10-05-05 1

Characters involved: Zoe_Lang, Dosu, & Malica.

Salamandastron: Level Two

Why, whatever could that be? Whistling? Coming from upstairs? Why yes, it is! And here comes Zoe, down the stairs. She's in the process of drying damp paws on a small towel, and when this is done she throws the cloth over her shoulder. Cheerful, her.

A light yawn precedes the darkish looking marten as he slowly climbs the stairs. The soung of growing whistling catches his attention, but he tries to pay no mind to it as he climbs the last step up into the Second Level.

It looks almost like Dosu and Zoe have timed their arrival to the second, because just as Dosu takes his final step, Zoe takes the final step down onto the landing. At the sight of Dosu opposite, her whistling fizzles, fizzles, and stops. She nods. "Evenin'."

Dosu looks up from the ground to see the fem Long Patrol hare in front of him. He slows his pace, lowering his gaze and bringing up a paw to tap the top of his head, "...M'am..."

Not sure what to call him, Zoe merely inclines her head once more. She then glances beyond him down the stairs. "I trust yer well?"

Dosu grins faintly as he taps his chest with an open paw, still looking at the floor infront of the ranking officier. "...In body, never better, M'am... But in mind.. I cannot say..."

Zoe_Lang grabs the towel from her shoulder as a recruit passes by, and without much thought she tosses it onto their shoulder as they pass. They glance up, but don't react. Zoe continues to regard the marten, curiously. "Yer a rathah odd beast, aren't ya?"

Dosu sighs lightly, though the grin remains as he slowly raises his gaze back up to the hare. "...And thats a rather... blunt statement..."

Zoe_Lang's lips quirk upward at the corners in a light smirk. "And that's a rathah evasive reply." With a shake of her head, she chuckles.

Dosu's grin remains as he croses his arms. "...And what of you, M'am..? I know your a member of this 'Long Patrol' group... But your ranking is unclear to me..."

"Please - jus' Zoe." Pause. "Colonel." Another pause. "M'rank, that is." Zoe tucks her paws into her pockets and rocks back on her heels. "By skill, healah. Or fightah. Depends on the situation." Grin.

Dosu sighs lightly. ".. I'm just another mindless fighter, you could say... I could never be a healer, don't have the mind for it... Must be why your a Colonel and I'm but a mear Mercinary...". His grin does return, "...Oh well..."

Zoe_Lang gives Dosu a long look over. "There's no shame in bein' a fightah. Ya can't have peace without war, aftah all."

Dosu lets out another light sigh as he raises a paw to scratch the back of his neck. "... Now thats a false statement if there ever was one...." He dosn't bother to look over the fem hare, his gaze instead rises up to stare off at the ceiling. "..The name... Is Dosu.."

Zoe_Lang eyes Dosu with high amusement. "Is it now?" She doesn't press it, however. "Dosu, hm? Of Halyard, I presume?" He showed up around that time, after all.

Dosu's faint grin slowly but surly returns. "...Not of Halyard... Not of anywhere, really... But I have been there once..."

Oh /really/. Zoe can't help but laugh, looking puzzled. "Well, then... what're you doin' spendin' yer time in our deah mountain?"

Dosu's drooped shoulders slowly raise and fall in a slight shrug. ".. After Halyard... I came hear with a certain hare, went by the name of Keita... After a while, she seemed to fade away, havent seen her since..."

Zoe_Lang's eyes widen just a bit. "Keita, ya say? Well, yer in luck," Zoe says, with a slight bow. "Keita's returned t' Halyard. I would know, because she's m'daughtah."

Dosu sighs lightly as he lowers his gaze back down to the fem hare. "...Daughter, you say...? What a fine mess I've gotten myself into this time...", he says with a chuckle at the end.

Zoe_Lang chuckles at Dosu's reaction, then shakes her head. "No reason t' worry. A friend of Keita's is most certainly a friend o' mine. But aye, she's returned t' Halyard. Doin' quite well, so I hear."

Dosu lets out another light sigh. "...Then it looks I best be off for Halyard aswell...", he says as he pushes himself off the wall.

Zoe_Lang looks slightly apologetic. "Yer welcome t' stay the evenin' and start out in the mornin', if you'd rathah."

Dosu turns his head back to the fem hare. "... Well now... That sounds much better then my plan... I'll take your offer, Colonel. Thank you..."

Malica comes slowly down the stairs from the third level, She stretches out and says softly to herself "Good to be out of that infirmary.."

Dosu cocks his head slightly as his tired gaze trains on the newly arrived. He does as usual, lowering his head and tapping the top of it with a paw. "...Even'n Miss..."

Zoe_Lang gives an agreeable nod and an actual /smile/, this time. "Not a problem, m'lad." She then looks around at the entrance of Malica.

Malica gives a small waves saying "Hello.." Then starts to head on her way..

Dosu turns his gaze back to the elder hare. "... So where is this place I shall be sleeping...?

At the question, Zoe gives a distracted look to Dosu. She then cranes her head around, eyeing one of the doorways leading off to who knows where. She points. "Through there 'n' down the hall, straight back t' the furthest door. Through there you'll find the guest dormitories."

Malica continues on her way then, not being stopped apparently.