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Archery Contest!!!-LP LOG

WHO:

Zolomon-Archer,Runner and Corporal in the Long Patrol

Zeldove- Archer and Recruit in the Long Patrol, She also has Fighter Skills

Felcity- Sergeant, Runner in the Long Patrol

Mack-Head cook of The Seaside Cafe in Halyard, Ale maker, Retired Warrior

Caleb- Brother of Redwall Abbey, Owner and cook at The Seaside Cafe in Halyard

Some assorted spoofed beasts in Halyard and some spoofed Long Patrol Hares

LOG:

Mack is standing in front of what will soon be =The Seaside Cafe=..it still needs some work, beside him is a mouse in abbey robes, "I say not to worry tis coming along nicely, maybe in a couple weeks time we can open"

Zolomon is walking along the village, he needed a day off and finally got one, he even caught up on ALL his paperwork so a break was surely earned.Seeing the hedgehog and mouse he walked over towards them "Hallo..wot's this?"

Zeldove was just looking around Halyard, it was an interesting village and she only really got the one day to glance around, seeing Zolomon she made her way over towards him."Hey..sur, least I find someone familiar.."Seeing Mack she grins "Or two familiar beasts"YO Mack!!" And of course beasts stare at her and she hmmphs, most go back to whatever they were doing, one rat just rolls his eyes and goes into an alley muttering how woodlanders are just so annoying.

Felicity is in Halyard in uniform, looking for someone in particular. The Sergeant scowls as she readjusts the pack on her back. Spotting her fellow hares, her face softens into a smile, and she makes her way over to them. "'Llo, Zolomon." She nods to the others. "'Tis a good day t'be out."

Mack glances over at the hares and nods his hello and watches as his friend sits down "Oh come on now..cheer up..ya own tavern"

Zolomon nods to Felicity and gives a salute "Hallo Sergeant l Felicity..you out today for anything important or a day off?"

Zeldove waves to the hare maid and looks at the soon to be tavern "So this place opens....when?"

Felicity gives Zolomon a halfhearted salute in return. "Oh, I'm lookin' f'r a beast, but I'm 'avin' no luck. I'm sure she's 'round 'ere somewhere." She gives the mouse a curious look. "I say, y'look like somebeast I know from Mossflowah. Are y'by any chance related t'Leon an' DoraRose from Redwall Abbey?"

Mack nods "Hope ya find your missing best lass and hope not missing fer any bad reason."

The mouse first speaks to Mack "It's fine Mack we don't need much now, just supplies and maybe a couple more tables and ...oh 2-3 weeks will be open.."He smiles at Dorarose "I am Brother Caleb...their son, my sister is still at the abbey, I live here now though and gonna open a small Cafe, with Mack here"

Zolomon nods, "I am sure your find them soon..or least hope.I finally get a day off so using it to..well sort of relax"

Zeldove just stays off to the side and listens for a few moments before she walks closer "This place is rather large, crazy and noisy if ask me, hares should like patrol it again but I heard they don't, they just come to shop or walk around now"

Felicity smiles. "I was wonderin'. Well, 'M glad y'gonna be so close by, Caleb. Y'mum's a friend o' mine, so any beast who's 'er kin is welcome in m'mind, wot!" She shakes her head. "The beast I'm lookin' foh isn't necessarily missin'. I just can't find 'er. She m'informant 'ere in 'Alyahd, an' I need t'talk t' 'er 'bout some things." Glancing at the other doe, she adds, "Aye, we don't patrol 'round in 'Alyahd anymore, but 'tisn't the time nor th'place t'be discussin' why. I can tell y'when we get back t'th'Mountain." She smiles again. "I'm Felicity, by the way. I assume y're a Recruit? Oh, an' I'm afraid I didn't catch y'name, eithah," she adds to the hedgehog.

Mack smiles "Mack, gonna be the main cook at the soon to be Seaside Cafe here."

Meanwhile Caleb keeps himself busy, he nods to Felicity "Yeah...I have a son, Cota whom is at the abbey as well, figured it's safer there..."He frowns a little ,"I'll..be inside checking some things.."

Zolomon nods, he won't say why either,then maybe he isn't so sure why they don't sometimes as they do check the beaches sometimes.

