The Mushrooms are Guard By A What?-LP LOG/Dibbun Slavers TP

oz · 2020-05-21 09:35:35 PM

Zolomon walked along and it had been quiet and him, and the hare with him was running low on supplies

"You didn't think it threw did ya?"Robert said quietly as he looked around

Zolomon frowns as he speaks "Now..Private Rob, I did, I did and it's important to find them...crypt mushrooms, we just..find them"

The other hare sighs and nods his head "Fine..."He frowns "But where are we cause ya forgot a map too sur"

Despite the weight of their mission upon their shoulders, the path ahead is quite... quaint. The sound of the sea crashing along the rocky shore is prevalent, as is the wind passing through the shrubland around them.

Wicked weather is coming. It is best to find shelter soon and as luck would have it, there is wood smoke on the horizon, just over the next few hills.

Zolomon frowns as he motions "Come on let's get to some shelter for the night then we can continue on our mission, we have 3 things to find in less than 3 weeks now." He sees the smoke "Come on..maybe we can meet someone friendly."

Robert nodded and quickly followed, seems the hare was having 2nd thoughts on tagging along with the corporal"Friendly?"

Soon the hares cross over the hill and into a small vally. There is a fishing village ahead. Tents and huts line the rocky beaches around fishing vessels docked against the ground and the small wooden pier. Their huts are made from the hides of seals and unlucky land beasts.

A few of the huts looked smashed, there is clear panic spreading through the gathering of vermin in the center of town. Mostly weasels and rats with a few foxes mixed in.

The wind is picking up and the waves are growing larger in the ocean.

Zolomon frowns as he sees this from a distance and sighs, ok he thinks not all vermin are...evil.

Robert is a little tense and looks at his Corporal "We can go around before we are seen right?"

"I.. don't know...we can be careful come on..sides maybe they can tell us where a cave or cove is or if seen any of the mushrooms." They head towards the vermin slowly, carefully.

No one accosts the hares as they approach. No one actually seems to notice the hares as they silently join a heated debate between beasts.

"Blast you cowards! He needs our help!"

"To go is a death sentence!"

"Let him, one less mouth to feed."

"A sacrifice! The only way to fix this problem is by sacrifice!"

"Grandma, please. This isn't the dark ages. You can't fix everything by sacrificing some poor lout to a monster."

"It would fix having a disrespectful little kit as a grandson!"

Honestly, the hares could stroll right into the crowd and they wouldn't even notice them. They wear a mixture of fur pelts and cloth garments. Very few have what an army would consider 'propper' weapons such as lances, armor and swords. These beasts are armed with what ever tool they were working with before disaster struck.

Zolomon steps forward and clears his throat "So ummm...issues chaps and chapesses?" He says as he doesn't lay a paw on his weapon, not yet.

Robert stays close but his paw is twitching to grab his saber,seems he dislikes missions.

The conversation grinds to a halt. All eyes turn to the hares as if they sprung out of someone's hat. "Git lost, fluff tail! This doesn't concern you!"

"Who are you to tell them to get lost? You're not in charge!" Another weasel shouts.

"And who died and made you king to tell me what to do!?"

"No one. Because the chieftain isn't dead." A solitary voice cuts through the crowd. A white furred vixen separates the vermin. The beer bellied fox is dressed warm in an otter hide coat despite being prepared for winter by her fluffy hide. "Not yet, my mates. Please, forgive my friends for their manners. You caught us at a terrible time."

The fox gestures at the village around them, "A monster smashed through our village and took some of our kin."

"Kin, she says," A rat scoffs, "Been here a month and now we are her kin?"

Zolomon listens "A monster?" He seems wanting to help and looks at Robert and back to the other beasts" Maybe me and the Private can help, we can take a short time maybe..." He looks hopefull.

Robert says "But the crypt mushrooms sur" .He frowns "We should just go on down shore...we don't have time ta help a beast"

.."We can look for them still not to worry"Zolomon states "And the Long Patrol helps those in need"

"Crypt mushrooms?" An old weasel gasps, "What ever would poses you to look for such a thing?"

"What posesed those fools earlier to go after them, eh?" A rat snarls back.

"Why indeed," The vixen rubs her paws together, "Perhaps it is fortunate that we have been met by long patrol, for once. For all of us. The mushrooms you seek are guarded by the very beast that took our chieftain."

