A Day Away!
Characters: Kentar, Kluner
Location: Deck, Cabin
Its been a week and a half now, since Kluner was sold then bought by his father. And now, Kentar is sitting out on deck in a chair, looking over the waters. The waters he was lost in for a day. "I've been the world over north, south, east, and west But the middle of nowhere wheres' I likes it best. Where its wave over wave, sea over bow, I'm as happy a beast as the sea will allow." he sings to himself.
Kluner has been thoroughly enjoying himself on this ship. The beasts are friendly, they only tell him to do a few things, things that he can do, and he does it happily. AND, to top it all off, he is here with his father. He is so happy again. Today, he is running around the main mast, one his favorite spots on the ship. He sees Kentar below, and laughs..."Klunas gonna sneaky upy on yous!" He laughs as he slides down a nearby rope, back to the deck. He chuckles some more as he slowly walks up on the stoat. His tail swishing behind him, and it bangs the deck at odd times.
Kentar heard Kluner but pretended not to. The stoat just keeps singing. "There's no other life for a sailor like me And to sail the salt sea beasts, sail the sea. There's no other life but to sail the salt sea." he sings on.
Kluner chuckles as he crawls under the stoat, using his tail to tap Kentar in the side. He quickly retracts his tail, softly giggling to himself.
Kentar pretends to jump. "What!" he looks around, not seeing Kluner. "Who's there! Who tapped me!?"
Kluner sticks his tail in his mouth to stifle his laughter. He waits a little bit before tapping the stoat in the foot, then hiding back under the chair.
Kentar flinches then stands. "Now listen here!" he looks around and starts to walk around the chair. "Who is that tapping me!"
Kluner laughs out loud and begins to roll on the ground, exposing his hiding place "HeeHee, Itsa Kluna! I is doin its!" He chuckles and curls his tail around him.
Kentar hears the laughter and then looks under the chair. "You are! You little rascal!" the stoat reaches under the chair to pick up Kluner with a grin. "Well, I'll just have to punish you!" he grins.
Kluner hides his face with his tail, "Oh noes!" He tries to get away, laughing. He likes this type of game, reminds him of that beast long ago.
Kentar grins and sits Kluner in his arm. "What should I do, huh!? Drop em' overboard!?" A mouse on the deck near them grins. "Oh no! Far too kind." the mouse laughs. Kentar dangles Kluner over the edge by his footpaw, extremely careful not to hurt or drop him.
Kluner eeks and wraps his tail around Kentar's arm, just in case he does let go. But he still laughs, "Eek! Tent-Tar! Noes! Dat is Fa too means!" He chuckles as he looks into the blue abyss.
Kentar laughs and pulls him in, grinning. "Maybe I should take my sword and run ya through for bein' such a meanie!" he pretends to draw a sword. "But maybe, instead..." he drops the pretend sword and then tosses the weasel into the air, catching him when he comes back down. "Maybe, I'll just ignore him forever!" he laughs.
Kluner laughs at the pretend sword, but then screams at the toss in the air. With nothing to grab onto to, he instinctively curls up into a fluffy ball, until he is caught again. He peers out from his fur, and sees that he is in the stoats arms again. He smiles and laughs, "Noes! Kluna... Will stills talky to yous... even doe you ess not listending to mes!"
Kentar grins then tosses him into the air once more, higher up this time. He catches then laughs as he sits back down in his chair. "Darn! Then it wouldn't matter would it?" he smirks.
Kluner laughs as he is tossed in the air, expecting it this time, "Yah! HeeHee!" He is caught again, and rubs his head into stoats, "Noes! It wouldnts! Heh!" he laughs.
Kentar smiles and hugs the weasel tightly. "We'll be home by tomorrow." he smiles. "I cant believe it. Home!" he smiles, setting the weasel on the deck before standing and spinning around a little. "I can't believe it! I just can't! Haha!"
Kluner smiles, if the stoat is happy, then so is he! He mmms at the hug, then laughs at the stoats twirl, "Fajer? Whats is homes likes? Kluna knows a bits about its... but you is never talks abouts it much..." He goes to sit on the deck, patting his tail, and looking to Kentar.
