IC LP Log July 13th, 2019

BlisaMarshmellow · 2019-07-13 04:18:21 PM

Completely off topic, but it fits for hares: Happy French Fry day!

SCENE: Salamandastron: Underground Spring

CHARACTERS: Hares: Zolomon, male. Felicity, female. Mike, spoofed male.

LOG:
Zolomon sitting here, for a change, away from the others, its more quiet here to think and write as he sits by a wall with an oil lamp beside him

And, of course, he won't be alone for long because that's the way these things work. Felicity comes wandering down here, a basket over her arm that has flowers peeking over its edge. She enters the room of the spring, a lantern in her paw, spots the other hare, and turns around to leave again. "Oh, sorry...not used to othahs bein' down 'ere.....'cuse me..."

Zolomon looks up and smiles "I was just writting up a report, tis quiet down here"

Felicity stops and sighs quietly. Turning back around, she smiles a little, but she looks sad. "Aye, 'tis very quiet. Y'c'n almost 'ear th'ghosts of those buried o'er there." She points out the door in the direction of the catacombs. "O' course, there's no such things as ghosts -- 'm pretty sure -- but sometimes when I'm down 'ere alone, I feel like I can 'ear them." She stays where she is by the door, looking sad and unsure of whether she should leave or sit by the other hare.

Zolomon frowns "I can...leave if ya want me too Fel...sides me report is done."There may be another reason he is down here too as he looks to the door"So just you here then?"

Felicity shakes her head. "Oh, no...you can stay...." she sighs and walks over to him. Sitting next to him, she sets the basket on her other side and looks at it. "I just...came down t'put flowahs on the graves o' me mum an' dad an' brothah. They died in an ambush by pirates the day aftah I was accepted into th' Recruit program and entered Basic Trainin'. I someimes bring them flowahs then 'ave lunch 'ere by the spring." She sighs again, struggling to not cry. "I do sometimes wish their ghosts would come an' tell me if I'm raisin' Julia right. 'Tis so 'ard, tryin'..." she is starting to get choked up "...tryin' t'raise m'sistah an' be th' best Patrollah I c'n be, y'know? I just wish.....I wish they would tell me.....tell me if I'm doin' okay..." She sniffs and wipes her cheek. "An' Julia's in class learnin' 'bout shapes, in case y'were worried."

Zolomon nods and smiles "I am sure your doing great with her and..maybe I could help, but only if ya want help.And its ok to be sad just not sad for too long, they wouldnt want ya to be sad..ya know"

Felicity sighs again and lets the tears fall. "I...I know. An' I'm not sad all the time. It's just...David, m'brothah....'e was m'best friend. An' I adored m'parents. I just wish....I wish they could come back." She starts to cry, and she pulls a handkerchief out of her basket and covers her nose with it. After a little bit, she sniffles and asks, "Would y'really 'elp m with m'sistah?" And, she silently adds, does this mean you like me the way I like you?

Zolomon has not been much a hugger lately, but he can start to be again as he slowly goes to give her a hug.Thats if she doesnt scoot away and if she does he will back off,"I like dibbuns and they sometimes like me..I mean I am not brave enough ta face like 40 of em' like Ozzy and not guess..who was it..Krisha think, does now"

Felicity had let him hug her, and she goes to rest her head on his chest, wiping her cheeks on her sleeve. "I...I do get 'elp, from th' leveret watchahs an' th' teachahs an' some o' the beasts who volunteer with 'em." She sniffles a little. "I'm not sure I'd want t'be in charge o' that many Dibbuns, eithah. That sounds dangerous, t'be 'onest."

Zolomon smiles, he chuckles "Yeah.....only de brave.I can watch and make sure no one like brothers ya while you place flowers. I just got back from escorting Keldorn ta the river moss and then stayed to..umm talk to otters, lot of otters there right now" He doesnt mention the race, yeah it begun fine..and ended badly.

Felicity smiles a tiny bit. "Oh, almost nobeast comes down to the catacombs, evah. An' when they do, 'tis t'visit loved ones, so we don't bothah each othah. 'Tis sometimes nice, actually, t'share stories of our loved ones with each othah." She sighs again. "An now m'uncle, Flint, is entombed in there. Died a few seasons ago. I'm learnin' to use 'is sabre." She sits up so she's not leaning on him anymore, but if he doesn't pull away, she's still in his arms. She blows her nose. "Why do we 'ave so many ottahs around right now? I've 'eard reports and been given instructions about 'em -- like I would bothah some of our allies -- but I 'aven't 'eard why they're all there."

Zolomon says, "Halloballo"He smiles. He doesnt back away "And thar was races and good food"He smiles "Oh we may have an otter named Taran ta look around, he seemed intrested."

Felicity smiles a little in return. "Taran, huh? Well, 'e's welcome t'take a tour o' the Mountain, if 'e likes, I'm sure. I just 'ope the DAB doesn't choose that day t'act like a bunch o' maniacs, wot!" She wipes her nose one last time with the handkerchief, then sticks it back in the basket, not leaving the hug. "Whot kind o' food was thar? Oooh, y'didn't eat anythin' with mollusks -- clams and things -- in it, did you?"