Zeldove says, "Zeldove..new recruit yes..archer and hope to be fighter for ya all. I'm a very good archer, can use a saber and sling..not so good with a staff though.Use to be in Mossflower Defenders...came here after...well..."She frowns "Ewan..died “'

Felicity nods. "Aye, 'twas a sad loss when Ewan died. I'm sorry if y'were close. I did m'best t'make friends wi' 'im afore 'e left. 'Tis all a 'ard business all 'round." She stretches a little, looking around. "I'm a Runnah. Skilled mostly wi' th'short sword and sling, although I'm tryin' t'leahrn some othah weapons. Sounds t'me like y'll do just fine as a Fightah." She looks at the front of the cafe. "Whot'll y'lot be servin' 'ere, Mack? Oh m'goodness, an' now I'm 'ungry. Y'aren't open f'r business yet, right?" She watches Caleb head inside with some concern, but for now she doesn't say anything about it.

Mack smiles, though a little frown at the mention of Ewan.."Mainly seafood like shrimp,fish,clams, and such..some pastries like pies too..maybe candied nuts and such, we will have some ales and beers too." He looks inside a window watching Caleb before he speaks "Don't mind him he just needs cheered up and likely talk of Ewan will make him feel down, he still getting over that Cynthia lass"

Zolomon listens quietly, he thinks a moment..wait he knows who Cynthia is, well when she was like a dibbun anyways but he doesn't say anything just yet."I be sure de tavern..errr cafe, will do great once it is open"

Zeldove frowns, "Yeah he ..will be missed He was..like a brother to me.."Great she is crying again

Felicity frowns and goes to put an arm around the other maiden's shoulders. "'Ey, 'ey....I'm sorry. I've lost many friends' fam'ly, so I know 'ow 'ard 'tis t'lose 'em." She pulls a clean handkerchief out of her pocket and offers it to Zeldove. She looks up at the hedgehog, brow furrowed. "Cynthia....don't believe I evah 'eard o' 'er. Is she th'mum o' Caleb's son? Why would....OH." She lowers her voice. "Was she 'is mate an' she died?"

Mack nods"Yes lass...a Sister Cynthia..she died, like 4-5 weeks ago...maybe bit longer not sure, was before Ewan."

Zolomon frowns"I remember her..well when she was a dibbun, ran away once with that Caleb..me and Xandy I think helped look fer her.."He starts to give Zeldove a hug but then backs away and let's Felicity speak to the other hare maid."But did not know the lass died, news just mentioned Ewan and..got some news of some things Xandy went through...bout it"

Zeldove sniifs and wipes away a tear, a moment to calm down from crying and a nod to Felicity "I am..ok madam...t..thank you."She looks at Zolomon and snorts "How ya get away with calling him that nickname, ya mentioned being in de Defenders too "

Felicity smiles and lets the other maid go, going to gently pat her on the back. Rolling her eyes, she says, "Prob'ly 'cause 'e's good friends wi' Xandah. Zolomon likes t'call 'is friends by nicknames. Don't ask me why." She shrugs and gives Zolomon a small smile. "An' as fah as I c'n tell, Xandah is a pretty laid-back leadah. I'm also assumin' th'Defendahs isn't as strict in general as th'Patrol is. So nicknames instead o' 'sah' ohr whatevah rank th'beast is may just be acceptable 'cause 'tis less formal than we are." She gives Zolomon a look that should let him know to correct her if she's wrong.

Mack chuckles a little, "Though not sure how he is gonna feel knowing I am staying here...but I did mention the Long Patrol would likely protect me"

Zolomon nods, he looks at Felicity and smiles a little, "Yeah...unless he changed he dont like sur much, then de Defenders are a small group..very small"He frowns a bit "Hope he is alright and yeah Mack..good things ta add to de note, Xandy also worries a lot bout his friends"

Zeldove nods "It is a small group, he said it was a good idea to join the Long Patrol to honor Ewan name and yeah I sent a note with de eagle to let him know I got here just fine, no issues on the way unless ya mention the snow, other than that..no issues"

Felicity smiles. "Aye, 'twould be good t'let 'im know y'stayin' 'ere, Mack. Just courtesy." She smiles. "'M sure Xandah won't change /that/ much. An I agree, Zeldove. Joinin' t' 'onour Ewan is a noble thing t'do. I think 'e would approve."

