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Dibbuns Are A Pawful-Redwall Log

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Oz-Papa Oz and dibbun caretaker
Dorarose-Mousemaid And Gatekeeper Of Redwall
Henry-Sparrow
Emyuil-Mouse
Zinnia-Badger
spoofed dibbuns, spooofed badger dibbun twins

Oz is in the open ground with the dibbuns, his mood much better than it’s been in the past few days and is laughing and joining the dibbuns in a snow ball fight. One dibbun mouse stays by a snow wall and eats some cookies and just watches the action.
   
DoraRose comes into the open ground, smiling slightly as she watches the fight. When she gets smacked with a snowball, she pretends to be offended, then chases the hysterically laughing Dibbun around.   

Oz listens as the dibbuns run around and play and chuckles. He is very glad to have them back and picks up one of the mice dibbuns who smiles "Where the babies?" They ask, the badger just replies "Sleeping, they are much too young for this sort of fun, maybe next winter"   

Emyuil smiles a little as well as he follows his sister onto the open ground. He decides not to indulge in Dibbun-chasing now; he probably would scare them. Instead, he is content to watch the antics of the young beasts for a while, finding a log and brushing the snow off it so he can sit on it.
   
DoraRose catches the Dibbun and tickles him, then lets him go, shakes her head (no, no more chasing, sorry) and makes her way over to the Badger Father. "Well, you seem happier." She waves at her brother.
   
Emyuil waves back and works his way through the snow to DoraRose and Oz, cloak flapping around him in a slight wind. It's a bit brisk out by his standards, but still, the skies above are pleasant and yesterday's skirmish is pretty much behind him. He seems...relaxed, instead of brooding.   

Oz nods "My dibbuns are back and safe thanks to Quade. He brought them back to the abbey and said the vermin involved were all taken care of"   

"Yeah.....we, uh, killed the vermin, don't worry." More like over killed them into a greasy smear of sorts into the floor of Mossflower Woods, but that's another issue. "I'm glad they all came back without incident. “DoraRose said all that.   

Emyuil nods with a small smile. "Yup, we took care of that." And he didn't lose himself to Bloodwrath, either. Things on the whole seem to be looking up, he reflects as he runs a paw over his still-fading crisscross of scars.   

Oz tilts his head " Hmm...odd Quade didn’t mention whom else was there"   

DoraRose raises an eyebrow and purses her lips. "Oh, /really/? So he just.....said that /he/ rescued the Dibbuns, huh? Didn't say anything about me, or Emyuil here, or Marek, or Feisty, or Xander, or Thunderwing? Because we did all the fighting; he just escorted the Dibbuns back here."   

Emyuil's eyes flash, his good mood quickly disappearing. "Glory hog," He growls. "He didn't even draw blood if I remember correctly. We did the fighting. He was little more than a chaperone..."   

Oz listens as they explain the fight "Hmmms, then again I didn’t ask" The dibbuns keep playing in the snow and a couple look to be getting tried   

DoraRose goes to pick up a tired Dibbun. "He still should've volunteered a little more information. Jerk." As the Dibbun yawns, she smiles and goes to give it a kiss on the head.   

Oz nods "Agreed but then again I didn’t ask details and he seemed to be in a rush to leave after a short talk"   

Emyuil growls again, a bit more put off than DoraRose. "Wonder where he was going," He mutters. "Off to the tavern to spread more tall tales?"   

DoraRose rocks the dozing Dibbun. "Huh....well, I can talk to him next time I see him, then." She smiles. "Hopefully that's all the excitement we'll have; kidnappings drive me nuts."   

Oz says, "Yes we don’t need more excitement that’s for sure. I rather deal with just simple things like dibbuns scared of a storm or teething in infants"
   
DoraRose grimaces. "Ungh, teething. I hated that stage..." A spontaneous snowball explodes on the back of her head. "Oi....." Shaking her head, she pulls up the hood of her cloak. So there. "The simple life may be boring at times, but it sure is a lot less stressful..." The Warrior looks at the little Dibbun in her arms and smiles. "I should volunteer with the Dibbuns here soon....I do miss holding babies."   

Zinnia walks along one of the paths and looks around. In her arms is her two badger dibbuns. Spotting Oz she smiles and walks over "Hey Uncle Oz.. I need to ask you something"   

Emyuil snorts. "I don't mind Dibbuns, but I'm sure my opinion would change if I had to be with them all day instead of only once in a while." Wisely, no beast throws anything at him...unless DoraRose gets any funny ideas....   

