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Mother Krisha

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Mid-Morning Brings Bad News-REDWALL LOG

Krisha walked around calling out "Oz!"She was getting annoyed as she asks many beasts if they saw the cub, also Xander had not reported to novice duties, she went to make him wake up, likely overslept, but he was no where to be found either.

Velm was on the wall top, he had decided to help with wall duties as he looked and scanned the road and nearby woods.

Krisha walked up the path to the hare, carefully went up the steps"Hello Velm, have you seen Oz or Xander this morning? I mean it's gonna be lunch in a couple hours and they seem no where inside the abbey."

Velm frowns "Sorry Mother Krisha, have not. That is worrisome, yes, but it's not like we can look outside de abbey, any clue where they may of went?"

Krisha sighs "I don't...maybe he went with that Esmeray, the cat..she was getting supplies to a friend that's supposedly close."

Velm hmmms"Possible, I mean..well we could look but we need a way ta better blooming travel in this awful..annoying snow wot"

Krisha paces and then sighs as she looks at the hare"What  sort of stuff you have, any possible snowshoes?" It seems she is willing to go look around herself.

Velm frowns"I...might lass" He hmmms"But how close tis..close?" He does bring up something "I have a...small idea, near de clearing thar has been like..campfire smoke, nothing too odd..but not recently, like today none and had seen it past...oh 3 weeks, maybe a small den?"

DoraRose comes through the tunnel to the entry, all bundled up in her winter fighting outfit.  "Hey, what are you 2 doing out here?  Is everything alright?"

Krisha frowns"Can you get them, more than one pair?" She glances at Dorarose"Oz and Xander are missing"She had been grumpy that it seemed Oz went along and Xander should have asked...she didn't know the cub sneaked out. Back to the hare"We need to go look"

Velm seems nervous "Well...I mean.."A sigh as he heads inside and returns after a few moments "I always keep a spare, rare chance....but, we don't really need anyone else missing and maybe..I don't know, we could just send someone, few beasts?" He has two pairs of snowshoes.

DoraRose stiffens, her blue eyes flashing. "I'll go borrow my grandmother's snowshoes and come with you." She runs down the tunnel, and returns shortly, snowshoes tucked under one arm, her sword at her side. "If you're going out, I'm coming with you."

LilyMoore follows down the tunnel in her mother's wake. "I'll lock the gate after you and keep watch for your return," the Bellringer informs them. "Let's just hope Nana doesn't find out her snowshoes are missing until you get back." The Gatekeeper smiles as she begins strapping on the shoes. "I think I can convince her that it was worth my taking them for a while."

Krisha is not use to snowshoes but either way, she gets them on and heads out ahead of the others "Company is fine.." Course if all is well she is giving someone a lecture, both, for worrying her. She frowns as she tries to think"Xander mentioned..helping that guest we had,Esmeray think was the cat's name, maybe she lives near the clearing?" Least the clearing is close.

Velm follows quickly after he has his longbow and saber "Lass, lass wait up I know ya bally well want to find them but we shouldn't rush off, in case thar is trouble, I don't think thar is..bad trouble, maybe a simple get them all back to the warm abbey and outta de cold"

DoraRose stiffens and rushes as fast as she can to catch up with the badger. "Wait, Xander helped that cat?" She goes to grab Krisha's sleeve to try and halt her progress. "Krisha, listen to me. I have a bad feeling about that cat. Stay behind Velm and me. Let us go ahead a little bit, just in case there's trouble." The mouse glances at the hare. "You're a Healer, right? It probably would be best if you stayed behind me, even if you are good with that weapon" She draws her sword and looks for tracks as she tries to lead the way to the clearing.

Krisha slows and nods "Yes, he was going to help and I only spoke to her once she seemed...to not want to share much just her friend was close by and she needed supplies." She does stay back, a little ways anyway.

Velm nods" I am good with fighter skills let's hope a healer is not bally well needed lass.But seeing no smoke from this direction, when have seen some..concerns me" They do find a sort of tunnel and it likely wise to go slower now, to be careful in case leads to trouble"Odd if ask me...unless not at this hut or wot ever which be odd..no one bally well came back ta de abbey yet, least don't think so"

DoraRose definitely slows down, her sword at the ready. Once they no longer need their snowshoes, she silently takes them off and ties them to her back to allow better movement should a fight happen. She waves a paw for silence and creeps forward, every step keeping her at the ready to fight at a moment's notice. She reaches the other end of the tunnel and peers out...

They would see the clearing, two ferrets look to be..sleeping? No other signs of life through someone else may be close to the ferrets, it's hard to tell with the freshly fallen snow.

Krisha sighs, she wants to just go past them but waits as danger could be unwise to walk into "But..if there is..trouble what if Xander and Oz or anyone else needs help?"

