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Mother Krisha

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Registered: 2019-05-04

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Crazy Dibbun Time-REDWALL LOG

WHO:

Krisha-Badger Mother

Gaheris- Skipper

Dibbuns- most of the Dibbuns and some otter dibbuns as well

Oz-Dibbun

Ciana-Dibbun

LOG:

Krisha has decided to let the dibbuns play by the pond. It is a warm day and those won't last much longer. She has Sister Anna and Brother Rick helping out today. The dibbuns are, so far, behaving fairly well.   
   
Gaheris has been busy making arrangements for the otters to leave tomorrow but they're otters so that doesn't mean there's no time for some fun, particularly as they have five otter dibbuns who were rescued and would be coming with them. The Skipper is playing chaperone for them and is leading the little group towards the pond "ey there! Room fer some more?"   
   
Krisha smiles " Sure, they can come have fun as well Skipper. won't be many more warm days soon."   
   
"Y'eard 'er" The Skipper raises his paws to encourage the otter dibbuns to run off and join the others "Run an' play yer little 'earts out" as soon as they're all dashing off he slips into the pond and floats along the surface, keeping an eye on the dibbuns near the edge of the pond "Aye, I know, enjoy 'em while they last but it ain't long after tha' y'get ice skatin' an' 'ot drinks in by the warmth"   
   
A tremendous wailing can be heard, and Gracie the gosling, tears flowing down her cheeks, races towards the pond, crying pitifully. She splashes through the shallows (perfectly fine since she's a goose) and heads straight for the Badger Mother. She tries to scramble, very wet, into the badger's lap. Her blue blankie is nowhere in sight.   
   
Krisha nods, then a frown, " What happen?"   
   
Gaheris blinks and rolls over in the water so he can see the gosling. He quickly looks around, his mind automatically assuming the worst when it comes to crying children currently "Wha's goin' on?"   
   
It takes a few minutes for Gracie to get to where she's not crying too hard to speak. Even then, it's hard to understand her. "Dey....dey.....dey stowe my bwankie!!" She starts wailing again, going to cling to the badger and sob, distraught, disconsolate.   
   
Krisha holds Gracie and tries to calm her and looks over at the dibbuns that are here, lets see most are here and some are likely finishing a class with one of the order beasts.   
   
Gaheris looks relived hen Gracie manages to get out what's wrong "Oh, is tha' all" He mutters, his mind had gone to vermin. A little sigh of relief and he floats towards the edge of the pond "Who stole it, lass?"   
   
The badger is helping the gosling calm down, and Gracie sniffles and is able to look at the otter now. "Da....da othew Dibbuns!!" At this point, Squirrelbabe comes running from the direction the goose came from. Her tunic is torn and muddy, her fur is caked with dirt, there appears to be blood on her tunic, and she has a black eye. But she is holding Gracie's blanket aloft as if it were a flag, her face wreathed in a happy, victorious smile.   
       
   
Krisha frowns and then stands looking at Squirrlbabe " Wot the seasons now!" She goes over quickly to see where she is hurt and hardly notices the blanket right away.   
   
Ciana was elsewhere avoiding the other dibbuns by the pond, she looks over at the
squirrel and seeing blood starts crying " Noooo....sQuiirlbabe dying...waaaaaaa!!!"   
   
Gaheris' eyebrows raise at the sight of Squirrelbabe coming back from battle "Ohhh boy" he mutters and decides it's clearly time to get out of the water "Wha' 'appened t'yah?" he looks up sharply when Ciana says someone's dying but he soon figures out she means the bloody squirrel babe "'ey, it's alright, she's fine...She's just got int' a fight...or somethin'" he's not entirely sure.   
   
Squirrelbabe shrinks back a little. "Some o' da ovvew Dibbuns stole Gwacie's bwankie, so's I fought dem an' got it back." She waves the blanket up towards the badger's face. "I had ta westle dem t' da ground an' bite somebeastie. I got puncheded, but Kuwgan did wowse, so I's okies." She slips past the adults and proudly hands the rescued blanket to the gosling. Gracie is cautious, but she accepts her rescued security item and hugs it close.   
   
Krisha frowns at the name Kurgan she had heard a lot and rather not" The name Kurgan is for forbidden, don't say it." She looks to see if a healer can be found " And you don't bite others either." She motions Ciana over." Come here its ok dear"   
   
Ciana walks over slowly and sits near Krisha. She frowns but stays close.." She..okies? She no gonna die?."   
   