Kentar smiles and then sits down. "Well. Its a great place. Its really nice, and there is gardens and a big hall. My friends are there...and its near the river." he smiles.
Kluner smiles a little bit, "Really? Is Kluna, justs gonna loves its?" He asks, letting his tail do whatever behind him.
Kentar nods. "Yeah! You will. You'll really love it." he smiles. "And if you don't, we can always go to Redwall." he smiles.
Kluner has heard of Redwall, "Da Redstones house?! But... da dont likes beastys like us... horried storeies... of the redstone house!" He tail has stopped twitching behind him and lays perfectly still.
Kentar shakes his head. "The stories are a lie. I have friends there." he smiles. "And I even lived there for a while."
Kluner blinks a few times and says, "Oh'ks... I's... Belives you!" He smiles as he stands up and walks around the stoat, "Yous lived dere? And haves friends? Do you tink dat they will be Klunas friends!" he asks popping his head over the stoats shoulder.
Kentar smiles and nods. "I know someone who will be your friend right off the bat." he smiles. "He's a fox. He's really really nice." he smiles.
Kluner tilts his head, "Waits... is dis da same foxy from beofors? Or is it a foxy froms the redstones house?" he asks popping around his side.
Kentar tilts his head. "What fox?" he asks. "Did I mention Flicktail to you already?" he asks.
Kluner stuffs his tail in his mouth, "Noes... da ones dats bads... reallys bads! Fwicktales? Noes... you didntnts, mentions hims?"
Kentar tilts his head. "Flicktail is a very, very nice fox." he smiles. "And which really bad fox?" he asks.
Kluner smiles some, "Ohs'k... Fwicktale is da nices foxy..." he then goes to sit in Kentar's lap, "Da Bads foxy... Da ones dat... tooks..." The little weasel just realized that he maybe going over the line, and quickly stuffs his tail in his mouth.
Kentar smiles and pulls Kluner to him. "Uhm. The ones that what?" he asks with a head tilt.
Kluner shakes his head vigorously, "Nothings... Kluna... just beings stupids..." Don't want to make the stoat sad, and so he doesnt bring it up.
Kentar frowns a little. "Come on, you can tell me." he smiles. "Your not being stupid at all." the stoat smiles.
Kluner looks into the stoats face and says, "Awights... The foxy dat... tooks hers... aways from yous" That is all he is going to say about that, "I sorries..." he goes to gives the stoat a little hug.
Kentar tilts his head and then ohs, his face turning from one of absolute joy, to one of sadness. "Oh.." he hugs Kluner back. "He's...I don't know. I...never mind."
Kluner says, "Sorries Kluna broughts it ups..." as he doesn't let go of the stoat. He wish he didn't say anything, he doesn't like seeing the stoat sad.
Kentar hugs tightly still but then let goes. "Its fine." he smiles a bit. "It really is fine." The stoat nods before setting Kluna on the ground. He stands and goes over to the railing before pointing out towards the sight of land. "See that Kluna?" he smiles. "Between there is the River Moss. And then by tomorrow evening, we should be home." he smiles. "Provided we keep full sail."
Kluner walks over to the railing and peers through the posts, just seeing the blip of land, "Yeses, Kluna sees it!" glad to see the stoat in a better mode then he thought. He looks to main mast and says, "We is at's fulls sails now... dont knows why, we shouldnts..." he then goes back to look through the posts.
Kentar smiles and then nods. "Yeah. We are. We're going as fast as the ship can. And it really should get us home tomorrow and oh I can't wait." he wont let Garnet spoil his mood right now.
Kluner climbs up and sits on the railing, wrapping his tail around it to prevent accident falls, "Kluna cant waits eithers!" He looks around and bounces a little, "Is goona be funs! Whens we reaches land... hows longs of a walks, till homes?" he asks.
Kentar shrugs a bit. "Maybe an hour." he says. "I don't really remember." he smiles a bit, leaning on the rail now, looking at the water. "If we stopped here, we could go to a place called Halyard. I've never been there but I heard its nice." he smiles a bit.
