See, this is why we fear the DAB (IC RWA RP 12.26.19)

BlisaMarshmellow · 2019-12-28 08:22:37 PM

While this RP occurred on December 28th, the event ICly happened on December 26th.

SCENE: Redwall Abbey Dibbun's Classroom

LOG:
Xander had decided he would help, after saying it he seemed to debate on weather it was a good plan or not,then they were just sweet, loveable, kind...dibbuns and dibbuns were great and they liked cookies! SO he brought cookies and he could teach something. It was only for an afternoon and evening while Krisha got some needed rest, what could happen?

Cota spent time with the older dibbuns, he was old enough to be a novice after all but he did have some trouble with Math.Math was evil and needed outlawed but he put up with it and entered the room,he studied the badger "Where is Mother Krisha, you're not Mother Krisha."

Isa was with the dibbuns for now. She had a habit of randomly disappearing once the adults were distracted. Aside from her ear turning to the badger's arrival she didn't look, she was busy eyeing a bookcase as she stood at the bottom of it. She was about to start climbing it when someone said the badger wasn't Krisha and the small kitten finally looks around with a little frown as it's not the badger she expected to be there.

Squirrelbabe has had enough of being good! But she knows that if she misbehaves around the Badger Mother, things could get ugly. So when the mouse announces that it's a different beast who's come, the DAB Ringleader smiles. Motioning to her cronies, she leads them over to the badger, her eyes big and innocent. "Whewe's Muvva Kwisha? Whys /you/ in hewes?" Grace the gosling is over near the bookshelf, herself, hugging her blanket close. She recognizes the look on Squirrelbabe's face, and she is not liking it one bit.

Xander just smiles, he seriously has little clue of the DAB.."Well she is resting, she is fine just hot root stew didn't agree with her" He grins "I am Xander and I have cookies"He sits them down on a table and sits down in a chair as he didn't really plan, just I will help and watch them till morning, "So...let's see wot can we do"

Cota frowns "Long as it's not math, math is dumb...reading and writting is ok though, or drawing maybe"
Every word before and after 'cookies' is promptly forgotten or ignored by Isa. She knows what cookies are! They're a fight to the death to get to them before any of the other dibbuns scoffs them all. Her eyes narrow on her fellow dibbuns, particularly the DAB members because she knows they'll be wanting them. Isa is silent and sneaky though, she waits for a moment, just assuming that Squirrelbabe will cause some sort of distraction.

Squirrelbabe's smile widens. "Cookies!!" She grabs one, then turns to the other Dibbuns. "Wet's be nice an' evewybeast gets one!" She glares at the other Dibbuns, making them understand that part of her plan is to behave for a few minutes. They trail over, each calmly getting one, and most of them even remember to say 'thank you'! Grace frowns, absurdly suspicious. "Let's get our cookies an' then /hide/," she whispers to Isa, then waddles over, grabs a cookie, and hides behind the bookshelf, assuming Isa will take her advice. So far, the Dibbuns are acting all sweet and adorable.

Xander smiles "Seee and sure we can learn some history, I do know some history or just a story maybe, or we can like relax also,relaxing is good"

Cota looks at the younger dibbuns, he shrugs and gets a cookie and sits down"So no math class then?"He nibbles the cookie"What do we do thens...I...I'm bored" Luckly PJ is not here, likely elsewhere with chores

Isa looks suspicious too. She edges over to get a cookie. Grace gets a hesitant nod and she grabs the cookie and quickly scrapers, going to hide behind the bookcase too and peek out so just her eyes and ears can be seen. "Squirrel's upt' somethin'" she mutters around the cookie.

Grace nods. "Sqwirrel's /aways/ up t'somethin'," she informs the kitten, nibbling her cookie and looking worried. The gosling is, of course, correct. Squirrelbabe is /absolutely/ up to a dastardly plan. But the badger doesn't need to know that just yet. "/Fank/ yous, Mistah Badgew!" She munches her cookie and looks up at him. "I wike stowies. What stowie would we bes heawin'?" Meanwhile, the other DABers are trickling to the other side of the room, pretending to be playing, but in actuality they're setting their trap. This is most of the Dibbuns, unfortunately, with only a few sweeties not involved or included in the planning. They're busy eating cookies.

