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Sure....Break Into The Chieftains House, She Has A Snake-Ferravale LOG

WHO:

Patch-Spy,Tavern Owner of Redthorn Tavern

Blisa-Chieftain of Ferravale

Bladefur-Evil wildcat

Markalaway-Undertaker of Ferravale

Basil- Blisa's Snake!

Spoofs of Blisa's Personal Guards......-Spoofed by Blisa

Random Guard-Spoofed by Patch

LOG:

Night is a relatively peaceful time in Mossflower, although in Ferravale there are always some dumb drunks signing innapropriate songs or fighting until they fall asleep in an alleyway. Inside her house, Blisa is asleep in her bed, Clarissa asleep on a mat under the window. The rest of the bodyguards are asleep throughout the house.   

Basilisk the whiptail snake slithers up the stairs from his basement, sliding silently into the kitchen and rummaging in cabinets with his nose, searching for a snack. After months of hibernation and solitude, the huge reptile is more than ready for food (preferably anything containing cheese) and the companionship of his minute mistress, Blisa.
   
The young feline Chieftain stirs in her sleep, holding a stuffed toy cat close, seeking the comfort that avoids her when she's awake.   
All is quiet in Ferravale as the Abbey bells toll midnight...
   
Bladefur is good at picking locks and doing so quietly, though it does take some time,and he has a missing paw now so it is a little more hard to do so,but he manages and slowly opens the door,his plan...either steal something of value,or if he is lucky, though likely not so easy, kidnap someone important and have the village pay tons of gold for thier return.   

A guard, normal town guard, happen to be close to the house making sure a singing ferret didnt do something dumb"Ok a night in a cell will do you some....what the?" They look over at what  seems like a slightly open door of the chieftain and decides to check on the house.
   
Kidnapping the Chieftain will be quite difficult, actually. In the living room, Walter the weasel, Hank the fox, and Statler the stoat are sleeping on cots. Ferdinand the ferret is in his cot in front of Blisa's door. Valerie and Cera are in Scioto's old room. Everyone is sound asleep, but their weapons are close by. Basilisk is unaware of anyone (other than him, of course) being awake in the house, and for now he just munches down on some cheese buns he found.   

Bladefur does catch sight of the sleeping beasts and lets out a soft chuckle, hearing noise in the kitchen he gets his blade and smirks as he heads that way, likely thinking it's the chieftain, "Well welll....seems you need better guards."He has yet to get a good look at just what is in the kitchen.   

The guard slips closer and frowns, the door is slightly open,a paw to thier weapon as they seem to decide weather to go in or not.   
Blisa's guards are quite good, actually! You'd have to basically crawl over a couple of them to get to the Chiaftain, and that would for sure wake them up! For his part, Basil has just woken up from winter, so he's allowed to be a little out of it. However, when the intruder speaks, the giant snake looks up from his cheese buns. "Ssssss.....who'ssssss there?"   

Bladefur closes the door and his eyes then widen at the snake, his grip tighens on the blade he has "What the seasons is this!" He does wha tany normal beast would do, he slices at the snake, as if that would help him much.   

The guard starts to touch the door when they hear "Trust me if someone is in thar that shoudn't be...thar is all the guards and ummm....Basil"The the guard looks at..Patch who is out a little late,"Basil?" Patch hmmms "So...you must be new here...trust me Basil is...welll few see him and are able to say much later"   

Basil rears back, hissing in surprise as he gets a small slash across his, um, body. "I'm Basssssil! Blissssssa isssss my friend! Ssss, who are you?" The huge reptile knocks the table to one side and goes to wrap his considerable length aroudn the intruder. He's not trying to kill him just yet, just hold him still.   

At the sound of the table crashing, the bodyguards and Blisa instantly come awake. Clarissa tackles the young cat to the floor, shielding the feline with her body. Hank dashes to the kitchen door, axe in paw, and tries to turn the handle to open it. The other remaining bodyguards are close on his heels, except for Valerie, who joined Clarissa in protecting the Chieftain. Everyone has their weapons out.   

