and tries to get up only to have the arrow bury its self into her back, she shivers and tries to move finding her legs not wanting to response well.

Bolt grins wide” Well she won’t be moving hardly now, huh boss?”

Quade nods “That’s enough Bolt, let us get back to the hideout…by the time she is found it will be too late, that or Stoneskin will come back and sadly without me to stop him, well she may never be found” He then just turns and walks away and Bolt had better follow as she other vermin are following him already

Bolt goes to quickly follow his boss, least he get in trouble with his boss

Rayen lays on the ground, blood pools around her as she fights to stay awake, she shivers and she is not sure if it’s from the cold or blood loss or maybe a little of both. She says a silent prayer help of some form will come soon.

==3-4 hours pass==

Rayen is unsure how long she has layed there but she feels all numb now and she knows it’s a bad sign, and she worries what will happen she its night fall

Takeo decided to take a walk, Milo and Ottis his two otter friends followed out of worry for their long time friend. He badger was both heartbroken and at the same time wanting revenge, but he slows when he sees the fox and draws his sword, if it’s a foe….he walks over and drops the sword in shock “By the ancients…”He right away kneels down to check her wounds as he recognizes her as a friend to the abbey.

Rayen looks at him, a sort of faraway look and tries to speak only to cough and gasp for air, she tries again and its barely a weak whisper of slurred words.

Takeo frowns “Don’t speak lass…just…ok where to start” He is unsure, the arrow maybe keep there for now, he has some supplies as he cleans a couple bad wounds and manages to sew a couple shut before applying healing herbs he has from his homeland and bandages them. He frowns “I don’t..have much” The two otters Milo and Ottis watch before speaking “The abbey sir, there maybe?”

Rayen shivers and looks ready to pass out, she has lost a good deal of blood and is in pain, she cold and tried.

Takeo looks at the vixen as he speaks and makes a campfire. “Get me some things from that Ferravale…I fear moving her. She could die.”

Rayen coughs and her eyes droop a little, she tries to speak and fails, she tries to move her paw but nothing is done good in the mud. She is slowly getting worse as time passes.

Takeo feels her forehead and frowns, he looks to Milo and Ottis ”We need help soon…or she is going to die”

What will happen to Rayen? Will Takeo get to the abbey, to Ferravale? Will Quade’s beast do something worse? Only time will tell…..and more logs!

oz · Logs

Redwall Log:
Oz-Papa Oz and Dibbun Caretaker of Redwall
Leon-Master Healer
Dorarose-Abbey Gatekeeper
Rayen-Mate to Flicktail
Caleb-Abbey Novice
Zolomon-Archer hare and member of Mossflower Defenders
Xander-Warrior in Training and Member of Mossflwoer Defenders
Edson-Hedgehog fighter in Mossflower Defenders
Takeo-Mate to Zinnia
spoofed Milo and Ottis(Otters), random abbey beasts and woodlander friends

==In the Abbey Graveyard==

The day is slightly cold, no snow or rain and even a lone green flower stem has started to try and come through the snow in a couple places, but it’s still winter and spring is still a few weeks away. Today beasts are gathered for Sister Zinnia’s funeral. With the abbot missing it was hard to figure out whom to help be in charge of this sad event but a couple beasts stepped forwards.

Oz being one of those beasts as he walked forwards and frowned “I…” He started , but he ended up leaning on the small table that was placed here as tears went down his face. He then stepped down and sat down unable to go on. A couple beasts looked around and a couple frowned.

Caleb frowns and remains seated, he looks at Leon “Is Papa Oz ok dad?”

Leon sighed and stood up, he checked on Oz and then walked to the front and looked at the gathered beasts as he took a deep breath “We are here today to say our goodbyes to Sister Zinnia…to some elsewhere Lady Zinnia, mate to Sir Taeko of Willowbrook Island. I have never done this sort of thing…yes been to funerals but not spoken first at one or addressed beasts so I am not sure how to go about this. This was sudden and..upsetting. Takeo brought her to the infirm and of course my first reaction is to rush over to help, but I soon found out…she was dead. Killed by an arrow that hit her in the chest…in her heart, she died almost instantly most likely so least she didn’t suffer. We know not whom took her from us, but I am sure they will be found and…justice will be had. “ He frowns “Normally Abbot Benar would be in charge of this but he is missing…and while he is missing I, Oz, Elder Lacota and Champion Magramba is in charge of things at the abbey.” He looks over at the still form of Zinnia and back to the others.” You all are welcome to come up and share words…memories if you would like of Sister Zinnia….I have one. I remember our last trip to the badger Mt…..she was the ambassador for the trip and the trip had its ups and downs, but it went fairly well, I also remember when she first came to the abbey…her father, Zork who adopted her, had saved her from a slaver and she was injured..she didn’t like anyone, got along with few and didn’t want to be indoors but she slowly became friends…then novice and a Sister in the order..and she was Recorder for the abbey..she had many friends and will be missed” He then goes to sit back down.

Takeo goes up next, he brushes some head fur from Zinnia’s forehead and kisses her forehead, “I..miss you…I –WILL- find the beast who did this, to this I swear my love” He then turns slowly and looks at the beasts, most he doesn’t know and the few he does not very well “I..meet Zinnia along the western shore….a long ways south of that badger Mountain place. She was ill and I took her to my ship and used my skills of a healer to help her. She and I feel in love and it was the happiest day of my life when I asked her to marry me and she said yes. She spoke of her friends….”He looks at Xander” Of her son…often. She loved all of you and when she learned her Uncle Zee was ill she wanted to come back to Redwall and I brought her back….we were too late to see him alive and I know he was buried in..Snowy North..Send Valley…I am sure they are catching up now.” Tears go down his face and he wipes them away, “The worse day of my life was when I found her..dead..no life light in her eyes, she…she seemed calm though and I can only hope it means she wasn’t in pain. As someone stated when I …when I carried her inside after finding her, she is with her Father now…as well as that Zee…whom I never meet but I am sure he would have been most interesting to meet.” The otters Milo and Ottis go up when the badger starts sobbing and helps him back to his seat, it’s clear he is still taking Zinnia’s death fairly hard.

Oz finally stands up and goes back up front to speak. “ Zinnia…told me how she had a dream, this before her and Takeo left on her ship, it was one with Zork in it…she seemed a bit distance about details but I think he came to tell her something was going to happen to her, if that is true…I am sure Zork was the first one to greet her at the dark forest gates.” He feels a tear go down his face. “ She was 3…maybe 4 seasons when she first came to the abbey. She trusted few but seemed to trust Zork first…she took his death the hardest when it happen, she and he were very close…it was me she seemed to trust 2nd, guess trust her own species first.” He manages a weak smile” She was so happy when she became a Sister and a little scared as well but she soon got over it. She was one of about 3 others who went to Salamandastron to get help when the abbey was attacked some seasons ago…..she went a 2nd time with Brother Leon and Dorarose to let them know when Abbot Lorimis died. I am sure she would of went again if she had gotten the chance. She was very good at keeping recorder logs for the abbey, maybe the youngest recorder we have ever had…but she had a ton of knowledge and wisdom for her age that most don’t get till they are a lot older.” He takes a deep breath and lays a paw on Zinnia “I will miss you honey…tell Uncle Zee and that brother of mine Ozzy said hi.” He then goes back to his seat.

Dorarose was next to go up and speak, she was crying and finally stopped enough to speak, "Zinnia was a dear friend, the best a beast could wish for. She pressed through a darkness few will ever know, and the light that she had because of her courage will live on in the hearts of those who knew her. Rest in peace, Zinnia. I will miss you so much." She then sits back down beside Leon and Caleb.

Rayen had stayed off to the side, tears going down her face. She then quietly slipped off, she needed to go do something and do it now before anyone could stop her she was getting her longbow and heading out the abbey gates while most beast were at the funeral of Zinnia.

Xander had sat for a long while before slowly standing and walking over to look at his mother as tears went down his face, he quickly wiped them away. He looked at the gathered beast and seemed unsure of what to say..”S..she was my..mom….my mother. She saved me from sea gulls and..made sure a healer helped me, she even got a bad cut on her shoulder, she even got a scar from it…she may of not been a warrior or anything like that but she had her bravery moments and…and I wish I had more time with her..I..I REALLY DO….”He then lays his head on Zinnia and lets tears fall.

A paw lays on the badger’s shoulder and a voice “Xandy…tis ok, tis ok to cry” Its Zolomon, the hare heard of Zinnia’s death “ Even warriors cry, Martin bally well cried before, wot.”

Leon walks back up “Xander?” He asks calmly as he stays nearby in case he is needed.

Caleb stays where he is and just looks at the grounds, funeral are always sad.

Xander looks up at the hare and then allows his friend to lead him back to the seats quietly, his fur wet under his eyes.

Zolomon sits by his friend, not leaving his side.

Edson was new as he stood, and walked over and cleared his voice “A poem…I heard somewhere as I did not know her….I am new around here, but here it is” He clears his voice again
” You can shed tears that she is gone
or you can smile because she has lived
You can close your eyes and pray that she’ll come back
Or you can open your eyes and see all she’s left
Your heart can be empty because you can’t see her
or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember her and only that she’s gone
or you can cherish her memory and let it live on
You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back
or you can do what she’d want:
smile,
open your eyes,
love
and go on.”

The hedgehog then takes a seat where he was.

Oz sighs as some more beasts say one or two things, a memory or words of sorry to the badgers, he then stands to go up front” It seems we have all said our..words, memories and…things. We now lay Sister Zinnia to rest.” He nods for the otters to lower he into the ground after closing the casket and after she is lowered into the ground he takes a pawful of dirt and drops it onto the grave and says quietly “Till we meet again” And then steps back allowing others to come forwards if they wish.

Takeo gets a pawful of dirt and says something in his native language and slowly drops in the dirt, Milo and Ottis do the same as the three then go back to sit down.

Leon stays where he is with Caleb who is not crying softly.

After all the beasts finish paying their respects Sister Zinnia is laid to rest in the abbey graveyard where beasts can come visit if they want to. Beasts go quietly to Cavern Hole or maybe elsewhere but the rest of the morning seems quiet, a friend..a mother..an Abbey Sister…a niece…has died and those in her life will miss her greatly, some more so than others.

oz · Logs

Redwall Log:
Oz-Papa Oz and dibbun caretaker of Redwall
Xander-Warrior badger in training

RW Abbey: Great Hall
The Great Hall of Redwall Abbey. Countless paw falls have echoed from these stones, and untold numbers of feasts and merry gatherings have been held here. A table, not nearly so grand or large as its predecessors, but quite functional for mealtimes, rests near the center of the hall. Chairs exist here aplenty, and they are all of a matching set. High above, the stain glass windows give the Great Hall a beautiful appearance. The glasswork is exceptionally done, crafted by a skilled artist. The floor is clean and swept. A fire is kept burning in the fireplace at almost all times of the day and night, and there are several more comfortable chairs and cushions set up here, of varying sizes. One looks large enough to easily accommodate a badger. The Tapestry hangs proud and tall, and while the rest of Redwall may still bear the scars of natural disaster, this most famous of Redwall's relics remains unharmed by beast, time, or the elements. The figure of Martin the Warrior seems to be watching over his own with an unchanging, kindly gaze. Soft light is slowly beginning to filter in through the stained glass windows high above your head.
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Oz is sitting in his chair sipping some mint tea quietly. He has been doing some of his dibbun duties, and well as now some others with the abbot being missing. For now he just wants a little time to himself, it’s been a long past couple days.

Xander steps down the stairs and looks around before walking over to his Uncle.."..Uncle Oz? Where is grandfather's armor at? I was gonna use it when I hunt down those murderers." His voice tone sounds serious.

Oz starts coughing on his tea and sits the mug down before replying "You’re not going anywhere right now, not all...like you are now."

Xander folds his arms over his chest" They KILLED my mother, and I bet it’s the same ones that have Benar..what if they kill him too? I am not some child anymore and I know how to use a blade, and I would have armor on, it probably fits me now and wouldn't it be rightfully mine as well, he passed the blade down so wouldn’t he pass down the armor as well. Uncle Zee mentioned having it fixed up ...like season ago but it’s not like I can ask Uncle Zee where it is."

Oz sighs..."Xander...I don't want you storming off somewhere alone, you’re also still learning to be a fighter...a warrior. There is one thing I know from all the things Uncle Zee always told Zork, though he did go out a couple times with his temper up, it’s not a good thing.." He starts to go on.

Xander waves his paw "Anger clouds the mind ect ect....I know, Think before ya act and all that, I am thinking and whoever killed my mother needs to pay, they need...they need slayed by someone, I don’t care who...me or one of the defenders..the champion...SOMEONE!" He looks at the floor fighting back tears, he is stress...of course he is stressed, who isn’t.

Oz stands slowly and carefully lays a paw on Xander's shoulder, "Please calm down Xander...all I am saying is going off alone, could end up getting you hurt...or worse. If someone else was with you...least you wouldn’t be by yourself, but I would still worry."

Xander steps back and just stands there still with tears flowing, He finally speaks "I think ...Takeo already went out....what about him? Does he fight well, I know he is a good healer and he has a sword he carries around but never seen him use it. He went out with the two otters from his ship."

Oz frowns as Xander backs off, and more so when he hears Takeo could be out there "I told him I would try and get ahold of Thunderwing. Milo and Ottis were on the ship still and he was concerned for them. And I don’t know how well he fights either"

Xander says, "I figured they were with him...maybe they were looking for him and mom and then he and them headed back out maybe"

Oz nods "Just...try not to worry, stress isn’t good and I surely don’t need it as I am one of the main ones in charge, others being Magramba, Leon and Lacota "

Xander nods and then goes to hug Oz, just being quiet for now, then speaking "I won't go off alone...but I still want to see if I can wear grandfather’s armor......please"

Oz allows the hug and hugs the other badger as well, "Thank you....and we can get the armor later, and it’s still in Zork's trunk in his room. I have the key but as I said we can get it out later."

Xander nods "Ok and it would help keep me safe and I been practicing with the blade. I am also strong."

Oz listens "Still..even with armor one can get hurt."

Xander says, "I know"

Oz says, "Good....I don't want any news of you being hurt, or killed or missing."

Xander says, "I will be careful Uncle Oz and I won't go off alone. I will most likely be with Zolomon and Marek...Dorarose is also in the Defenders"

Oz nods again "For now...sit with me, have some mint tea..it tends to calm the nerves, then I have a class I still need to do today....you could help, it’s a reading and writing one, all you need to do is read a short story and see what they write about. Dibbuns ages 2-4 Seasons. Sometimes they just will draw a picture and my one helper is elsewhere"

Xander replies "Sure...I will help, and tea sounds nice" So he sits down and has tea and then helps with the class..and it’s something to get his mind off things, least for a short time.

oz · Logs

In Log:
Oz-Papa Oz and Dibbun caretaker of Redwall
Zarok- Young Monitor Lizard and Novice in Redwall

RW Abbey: Wine Cellar
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The wine cellar is cool, dry, and dimly lit. It is a very large, low room, extending far back into the Abbey's underworks. The vast space is almost entirely taken up by rack upon rack of wine bottles and ale casks, barrels of all sizes, and shelves of flagons and stoneware flasks. For all the space available, the drink here only fills a small part of it, and most of the barrels still stand empty. There have been obvious work efforts occurring here recently, and the cellar is, if emptier than seasons past, cleaner than it has been in a long while. The further corners of the cellar are hidden in shadow, and consist of many nooks and crannies.
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Oz is down in the cellars, he has a small cup of October Ale but has yet to drink it. He took the day off from dibbun duties and been avoiding beasts, when he shouldn’t yeah but there is Leon, Lacota and Magramba to handle things and he needs to be alone. He has already tried to comfort Xander and Takeo, but now he sits here...alone...in a corner.

Zarok wanders down into the cellar, a grim purpose in his dark eyes. Unusually, his tail is held wrapped over his shoulders so he doesn't trip, and his every motion is stiff and rigid, almost predatory.

Oz lets out a sob and then hears clicking of claws on the steps, he coughs and listens quietly. He will get up if he has to, but for now he doesn’t.

Zarok is given pause for a moment by the sound of Oz...crying? Usually, he'd go investigate, and do whatever he had to in order to cheer up the old badger, but he has other things on his mind. He ducks around a corner after he reaches the bottom of the steps and fiddles with something in the gap between two dust-covered casks. No words, just deadly silence other than the rasp of his breathing.

Oz stands slowly and listens, the glass still full of ale as he walks carefully towards the sound, "Zarok?" He says, his voice sounds sore as he speaks.

There's a moment of silence before the young monitor answers. "Yar?" He tastes the air with his tongue for a moment, then continues rifling through whatever he has stashed between the barrels. Finally, he finds it--his old vest, patched and resized to fit his stronger, larger frame over the seasons. He also finds the seashells DoraRose gave him when she returned from Salamandastron. Finally, he reaches down delicately and finds an odd brooch, which he pins to the front of the vest, shimmying out of his habit and putting the vest and a pair of tattered shorts on in its place. Finally, he turns, garbed in much the same way he was when he first came to the Abbey. But he is stronger now. "I'ma go huntin' now, Oz," He says almost sadly. "I gotta find Benar."

Oz frowns “No one is going to...look for Abbot Benar alone..these vermin....these...." He seems to have trouble speaking" Zinnia is....cause of them"

Zarok growls, surprisingly deep in pitch despite his youth. "Then I'll take Terfil with me. Or Dorroze. But nobeassst will hurt 'nar. An' if anybeassst looksss for him, I go with 'em." His eyes are starting to get that wild look about them, but it quickly fades as the second half of what Oz said hits him. His face softens as much as it can given that he's a reptile. "Ozzer...'m sorry." He moves forward to hug the badger, his mood quickly changing from savage and near-murderous to sympathetic.

Oz is surprised by the hug, unlike most beasts the monitor is most likely a little taller or round same height. Tears go down His face and he has had yet to truly let himself cry, he holds back a sob "They killed zinnia....Takeo thinks she may of...saw or overheard something...no one else should go out without a plan...no more deaths...p....p..please....." And he fails, he fails to hold back any grief anymore and starts crying now..slowly breaking down. Just crying and letting out a sob every so often.

