Zolomon and Terrence finally boil over - Halyard/LP 3/5/21

Ol'random · 2021-03-05 05:26:09 PM

Sgts. Terrence and Zolomon, hares.

Zolomon had oversleep, something he hadn't done in a long while.He groans as he opens his eyes and tries to figure out where he is. It seems the strong ale made his memory of the tavern a little fuzzy. He sits up slightly and is a bit dizzy.

As with most mornings during this mission, Terrence was having a bad one. The previous day Zolomon had been given some leave (with Terrence's private objections unsaid) and the resulting brawl in the tavern left a civilian rat dead. Not to mention the breach of protocol of a NCO being drunk while technically on mission and in the field - and the fact the other sergeant started the fight didn't help matters at all. So with his mind made up Terrence marches right up to Zolomon's quarters with two privates behind him and forces a polite cough (instead of knocking on a nonexistent door).

"Sergeant Zolomon," the words are formal, "Would you step outside fo'h a moment." It isn't a request.

Zolomon frowns, he gives a snort. "Go away Terrence." He states grumpily but does stand after a few moments and shakes his head, looking a bit not so great as he steps out and in front of Terrence. "Wot?"

"That is sergeant Cadwalladeh to you, sergeant Anderson." Terrence is in no mood for this today. "You'll do well to remembah that - " The tall sergeant is fuming, his anger having been built over the past weeks simmering just beneath the surface. Still, he's in control. "Now then, sergeant Anderson, you can probably guess why I am here."

Zolomon folds his arms over his chest, "To be annoying?" Likely not the best thing to say, " Look, I blooming well have a very bad headache so maybe we can talk later. "

Taking a deep breath, Terrence raises an eyebrow. "I'll be fa'h worse than annoying if you carry on in that tone, Zolomon." The words are hissed and he takes a step forward, leaning into the other sergeant's face. "You stay right were you are, you bloody leveret, until I'm through with you." Another deep breath and the buck's once again calmer, straightening up, and there almost a hint of embarrassment in response to his own outburst. "You've been trouble sergeant, and if you continue to be so I will see you removed form this blasted mission and the Long Patrol if I can - especially if you insist on starting fights and getting innocents killed like yesterday."

Zolomon starts to push Terrence but thinks better of it, but he does glare. "I didn't get no hare killed... I would remember." He does his best to be... calmish, " I remember a stoat... he tried to stab me but... guess missed"

Terrence steps back as he is pushed, and while Zolomon stopped the intent was clear. With a flash in his eyes the sergeant throws a hard punch to the other hare's stomach, not carrying if he fully makes contact or not. "A rat died as collateral in that fight, you-"

Zolomon was not planing on a fight, but then Terrence just had to go and punch him in the stomach and cause him to stumble backwards. He coughs and even throws up a bit, he narrows his eyes and truly goes to shove the other Sargeant now! "Rats are... vermin." He says coldly and goes to attempt go punch Terrence.

"ZOLOMON!" The blow grazes his cheek, but Terrence's feet are firmly place. He steps back placing some distance between the two and his paw grips his saber hilt once again reigning in his anger (or attempting to, at the very least). "Zolomon.I'm warning you - I'm the stronger hare; you won't win a fight, no'h will it help you much in a court-martial."

Zolomon breaths in and out, he is peeved. "Court Martial?!...wot..." He looks at the saber and makes a fist but stays where he is not moving yet.

"You're out of line, sergeant," Terrence rolls his shoulders, his cheek bruising, "And you have been a hindrance this entire mission. Regardless of what the commanding office'h has done o'h said o'h ordered, and regardless of you'h rank, I'm ordering you to be confined to you'h quarters until such time the patrol can deal with you properly."

Zolomon snorts, " We are de same rank, you can't order me to do anything. I have helped while here." He has done a little, deliver a message or walk around on his own guard duty. He also helped fix a roof cause he was told to help.

"I hold seniority ovah you by several seasons." Terrence is impatient now, wanting the business to be done. "You're actions yesterday and you'h disregard fo'h respect of the commanding officeh speaks fo'h itself. You're unfit fo'h the role you're supposed to fill, and as fo'h you'h help - you've treated the hares poorly because you can't get ovah the fact someone fa'h away died while being blind to that fact that if you insight the local populace - like you have been, you blasted fool - you'll get the hares around you killed. Am I understood?"

Zolomon rolls his eyes, he speaks " And some here are...rude. And that someone was my friend, that vermin killed, and wot we should do with Halyard is clean it up of vermin, you even said once scum live here, so why not be rid of the scum and make it safer here and I plan to...to get even with de stoat. He DID try to kill me." He frowns. " Not sure how..got back here but..who knows. "

Terrence steps forward again, his voice a threat. "Zolomon. What were General Quinten's orders? We are here to help, not kill, and I don't care if they were 'rude' - go whine about it to someone else. Hellsgates, I feel some sympathy fo'h sto-" He stops himself, realizing the implication. "That was out of line on my part." Whether he is speaking of what he just said or referring to half of Halyard's residents as scum (or both) is unclear.

Zolomon folds his arms over his chest "Help..out, rebuild dock which we are doing. But dangerous beast still are here, wot of them? Wot of that...Brutus stoat. Wot if he comes around again?"

"Then a more level headed hare," Terrence shouts the next words, fully aware of the irony, "LIKE THE DAMN GUARDS WE POSTED, can deal with Brutus. The stoat's none of you'h concern anyway, as stated before - you're to remain here and I will have hares watching you."