Bladefur backs up or starts to and as the coils of the snake go around him he drops the blade and struggles to get loose, "Re..lease me now." He has no other visable weapons, maybe a dagger in a boot or his sleeve but not like he can reach for them now.He looks at the snake and decides to let him know his name, why not like it matters "I am Bladefur, and what I plan to do is...none of your bussiness reptile"   

Patch just makes sure the town guard stays outside, "Basil is...a large snake" The guard just rasies an eyebrow and laughs "Yeah right, think they would likely eat beasts who visits.." Patch shrugs, he has no clue really how some do talk to Basil and are fine and some...welll disappear or are just not the same afterwards.   

The kitchen door rattles, but it's blocked closed due to one of Basil's coils being in the way. The huge snake hisses viciously and brings his massive head close to that of the wildcat, eyes inches away his face. "Ssssss, inssssssolent! Do you not have an anssssswer for death?" The coils begin to tighten, not enough to kill or even injure yet, but definetly enough to send a warning.   

Bladefur starts to gasp and stuggle more,"I...bring....death you fool!"He tries to look towards the door and finds he can't.One thing the snake sees likely is the amulet around his neck, stolen of course but maybe someone has seen it before, its not certain but its also clearly not his amulet either.   

Patch frowns as the guard goes to the door anyways to see what is going on as there seems to be something going on now .Patch stays by the porch, he is likely smart.
   
The door to the kitchen is completely shut, with the bodyguards in front of it. Ferdinand, Head Bodyguard, is banging on the door. "Bathil! What'th going on in there?" The rest of the bodyguards glance back at the town guard. Hank comes up to him, still holding his huge battleaxe. "Uh, uh, yeah? Can we help you?" Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Basil has gotten mad. Why isn't this wildcat cowering in terror? And why is he so insolent? The huge snake lifts the cat off the ground. "Ssss, you don't know death, cat! Sssss.....I AM death!" With a single flex of his coils, he goes to crush the intruder, then slam him onto the floor to knock him out (and will probably kill him instantly)
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Bladefur seems not worried, least right away as he is lifted up he gets a slight look of fear in his eyes as the coils suddenly cause him not to breath,he tries and fails to get away as he feels the coils go tighter and then soon nothing, being slamed to the floor seems to finish him off, or maybe he was already dead right before that as Basil managed to break all his ribs, his backbone and one of his arms.So he is fairly limp and...lifeless once on the floor.   

The guard nods and starts to go to the door and then backs off "Is..is that...you mean the snake is...real?" The guard faints, ok so much for helping and Patch still stays outside unsure of even slightly peeking in, but he does peek in ever so slightly into the main room.   

Basilisk opens the door and tosses the dead wildcat out to the bodyguards, causing them to have to scramble out of the way. "Sssss, inssssolent cat didn't fear me, ssss...." Ferdinand glares at the snake. The 2 have never really gotten along very well. "Why didn't you take him downthtairth to eat him?" The whiptail snake throws his head back and whines. "He looksssss jussst like Blisssssa! Can't eat a beassssst that looksssss like Blisssssa!!" The ferret cringes at the whining, but just kicks at the dead body. "Well....at leatht you thtopped him." Hissing and growled curse words can be heard as Blisa finally manages to come into the main room, Valerie and Clarissa hard on her heels. The Chieftain has her dirk and dagger out, ready for a fight. "I am allowed to defend my own home!" "Not if it's an assassin!" Valerie looks exasperated.   

Bladefur meanwhile is, well he is dead and the amulet came off when he was throw into the other room, luckly it was not broke and looks like the wildcat cleaned it and made it shiny, likely figured, and was right, a vaulble amluet he stole.   

Patch enters slowly and the one guard that was with him is passed out.He gaspes as the wildcat is thrown into the room "That's..thats the one that stabed me, I hate that guy..."   

Blisa stops and looks at the dead wildcat. "Oh. That's the beast we have a warrant for, huh? Well, then. Good boy, Basil." The snake sniffles and slilthers into the living room. "He didn't /fear/ me, and he looksssss like Blissssa...." While the Chieftain pats her pet on the nose, Valerie closes the front door (making it more difficult for their guests to leave, but that's not her point) and kneels to look at the dead body. "I need a light." Statler and Waldo go around and light lamps, illuminating the room.
   
