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Your Not Going In and Why Do Shrews Ague so Much!!

***This was fun to do, no one else was on so had a little different role play with someone...I spoofed some shrews, have permission to mention someone's brother and...oh yeah someone makes a short appearance in the log!!! Hee hee...can't always escape a lecture seems...read and find out what happens! ******

***Happens mostly in the woods and....a little at the gates of the dark forst, yeah ya read that right!***

WHO:

Oz- former Badger Mother

Xander-Leader of Mossflower Defenders

Zork-Brielfy in log, Oz's older Brother

Some shrews!

A Wolverine!

LOG:

Xander has had the WORSE past 3 weeks, or was it 4 weeks, heck could well be 5 weeks he doesn't know and sadly can't remember it all thanks to that stupid fight with the Blackrose beasts, he so kicked their behinds and was left wounded with a injured right arm, a right eye clawed and some claw marks under and above it, and some memory loss. Now he knew who he was, who others were he just kind of lost most of his memories of everything since last summer, about a year or so, 4 seasons, of memories good and bad, but he knows the Blackrose is still out there and so he wanted to find them, but after a few hours he gave up.   

Xander also got a bit....lost in the woods, at first he decided it wasn't so bad, he hunted a wood pidgion and made a camp fire, had a nice meal. He hadn't had wood pidgion in..well he wasn't sure and once in a while he would slip off to have some, roasted over a small camp fire.   
Now its summer and already hot temperatures, and a fire is not a good mix, even if its put out and the heat had gotten to him, maybe too much and the fact he wasn't going to a healer as much as he should for his eye, and he was told to and yet in his grumpyness he chosen not to brother, oh it would heal on its own as its been maybe a few days....not the best plan being swollen, he would likely lose the eye, being lost didn't help as he got up to walk, try and figure out where he was.   

A nearby rustle, a snarl didn't help either as he just attracted unwanted attention of a wolverine! He was fine long as he didn't go in a cave.
   
Xander of course goes in the cave, its sort of shady and his headache, likely the summer heat getting to him and the fact he didn't take much water with him, ok he is an idiot sometimes, but he does notice the wolverine and gasps backing up a little.
   
This wolverine decides it could care less if he is backing away and attacks the badger!   

Xander errks and grabs his blade and slices at the wolverine, he pants a little as its way to hot outside to fight but seems he has no choice.
   
THE Wolverine!gets a gash to the chest and growls, pufffs out and backs away from the badger, it then leaps again at him!

Xander sidesteps and slices at the wolverine, angleing slightly and trying to not get hurt, best he can, as sweat rolls down his face and soaks his tunic.   

The wolverine yips loudly as the blade slices into its throat and it falls over, twitches and is dead....well that was exciting!!   

Xander pants and gulps, he stumbles backwards, stands and puts his blade away and goes back to walking.He feels dizzy and worse sweat burns his good eye and his bad eye even worse. He frowns as he tries to look around, has to be someway to get a feel for where he is.   
And he should watch his step, there is an uneven place, a large hole covered with twigs and grasses, most likely for the wolverine,not a badger. But if he avoids it he wil find he is close to st. Nihms church.   

Xander frowns and gasps, too late hole found and he falls in with a startled scream, he hits the ground and knocks himself out, and lays there, the hot sun making things worse and there is still a good 3 hours or more of daylight, and even the evenings are a little hot.   

2 hours pass before he is found, but that doesn't mean he is out of danger, it just means he is found and whomever did find him is gonna take another few hours to get him from that hole and to a camp somewhere.   

Xander is not doing well at all, being in the hot sun without water is bad for this long, overheating without cooling is bad, having an injury left not checked, starting to get infected is bad...he needs a healer but will one even be able to help as he is deeply unconscious and that was before he was found by, well hopefully friendly beasts.
   
A voice "Idiot.....".

And another voice, this one should be more recognized,though slightly less deep...hey age does that at times to a voice "Enough..I will make sure he knows his options but stay ....just in case"
   
Xander groans as he opens his eyes and focus on where he is as he sits up.."Hello?"
   
He may or may not like the view, it is sort of foggy and misty, but there is also.....gates, in front of those gates is two badgers, one taller than the other and clearly stronger, the other of course shorter by maybe a head or two, he may not be recognized right away as he has choose to look like he did when he first came to the abbey, he raises an eyebrow at Xander "Hello indeed...I shouldn't even haf ta put up with this right now"
   
Xander frowns, wait who are these badgers, and what are...his eyes widen "Oh no I'm dead...am I inside or out?" He studies the badgers, the one that speaks he studies a long while it seems, the voice...no way too young looking but.."Uncle Oz?"   