Gaheris shakes off a bit of the water from the pond and wanders over, barking a laugh at Squirrelbabe's description of events "Ha! Well done fer standin' up fer yer friend" it's not until Krisha mentions it that he adds on a more responsible "But er, yeah, y'probably shouldn't bite the other dibbuns"   
   
"Why cans I no talks about Kuwgan? An' da ovvew Dibbun bited me fiwst." Because the other person doing it completely justifies everything. Squirrelbabe stares up at the otter. "An' who'sa yous?" Gracie sniffles and wipes her cheeks and beak on her (already dirty) blankie. "I don'ts wikes havin' aww da ovver Dibbuns back," the gosling informs everyone, which elicits a slightly offended look from Squirrelbabe. "But I gotted you blankie back!"   
   
Oz toddlers over. It's not clear if the Abbot talked about him wandering off earlier, either way, he is about to get in more trouble as he looks at the hurt Squiirelbabe and frowns repeating something he has likely heard her say when they were captive, likely heard it more than once as he says a sort of new word clearly...but its a cuss word, oh boy.   
   
Krisha sighs, " Because that was a very evil beast...." She looks at Oz in shock and then Squiirlbabe and looks ready to scream." Where did you learn THAT WORD..."   
   
Ciana frowns, ok so wHat ever he said is bad so the hare starts to cry.   
   
Gaheris shoots a grin down at the squirrel "Skipper. Me and me otters were stoppin' by t'keep the place safe while y'were gone" he grimaces slightly at Gracie's words though "Ah, she'll not mean it, she's just upset over 'er blanket" He says quietly to Squirrelbabe. He does look around to Oz at the bad word and then glances at Krisha. He shuts his mouth tight and says nothing to that, the Badger Mother looks mad and he does not wish to incur wraith if he were to open his mouth and laugh.   
   
Squirrelbabe scowls as she gets glared at. "Da slavews said wowse dan dat...'sides, 'ow could /I/ knows he'd leawn it?" Gracie joins the leveret and starts to wail again, an upset Badger Mother clearly not something either of them is ready to handle. Squirrelbabe waves her paws around in agitation. "Me mammy and daddy said dos wowds alla time! Dey no /dat/ bad." Which explains where she heard them so she could in turn pass them on to the baby. Nice    
   
Oz points at Squirrelbabe and then looks ready to run, he gets a few feet and falls in the mud and starts wailing loudly.    
   
Krisha mutters and then speaks, " Not a word a dibbun should say, or some grown-ups" She walks over to get Oz and goes back to the  dibbuns, some have stopped playing to stare" Ok where are the ones who started the fight you were in ?" She is not happy and some sort of punishment is coming, what she is not sure, and needs time to think.   
   
Ciana frowns. " That bad word." She looks at the ground now.   
   
Three wailing children and counting. The Skipper may yet be fortunate not to have any of his own. A long pause and then he claps his paws together "Alrigh', maybe we should dry some tears an' get back t'some fun?" he waves at a few of the staring dibbuns, trying to encourage them "Afore we start focusin' on words an' fightin' perhaps we need t'do some cheerin'" he says more quietly as he glances at Krisha.   
   
Squirrelbabe shrugs nonchalantly at the badger's question. "Oh, hidin' somewhewes 'cause I whipped dey'we tails an' made 'em all cwy." She goes over to the hare and Gracie and sits down on the ground. "Hey, we be's okies. We no doin' noffin' w'ong. I twies t'not say dos wowds, 'kay?" The gosling sniffles, hugging her blanket close, unsure.   
   
Oz tries to get lose from Krisa now, he then frowns and leans back trying to weigh more, like its possible. Seems so but it's not.   
   
Krisha takes a deep breath in and out and slowly puts Oz on the ground ." Do not rush off." She looks at the gathered dibbuns.' Ok, Squirrelbabe needs to see Angela..everyone else can go back to the pond."   
   
Ciana stays where she is." But no one likes me."   
   
Gaheris relaxes a little as the dibbuns seem to be calming down and going back to playing. His attention goes down to Ciana "Well, 'ave y'tried playin' with 'em? Maybe they just need t'get t'know y'"   
   

Squirrelbabe spreads her paws wide. "/I/ likes you!!" But then the Badger Mother says the name of the dreaded Healer, and the Ringleader looks positively HORRIFIED. "WHAT?! But I's okies!! Lookit, da blood ain't even mine!!" She shows that she speaks the truth by pulling down the collar of her tunic to show that she's just fine. "Ang'la a big meanie! She scawy! I no wanna go /see/ hew!!" She flops onto her back as if she's witnessing the end of the world and she just simply can't even. Gracie watches this, then looks at the leveret. "/I/ wikes you, /too/. An' Squirrewbabe is right, Angewa /scary/."   
   