Zarok wraps his sturdy, thick-scaled arms tighter around Oz, holding him as close as he can without hurting him. "'m sorry," He hisses sadly. "It's 'kay tho'...jus' breathe," He soothes gently. "Jus' breathe." He lets Oz lean on him if it's needed, humming softly and reassuringly deep in his throat.

Oz sniffs, he is this way for a good few minutes till he finally is able to stand up better and coughs a little, tears on his face. He mutters a thanks, and sits down the ale glass, "But...just...no rushing off alone Zarok. There is also a novice missing..I just hope Benar isn’t badly hurt, we just know there was an ambush and knock out darts and arrows were used, whoever did it was mainly after Abbot Benar"

Zarok nods slowly. "I'll make planz. I promissse. I'll go with Terfil, an' ssssome of the guardz, if they let me. One way or another, Benar'sss coming home. I ssswear it. Thtat'sss what I came down here for, to get my old gear and thingsss, get ready for the hunt," He explains. "If I'm gonna be fighting, I don't wanna do it in my habit...don't want to make 'em dirty." He runs a clawed paw over his sharp, serrated teeth briefly, thinking, It's been a while since I've done anything like this.

Oz frowns "Your..a novice through" He would say he needs a weapon but monitors have teeth and claws as weapons mainly." It’s bad enough Xander tried to go off alone, and he would have if me and Takeo didn’t get him to the infirm to rest." He still seems worried Xander will try and go off again. "May be a good idea to let Blisa know and Marek, he is leader of that Defender group Xander is in"

"I could make a run to Ferr'vale," Zarok offers. "Or we could sssend a sparrow." In response to the fact that he's a novice, he shrugs, saying, "I been fightin' since I hatched. That'ss how it worked in the cavez." He seems nonchalant about it, surprisingly. "I wanna ssave Benar. He'ssss my father and I don't wanna lose him, not now, not ever. An' whoever haz him..." He clicks his teeth together a few times, snapping those powerful jaws experimentally. "They gonna die," He finishes, with a hint of 'that's that' in his voice.

Oz sighs as he thinks "Maybe a sparrow, not sure if Thunderwing is around...he is an eagle. I was going to have him tell a couple otters to get to the abbey, no one else is outside the abbey we need to know of, is there?"

"Not that I can think 'f," Zarok agrees. "We could toll the bellz for a while, give the alarm call so beassssts know to get back inzide."

Oz nods "May be a good idea, Lilymoore usually does that right?"

Zarok brightens a bit. "I'll go tell her." He stands up, gives Oz another quick hug, and bolts off in search of his cousin, the thought of the search for Benar put aside for now.

Oz sighs as she sits down for a while before slowly standing and heading upstairs. He hears a noise and grips his staff . It’s an ambush! Dibbun style! The dibbuns have found Papa Oz and he manages a small smile, well half a day off was good.

oz · Logs

Redwall Log
In Log:
Oz-Papa Oz and Dibbun Caretaker
Takeo-Mate to Zinnia
Zinnia-Abbey Sister and use to be Recorder
Xander-Warrior badger in training
Quade-Squirrel
Henry-Sparrow
-spoofed guards and a couple novice

RW:Abbey
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You stand on a grassy sward between two cottages. To the south you see a small, calm pond. To the north lies an open space where the Abbey has its feasts in the warmer seasons. To the east is the Great Hall, a massive structure that rises far above the abbey walls and is completed with large towers that pierce upwards into the sky. The main building is completed with a large, iron banded door that would allow one into the Great Hall.
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Oz frowns as he tries to listen to the guards, and the two novices and just sighs "Ok one at a time....what!" He frowns "Abbot Benar is missing...and a novice, when/.Where.....ok just get to the infirm and those not hurt into Great Hall"

Quade slips in and frowns, "Yes..oh the abbot is missing, it’s horrible just awful"

Xander groans, he feels like he wants to throw up and just sits on the steps, he bats away a paw and holds his head, "Not..hurt....shooooo"

Takeo walks in slowly carrying a still form in his arms, he had not heard any news and right now he blinks as beast seem to crowd around Oz. A sniffle is heard as he stands off to the side. The fur under his eyes wet as he looks lost and in pain at the same time. "Wot..wot be going on?" He finally speaks, and his voice sounds sore.

Oz answers "The abbot is missing, are you ok Takeo..."He seems to get worried, he didn’t hear someone else enter “Where is Zinnia..is...is she ok? Is she with those two otter friends if so she needs to get here..." Is that blood he smells as he gets closer "Are you injured?"

Quade glances over at the badgers and frowns "Oh my seasons...is she ok?"

Xander looks up, instantly all feelings of throwing up are gone when he sees whom Takeo is carrying and rushes over almost crashing into Oz "Mom!!! He has Mom, is she ok..is she unconcious....should I get Angela or Brother Leon"

Takeo shakes his head, "No....Brother Leon is not needed, she is past his help..." He holds back a sob as he drops to his knees still holding Zinnia, "She...she's...."

Oz frowns and quickly steps forward and goes to take a pulse at the wrist once he finds it and then her neck and underarm, a frown forms as he knows how to take a pulse. He listens and feels her chest and finally feels the tears come now. "H..How?"

Quade quietly watches from where he stands out of the way.

Xander steps back "But..how what....she isn’t!" He looks ready to have some sort of mental breakdown as he looks at her and shakes his head "Mommy..." He collapses and curls into a sort of large ball of fur and starts sobbing “Mom...mommy...noooo!"

Takeo is unsure what to do and frowns, he goes to hand Zinnia to Oz, he will understand if he doesn’t want to hold her.

Oz takes a deep breath and lets out one slowly, he allows the other badger to hand him Zinnia and frowns, he speaks "She is with Zork now..."

Xander could care less who comforts him, he is in his own little lost world right now as he shivers, sobs and still under the effects of some of the knock out arrow which only makes him throw up and cough from crying at the same time.

Quade sighs "A sad sad day"

Takeo goes to wrap Xander in a hug, if he is allowed to that is.

Oz still holds Zinnia since she was handed to him and goes to slowly sit on the steps leading to the wall, he calls over a couple guards as they talk quietly.

Xander tenses up and lets out a growl, then seeing it's only Takeo he coughs and just lays on the ground, "Bad dream...I will wake up soon...." He frowns, it’s not a dream.

Quade looks to Xander and Takeo "I am..so sorry for your loss"

Takeo sighs as he just tries to comfort his son and isn’t sure how

Oz listens as a guard quietly speaks to him and he nods, a blanket was laid out and he gently places Zinnia on it and walks over "Where did it happen, it could be the same..beasts I don’t think it’s random...its related somehow"

Quade folds his arms in his lap "Well I wasn’t there when she was found I was further down the river with the abbot...and some novices as you were told"

Xander just lets out a sob every so often and shivers, he then hugs Takeo tightly and sobs into his chest.

Takeo frowns " Along the river, not too far from the ship...I think the group from Abbey was...further upriver or downriver"

A black throated sparra lands near the group with a chirp, then he looks around curiously "Did something happen worm things?" Henry is here.

Oz tilts his head and sighs "A couple things...an Abbey Sister is..."He finds it hard to say it" D...dead..and a novice and our abbot is missing"

Quade frowns from where he sits "I say...I will do my best to hunt the beasts down, not to worry on that"

Xander has managed to calm down and now just sits there in the grass.

Oz walks over and lays a paw on Xander's shoulder before speaking "Takeo..carry Zinnia to the infirm for now...we....we can plan a funeral" He lets tears go down his check "We need to find Benar and the missing novice, is there any other beast missing?"

Takeo frowns "I..I don't know sir...Milo and Ottis are still on the ship, th...they don't know yet"

Xander frowns as he just leans into Oz and coughs a couple times"W..Why kill my mom...why they do it, sh....she isn’t a threat to anyone"

Quade says, "Why do vermin do what they do, it’s a mystery"

Oz nods "Maybe she....saw something..but she wouldn’t of just walked into trouble on purpose...she would of came here or went to you Takeo..."

Takeo walks over and moves head fur from Zinnia's face "I think ya being right...she saw something and they seen her and...and killed her"

Quade says, "Very possible, I say it’s not safe outside"

Xander suddenly growls as he stands and goes to get The Blade Of The Northwind Storms, and looks ready to march back outside.

Takeo frowns "Son...wait you can't go outside

Oz frowns, maybe he will regret it later but he goes to tackle Xander as soon as he passes him, careful to avoid the blade at the same time.

Quade gasps and decides its best if he went inside

Xander is knocked down and struggles to get up “Let me go Uncle Oz...I need to go MURDER a vermin!!!"

Takeo frowns and walks over, he goes to pinch an area on his neck, it won’t hurt him but it will make him pass out so he can be placed somewhere.

Oz frowns, he speaks "Please Xander...."

Xander growls and tries to kick Oz and then passes out when Takeo uses whatever move that was. Seems he needs some serious rest as it’s been a bad bad day

Oz tenses as he is kicked and then sits up holding his leg.

Takeo bends down "Is the leg ok, I am sure he dint mean too."

Oz nods "It will be fine, will most likely bruise some..what did you do?"

Takeo carries Xander to the infirm before coming back " Pinch a certain area at the neck and shoulder...knocks one out easy no matter size. He will be fine...well not emotional"

Oz stands using his staff and frowns" Zinnia is...is dead. It will take time for us all to get over it"

Takeo carries Zinnia to a place on the far side of the infirm before coming back out and sitting, placing his face in his paws.

Oz makes his way over and sits beside Takeo, “By the way…I will get ahold of Thunderwing, I have Zee’s whistle l …he can get your friends Ottis and Milo here, you need to stay inside for now, in the abbey.”

Takeo has already cried, a little and now he finds himself crying again and sobbing into Oz's tunic like he was some dibbun. His body shivers with grief as he breaks down, he is like this a while before he finally ends up drifting into sleep.

Oz lets the younger badger cry, when the other badger is done he calls over a couple otters and they help Oz get Takeo to a bed. the bed he has used since him and Zinnia came to the abbey. He covers him to his chest and then slips quietly from the room.

oz · Logs

Redwall Log
In Log:
Zinnia-badger and niece to Oz
Oz-Papa Oz and dibbun caretaker of Redwall
-A small dream screen has Zork in it

*happened ICLY after Oz’s talk with Xander, but before Zinnia and Takeo left to check on the ship they have *
RW Abbey:Graveyard
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This is a small natural clearing in the forest growth. Ancient trees tower over the area, arching over to make an interlaced roof on the clearing, keeping the area dark and shaded through the day and night. The floor is bare except for some small plants and forest mulch. As an entrance to this place, there are two large oaks that have branches that grew together to form a natural arch. At the foot of the largest one, between the roots, a fresh mound has been dug. In the clearing there are small patches of freshly turned earth, and rocks lining a few of them. A burial ground. In the shadows of this place, there is silence for the dead.
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Zinnia sat silently in front of her father’s grave, she had been there an hour so far.

Oz walked towards Zork’s grave, “Zinnia are you still here, a novice said you were.” Least he hoped she still was here.

Zinnia answers, “Yes Uncle Oz. I was just visiting papa’s grave was all. Me and Takeo are heading to the River Moss here soon as Takeo gets some supplies….we will get some other supplies at Ferravale as we would only need enough for 3-4 days.”

Oz stops beside her and nods “Is there anything you wish to talk of, you seemed a bit…upset and distant last we talked.”

Zinnia sighs “Just a lot on my mind I guess. I didn’t mean to be away as long as I was, but maybe it helped me in a small way. I meet Takeo and am very glad for him in my life, as well as the twins but I wish I had been there for Xander more than I was.”

Oz speaks as he reaches out a paw to her” It is fine, he knows you care and I know you care. You were missed yes, but you have returned to use and that is what matters. Perhaps Xander can go along with you to the boat when you and Takeo check on it, he did want to help Abbot Benar find some clay at the riverbank.”

Zinnia takes Oz’s paw, “No its ok, he has his training lessons and stuff to help with here since Spring is soon.” She looks back to Zork’s grave and back to Oz, “ It’s only a….a few days.” She sounds distant a bit again.

Oz tilts his head “Zinnia? What is wrong?” He sounds concerned.

Zinnia is quiet as she remembers her dream the night before.
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Zinnia tossed and turned in bed and opened her eyes, but she quickly sat up as she wasn’t in her bed, or even at the abbey, she was on a hill with a creek beside it and some wildflowers. “Where…”

“Zinnia…” A familiar voice speaks behind her.

Zinnia spins around “Papa?!” She stands and goes to hug him, only to go through him and turns around with a frown.

Zork Winters stood in front of her after slowly turning to face her, a frown showing on his face like he was concerned or worried.

Mist swirled around and it got a little cold, there was still the hillside and creek but also some muted voice and a pain in the badger maids chest that came and went suddenly, then a quiet stillness and a fearing of something happening, but that something was unknown.

Zinnia gasped and dropped to her knees, she then got a little afraid as she looked around confused “Papa…PAPA!”

“I will be there for you daughter but I can’t prevent wots to happen I can only provide comfort during the fear.” Zork Winters voice said.

Zinnia frowns “Papa..what do you mean..Papa wait please don’t leave me, I miss you please stay longer”

Zork Winters appears briefly, “Xander shall earn his right to wield the Blade Of The Northwind Storms and you shall see my blade soon. Let him know you approve and the right choice was made…I will see you soon afterwards”

Zinnia blinks “Soon…what do you…mean?”

Zork Winters watches his daughter, “I will see you soon Zinnia…..”He then disappears.

Zinnia snaps awake and looks around her room and frowns, she quietly gets out of bed and decides to go for a walk.
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“Just a dream with papa in it was all, it’s nothing” Zinnia answers, but it was something and what did he mean by see her soon..the only way she would ever see him again was if she was going to…..she closed her eyes and reopened them” I should get back to Takeo, he will want to go soon” She hugs Oz “I love you Uncle Oz”

Oz returns the hug “I love you too dear” Are you sure you alright..talking helps remember”

Zinnia nods “Yes I will be fine and yes talking does help, but for now I need to get going”

Oz sighs “Very well. But Xander was worried and he is looking for you by the way do speak to him before you head off please”

Zinnia starts to head to the entry and then stops “Ok I will make sure to talk to him before I leave, I promise Uncle Oz” She walks over and hugs him kissing him on the cheek before she heads to the entry again.

Oz returns the hug and listens as her foot paws echo away and tilts his head towards Zork’s grave speaking “ I know I don’t come and speak as often as I should Zork…..but please keep an eye on Zinnia if you are not doing so already.” He then heads off to tend to the dibbuns.

oz · Logs

Redwall Log
In Log:
Oz-Papa Oz and dibbun caretaker of Redwall
Zinnia-Abbey Sister and former Recorder
Takeo-Zinnia's Mate
Xander-Warrior in Training
Flicktail-Fox and Friend of Redwall
Juliana-Fox dibbun and child of Flicktail and Rayen
Rayen-fox and mate to Flicktail(mentioned briefly)
-spoofed guards

RW Abbey :Entry
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You stand on a grassy sward between two cottages. To the south you see a small, calm pond. To the north lies an open space where the Abbey has its feasts in the warmer seasons. To the east is the Great Hall, a massive structure that rises far above the abbey walls and is completed with large towers that pierce upwards into the sky. The main building is completed with a large, iron banded door that would allow one into the Great Hall.
Its winter still
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Xander is excited, course the guards are not "But I only want to...well sort of show it to him, please...please" He frowns “Its important trust me"

Oz walks to the entry and over to the talking “What is it Xander and its ok let him tell me what he has, its fine I am sure"

Xander walks over to Oz as the guard speaks "He has a sword" He rolls his eyes and speaks to Oz "It’s...its Grandpa's sword" He holds it out. "I found it.."

Oz blinks and reaches out for the sword as he traces the blade he smiles a little "Zork’s blade..Blade of The Northwind Storms."

Flicktail walks down the stairs and heads across the abbey grounds towards Xander and Oz

Xander nods and then forgets, oh yeah "Yep..it is and I am gonna train with it and be a warrior like he was. And I know how to take care of it and everything." He frowns at the guards as he adds "And to keep it in the weapons area"

Oz nods as he smiles wiping away a tear. "You can put it away in a little bit" He holds it for now" It will be safe while your here"

Xander nods, "I know" He catches sight of Flicktail and waves. "Hey..." He says quietly before asking "Where is mom by the way I am sure she want to know I have it now"

Flicktail says, "Ello" He says "Good evening Oz. I see you have Blade of the Northwind. I believe that Zork would approve"

Oz asks, "She seemed tried so she went to bed early, greetings Flicktail how are you this eve?"

Xander says, "Northwind Storms and one day well if I CAN I will pass it down one day maybe"

Flicktail nods "Very well Poppa..." he looks at Xander "I am sure you will make a fine warrior Xander. But if I may say you must remember even a dibbun can kill something. It is much harder to give life.”

Xander nods in understanding, “I know sir. Uncle Zee taught me a lot and so has Marek”

Flicktail wanders off elsewhere leaving the two badgers there.

Oz still held The Blade Of The Northwind Storms, he then speaks "I am glad you have the sword Xander and I know your take good care of it and use it wisely"

Xander smiles "Of course, but I do want to let mom see if before its put away. unless her and Takeo already left for their boat"

Oz frowns "I do not know if they have or not, if they did, only supposed to be away maybe 3-4 days and then return. They left Zork and Northstar in my care as they are a bit young still for traveling, but I think they will be able to travel by time its Spring or maybe mid-Spring perhaps."

Xander asks, "Oh "He sighs "Well then maybe when they return if she did head off" He looks at the blade "Should I put it away now then?"

Oz arches an eyebrow and then, "Oh the blade, yes that would be wise. If your mother has not left yet you can show her you found it, otherwise wait till she returns" He holds out the blade carefully.

Xander takes the blade and goes to place it in the weapons area and then returns to the entry, "It’s put away now, also I may start staying at Uncle Zee's hut as he left it to me after he died. But I would still visit not to worry....ummm that’s ok right?"

Oz nods "Yes...you’re at the age you can decide what to do. Your mature for your age and you did, well sort of..go to the western shore by yourself and came back ok. I am not sure I count Patch as good company but its ok and at Ferravale there is Blisa and Marek, and I can have Zolomon check on you as well or maybe Rayen at times."