Patch blinks a little and sighs as he may as well sit down.Though he does notice the amulet and tilts his head"That amulet...seen it before, but where"He tries to think, not like he been in town hall very often, he knew Scioto somewhat but...well Scioto didnt like him so they avoided each other,he didnt really start working in the tavern till maybe a season or two before the one before the one they have now, went boom.   

"Why he no /fear/ me?" Basil whines, resting his head on the floor. Blisa strokes his nose. "I don't know, but he's gone now, so we don't have to worry about it anymore." Valerie is checking the wildcat's pockets for whatever. Ferdinand picks up the amulet and inspects it. "Thith doeth look familiar. Wait.....in that painting of Thcioto in Town Hall, ithn't he wearing on jutht like thith?"
   
Patch stays where he is and then seems to comfirm it"That's where I seen it before! It's like an old picture of him like before he and...Dazzel had any dibbuns"He tries to think, he had asked of the picture once and then nods "But like...umm...oh could of been a wedding picture prehaps"   

"Wait, what?" Blisa darts over and nabs the amulet away from Ferdinand. "This is the amulet from the painting! Do you know what this means? This could be a family heirloom!!" Basil, not really caring about jewelry, has started eyeing Patch hungrily. "Sssss, isssssrat food?" "Leave him alone, Basil," Blisa automatically orders her pet without looking up from studying the amulet.   

Patch backs up slowly "Hey....no...I can..get food for you or...yeah in the tavern, Ottis knows how to make cheese buns and cheese scones"
   
Basilisk pouts, but doesn't look surprised. "Sssss, need more cheesssssse bunsssss," he informs the rat, hoping that'll get him more unhealthy snacks. Blisa looks like she's about to cry. "This....this is /the/ amulet, the one my father used to talk about. It was stolen before I was born, and he was so sorry he couldn't give it to me." A tear really does trickle down her cheek now. "Where on Earth did this wildcat get it, though?"   

Patch knows some of the story, "Maybe ask those shrews...they were on some tresure hunt cause of a map some creepy skelton had or..something, seems they found it and then the wildcat found them...something about a wolverin, I didnt get all the story sorry, it was near closeing time and I decided to be ...helpful to the champion of Redwall and let her and the 3 shrews, and the hamster stay a night"   

Blisa looks sharply at the tavern owner. "You did? Are they still there? I need to know everything!" "Blitha," Ferdinand interrupts gently, wrapping an arm around her shoulders. "It'th midnight. We thould all jutht go to bed and try to find anthwerth in the morning." Basilisk slides over and goes to poke Patch in the chest with the very tip of his tail. "Ssss, rat can will me more cheesssssse bunssssss, yessss??"   

Patch frowns "I..."He eeps at the snake and nods "S..Sure....cheese..whatever you want...and"He looks at the others "I can..."He sighs "I will bring that Log -A-Thing...back..mean someone gonna tell them of...well Mr. dead there"He points to the wildcat and frowns at another task he WONT like "And I will get...Markalaway to umm....yeah"He hurries off to get some cheese buns, rolls, and finds scones...even some bread with a some nice cheese digging stuff!!...Hopefully its a good offer of don't eat the rat!   

Blisa looks distastefully at the dead body. Hank and Valerie have a whispered conversation, and then the big male fox slips out the door to find the undertaker. The Chieftain is inspecting the chain of the amulet to see if it needs replaced or repaired. Basil takes the bread from the tavern owner, smiling (which is probably terrifying). "Ssssss, good rat." And off he slithers, back down into his basement.   

Patch gulps and quickly backs out only to bump into someone else and screams, a sigh is heard and then enters.....   

Markalaway enters and nods "I am...needed?" It seems Patch has left to go home for the night
   
Blisa waves at the dead wildcat. "Yes, take that thing. He's an enemy, so feel free to dispose of his body without honours." She turns and heads back into her room, holding the amulet close. The chain is broken, but what does it matter? She got a priceless heirloom back. If only her father were here to see it.... The bodyguards will close the door and mop the floor after the undertaker removes the body.   

The undertaker nods and indeed takes away the wildcat body, to where? Its not clear but likely just the woods or the river maybe, he then goes back to his creepy house in the more creepy area of the graveyard.

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