Oz smiles when he hears Zinnia "Of course Zinnia what would that be?" He tilts his head at the Dora's brother "Dibbuns can be a pawful but they are not so bad. Some can handle them and some cannot. They mind me well, I have heard others they tend to get into more mischief"   

DoraRose grins at her brother, but she has an armful of sleeping Dibbun, so she can't throw anything right now. Except maybe authority. Which isn't needed right now. "Yeah, they sometimes are stressful, but there's just something about helping to shape the future and help some beast grow up into a responsible, kind, loving adult that makes me feel like I'm doing something that I was made to do. It's not for everyone, but that's okay." She snuggles the Dibbun closer so it doesn't get cold. She smiles at the female badger, but says nothing to her for now.   

Emyuil grins back, knowing full well what DoraRose would've done if her paws were free. He listens to her and Oz, nodding and taking this information in. "I wonder if I'll ever do that," He says a tad wistfully.   

Zinnia says, "Me and Takeo was going to check on the ship and I wandered if you could watch the twins for us while we are away a few days. They are still a little young to be outside." The twins are wigglely as she sits them down and of course they crawl off two different directions" And they crawl now"   

Oz smiles "Of course Zinnia, and Dorarose you are welcome to help at any time with the dibbuns if you would like"   

DoraRose smiles and goes to bump her brother with her shoulder. "You already are, with Lily and Caleb. You're a wonderful uncle....and brother." Going to kiss his cheek, she then turn to the Badger Father. "Thanks! I think I'll volunteer this weekend....if I didn't have my arms full right now, I'd help you catch your Dibbuns, Zinnia." She has her arms full of sleeping person. "I can help watch them while you're checking your ship, actually. I'm taking a break from guarding the wall this weekend, anyway."   

Emyuil smiles softly as his sister kisses him. "Thanks. You're a good mother to them. And a great sister." Glancing down to the escaping Dibbuns, he crouches near them, debating whether to help herd them back to Zinnia.   

Zinnia chuckles, she sighs as she looks to the badger cubs "Zork...Northstar get back here" She picks up Northstar and then goes after her son, who ends up crawling faster and Zinnia finds a patch of ice and falls, still holding her daughter and sighs, she is ok, her son blinks and looks over.   

Oz listens as the playing slows, in fact Sister Ginny comes and takes some of the older dibbuns to a class, class is not always fun but off they go.   

"Can /I/ come to class with you?" Dora asks as some of the Dibbuns grumble. They then giggle and tell her that she's too big. Smiling, she looks at her friend just in time to see the badger fall. "Oh my goodness! Emmy, get Zork. Remember, be gentle and soft with your voice and movements. Smiling and eye contact should help." She heard his complement, but for now is focusing on helping the situation. "Should we take the Dibbuns inside, Oz? I could play them a song on my mandolin during snack time."   

Emyuil nods, stepping carefully but swiftly towards the young Zork, slowing down carefully as he comes within a tail-length or so of the child. He kneels down, making eye contact and giving the barest hint of a smile--but a genuine one. "Hey...you left Zinnia back there, let's go help her out," He soothes, offering his paws to scoop up the lad, continuing to talk whether Zork understands him or not. "Come on, you'll get cold." Getting an idea, he takes off his ragged cloak, and wraps Zork in it carefully, going to pick him up if the Dibbun allows it. "Up y'come."   

Zinnia stands "I am fine...ummmm"The dibbun badger looks at the mouse and growls a little but course it sounds strange and backs up a little, he then bolts best he can on all fours, hits a patch of ice and spins around in a circle and blinks looking dizzy now.   

Emyuil face paws, looking a tad...hurt. "Great..." He calls DoraRose over. "'Rose, can you come get him, I don't think he likes me..." He puts his cloak back on and wanders off for a bit.   

Oz chuckles a little, "I remember some of my time as a dibbun..My brother would have to chase me around Send and he would get annoyed but we were close and never stayed grumpy too long."   

DoraRose sighs as her brother walks off. "Do you need help, Zinnia? Oz, can you take this sleeping Dibbun, or are your paws full?" She remembers him picking up a mouse dibbun, but did the mouse get put back down?    DoraRose adds wistfully, "I don't remember much about being a Dibbun..."   

Zinnia says, "I am ok, it’s just slippery out here is all"   

Oz nods and is able to hold more than one dibbun, he could hold 3-4 if needed and has before, with a couple more on his shoulders one time.   

DoraRose hands the Badger Father the sleeping Dibbun, then sneaks over to the baby Zork. She goes to scoop him up, deciding that containment is better than not having him scream. "Hey, baby, you left your Momma. Let's get back to her."   

The dibbun Zork does one of those I am not very very heavy sort of slumps, he tries to say something and ends up with just "ey...ey" Zinnia stands and smiles “This is sort of funny. "   

Oz smiles “Never thought I would use the words Zork and getting into mischief and trouble in the same sentence....wait never mind" He chuckles a little" I most likely have before"   

DoraRose settles the Dibbun on her hip. "You're so silly." She goes to give him a kiss. "Yeah, Dibbuns can be hysterical sometimes." She carries him over to his mommy. "Would you like me to carry him for you, or do want to carry them both?" Grinning, she adds, "Yeah, Oz, I think I've heard you put those words together with the name Zork before. Your brother was kinda crazy on occasion." Like that one time he raided the kitchen with the DABers.