Xander nods "Ummm, well...let's see..maybe one of the western shores, that's where the Badger Lord lives after all, there was even a Badger Lady that came here to be Badger Mother, Roseeyes was her name"

Cota sits as he listens and smiles "Dad told me a lot of abbey history, mainly of Martin the warrior and a couple other champions that came after him"

Isa has eaten her cookie so at least that's safe from whatever the plan is. She doesn't like all of the dibbuns. She's quiet, plays weird, doesn't know their games and is more vermin than woodlander in a lot of ways "They're gangin' up ova' tha' side" the gosling has apparently been deemed alright for now as she points behind the bookcase towards the far end of the room "They'd bein' all polite an' weird"

Grace finishes her cookie and hugs her blanket close. "If wes stays over heres an' don'ts gets involved, we'w be okay. I fink." A DABer quietly slips out the door to the hallway, and the other Dibbuns hide their surprisingly well-made tripwire by piling pillows on the floor. Squirrelbabe is still acting all innocent and sweet. Finishing her cookie, she says, "/Weawwy/???" The Dibbun out in the hall screams like she's being kidnapped or something. All the DABers act scared, and the sweet Dibbuns who had no idea actually are scared. The screaming is right outside the door on the other side of the room. Grace the gosling throws her blanket over her head. "I can'ts watch!!" She wails.

Xander frowns, he stands and is not sure what is going on, "Ummm....wait here" He walks slowly over to the doorway to see what is wrong, not like vermin got inside, it could be anything though and he goes to check just in case, maybe a spider is in the hall or someone is hurt, he frowns and quickens his paw steps to get there sooner.

Cota finishes a cookie and frowns "Why is someone screaming? Is..bad beasts outside?" He backs up a little, he has had his share of bad beasts like the lizard on the road, and one time a hawk tried to attck him and his parents, luckly they had gonna away.

Isa keeps watch, keeping a close eye on the dibbuns setting their trap. She of course does nothing to warn Xander of the trip wire though "Or we can wait until they cause all da' trouble an' then finally gets outta 'ere" she mutters back to Grace. Escape is practically always her plan. Her fur poofs out in surprise at the sudden screaming but she doesn't move. This has to be part of the plan.

Grace is too busy trembling and hiding under a blanket to answer. The DABers wait until Xander trips over the wire, then they pounce on him! Over 2 dozen Dibbuns go to grab his arms and legs, trying to pummel his head with pillows as the others try to tie him up. Squirrelbabe dashes up as the Dibbun who had been screaming comes back in. "Quick! Wock da doows!" DABers scramble to block the doors with chairs, securely wedging the backs under the handles. Well, there went any escape plans! Squirrelbabe smiles wickedly as her plan appears to be working beautifully!

Xander of course found the wire, and he starts to get up and gets ambushed! Ambushed by dibbuns of all things and that trip wire hurt his ankle as it is bleeding a little, and the whole surprised.At first he starts to shake them off and then just falls down, it's dibbuns he can't try and push them away, that and his anlkle does achally hurt, a lot. Its not broken but has a cut from the wire and likely a sprang and bruises now, and is slighty sore back now as ...well least pillows are soft "Hey hey hey....whoa thar..wot did I do?!" And what are they useing to tie him up with anyways? He was indeed surprised by this, by a clear lot.

Cota frowns, "You can't do that...."He then watches and, wait he chuckles,its funny to him now?