Xander goes to hug Oz and smiles “Thank you Uncle Oz and if I needed any help or something I can come back here or send a message with...oh with Thunderwing as he is around again and part of the Mossflower Defenders"

Oz returns the hug "Yes Thunderwing is a very good friend to the Winters Clan and to any other good beast. Very protective of those he calls friend"

Xander says, "I was scared of him at first, sort of a bad past with birds like...sea gulls, but I was ok with Aira, she was nice as she was a friend and like important beast to Takeo..like some advisor or something"

Oz says, "Alright, just be careful Xander. You know I am here if you need me"

Xander steps back as he speaks “I know Uncle Oz”

=A couple hours pass=

Zinnia was getting ready to leave, Takeo at her side as she decided to wait a day to go check on the boat with him and now they both decided to go. "Are you sure dear, you could stay here" The tall badger asked as Zinnia shakes her head "No its fine, the walk will help me feel better and we have to make sure the boat is ok where it is,"

Xander had been out helping check on the trees and gardens when he seen Zinnia and smiled as he run over "Hey Mom guess what!!"

Juliana was nearby playing by her mother Rayen when she saw the badgers and walked over. She smiled at them and looked between them.

Zinnia smiled at Juliana and went to hug Xander, she keep the hug for a few moments before speaking "Xander, you alright? Then again you seen excited, what is it?"

Xander smiles and holds up a finger "Wait here" He rushed off and returns with his new blade, well it’s not new really it’s fairly old, a very VERY familiar blade indeed. "Look"

Juliana blinks and hides behind Zinnia and peeks out, she then curiously looks at it.

Zinnia gasps "Papa's blade, The Blade OF The Northwind Storms...you have it." She reaches out and then slowly draws her paw away. Takeo looks at it as he nods "A very very finely made blade...can I see it?" Course if it’s a no, he would understand.

Xander nods as he holds the blade out "Just be careful. It was forged in the Snowy North, in Send by a badger many many many seasons ago named Soot Winters. It has been in the Winters Clan for a very very very long time and maybe one day I will pass it to my son...or maybe daughter, yeah that be cool a female to wield it "

Juliana just watches quietly and then runs back over to her mother who quietly watches from where she sits on the steps to the wall tops.

Takeo grins and holds it, giving a practice swing and hands it to Zinnia, who at first seems she rather not hold it, but slowly takes it and lays a paw on the blade slowly tracing along the edge. She Is silent for a long while before Takeo speaks "Dear..love?" The badger maid blinks and looks at Takeo, "Oh sorry just..just guess blade makes me think of..Papa. I remember him using it in battle, the first time I saw papa he had this blade fighting a slaver to rescue me.*OOC INFO FOUND THE LOG! http://rwmuck.limitless.org/rwmuck/cont … ittle-rest * " She walks forwards and hands it to Xander "Your do well with this blade Xander. You have truly earned the right to wield it and you will defend many. You will help the weak and defenseless and keep honor and be there for your family and friends when needed, your do..well."

Xander takes the blade and listens "I will do my best. I want grandpa and others to be proud of me. Maybe sometime I can even help with important decisions"

Zinnia nods "You just may , having good leadership skills is important and" She smiles " I feel your be fine. I know when somethings important, you pay attention and do your best. Just don’t be afraid of failing, no beast is perfect as even Martin the Warrior had his ups and downs. Your have ups and downs too...good and bad in life, hard times and good times, sad and happy moments in life. Times when you may think it’s time to give up..just know not to and always keep hope and faith." She hugs him and kisses him on the forehead "And know I love you very much. I believe in you and know your do your best always and show honor in wielding The Blade Of The Northwind Storms..you are still a Winters Clan even if adopted. I was adopted. "

Juliana yawns meanwhile as she falls asleep in Rayen's lap , so the vixen picks her up and heads to bed.

Xander frowns "But what if I dishonor grandpa somehow, what it the choice to pass the blade to me was..was a wrong choice."

Zinnia lays a paw on his shoulder "It wasn't. Look no one is perfect and you proved you were the right choice by passing all these tests to weird the blade in the first place. "

Xander says, "But..what about Jedrick...I mean I still have//some issues cause of him sometimes"

Zinnia says, "The past is the past. It’s the now and the who YOU chose to be now, not what you were THEN. "She hugs him "I love you Xander. I always have and always will. You been through a lot yes but you have also gotten over a lot. You didn’t let yourself fall to any darkness, you stayed on the path of light and good. You overcame any negative thing that wildcat tried to make you and I am proud of you for it. You have...have grown up so much and will be a fine, fine beast, a fine warrior."

Xander hugs her as well "Love you too mom and thanks." He steps back "I will help keep an eye on Zork, Northstar and Tanya not to worry" He smiles "You and..Dad" He smiles at Takeo" Make sure the boat is good and ok so when its time to head back to the island your have a safe trip."

Takeo nods "We will....come dear we best get going to be thar by lunch...Milo and Ottis is expecting us " Zinnia smiles and nods, she looks at the abbey a long moment before they head off, she smiles "Yeah...and I managed to get some hot root for those two otters" Takeo smiles as they head on to the boat.

Xander waves and then heads on inside, after he places the blade back in weapons storage

oz · Open Chat

Created: Tue Dec 14 2:47:41 UTC 2010= Oz
He started out as a hermit, moody, will every beast leave me alone and go away beast. He followed his adopted son Maxtor, a mouse he saved from a burning building when the mouse was 1 season old.(played by my IRL son) to Redwall Abbey with plans to march right back to the Snowy North. Send Valley which is a real place on the muck.
Now he is Badger Father and has been Badger Father a while, he lost his sight but even blind he is still a protector of dibbuns and his friends, his hearing and smell is very VERY good, a LOT better than most beasts around as he is more in tune since going Blind and no one knows he is blind as he walks around the abbey as he knows his way around from top to bottom and outside a very short distance.He has been through a lot and helped many and will still be around to help beast for a long time as have no plans to stop useing him and heck badgers live a long LONG time. I also had Scioto chieftain of FeRrravale,who died. I like role play its fun.

oz · Logs

Redwall Log In Open Ground Mostly
Log:
Oz-Papa Oz and dibbun caretaker
Dorarose-Mousemaid And Gatekeeper Of Redwall
Henry-Sparrow
Emyuil-Mouse
Zinnia-Badger
spoofed dibbuns, spooofed badger dibbun twins

Oz is in the open ground with the dibbuns, his mood much better than it’s been in the past few days and is laughing and joining the dibbuns in a snow ball fight. One dibbun mouse stays by a snow wall and eats some cookies and just watches the action.

DoraRose comes into the open ground, smiling slightly as she watches the fight. When she gets smacked with a snowball, she pretends to be offended, then chases the hysterically laughing Dibbun around.

Oz listens as the dibbuns run around and play and chuckles. He is very glad to have them back and picks up one of the mice dibbuns who smiles "Where the babies?" They ask, the badger just replies "Sleeping, they are much too young for this sort of fun, maybe next winter"

Emyuil smiles a little as well as he follows his sister onto the open ground. He decides not to indulge in Dibbun-chasing now; he probably would scare them. Instead, he is content to watch the antics of the young beasts for a while, finding a log and brushing the snow off it so he can sit on it.

DoraRose catches the Dibbun and tickles him, then lets him go, shakes her head (no, no more chasing, sorry) and makes her way over to the Badger Father. "Well, you seem happier." She waves at her brother.

Emyuil waves back and works his way through the snow to DoraRose and Oz, cloak flapping around him in a slight wind. It's a bit brisk out by his standards, but still, the skies above are pleasant and yesterday's skirmish is pretty much behind him. He seems...relaxed, instead of brooding.

Oz nods "My dibbuns are back and safe thanks to Quade. He brought them back to the abbey and said the vermin involved were all taken care of"

"Yeah.....we, uh, killed the vermin, don't worry." More like over killed them into a greasy smear of sorts into the floor of Mossflower Woods, but that's another issue. "I'm glad they all came back without incident. “DoraRose said all that.

Emyuil nods with a small smile. "Yup, we took care of that." And he didn't lose himself to Bloodwrath, either. Things on the whole seem to be looking up, he reflects as he runs a paw over his still-fading crisscross of scars.

Oz tilts his head " Hmm...odd Quade didn’t mention whom else was there"

DoraRose raises an eyebrow and purses her lips. "Oh, /really/? So he just.....said that /he/ rescued the Dibbuns, huh? Didn't say anything about me, or Emyuil here, or Marek, or Feisty, or Xander, or Thunderwing? Because we did all the fighting; he just escorted the Dibbuns back here."

Emyuil's eyes flash, his good mood quickly disappearing. "Glory hog," He growls. "He didn't even draw blood if I remember correctly. We did the fighting. He was little more than a chaperone..."

Oz listens as they explain the fight "Hmmms, then again I didn’t ask" The dibbuns keep playing in the snow and a couple look to be getting tried

DoraRose goes to pick up a tired Dibbun. "He still should've volunteered a little more information. Jerk." As the Dibbun yawns, she smiles and goes to give it a kiss on the head.

Oz nods "Agreed but then again I didn’t ask details and he seemed to be in a rush to leave after a short talk"

Emyuil growls again, a bit more put off than DoraRose. "Wonder where he was going," He mutters. "Off to the tavern to spread more tall tales?"

DoraRose rocks the dozing Dibbun. "Huh....well, I can talk to him next time I see him, then." She smiles. "Hopefully that's all the excitement we'll have; kidnappings drive me nuts."

Oz says, "Yes we don’t need more excitement that’s for sure. I rather deal with just simple things like dibbuns scared of a storm or teething in infants"

DoraRose grimaces. "Ungh, teething. I hated that stage..." A spontaneous snowball explodes on the back of her head. "Oi....." Shaking her head, she pulls up the hood of her cloak. So there. "The simple life may be boring at times, but it sure is a lot less stressful..." The Warrior looks at the little Dibbun in her arms and smiles. "I should volunteer with the Dibbuns here soon....I do miss holding babies."

Zinnia walks along one of the paths and looks around. In her arms is her two badger dibbuns. Spotting Oz she smiles and walks over "Hey Uncle Oz.. I need to ask you something"

Emyuil snorts. "I don't mind Dibbuns, but I'm sure my opinion would change if I had to be with them all day instead of only once in a while." Wisely, no beast throws anything at him...unless DoraRose gets any funny ideas....

Oz smiles when he hears Zinnia "Of course Zinnia what would that be?" He tilts his head at the Dora's brother "Dibbuns can be a pawful but they are not so bad. Some can handle them and some cannot. They mind me well, I have heard others they tend to get into more mischief"

DoraRose grins at her brother, but she has an armful of sleeping Dibbun, so she can't throw anything right now. Except maybe authority. Which isn't needed right now. "Yeah, they sometimes are stressful, but there's just something about helping to shape the future and help some beast grow up into a responsible, kind, loving adult that makes me feel like I'm doing something that I was made to do. It's not for everyone, but that's okay." She snuggles the Dibbun closer so it doesn't get cold. She smiles at the female badger, but says nothing to her for now.

Emyuil grins back, knowing full well what DoraRose would've done if her paws were free. He listens to her and Oz, nodding and taking this information in. "I wonder if I'll ever do that," He says a tad wistfully.

Zinnia says, "Me and Takeo was going to check on the ship and I wandered if you could watch the twins for us while we are away a few days. They are still a little young to be outside." The twins are wigglely as she sits them down and of course they crawl off two different directions" And they crawl now"

Oz smiles "Of course Zinnia, and Dorarose you are welcome to help at any time with the dibbuns if you would like"

DoraRose smiles and goes to bump her brother with her shoulder. "You already are, with Lily and Caleb. You're a wonderful uncle....and brother." Going to kiss his cheek, she then turn to the Badger Father. "Thanks! I think I'll volunteer this weekend....if I didn't have my arms full right now, I'd help you catch your Dibbuns, Zinnia." She has her arms full of sleeping person. "I can help watch them while you're checking your ship, actually. I'm taking a break from guarding the wall this weekend, anyway."

Emyuil smiles softly as his sister kisses him. "Thanks. You're a good mother to them. And a great sister." Glancing down to the escaping Dibbuns, he crouches near them, debating whether to help herd them back to Zinnia.

Zinnia chuckles, she sighs as she looks to the badger cubs "Zork...Northstar get back here" She picks up Northstar and then goes after her son, who ends up crawling faster and Zinnia finds a patch of ice and falls, still holding her daughter and sighs, she is ok, her son blinks and looks over.

Oz listens as the playing slows, in fact Sister Ginny comes and takes some of the older dibbuns to a class, class is not always fun but off they go.

"Can /I/ come to class with you?" Dora asks as some of the Dibbuns grumble. They then giggle and tell her that she's too big. Smiling, she looks at her friend just in time to see the badger fall. "Oh my goodness! Emmy, get Zork. Remember, be gentle and soft with your voice and movements. Smiling and eye contact should help." She heard his complement, but for now is focusing on helping the situation. "Should we take the Dibbuns inside, Oz? I could play them a song on my mandolin during snack time."

Emyuil nods, stepping carefully but swiftly towards the young Zork, slowing down carefully as he comes within a tail-length or so of the child. He kneels down, making eye contact and giving the barest hint of a smile--but a genuine one. "Hey...you left Zinnia back there, let's go help her out," He soothes, offering his paws to scoop up the lad, continuing to talk whether Zork understands him or not. "Come on, you'll get cold." Getting an idea, he takes off his ragged cloak, and wraps Zork in it carefully, going to pick him up if the Dibbun allows it. "Up y'come."

Zinnia stands "I am fine...ummmm"The dibbun badger looks at the mouse and growls a little but course it sounds strange and backs up a little, he then bolts best he can on all fours, hits a patch of ice and spins around in a circle and blinks looking dizzy now.

Emyuil face paws, looking a tad...hurt. "Great..." He calls DoraRose over. "'Rose, can you come get him, I don't think he likes me..." He puts his cloak back on and wanders off for a bit.

Oz chuckles a little, "I remember some of my time as a dibbun..My brother would have to chase me around Send and he would get annoyed but we were close and never stayed grumpy too long."

DoraRose sighs as her brother walks off. "Do you need help, Zinnia? Oz, can you take this sleeping Dibbun, or are your paws full?" She remembers him picking up a mouse dibbun, but did the mouse get put back down? DoraRose adds wistfully, "I don't remember much about being a Dibbun..."

Zinnia says, "I am ok, it’s just slippery out here is all"

Oz nods and is able to hold more than one dibbun, he could hold 3-4 if needed and has before, with a couple more on his shoulders one time.

DoraRose hands the Badger Father the sleeping Dibbun, then sneaks over to the baby Zork. She goes to scoop him up, deciding that containment is better than not having him scream. "Hey, baby, you left your Momma. Let's get back to her."

The dibbun Zork does one of those I am not very very heavy sort of slumps, he tries to say something and ends up with just "ey...ey" Zinnia stands and smiles “This is sort of funny. "

Oz smiles “Never thought I would use the words Zork and getting into mischief and trouble in the same sentence....wait never mind" He chuckles a little" I most likely have before"

DoraRose settles the Dibbun on her hip. "You're so silly." She goes to give him a kiss. "Yeah, Dibbuns can be hysterical sometimes." She carries him over to his mommy. "Would you like me to carry him for you, or do want to carry them both?" Grinning, she adds, "Yeah, Oz, I think I've heard you put those words together with the name Zork before. Your brother was kinda crazy on occasion." Like that one time he raided the kitchen with the DABers.

Zinnia decides to take Zork from Dorarose carefully, his sister Northstar is already asleep but Zork does yawn and snuggles close as Zinnia frowns a little in thought.

Oz nods "Yes he had his moments that’s for sure. He loved winter and he got along with the dibbuns that last season...odd as before he always said they disliked him guess becoming a brother in the order helped"

DoraRose smiles. "Yeah, I remember hearing that once Zork and the DAB members raided the kitchen. THAT was interesting...." She looks at the Abbey Sister. "Hey, Zinnia, are you okay? Do you need me to hold one of them? Do we need to go inside?" She remembers the badger mom's problems after she gave birth, and is a little worried.

Zinnia blinks "Papa raided the kitchens, when was this? I know he loved hot root a little too much...heee" She sighs and looks at the two and nods "It was...just some dream with....Papa oddly enough...sure it’s nothing and its fine I can get them to bed me and Takeo won’t go anywhere till morning anyways" She walks off with sleeping badger dibbuns.

Oz nods and he arches an eyebrow as Zinnia walks off "Her voice seems...upset and she seemed suddenly tried or..worried somehow" Oz can tell voice tone fairly well and looks concerned " I do hope she is alright and will maybe talk to someone later"

DoraRose narrows her eyes as she watches the badger walk away. "She looked upset too....I think.....the dream she mentioned may be more than she was letting on." She goes and stands beside the Badger Father. "Maybe you should try talking to her later..."

Oz nods "I can try or ask Benar to speak to her if he has time"

A voice next to the mouse maid speaks " I meet her, sheum seems like nicewrom."

DoraRose jumps slightly at the sudden words and looks around, going into a fighting stance from pure instinct. "What?" She's so startled she doesn't recognize the Saprra's accent immediately...

Oz tilts his head, "Hello wormfriend" Being an elder in the order he knows Sparra "Howum is your day?" He smiles and then an order beast comes running and bumps into Oz who blinks and leans on his staff as the order beast frowns "It’s horrible...it’s HORRIBLE....they have pillow feathers and fluff all over Oz, they are in they are in the Great Hall come quick " The badger frowns and sighs as he follows "And they tied Novice Fred to a chair...ohhhhhhh" He sighs again..yep gotta love the dibbuns

The sparra hops in front of the mouse maid and laughs like a dibbun "'Tis I! The fearsome scaryworm!" He laughs again.

DoraRose relaxes. It's just a sparrow. Good grief. "Well, you did startle me. I'm a Warrior, so I tend to go into 'fight whoever is attacking me' mode when I get startled and then think later." She kneels so she's more on his eye level. "My name is DoraRose Strongheart. It's nice to meet you."

The black throated sparrow laughs a third time, a playful light in his eyes "It nice meet you too wormwarror!" Then he takes a step back and performs an elegant bow "my name is Henry the poet, now you know it"

DoraRose smiles. "Well, a poet! And a gentleman. You're pretty well spoken, Mister Henry; where do you hail from?" She almost extends a paw, but then remembers that he kind of needs his feet to stand on, so he probably can't shake her paw in return. Wings don't make good paw substitutes.