Kluner looks back to Kentar, "Hillyord? Kluna nevers been theres... whats it likes?" Not knowing anything but life on a ship, this is all new and exciting to him.
Kentar shrugs. "I don't know, I've never been there either. Just heard stories." he says with a nod then he chuckles. "I wonder what Will and Aikuen are doing right now..."
Kluner goes back to watching the ocean for a little bit, swinging his footpaws over the side. When the stoat mentions names he asks, "Whos a Will? and Whats a... a... eye-koo-in?" he looks to the stoat, still swinging his paws.
Kentar laughs. "Will is my brother. I told you about him a while ago. And Aikuen is my best friend." he smiles. "You'll really like them."
Kluner smiles, "Yah! I hopes so's, I like friends!" He goes back to watching the ocean, and begins to hum, "Is dats all da beasts?" wondering if he has some sort of extended family.
Kentar nods and then hrms. "Will, Aikuen. Fira. Uh. Thats it." he smiles with a nod. "Yeah. But they're all my family. And there all your family now too I suppose."
Kluner goes wide eyed at the list, "Da is all Families! Dats a lots!" He bounces up and down on the railing, "I nevers had such a bigs families! Yah!" he chuckles as he watches the land looming near, and can start to tell the different colors.
Kentar smiles and nods. "Yeah." he smiles. "Watch out for Will though. He throws things when he gets angry." the stoat grins then laughs a bit with a nod.
Kluner rubs the side of his head, "Whys? Was he angries at yous?" and tilts his head at the laughing, going to laugh along with him, but not getting it.
Kentar chuckles. "he's only a season older then you are. When he gets angry, he likes to throw things." he smiles.
Kluner blinks a few times, "He is onlys a seaons older den kluna... And he like to throw tings?... when he's angries..." He thinks about for a few minutes, and says, "Well... least dats better den hurtings yous..." He never had a family, but... he knows that not good, "Like whens Kluna tossed stones at yah..." He then yawns, but remains watching the ocean.
Kentar nods. "Yeah." he chuckles. "Heh. Its not really good but still." he smiles before chuckling. "I think its a little weasel's bed time." he grins.
Kluner look back at the stoat and scowls, "Whos? Nots mines... I'm not a ikkle weasel... Stays up, Alssss nights!" He laughs as he detaches himself from the railing, going to stand next to the stoat, yawning again.
Kentar smiles and goes to pick him up and set him in his arms. "Ohhh yes, its your bed time." he smiles. "Come on. I'll tell you a story to get to sleep." he heads down the stairs that leads to the main deck and then down the stairs to their cabin.
Kluner yawns and says, "Kluna is nots sleepies..." but doesn't resist. He is set in his bed, and he automatically curls up, placing his tail over his head, "Kluna likes stories... what sorta stories..." as he settles in.
Kentar smiles and then sits down on the bed gently. "Well. This one is about a beast back home. He was my best friend until he died. His name was Ragnath. He was a funny old stoat. Blind though. One day, Ragnath and his brother were out sailing on a small boat. If you could call it that. It was more a log raft. They were sailing on a small river. Wasn't very deep. His brother had taken a big rock and chucked it into the water, making Ragnath think that his brother fell into the water. And while trying to find the water and his brother, the fell in himself." he laughs.
Kluner continues to watch the stoat through his tail, "Thats... not funnies... He is trying to saves his brudders... What happens... *Yawns*... next?" he is having a hard time keeping his eyes open.
Kentar smiles. "Well. His brother felt really bad about it. And on the way home he told Ragnath. Ragnath knew it was a trick anyways, and you know what he did?" he asks. "He took his brother's favorite sword and made it into a fence post." he chuckles.
Kluner starts to snore lightly, more like ragged breathing, but he is sleeping none the less. His tail has left the comfort of the weasels head, and now explore the bed playfully. He has a smile on the face, because the moment he heard what happened, and everything worked out... he dropped off.
Kentar smiles and leans over to give the sleeping weasel's head a gentle kiss good night before standing. He yawns himself then goes over to his own bed, climbing in and then drifting off.
