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Sinway

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It was a pleasant evening until........

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Sinway- Brother of the Redwall Order
Private Zolomon- Runner in the Long Patrol
Carran- Captain of the merchant ship Ol'Mostrum

Two Spoofed Vermin, Stoat brothers One of them is named Bill

It's rather quiet in the tavern right now, there is a few beast in here drinking already but most beasts haven't made there way into the tavern yet. Sinway is sitting at one of the tables next to the stage two mugs infront of him, one full of ale and the other empty aside from a few coin that have been dropped into it while the sound of his fiddle fills the room with a slow melody that seems to fit the mood of the tavern right now

Carran had been hanging out on his ship contemplating things after a rather poor morning and a considerable amount of rain the day before but that was before the wind changed and suddenly his ears perked to the sound of the music. He might be across the village but he has some impressively good ears. That brings his wallowing briefly to an end and he grabs his own fiddle and heads out, tracking down the noise to the tavern. He sticks his head in the door and after a quick look around spots the otter "Ha! Figured it had t'be y'" he says as he heads for Sinway's table.
   
Sinway ears twitch as he hears the rabbit speak, his eyes are closed and his tail is swaying to the music "aye, ye be right." he grins opening his eyes when the rabbit gets to his table "don' thin' any other beast here beside us plays a fiddle." he chuckles giving the other chair a little kick scooting it out some offering the rabbit a seat while still playing "tis a good way t' make a bit of coin after all."   

Carran takes the offered drink and gestures to the bar to order himself a drink at the same time "Aye, if they do play I've never 'eard 'em" he glances in to Sinway's mug of coins quickly and chuckles "I thought y'abbey lot didn't really do money...I don't play for the coin but y'can't deny the perks f'it"   

Sinway chuckles a little and nods "aye, but we ain't at the abbey mate, an' that means ye need coin t' get drinks." he stops playing for a momment to take a sip from his ale "the no coin thin' really only applies fer inside the abbey, an' wha' ever places allow us t' pay with traded goods."   

Carran barks out a laugh as he pays for his drink "Good point...an' I guess the last time we delivered somethin' t'the abbey we did get paid...though they weren't in the order" a shrug and he plucks a few strings on his well worn fiddle "So, wha' do y'know?" he's probably enquiring after songs to play.
   
Sinway hmms and thinks for a moment before naming off some songs, some being common salior songs others being ones the rabbit might not of heard of before as they are common songs around otters "but i have a good ear fer pickin' up tunes and melodies, s' long as yer song ain't to complicated i could match it."

Carran recognises the sailor ones and he has some otters on his crew so he's familiar with a few of them too. He chuckles "Ah pity, the tricky ones are some of the most fun but...how about this" he starts off on something slow and simple, a dirge for complaining about raining cold days.   

Sinway listens to the tune it being one he doesn't know but after a little bit he starts to play along "tis been a long time since i played and sadly thanks t' a rather nasty head injury some of me memories be fuzzy." but still he has picked up on the song and is playing it right along with the rabbit   

Carran keeps on slowly as the otter's getting an ear for it, the song is thankfully fairly reparative to start and he plays that bit as long as it takes Sinway to work it out "Any head injury tha' leaves it on y'shoulders ain't tha' bad...Good, y'gettin' it. Speed it up slowly. Y'teach t'self or wha'?" he has no problem not only talking and playing at the same time but also watching Sinway's paws.

Sinway seems to be having no trouble playing this part of the song now chuckling a little at the comment about leaving his head on his shoulders "tha' be true mate, bu' it still hard runnin' into beast who say they know ye and ye can't remember them." he is now more relaxed clearly not concentrating on learning this part of the song anymore "the basics where taught t' me by a fellow crewmate i had when i was workin' on a sea otter fishin' ship, but twas only the basic when ever we both had down time."

Zolomon walks into the tavern and heads to the main bar area and nods as he asks for an ale, he shakes his head, no...a stronger one..please" They nod and get it.

Carran keeps going, still slowly getting faster though the tune itself isn't changing. He's curious where the limit to how fast Sinway can change notes is but he's not pushing too hard so far "Eh, I forget folks all the time but drunken meetin's ain't really the same thin'" the duel fiddle playing is attracting a little attention, the tavern's quiet but the locals seem happy enough for the entertainment "Y'lucky t'ave a teacher! Trial an' error was mostly my way" he hasn't spotted Zolomon but he's not paying attention to anything outside their musical table.

Sinway paws seem to be able to keep up with the steady increase of speed now that he has gotten the song down "aye, i have had a few of them, bu' forgetten things like how many summers has it been since the last hullabaloo be annoyin' guess i be lucky i at least remember the events at it though, and aye i was lucky tha' fer sure, though he only showed me the basics told me t' practice them every day and i be able to learn any song." sinway hasn't spotted zolomon either but then he has closed his eyes so that all he can focus on is the sound of the music and the coversation the two beast are having

Zolomon looks over at the two beasts, Sinway and the rabbot and listens to the music as he drinks down a ale, he coughs a little and smirks "There...more of this stuff...I like it"

"Ah, one of m'crew was talkin' about tha' hullathing but I'd rather be off soon as the weather smooths out" Carran replies, keeping up with the song for another couple of repeats before finally "Alrigh', lets try this" now he's happy with the speed he switches the tune to something faster and jolly "Y'll get it" he even repeats 1, 2, 3, 4 at the right speed a few times.