Henry thinks for a moment "Meum have most recently been living in Warbaek Loft, but before that meum family was living up north..." He thinks again "I think my family is originally from the south."

DoraRose blinks. "Oh, wow. That sounds complicated." Standing, she brushes snow off of her knees. "Well, welcome to Redwall. Any beast with a pure heart and a kind spirit is welcome here." The bells start to toll for supper. "Oh, dinnertime! Care to join us? The Abbey's food is basically legendary." If he agrees, she'll take him in there for the delicious soups, salads, breads, and of course desserts and drinks that the Abbey is serving...if he doesn't and flies off, well, she'll go in there and eat anyway. He's a free creature.

The poet Speaks one last time "What self-respecting sparra would deny a free meal!"

Meanwhile the Badger Father has entered the Great Hall, all action stops and Novice Fred looks near tears, all eyes are on Oz as he clears his throat and pillows are dropped and dibbuns start to run out of the room, the Badger Father clears his throat and they stop and frown, “ To the dibbun room..no story tonight” Awwwwwwwwww is heard and one sort of hic-up as they march upstairs in a single line and The Badger Father walks over and unties the novice who decides he will no longer ever EVER watch the dibbuns, he will stick to washing and dying towels, sheets and robes. Oz then goes upstairs……there is a lecture…no story before bed….and OZ has a rather LONG night as he falls asleep in a chair in the dibbun’s room, must have been a long LONG lecture but he as well as the dibbuns are asleep till right before breakfast in the morning.

oz · Logs

**Short but good
log:
Oz-Papa Oz and caretaker of the dibbuns at Redwall
Quade-Warrior Squirrel
Spoofed Dibbuns

RW Abbey: Open Ground
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The Open Ground is a place for feasts, good times and just general social meetings. The wide-open space allows a large group of beasts to gather upon the plush grass and chat. But it also allows access to many places of the abbey, towards the walls of the abbey is the Bell Tower. Notable abbey defenders graves alongside the plot of land the massive structure takes up. A staircase shrouded by a case of stone allows one to make their way to the busy infirmary. The large brass lined doors to the lower dormitory are also evident from this position.
The earth is worn slightly bare in some patches here. The area for conversing in the heat is used often by small children by the size of the dry spots. The summer is in full blast now, trees from the orchards near-by tempting one to seek shelter under its shade.
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Oz is in the open ground, by himself and just sort of standing leaning on his staff as if in deep thought. He got the day off, again, even though Sister Jenny asked him why, he just stayed silent on the matter and the only two dibbuns he would watch was his niece and nephew and he's been a bit depressed the past few days as well, as well as being a bit like his old hermit self lately.

Quade walks over quietly, an arm in a sling as he catches sight of the badger and makes his way over to him "Ello Oz, what are you doing out here in the cold, well guess it’s not as cold as it could be I suppose"

Oz heard the squirrel coming and stays silent as his only response is a grunt as if the badger is annoyed for any company coming near him.

Quade hmmms and shrugs "Well and here I thought you would enjoy a bit of news was all. See some beasts wanted to see ya but I could tell them your grumpy and to come back later" He motions to a small group of beasts who do not bother to wait for the squirrel to get out of the way, he gasps as he is nearly trampled by 14 dibbuns who only see him as someone in their way of getting to the care taker. He crawls a few feet before using a May Flower pole to slowly stands up and mutters an ouch and something else unheard and most likely luckily unheard under his breath.

Oz starts to speak before he is knocked onto his back and drops his staff that rolls a few feet from him. His mood quickly changes as if he never was depressed and his large arms hug about 4 dibbuns and a couple others snuggle close to him "My dibbuns...my dibbuns your back, your safe" Happy tears come down his face as he gets a couple kisses and returns them, and a couple other hugs are returned and more gotten as he chuckles and stays on the ground rolling in the snow with the dibbuns, a smile on his face.

The dibbuns are happy as well and giggle and hug the badger "Papa Oz..papa Oz.." One otter dibbun gets his staff and holds his out to him “Papa Oz you drop it."

Quade watches all this and shakes his head, dibbuns seem annoying to him but he doesn’t share his through as he stays his distance before getting close again carefully" As you can see I found them and helped save them, why without me they surely would of been lost forever to some slaver. The vermin band was taken care of totally, I am a hero" His voice stays simple tones and a little pride is in it even as he offers a smile to the dibbuns who seem to care less, most of their attention is to the badger of course.

Oz smiles as he hugs the dibbuns again and nods his thanks as he takes the staff and slowly stands. He smiles "Maybe we can have some cookies and juice I am sure Friar Lacota would not mind making some" He tilts his head to Quade "Thank you Quade for getting them home"

The dibbuns cheer at the idea of cookies and skip around Oz and a couple throw snowballs at each other, it’s very clear they are glad to be home.

Quade nods as he replies "You are most welcome Oz. It was my job after all to help those in need, uphold the...good and all that"

Oz says, "Still you found them and you didn’t give up till you did, again thank you"

Quade nods as he heads off "I will let you enjoy the rest of your day Oz and the dibbuns as well." He then walks away, rather quickly it seems.

Oz raises an eyebrow at the fact Quade left so soon and shrugs as he smiles "Come my dibbuns let’s see if Friar Lacota will make some cookies for us" He then leds the group of dibbuns to the kitchens.

oz · Logs

My beaver character finally gets into a role play!

Characters
Rayen-Mate to Flicktail
Quade- Warrior squirrel in the Defenders
Gorvenalus -Beaver and foemer Abbot of a now burned down village
Bolt-fox
Minsc-Hamster

=Enjoy=

==Somewhere in the woods==

Quade was in a tree and watching the road below him. Many things on his mind as he liked to sit in the trees and think.

Rayen walked along the path, she knew not to go too close to where the dibbuns were as her ears went flat on her head.

Quade looked down at the fox and looked over towards where a couple rats and a fox was as he flicked his tail a couple times.

Bolt nearby gets behind Rayen and quickly goes to make sure her arms stay at her side, “Elllo Rayen, boss wants ta chat so come along quietly or this won’t go well.”

Rayen gasps and starts to kick behind her till she hears Bolt and snarls a little, “Talk about what?”

Quade moves into the woods and sits on a tree stump, he looks at his nails as if bored.

Bolt just leads Rayen into the woods and pushes her forwards.

Quade looks at the foxes and clears his throat “Hello, nice day to relax I say isn’t it? No birds to mess it up it seems”

Rayen just glares, “ You have peeved off a badger, not wise”

Bolt seems a little worried now but tries to not show it

“Correction, you peeved off a badger my dear vixen” The squirrel smirks “Course he won’t find out unless you mess up…now the thing I wanted to talk of, one…me and you found the camp where the dibbuns are and we can report to…guess Marek and whoever else..whatever, then my bigger plan finally comes into play and for that better planning. I have learned Benar will be needing clay from the river and of course he won’t go alone that be..foolish, me and you can go with him”

Rayen frowns and then arches an eyebrow, “What does Benar have to do with your plans?”

Quade smirks “Well my captives and no not the dibbuns as a couple others need some company, they are so lonely and need a new friend, that and it causes panic if the abbot is missing or maybe thought dead, but I have not figured out how to make someone appear dead when they are not and course a beast to frame and not to worry dear it won’t be you oh no I have a much better beast in mind whom …..trust is already questioned”

Bolt scratches an ear “Ya want de abbot boss…wouldn’t that start like a major problem?”

Rayen pales and frowns as her ears flatten “Why do you want Benar, that would attract a lot of attention and they would figure out it was you”

Quade smiles “No they wouldn’t cause I would help –look- for him. Beasts trust me and I have done this before and am good at it…any other beast with him can be knocked out or….killed If need be”

Bolt grins “Can I kill someone boss…please”

Rayen frowns “I..I don’t know if I want to help with this”

Quade looks serious “That’s your choice Rayen but it be a bad day…for you…if a certain badger found out who killed the sea gull” He turns to Bolt ”We will see my friend”

Bolt grins wider and watches Rayen.

Rayen frowns “Fine I will help you”

Quade nods “Good choice, now let’s go check on my captives, the ones who Abbot Benar can soon befriend” He leds the way to another , very well hidden hideout…a hideout that is hidden so well it looks nothing like some horrible place.

Underground Prison
This is a small prison cell, large enough to fit several beasts. A light comes in from an unknown source above, but the area still gives the feel of dark, damp and death, as if it is meant to extinguish all hope. Whatever beast finds themselves trapped here, is likely to meet their demise within these exact same walls.

Quade walks in and smiles “Greetings Abbot Gorvenalus and Minsc I have news.”

Rayen walked in and looked around as her ears flattened and the whole place made her uneasy.

Bolt just looked bored and leans against a wall fiddling with his daggers.

Gorvenalus looked at the squirrel and just frowned “And what news is that Quade?”

Minsc stays in his corner, looking past hopelessness and just sort of stares at the wall. His once golden fur is dusty and his tunic torn and stained.

Quade smiles “Your have company soon, another Abbot what do you think of that Father Gorvenalus? Oh and this is my new member….Rayen, course she still needs some training yet but so far…so good and will soon help me with my new plans” He walks over to the hamster “Oh Minsc are we still so depressed…cheer up your have a new friend…maybe two soon”

Minsc just frowns and says nothing, he is silent and its clear he hasn’t spoken in a long time and looks far from ever smiling again in his life.

Rayen looks at Minsc curious “What sort of woodlander is he…he is a woodlander right?”

“ Minsc is a hamster child and why have you joined Quade you, you don’t seem the type to carry out evil deeds.” Abbot Gorvenalus speaks quietly, with a calmness much like any Abbot.

Bolt yawns “I am gonna go get some lunch, see ya” And he disappears .

Quade rolls his eyes ‘Please that is her decision, not yours Abbot Gorvenalus..I do hope you’re doing well today, maybe try and get Minsc to cheer up…hmmm?”

Rayen keeps quiet, the place just makes her uneasy and its clear she rather be elsewhere, “Can I leave now?”

Gorvenalus studies the vixen and then answers the squirrel “ I am doing well, but I do wish you would stop your madness Quade…we…we were friends once you know”

Quade chuckles coldly “We were never friends, it was a lie and you and the whole village fell for it and others are falling for it as I speak…Quade the hero, I will find and help rescue dibbuns soon, course it’s my fault they are where they are, oh I won’t kill them, I will kill them later once my plans come more into action. That’s where your future company comes in, an abbot like ya self. You two should get along great” He smiles and nods to Rayen “After you feed the captives, then you can leave.” He then exits himself

Rayen looks away from the Abbot and focuses on the floor. She sighs and goes to get something for them to eat, she isn’t sure what and is gone an hour before she is able to get back with some fish stew and a roll, and a couple mugs of simple water.

Minsc just stares at the food and quietly eats once he has it, well least he eats and drinks some water.

Gorvenalus nods his thanks before speaking “So..Rayen was it, you seem troubled and clearly not like the rest of this horde”

Rayen just shrugs as she stays seated, she looks near ready to …..cry?

Gorvenalus walks closer “What is it child? You may be a vixen but something is different with you, and you seem to not want to be here, yet you seem to work for Quade” He studies her closely “ Your reactions seem to tell one story and at the same time try to show a different story, now tell an old Abbot what is in your heart, yours seems to not follow Quade’s thinking.”

Rayen just frowns, “I…I am part of his horde and..and I do regret it, I killed a sea gull yesterday and hiding things from others..from my mate feels so…so…..” Tears flow and she lets them as she tries to fight back a sob.

Gorvenalus lays a paw on her arm, “Child?” He speaks calmly and waits in understanding.

Rayen just leans agasit the beaver and lets out a couple choked sobs and coughs before standing “I..I need to get home, you and…the hamster I hope enjoyed lunch as I think you were to have something else…..so good day” She quickly leaves and gets back to the abbey, she will only come back if she feels she needs to or if she is told to.

Gorvenalus lets her go and sits back down, he looks worried for her and glances over at the hamster and sighs. He finishes his meal and lays down to sleep and think on the events of the morning.

oz · Logs

Log:
Oz-papa oz and caretaker of the dibbuns of Redwall
Benar-Abbot of Redwall
Flicktail- fox and used to be Champion of Redwall
Rayen-Flicktail's mate
Takeo-badger
Xander-Badger and Warrior in training, Defenders member
Zolomon-Archer hare and Defenders member
Aira-Seagull
-spoodfed dibbuns and badger twin dibbuns

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On the east side of the road rises the main gate of Redwall Abbey, a massive, ancient structure of red sandstone that nearly obstructs the entirety of the eastern horizon. Here the road has been noticeably better cared for--ruts and potholes are few and far between, and the surface is smoothed and kept free of cropping weeds. Despite this, there is the sense of a thousand pawtreads beneath your feet, taken by beasts long forgotten. Only the Abbey seems a constant, unchanging sentinel--worn and battered by the elements, but still standing tall.
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Xander is on his way back to the abbey, to check on his Uncle Oz as he heard he was back at the abbey thanks to Marek

Takeo comes walking from the woods, in his arms is the still form of a sea gull and his fur is wet under his eyes.

Zolomon is with him and upon seeing Xander he jogs over “Xandy! Ya should not be alone right now”

Thunderwing lands and caws in agreement “Xander friend needed stay safe…danger is around. Thundering carefully look for wee ones, find them yes will”

Xander nods “I know….Dad?” He rushes over and frowns “What happen to Aira is she..alright?”

Takeo shakes his head sadly ”My friend, my friend since childhood is dead, friend…advisor and messenger is gone forever” Tears start down his face again.

Zolomon walks over “We shall find the rotter who did this, trust me we will”

Xander nods “We…we need to get to the abbey and tell Benar, then he already knows I am sure”

RW:Abbey Entry
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You stand on a grassy sward between two cottages. To the south you see a small, calm pond. To the north lies an open space where the Abbey has its feasts in the warmer seasons. To the east is the Great Hall, a massive structure that rises far above the abbey walls and is completed with large towers that pierce upwards into the sky. The main building is completed with a large, iron banded door that would allow one into the Great Hall.
Coolness has swept into the air now, bringing with it the autumn leaves of the orchards. Coating the trails that lace and move through the dying grass and flowers. Regardless of the death of plants, the area is beautiful in its gold and orange season. The abbey is sporting the colors in full pride.
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Zolomon looks around as he walks into the abbey and makes sure the others are following him " I say this can't be good news but who would do it?"

Takeo walks in slowly carrying the sea gull as if it was made of fine china "I..do not know, but we need to find out"

Xander nods "Yes. I know the defenders are gonna look..maybe Aira saw the dibbuns and that’s why...."He frowns.

Takeo frowns, " Well your brother and sister are with Zinnia, they are too young to have gone out on the little outing to which I am glad of"

Zolomon listens as the two badgers talk " Well who ever bally well is involved will be stopped, found and hunted down...missing beasts saved and evil defeated"

Xander frowns, "They have Tanya and I plan to help find them"

Takeo shakes his head "Now...son, it could be dangerous, you should let more experienced fighters find the missing dibbuns, what....what if you get killed, I can't lose two beasts I care about in a short period of time"

Xander slightly glares "I will be fine and they need found, they were a couple rats and some weasels and some fox and it happen close to the clearing"

Zolomon looks between them "Now calm ya self...and Xandy won’t be by himself sir he will have me, Marek, Quade and Dorarose and maybe a couple others to jolly well help"

Takeo frowns "You were there when they were....were you hurt?"

Xander frowns "No Uncle Oz was there, Quade and Rayen and the vermin hurt Uncle Oz and knocked him out, he was in the Ferravale infirm but Marek got him back here"

Zolomon listens "Then they have ideas maybe where the vermin went....was Quade or Rayen knocked out?"

Xander shrugs "I don’t know...I know Rayen was making sure Uncle Oz was ok and Quade found like 4 of the dibbun and got them to the abbey but like 10 still missing"

Takeo nods as he listens" Then we see what they remember"

Zolomon says, "Sounds like a jolly good plan"

Xander sighs as he goes to head further inside "I..have some things to do and don’t worry I won’t go out alone"

Takeo looks to the hare, “You will make sure he doesn’t go off by himself, correct?"

Zolomon watches Xander walk off before turning back to the badger and nods "Course, Xandy is my best friend I don’t want anything bad to happen to him. I will follow him not to worry and he knows to not go alone on any quest...well most quests"

Takeo nods "Good….Wait....some quests?"

Zolomon says, "He been on a quest to find his family blade and may be close to jolly well finding it, well once we find the missing dibbuns that is"

Takeo says, "I heard about that and yes finding the dibbuns is more important and I will tag along and help"

Zolomon grins "Cool two badgers helping"

Takeo tilts his head at the word cool and shrugs, he looks down at the sea gull Aira and frowns, then gets determined " These vermin are believe are the ones who killed Aira...they need found and punished"

Zolomon nods and agrees "Yes totally agree but if they were found by Aira its possible they left the area and went elsewhere gotta jolly well keep that in mind"

Takeo asks, "What does this Quade and Rayen know? And where are they? Are they out looking?"

Zolomon says, "Possible chap" He shrugs.

Takeo sighs “I…need to tend to my fallen friend and let Zinnia know.”

The hare nods in understanding and excuses himself to find a snack cause, well rescue planning makes one hungry.

RW:Abbey Breezeway
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A covered, narrow walkway connecting both the smaller building of the kitchens and the large, dwarfing building of the Great Hall. It is a walkway for the kitchen's servers for easy access to the Hall during mealtimes and Feasts. Because it is covered, it is mostly protected from the weather but outside so that more easy access to it is afforded. At almost all times, beasts can be seen scurrying across its surface -- despite their destination and the weather going on around them. Life must go on!
New growth sprouts up around the edges of the walkway but anything that managed to take root in the walkway and breezeway itself finds itself trampled -- and quite not worth the energy of rooting there. Brisk, slightly chilly spring breezes find their way into the breezeway, stirring the puddles of the many rainstorms that always manage to dump water onto the little, narrow walkway -- despite the coverings and shelter.
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Xander walks along the walkway, paws in his pockets and muttering to himself as if having a bad day.

