Breaking Points

Characters: Aikuen, Will, Kentar, Amy

Location: Moledeep

Moledeep: Infirmary

Infirmary is just the same as normal today. Quiet and boring. Aik is cuddled up against Fira. Aik is awake like normal, while Fira once again is asleep. She needs to get her sleep schedule back on track. When Aik got back after eating his cake, Fira was up and about. Aik explained what he did, and why he did it. Fira frowned at that, but she shrugs if off as the older otter goes back to laying on his cot. Like a good otter. Fira goes to lay next to him on his good side, and they talked. Like they normally do. Aik talked about the cake, and Fira explained. Aik also told her that even though he did not throw up, his stomach does hurt from it. They both stayed up long into the night. Then Aik starts dozing against her, and she stays up, just watching him. Aik awoke to find her asleep, her head on his chest. He chuckles and hums to himself, "So Fi... I had a dream we had a daughter..." no response, "Yah... me too..." he grins.

Will had spent a good part of the night out work at the kiln. He still didn't want to go back east again. Around dawn he'd woke up in the gardens next to Amy. She hadn't said what she thought about the trip but had requested that he stop thinking about it for the present. They'd gone inside to eat and Amy settled down in the sleeping hall to practice on her lute while Will goes to check on his parents in the infirmary. He knocks on the door before peeking in at them, "Everything ok in here?" he asks with a tired half smile.

Aikuen is stroking Fira's headfur slowly when Will comes in. He waves happily, "Hi-Ho Will! Yep... Everything is peachy keen in here! Just me and the ole healer... takin a snooze..." as if on que, Fira snorts. And Aik chuckles, "Yah everything is fine..." why wouldn't there be! "I haven't asked you in awhile... How are you, for a change!" he laughs.

Will isn't sure how to answer the otter and just shrugs. "I little tired ... got t sleep kinda late .... was doing some stuff and ... lost track of time I guess ..."

Aikuen nods slowly, "Aye so did we... we were talking like usual. About the boat trip. And the harvest coming up... Keeping away from... things..." he sighs and looks back up with a smile, "What sort of stuff? May i ask?... Well, anyway, if you need anything I'm sure to be here... with a helping paw!" he chuckles.

Music and singing can be heard drifting in from the sleeping hall, another marching or rowing tune of shrew origin it sounds like.

Will closes the door to mute it a little and shrugs again, "Nothing really. ... was just working at th kiln some and lost track of th time."

Aikuen tilts his head at the rat, and blinks before shrugging, and going back to humming along with the now muffled tune, "Well try not to lose track too much... or soon your life will pop... and your as old as me!" he laughs and strokes Fira headfur again, absentmindedly, "And if you stay up too long, you will end up like... you know who!" he nods toward the sleeping otter, and chuckles. Aikuen is just being silly, as he like to be when he is injured. Though he doesn't feel that way!

Will smiles a little, "Sometimes it just happens but I'll try not t loose track as much. .... How long do you think it'll be til harvest and th boat trip?" the rats asks trying to keep his mind on happier things.

Aikuen smiles and chuckles, "Good boy, cant sleep the day away!" he then places a paw on his chin, stroking his fur as he thinks, "Well lets see... got the planting in about... that gives us a little bit... plus..." he looks to Will, "You have been watering it everyday, right?" he hmms and continues on, "If my calculations are correct, and by what i saw when Me and Fi came in... Id say about a week and a half, maybe two weeks...maybe..." he nods a little, "And then the boat trip will be soon after! Don't know when, but soon... i want it to be soon anyways... I'm excited!" he grins.

Will nods, "Yeah we watered it like you told me too. So maybe two weeks or around there. That's not too long. .... You still want a big boat uh ship? I don't think we'd really need one really big ..... how long will th boat trip be?"

Aikuen shrugs, "Well... i don't want a dinghy, that's for sure... At least big enough to hold a good size crew... a couple of cabins, and at least a few floors..." he nods, "So it wont be huge, but it will be a good sizeable boat..." he grins and thinks for a moment, "Umm... Don't know... depends on a lot of things. If its fun and stuff. I'm willing to stay until next year... Bypassing winter... And depends if we want to go south or not... thinking of saving that trip though..." he chuckles, "And of course depends on what type of boat i can get my paws on!" he laughs.

