The DAB vs. the Abbot: DOOM ON A STICK (RWA log)

BlisaMarshmellow · 2017-06-24 02:27:49 PM

SCENE: Redwall Abbey, Abbot's chambers

CHARACTERS: Various spoofed DAB Dibbuns. Benar, a male squirrel.

LOG:
The Abbot's bedroom, or actually suite of rooms. On the Ground Floor it has a fine view across the cloisters and down to the rose garden. The first room is the Abbot's study, where he is sat currently working away at his desk on the various bits and pieces of paperwork that keep the abbey running. Beyond that is his bedroom and then the small bathroom past that, the door between the Bedroom and Study is shut, thick sturdy oak, good at blocking out noises. Like say the noise of the open window to the cloister being used as a surreptitious entry for a bunch of DAB plotters!

A couple dibbuns, who were of course bored with how one of the abbey novice tried to do a reading lesson, sneaked off and is now close to that window as they look around.

Benar is of course Blissfully unaware of anything outside. No dibbun would dare sneak into his bedroom

They are met by Squirrelbabe, leading a troupe of other DABers who somehow escaped their lessons without being noticed.....which seems impossible, seeing as how there's like 10 of them. Won't they be missed? Apparently not. The young squirrel draws herself up regally and whispers, "We's gonna 'xplore da Abbot's room. Come if ye're not 'fraidycats." And then she scrambles up the sandstone and over the windowsill, blissfully proving the Abbot wrong! The other 10 Dibbuns, mostly squirrels and mice (although there are a mole and a leveret, who are assisted through the window by the squirrels), and they are, of course, ready to wreak havoc on the unsuspecting adult's bedroom. They huddle near the window and look around in awe...

The two already there is a vole and an otter dibbun a little too big to fit in the window, "Hey you cans not go inna thar you gonna gets us all in troubles"

To a dibbun, used to the big communual nursery it must seem like another world. The abbot's bed is a massive four poster, the ancient oak carved long long ago for the first Abbess of Redwall. The wardrobe is tall rowan oak and the sideboards oak carved in a similar style to the bed. Of course the beauty and history is probably lost on the dibbuns, the big soft comfy bed and large armchair by the fireplace however and the bookcase full of interesting looking knick knacks are probably much more interesting.

"Oh, we be's fines, cowa'ds. We'w be gone afore aaaaaaaanybeastie /notices/ us." Squirrelbabe states confidently as she helps the leveret into the room. She then extends a paw. "I'll 'elp you get in; I stoles gwease from da /kitchens/ so we can make yous slippery so yous'll fit!" The leveret's eyes open wide as he sees the armchair, and he immediately toddles over to it, dragging the picture book be brought with him on the floor. A couple squirrels dash over to the bed and climb the posts, perching on the top with natural ease. The mole trundles over to the bookcase and solemnly looks the thingies therein over, not touching them. The others start exploring, climbing over and under things and trying to open the wardrobe.

The wardrobe sadly is latched with a rather fiddly catch quite out of reach. The bed however is so very soft and springy and the armchair, piled high with cushions it is deliciously soft and bounce-able! The bookcase has several old books, a couple of framed pictures and the top shelf holds a collection of rocks. Semi-precious quartz and gemstone off cuts and the hilt of a broken sword and a pool of bowstring.

The vole is in and sticks their tongue out at the otter dibbun, the otter frowns "I tells on you then..." Would he, then again Papa Oz is off today, maybe with a couple novice and abbey sisters do some important thing or what ever as the otter sighs, the one Abbey Elder with the reading lesson was old and boring and may seriously need glasses to see escaping dibbuns, that or they fell asleep on the job

Squirrelbabe scowls darkly at the otter Dibbun. "If yous tells on us, I'w makes you regret it forevers!!" She has been known to hit people with sticks at 2 in the morning, so don't doubt her vengefulness. The squirrels on top of the posts leap off onto the bed, landing and bouncing with giggles galore! The leveret has managed to scramble up into the armchair and is busily throwing all the pillows onto the floor! The mole carefully pulls a book off the shelf, sits down, and reads it....upside down, of course. But he is being respectful of the book, so that's good. A squirrel wearing a little tam with a feather in it cartwheels over and peers at the remaining books on the shelf, then promptly starts taking them off and stacking them on the floor for no obvious reason. The Dibbuns at the wardrobe give a choral, "Aw...", then start trying to make a pyramid so the can reach the latch!