Sinway nods a little "aye, tis only the biggest event fer a otter, so if ye have otters in yer crew i imagine they be talkin' about it." he starts to fucus letting him self absorb the music, it takes him a few beats before he is finally playing along though he is a second or two off to carran for a little bit but it is not to long before he is playing along to the song

Zolomon listens to the music as he drinks his strong ale, his 2nd one in fact and groans...ok strong ale bad...as he gets up...so is being dizzy and throwing up on a stoat who now glares at the hare. Zolomon backs up and points a finger at the stoat "Back off...champ...champs...ey...I'm a long patrol...."He doesnt get the word hare out as he is knocked clean out and slumps to the floor. Yes there is two stoats that look down at him, the one that punched him and a another one as they seem to decide "What do we do with a long patrol hare Bill?" The other laughs "I am sure de stripedog won't miss one right?" They both chuckle.....ok this could be bad.

Aye, I've got otters and they're already buggin' me t'come back or leave 'em 'ere ready...it's darn inconvenient" Carran says as he keeps up the fast tune until Sinway has it "Good, good, yah nearly got a whole song. Now back again" he says as he switches back to the original sped up tune...and then of course some drunk idiot spoils it all. Carran seems pretty unconcerned when Zolomon goes down but as he's not getting up and the stoats are not giving up he stops playing suddenly with a screech "Oi! Y'remeber what happened t'the last lot who attacked the patrol 'ere? They're dead! Y'want a badger after y'?"

Sinway grins pleased with him self that he is getting down, but then yes something happens, taking a second to scan the area he sees zolomon go down and the two vermin standing over him, sighing he puts down his fiddle and stands up "z i told ye not t' come here t' get drunk unless ye have a beast watchin ye." he listens to the rabbit yell at the vermin but they don't seem concerned one of them turning around and looking at the rabbit "he ain't here now is he." he spits in the direction of the rabbit while the other stoat goes to kick the hare. Sinway sighs again "i thin' they be t' stupid t' understand." he sets his fiddle down "if ye be so kind as t' not mention wha' i am about t' do t' other beast tha' be nice of ye." he grabs his mug and walks over to where the vermin are at dumping the ale right on the one called bill

Carran looks seriously peeved when he's spat at even if it misses entirely "No one ever fears the rabbit" he mutters. He puts his fiddle down too and points at a squirrel at the new table "Anythin' happen t'these" he points at the fiddles "I'm doin' this t'y'next" he threatens before following Sinway "Badger ain't 'ere but y'botherin' me now" and while Bill is distracted getting wet and no doubt angry Carran goes for a less harmless kick to the gut aimed at the one who spat at him which considering he's a bouncy rabbit has a surprising amount of force behind it.

Angry isn't close to how pissed bill is right now spinning around aiming his elbo to try and hit Sinway, the otter just gracefully avoids it by moving with the stoat pivoting around the vermin so that he is behind him again which only serves to piss bill off more pulling out a dagger, a small smile appears on sinway's face to insult the vermin more he puts his paws behind his back and easily side stepping or ducking under each one of the vermins easy to read slashes and stabs. The other stoat however didn't get a chance to react as he is sent flying a few feat forward by a powerful kick from carran

Carran keeps an eye on Sinway but he doesn't exactly look like he needs help dancing around Bill. Carran is comfortable to vent a little at the other one "I was 'avin' a bad day, it starts t'look up an' then y'just got t'come along an' start stuff" he yells as he follows the stoat to where he landed where Carran just goes to elbow him in the face. He won't be spitting again any time soon with a broken jaw!

Sinway just keeps keeps dancing around the vermin till he sees his momment it was a sloppy stab foward that was going to leave bill of balance, with deadly fast reflexes the otter side steps out of the way of the vermin at the last second grabing his wrist with one paw while the other goes to the stoats elbow giving it just the slightest push, and that combined with the vermin already being off balance and a little cheeky trip from sinway sends the vermin down to the ground, still holding bills wrist sinway twist his arm and places his foot paw on the stoats shoulder blade, speaking to bill with a deadly and savage voice a little bit of his past coming out "listen, and listen good filth......from this position i can make it so ye can ever use this arm ever again.......so here is wha' ye goin' t' do." bill mood has changed real fast going from anger to pleading for his life "yer goin' to leave this tavern......and then yer goin' to leave the western shores and if i see yer sorry tail again, it will be yer neck i break" As for the other stoat the elbow lands a solid hit on him and the vermin screams in pain, weither his jaw is broken or not is yet to be seen though

Carran doesn't much care to examine the jaw, there was a scream, he's satisfied. The rabbit quickly grabs at the stoat's clothes and goes to forcifully drag him to the door and send him flying out of it with another kick "I see y'again I'll do worse!" he dusts off his paws and walks back towards Sinway "Y'want another drink?" he's not helping, the otter clearly has it handled and he has no desire to help the vermin either. If he's needed he's there anyway.

Sinway lets go of bill and watches as he runs out, tripping over his own two footpaws a few times. he turns to carran and nods "aye, kinda lost me first one." he looks over to zolomon and sighs before walking over to him picking him up and asking the staff if zolomon can sleep it off in the kitchen, they agree and help the hare back to the kitchen "ill send fer someone t' come get him when i return t' the mountain." he walks back over to where his fiddle is and sits back down

Carran is mostly keeping the relaxed act until the vermin have left the building when he frowns. He still gets the drinks but he leaves his on the table "I'll check they're leavin' and not just returnin' with backup"

Sinway nods giving a wave to the rabbit "well twas nice playin' with ye, hopefully we wont have trouble next time." he raises the mug in thanks to the rabbit before taking a big swig of it, deciding to stay at the tavern for a little longer before making his way back to the mountain informing a hare to go get zolomon

Last edited by Sinway (2019-03-01 10:20:58 PM)

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