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Meeting in The Tavern-Ferravale Log

Who:

Patch-Tavern Worker,Spy,Tracker,ale maker

Xander- Leader of Mossflower Defenders

Mudjaw-Guard at Ferravale

Rubblethorn-Guard at Ferravale

Log:

Patch is here, doing what he always does and that's get drinks, serve them and get food and he is over worked today it seems. "Why do beasts not show up...they supposed ta show up."

Mudjaw is already here and frowns "Beasts are showing up, so why worry and ya missed a...well no fight but there was a troublemaker here, took some otter and I have yet to find out what happen to de otter"

Rubblethorn drinks some of his ale "I think some ...cloaked beast was followed, but she got away with a couple foxes. Or..that's what I heard"

Patch says, "And no one tells me a darn thing...I should seriously get out more, find out stuff..ya know like before, always pays ta know whats goin' on around Mossflower""

Mudjaw frowns "Umm...sorry..a cloaked beast left de tavern..with two foxes and they had that old otter ..."

Xander walks in, his left paw bandaged as he overhears Mudjaw and snorts "The cloaked beast is a cat."He seen her face enough to know. Oh and he is not in the best of moods "Patch we are closing an hour early"

Rubblethorn waves to the badger and drinks more ale, then frowns "But de tavern has an hour yet to close...ya can wait an hour surely"

Patch sighs "Now ya show up stripy..and close early why close early?"Though he wont argue with the badger if hats what he wants to do.

Xander glares, "Its my tavern and I said everyone leave"A look says listen and beasts quickly head out,"The two guards can stay and Patch...everyone else go"

Mudjaw frowns as he watches beasts slip out, one a little too quickly to where they almost fall and looks over at Xander."What's the matter? Was the..otter found?"

Rubblethorn stands but then sits "I can...get the chieftain if you want sir, shouldn't she be here for this?"

Patch locks the tavern after everyone is out and looks at Xander "Wait wait..otter was led out by two foxes and...de old otter? Hawkweye be missing?" Ok he surely wants to know what is going on"What happen ta ya paw stripy, ya get attacked?"

Xander shakes his head "No, I punched the wall at the abbey, its not broken...the wall or my paw, but did scrap my paw up fairly badly."He frowns"I heard he was taken somewhere with a cloaked beast and two foxes so i went looking, and found him..the cloaked beast was a cat with yellow, orange and white fur, maybe some black fur too and the two foxes, i told them to back off and they all left and she seemed to think it funny Hawkeye needed a healer"

Mudjaw frowns as he listens "So a multicolored feline hmmmm...ya know cat. So is the old otter ok? Is he at the infirm..which by the way we need a couple more healers for the infirm, we be lucky no one has like..needed a healer really badly too often, well too often at all"

Rubblethorn asks, "So we hunt down us a cat and some foxes, or maybe just keep an eye out fer em?"

Patch folds his arms over his chest, he looks concerned "So where is..gramps at? He ok Stripy?" He frowns, worry setting in "Ya need me to go get that old hag....ummm healer mouse at the abbey fer ya?"

Xander frowns as he shakes his head and picks up a plate that needs washed and looks at it as he speaks "No..Angela isn't needed."He frowns "Hawkeye is..is with Markalaway...cause...cause that..cat.."He then snarls and throws the plate to the wall, the plate spins and sort of crashes into some pieces on the wall. Xander picks up another and does the same thing, it too breaks.

Mudjaw jumps and looks ready to bolt out the door or jump out a window right now as Xander seems to get a little too moody for him.

Rubblethorn frowns "Umm...your breaking plates agasist the wall, that solves like nothing, nothing at all"

Patch tenses as the plate breaks and a 2nd plate and hides under a table, he peeks out and frowns "Stripy...calm ya self ok, I be sure he woulsnt want ya to break the plates as I have ta clean that up and why would he be at that creepy rat's hut?"

Xander screams and just breaks a 3nd and 4th plate and drops to his knees and lets out a sob "Cause he's dead...he died..he was trying to tell me something and..and then he died, he's dead"

Mudjaw frowns now "The...the old bartender is...is dead?" That can't be the otter was like making cheese rolls and buns and salad .

Rubblethorn frowns "Wait....the rat he's the undertaker....oh"He frowns now too and goes quiet.

Patch frowns "Not the plates..stop" He looks at Xander then and blinks "Wait....Stripy ya best be telling de truth" Then when would this badger ever lie or get something wrong.

Xander just sobs and wipes his eyes "I was there when he died..he wasn't that hurt just some claw marks on his back..he..I think he fought them and...and.."He wipes away tears "He wasn't supposed to..be in a fight again and those vermin probably forced him to be in one"

Mudjaw frowns and is not sure what to say "Ok....so what do we do now?"

Rubblethorn asks, "Look for de cat and the two foxes, anything else important, did he like say anything?"

Patch backs up and frowns, is that a tear as he ...ok he liked the old otter, that otter was his pal and he liked him "I can hunt em down..look around, ask around, get some info That was my pal...best drink maker around 'ere and he laughed at me jokes."

Xander frowns as he stands and decides to unlock the tavern but it seems it stays a bit empty, yeah beasts decided to just..stay clear, but hey its got an hour...maybe two. He sighs as he states at the table and sits down at the booth.