The latch is reached! Such a resourceful pyramid of dibbuns! The latch however refuses to move, is it stiff? Is it locked, it's hard to tell for little ones but it is refusing to open! Whatever magical wonders the Abbot keeps in there are currently beyond them! The bed however is super bouncy, springing the squirrels back up almost to the top of the posts as they bounce on it! And behind the books is a discovery...a small hidden compartment with a tiny box. It looks precious, it looks old and it is very much not locked though there is no obvious way to open it.

The otter frowns and looks for another way in or maybe he is off to...tell on them, the vole however gets on the bed and bounces a couple times and gets a small pillow to hit the dibbun on the bottom of that tower with!

With frantic squeaks the pyramid collapses as the one Dibbun that got smacked turns and growls, letting go of the beast above him as he tries to tackle the vole! Squirrelbabe shakes a miniscule fist at the otter. "Twaitor!! Nogooddirtywotten--meep!" she slips off the windowsill into the room, barely catching herself and then falling with a bump onto the floor. She whimpers and rubs her hurting rear. The leveret is now sitting in the bereft-of-cushions chair and is looking at his book. The mole and the tam-wearing squirrel peer at the little box. "Hurr, wot do yer think that is, hur?" "I dunno, but is cutie!" The squirrel pulls the box out and sits on the floor, looking at the box and turning it about as the mole goes to pet it. The bouncing Dibbuns spot the potential pillow fight and, snagging the bed pillows, launch themselves at the pile of their comrades on the floor, squeaking, "BAFFS NEVAH, PWAY FOWEVAH!!!"

There is a sound, not of the room, mostly unnoticed, the scrape of a chair, that thump has drawn someone's attention. In the room however things are going swingingly! Pillow fight and pillows and the mysteries of the abbey!

The vole is having fun and then is tackled and screams loudly, meanwhile the otter dibbun gets to the other door, the one in the hallway and goes to try push it open and knocks loudly "Hey...Heys!"

Squirrelbabe notices the faint noises from the other room and, still rubbing her bum, toddles over to the door, looking anxiously around the room for something -- ANYTHING -- she can use to block the door shut. The pile in front of the wardrobe is now a swinging blur of pillow-wielding miscreants! As the vole screams they pause, gasping. Surely the Abbot heard that!! Oh, no! What are they gonna do now?! The leveret has gotten bored with his book and is now carefully ripping one of the blank pages out of the back. The tam-adorned squirrel and the mole are now laying on the floor, staring at the box and discussing very seriously about where it came from. The mole suggested extraterrestrials, and the squirrel suggested merefolk. Either way, that makes the Abbot more awe-inspiring than he already is. (Although clearly not awesome enough to keep them out of his bedroom.)

Too late... much too late, the door to the study swings open and there is Benar. He freezes in the doorway, eyes wide at the state of his bedroom. He looks from one mess to another and then settles his eyes on Squirrelbabe.... "Just... what do you think you are all doing?"

The vole gets punched in the face by one of the squirrels and of course starts wailing as a tooth is knocked out. The otter dibbun finally gets the door open and walks up behind the abbot and frowns "They sneaked outta lessons they being bads..." Wait didn't he sneak out too, oh yeah as he frowns.

Squirrelbabe freezes, her own eyes wide as she tries to come up with some coherent lie. "Uh...." she's not doing very well. The Dibbuns by the wardrobe are mostly all frozen for a few seconds, and then they start to run around squeaking frantically as their ringleader fails to defend them. They make a mad dash towards the window, the squirrels hopping up and trying to escape first, aiming to leave the mice to their fate! The tam-wearing squirrel and mole stare at the chaos around them in fear, and then they go to carefully put the books back on the shelf. The leveret is the only who doesn't seem bothered; he's munching on the piece of paper he ripped out of his book.