Mack says, "Least not much snow here and if ya like snow, try the Northlands heard thar is a ton there""

Zolomon shrugs "I...I miss snow sometimes, not so much the bad cold times in Mossflower"

Zeldove smiles a bit, she chuckles a little at Zolomon "Miss snow, I bally well don't..a dusting is just fine"

Felicity gets a distant look in her eyes. "Y'know, I've nevah seen more'n a dustin'. I've lived at Salamandastron m'whole life, so I don't really know anythin' different. We do sometimes get some bad seas storms wi' lots o' ice, but snow? Not s'much."

Mack shrugs "Oh well, tis ok lass...I should head inside..see ya later maybe"

Zolomon says, "Snowball fights, snow beast..then again maybe we can make sand beasts..have , hmmm is thar such a thing as sandball fights?""

Zeldove chuckles "Your funny Zolomon, that's funny..sandball fights."She is cheered up a little and smiles at Zolomon "Your good at cheering up beasts sur"

Felicity smiles, but says firmly, "Okay, no sandball fights. 'Ave y'evah gotten sand in y'eyes? 'Tis painful." She waves at the hedgehog as he heads inside, then watches the interaction between the other 2 hares. Her smile remains, but her expression is strangely unreadable. It's imporrible to tell what she's thinking. "Aye, 'e is very good at cheerin' beasts up, although 'e needs t'undahstand when t'not do cartwheels."

Zolomon chuckles, he smiles at Zeldove a little "I like cheering beasts lass, tis me job to make sure hares be happy.." He looks back to Felicity "Cartwheels are fun, I mean not everyone can do one..ohh"Yeah he did crash into..someone as he chuckles a little and rubs his neck "And require a good deal of..space"

Zeldove smiles, she smiles a little more at Zolomon , "Well I can't do cartwheels so..I can kick vermin though when needed or shoot them with arrows.."

Felicity cocks an eyebrow. "Yeah, an' maybe don't do 'em in th'Mountain anymore....y'll crack y' 'ead open smackin' int' a wall if y'not careful." She give the other doe an unreadable look. "Are y'good wi' kickboxin' and regulah boxin'? May'ap 'twould be good t'work on those skills."

Zolomon grins "Archery is great, I can shoot an arrow into a vermin ear at 300 yards..takes a lot of practice though."

Zeldove asks, "Kickboxing? Sounds fun ta...."And she snorts at Zolomon "Yeah...right. You know somethingI am not a bad shot me self with de long bow. 300 yards? Can ya prove it sur..bet I could do better..thar a place to have a bit of a..contest , I mean if ya..scared I understand"

Felicity looks to the sky as if help could be found up there. "Oh m'goodness....where's Greg when I need 'im," she mutters. "I s'pose I need t'be th'one who judges this, don't I?" She gives them both a look. "Or I could just teach y'kickboxin' an' we don't do this contest." She's trying to think of where they could do the contest, too, so she's stalling them while she thinks.

Zolomon blinks "We don't need a contest..I would win so.."He shrugs and smiles at Zeldove and goes to boop her on the nose."I'm de best archer in the Long Patrol, was de best in Mossflower to, hmms likely the whole blooming lands"

Zeldove is paying more attention to Zolomon than Felicity and then he had to touch her nose and say how oh he is so great.She snorts and grabs his arm and goes to flip him over onto his back and look him right in the eyes..,"I bally well challenge you to an archery contest, don't have to be today..could be tomorrow then we can see whom be de beat hmmm?"

Felicity backs up slightly, but looks more resigned than anything. "Zolomon, don't boop beasts in th'nose an' this kind o' stuff won't 'appen. Zeldove, try t'restrain from flippin' y'superiah 'ares, even when they really do desehrve it." She sighs heavily. "No, y'gonna 'ave this blasted contest t'day. I know where an' 'ow y'll do it. If y'2 will stop boastin', we can get this ovah with."

Zolomon gets a look of surprise and blinks , "Wot just...happen?" He looks up at Zeldove and blinks "Errr....sorry lass..."He looks back to Felicity.."Where?, we would like need a large space..and a target" He stands slowly and dusts off, a few chuckles from some nearby rats are heard.

Zeldove snorts, then blushes a bit as he looks into his eyes and then lets him stand up as she gets some head fur out of her eyes.She looks at Felicity "Ya know a good place?" She grins "Where?"

