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You Won't Be Telling Them Anything- Missing Abbot TP Log

==Somewhere near the bridge going over the River Moss and not too far from Ferravale Path==

Quade was along the river bank speaking to a fox and some rats. "So the plan is simple really. Abbot Benar and that Xander will be by the river to collect clay for making pottery, a very interesting hobby I must say but that’s not important, what is important is capturing the abbot and then me reporting the news of oh captured by vermin and did all I could to stop it"   

Bolt looks confused "But ...wouldn’t you of been the one that...ummm caused it boss?"   

Rayen rolls her eyes as she sews a ripped tunic of one of the rats and hands it back to him.
   
Zinnia slows as she hears voices and looks around, she is close to the ship now, but feels a little uneasy now as she slips more into the tree line and walks along carrying the knapsack she had with her.   

Quade snorts "Idiot...that’s the point to trick them, no one would know I am the villain. I am the HERO after all, no they find out who I really am later on, then it’s too late"   

Rayen is half listening, before she replies "Benar wouldn’t be alone by the way. He isn’t dumb even if it’s just a simple get some clay" She happens to look over at the trees and frowns as she spots the badger but quickly looks away again.   

Bolt pouts, he notes the frown on Rayen "Why the frown...ya see something?" He looks towards the tree line curious.   

Quade nods "I know that’s why me and you would be there to help -guard- him, and any other abbey beasts can be knocked out..no deaths, least yet"   

Zinnia slips behind a tree stump and listens to the varies beasts and frowns, ok this is a bad place to be and she really should just leave and get back to the ship, that or find Xander and Benar and tell them it’s a bad day to get clay, but they would ask why and she is not sure they would believe her but it isn’t like she would lie, she steps back and slips on ice letting out a surprised yelp and a grunt when she slams her elbow into a tree root, her knapsacks comes open and spills some green and red peppers and a couple packs of tea onto the forest floor.   

Rayen looks to Bolt" I saw...." Her ears flatten at the yelp and she goes quiet and remains seated where she is.   

Quade is right away standing and his tail flicks, as it does four weasels and 5 ferrets go towards where the badger is to surround her, a couple rats also stand ready.   

Bolt gets his longbow ready and selects an arrow, but he will wait on a command before he does anything with the arrow.   

Zinnia gaps as she is surrounded and goes to smack a ferret in the face with the knapsack, another one she punches in the stomach but the others manage to grab her and drag her over to Quade, the badger maid looks at him and frowns "I thought..I thought you were a good beast, you’re in the defenders with my son"   

Rayen frowns as she watches and stands slowly as she walks over "Quade, let her go she isn’t much of a threat to you and besides she and her mate and dibbuns are leaving soon" She looks at the badger "In fact leave today...I can even get the twins to you, just...head home, you and Takeo's home"
   
Quade narrows his eyes at the badger maid and then sighs "Sister Zinnia...its interesting you are here but you really shouldn’t get into other beasts business." He looks at Rayen before his attention is on Zinnia again.   

Bolt keeps his longbow drawn "Should I....kill her sir?"   

Rayen puts up a paw "No one has to die, remember what you said Quade...no deaths"   

Zinnia frowns, "R..Rayen? Why are you here...wait your working for Quade..I..I don’t understand, you’re a friend to the abbey Quade, h...how could you...what do you want with Benar or my son or any beast for that matter?"   

Quade frowns "I said not yet Rayen and yes she works for me" He looks at the badger maid and then replies "Lies..twisted into seeming true....it’s just the way I say it, like the seer in Ferravale..creepy yes, but he may know I am a bit...off" He grins "But I always speak the truth...it’s how you word things...a horrible beast destroyed my village, that’s true...that beast was me...I never found my so called friends...that was part way true, they found me and now they are my captives and can befriend Benar, as for Xander...well I do have knock out stuff strong enough for a badger..I used some on Oz when the dibbuns were temporary captured, and tested it on Xander...I have made it stronger since then, just a little...just a little. I just want the abbot gone to form chaos....oh he won’t die, heck the abbot of my village is still alive, along with the rightful owner of Furyblazor"   

Bolt frowns seeming upset he can't kill anything.   

Rayen ears go flat as she listens to Quade ramble on and on.   

Zinnia frowns," Your be found out..."She feels a snarl come up in her throat when he mentions harming Oz and Xander "Stay away from my family!"
   
Quade keeps calm "But they think I am their  friend. You see I have plans and....NO ONE ...no one is going to prevent that from happening."   

Rayen keeps quiet as she listens to Quade and watches Zinnia for a reaction.
   
Zinnia says, "Release me...if I suddenly go missing Takeo and Xander will look for me...if the abbot goes missing as well beast will know something is seriously going on." She glances at Rayen "And Rayen..please...please don’t help him, you...you’re not evil and you really are my friend, unlike Quade here." She looks at the squirrel" And what of the others with Benar...they would see you and report it to the abbey, then what?"
   
Quade frowns "Your smart...so knowledgeable then you were Recorder of the abbey for a while and most likely gathered info to write more on whatever topic." He paces some "Do you know how hard it is to keep this from others, to prevent beast from finding out the truth?" He shakes his head "Very hard and things like this can mess it up and I can’t have my plans messed up when the good part is just about to begin and as for Rayen, she is loyal to me now and obeys me." He nods to Rayen "Kill the badger"   

Rayen gets a look of horror, she raises her longbow and selects an arrow and aims...but then she lowers it "I..I can't...you can just enslave her, I won’t kill my friend!"   

Bolt growls low at Rayen but stays where he is.   