Zinnia decides to take Zork from Dorarose carefully, his sister Northstar is already asleep but Zork does yawn and snuggles close as Zinnia frowns a little in thought.   

Oz nods "Yes he had his moments that’s for sure. He loved winter and he got along with the dibbuns that last season...odd as before he always said they disliked him guess becoming a brother in the order helped"   

DoraRose smiles. "Yeah, I remember hearing that once Zork and the DAB members raided the kitchen. THAT was interesting...." She looks at the Abbey Sister. "Hey, Zinnia, are you okay? Do you need me to hold one of them? Do we need to go inside?" She remembers the badger mom's problems after she gave birth, and is a little worried.   

Zinnia blinks "Papa raided the kitchens, when was this? I  know he loved hot root a little too much...heee" She sighs and looks at the two and nods "It was...just some dream with....Papa oddly enough...sure it’s nothing and its fine I can get them to bed me and Takeo won’t go anywhere till morning anyways" She walks off with sleeping badger dibbuns.
   
Oz nods and he arches an eyebrow as Zinnia walks off "Her voice seems...upset and she seemed suddenly tried or..worried somehow" Oz can tell voice tone fairly well and looks concerned " I do hope she is alright and will maybe talk to someone later"   

DoraRose narrows her eyes as she watches the badger walk away. "She looked upset too....I think.....the dream she mentioned may be more than she was letting on." She goes and stands beside the Badger Father. "Maybe you should try talking to her later..."   

Oz nods "I can try or ask Benar to speak to her if he has time"   

A voice next to the mouse maid speaks " I meet her, sheum seems like nicewrom."   

DoraRose jumps slightly at the sudden words and looks around, going into a fighting stance from pure instinct. "What?" She's so startled she doesn't recognize the Saprra's accent immediately...   

Oz tilts his head, "Hello wormfriend" Being an elder in the order he knows Sparra "Howum is your day?" He smiles and then an order beast comes running and bumps into Oz who blinks and leans on his staff as the order beast frowns "It’s horrible...it’s HORRIBLE....they have pillow feathers and fluff all over Oz, they are in they are in the Great Hall come quick " The badger frowns and sighs as he follows "And they tied Novice Fred to a chair...ohhhhhhh" He sighs again..yep gotta love the dibbuns   

The sparra hops in front of the mouse maid and laughs like a dibbun "'Tis I! The fearsome scaryworm!" He laughs again.   

DoraRose relaxes. It's just a sparrow. Good grief. "Well, you did startle me. I'm a Warrior, so I tend to go into 'fight whoever is attacking me' mode when I get startled and then think later." She kneels so she's more on his eye level. "My name is DoraRose Strongheart. It's nice to meet you."
   
The black throated sparrow laughs a third time, a playful light in his eyes "It nice meet you too wormwarror!" Then he takes a step back and performs an elegant bow "my name is Henry the poet, now you know it"   

DoraRose smiles. "Well, a poet! And a gentleman. You're pretty well spoken, Mister Henry; where do you hail from?" She almost extends a paw, but then remembers that he kind of needs his feet to stand on, so he probably can't shake her paw in return. Wings don't make good paw substitutes.   

Henry thinks for a moment "Meum have most recently been living in Warbaek Loft, but before that meum family was living up north..." He thinks again "I think my family is originally from the south."   

DoraRose blinks. "Oh, wow. That sounds complicated." Standing, she brushes snow off of her knees. "Well, welcome to Redwall. Any beast with a pure heart and a kind spirit is welcome here." The bells start to toll for supper. "Oh, dinnertime! Care to join us? The Abbey's food is basically legendary." If he agrees, she'll take him in there for the delicious soups, salads, breads, and of course desserts and drinks that the Abbey is serving...if he doesn't and flies off, well, she'll go in there and eat anyway. He's a free creature.   

The poet Speaks one last time "What self-respecting sparra would deny a free meal!"

Meanwhile the Badger Father has entered the Great Hall, all action stops and Novice Fred looks near tears, all eyes are on Oz as he clears his throat and  pillows are dropped and dibbuns start to run out of the room, the Badger Father clears his throat and they stop and frown, “ To the dibbun room..no story tonight” Awwwwwwwwww is heard and one sort of hic-up as they march upstairs in a single line and The Badger Father walks over and unties the novice who decides he will no longer ever EVER watch the dibbuns, he will stick to washing and dying towels, sheets and  robes. Oz then goes upstairs……there is a lecture…no story before bed….and OZ has a rather LONG night as he falls asleep in a chair in the dibbun’s room, must have been a long LONG lecture but he as well as the dibbuns are asleep till right before breakfast in the morning.

Last edited by oz (2017-03-02 07:41:54 PM)

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