Velm walks slowly forwards, "Least tis light out  now."He scans the area for movement and listens for sounds.There is the hut thats likely seen but of course no movement. Some light snow falls and likely covers some tracks if there were any.

DoraRose enters the clearing and immediately notices the 2 ferrets with broken necks. She gives Krisha a SHUT UP glare and holds a finger to her lips for silence. She silently walks over to the dead ferrets, also looking for any tracks, blood, signs of who did that to them. She's pretty close to the hut now.

Krisha glares back at Dorarose but does stay quiet, she frowns worried but lets them handle it, she trusts them to update her if it's important.

Velm goes on ahead of Dorarose and looks around, a frown as he sees signs of a fight and lays a paw on his saber drawing it, scans the area and motions to stay quiet but seems no signs of vermin, well live ones but he does see something or rather someone else as he walks over slightly quickly and frowns kneeling down to check for a pulse, note he didn't for the ferrets and slowly stands back up looking over at Dorarose with a worried frown.

DoraRose notes the hare looking at her, and walks over to him...but when she sees who's lying there, she halts, and her sword drops from her nerveless paw. Shock and disbelief are stamped upon her face, but it quickly morphs into horror and grief. A wordless cry escapes her lips, then she snatches up her sword and starts scouting for tracks, any tracks, desperate to find the killers. Stealth is completely abandoned now as seeking the killer is her sole priority.

Krisha looks over towards them but stays where she is by the tunnel, a frown as she is worried, it's quiet but quiet could be good it means nothing bad...right?

Velm frowns as he whispers"He's...been dead for a few hours .. whoever did this could be bally well anywhere."He glances where Krisha is and frowns, he looks back to Dorarose"Wot do we...say?"He looks for any track or, well anything that's a clue.

DoraRose is a bit beyond being reasonable right now.  She plunges recklessly into the hut, her eyes gaining a slight pink tinge as she keeps failing to find her enemy.  She bursts out of the hut and darts around to behind it.  In her haste, she slips on some ice and falls to the ground, her sword clattering away from her.  The shock knocks her out of her rage, and after a moment's pause, she starts to weep.  A wailing lament comes from her as she sings a dirge of mourning in the language of Tuscani (instead of the language the other 2 knows).  She kneels on the snow as she grieves.  She's basically useless right now when it comes to what to tell Krisha.  Sorry, Velm, you gotta figure this one out yourself

Krisha tenses, why the yell as she takes a deep Breath and comes out of the tunnel, she will help fight if it's needed but also keeps her distance for now. She has yet to get close enough to know who is on the ground.

Velm frowns and goes to try and calm Dorarose  "Lass..lass...no one else is bally well here, they...they left. Thar is no.."He then decides to scan for clues, anything as he is not good at helping a crying beast. He frowns, nothing as he walks back slowly and then sees Krisha and frowns more, should he? He calls out "Stay thar lass..fer now, me and Dorarose can handle this...ok?"

DoraRose quiets down when she hears the hare's voice. Wiping her tears away, she stands up and retrieves her sword. As a few more tears trickle down her cheeks, she approaches Velm and whispers, "She needs to find out. We need to let her see. And we need to search for any clues as to who may have done this." She hesitates. "I can talk to her. I....my husband was murdered, too, a few seasons ago." She looks back at the hut and the ground, wishing she could find any clues at all.

Krisha frowns, no signs of trouble and she walks closer to them "What is wrong with Dorarose is she hurt?" She gets close enough to see the ferrets and frowns "What happen..."And then, well maybe Velm should have stayed where he was as she suddenly rushes over when she sees... "Xander?!" She slips, falls beside him, and just stares, she shakily takes a pulse knowing its useless, the hare is a healer and he wasn't helping, he is also cold, she starts to shiver and a wail escapes her as she mutters something.

Velm nods, he then frowns "Oh no..."He quickly looks over to where...too late he should have stayed put, he should have stayed where he was. He has dealt with death before, he has seen it and he never was one to give news of a dead loved one, nope he left that to a higher-up ranking hare.

DoraRose sheaths her sword and goes to kneel close to the badgers (but not too close, just in case Krisha loses all her cool).  "Krisha....I am so, so sorry.  I...." she pauses.  "I swear, if I ever find the ones who did this..." she puts her paw on her sword hilt meaningfully.  Lying near the tunnel entrance, a knockout dart can barely be seen, half-buried as it is in the snow.  Will anyone find it?

Krisha just starts sobbing going to hold Xander and just sob loudly, shivering, and shakes her head "No no no....please, oh please...why, why...nooooo!!!!!!" It's a nightmare but sadly real. "Xander...you can't..be.." But he is dead, and likely sometime before morning light.