Zinnia eyes go wide as she sees the longbow and then breaths a sigh of relief when Rayen lowers it.   

Quade closes his eyes and then when he opens them he glares at the vixen before turning to face the badger." You know..I liked you, and you could be useful to me, info and all but you most likely wouldn’t give it to me and I would ask over and over again and get tried and moody, it would affect me focusing and I can't allow that to happen either Sister Zinnia, but I also have to speak to the truth and if I killed you and said I didn’t...the seer would know I am lying, and if I told some other beast to kill you and I said I didn’t..another lie...course one don’t have to SAY A WORD." He raises a paw as he speaks "Forgive me Sister Zinnia but as I said I have plans and no one is going to prevent that from happening." His paw then drops to his side.   

Bolt fires off his arrow right at the badger maids chest. His arrow is straight and true on its deadly path and so close a range, it’s not he could miss if he tried.   

Zinnia feels tears come to her face as she listens, as words of a dream come to her again. Seeing Bolt pull back on the longbow she tenses up and fear floods her but something causes her to look away and she seems to relax silently till pain causes her to gasp as the arrow buries itself into her chest and she falls backwards onto the ground. Her vision slowly fades and she manages to take a shaky breath before going still and quiet.   

******This small bit added by request, what Zinnia and ONLY zinnia saw during the pose above**********

It felt like things were going in slow motion all of a sudden, the arrow coming at her, then a quiet voice..”Zinnia…” She looked over to see her father standing there all hazy looking. The arrow hits her and she starts to whimper in pain.

Zork Winters calmly spoke “Zinnia…look at me honey..it’s alright…focus on me “

Zinnia knew she was dying but keeping her focus on her father dulled the arrow pain as she breathed her last and joined her father in the dark forest.
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Rayen eyes go wide " Sister Zinnia!!!!" She rushes forwards not caring what Quade thinks of it. She quickly goes to check for a pulse, for breathing, for any hope of helping her friend.   

Quade just watches calmly where he stands. He allows the fox to check on the badger and snaps his fingers for the other vermin to make sure the vixen doesn’t leave.
   
Bolt smirks as he stays close by “One less stripedog in the world. Hey boss can I kill any others?"   

Zinnia shows no signs of life, a small trickle of blood comes from her mouth and some from her chest wound where the arrow is. Her eyes are misted over now. But oddly don't hold as much fear as they could, slightly calmed a little.   

Rayen feels tears flood down her face, she stands and frowns as she is surrounded and looks at Quade.
   
Quade studies the vixen, “Knock her out Bolt...she did seem to think we needed a captive, well she can be it for now till I figure out what to do with her and make sure she doesn’t try something foolish. I really could use more than a couple archers and you are a good one Rayen. But we need to chat...and in a better location" He looks down at Zinnia and frowns" An order beast has been killed, oh my..but this needs to remain...unfound till I have the abbot..then this untimely death can be told of."   

Bolt grins and sees happy, a little too happy, to do it as he makes a fist and goes to punch Rayen in the jaw, not hard enough to kill but hard enough to knock out cold   

Rayen gets little time to react before she slumps to the muddy ground, clearly out cold   

A short time later

The place...somewhere dark....the squirrel stands with his paws behind his back as he calmly speaks "Do wake up please, we have to escort Benar to the riverbank soon or did ya forget?"
   
Rayen opens her eyes and finds herself tied to a chair and her ears flatten. Her jaw is slightly swollen, "Why would I help you...you going to kill me?"   

Quade shakes his head” “No...one of the others can do that, well if you don’t agree with me see I did say for you to kill the badger..whats to say you were not the cause, now I could make them think you did as well..I didn’t, did I? No.....or you stay quiet and you come help me and if asked what is wrong....your tried but it’s still a good day, yes a good day for I am letting you live, that makes it a good day correct Rayen?"   

Rayen nods slowly "But Sister Zinnia..."   

Quade says, "That can wait....first the abbot is....well show some new friends and then someone can find poor Sister Zinnia, the cold will help...where she is fine for now and if she is found hopefully its after dear Abbot Benar is found out to be missing"
   
Rayen says, "Please...d..don't kill me or have any other beast do it. I will stay quiet"
   
Quade says, "I won't"Quade walks over with a cup "Drink it" He commands. If drank it numbs the throat, just enough to make one unable to talk for a few hours, they can breath fairly well, just maybe not run fast very well. He also nods to a rat to untie her.   

Rayen frowns but drinks the mixture and coughs.."w..w.....-gasp...my voice" Barely a whisper   

Quade says, "Is perfect. Now let’s go and remember...act normal or another beast dies today and oh that would be you..but I am sure that won’t happen" He exits expecting her to follow
   
Rayen frowns but goes to follow him   

==An hour or two later Zinnia is found==

Takeo was out searching, he had gotten worried and he didn’t know why “Zinnia…”He then spots her still form and rushes over checking for signs of life, checking a 2nd and a 3nd time before gently as if she was fine china taking her into his arms and holding her close “Zinnia….please….no..no” Tears flood down his face as he  takes a few breaths as it trying to breath and not being able to and then screams loudly! His cry full of sorrow and pain, heartbreak and lost. He then  wipes away tears and lays a paw on her forehead slowly bring his paw down so her eyes are then closed, from a distance she may look asleep or unconscious, he then gathers her into his arms and heads to the abbey afterwards …he is not sure how long he had been holding her alone by the river, but he knew her family needed to know the sad sad news.

Last edited by The_Brony_Marek (2017-03-07 06:30:40 AM)