Squirrelbabe helps bof the badger with pillows as the older Dibbuns tie him with ropes and shoelaces they stole. The good Dibbuns huddle together and watch with huge, fearful eyes. Grace trembles and stays silent, 'hiding' under her blanket. When the badger is tied up, a mouse notices the blood and starts to cry. "He bweeding!" Squirrelbabe frowns. "Um.....he pwobawy bes okay." She stalks over to Xander's head and smiles in his face. "Oh, you do /nofink/. We da DAB, an' wes be sick o' bein' /nice/. So we tie yous up an' do whats we wants! If yous shouts fow 'elp, we gag ya! Sound faiw?" She pulls a dirty sock out of her pocket to emphasize the point.

Xander looks at them "You wouldn't do that to an adult, your supposed to mind adults now untie me and we can pretend this didn't happen, how bout that kid" Yeah he could handle one dibbun, pick them up and sit them somewhere, this was a horde of dibbun as he went to calmly get lose, wait this isn't right how are the dibbuns so good at tieing knots as he actually struggles a little "Hey...hey , untie me!!"

Cota stays where he is, he chuckles "This is funny, can I help any?" He is in a mischif sort of mood, oh well he stayed out of trouble a few days anyways.

Squirrelbabe scowls and goes to stuff the sock in the badger's mouth. "You bet I would! So der!" A few of the older Dibbuns make sure the cords are tight so he can't escape. The good Dibbuns start to cry, and Squirrelbabe scowls. "You!" she points at Cota. "You cans get outs da colours and papew an' give it to dem sos dey stops cwyin' so much."

Xander is getting a little annoyed "Hey...no more cookies or.....mmmph!" And the sock is in his mouth and OMG where has this sock been as he suddenly strtas to look a bit ill.

Cota frowns but he gets some paper and colored pencils and gives them to the other dibbuns "Oh calms down he is fine...see..."And the sock and the look he starts laugh and roll on the floor sort of laugh,this is the funniest thing ever!

Isa had been dismayed to see her escape route was blocked but after a little pause she leaves Grace to her hiding and ventures out, stalking her way silently to the door and going to quietly start unblocking it while the dibbuns are busy torturing the badger with old foot wear.

But before Isa can get the door unblocked, the handle jiggles as a voice says, "Xander, 'ow are ye...." It's Angela! The DABers, even Squirrelbabe, gasp in horror! The Ringleader points a finger at the badger and mutters, "If ye say a /wurd/, I's gonna makes you vewy sowwy!!" Grace comes out from under her blanket, hops up, and charges the door as Angela growls, "DAB, if ye don't let me in there right now, I'm gonna make ye regret yer birth! OPEN THE DOOR!" The gosling comes up to the kitten and honks, "Quick! Gets da door open!!"

Xander is too busy trying to not throw up, the sock is, well horrible and its hard to say where is was or how long its gotten to his point as he groans and looks to be a little pale, not a good sign.

Cota chuckles and then frowns "Thats nanan...."He frowns as he looks at Xander "He looks sick, you made him sick....thats not good...what was on de sock?" He looks worried and looks ready to yell for help

Isa yowls in surprise and jumps when the door handle moves. Her ears go back a little at the angry voice and she shrinks back away from the door. She glances quickly at Grace and then the door before she backs up more, looking properly worried "She's angry though...y'gots t'hide when they're angry" she says quietly to the gosling.

Grace starts frantically pushing the chair away frrom the door. "But she'w /know/ 'twasn't OUR fault if we 'elps 'er! She NICE dat way!" Squirrelbabe glares at Cota. "Is /fine/! Is jus' a nowmal diwty sock fwom da wandwy woom! I's tells on you!" At that moment the door bursts open, and in storms Angela, eyes blazing. "Whot's goin' on....oh, great." She hobbles over, pulls out a scalpel, and slices through Xander's ropes. "Xander....ye look a little green there, son. Go rest in the Infirmary. I'll check on ye 'ere in a little bit." She then grabs Squirrelbabe by the ear and glares at Cota. That look should tell him that he's in the most amount of trouble he's probably ever been in.