Oz lays there and just...lays there and then finally frowns,"Mean?.
   
Ciana snorts and says" She is not means, she helps beasts get better" She sits down calmer " Ok..fine. You don't have to see her."    
   
Krisha says, "You get hurt, you see who end of story." She looks ar"   
   
Looks at Oz and sighs, she gives up." I need a day off"   
   
Gaheris snorts, slightly amused by Squirrelbabe "No one likes t'see 'ealers but they do a 'ard job makin' everyone feel better and then no one thanks 'em fer it. Y'got a black eye at least, she can make y'somethin' tha'll stop it bein' sore" he chuckles quietly at Krisha "Come on mate, it's been like a week, they can't 'ave beaten y'down yet"   
   
Gracie stamps a webbed foot. "Angewa is too scary! She gots /nasty/ stuffs dat she makes you /drink/ an' dey taste gross. And she so grumpy aww da time!!" Squirrelbabe scowls at the otter. "Kuwgan hitted my head an' I no see a Healew. Why's I gotsa /see/ one when I get hitted in da eye?"   
   
Oz looks at Squiirelbabe and frowns, he then stands, toddlers over and hugs her if allowed.   
   
Ciana pouts and goes off"I finding blanket stealers they evil..me punch them goods."   
   
Krisha looks around and looks over" Wait what!..ok let's just do something calming "   
   

"Course it tastes bad, tha's 'ow y'know it's good fer y'" The Skipper reasons "And y'd be grumpy too if everyone called y'mean all the time" He looks down at Squirrelbabe "Well, y'only didn't see a 'ealer then cause there wasn't any there...and I bet tha' 'it on the 'ead 'urt a lot more because of it" He's getting drawn into arguments with the kids, it's a dangerous path. He nods at Krisha's suggestion "Aye, well maybe we should be puttin' this behind us and gettin' back t'somethin' more fun"   
   
Gracie scowls up at the otter. "Dat no makes sense! If 'tis yucky, den it bad fo' yous!!" Squirrelbabe gets hugged by the baby, and she can't help but smile. "Oh, you a sweet baby. I love you, Ozzy." She goes to hug him back. She looks up at the Badger Mother, then the Skipper. "I go see Ang'la, and we no tell hew 'bout baby Ozzy sayin' a bad word. 'Kay?" Because young children are capable of negotiation.   
   
Oz smiles as he giggles and seems in a better mood. Ciana pouts and just walks off, she will likely be in trouble later.   
   
Krisha watches the hare dibbun head off, ok she gets a lecture " Ok calm time... let's go have a small snack, maybe cookies and strawberry fizz...sound good?"   
   
Gaheris chuckles at Gracie "It'll make sense one day" he raises an eyebrow at Squirrelbabe though, a little smirk appearing "I agree t'yer terms. Me mouth will be sealed. If we go now y'can use the strawberry fizz afterwards t'wash down anythin' she gives y'"   
   
Squirrelbabe nods and stands, crossing her arms stoically. She marches as one headed towards one's fate, and soon she is in the Infirmary, whether or not the adults came with her. After having her eye looked at and getting cleaned up a bit, the Ringleader returns, holding a cool, damp cloth to her black eye and smiling. "She no make me dwink noffink! I jus' has ta hold dis t'ing t'my eye!"   
   
By the time she's back the Skipper has moved away from the group and is busy helping the young otters with their swimming. It'll all be fun and games for them before they finally leave the abbey the following day.   
   
Krisha nods and has ready sugar cookies and the strawberry fizz and in a much better mood" Good sit please"   
   
Gracie sits, hugging her blanket close. Squirrelbabe comes up and sits beside her. She is politely waiting her turn to have her snack. "Dat wasn't so bad! Ang'la didn't gwump at me at /all/. Why she sometimes mean if she cans be nice?"   
   
Krisha says, "I think, she just has bad days or beasts don't listen to her well enough. " She lays out the snack for Squrrelbabe." Maybe we can do something nice for her one day soon, surprise her."   
   
Squirrelbabe thinks, then nods. "Yeah....I wantsa 'elps wif dat! Let's see..." and she spends the rest of snacktime thinking about what she could make for the old Healer. Gracie even adds a few ideas. Then they do what the Badger Mother says the rest of the day, being good little Dibbuns (for a change)...   

Krisha has some novices clean up and goes to find the dibbuns whom caused the trouble earlier, yep they get a lecture on how not to take things from others and how they will now sweep the floors before bed. Yes, she feels she needs a day off but also she feels she just needs to get used to the dibbuns being back, and likely the dibbuns need to get used to being back as well.