5 29 2011 - No One Should Get Left Behind
The Bilgerunner - Main Deck
[Main Deck]---------------------------------
The main deck of the ship, this area is mostly an open wooden floor. Stairs
lead up to the bridge deck, from which the ship is controlled, and a hatch in
the forward part of the deck leads down to the hold. There is a single mast
stretching from the middle of the deck, with a large white sail.
[Exits]-----------------------------------
[DH] - Down to the Ship's Hold.
[UM] - Up to the Crow's Next
[BD] - Up to the Bridge Deck
[Controls]----------------------------------
Use '+vc #c ' to pilot this vehicle.
Use '+vc #l' to leave this vehicle.
Use '+vc #s ' to shout to other outside.
Silver is siting on a crate fishing.
Gupthie is sitting by the railing of the ship, having calmed down somewhat from the bout of seasickness he's been having.
Silver looks over at gupthie."Hello gup!"
Gupthie says, "Hello, Silver. Any luck fishing?"
Silver shrugs."Not since last night..."
Gupthie says, "Well, at least we've still got some of the food Zoomy packed us."
Silver nods."Yes and I think that fish will last us a few days!"
Gupthie nods. "It's a good fish, too. What kind is it?"
Silver shrugs."You know i have never seen one like it...guess I have only fished in the river and the abbey pond..."
Gupthie says, "Well, perhaps we'll find out when we get back to Redwall."
Silver laughs."Well if there is any of it left when we get back!"
Gupthie laughs.
Silver hmms."How is life on the ship going for you?"
Gupthie says, "Better. I'm not vomiting quite so much."
Silver laughs."Well it should get a bit better in a few days!"
Gupthie nods. "I can only hope."
Silver shrugs."Well its eather that or be sick everyday!"
Gupthie nods. "Perhaps when I get my sealegs a little bit better we can do some more sword training."
Silver nods."Yes, you and wydran will need to get good if you every hope to live though a fight with one of those lizards..."
Gupthie nods. "I don't fancy meeting up with one of them."
Silver sighs."Well I hope we dont eather...but you never know..."
Gupthie nods. "How big are monitors?"
Silver frowns."Big...very big..."
Gupthie gulps a little. "I see."
Silver sighs."The thing about them is that they dont even need swords...they have claws that are just as sharp..."
Gupthie says, "Then we'll just have to use our swords to keep the claws away."
Silver nods."Yeah...but look wot ther claws did to my face..."
Gupthie oohs. "That... looks painful."
Silver sighs."A little...lets just hope no one gets hurt..."
Gupthie nods, and sighs. "That's what I'm worried about. In all the stories of the great adventures... there's always at least one beast who never comes back."
Silver sighs."Well I will do wot I can to bring all of us back..."
Silver goes In Character.
Gupthie nods. "We can only hope. And that journal was written a long time ago. Who knows, maybe the island is uninhabited now?"
Silver frowns."Well I would think they would have died out by now..."
Gupthie nods. "We can hope."
Silver sighs."Well if there are lizards...we need to get biff and byronn back if nothing else...they both have dibbuns they need to take care of..."
Gupthie nods. "I'd hate to see more Redwall dibbuns made into orphans."
Silver nods."Thats why we need to do all we can to get them back..."
Gupthie is silent for a moment, thinking.
Silver sighs and pulls his fishing line in."And dont tell biff about this...she would never let us send her off the island with out us..."
Gupthie nods.
Silver frowns."I hope we all make it back...but we still need to keep an eye on byronn and biff..."
Gupthie nods. "And you too, Silver."
Silver sighs."No...they go first than you and wydran..."
Gupthie shakes his head. "You and Biff are both the parents of your dibbuns. Wydran and I don't really have anyone back at the abbey depending on us."
Silver frowns."Well biff can take care of them...and they would not rember me anyway...anyway you wand wydran still have your lifes to live...there is not any more I want in life..."
Silver frowns."They would never rember me...and biff can take care of them...anyway you and wydran still have your lifes to live...I will try to get back but you guys go first..."
Gupthie says, "And don't forget about Holly. She's practically a dibbun herself."
Silver nods."Yes...she goes with byronn and biff..."
"I what??" Speaking of the little devil, Holly just happens to pop into the conversation as she comes out from.. well, wherever she was and whatever she was doing. "Hi!"
Silver looks at holly."Oh its nothing, how have you been?"
Gupthie laughs a little. "Hello, Holly!"
"Somebody said something about something about me!" Holly insists, before popping in between the two of them and crooking her hat a little. "Whatcha doin?"
Silver smiles and throws the fishing line back out into the water."Oh we are just fishing."
Gupthie nods. "We were just discussing whether or not you'd make good bait."
Silver laughs."I dont think that would work out all that well!"
Holly gasps and then tugs on her hat a little bit more. "Bait! I don't think I'd make good bait at all! I'm .. um. Too." She thinks and then tugs at a pigtail. "... big!"
Gupthie laughs. "Don't worry. You wouldn't fit on a fish hook."
"I AM good at finding worms, though," Holly adds, just in case they didn't know.
Silver hmms as he thinks of something."Does anyone know you went with us holly, like your parents?"
Gupthie says, "Well, I don't think there are any worms on a wooden ship."
"Oh, yeah. They know." This maybe comes out of Holly a bit too quickly as if she's used to saying it. "Hm. Well, if we land somewhere, I can find worms!"
Silver nods."Well ok...just thought i might ask, your parents would not be very happy for you to just be go one day, wot!"
Gupthie nods. "I imagine they'd be worried out of their minds if you'd just taken off."
"How do you fish anyway, without worms?" Holly asks, as she tips up to look over the edge of the boat into the water below. No more parent conversation. .. and come to think of it, has anyone ever seen Holly's parents since she arrived at Redwall?
Silver sighs."Holly, why do you never want to talk about your parents...everytime i ask you just talk about something else...?"
Gupthie cocks his head. "That is strange."
Holly kind of tips a little bit over the edge of the boat, holding onto her hat so it doesn't fall into the water. She doesn't say anything for a long time. And then she plops back on the deck. "I'm hungry," she states to no one in particular, not really looking at either of them as she just starts to head belowdeck.
Silver forwns."Come on holly...why dont you just tell us about your parents?"
Gupthie nods. "You did tell them, didn't you?"
Holly spins around, stomping one of her big-booted footpaws against the deck as she looks back to both of them with a little pout. "Cause I don't want to, okay??" She's normally well-behaved. To a degree. But every kid's entitled to their day, probably.
Silver frowns."Holly...there is no reason you cant tell us, we are your friends...maybe we could help!"
Gupthie nods. "You're acting very suspicious."
"They KNOW, okay??" Holly says this with exasperation, folding her arms across her chest as she glowers at the two. "Nothing's wrong. Gosh!"
Gupthie raises an eyebrow. "If you say so."
Silver frowns."Sorry about buging you holly...just wanted to know if anything had happend...it helps to talk about it...trust me..."
"Nothing's wrong. Nothing happened," Holly repeats, quickly and firmly, before she tips her head back over the side of the ship again. "Hey! I think I see a fish!"
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