More Signs of Evil (IC RP Jun 2, 2020 Dibbun Slavers TP)

BlisaMarshmellow · 2020-06-02 05:00:29 PM

SCENE: On the River Moss, headed towards the sea

LOG:
Xander still disliked the log boat, it was not that comfortable and he was not the best swimmer,yes he has improved and once he had to pull up Caleb and that Ferret.He still wasn't sure how he managed to not drown...pure luck he suppose or just the need to not let his newly adopted son Caleb drown.He helps to paddle along as others in his boat rest a bit.

DoraRose is in the badger's boat, grateful for the rest. She has decided that she would rather just ride in the logboats than row them. But she hasn't been heard complaining. She keeps it to herself. The summer day is cool beneath the canopy of the trees and with the river absorbing the heat of the day. If their mission wasn't so desperate, the mouse would actually be enjoying this.

Keldorn is helping paddle along, he sniffs the air. " A hint of....salt, we are close to the sea"

Xander smiles some, the river is not so bad and the weather is nice, Though they have slowed down some sadly, but maybe the vermin up ahead have as well.

Donica is also just sort of quiet, she scans the land a little and lets a paw sort of dip into the water as the go downstream.

DoraRose smiles a little. "The ocean is beautiful..." But then she spots something on the shore, and she jerks upright. She's not standing, but she's not fully sitting, either, and this rocks the logboat in a way that will probably make the badger a bit unhappy with her. "Pull to shore!! We need to pull to shore!" The mouse sounds as if she has been wounded, but she hasn't. She keeps her gaze fixed on a certain object, half hidden in the reeds. Matilda frowns, but she does whatever she needs to do to help get her logboat to the shore.

Xander whimpers, the boat is rocking a little as he grips the side "Dora......"He frowns "Shore...sure...ok"He will paddle there, long as she don't tip over the log boat! He makes sure the others log boat knows as well, a shrug as he has no clue he didnt see what the mouse saw.

Donica blinks as she looks the same direction " Wot is...going on?" She had not been there the whole trip but has slowly learned to trust her new friends and..also grow up a lot in a short time.

Keldorn looks over " what is it my friend?"

DoraRose manages to not tip the boat over, but she does hop out while she still has some water to wade through. A strangled cry escapes her as she kneels beside the decaying corpse of a mole Dibbuns. "This is Burfy," the mouse manages to say. "Look, I recognize his bracelet." She points to a chain that has a tiny hammer charm on it. "He wanted to be Foremole," she continues, tears trickling down her cheeks. "He was taken by the kidnappers. I...what will I tell his parents?"

Xander stays in the log boat and just glances over, he mutters something but stays put cause if he got out he would likely storm down the shoreline and find the slavers himself.

Donica gets out of the boat slowly and frowns, "They...killled a dibbun?" She lets a tear fall and then "We...we can't leave him here...in the...we should bury him, tis the right thing to do"

Keldorn looks ready to stab an unseen vermin, he shakes his head and tells the others what Dora found and why they go to shore suddenly.

Matilda joins them on the shore. "We will bury him, but quickly. We can't waste much time." She instructs those in the boats to stay there, getting a couple of shovels for them to dig the hole with and a spare blanket to wrap the body in. The Champion hands a shovel to the hare as DoraRose starts to wrap the body in the blanket. The mouse removes the bracelet from the Dibbun's wrist, then tenderly wraps him up, tears freely pouring down her cheeks. The hedgehog has picked a place to bury Burfy's remains.

Xander stays on watch, just in case any of the slavers or any one for that matter is around."We need to...to catch up...and end these slavers"Great his temper is riseing and he was starting to be calmer too.

Donica frown, her ears droop as she helps to bury the dibbun mole carefully. "It..wont be easy to...tell his parents but when you get back to the abbey, your have to find a way to..to tell them"

Keldorn replies as he is close " We will catch up soon, I have a feeling of this. "

DoraRose gently lowers the body into the hole the hare and the hedgehog have dug. Looking about and wiping away the tears still streaming down her cheeks, the mouse finds a rock to use as a grave marker. She places it next to the body and holds it there as Matilda leads in putting the soil back in the hole. The Champion's eyes are angry and sad. "We will come back for you, little one," she murmurs, "we will take you home on our way back." After all the dirt is put back and tamped down, the hedgehog says a few words similar to what the Redwallers will recognize is said at funerals.

Xander frowns from where he sits, he then glares down river as ever muscle wants to just leave, but he forces himself to stay as wandering off right now wouldnt help.

Donica finishes helping and frowns handing the shovel to the hedgehog and goes to sit by a trunk of a tree, she sniffs and wipes her eyes and looks down a path, seeming curious of something and ...yeah talk of wandering off, she does so but further into the woods by the river.

Keldorn sighs. " We need to head off..." He then gets out of the boat to see what is up with the hare " Lass...no time for a walk, may be danger around"

DoraRose digs out some vinegar, rinses the bracelet, then loops it onto her belt. Matilda puts the shovels away, then frowns. "Donica, don't wander off! As Keldorn said, there could be danger around." If the haremaid doesn't come back, the Champion will be forced to follow after her before she loses sight of her. "Please stay with the boats, Xander," she wisely requests. "We need somebeast to guard them." Dora looks at the haremaid, picking up her axe as she tries to stop crying.

Xander nods "I ill make sure my son Caleb is safe, as well as Keldorn,Oswald and Dorarose too."

Donica does wander just out of sight, she oddly is serching the ground for...well something, that she clearly finds by some moss, and something else by a tree.She stuffs them into her small pack she has and looks back to where the boat is,she will start walking back and likely meet the champion "I am sorry....I needed to...sorry"She says again"We can go now"

Keldorn stops as he stays by the boat, rolls his eyes " I do not need protection..good grief" Ok he is slightly grumpy.

DoraRose smiles. "Thanks, Xander. I appreciate it." She doesn't add that she's pretty sure she can save herself. That would ruin the moment. Meanwhile, the haremaid does, indeed, meet Matilda on the way back. The hedgehog looks a little annoyed, but then an odd look crosses her face. "...you were being led by Martin the Warrior," she says, not as a question, but as a fact. The Champion nods. "Well, alright then. Let's get back to the boats." She goes to lead the way back to their friends.

Donica blinks "Who?" She seems a little unsure and ajusts her pack "Just needed something, I'm sorry I wont do that again"Why did she do it, who is Martin they talk of, well maybe she can find out later but it was odd to just...walk off like that, she sort of just...did and she is unsure why and why the need for what she found, she frowns as if she knows what it is, one is a little hard to find if one doesnt know what to look for, she sighs when she gets in her boat"I'm...tried..can others paddle?" She knows they have a ways to go before a break.

Keldorn will explain who martin is and share a story if him once they start heading off.

Matilda nods. "Of course! You can rest." She allows the shrew to tell them a story of Martin.

DoraRose gets in the boat, holding her axe in her lap. She kind of tunes everything out in her grief over Burfy, and tears slip down her cheeks.

~*END*~

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More Signs of Evil (IC RP Jun 2, 2020 Dibbun Slavers TP)

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