Flicktail dusts off the board "That’s an interesting view Father Abbot " Showing off a nicely carved acorn in the wood in bas relief he hears the muttering "Good day Xander pleased to see you”

Benar shakes his head and looks at the board, "it is nice, though Acorns ah... the stalk at the top it is a bit long," He looks over, "Xander whatever is the matter?"

Flicktail considers the stem on the Acorn and nods "That’s a good eye. But then I expect squirrels to know acorns" He smiles "I have some bees wax to rub the wood and put a finish on it will help preserve the wood too”

Xander stops and looks over at Benar and frowns, he walks over "I thought someone told you by now..." Yes lets fire that guard or messenger or whoever, "When they were having a class in the clearing to have a lesson on like trees and plants in the woods a small group of vermin showed up and some dibbuns got captured and are missing, Rayen and Quade were there but only manage to find some of the dibbuns and some others are still missing and the bad guys had knocked out Uncle Oz and he was in the infirm in Ferravale but Marek helped him back here earlier today and I am worried they have my sister Tanya, the beaver dibbun mom adopted"

Benar frowns, "What was Oz doing taking Dibbuns out of the abbey in the first place! We have trees inside the walls," He starts toward the door, "Flicktail sorry but this is somewhat going to derail our discussion," He tugs on Xander's arm, "Inside, why does no one ever tell me these things. Have anyone told Magramba?"

Flicktail listens, a pang of regret and guilt in his heart as he is no longer the one to solve these problems though he still hopes to help "It is ok Father Abbot just remember you have a verminous fox beast that can be a spy in their camp if it is needed. I am not THAT old yet”

Xander frowns backing off "A bird was supposed to give him a message too. Maybe he is out looking and I am not sure, I know the clearing is not too far away and he was with Rayen and Quade, maybe ask them"

Benar turns his head to look at Flicktail, "Flicky, my dear chap, you have bright white fur and are the most famous fox in Mossflower woods. I am afraid the chances or you sneaking un-recognized into a vermin camp is somewhat unlikely. I thank you for the thought though," He turns back to Xander and taps a foot, "Well I know Magramba is out, maybe he is hunting, but this does not bode well! I mean really... Dibbuns kidnapped! What was Oz thinking taking them out of the abbey, in winter!"

Xander frowns "I don’t know, it wasn’t totally his idea and I am sure he is upset too."

Benar sighs and nods his head, "Of course, it doesn’t do to get upset... it was still a stupid thing to do. We have an entire orchard full of trees after all, but the thing to focus on now is finding those dibbuns. If Magramba is aware and out hunting for them then that is a start."

Rayen walks into the breezeway smoothing out her fur some, it’s clear she has been outside, she slows when she hears the others and stays off to the side.

Flicktail Is taken aback by Father Abbots description of him especially as famous "Well there are disguises" He says, but very softly more as if convincing himself He sees Rayen and moves to his mate "Good day Luv' He says wanting the comfort of her arms as his heart worries.

Xander nods, he notices Rayen and points her out "She was there when it happen"

Benar looks around, "Rayen, any news? What happened? It sounds like you have been through a terrible ordeal," he then looks back at Flicktail, "No sneaking off to infiltrate vermin camps! Or I'll have Rayen here lock you in your room."

Rayen moves away from Flicktail and looks at Benar "I..I am fine" She sounds a little nervous" And news...oh umm none, sorry. And it was a lesson on some oak and maple trees a little ways into the woods...you know get out a little. I am sure they will be found soon"

Takeo has been walking around trying to find beasts, seeing the group he walks over.

Xander frowns at Rayen "Didn't you look for anything, clues or something?"

Benar reaches out a paw and squeezes her arm, "it is ok Rayen, these things happen we will find them and get everyone back safe and sound soon. It's just been so quiet lately I never thought this would happen.

Rayen nods "Well....guess we misjudged the woods being ok even that close to the abbey." She frowns and does add "I would suggest no birds...bad idea" She leaves it at that putting her paws behind her back" Sorry I was there and...things happen" Her ears flatten some.

Flicktail gently keeps Rayen in his embrace "it is ok Luv there were nothing wrong in wot any beast did. The woods are for all and it would be wrong to seal ourselves away and think we are protecting everyone. Our very oath states abbey beasts go out and aid others”

Takeo steps forward" I agree my friend Aira may of found where the wee ones are....but sadly whoever is involved injured her"

Xander says, "I am helping to find them, and so is Zolomon and the other defenders."

Takeo seems to tense up "No...you’re not I don't care"

Flicktail looks at Takeo "Have we met sir?”

Rayen just seems to listen, she frowns when the sea gull is mentioned but is quiet for the most part.

Xander looks at Takeo and folds his arms over his chest "I..am not a child...I can go, it’s not like I am the only one going. Zolomon is and Marek has the Defenders and I AM part of that..and..."Ok it comes out before he can stop it "You’re not my dad so you can't tell me what I can and can’t do only Uncle Oz or mom can!" He then cups a paw over his mouth.

Benar says, "Well then we must all do our best to help find them," He frowns, "I am sorry for your friend being harmed Takeo and this is all most unsettling. I do hope we can find them quickly"

Takeo stares at Xander and takes a deep breath and snorts, he looks at Flicktail "I am Zinnia's mate....and" He looks at Xander "Well someone is above Oz and Zinnia in that...son...abbot tell him to stay!"

Flicktail says, "If I may, Um Takeo...I have found in my own youth that it is better to guide the lad along then to have him act rashly. I think it be a good idea that young Xander go but not alone go with a group"

Rayen blinks at the outburst and looks at the beasts around, "I...think I will go...try and find out somethings...later "And she leaves before anyone has a chance to follow her to where ever she is going

Xander jaw drops, Takeo didn’t just...he looks over at Benar for a reaction.

Takeo glares at the fox and looks to Benar for an answer.

Benar blinks at all the sudden outburst and shouting and Rayen hurrying away, "Xander is more than old enough to go if he should and the Champion, DoraRose and the others who lead my guards will take him along with them." He shakes his head, "And Secondly he is also not mine to command, I advise caution and sensibility, such as helping the search in the company of other more experienced beasts" He frowns at the larger badger, "But this is Redwall Abbey, not a military camp or some verminous horde where I can bark orders and have people obey them because they must."

Xander nods "I am responsible and know to avoid trouble. I am a lot more grown up than I should be probably and I know how to use a sword, can't say my first teacher was the best teacher or some of the things I learned were good things."

Takeo takes a deep breath and exhales slowly, he looks to Xander "I know...a wildcat named Jedrick had you as a slave...and you got away from them, and that your still learning to be a warrior....one thing to know is don’t let temper get in the way or....a need to get revenge as it ends badly for most" He sighs "You can go but your listen to the more seasoned warriors as I am not going to bring bad news to your mother if your killed...some other beast can"

Flicktail smiles and gives a wink to Takeo

Xander looks down "Sorry for the yelling...and I know, I know be careful, alert and all that and even that’s its ok to run from a fight. I learned a little stuff from Uncle Zee and...well maybe some think my current teacher is a bad idea but he is a good mentor and teacher and that’s Marek...he been helping me train"

Takeo says, "Leader of the Defenders...other than that I don’t know much about him...except he is a stoat...then again there is a fox in your abbey that seems trustworthy"

Flicktail says, "aye I can tell you that there is no fox more trustworthy them me mate Rayen"

Benar says, "Marek... I would rather you take lessons from Magramba, Marek... is not the sort of stoat who I would like to see train anyone... but forget that for now."

Flicktail says, "You know I used to be a fair paw with a blade myself. I can help beasts train and would do me good to keep me from looking like me friend...Bandit"

Xander says, "Marek is good, he is not evil...well anymore I know he was once"

Takeo nods "And Rayen the vixen that was here.....I am unsure she seemed to be nervous earlier and if she was with the dibbuns and them why didn’t she manage to help better or find clues or news?"

Takeo says, "And as I told a hare earlier I am helping in this search as well and I trust beast once they prove to me they are trustworthy"

Flicktail says, "That be Unfair Takeo, every beasts makes mistakes. I just heard you apologize to this fine Badger Lord for yelling...would it be fair to ask why you did not show more restraint? Rayen feels bad because she did not want any beast harmed, especially dibbuns"

Xander says, "I am not a badger Lord Flicktail...there is only one of them Lord Ciocan and he is like...super super tall and would flatten bad beast with his war hammer which is like...well really really big"

Benar shakes his head, "Rayen and Flicktail have my full trust Takeo. I have known Flicktail here since I was a child. He was our champion until last year when he retired and Magramba took up the sword at Martin's request."

Flicktail nods to Xander, his eyes getting wide with a look of awe at the description of the Lord "um..If I ever meet him. I hope your around" He says quietly..."Father Abbot can tell you, I have been rather...frightened of Badgers...but I won't turn tail to no beast “

Takeo chuckles at Xander and manages a smile, he looks to the fox and back to Benar " I will...have to see, had a bad experience with a fox before so.....hard to forget"

Xander nods "Well he doesn’t like vermin from what I know...but he would most likely not come this far unless something major happen and he be easy to see and avoid "Ok may this is over saying it as the badger is over 6 foot tall not ... "He is 10 foot tall or more"

Benar says, "Yes it took me seasons to get over that too. Try being sold to the monitor lizards of Sampetra by a fox and see how that sours your opinion of them"

Takeo arches an eyebrow "Then how do you get along with the dibbun caretaker or Xander.....avoid them? And I will not harm any beast unless they give me reason to"

Xander says, "Uncle Oz would also not hurt anyone....but he does have a staff and he is like awesome with it...he could kick vermin’s butts probably....umm if he wanted to."

Flicktail nods to Takeo "I get along with them because, like you, they showed me their friendship and I learned I could trust them. Xander here is in the abbey. If he be here then he has Father Abbots trust to do no harm.”

Takeo nods "Well if they feel you are a friend then......" He puts out a paw "I am your friend as well sir Flicktail"

Flicktail offers Takeo a warm 2 pawed shake "I am honored Sir to have friends such as you”

Flicktail says, "and if you ever want some training...I wielded a sword for many seasons"

Benar says, "Well I must get back inside and talk to the elders, But please do all continue to chat, if you will all excuse me." He bobs his head and sets off.

Xander waves to Benar. He seems to remember something but decides it can wait for now

Flicktail looks up at the 2 large Badgers "oh my there was a time I would have been terrified o ye“

Takeo says, "I am fine with training, I may not be perfect with a blade but I am strong and quick....important when you are in charge of an small island...which I will need to get back to once its spring"

Xander isn’t to tall...yet, but is Flicktail’s height and will grow taller, he frowns at Takeo "You and mom are leaving in the spring?"

Flicktail says, "aye well do not rule out your claws and fangs...Remember Badger Mum Constance took out many a vermin that way"

Takeo nods "Yes us and the twins....but we can stay in contact I am sure. And it will be up to Tanya if she goes or not"

Xander says, "Uncle Oz is very protective of the dibbuns...he may be blind but it doesn’t mean he won’t fight off vermin who try and harm the dibbuns or even try and harm a friend"

Takeo says, "I am sure he is very protective of them, it’s not wise to get near a badger if you mean an innocent in their care harm"

Flicktail gathers up some wood planks and heads off leaving the two to talk

Xander nods “Yeah” He waves to Flicktail as the fox leaves.

Oz walks slowly to the two, “Xander…Takeo is everything alright” He has with him a couple mice and couple squirrel dibbuns and in his arms the two badger twins Zork and Northstar”

Takeo smiles and goes to take one of the dibbun badgers “Yes all is well….or will be, the missing dibbuns will be found soon Oz no worries. I promise” He goes to also get the other badger dibbun “Me and Zinnia need to mourn the loss of Aira, I will see you both at dinner” And he exits.

Oz nods and sighs sadly as he sits down.

Xander goes to hug Oz “Love you Uncle Oz and please try not to be sad, things will be ok.”

Oz frowns “Am I a good caretaker still?”

Xander answers “Of course you are, this is not your fault it’s the bad beasts fault….want to go sneak a pie?” Yeah he just said that.

Oz blinks “Sneak a pie?” The two mice and two otter dibbuns giggle as Oz manages a chuckle, “Sure why not.” Hey he can be mischief like sometimes. “Let’s go” The 4 dibbun cheer, ya pie!

The lone apple pie in the kitchen is doomed!

oz · Logs

**a short log with Patch…..who runs into Xander and a rabbit named Rupert.**

==Inside Ferravale Tavern==

Rupert was in the tavern having lunch, a couple large books beside him and he purposely was off to one side by himself and so far most have left the rabbit alone. Beside him was a simple cup of tea and half a cucumber sandwich.

Xander stepped into the tavern, he looks around for someone else but upon seeing the rabbit he walks over and studies him "Wait..I have seen you before...you were at the abbey once!"

Rupert looks up and arches an eyebrow, "Oh Xander, yes I am an acquaintance of your Uncle Zee Winters. I am sorry to have heard of his passing" He adjusts his glasses, "my guess is you are now an inhabitant of his hut, he had left it to you in the will after all"

Xander sits across from the rabbit "Umm..yeah I guess, I am almost done with my quest to find the blade, and he left a note" He digs around and finds the note and smiles as he reads it " 1. To retrieve the missing blade...is it really missing though as I know where it is, but you don’t yet. Read through my words, you have gone north and back south, you have gone west and back east and even up and down...some twists and turns, all part of the plan, now go find the blade back where you began....." He thinks "I am guessing it means the first beast who had a chest....unless it means who gave me the note and that...would be you, you gave me the first note on where to start looking"

Rupert listens and takes a long drink of tea and a small bite of his sandwich as he clears his throat "I do not have a chest for you, or a note, or key I am sorry young sir if this is not wot one wants to hear."

Xander frowns and puts the note away "I was...sorry, it was just in case...I just been on this quest thing a while is all"

Rupert nods "Well the primary beast is most likely also the final beast to speak to in this quest Mr. Winters had, and I am sure it has taught you a lot you have gathered knowledge you perhaps didn’t have before"

Patch makes his way into the tavern looking sore and tried, he blinks when he sees Xander and hurries over "Stripy! Oh am I glad to see you, you wouldn't believe the time I have had lately and I can't even leave till the boss of this village says so..it’s horrible I tell you"

Xander shrugs and then he sees Patch and frowns "Sorry Patch, I have not had the best past couple days...creepy beasts and then my adopted sister and some other dibbuns are missing cause they were dibbun napped by some vermin...like ferrets and weasels or something and I am trying to find my blade still as it be handy in this sort of time"

Rupert shakes his head at the rat "You sir are inconsiderate" But upon hearing about the dibbuns "How diabolic can one be, makes ones traveling unstable

Patch looks between the two and sits down, he glares slightly at the rabbit and speaks to the badger" Missing dibbuns?" He sighs "See I could SO help with that, like try and find the hideout and spy or something, but Nooooooo.....I have to stay here and work for Mr. Creepy the undertaker for the next season or two....two seasons most likely and I hope I can leave some before that, I mean......its torture"

Xander says, "I meet the undertaker , he is creepy and so is his house and the path going to it."

Rupert pushes his glasses up and gathers his books " I have things to do in a less stressful place, adios" He then heads off elsewhere.

Patch blinks and waits till the rabbit is gone "That hare is...strange and whats with the thick books and all and what does Adios mean?"

"He is a rabbit not a hare and I think it means goodbye." Xander manages a small smile "I do have good news in all the bad and speaking with the rabbit it just confirms who I need to speak to, well soon as I find him that is but it most likely needs to wait till the dibbuns are safe"

Patch grins "Good news is always the best stripy...so what is it and why ya needa talk to some beast for?"

Xander clears his throat" Marek as he has the final chest and possibly The Blade Of The Northwind Storms.....or least a clue to where it is. I am going to show him the note and tell him I believe its him and he will tell me if I am right or not, but as I said...after the dibbuns are safe as I know Marek will get the defenders together and I am one of them, as is Dorarose, and Zolomon, Thunderwing and a couple others"

Patch nods and says, "I do want to help but maybe I can help in other ways if not trying to find this camp or whatever"

Xander says, "I am sure you can help somehow or other"

Patch says, "So...sure ya wanna wait till the dibbuns are saved to get ya sword....I mean sounds like could be a better sword than wot ya have now"

Xander nods "Yes and I have a blade if needed, and the dibbuns are more important right now"

Patch shrugs "If ya say so stripy"

Xander says, "I do say so, it can wait. Once the dibbuns are ok, I will bring it up ok"

Patch nods again "Anyways....I need some sleep and I am allowed to sleep in a room upstairs or supposed to be able ta so....talk later and good luck and all that "

Xander nods "I will let you know how it goes later"

oz · Logs

FV:Infirm:Main Room
This is the infirm. The far walls are lined with simple cots with clean sheets and pillows. The sheets and pillows are mainly white and blue. The room is keep clean and well sweeped. Cabnets are agaist one wall full of healing supplies and herbs,each marked in its own jar. A examineing table is seen and a wash basin.

Oz is awake and still on a nearby cot. But he is listening to sounds around him and frowns. He sighs once and tries to slowly sit up but still feeling a bit ill he lays back down.

A vary sleepy looking marten picks himself up off the floor. The white marten, who was apparently sleeping on the floor, dust himself off a little bit, and looks around.

Oz hears the martin and speaks "Who is there?"

The marten turns to the resting badger "I’m sorry," he says "Did I wake you?"

Oz shakes his head, "No..just, then again there is very few here I know as I am more use to the abbey than here...which can tell is the infirmary and hopefully I can get home soon as others must be worried."

"Ok." Says the marten not quite understanding the comment. "I am Martin O' Malley de Marten. Who are you?"

Oz nods "Oz Winters...dibbun caretaker of Redwall...."He frowns "And some of my dibbuns are missing taken by some rats and weasels...and I believe a fox, I am not sure I was knocked out and only known a small few was able to hid and get to the abbey safely, but not all the dibbuns were able to"

The Marten smiles and says "I know, I was hoping to save them."

Oz nods "Well any help is good to have, I need to get back to the abbey soon as the other dibbuns must be worried for me...yes there is Sister Jenny but not many others can tend to the dibbuns as well"

"Where were dey captured?" inquires the young marten.

Oz answers "Not too far from a clearing north of the abbey I do know it was a little from it as I had wished to stay in the clearing but ended up a little away from it...I dislike being too far from the abbey as being here I feel helpless and can’t do much or even get around. I have learned my way around the abbey and woods close to it....here I may as well be lost"

The marten named Martin shakes his head, which is pointless because he is talking to a blind beast "I cannot help with that, I'm a stranger here me self."