Xander groans and once free and the sock out he....yes he throws up, on his tunic, the floor and...the sock is not even more gross as he coughs and limps to the infirm, there is blood on his ankle and a small little puddle on the floor, not a lot....just a small bit and a couple dots here and there and on the trip wire and the rope that was on the ankle that cut more into it..so maybe a drop or so on the way to the infirm...yep fun day, not.

Isa hesitates at Grace's logic for opening the door and holds on to her big fluffy tail. She doesn't have the time to come to a decision though before the door opens and she jumps again, immediately springing off and under a table. Xander throwing up makes her nose wrinkle and she feels unsettled enough by that that she suddenly heads for the door instead.

Angela ignores Squirrelbabe's squirming and muttered threats and beckons to Grace and Isa. "'Old 'ard there, Isa, an' come 'ere. I 'ave a feelin' ye weren't involved." The gosling nods and waddles over to the Healer. "No, Missus Ang'la. We was 'idin'." Squirrelbabe squeaks with rage. "I'ww ties yous up an' frows yous in da pond!!" "Be quiet, afore I tonic ye!" The DABers begin to whimper as their Ringleader wisely quiets down. The old mouse watches the kitten to see what she does,

Isa freezes as she's told to stop and she very hesitantly does as she's told and comes over to Angela. Her ears perk up as the older mouse thinks she's not involved which would mean she's not in trouble so she shouldn't be punished and hurt. Not that Angela would actually hurt her but Isa believes that's how things work. With most of her fears abandoned Squirrelbabe gets a little glare as she threatens Grace "I throw y'inna pond first! And a'offa the wall aftah!"

Angela scowls slightly. "Ain't nobeast's gonna be throwin' beasts anywheres, although per'aps I should put some o' y'all t'bed with only tonic soup t'drink." Squirrelbabe and most of the other DAB members gasp and immediately go quiet. The old Healer turns back to Isa and Grace. "Now, you 2, tell me whot happened, and what Cota" (she points to him to make absolutely clear who she's talking about) "did to be involved." The gosling gulps. "Uh, uh, uh....Cota laughed an' asked Sqwuiwwelbabe if 'es could helps."

Cota all this time is backed into the coener and is hopeing he isn't seen, he then goes to quietly head to the doorway while hopefully the old mouse is distracted.

Isa gives Squirrelbabe a little warning hiss and probably encourages more bullying and being called a vermin in the future in the process. Making an enemy of the DAB had not been her plan for the day. She stops as Angela makes her threats but at the question she quickly glances at Cota but then at the floor. She shrugs "I dunno...wha' she said" she gestures at the gosling, not willing to get the mouse in more trouble.

Squirrelbabe hisses back, then 'humphs' and crosses her arms over her chest, knowing that trying to get loose from Angela is a pointless exercise. Angela looks at the kitten, raising an eyebrow, but decides to just let it all slide. "Still." She glares at her great-great-grandson's retreating back. "Cota, git back 'ere NOW, an' don't ye /dare/ go slinkin' off like a coward, or so 'elp me..." she lets the threat hang in the air, and Grace gasps. "Ooooh, dey welated!" She huddles up against the kitten, obviously scared. Maybe she would benefit from a more vermin-ish friend to defend her. The old Healer points to the older Dibbuns. "Clean up this mess!" She points to the vomit and the blood. The younger DABers get put to undoing the tripwire and putting the pillows away. The good Dibbuns hold all the colouring supplies close and watch with wide eyes. The Ringleader is still being held hostage.

Cota stops and frowns as he turns and walks back to Angela and stands before her, he is quiet as he frowns and looks at the floor and then looks up slowly at her.

Isa doesn't stop Grace from getting close and just folds her arms and shoots little glares at Squirrelbabe when she thinks the old healer isn't looking "She's Lily's family too" she mutters back to the gosling as she keeps out of the way of the cleaning up.