"Aye, and once the Keeper of the Crypts is done devouring our chieftain, it will come for us next!" The old weasel says.

Zolomon looks excited "The mushrooms....well we need some for...well no idea but its one of 3 things we need and all I know is don't eat them for wot ever reason"

Robert nods and hmms "So...wot now?"

Zolomon seems to think and nods "We get their chief back and defeat this so-called monster and get some of em' mushrooms that's wot we do chap"

Before the horde of non horde vermin speak up, the fat vixen squeezes her way closer to the hares, "If you could, we would be in your favor. I'm sure the village will shower you with gifts if you save our beloved chieftain. I can show you to the cave. We must ack quickly before the storm hits and floods it again!" She gestures for the hares to follow, away from the village.

Zolomon frowns "Floods...ok so where is this cave please?"

Robert frowns "I c..cant swim sure"
Zolomon sighs at Robert go to follow the vixen "I will have ta remind de Lt. to do some swimming lessons"

The fox introduces herself as Elena. She moves with grace over the rocky shores despite lugging around so much extra hide. The storm only intensifies as they walk, churning the seas to their left.

"I pity the fool who summoned the Keeper's wrath upon us. I've only been here for a month and even I know better than to go into the cave." She stops and points at the gaping maw of a cave before them. It cuts right into the rock face of the shore, half above the water that is starting to pour into it. "The mushrooms are in there, deep in the belly of the caves, but beware the Keeper. It haunts these areas like a monster rather than a beast. Anywho disturb her lair end up as her supper."

Zolomon nods as he decides to be brave"Maybe it fears hares"He is concerned but tries to be brave"Come Private"

Robert gives him a look and then the two head slowly over to the cave and wade into the water, entering the cave and blinks a little.

Zolomon had flint and steel and some cloth that he lit to make a fire and wrapped it to a large stick to cast some light as he looks around...he hmmms "I don't see much...come on slowly now Private" The two walk along slowly along the cavern.

"If it makes you feel better. Sure!" The vixen chooses not to tell the hares what happened to their best warrior, or how many pieces he lays in now. She waves them off, deciding not to be brave and wonder back to the safety of the village.

The caves are wide and tall. The walls are sharp and erroded by the crashing waves of centuries. There is a path along the side with a deep crevase in the center that is quickly filling with water. One slip into the fast moving icy water and a beast would be carried off into the bowels of the earth, never to be seen again.

So of course the ground is quite slippery too.

Zolomon frowns and almost falls a couple of times, he helps Robert and looks around "We need to find the chieftain of thier's and..."It's then Robert sees the mushrooms and points to the corner and walks over.Zolomon frowns "Be careful Private," "But it's fine nothing is around...I can grab some and then we can find that chieftain sur" He goes to grab some and stuff them into a small sack , Zolomon looks back to him and around, listening its too quiet.

The quiet is so thick, it can be cut with a knife. The caverns prove to be a real maze, but with the water coming in it actually makes it easier to navigate. The tunnels that are already flooded surely can not be home to the monster, and even if they were, there is nothing they could do about it.

All the hares can do is follow the paths not flooded, steadily going higher.

"I'm telling you! It's not my fault!" Comes the soft echo of a beast. It is impossible to tell where from.

"We didn't do this. Please... I... GAH! Stop. Stop! It's not our fault! J-just ! Listen!!!!"

Zolomon quickly gets to Robert and motions to walk quietly and slowly as they edge along the tunnels and try and not get lost. They finally get closer to what may be where the monster and captive is.

"Please! If you would only listen to reason-" The voice is louder now, as is the sudden thud of something wet and soft being rammed into the ground.

"There is no... reassson. Only death. Death for you... and thossse ssent to resscue you..." There is another thud. The hares have arrived in a larger chamber. It is filled with cobwebs, many exits and the remains of other beasts and their gear. There is no sign of the keeper, but a slender red fox is laying prone against the ground. He is bleeding, and his tail is bent in two places...

Zolomon frowns and stays where he is "Something else is here" Robert rushes over after handing the Corporal the sack he placed the mushrooms in and checks on the fox, it seems Robert is a healer hare."Maybe we can help him sur...this could be their chieftain"

The fox lives. He is a middle aged fox, heavily bruised. He coughs into his paw as he is rolled onto his back, "I must... be halucinating. Is this the long patrol coming to MY rescue?"