Mudjaw frowns at the door and just finishes his ale "I can like make a report to the chieftain, if ya want me to"

Rubblethorn just stays in his chair, he will listen as he isn't sure what to do either.

Patch gets the badger some strong ale and sits it down "Figured ya need this..after..ya know"He frowns "The...kid...he has that..."

Xander blinks "Kid?" He then gasps and almost spills the ale, he downs it slowly and speaks after he is finished "Crevan....yeah...he can..."He frowns in thought, thinking quietly.

Mudjaw frowns"Who's Crevan?"

Rubblethorn answers "A fox kit he likes...oh"He frowns as he realizes something

Patch says, "The fox kit is..was..Hawkeyes adopted son..no what do we do Xander?" Ok the rat is a bit serious now and worried."

Xander thinks as he gets more ale and sits "Me and Krisha can...adopt him, if he lets us that is, Northstar can be his sister, they are sort of close to the same age"

Mudjaw says, "So he would like...still have family then right?"

Rubblethorn asks, "I think he said he would like adopt him and take him in, that's good right?"

Patch nods "DUHHH....and what about that Taran huh...he like went with all the other otters on that trip, Hawkeye was his uncle"

Xander frowns "It is...best to tell him when he gets back. I am not gonna ruin his first like...what ever it was called with the otters"

Mudjaw nods and sighs "Ok so we have any idea who the cat is?"

Rubblethorn says, "So far sounds like a calico sort of color..and possible slaver maybe?"

Patch says, "I dislike slavers...so ya said earlier gramps tried to say something, say what?""

Xander frowns "Frowns "That she had something and then he drew what looked like a rose and then he ...he went limp, I managed to ask him, was that a rose and he noded yes right...right before he ..."He closes his eyes, "He took his last breath and died, he had no pulse and I checked twice and a healer we have at the Mossflower Defenders Base c..confirmed he was dead and had been for a little while, the little while I took to carry him back to the village."

Mudjaw says, "He..drew a rose?"

Patch frowns "Rose?..why would he draw that for...maybe he seen one?" He frowns "Ya don't think..."

Xander says, "I don't know Patch...maybe she is the one leaders like...they are related and she is getting the group back again. I read something where it had disappeared one time, only to pop back up...be defeated supposedly and then it was around during that Ormaz thing...only I was told they were all killed...like tracked to the shores killed. The cat...a...cat"He frowns "A cat was supposedly drowned and it was a cloaked figure that was seen that killed Hanzi...""

Patch asks, "That hare?" He frowns ok something he knows "I seen him, he was trying to recruit some weasel who seemed to dislike the hare...Stripy...Hanzi had that Blackrose tattoo..a bit more fancy than the older ones but he had it and I didn't think much of it cause he was killed and ya had said any Blackrose beast were killed.""

Xander frowns "He was killed by a cloaked figure..after that...been nice to hear of this sooner but...its ok. I have a feeling the cloaked beast is the cat, why she killed Hanzi though no clue"

Mudjaw says, "She didn't like woodlanders maybe"

Rubblethorn shrugs, he has no clue who Hanzi was even.

Patch says, "Hanzi was like a hare gone bad and he likely did something she didn't like..that longear was always moody and tryed ta fight a couple beasts in Ferravale..short fuse..and I saw him a couple times and wandered why was he like back fer....course didn't see the tattoo till he took his cloak off and seen his arm.""

Xander nods and frowns"If she is trying to make a new Blackrose, that could be bad."

Mudjaw says, "Isn't the Blackrose like....some old slaver group, my ummm dad spoke of em'"

Patch says, "They are...hey maybe we are just over worried..I mean..drawing a rose, could of ment anything...right?"

Xander says, "I don't know Patch...when I asked if it was a rose he noded, he...he died before I could ask more,his heart rate was so fast and he acted like he was in some pain and was sweating a lot...and I don't know how well he was breathing..I was no where near a healer and it all happen so..so fast""

Mudjaw says, "Ya did what ya could..I am just sorry I couldmt stop her and her foxes from taking him out of the tavern"

Patch frowns "Dont blaim ya self stripy..I aint no healer but he likely would of died before ya could of got to a good healer"

Xander frowns "He was my friend"

Mudjaw frowns and decides he should get some rest, he has guard duty early

Patch sighs "Sorry STRIPY....things will be I am sure they will be just think o happy times"

Xander nods "I need to get back to the abbey"He is tried, his paw hurts too, its also fairly late

Patch stands "No, ya can stay here."He locks up"Your office has a cot and sides you head out and then end up umm....in the dark forest I am gonna have two badgers haunt me fer the rest of my life!"

Xander stumbles, yep tried as he frowns "Who...what....two"But he allows himself lead upstairs and falls asleep almost as soon as he lays down

Patch nods "Yeah..Zee and Oz..both of em' would like haunt me the rest of my life like why ya let the boy go off like that and oh he is here with us way too early and tis your fault Patch, its so so so your fault...."He shakes his head when the badger is asleep, makes sure he is cozy and frowns "See....too tried to do much"He sighs and goes to his own room but not before fetching a guard to watch the badger's door and then he goes to get sleep in his office, good grief this night is the worse.

Last edited by oz (2019-07-07 07:58:03 PM)

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