Grace honks quietly, hugging her blanket close. "I wike Wiwy." The gosling's voice drops to a whisper. "Sos why she welated to somebeastie so gwumpy?" Angela ignores them, keeping hold of Squirrelbabe's ear and staring stonily at her descendant. "Cota, ye 'ave one chance t'explain why ye would not only laugh at somebeast 'avin' problems, but also why ye would ask 'ow to 'elp. I reccomend ye try th' truth." The other DAB members have finished cleaning up, and the elderly Healer sends them into their dormitory to wait her punishment. The Ringleader glares back at the kitten, and Grace honks nervously. "Wet's go colour," she whispers to her new friend, pointing at the good Dibbuns, who are still watching wide-eyed.

Cota frowns as he just stands there "I..I..don't..it was kind of funny when he was..tripped and tried up by dibbuns cause..he's a badger and then she"He points at squirrelbabe "Put this gross smelling sock in his mouth and then he got all pale and...his ankle was bleeding too from the wire and..I.."He can't look away from that look, its..THE LOOK! That famous look, "I'm...s..sorry Nanna..I wont do it again"

Isa's tail sways slowly "Y'can't choose yer family" she mutters back at Grace with a little frown "But she works in da infirmarary...tha' means all the stupid beasts get sent there fer doin' stupid things...an' they're annoyin' so she's grumpy" she explains her perspective on things. She frowns more at the suggestion of colouring "I don't want t'...I just wants t'go" she's not all that friendly still.

Cota frowns more, he is not sure why he laughed, he just did and how he wanted to help he isn't sure either, but he also knows it was wrong and could of got worse..someone was hurt and got sick even and he didn't want that at all.He sniffs and looks away finally"I'm...I'm..s..sorry...don't hate me, please..."He goes to rush out of the room, unless the door is shut.

Isa is complicated. One moment she's fine and defending the gosling. The next her little glare turns on Grace "Go play colourin' with the othahs! I'm not y'friend! I'm not stayin' 'ere!" she raises her voice a little and goes to kick at the air in Grace's direction, not actually trying to hit her.

Grace looks stunned, then hurt, then she sits down and starts wailing, everything just being too much. "I thought you was my fwiend!" Angela watches her descendant run away and sighs, then, still holding the infuriated Squirrelbabe by the ear, the old Healer turns to the kitten. "Now, Isa, why are ye suddenly angry? An' why would y'kick somebeast ye just got done 'elpin'?" The mouse goes to put her free paw between the cat and the goose. She's not grabbing anyone just yet, but she's more able to now.

Isa feels slightly bad but huffs defiantly and pouts at the crying goose. She frowns angrily at Angela then "I didn't tell 'er I was 'er friend! It's not my fault she goes assumin' stuff! M'not anyone's friend! I don't wanna be anyone's friend, I wanna go home!" she yells and stomps her tiny paw on the ground.

Angela stays calm. "You," she addresses Squirrelbabe. "Go straight t'the Infirmary, an' if ye dawdle or go someplace else, I'll whip yer tail. Hear?" The DAB Ringleader scowls, but agrees. The Healer releases her, and she storms out, knowing better than to disobey. Standing (with great difficulty and much groaning and leaning on of staff), the mouse scoops up Grace and herds the other Dibbuns out of the room. Angela is back after a few minutes, minus all the other Dibbuns. "Isa, hon, I'd like t' talk to you. Ye're not in trouble, I just wanna talk."

Isa senses that despite everyone else leaving she's not supposed to go and though it's rare for her she doesn't instantly disappear anyway. That doesn't mean she stays still though. By the time Angela comes back she's halfway up a bookcase and curled up on the shelf having evicted the books to the floor "I don't wanna talk about wha'eva y'wanna talk about" she mutters irritably, her head hidden somewhere behind the fluff of her tail.

Angela looks at the kitten, then at the books on the floor. "Well, then. This is 'ow we're gonna play," she murmurs. Dragging a chair over, the Healer sits down and rests her staff across her lap. "Tell me. Do you consider Lily your friend?"