Velm frowns, he looks around for clues, signs and is about to give up when he does find the dart, but it's at the entry of the tunnel they themselves came threw to get here. He pockets h dart and looks around more and then cusses under his breath. But least they have a clue, that the cub was here most likely as he walks over and hands the dart to Dorarose"hey knocked someone out...likely took them but no clue where whoever tired ta run, the dart was by de tunnel we came in"

When the badger starts crying, DoraRose creeps forward and goes to hug her and just hold her. Tears start to trickle down the mouse's cheeks again, and she croons the Tuscanian dirge under her breath as she mourns with her friend. She stops her singing when the hare brings over the dart. Taking it, she frowns. "How big were the footprints? Could you see?"

Krisha is too, out of it to hear them or know of the dart. She sobs, shivers, and coughs some slowly calming a little "We..we have to...get him home, he needs.... home...he needs"She frowns "A cover, he's cold....."

Velm frowns, he has his thick cloak"We need a stretcher..."He sighs "Small...and cat prints beside them..the cub maybe?"

DoraRose's blue eyes take on an angry tinge once again.  She mutters something, then turns back to the Badger Mother.  "Krisha....I'm sorry....but he's gone.  But he must've tried to defend himself, and maybe your son, too.  Why else would he break the Abbey's Charter?  I'm sure he's the one who killed the ferrets.  Very few beasts are powerful enough to do that.  He must've been so brave.  But...I'm sorry..."

The Gatekeeper stands.  "But yes, we do need to get him home."  She tries to say this next part gently.  "Krisha, Oz seems to have been kidnapped.  I'm not sure why.  But Xander was kidnapped by vermin as a Dibbun, too, and I swear to you, just as I swore to his mother, Zinnia, that I will find your son.  I will do everything I can to find Oz and bring him back, even if I have to go to Hellgates or sail off the edge of the world to do so.  I will do what I can.  I will search for clues, just as I did for Xander.  I will not rest until your son is safely back in the Abbey."

So, the mouse thinks, whoever this is, is playing a repeat of Jedrick, is he?  Well, the Warrior knows how to deal with this.  She's done it before, she can do it again.

Krisha sniffs as she stands slowly, tear stained fur under her eyes"Oz is...missing, I figured he was with Xander ca..cause he was missing...too"She  sobs "I can not...what if he is dead too?"

Velm frowns and looks around"Well.....we have to carry him...carefully"He sighs "Let's get...ta the abbey, others need to know..others can help find your son too I hope, they can't of gotten too far in this snow"

DoraRose goes to take the badger's paw.  "We have to hope he's alright, just like I do even though I haven't gotten a letter from my own son in a long while. We have to keep hoping, no matter what.  Whoever took him would want us to give up hope.  It would give them power over us.  We can't let that happen."  She looks at the hare.  "Well...I'll take a leg.  Can you carry his other leg, and then Krisha can carry his top half?  I think that'll be the only way we can get him back to the Abbey."  The mouse is much stronger than she looks, so this **might** work.

Krisha sniffs, she then just shakes her head "Let me...ok just let me.."She coughs back a sob as she will manage to start to carry Xander, but only to as far as just back out of that tunnel.Course snowshoes are back on again and onwards to the abbey, likely slow and with help the rest of the way.

Velm helps best he can and keeps an ear and eye out for trouble on the way back, they likely been away enough for extra worrying.

DoraRose lets the badger do as much on her own as she can, fully understanding the sorrow she's going through. Once they arrive at the gates, LilyMoore opens them, struggling to not weep as she sees them carrying the body of her friend inside. As the Bellringer and the Gatekeeper close and lock the main gates, Angela comes storming up, shaking her staff furiously. "There are my snowshoes! Why'd y'go off an' take 'em wi'out askin', y'little--" the old Healer stops in her tracks when she sees the dead badger. "....Oh, no..." She murmurs, checking for a pulse even though she is sure she will not find one.

Krisha has tears, she looks tired as she drops to her knees and slowly lets go of Xander. She is worn out, she is deeply depressed, worried, stressed, and worry if Oz is dead or alive. Stress makes her pass out in the entryway.

Velm frowns, he acts quickly to check on Krisha and sighs in relief"She ...has a pulse"He sighs as he looks to the others "We have a missing badger cub too....and, we need to update the champion and de abbot too on this...tis..." He sighs upset as well.

Angela immediately takes charge. "I'll go get my 'Ealers t'help get Krisha inside, and t'take care o' Xander. May leave the body out 'ere 'til it can be buried." She hobbles off. Her fellow healers, especially the big burly otters, will be back down soon to take Krisha up to the Infirmary and put Xander's body somewhere. DoraRose grips her sword hilt. "I'll go tell Benar and Matilda the news. Lily...." The Bellringer is sobbing. Her mother leads her off into the main Abbey building.

Velm lets Angela take over "I am here if..needed"He is a healer, after all, he will help where told to help.

Krisha remains unconscious for a couple of days. She wakes up but is oddly very quiet, speaking to no one at all, but she is doing her BadgerMother duties still.

Last edited by Mother Krisha (2021-01-17 10:18:04 AM)