Zolomon lifts a fist as if to punch the other hare but then just lets the fist drop to his side. "Wot ever." He says and then. " wot else should I know?"

"This -" Terrence had marked well how many times Zolomon has threatened to attack, even if he never followed through the sergeant was tired of it. He draws back his own fist and launches a savage right hook at the other hare's face, aiming to floor him. "-You cannot raise you'h paws to anothah hare - especially an officeh o'h NCO - and expect to always get away with it, you bloody little - gah! And before you start about me striking first you raised you're paws before, ovah and ovah."

Zolomon was not expecting to be punched back, he gets a good right hook to the right cheek and stumbles backwards.He spits some blood as that loosened a tooth.He stands and his right cheek swollen, he then mutters something and lunges at Terrence!

Terrence rocks back to receive the lunge, stumbling slightly, though manages to throw his left paw forward in an uppercut as Zolomon comes upon him. The result is the other hare dazed, and Terrence collects himself for a solid minute, breathing heavily to weight of what just happened settling in. "You damned fool Zolomon - why couldn't you just stayed to sulk in the mountain?" Afterwards he waves over the two privates who had initially followed him, gesturing them to guard. "Keep watch ovah him till I send another pai'h to relieve you two - and get something fo'h the pain he'll surely feel waking up, he'll need it." Pinching the bridge of his snout, he mutters something else, shaking his head as he walks away.

It's a long and harsh letter he'll need to write, but now Terrence regrets the confrontation - in part due to the explaining he'll have to Elbio, Gregorian and Varus, but mostly because of the consequences this may have for Zolomon.

Either way, he still writes the document out as honestly as he can.

***

OOC: Zolomon had to go and gave me permission to knock the character out in my last pose

Last edited by Ol'random (2021-03-05 05:28:28 PM)

Ol'random · 2021-03-05 06:53:24 PM

Continued from above:

Elbio had a short meeting with the harbor master on how the dock rebuilding was going, so far so good and with help they were even slightly ahead. He is now heading back,stopping to drop off a box of nails and heading on to check on everyone.

Having wasted no time to write the report the sergeant stands from were he'd been using a barrel as a desk. Messaging his sore check Terrence looks down at his work, a sour look on his face.

Spying the ensign, the sergeant takes the paper to him. "Sah? If I may..." He makes his presence known, clearly tired, and waits for permission to speak.

Elbio nods, he has gotten use to sur and has grown a lot in being a good leader of a team. "Hallo...wot do you need Sergeant?"

Relaxing, Terrence begins. "I apologize fo'h not consulting you first but this morning, well, noon to be more accurate, I had sergeant Anderson placed undah temporary arrest as I deemed him unfit fo'h service in light of his recent actions - the aggressiveness towards the locals, the tavern incident last night, and disregard fo'h protocol and general rudeness towards you, me, and any hare that got in his way. We came to blows though now he is in his quarters undah the watch of two of the privates." He extends the paper to the ensign. "I have the full report here, as well as a letter recommending at the very least Zolomon be removed from this mission o'h active service in general."

Elbio listens and just shakes his head." I know a lot of hares avoid him, which isn't good either." He takes the letter and frowns, great he has to have a chat with Zolomon." And he about got himself killed in the tavern."

"He got a rat killed, leastways that's the way the locals seem to take it." Terrence shakes his head. "It's bad business - I lost my calm and behaved rathah harsh towards him, to my shame."

Elbio listens and nods, he is in deep thought. "I will..have a chat with him, but later on tonight. Anything else of importance?"

"Sah, I would recommend you ordah him to stay put, as well as seriously considah that lettah and report of mine." The sergeant gestures to the document, "Meaning add anything of else you can think of related to the sergeant and have it sent back to the mountain." Terrence lets out a lone sigh then, his expression sad. "It should go without saying none of this is from my personal history with Zolomon, and that I would have likely treated any hare who acted as he did the same."

Elbio nods." Not to worry I will read the letter. Go ahead and..get back to the others."

"Very well, ensign," Terrence salutes, "And thank you."

***

The letter attached to the report reads as follows, signed by Terrence:

Concerning Sergeant Z.A.G. Anderson's recent behavior on the relief mission to Halyard, namely multiple counts of disrespect towards superior officers, fellow non-commissioned officers, and lower ranked hares, an eagerness to insight violence in the local vermin population of Halyard, multiple counts of physically threatening hares via raising his fists towards them, a disobedience of orders from a superior officer, and a total disregard for the safety of those around him - particularly putting Ensign E.H. Reed at risk when Anderson incited a fight inside a local tavern which resulted in the death of a local civilian rat - it is strongly recommended by myself, Sergeant T.W.H. Cadwallader, that Sergeant Anderson be temporarily removed from active service and recalled to Salamandastron to await any further disciplinary action that is needed in response to Sergeant Anderson's actions at the discretion of his company officer (one Captain G.F. Harthwell), his battalion commander (one Major V.T.V. Swiftbuck II), and upper command. Incidents mentioned in this letter are detailed in the attached report.

Signed, Sergeant Terrence W.H. Cadwallader, in the fifth week of relief mission to Halyard (Winter, 23rd season of Lord Ciocan's Reign)

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#1 2021-03-05 05:26:09 PM

Zolomon and Terrence finally boil over - Halyard/LP 3/5/21

#2 2021-03-05 06:53:24 PM

Re: Zolomon and Terrence finally boil over - Halyard/LP 3/5/21

The letter attached to the report reads as follows, signed by Terrence:

#3 2021-03-07 02:14:08 PM

Re: Zolomon and Terrence finally boil over - Halyard/LP 3/5/21

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