Felicity rolls her eyes at the buck. "Yeah, I 'adn't figured that out at /all/." She can bepretty brutal when she's sarcastic. She looks at the other doe. "On th'beach. 'Tis th'only place where I know we'll 'ave enough room. Mm, all th'off duty 'ares an' prob'ly some o' th'ones on duty will want t'watch....meet me by th'South side o' Mountain on th'beach in an hour. I'll get everythin' set up. I'll also figure out whot th'losah 'as t'do." She turns to head off, glaring at the chuckling rats as she walks by to go set up the stuff for the competition.

==An Hour Later on the Western Shores Beach==

Zolomon is ready for this contest, he is so ready and has even done some stretches to loosen up a little.He has his longbow in paw.

Zeldove walks down to the beach and nods as she arrives "So..you ready?"

The beach is ready for an archery competition. A trio of targets has been set up at different distances from a red rope that has been secured on the sand with 2 stakes. A crowd of hares has gathered to watch, chattering excitedly. Some hares are already placing bets, most of them are for Zolomon to win, but some are betting on the newbie. Felicity is standing by the rope, whistle around her neck. "Alright, are y'2 ready?" She points to the rope. "Y' 'ave t'stand on th'rope. No goin' in front of it, an' none o' this ridiculous showin' off by takin' a step back." She points to the targets. "Y'each 'ave t' 'it th'targets dead centah. Th'one who gets as close as possible on all 3 wins. Th'closest is at 250 yahds, th'middle one is at 300 yahds, and th'last one is at 325 yahds, just t'test y'skill. At m'whistle y'both fire at th'same time. Try t'also shoot y'arrows as fast -- yet as accurately -- as possible. This skill will save y'life in a combat situation. Any questions?"

Zolomon nods as he looks at the targets and smiles "Sounds fair Sergeant, sounds fair" He looks to Zeldove "I am ready...you?"

Zeldove nods, she was always ready as she judges how far they are and how the wind is blowing"No questions mama...just say when to fire each shot" She gets ready and hopes Zolomon is ready as well.She relaxes and is ready to fire, the first target is in her sights.

Felicity nods. "I'll signal th'first shot, but y' 'ave t'fire in rapid succession at th'othah 2 immediately aftah. I won't be signalin' when t'fire at the othah 2. Oh, an' by th'way....th'losah will 'ave t'be th'winnah's servant f'r a week when neithah o' y'are on duty. Now fire at will!" Without giving them a chance to respond or really think through what she just said, the Sergeant blows her whistle to signify the start, and that they need to fire at the targets! Some of the hares in the crowd start cheering, some for Zolomon to win, some for Zeldove.

Zolomon grins he was also ready to fire and lets loose his first arrow at the first target and grins as of course it hits dead center target and smirks, gets the 2nd arrow loaded, aimed..and fired at the 2nd target as he smiles, "This is..easy as can be lass...ha ha.."He smirks, yet 250 feet is no big deal either, cause it of course hits its target just to show this hare is a killer shot when comes to longbow, and he goes to get the 3nd arrow loaded.

Zeldove snorts, she is calm and in control as she fires the first one at the same time he does and chuckles as her's lands dead center beside his, the 2nd one is fires a second after his isfired and she grins as this arrow doesn't hit beside his, but it freaking hits the arrow itself and breaks his in half as she grins wide, gets her 3nd arrow and right away aims, a calm collective breath as she readies to fire the last arrow at that last target.

The watching hares are whispering and cheering, many of them freaking out when Zeldove's arrow breaks Zolomon's in half. Many of them start bouncing and shuffling a little from the suspense! Felicity stays calm, watching with keen interest and a judge's eye, her face expresionless, her muscles tense. Who's going to win??

Zolomon is calm, ok 350 yards..he has shoot one 305 yards before, it was measured so he knows it to be true and how far was a lizard a while back? Fairly far but he is uncertain how far and it was a bit of anger that , that shot hit a lizard once while back, but was it 350 yards or more? He takes a deep breath and fires his longbow at the last target, he ...misses, but not by much..likely 245 feet as he sighs, the one good ear drops as he straightened up and shrugs "Well tis still..fairly good."But will his mood change?

Zeldove has been calm, focused as she listens to the chants, the cheers and why is one hare booing how dare they boo anyone.She just focuses on that last..target.So focused and and then a deep breath, a release of breath as she fires that last arrow very quickly after Zolomon fired off his last one...she also misses the last target, but it didn't land 5 feet in front like his did, it landed in the driftwood a couple feet behind it.She grins and looks over at Zolomon now for a reaction.