Oz slowly stands and starts to figure out whats around him, he nods as he starts to learn his way around the room "Well perhaps you can find a home here in Ferravale....and even get a job of some sort...."He mutters something when he bumps into a chair and snorts, he gets back to figuring out the layout of the room even taking mental notes of steps to and from where the cot he was on is.

FV:Town Center
The gravelly path through the village gets wider the further into the village it travels until at the center of the village it splits off into four around a large firepit just waiting for any excuse for a feast or celebration and still showing the bones and a few broken mugs from the last one around the edges. A large longhouse for meetings has been built on one side of the road, standing important, decorated with carved wood, shields, weapons, furs and a large skull over the door with the large similarly fearsomely decorated house of the chief sitting proudly beside it.
Meek in comparison across the road a smaller wooden building bares a misspelled sign over the door naming it the 'Infermery'. A few trees dot the edges of the clearing but buildings take over in most directions, only the north showing some vegetation within the village walls. To the west houses seem to spring up and take over the land while noise and masses of beasts take over the south around the market and shops. Down the eastern trail the village gates can just be seen with the tavern close by.

Oz has found the door that leads outside, well this could be good or bad as he seems to debate on going further or not, he does have his staff if needed, and he is not one to stay in the infirm when he is feeling better, well his chest hurts still but he can put up with that. He manages to go a fair distance and not bump into anyone, then a couple beast just go around him.

Watching the badger is a weasel who seems to find it extremely funny that the badger is moving slowly and seemingly having some trouble, he smirks and walks over to him thinking easy target for some fun, "Hello...don’t see many woodlanders...for sur stripedogs and in a place like this."

Oz pauses where he is and mutters something under his breath, this is not the day to upset him, he finally speaks "It would be wise to move along or point me in the direction of somewhere else." He stays calm, for now.

The weasel just grins and studies him closer, "Well this is a new thing...ya old and ya blind, and you’re in a vermin village..you have an injury seems..well" A blade is drawn "This should be fun. “I mean the chieftain and guards are busy elsewhere, and guards can't be everywhere so why not and fights happen a good deal in the village.

Oz raises his staff and looks ready to slam it into the weasel's chest if needed "Ever hear the don’t judge a book by its cover.....I may be blind but I can hear fairly well"

The weasel smirks, ok he will just have to be quiet won't he. He moves slowly and stops before making as if he is just going away and down this alley, he is gone a few moments and ends up behind the badger and grins as he goes to raise his blade to strike, only he suddenly has a blade under his own throat as he errks loudly and drops his own blade out of fear.

Oz shakes his head as he hears the weasel leave and lowers his staff, he then jumps slightly at the sudden yelp and has his staff griped in his paw again ready for some unseen attack as he spins around and backs up a little bumping into a barrel, that luckily doesn’t tip over.
The weasel whimpers as someone behind him speaks "Be a good beast and go elsewhere or do I need to call the chieftain...." A quick no is muttered from the weasel and the blade is lowered "Good move now get out of my my sight!" And the weasel bolts as if his life depended on it and maybe it did, the owner of the voice looks at the badger as he puts the blade away " I say Mr. Oz...perhaps it is best to go to the tavern, not the best place to walk around the village, least till you learn your away around and the tavern is having lunch now, then perhaps I can escort you to the abbey or least the gates of the abbey"

Oz snorts, well least its someone he knows "Greetings Marek, and...fine" He is still unsure of his feelings for the stoat but he decides to trust him as he allows him to led him to the tavern.

FV:Tavern
Outside a sign swings on a rusty creaking frame above the doorway of the tavern depicting a faded painting of what appears to be three rather rich looking skeletons slumped over a table around a black chalice, perhaps such a thing could be taken as a warning but it doesn't appear to work on the locals. The noise within on a normal day is usually heard before the door is even opened and only rises in volume when one actually steps inside.
There are the typical qualities of a tavern within, from the bar to the chairs and booths and the odd drunk who never seems to move it's the little details which encourage a patron to pay his tab if he likes his fingers. One look at some of the staff or customers might give the impression but the room is decorated to the fiercer tastes with bones, mostly skulls cropping up here and there to fill a gap on a shelf or decorating the walls above the doorways, fireplace and bar, a pair of axes joining the one over the fire with some signs that they've been yanked off to join in a fight a couple of times. Some of the comfier chairs are lined with fur and very rarely one might be found with a few pointed bits of bone to decorate the back. Despite the looks there is entertainment and fun to be had, some form of music usually played on a small stage in the corner and at least one bouncer usually tries to keep the peace while beasts gamble, drink and be merry.
A small door behind the bar leads out the back to the kitchen and cellars while one wall has been opened up in a wide arch to increase the space off into the next room where what seems to be a wooden fence with gates on either end has been set up as a fighting pit as further entertainment and something to bet over.

Marek leads the badger to the tavern and finds him a place to sit, " It would be a bad idea to have the abbeys dibbun caretaker get more injured...or worse." He gets some veggie soup and tea, and a couple rolls for the badger "And no need for pay for the meal." He sits down by the badger "After I escort you to the abbey I plan to get the Defenders together and hunt down the beast who decided to take the dibbuns and to get the dibbuns back, other members of the defenders can get the dibbuns back to the abbey"

Oz nods as he listens and eats a little of the soup and sips his tea" Help would be great...thank you, and for helping me just now as well." He sips his tea" And help back to the abbey is good as well I...I will be a lot better at the abbey where I know my way around and not feel so...lost and helpless" He sighs" I want the dibbuns found soon, they...I just hope they are ok"

Marek listens as he gets an ale, "I try and help beasts now, not that some abbey beasts seem to know that, some still do not trust me"

Oz sips his tea slowly and eats his soup not saying anything right away. It’s a quiet few moments before he finally clears his throat and speaks " I ...been thinking a lot, and...well I know some beasts don't try you but some have forgiven you, yes not all but it’s a start and..." He is quiet as if a final check on his own thoughts before adding " I...forgive you, so you have one elder of the abbey counsel forgiveness"

Marek tilts his head as he listens and seems surprised "You?..You of all beasts forgive me for what happen?" He just seems in shock "I..I killed your son" Yeah that was a long long time ago but not something one forgets easily.

Oz nods "Yes, you were a much different beast then than you are now. You have changed a lot...grown in ways away from evilness. You are helpful and from what I heard...even kind to others now. A lot more trust and respect you than they used to. You run a tavern and you are leader of a group and that takes a lot of time and energy and respect as well, and you have gained my respect as well."

Marek smiles at this and wipes a tear from his eye, he is quiet before he utters a "Thank you"

Oz nods 'Your welcome" He finishes and then stands "So is the offer of helping me to the abbey still there?"

Marek nods "Yes yes of course..."He stands and looks to Zaram "Zaram I will be back later this eve...you are in charge of the tavern" He gets a nod and then goes to led Oz to the abbey "Let us go Mr. Oz and get you home"

Oz follows Marek on back to the abbey knowing the walk there should go well.

Marek gets the badger safely to the abbey and then heads back to Ferravale, but he doesn't go to the tavern right away he goes to the Mossflower Defenders base first, and once he gathers those he can he will close the tavern the rest of the evening, it is time for a group meeting.

oz · Logs

Rayen hasn't done much in the past hour but sit here, she just hopes Quade did take the 4 dibbuns back to the abbey and not elsewhere as she frowns.

Xander most likely missed Quade, he had been a little over worried about a meeting with a seer and he decided a longer walk would get his mind off it, and of course he still planned to go to Ferravale, just a slightly longer route.

LilyMoore is on one side of Xander, and Angela is on his other side, leaning heavily on her staff while talking very seriously about the benefits of the marshmallow plant. Lily is listening attentively, and she shifts the haversack that's on her back. Her great-grandmother has the herb bag. They are both dressed warmly.

Rayen sighs and checks Oz again, when she hears voices her first thoughts are is the stupid beasts back as she slips out a dagger and then walks a little away from the badger, who is still unconcious from the strong knock out arrow and being slammed into a tree, she then blinks when she sees whom it is, well this could be good as a better healer would be good so she walks onto the path in front of them ."There...been some...trouble" She doesn’t go into details.

Xander listens as learning of herbs could be helpful, well for something and it distracts him from other thoughts, so much he about bumps into the vixen and backs up "Oh..sorry...trouble?"

LilyMoore also just about runs into the vixen. "Ooof! Sorry....wait, trouble?" Angela immediately snaps into Healer mode. "Where? What 'appened? Talk and walk, lassie." All business as she starts to walk forward without waiting for the vixen, knowing that the fox is faster than she is, so it'll be fine.

Oz is clearly unconcious and has some bruising and a cut on one ear, the arrow wound is on his left shoulder, the arrow on the ground beside him with the knock out stuff on it. Rayen frowns, well she is worried and just leds them to the clearing, how to explain, well being upset over Oz being hurt helps "There was an..ambush and some vermin came...so cloaked beast and some others, took all but 4 dibbuns and the rest bout 11 are..don’t know. Quade was taking the other 4 to the abbey" Least she hopes so.

Xander listens and frowns, he goes to follow and as soon as he sees Oz worry comes over him as he rushes forwards and goes to lay a paw on his shoulder and shake him" uncle Oz?...Uncle Oz!"

LilyMoore trots after the group, worry coming over her, too, as she hears what happened. Angela, however, is too concerned with checking and making sure that Oz is still alive. "Xander, don't do that! If 'e's injured, you could make it worse." She goes to check for a pulse, then plucks one of her own hairs and holds it to the old badger's nose to see if he's still breathing.

Oz is still alive, his pulse and breathing is a bit slower than it should be but he is breathing. As Rayen stays off to the side any injuries can be found, well the arrow wound in his arm, and he may have a cracked rib from the kick, some bruising and a small cut here and there from knocking out about 4 rats...who got dragged away, well all but one who Rayen killed that rat is still there. Oz's staff is a few feet from him.

Xander frowns and just backs away and sits down on a log hugging his knees to his chest staring at them as Angela tends to Oz, worry on his face as he mutters "Not bad news...please please not bad news"

LilyMoore goes to place a paw on the young badger's shoulder, trying to comfort him with her mere presence. Once she finds his pulse and breath, Angela says, "'E's alive, don't worry, son. 'E's just unconscious." After checking the rest of his wounds, she pulls out bandages and herbs for his arrow wound. "Do you 'ave th'arrow that 'it 'im?" She asks the vixen.

Rayen at first starts to say no and then sees the arrow from Bolts longbow and picks it up "He...yanked it out and then the archer beast kicked him in the chest and he got knocked into the tree, that’s when he when fully unconcious."

Xander looks relieved but worried still "But why would someone hurt Uncle Oz..."Then it seems to dawn on him, the missing dibbuns as he frowns more "You s..said dibbuns were missing, was Tanya one of them?"

LilyMoore frowns. "Why do beasts keep kidnapping the Dibbuns? What do they think that will accomplish....wait, which way did they go? We need to send out search parties to rescue them!" Angela finishes bandaging up Oz's injuries (unless someone stops her for no obvious reason), then gets the arrow. "'E's gonna be sore when 'e wakes up..." she mutters as she lightly sniffs the arrow tip. She then licks it and spits so she doesn't get poisoned or anything.

Rayen watches her curious and frowns "And maybe ill...and I don’t know which direction “Yes she does, but she keeps quiet about it for now."And no clue what they want with dibbuns, but I am sure they will be found and Oz was trying to protect the dibbuns when they....well attacked him"

Xander walks back over and frowns, he then frowns more "Maye it’s the same ones that ambushed me and you the one day last week....they had some sort of knock out arrows that gave ya a headache and made you throw up a lot"

LilyMoore looks anxiously between the vixen and the awake badger. 'Wait, you got attacked last week?" Angela growls and breaks the arrow, wrapping the pointy tip in a rag and stuffing it into her herb bag. "Flitchaye knock-out 'erbs, surprisingly concentrated. Oz should wake up....'opefully soon. Lemme see..." she starts digging around in her satchel for something.....

Rayen frowns, "That’s not good....all I saw was rats and weasels...I think I will look for some clues...maybe tell some others"Maybe go grumble at a cloaked beast and a stupid fox she knows, "See you soon" And she disappears, about a short time later a weak groan is heard of someone fighting off unconisness but still failing.

Xander nods “But they were chased off and nothing was taken...is Uncle Oz gonna be alright?" Yes he is worried, but he still is keeping his plans "Maybe we can tell chieftain Blisa bout the attacks...just in case"

"Wait, get back 'ere---grr," Angela glares at the vixen, muttering something about 'sneaky foxes', then turns and kneels down beside the badger. "'Ere, breathe this," she instructs, holding a crushed clove of garlic under his nose. That should help, right? She hopes so, because she hasn't developed an antidote to Flitchaye knockout herbs yet. Lily wrings her paws. "That's a good idea, Xander! Maybe we can get Oz to the village here in a few minutes and tell Blisa then. I'm sure she would like to know."

Oz groans, and coughs at the strong garlic smell. His head hurts badly and he manages to not get ill, least for now anyways as he moves slightly and tenses up in some pain as he lays a paw on his chest where he was kicked, "Owww....."He mutters something bout dibbuns and is still a bit out of it

Xander stays by his side "Take it easy Uncle Oz...you got hurt," He looks to the others "Ferravale isn’t too far now"

LilyMoore goes to hold the old badger's paw. "We need to get you to Ferravale, Papa Oz; Blisa will help us somehow, I know she will." Angela puts the crushed garlic in a jar and stuffs it back into her bag. "The Dibbuns were kidnapped. Rayen went off to look for clues," she adds, not really trusting the vixen right now. "The best way y'can 'elp right now is to come with us to Ferravale; it's closer than the Abbey. Can you stand?" She goes to check his ribs now that he's awake and can tell her where he hurts.

Oz becomes more awake, and dizzy also as those knock out herbs do cause one to be ill, he finally nods and reaches out a paw "Need...need staff." It will help him stand, he also rubs his chest a little and frowns as it hurts, he will heal but still hurts.

Xander frowns, he then looks around and finds the staff pressing it into Oz's paw and even will help him stand carefully if needed. " He can even lean on me some if he needs ta"

LilyMoore goes to help in any way she can. Angela nods and stands, brushing snow off her skirt. "We can go to the Infirmary." "I'll get Blisa," Lily offers, which gets a nod and a 'good idea' from her great-grandmother. "Ready?" she asks the old badger. "We can go as slowly as y'need, hon." When they're all ready to go, she will keep close watch on her patient, ordering any rests that he may need.

Oz slowly stands with help and groans, this short walk will end up being a little longer but slowly they do get there and the badger seems glad to be able to lay down somewhere, even if he is going to be here a possible few days.

Xander makes sure to help Oz when needed and once they get to where they need to be he finally speaks "Someone will have to let the abbey know also what happen and that Uncle Oz may be here a few days...maybe"

-to the infirm in Ferravale-

Once they enter Ferravale, LilyMoore runs off to find Blisa. Meanwhile, Angela gets the badgers to the Infirmary. After informing the Healers about the situation, she borrows a mortar and pestle and gets some cold water. After taking off some layers, she digs the arrow half out of her bag and scrapes part of it into the bowl and starts experimenting. The door opens, and Blisa, Lily, Valerie, and Ferdinand come rushing in, closely followed by a crow. "Lily said Oz and a group of Dibbuns were attacked. Is he alright?" The Chieftain demands, concern written on her face. Angela is scraping part of the knock out herbs into the bowl

Oz frowns, the knock out herbs have already caused him to throw up a couple times and he still has the headache as a couple healers here look him over he frowns as he is worried for the dibbuns and hopes the small amount that was mentioned being taken back to the abbey was taken back safely but still others are...missing.

Xander sits down after pacing some and folds his paws in his lap

Angela turns to the group and gestures Valerie over. "I need 'elp makin' an antidote to the Flitchaye herbs. And Oz, as far as I can tell, will be fine. It's the kidnapped Dibbuns we needta worry about." Blisa's eyes widen, and she gestures at Ferdinand, who digs out a notebook and a charcoal pencil. "When did this happen? How many Dibbuns were taken? Oz....I'm sorry if I seem harsh, but I need information. Has Redwall been notified?" Angela shakes her head, and the cat turns to the crow. "Take a message to the Abbey and let them know that Dibbuns have been kidnapped and Oz is here, probably for a few days. I'll be doing all that I can to help." The crow nods and flies away to the Abbey. "Where did this happen?" the Chieftain asks. Ferdinand is poised to take copious notes. Lily goes to put her arm around Xander's shoulders; she thinks he looks like he needs a hug.

Oz frowns as all the questions is listed "Think....11...my head hurts and chest hurts a bit" He frowns, "And clearing...little ways from it north abbey" He groans and frowns again as any other answers will wait for a little while..headache and feeling like one will throw up again isn’t fun.

Xander allows the hug as he listens "Rayen said Quade took 4 of the dibbuns to the abbey, so 4 are safe. And it happen just a little while ago"

LilyMoore stays by the young badger and watches the Healers do their things. Ferdinand scribbles down his notes about what the beasts said. Blisa purses her lips. "Oz, when you're feeling better, we need information about the beasts that attacked you. Also, who is this Quade beast? I don't believe I've ever met him."

Oz nods, he doesn’t really know Quade that well either and right now he....well he throw up again and sighs he has got to get rid of the headache also.

Nightbreath walks into the room, composed as ever, hood up, and in full Seer regalia. "I've met Quade. Present company prevents me from saying where, when, or why." He moves to stand next to Blisa. His sword is buckled at his side, unusually. He notes Oz throwing up and looks away politely.

Xander frowns, he answers "Quade is a squirrel, a member of the Mossflower Defenders and is a good guy no worries." He sees Nightbreath and frowns a little, ok he can stay and he does need to talk to him, its why he was heading here at first.

LilyMoore is worried, so all she can do is wave a little at the ermine. Blisa nods. "Speaking of whom, we should probably alert them that there are kidnappers in the forest. Lily, would you be up to getting Marek for me?" The young mouse nods, then looks at her great-grandmother for permission. The old Healer is a bit distracted as she discusses various herbs with Valerie, but Lily will be patient. The Chieftain looks at the Seer. "Nightbreath, some Abbey Dibbuns have been kidnapped. Do you have any ideas?" 'Do your Seer thing' is what she's basically saying. Ferdinand is busily scribbling his notes about the situation.