There's a very long pause where Isa doesn't answer. Does she consider Lily a friend? Well that's complicated. This week she was trying very hard not to be anyone's friend "No..." she finally answers stubbornly "She just...picks me up an' dances an' stuff...Y'can't be friends with adults anyway"

Angela smiles with her eyes, but keeps her mouth and her voice somber. "Says who? I'd like t'be friends with you, Isa. And it sounds like Lily wants t'be yer friend, too." She is watching the kitten for any sign of....well, anything other than laying there like a fluffy hat on the shelf.

Isa huffs in irritation "M'not makin' friends. M'leavin' an' goin' home an' y'can't stop me. Don't wanna do chores an' learn stuff an' be one f'yer novisties. Y're all mean an' I ain't supposed t'be 'ere cause it's fer woodlanders an' cats is cats not squirrels an'y'll think tha' cats is evil an' needs t'be dead" the cat remains the hat.

Angela frowns, her brow furrowing. So that's part of the kitten's problem. "Now, Isa, that isn't true. Our greatest ally, Ferrevale, is a vermin village. It's Chieftain is a cat named Blisa. An' who said y' have t'be a Novice? I never was. I'm not even part of the Order. Neither is my granddaughter, DoraRose, or her daughter, Lily, or my grandson, Emyuil. We all just live here."

Isa's tail twitches a little, revealing an annoyed little frown every time it moves "Day said I should be in Ferryvale or better inna ditch" kids can sometimes be cruel "...Alla adults keep talkin' abou' da order or jobs an' stuff t'be 'ere. Don't wanna be stuff 'ere"

Angela scowls. "Well, this Day beast obviously doesn't know 'er tail from 'er snout, so ignore 'er. As fer whot other adults say.....per'aps I can do somethin' about that. Lemme think about that. But Isa, 'oney..." the old Healer sighs. She sees the twitching tail, and she knows full well what it means.

Isa had quite a lot of matted fur and was really thin when she first turned up, her first few days were spent in the infirmary where she discovered endless amounts of food so she quite likes the healers but her affection is a fickle thing and she's being moody "I just want everyone t'go away n'stop makin' me do stuff...I just wanna go home an' find mum"

Angela pounces on that. "What 'appened th' last time ye saw yer mum, Isa?" She thinks she heard that the kitten's mother was dead, but she wants to hear it straight from the cat's mouth. "I'm not makin' ye do anythin'. I just want to hear about yer mum, sweetheart."

Isa has never really said and the ferret that dropped her off basically just said he was putting her in their care and left without telling anyone anything, not even her name. The theory was that her mother was dead. He angry look wavers a little and her tail stops moving so she can draw it in closer and hide behind it again "She didn't 'ave food ready t'give t'dad cause I wanted a stone from Grif" it makes sense to her, she just skips the details "'e was mad when we got back an' I 'ad t'hide t'wait fer 'im t'ave 'is drinks and go t'sleep...Mum gets sleepy when they fight n'had t'rest fer a while"

Anger flashes in Angela's eyes, so it's good the kitten isn't looking at her. The old Healer is a scary sight now, clutching her staff until her knuckles turn white, jaw clenched. But she keeps her voice soothing as she says, "She 'ad t'rest for a while, ye say? What did that look like, sweetheart?"

Isa doesn't seem concerned herself, which in itself is a fairly terrible thing. To her it was just how life went "I dunno...like she'd lie down for a while...n'then she'd get up an' we'd make soup or sandwiches or somethin'" she did know it was a bad thing really but it was always alright again afterwards so it had to be this time too "I don't wanna talk anymore...I just wanna sleep 'ere. It's quiet" it's already been a busy day, she was tired.

Angela lets it go at that. Standing (with some heavy leaning on her staff), the old mouse hobbles over to the kitten and goes to give her a surprise kiss on the top of her head. "I'll see y'later, love," she informs her gently, then silently leaves the room....and immediately tells DoraRose what she just learned. There may or may not be a cat hunt here soon....

~*END*~

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#1 2019-12-28 08:22:37 PM

See, this is why we fear the DAB (IC RWA RP 12.26.19)

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