Oz folds his arms over his chest , the other badger snorts but a look gets him to shut up, back to Xander "Ya not dead...yet."Wait he can SEE! Well yeah he wasn't gonna stay blind in the dark forest,"You could still die but rather ya not yet hate to block your way or better yet..he blocks your way "He points to the other badger who just grins."Trust me my brother was always stronger than me"
   
Xander looks between them as he stands, then snorts "Wots de point...lost so much anyways may as well be dead...no one cares really and those you do, are dead." He gets in his face"Like you!"   

Oz just shoves him backwards, and glares "I said....no and beasts do care..Krisha cares and you should care! Your supposed to be caretaker of the Winters Clan now!" Yeah let's block with his staff too. Its clear his brother will make sure no one that not to enter is gonna enter those gates.   

Xander gasps as he is shoved backwards, he tries to pass again and is hit backwards doing a backwards summer salt of sorts.He will keep trying and after a while just stay on sitting and panting, worn out and groans.   

Oz blocks, seems to take turns with someone else and yawns "I have..all the time ..seriously to do this Xander."He stays calm and watches his nephew, he then speaks, but still alert"Stop and get a freaking thought to ya actions, your attitude lately and yeah I may be dead and here but doesn't mean I am not still watching over things, even if I cant help."
   
Xander has finally just stopped, he now starts to cry, "You...You left me...You died,...and Hawkeye died...and...and those vermin killed my daughter..and Krisha hates me, no one would...likely care if I just left."He sniffs "Yeah..t....talk to someone..yeah..WHO!!! You died!!! I STILL NEEDED YOU AND YOU JUST DIED!!!!!!"    '

Oz sighs as he walks closer and lays a paw on his shoulder, "I'm..sorry, it was my time to go. I would of loved to stay longer...but it was my time, we all have...a certain amount of time and none know that amount. Any day could be a last day..I knew I was..dying and  even greater feeling in the orchards that day....I just managed to borrow a few more days time. But you...its not your time yet, you should not stay here Xander. Words given to me once....there is a chance you could be forced to stay if you stay too long at the gates and don't...try to..wake up"   

Xander frowns, he is grump, sad, confused and he hates it! He sniffs "Wot ya mean?"   

Oz says, "I could of easily just entered those gates 4 seasons sooner, when I was in that fight with that insane marten....I...wanted to die"He frowns and looks away before back "I wanted to be with my mate Northstar so so much but I was still needed, and then then I lost consciousness in the orchards, and woke up in the infirm just to go into a deep faint mere moments later....I woke up to Northstar , I gladly let her lead me into a dance..and learned I had died, I was in the dark forest....your still needed Xander and its not your fault wot happen to your daughter."He offers a sad smile "I will keep an eye on her till it IS your time to be on the other side of the gates and that time is not now.Now you need to wake up"

Xander tears stream as he goes, if he can, to hug Oz and just sob.He doesn't want to leave, he wants to just stay but deep down he knows he can't, he cant be with his uncles, his lost friends, his....daughter. He nods slowly"I miss you....I misss you,,,,misss the....."
   
Oz will allow it, briefly and wraps his arms around Xander as he speaks softly "Its time to wake up....wake Xander...wake up...."   

"Wake up....Wake up....hey"
   
" Maybe we should let him rest"   

" And maybe ya should shut the blank up...I'm de one with the stone"   
   
""BOTH YA SHUT UP!!!"
   
Xander groans as his eyes open.He has a fever and is covered in wet cloths, he has a new bandage on his eye, it clean and temporary till he can get elsewhere.He ..aches all over, his arm is freshly bandaged as well, but its not nearly as bad as his eye, yeah he is gonna lose it likely but could be worse, he is lucky infection didnt spread to somewhere worse or he likely never would of woke. He whimpers.
   
Shrews....shrews look down at him and one random..wait two random ottters who walk off, hey not there camp they just helped get him here.   

"Finally ya wake up...."

"Yeah took him long enough.....he best not eat alot"

"SHUT UP!!!"   

Xander says, "Where...am..I?"   

A shrew bows "Guosim..I am LOg A Log and this is my group.." Yeah its maybe 10 shrews but hey its cool, they all nod "Ya be close to the church south of de abbey ya best rest for now, we can gets ya home oh and that wolverine been a pain in our sides for a few weeks..seems ya killed it and then ya fell into the trap" .

"Your fault ".

"Shut UP!!!"..

A sigh from the Log a Log "HEY!..sighs...yeah it were fer the wolvern...sorry, but the hole is gone..your here ...so rest and recover and don't mumble in your sleep" ..."

"He does have a fever ya know"

"He better walk I ain't raging him back"

"Shut Up".

"Make Me!"   

Xander frowns and closes his eyes to sleep, he had a headache and the shrews are making it worse.   

The shrews argue another hour before they notice the badger is asleep....oh well time to rest and then get to the abbey tomorrow, its like a 1/3 day walk, maybe more but should get there by lunch time, they hope anyways!

Last edited by oz (2019-07-31 06:27:24 PM)

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Oz-  Badger-young adult-Wanderer