Oz seems to care less if Nightbreath is here, he is blind so he can't say he is creepy or not and he is also a little tried right now, left over effects of the knock out herb and the slow walk here, injuries so he sort of goes in and out of sleep.

Nightbreath tilts his head. "I need more information than that, sorry. It helps to know what I'm looking for. If I know who the kidnappers are, even if it's as simple as what they looked like, I can determine their tendencies." It also makes more...arcane methods easier, he adds silently. "I would say, for the immediate future, to mobilize hunting parties in the forest, starting with the site of the kidnapping, and working outward to scour the land."

Xander watches Oz and then looks over at Nightbreath quietly. He debates on mentioning hey I need to see whats in my uncles chest....he decides to wait for now, besides the seer most likely knows right, seers see all and know all and everything. He closes his eyes and tries to calm himself and then opens them again "Ummm...I also...came to Ferravale to...talk to someone, well before this happen" He still needs to speak to the Seer.

Suppressing an eye roll, Blisa says politely, "Yeah, I got that under control. Oz is the only one here who saw the kidnappers, and I don't think he's doin' too well....wait, where /is/ Rayen? If she saw what happened, then she could really help us." "Rayen went looking for clues," LilyMoore says innocently, thinking that that's perfectly normal. Angela glances over. "Yeah, she ran off afore I could ask 'er all I wanted. Lily, y'can go an' try to find yer friend Marek." The young mouse nods and rushes off, not noticing how nervous Xander is.

Nightbreath glances over to Xander briefly, eyes flashing, but says nothing to the young badger. He returns his attention to the matter at hand, saying to Angela, "Did she leave with anyone else? And what direction did she go in?"

Xander sighs, he has got to learn to be more brave in times like this, he for now just listens and reaches into a pocket as he pulls out a paper and key and starts to fiddle with the key quietly.

Ferdinand continues to take notes. Angela tells which direction Rayen went in, then shakes her head and adds, "She left by herself. She seemed nervous....but may'aps that's just me being paranoid. I do that sometimes." Blisa nibbles at her lip. "I sent a messenger to Redwall to alert them about what's happened...."

"Good, Blisa." To Angela, Nightbreath says, "What you call paranoia, I call intuition. Both of which are often founded on a grain of truth you just haven't noticed yet." Shrugging, he says, "Maybe Redwall can send a sparrow to catch up with her and ask for information, she most likely has too much of a lead for any beast on the ground to catch up."

Xander smiles "Birds are very helpful, like Thunderwing he is an eagle and a good friend" He drops the key and then picks it up "Oh..sorry it’s a key to..."He looks at Nightbreath and pockets the key "It can wait till little later." Waiting is fine right?

LilyMoore is still off looking for someone. Blisa the cat, Chieftain of Ferravale, looks at the newcomer marten and smiles. "Greetings. I don't believe I've met you before. Welcome to Ferravale. I am Blisa, the Chieftain here." Angela the elderly mouse Healer smirks at the Seer. "Aye, wise words, young 'un....Xander, sonny, what are y'goin' on about?" She says tiredly, letting Valerie the vixen poke about with the mortar and pestle. Ferdinand the ferret writes down a little more in his notebook, then glances up at the others, silent for now.

Nightbreath tilts his head over towards Xander. "Aye. You seem troubled, Xander," he says curiously. Has he met the badger before? Maybe? Either way he knows his name. He waits for Xander to speak, standing there calmly.

Xander blinks as he is spoken to "Ummm just...it’s....sort of.." He takes a deep breath and speaks "You have a chest for me and this is the key to it"

LilyMoore comes back in just then. "I can't find Marek..." Blisa raises an eyebrow. "Are you alright? You seem distracted." Angela 'ahs', nods, and goes back to her herb thing. Valerie backs away coughing because her experiments don't work out 50% of the time. Ferdinand closes his notebook and gives the badger a thumb's up.

Marek leads a weasel into the infirm and shakes his head "Next time watch when your cutting vegetables, you almost cut off a finger now go in there." The weasel mutters a sorry and heads inside, its then the tavern owner notices all the beast in the infirm "What is going on now?"

Xander shows the key "It opens the chest and the note said, well to talk to Nightbreath."

"Ah, the chest," Nightbreath nods. "If you come to my house after this," he says, gesturing around the room, "is finished, I can give it to you."

LilyMoore goes to hug the stoat as a village Healer goes to help the weasel. The mouse maid seems stressed out. Angela and Valerie are messing with a mortar and pestle and some herbs. Ferdinand puts away his notebook and pencil...for now.

Marek smiles and hugs Lilymoore as he listens to what all is being said, he has yet to learn of any abbey business but he does notice certain beasts are here, well he can find out why a little later as he looks to Lilymoore “And how are you today Miss Lilymoore?"

There is a rapping at the door, and then it swings open. "Move aside, move aside, I'm from the Abbey," says the squirrel to a ferret in his path. "Hello? Oz? Are you here?" He peers around, noticing Lilymoore. "You, where's your mother? What's all this talk of kidnappings?" The squirrel seems quite agitated.

Xander nods "Ok after this is all done...that’s good" Yes all he has to do is go to the house, get handed the chest and leave...simple and quick and he is glad of it. He looks at Lacota "Uncle Oz is asleep."

Nightbreath remains silent, folding his paws in the sleeves of his robes. After a moment, he asks Blisa, "May I take my leave? I don't think my services are needed here at the moment--the things that must be done, I can do at home. Besides, young Xander and I must go there regardless."

LilyMoore shrugs and tells the stoat what's happened. "And Mom's home at Redwall. I came here with Nana and Xander....and then we found Oz." Angela excuses her and guides her to the Chieftain's house. Blisa lets the Seer leave, then, as beasts start filing out, she tells the marten, "I'm sorry that I can't stay right now to listen about your quest. I need to organize search parties for some kidnapped Dibbuns. Here," she writes a note, puts the date on it, and signs it. "This will get you one free meal at the tavern. Give it to Marek, the stoat that was just here; he'll understand." And he'll also keep the note so it can't be used again....at least, that's what he's supposed to do. After handing it to the marten, the Chieftain bids everyone good-bye, letting a guard who came in catch the Abbey Friar up on all of the details. Valerie and Ferdinand follow her to her house, where she has to now entertain some unexpected guests.

Xander goes off to follow the Seer Nightbreath and waits on the porch, as he is handed the chest he nods his thanks and sits down to open it with the key, he knows it’s not the sword, but it’s a chest closer as he unlocks it and opens it to see a note he reads and frowns as he reads it, he looks to the key and sighs “The undertaker….I have to go to the graveyard…” He looks up at the sky as if to ask why and stands slowly leaving the empty chest on the seer’s porch and heads, first to check on his Uncle Oz as he can worry about the next chest perhaps tomorrow.

Oz finally wakes up with a groan and rubs his head, feels the bandage on his arm and chest and sighs, he frowns when told he is here a few days and mutters a “wonderful” And decides to get some sleep after he has something to eat and drink, well he needed some time off but this wasn’t the way he wanted some time off.

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oz · Logs

This starts at the Redwall gates and ends up in the woods
Log:

Oz-Papa Oz and dibbun caretaker
Rayen-fox and mate of Flicktail
Quade-warrior and member of the Mossflower Defenders
Tanya-Beaver Dibbun
Bolt-Fox and an archer
Spoofed-Sister Ginny, dibbuns, some varies vermin badies

Rayen sighed but was ready as she spoke with Sister Ginny “I will help Oz and you can take a break for once, I will also have Quade with me and maybe a couple guards” Course the guard part was a lie, but whatever sounded good she was going for. The hedgehog didn’t answer right away and then smiled “Ok fine a day off would be wonderful for a change, go ahead and get out for a fun afternoon I am sure the dibbuns would love a day in the woods and it is starting to get a little warmer so not as cold now, maybe they will get to see some flower trying to break through the snow.”

Tanya peeks over at the fox and waves, yes she is nosy dibbun “Dibbuns going outsides soon?”

Oz walks into the entry with his staff “ I suppose a day outside in the woods, close by, won’t hurt and the dibbuns have been rather restless, but what would we do for an hour or two because that is all I am willing to be outside the abbey for”

Rayen turns and shrugs, she isn’t sure “Well, could see if wildflowers are trying to pop up or stems of leaves, and we wouldn’t go that far just a little past that clearing north of the abbey?”

The group of dibbuns with Oz seem to like the idea of a walk in the woods and eagerly await the badgers decision “Fine, but others come as well”

Quade walks over “I was told to help around and I can help keep the little ones from harms way while we maybe sit and have a small lunch, a story maybe as I could tell of my time in my former village, I know a grand tale of a strange beast called a firefly, small glowing bugs that may be around here even once Spring comes, we can also ID some trees found only in the woods, what better way than to see some in person rather than just some pictures in books”

Rayen nods “Yes, see some trees such as oak, maple and maybe some birch trees, all have different bark on them and we could maybe see if moss really does grow on the north side of a tree or not”

Oz is silent and then nods, much to a cheer from the dibbuns “ Alright but let’s go and get back before lunch, and Rayen and Quade can give today’s lesson since they seem to have volunteered” He grins and lets the fox and squirrel led the way to the clearing area.

Quade hides a smirk as he heads out and sure it starts out as a good lesson when they see some oaks and birth trees and even a lone maple tree, he pats it “This tree is good for maple syrup once the trees start thawing to be ready for Spring”

Rayen looks around as she normally would anyways and frowns, she is just glad Oz is blind so he can’t see the frown and she stays quiet to hide any stress, plus does a good job staying calm as they walk.

Oz stays close to the dibbuns, a group of 15 as some younger ones, like his niece and nephew, stayed at the abbey.

Tanya has tagged along and skips along humming a tune, she giggles “Snow out here is funnier, its funnier its funnier!”

Quade adjusts his sword on his back as they venture a little further “Almost to the clearing, there is a really tall oak tree there.” And once there he goes ahead and starts to climb it to get a better look of the surroundings.

Rayen slows and his ears flatten some, she looks at the dibbuns and motions them to come close to where she is, and…perfect she sees some lily shoots coming through the snow “Hey dibbuns come look…these will be a flower called a lily once it gets taller and sprout yellow and maybe some white flowers.”

Oz stays close “Not too far Rayen, please…seems too quiet in the woods right now”

Tanya looks at the flower starting to grow and then giggles as she sees another shoot of green a little further away, “Pretty flowers soon ya!”

Rayen frowns but answers calmly “Its fine Oz, no one is around and Quade is keeping watch” But she has no idea where Quade went off to.

Oz frowns “Your voice seems uneasy, why?”

Meanwhile a couple weasels and rats watch the dibbuns from behind some trees as they wait for a signal to be given. A cloaked figure nods, that’s the single to surround them, he motions to a fox nearby and points to Oz.

Tanya digs around in the snow, seems she is trying to help the flowers grow better maybe.

Rayen catches a glimpse of a rat “Just dislike all the snow, wishing it gets out of here very soon”

Oz nods in agreement “Yes I do agree on that, winter can be annoying but also sometimes has its enjoyable moments as well”

Meanwhile the vermin group suddenly swarmed into the clearing, a couple weasels grabbed any nearby dibbuns, while others cornered others and just caused some to be afraid, but all the while did the best to block off any escape attempts.

Bolt aimed the knockout arrow at the badger, took aim and fired it at him!

Rayen ears go back and she starts to aim her arrow at a rat and then just lowers her arm and steps away from the 5 dibbuns she was in front of, they are easily grabbed as the vixen then fires at a rat and gets one in the neck with a growl before she is shoved down by a weasel and ends up slipping on ice on purpose but makes it look like an accident.

Tanya screams and bolts away before she can be grabbed but she trips over some roots hidden in the snow and hurts her ankle and starts to cry loudly.

Oz already has his staff and manages to knock out two rats before he feels the arrow sink into his shoulder and growls as he goes to rip it out and about falls backwards, he shakes his head and snorts as if to clear the dizziness coming on and forces himself to fight off the urge to pass out and slams his staff into a weasel that gets too close “Rayen…Quade…get the dibbuns outta here”

Quade is nowhere to be seen, but there is a masked and cloaked beast that seems in charge of this vermin band, who nods and motions for the vermin to get this done and over with and get whatever dibbuns they have to the base that’s not too far away. Other vermin make sure paths are sweep over and oh course one could always make fake trails or a few go by tree tops.

Rayen frowns, she does fight off a rat but most she avoids fighting.

Tanya crawls into a hollow log and curls up to hide, silent tears go down her face from fear and pain in her ankle.

Bolt jumps from his tree and grins, “This may be fun to fight a badger” He has out a dagger but also his fist. “Feeling sleepy? Let me help you go night night!” He sends a rough kick at Oz’s chest deciding that’s more fun.

Oz growls at the fox and goes to swing his staff and misses as a wave of overpowering dizziness hits him and the fox’s kick knocks the wind from him and he tumbles into a tree with a groan.

Rayen frowns as most of the dibbuns are hiding, unseen and luckily not able to hear Rayen as she growls at Bolt and goes to check Oz “He said just to knock him out not harm him!”

Bolt smirked “He swung his staff at my head, self-defense….sides most of the knockout stuff is what go him…well and the tree”

Tanya goes to try and run after getting from the log but her ankle hurts too much and she yelps in pain

A masked and cloaked beast steps in front of her and watches her “There there small one…..take her as well” He says to a weasel who nods and he looks over at the two foxes and walks over “Time to be found…or to leave your choice.”

Tanya gasps and quickly backs away

Rayen looks at the cloaked beast and glares as she goes to check on Oz, she is not as good at this healer stuff as say Leon or others but well enough and she remembers his words of some may think one dead since the knock out stuff lowers the pulse and breathing by a bit, she stands ”If he dies….I swear”

Oz is deeply unconcious and does show signs of breathing being a little slower than it should be.

Bolt walks over and gets into the path of Tanya and goes to pick her up ”Hello…need a ride?” It’s not said in a friendly way either.

Tayna screams and squirms to get loose, and then starts sobbing uncontrolled

Rayen aims an arrow at Bolt, both to look the part of being on Redwall’s side and the fact he is starting to peeve her off. ”Let her go.”

Bolt grins “Nope” He keeps a dagger at the beavers throat and then walks away” I worry more bout de old stripe dog than me lass”

The cloaked figure slips away, he needs to make sure all is well before the squirrel Quade walks back over to the vixen and badger. “Well…..a planned lesson turned rather bad and oh my 11 out of 15 dibbuns were caught what ever shall we do?” Yes lets fake the worry, he found 3 mice and a mole dibbun hiding, well some had to be left alone right?

Rayen’s ears go back and she checks on Oz again seemly worried, and she is worried .
Oz doesn’t even groan, he is very deep in an unconcious state and looks to be for a while yet.

Quade simplyly watches and looks to the 4 dibbuns “Alright you lot sit, your safe as the vermins were chased off and soon we will get help for Papa Oz”

Rayen sighs “Get the others to the abbey before anything else happens Quade and…I will tend to Oz and if you can please send some help, that or I guess I can just wait till the knock out stuff wears off.” She hopes that’s all, she already knows it can make one ill and Oz is older than Xander by a lot, could have different effect on him.

Quade nods and leds the 4 dibbuns back to the abbey, “We talk later” He says knowing she knows what he means and then he is gone.

Rayen sighs and sits by Oz, she is not sure what to do but…well wait and see what happens or if anyone shows up, this could be a long after noon.

oz · Logs

Patch sits on the one cot in here and stares at the floor, he has not sleep all night and he didn’t dare even sneak a nap in before that. There is an untouched bowl of soup and half a glass of water by the door

There are suddenly shouts and loud voices from the hallway, coming towards his door. The door unlocks and opens, and a city guard steps in and says, "Yer in luck, matey. D'Chieftain hersel' 'as decided ter pay ya a visit!" He vanishes from sight, and then Blisa steps into he room, followed closely by Ferdinand, Valerie, and Clarissa, who has healed nicely from her stomach wound a few months ago. The petite cat has a look on her face that should warn the prisoner to not say word 1 about her height. So far, she says nothing, but instead simply stares at the rat, her jade green eyes unblinking and probably mildly terrifying.

Patch frowns, he looks at the small cat, yep he will stay quiet as any jokes he has are lost, other things are on his mind as he gulps at the guards and he tries to speak but all that comes out is a small sort of squeak, he would scoot back but it isn't like he could get very far if he did.

"I hear that you were caught stealing," Blisa finally says. "You do know that that's against the law, right?" She examines the claws on her right paw. "Sitting is a cell is good short-term punishment, but it won't deter you forever, I'm sure. What do you think I should do to punish no good dirty rotten thieves?" She has a punishment in mind, but she wants to get him worked up so maybe he won't steal again.

Patch frowns "Umm....ummm....well being snake food is a bad idea....ya know...a..a lot steal and well the snake could get like fat or something and not be able to move well at all. Snake be better as a...body guard or maybe to keep away....ummmm....more dangerous beasts?"

Blisa looks to the ceiling as if patience could be found there. "Okay, lemme set the record straight. I do not feed random beasts to my snake. I only feed murderers and wanna-be conquerors to him, and sometimes not even then. Thieves do not deserve such an extreme punishment." She turns and looks him in the eye again. "So, try again. What do you think would be a good punishment? I've heard of some cultures cutting off a theif's right paw. How does that sound?"

Patch places his paws behind his back and shakes his head "Nope...I could just sit in here a while, yeah would learn my lesson then or maybe clean the tavern.....yeah" Maybe he could get free ale but most likely not.

Blisa smiles with her eyes. She's enjoying this. "Oh, no, the tavern would be far too good for you. I know! The /perfect/ punishment for you would be that you have to work for our village undertaker. I'm sure he needs some help keeping the graveyard looking nice." Not that's she's asked him or anything; she just decided to surprise him with a slave....I mean, a /helper/. It would only be for 6 months or so. "How does that sound? We could always resort back to chopping your paw off if you'd rather."