Zolomon says, "No...they had hot root and some sort of pastrys, not sure wot kind they were good though and nothing with clams or like clams, nope""

Felicity nods and goes to rest her head on his shoulder. "I love pastries...may'aps we could go down there. I bet Julia would 'ave a blast." She stares at the water. "I've nevah 'ad 'hotroot. Is it spicy? I'm not a fan of spicy things. 'Tis disrespectful t'th'food, in my opinion, wot! I mean, 'ow can anythin' that makes y'mouth feel like 'tis on fire an' that covahs up the othah flavours be good??"

Zolomon says, "its spicy ya""
Zolomon smiles as she rests her head on his shoulder "But...some like spicy, not me...well maybe a little spicey but not like a lot, seee part of an otters blood be made of hot root "

Felicity chuckles. "May'ap that's why they're all maniacs, wot!" She continues to gaze at the water. "I think beasts whot like it supah spicy need some serious 'elp in the mental department. But that's just me." After a pause, she adds, "'Ow long d'y'think the ottah's'll be 'ere? Maybe 'ere in a few weeks we could walk down there an' visit them. Whot d'y'think?"

Zolomon hmmms "Nahhhh...and think another 3-4 weeks or so...sides, they likely dont wanna see hares like eatting the food"

Felicity tries to not show her dissapointment, but she had really been hoping he'd say yes. "Oh...well, okay. Maybe I'll just take Julia....by myself, then....I guess." She can't fully hide the dissapointment from her voice, although she's trying her hardest. She shifts her head on his shoulder slightly so he can't see her frown. "I'm sure they wouldn't mind just a couple 'ares. 'Specially not a leveret....Dibbuns don't eat that much..." Actually, Julia eats quite a lot because she's about to grow. But her big sister has a soft spot for her and doesn't see that.

Zolomon hmms, "Maybe...a quick..couple days..we could.."And there is laughter, oh joy its one of the 4 privates that tagged along as they grin, "So ya can lose again, ha haaha....ya lost ta an otter...wait wait no ya lost ta 15 otters..." Zolomon frowns and clears his throat "It was fine on land just the..sea part..." More laughter as he sighs "Yeah yeah laught it up Private Mike.."..He gets a grin and an ok and yep they laugh more and lucky walk away.

Felicity scowls at the intruder. "We are in th' Caverns, Private Mike!" She sits up and gives the mocking hare her best commanding-Corporal voice. "Show some respect f'the dead and be'ave y'self!" When they're gone (whether they heard or listened to her or not...oh, yeah, and they had seen her with her head on Zolomon's shoulder, so this'll be interesting), she turns to look at Zolomon, obviously confused. "Whot on Eahrth was 'e goin' on about? Whot's this about....the land and sea?" Because she obviously hasn't heard about the race in any way, shape, or form.

Zolomon sighs, "The otters wanted ta race...I said ok cause ya know fastest hare and...ummm well it were fine on the land but see on the way back ya had to swim, and otters are..tis not fair otters are faster in water than most beast and I almost sank once"He did but he resurfaced, "I made it back to land and...yeah all but a couple otters beat..me and think they were fishing or something, left the next morning with 3 other privates, Mike was one of em...Greg and his daughter still be thar...couple weeks."

Felicity claps a paw to her face midway through the story, but she lets him finish before she says anything. "It is too fair since we 'ares are fastah than just about any othah creatah when it comes t'land races, wot!" She also has a look reminiscent of wounded pride on her face. "An' I'm pretty sure /I'm/ th'fastest 'are in th' Mountain..." she takes a deep breath and decides to just let that go. "I'm glad y'didn't drown, Zolomon, but next time, don't race an ottah in th'watah, 'kay? 'Twasn't the wisest thing y've evah done, an' I....I don't want y'gettin' 'urt doin' anythin' ridiculous," she adds with decision, deciding to be more honest about her feelings.

Zolomon nods and studies her before he smiles, "I wont get hurt not ta worry..and I can stay down here with ya if like."He then grins and chuckles "I'm the fastest hare 'ere though lass." He will stay down here though, watch her palce flowers and likely listen to any stories maybe and make sure she gets back up to the main levels of the mountain ok, hey he doesnt want her hurt either as one could like..stub a toe down here.

Felicity raises an eyebrow. "Oh, you're th' fastest 'are, mm? I guess we'll just 'ave to see 'bout that..." She does, however, share her snacks with him and tell him many sweet, endearing, and sometimes funny things about her dead family members. She shows him where they lay, and places the flowers there with words murmured in Tuscanian (which he might recognize from hearing Angela and DoraRose talking with each other when they didn't want anyone to know what they were saying). She doesn't stub her toe, and she seems pretty happy with his attention. And she definitely makes it up to the upper levels just fine

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Thanks for reading!

Will they go visit the otter's Hullabaloo? Will they someday race to see who the fastest of the 2 of them is? Will Felicity actually take her sister out on something like this? Can Julia be trusted with something like that? Does Zolomon have the same feelings for Felicity as she has for him? Stay tuned.....

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