There is a pause of surprise as Zeldoves arrow flies beyond the last target. Even Felicity looks shocked. Then almost all of the watching hares start cheering, even the ones who had been wanting Zolomon to win. The only ones who look unhappy are the ones who had bet for Zeldove to lose. Felicity gets over her surprise quickly and walks over to Zeldove. She goes to hold up the other doe's paw and shouts, "The winnah!" Leaning close, she whispers, "Remembah, we're all one team. Don't rub in y'success or gloat." Turning to Zolomon, she adds, "Y'did well. Although if y'd stop boastin', y'd do bettah." Then, for all of the hares to hear, the Sargeant shouts, "Nah, then, since we're done 'ere, please go 'bout y'business in th'Mountain! Y'can congratulate Zeldove latah."

Zolomon jaw drops, longbow falls to the sand as he looks on in shock..did he just..lose? "W..W..WOT!" He still seems in shock and then straightens up and looks over at Zeldove, just sort of stares at her not saying anything yet, in fact he is fairly quiet.

Zeldove is surprised too and then jumps up and down "I won, I SOOOOOO..won"She smiles the biggest smile ever and grins as she is declared the winner and nods at the whisper.She grins at Zolomon and then frowns a little at his silence but stays where she is, no other words just yet.

The crowd disperses and heads back into the Mountain pretty fast. It IS cold out here, and Felicity is a bit famous for making Recruits and Privates who displease her do horrible exercises and take scary zrazy Dominik food down in the creepy caverns. Nobody is anxious to get on her bad side. The Sergeant gives the Corporal a steady look. "Y'can't win everythin', Zolomon. Zeldove won faih an' squahre. We're all paht o' th'same team, an' we need t'support each othah an' be willin' t'admit when somebeast 'as bettah skills at somehtin' than we do. That 'elps us work t'gethah bettah. Just like we don't rub in each othah's faces when we do somethin' really well."

Zolomon is listening to Felicity but his attention is mainly focused on Zeldove, he is still silent...is he mad?Is he sad?..his expression is sort of just..look straight ahead and think, he then extends a paw for Zeldove to shake, "Congrats Recruit Zeldove, your a very skilled archer lass"He offers a smile at her, "Your gonna be a heck of a Long Patrol hare, tis good to have you as part of the team"

Zeldove is worried at first, he is..after all a high ranking hare, well compared to her...then she sees the paw and smiles as she grips it and shakes it , "Thanks...Zolomon."She keeps the smile and gets closer to him "I tend to wake up early....so have a place for me to sit at breakfast and some of de best oatmeal with shrils of strawberries and some honey, some rolls and some of those hotcakes and a tall glass of greensap milk ready fer me...and your a good archer as well, maybe we can practice some archery together again?" She smirks and gives him a kiss on the cheek"Thanks for not being a sore loser...see you bright and early"And she walks off..hey he is supposed to help her for a week like carry things and get meals for her and and stuff like that.

Felicity relaxes as Zolomon starts talking, but at what Zeldove says the Sergeant has to struggle to not burst out laughing. It's not until the other doe kisses the Corporal on the cheek that the laugh dies in the Runner's throat. /OH/. She gets that unreadable expression on her face again as the Recruit walks off. She smiles, but it doesn't seem to reach her eyes. But it's impossible again to tell what she's thinking. "Well, y'do 'ave t'serve 'er f'r th'next week when neithah o' y'are on duty. Sounds like she's got a good start on that, wot!" She jogs down the beach, grabs the 2 arrows from the sand, and jogs back to the buck. "I'll send out a couple Privates out t'get th'targets 'ere in a bit. Don't f'rget y'bow, Zolomon. Let's get inside where 'tis wahrm." And she marches off to the entrance to Salamandastron, where the Privates who helped her set up the targets are waiting. After sending them out, she marches into the Mountain and disappears for a few hours to deal with her thoughts and emotions. She'll be seen again at dinner.

Zolomon nods "Oh yes..Longbow, it was me Grandfathers be bad to lose..that"He bends down and picks it up and lays a paw on his cheek, he then turns to watch Felicity head on inside but doesn't follow her, he stays out here and makes sure all the others helping get things taken down gets inside.

Last edited by oz (2020-01-04 09:20:13 PM)

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