Patch frowns "The..undertaker, not sure I meet him before who is he and look nice since when do a graveyard look nice"

Blisa glares at the rat menacingly. "You will help him keep I in good order -- keeping the grass trimmed, trees and bushes pruned, and flowers well weeded so it is a pleasant and pretty as possible for the beasts who visit. Like me. Both of my parents, my baby brother, and my fiance are all buried in our graveyard. You WILL help him keep it /nice/ and /pretty/ and basically not an eyesore, or so help me, I'll cut off your paw and get it over with. Do you understand me?" Don't tick off the lady with the snake, yo.

Patch eeps and then nods "Ummm...flowers yep flowers...ummm what if he or...she don't like flowers and it be during the day right?" No way will he walk in there at night, there could be ghosts. He has seen the place but never stepped a paw into it....well once maybe but that was it

Blisa crosses her arms. "You will work whenever Markalaway tells you to. You will not uproot any flowers, and you will only plant or transplant flowers if Markalaway says to. You will do /exactly/ what he says when he says it. In exchange I won't kill you and you will be given free lodging where our undertaker sees fit to put you. Markalaway will decide if you can get free meals, based on how well you cooperate. /Or/ I can find something much more disgusting and painful for you to do...your choice." She honestly has no second option in mind, so she's now kind of winging it.

Patch seems to think on this and gives a simple nod "Alright...miss...madma...ummm Chieftain. I will accept this" Its better than something worse right and a possible place to stay and meals is good. He could still do some other stuff, well maybe he will have to see.

Blisa nods and smiles in a less scary way, relieved that he's agreeing to it. "Good. I'm glad you saw the sense in my offer. I want all the beasts within my village to work together for the common good, with no beggars and no beasts just sitting around doing nothing. But stealing is never allowed, so if you are caught stealing again, I'll have to take more drastic measures. Understood?" Before he can answer, she snaps her fingers and adds, "Oh, and you won't be allowed to leave the village until I say so."

Patch nods and then he looks shocked "Say....what now? But what if I have ta check on something or someone.....someone needs me maybe?"

Blisa shrugs. "Well, you should've thought of that before you stole. If you leave the village, I shall have to find something else for you to do...out ditches could use some digging out.....and we could use a few more outhouses. And that would be pretty hard to do with just one paw, now, wouldn't it?" Her smile is creepy again. "So I would suggest that you stay in the village until I say you may leave. Do we understand each other?"

Patch gives a firm nod "Yes...chieftain" He resist the urge to mutter "So...for how long can I not leave?"

Blisa nods, and turns around. "I suggest you eat the food brought in to you; they may be your last free meals for a while." As the door closes behind her, the young cat adds, "Oh, and I'll be sending a guard every day to search your clothes, so I suggest you make sure and keep your paws from straying." After the door is closed and locked, the Chieftain strides to her house and collapses on the hearth in the main room of her house. "That was exhausting....."

Patch frowns "For a while! “Patch sighs and sits down to eat his meal, ok now he is worried, very worried.

oz · Logs

Mossflower Woods: Pathway
------------------------- Mossflower Woods -------------------------
The long path that forks off the broad dirt road descends
down a gentle sloping hill that evens out as the woodlands
swallow it up with grass and trees. The trees here are sparser
and more spread out. Allowing for thick vegetation to cover the
ground instead. It is easy to stray from the path, but then again
quite easy to find your way back. The dirt is packed down
tight with paws and wagon treads that lead into the path of
Mossflower

Rayen needed some fresh air and a walk, a long walk and even let the guards know she would return the next day, she was going to Ferravale if anyone asked and then she left. Only….that was a lie she was going nowhere near Ferravale and was heading south of the abbey instead to hunt wood Pidgeon and to find some eggs they had laid and left, as not all eggs have chicks inside, most don’t. With her was her longbow and a couple daggers.

Bolt was close by and was watching the vixen closely as she walked through the woodlands. He also had a longbow and quiver of arrows with him, and some bolas as he slipped down slowly from his tree perch.

Also in the area was Aira, flying around and exploring the woods, she found this land interesting as her home didn’t have much woods to it, not like this anyways.

Rayen found some eggs in a nest and placed them in a pouch and listened for any sounds of wood Pidgeon, but also any other sounds that mean possible danger.

Bolt rolled his eyes, he was bored…oh look a bird! He grins and starts to take aim at the seagull.

Xander was close by with Zolomon at about the same time, he sighed as he tried to help the hare and at the same time figure out where Aira went off to ”Maybe we should head back Zolomon, I mean is it THAT important to find this poplar wood for arrows?”

Zolomon nodded “Yes it’s a very good wood for arrows lad and I need more for practice and in case any vermin show up. Also I will need some arrow tips usually simple metal or very sharp stone and not just any stone either”

Aira had no clue a couple foxes were nearby but she did see the hare and badger and started to circle and go to fly down to them.

Rayen hides behind a tree when she hears voices and frowns as she looks around. She then sees Bolt and her ears flatten, they relax a little when she sees he is not aiming at the hare and badger but at what….her eyes follow the line of sight and gasps as she goes to quickly slip behind the other fox and knock him flat on his face if she can.

Bolt grins and pulls back only to get shoved and his eyes widen as he drops the longbow and falls forwards face first into the snow, luckily he didn’t break his longbow, the arrow however is history as he spins around and glares at the vixen. ”Whats the idea!”

Xander sighs “Wot ever…”He hears the shout and draws the longsword he has with him and looks around, it may not be his family blade but it can still use it.

Zolomon is also on alert “We bally well have company Xandy, be on alert….yo bird ya best stay by us”

Aira puffs out “Bird…bird…I have a name it is Aira ya long eared fuzz ball” She hmmphs and scans the area, it’s not the best idea to go to the sky, you know just in case.

Rayen glares right back “Sea gulls are not food, well that one isn’t. You kill that one or it disappears you would have a couple badgers and who know who else looking for it. Or if it was just for target practice find someone else…wood Pidgeon are in this area.”

Bolt snorts “You would be friends of woodlanders huh” He shakes his head “Boss mentioned that, he also said to keep an eye on you and so I do.” He smiles , sort of, “You have vermin in ya still it seems, the woodlanders they didn’t destroy it all….did they?”

Xander looks around “Maybe we should…head back, you got enough of that poplar wood right?”

Zolomon nods “Yeah sure….come on and you too Aira, whoever it was left and we should too.” He then leads the way back to the abbey.

Aira happily follows them.

Rayen catches sight of the hare and badger “See…they would of noticed the sea gull dead as you went to make sure it was dead, they of seen you and who said to follow me?” She growls slightly.

Bolt answers “Calm ya pretty self…you know who, my boss and your boss to or have you forgotten your part of the horde now.” He stays calm “And as for target practice moving ones are best and birds are around for food…any bird, heck hare is a rather good meat too ever try it?”

Rayen shakes her head “No….and not about to either…its…it would be wrong” She frowns, maybe she had once when she was a dibbun but her birth family would eat one or two sometimes and a lot of wood Pidgeon, she shakes her head to clear it “Anyways I dislike being followed.”

“Then why are you in the woods and not the cozy..warm..abbey” Bolt smirks.

Rayen answers “Cause, I needed a break like yesterday I am trying to relax and a couple novice keep bugging me to teach them some sort of first aid, how to tie a bandage right and they keep messing up so I told them to just go to some beast else. Also the fact I have to go elsewhere to have wood Pidgeon, which I been craving a lot..cause I would sneak it when I was with dibbun and…well missed the taste so need to go and get it and now it’s only at the Black Gull or if I am lucky I can find one in the woods, then I have to eat it in the woods and that means making a camp fire, cooking and eating it and making sure it’s not on my breath so there is mint tea to wash it away and a quick clean off in a stream. Also I don’t always like chores some reason lately..rather nap and that’s not always easy in the abbey and some woodlanders there still keep their distance from me, very few but some still or they rather have another healer help them that’s…well more woodlander , and don’t get me started on the once in a while random woodlander on the road that will attack and ask questions later, one reason I avoid the main road…I don’t attack back and usually run off and then had one time a hare call me a coward and I so SO wanted to go back and knock him out but I didn’t.”

Bolt listens “SO you avoid fights cause you can’t…or won’t maybe, attack woodlanders? I mean if one attacks you out right its self-defense and be their own fault if they end up dead”

Rayen ears go back “I am a Redwall beast and killing another is instant banishment”

Bolt makes a face “Your like in their order as a Sister or Brother…Novice whatever”

“No..just live there, order beasts don’t believe in fighting and very few even know how anyways, half know to use a staff and I think the Master Healer can use daggers and a sling…most would just run if was in danger.” Rayen replies.

Bolt walks closer “Then you should be able to fight off someone if needed not avoid them and I look at it this way, you kill them..their fault and dead beast can’t tell on ya…can they?”

Rayen frowns “Well…suppose not, but I would feel bad about it”

Bolt shakes his head and then blinks as he sees a wood Pidgeon close by and grins “Well….is that bird food?”

Rayen sees it also and aims her longbow and selects an arrow, she fires the arrow and hits the bird in the throat, It does get to make a sound, she walks over and picks it up “Yes, we can have eggs and wood Pidgeon…I told the guards I would be away till sometime tomorrow and I would be at Ferravale so that’s where they think I am and they trust me to….well not lie”

Bolt grins “But you lied…and you just killed a wood Pidgeon and you seemed to care less about either just now” He smiles at the idea of a good dinner ”I have a campsite nearby, we can go there for the night….I also have some watercress that would be good with eggs and wood Pidgeon”

Rayen thinks on his words and shrugs. She then follows him “Well wood Pidgeon is food and….a lie sometimes is good when one wants left alone and not found “

Bolt chuckles, ”Very vermin like, there is hope for ya yet Vixen…boss would be pleased” Now if he could only get her to further dislike woodlanders and maybe even ones she calls….friends, well time would tell on that.

Rayen replies “Its Rayen…not vixen or did your boss not mention a name”

“Bolt” He replies “Nice to Meet you ….Rayen”

Rayen is quiet the rest of the evening as she has dinner and then lays down, she looks up at the stars thinking quietly before she slips into sleep.

oz · Logs

=Rayen is not having the best past few days is she?=

Rayen was out on a walk to get some things from Ferravale with her recently given coins. She keep an eye out for trouble as she walked along, then nothing new as she always keep an eye out for trouble.

Xander also ventured out, upon seeing Rayen he jogged to catch up to her “Hey Rayen! Can I walk with you, least till get to Ferravale, I..I decided to go ahead and talk to Nightbreath today as best time as any to talk to him, right?”

Rayen frowned and slowed “Are you not supposed to do that on your own Xander?”

Xander nods “Yeah talk to him, but I can go as far as center of town with you or like the market place, then head over to his home by myself.”

Rayen sighs “Fine, I was on my way to get some things at Ferravale, maybe some chocolate or some sort of…well something nice”

Watching the beasts from the trees was a dark brown ferret with a cloak, he had his orders and luck would have it he saw the badger and selected his arrow, not aiming to kill as its job is to knock him out, and this is a test to see how well…how fast it works, he then fires.

Xander nods, “I mean…can’t p-p-put it off forever and he isn’t THAT creepy is he?” He gets curious “Wot sort of nice things and where ya get the coi----“He suddenly gasps and looks at his look, he goes to try and pull out the arrow and groans as he drops to all fours as dizziness hits him and his vision blurs and he passes out when he tries to stand again.

Rayen first reaction is to check Xander, and the next is she is drawing her own longbow and arrow and looking the direction she believes it came from.

A voice is heard “He isn’t dead, least hope not.” The beast comes from the tree line and motions the ferret down who bows “Boss…” The beast nods and shoos the ferret away as he looks to the fox “Hello Rayen”

Xander is deeply unconcious thanks to this knock out arrow and will have a sore leg when he wakes up.

Rayen glares “You again..I swear I have no idea what you’re up to Q….”She stops herself before a name is uttered and her ears flatten” What do you want with him, like he is a threat to your group, he isn’t”

The cloaked beast glares back ”Yet he isn’t but that’s not the aim of this, it’s a test to see how well a bit of a powerful knock out mixture is to a badger and well he is a badger, and I plan to knock one out sometime soon…or soonish. Stole the idea off Brother Leon, see I asked him once how he helped beast with bad wounds, well he used something from the Flitchaye and well I just changed it a little…more into a useable base to use on arrows, highly concentrated also. Tried some on a rat who was out for 3-4 hours, a fox was out for 6 hours not sure on the badger and also some beast who isn’t a skilled healer may think them dead, isn’t that funny….cause it tends to lower the pulse and breathing some”

Xander is alive, just under the effects of the knockout herbs

Rayen frowns at the idea of a beast being thought dead and buried and shakes her head, after checking Xander, she carefully removes the arrow and quickly bandages his leg, she then slowly looks at the other beast ”Knock out one…badger, what badger and why mess with a badger most would rip you apart for something like that, trust me”

An eye roll is given and then “It matters not, then again you can help me see I plan to have my friends kidnap some dibbuns, not for very long and I would then alert the Defenders and their leader of” He clears his throat “Such a horrible thing some beast has kidnapped dibbuns and of course they come to the rescue…there is a fight and I do hope some deaths, more on the defenders side than my bands side but death is an expected part of a fight, either way the dibbuns are freed and back to the safety of the abbey and not to worry no harm would come to them while in my friends care, they would simply just keep them…tired up somewhere and my friends know how to expect certain..happenings when one comes to rescue ones such as dibbuns”

Rayen frowns, “Wait..Oz you plan to harm Oz”

“Well maybe soreness from the arrow, oh and …same for Xander here, upon waking some throwing up and a major headache for maybe a day or day and a half..guess we will learn from when Xander wakes wont we”

Rayen frowns “I..I refuse to help you do this and besides they would tell others who did it”

The cloaked beast snaps his fingers and suddenly the vixen, unless she is quick, is shoved back by a tall marten with a cutlass at her throat, a clearing of a voice “You will help and who is to say I would pull the trigger, my archer did that…well one of my archers, I would simply watch and make sure all went well, all you would have to do is act surprised and make sure Oz and the dibbuns are in the area I will mention when the time comes….or there could be a sad tragedy today…Rayen was found headless or maybe just a sliced throat..dead and Xander unconcious…of course I myself came upon the horrible screen … oh my, so what will it be Rayen…your life hangs in the balance, you agree and live for however long your life goes on or die in the next, oh moment or so?”

Rayen feels herself pressed backwards to the tree and struggles till the blade is at her throat and then she stops and frowns, “I…I” Her ears flatten on her head as she seems to fight her own thoughts of whats right and whats wrong till finally” I will help you”

The cloaked figure smiles “Do you swear loyalty to my group and I don’t mean those worthless Defenders either, if things go my way them and that stoat leader of thier’s will be 6 feet under before too long”

“I..I swear loyalty to your horde” Rayen says slowly.

A nod and the sword is away from her neck “Good…there may be other horde beast around that are not mine, but oh some of them were so easy to steal, then maybe I just offered more than their former boss…anyways welcome to MY horde. You can still go to the abbey…for now. As to when this is to happen, not sure yet, and when it happens you can even shoot down one of the horde beasts of mine, to make it look good and the others get away with the dibbuns, then I...after a slight change of course come see the -after affects-”

Rayen rubs her neck and frowns “Whats the point of kidnapping dibbuns only to turn around and have them saved a day or two later or even the same day?”

“Hope…and to show I am a good guy, not let them know I am their enemy….not yet anyways, when that time comes I will make sure ALL know but only when I feel its time, I have plans first. Plans to bring order and maybe some chaos too..destroy and build back up or just break down hope that was around I have success in bringing down hope to a guest of mime, my other guest has yet to lose his…in time he will and no worries no one from Mossflower is my guest…well , yet... I have plans I will share once I test our loyalty more, first test and I will come with you…the what happen here test”

Rayen frowns and looks back to Xander and back to the other beast “Ambush?”

“That could work….and you with my help scared them off and we got him back to the abbey safe…hmmmm” He frowns, badgers are heavy “ Slowly..once he woke”

Rayen frowns and sits down by the young badger.”And how long is that”

All she gets is a shrug “Think of it this way..Oz would be out for about the same amount of time, give or take”

Rayen just groans and stays where she is..”Wonderful” She mutters

==About 6 hours pass, maybe 7 and its late when it was mid-morning before and the vixen is tried.=

Rayen is tried and bored, least the group brought her food and something to drink.

Xander groans and his eyes flutter open.

Rayen quickly gulps down the rest of her food and drink and checks on Xander after placing a cup in her knapsack, she didn’t need a plate she ate with her paws. ”Xander?”

Xander focuses on the fox “My..head hurts and feel ill…wot happen?”

Rayen frowns and answers “Ambush but they were chased off”

Takeo had been worried and gone to look for Xander. It’s about now he comes upon the vixen and Xander “What has happen ere’…ambush?”

A rustle of grasses and Quade is seen “Ambush…well that can’t be good is young Xander ok? Maybe we should get to the abbey before anything else happens”

Rayen frowns as Quade is seen but nods “Yes but I chased the two off and they stayed away…it was a knockout arrow” Which she burned in the campfire and buried” I lost the arrow but he seems ok…well mentioned a headache and feeling ill so getting home is best yes”

Takeo frowns and examines Xander carefully and then goes to gently lift him “I can carry him, come you two may be best to all get to the abbey yes?”

Xander just groans, he feels like throwing up but somehow avoids it and the headache is annoying, least the arrow wound on his leg is not too bad.

Rayen nods “Yeah…all of us back to the abbey” She glances at Quade and then starts to follow the badgers.

Quade keeps silent and then also follows them back to the abbey.

oz · RP Chat

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#1443 Logs » First We Find The Dibbuns, Then The Blade » 2017-02-26 08:18:08 PM

#1444 Logs » I Forgive You » 2017-02-25 08:44:50 PM

#1445 Logs » Lesson Plans Intrupted:Part 2-Redwall Log » 2017-02-23 06:27:19 PM

#1446 Logs » Lesson Plans Interrupted!- Redwall Log » 2017-02-23 02:17:36 PM

#1447 Logs » Patch Is Free To Go...Sort Of-Ferravale Log » 2017-02-22 05:20:12 PM

#1448 Logs » She Lied About Where She Went » 2017-02-19 09:29:15 AM

#1449 Logs » Plans Discussed And A Lie Told » 2017-02-16 04:30:01 PM

#1450 Re: RP Chat » Let's just put a Horde here... » 2017-02-15 10:39:14 PM

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