Benar stares at the chaos for a moment more, the crying dibbun, the nose and then there is an otter behind him... "SILENCE!" he roars, "Everyone stand still right now!" he orders, stepping into the room and pulling the otter with him. He then kicks the door shut and marches over to the window, pulling them shut and turning to stare at the room. Anyone who got out is lucky, not that they had much chance, the Abbot looks angry and he fixes each dibbun with a stare, "Quiet down all of you."

The vole sniffs and holds his sore nose, least no blood as he sits where he is, the otter gasps and is dragged into the room.

Squirrelbabe glares at the otter, but withholds her 'punishment' for him for later. 1 of the other squirrels escaped; the others huddle on the floor in a heap with the mice, eyes wide with fear. The squirrel with the tam and the mole freeze, then stand up and stare at the floor, looking honestly contrite. They're probably not naughty creatures, they were just tricked by the ringleader. The leveret blink shis big eyes and mumbles around a mouthful of paper, "I'm bein' quiet," but it comes out more like, "Mbemcut." One of the mice sniffles; she's about to cry.

Benar sighs and rubs his snout, staring at the pile of dibbuns in front of him, "I hope you all realise what you have done is very wrong? Breaking into another beasts room, messing it up like this?" he looks around from one to another and then his eyes come back to Squirrelbabe, the ringleader, oh yes, he knows who she is. "So... you are all going to help me tidy my room up. And then I shall tell Papa Oz when he returns and he shall decide if it is bath-time and early bed." he raises a paw, "However if you are all very good at helping me tidy up... I may, /may/ put in a good word."

The otter just slowly sits down in a chair, he was outside and never got in, but yes he did sneak out of the reading lesson and frowns, he will most likely be a novice soon....or maybe not now. The vole just sniffs and rubs his nose and looks at the now no feathered pillow he holds and drops it

The huddle on the floor whimpers, but nods in unison. The squirrel takes off her tam and uses it to wipe the tears off her cheeks as she and the mole softly say, "I sowwy, Father Habit." Putting her hat back on, she and her friend start putting the books back on the shelf, but they forgot the box! The other squirrels and the mice are whimpering and sniffling, but they move to go help to. Squirrelbabe is furious, however, and as she pretends to go over to help, she makes herself trip over the otter's rudder, trying to make it look like an accident as she falls to the floor. "HE TWIPPED ME!!" She hollers, and she flies at him to try to punch him in the face!

The otter starts to say how he clearly did not, he is in a chair that is knocked over and he gasps as he is punched in the jaw, this causes blood as well as tears. Also the chair has a leg break off!

Benar had turned his back on Squirrelbabe, to retrieve the box. he checks the puzzle lid is still in tact and then tucks it up the sleeve of his habit into the pocket hidden there. He'll have to hide this somewhere else now. And then a fight breaks out, he turns around and for a moment stares as the chair goes over, the leg snapping, the frame twisting. For a moment he freezes and then motions for everyone else to stay back and wades into this, he grabs one then the other by the scruff of their necks and habits and lifts them both up to dangle in front of him. "Enough, the pair of you."

The otter tries to kick the squirrel ringer leader before she and he is grabbed and lets a cuss word slip, he covers his mouth.......oops too late, and blood drips down his snout and he has a black eye

The Abbot sighs and keeping hold of the two clear hoodlums and ring leaders, pushes open the door to his study and rings the bell on his desk, mostly by kicking it. A novice arrives and gets delivery of the rest of the group with orders to take them back to the abbey school and see to it they do not escape again! The otter and squirrelbabe well those two... they are going to get the Abbot's special attention and one of his much feared punishments! Toned down for dibbuns naturally, but the sort that make Novices step lightly.

Squirrelbabe gets kicked in the leg, and so she yells the cuss word the otter just accidentally said right back at him. The other Dibbuns are gasping to each other behind the Abbot, and the tam-adorned squirrel and the mole look guilty and sad. The leveret keeps munching on his paper as they head back to school. Squirrelbabe is on her own now! Poor Dibbuns....poor Benar, more like it.

~*END*~

Thanks for reading! Wasn't this crazy? xD

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The DAB vs. the Abbot: DOOM ON A STICK (RWA log)

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