Zolomon keeps watch and walks slowly over as Robert speaks "I am Private first class Robert and this is Corporal Zolomon, we need to get you out of here sur..."

"You shouldn't have come... the Keeper..." He points to another section of the cave. There is a nest there... filled with broken eggs.

Someone... from the village did this... you will never defeat her in her own lair. You have to... escape... protect my village."

"The only esscape for you..." Comes a raspety voice, "Will be your death!" Something big, something white with black rings, drops from a hole in the cieling, jaws agape and aimed for Robert!

Zolomon lays his paw on his longbow and quickly gets it out and aims an arrow, but where and then he sees the snake..too late "Private!!"

Robert gasps and goes to grab the fox to get him out of teh way, he trips though and the snake's fangs barely miss his leg, he shivers and looks back at the snake, likely a mistake as Zolomon fires the arrow at the snakes head!

The arrow saves the hare's life, the snake hisses as the bolt sinks into the flesh of her head, but stops short at the bone. "Run!" The fox says, trying to stagger his way towards the exit

"You killed my hatchlingsss!" The snake shouts, "You will soon beg for death when I get done with you!" The snake seems distracted, for the moment, but quickly lunges after the archer!

Zolomon gasps and sidesteps in a zip zag sort of pattern,he thinks fast...stop it, stop it how as he slides and falls, grabbing an edge and almost.He looks around as Robert races past,he gets a pawful of mushrooms and sticks the on an arrow and fires it at the snake "Here eat this!!"

The arrow imbeds itself into the flesh of the serpent. "Insssolent creature! You will... you will..." The snake shakes its head, eyes widening and dialating. "You will... die... all... six of... Your fear will tasste... tassste like... everything tassste purple..." The keeper begins to sway back and forth, foam coming out of her muzzle.

Zolomon blinks and looks confused at the snake and then him and Robert each go to help the fox out of there as quick as they can he is not sticking around in here, they are leaveing!

The Keepers fate is left unclear as the snake collapses and twitches against the stone floor.

The way back through the caves is even more unclear. The sound of water crashing into the caves is all encompasing, with out the torch they would be in total darkness.

"This... way." The fox points, "I can smell... your trail coming from, this way..."

The fox staggers his way along with the hares until they reach the exit. The water is now as high as the stone pathway they are on. If they linger, they may be swept away!

Zolomon looks at his Private and they both nod"Hope ya can hold ya breath sur fox"And they dive and quickly go to swim if needed and do, barely...make it to the sandy beach and coughs.

Robert keeps and manages to get to the shore, ok he can sort of swim but he seriously needs lessons as he shivers on the shore.

"Welll...that's bally well...happen" Zolomon states, he at first panics and then sighs in relief, they still have the sack of those dark mushrooms, mission won.

"Thank you, thank you both." The fox gasps for breath as the villagers come to their rescue. Shouts of joy, fill the air. "These brave hares, deserve a feast! All the rum and fresh meat they can eat!"

"Uh, Chief?"

"Wha, oh, right. All the veggies they can eat, and all the meat we can cook!" Shouts the village chief, his voice turning bitter, "Starting with that traitor Elena! I'm going to have that vixen's fat hide! Her and her friends robbed the Keeper and destroyed her brood! Where is that troublesome fox!"

Silence befalls the crowd and the chief sighs, "She's gone, isn't she?"

"Left as soon as the hares went into the cave, sir. Carrying a cart with her for supplies she said. To trade for on her way to get help." Replies a weasel, "You don't think... the keeper's gold is in there, do you?"

The fox only rubs his eyes, "This, this is why you need a chieftain..."

Zolomon shrugs , he has no clue what to think of the vermin, he whispers to Robert who only nods They decide to just let the vermin argue and figure it out themselves...

The two hares walk a fair distance before they decide to set up camp for the night, they find some sea weed and eat the rest of some rice cakes, drink some cordial they have and then go to sleep.

One herb Down.....

2 to go.....

Last edited by oz (2020-05-21 09:57:50 PM)

BlisaMarshmellow · 2020-05-23 02:42:08 PM

Ooooh....

Oh! Oh! Bandit! Was this snake the same on as the one Rioko and Felicity met??

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#1 2020-05-21 09:35:35 PM

The Mushrooms are Guard By A What?-LP LOG/Dibbun Slavers TP

#2 2020-05-23 02:42:08 PM

Re: The Mushrooms are Guard By A What?-LP LOG/Dibbun Slavers TP

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