Will suddenly wonders if asking otters about anything involving water is really such a good idea. "Why would we need a big ship though? Where were you thinking of going?" When they'd first thought up the trip Will would have been happy if the boat ended up a home made raft just big enough for Aikuen, himself and Zen and had assumed they'd eat fish but that was a long time ago when he was younger and had a much smaller family. "I ship would be nice but if it's just th three of us why would we need such a big ship?" He may invite the other along after all if they have such a big ship ... no reason to let all that room go to waste.

Aikuen has an answer ready, as he has thought about this for a long time. Why he wants the boat so badly "Well, the main reason i want a big ship. Is that we are going to be on the ocean for a long time. Cabin fever tends to set in easier in smaller spaces. So that will help there. Plus i want to be able to keep a big enough crew, where we don't have to do anything, unless we want too. Like seating in the mainmast and such. So, we are going to need store rooms for supplies big enough to feed us and the crew, for an extended period of time. Though we will still be fishing and such... Plus i want a private cabin for me and Fira. And a few more for other beasts...I don't plan to use the ship other then going on a few trips up and down the coast. And exploring the ocean for islands to land on... BUT, when the ship is in dock, i plan to lease it out to beasts for use. So even though were not using it, it still makes money. Make it a fishing troller or something." he grins. Thought about it for a long time.

Will ohs, "That is a good idea. How long do you think we'll be gone on th trip?"

Aikuen thinks quickly, as he doesn't really care on how long. Worry about it when the time comes, "OH... i say about as long as we were... when we went to the east coast. A couple of weeks i say. Probably no more then... half a season... be home by then... Depends on how we feel the trip is going. But a couple of weeks is good. That's how long i want to stay, if no one objects..." a quick glance to Fira.

Will chews on his lip thinking this over. A couple weeks without the stoats didn't seem bad and they'd probably like that in the long run but a few week without Amy doesn't seem as nice though she did say she didn't like boats and was prone to sea sickness. He'd have to talk to her about it again. "A couple weeks sounds good," he says at last, "Shouldn't stay away too long though or Chris won't know who we are when we get back."

Aikuen nods, "Okay few weeks it is... lets say... three. Nice round amount of time. Almost a month. Almost." He grins, and looks mock scared, "OH NO! Not that! Chris better not forget us... I'm the one who taught him how to swim! I should be remembered! Or else im going to file a complaint!" he chuckles, "Nah, well be back sooner then you think... they probably wont even realize that we are even gone!"

Will laughs at this, "Ok. Three it is. And we should be back before winter's over that way. You an Mum can go back again if you think it's too cold but let me off first so I can throw snow at Kentar for you an help him show Chris an Kluna how t make snow beasts an stuff.

Aikuen nods, and chuckles, "Its not even autumn now... We should be back before it gets that cold..." he thinks for a minute, he really hates the cold, "BUT, we may take the boat south again... if it gets too cold here...Just until... you know, till i can go outside without freezing my whiskers off!" he laughs at the next part, "Heh! Smack him in the face for me... with a big ole snowball... When he is not paying attention... It'll be hilarious!" he laughs.

And in comes a stoat with a map up to his face. Robin is next to the stoat. So its, Kentar! With...a map in front of his face. "No. See...if we take that way, we'll be way longer then I want." Robin frowns. "But I know great places to stay there." Kentar shakes his head. "No, we want to get there, and get back in as little time as...hey...wait. This isn't molehall." He blinks, looking around the infirmary. "Hey...guys. I guess."

Will grins, "I'll try too if he'll even come out. He might be like you. That'd be awful." The rat chuckles and turns as the stoats come in, "Hi, Kentar, Robin. This is th infirmary. You can tell cause Pa's in here so often. We've just been talking about th boat trip some," he tilts he head at the map Kentar is carrying, "and looks like you've been planning for your trip too."

Aikuen smiles at Will, "I don't know why? The summer weather here is nice for me... but i was born where it was warm all the time. I have an excuse... Kentar on the other paw... he is just being Kentar..." and speak of the stoat, "Hiya Kentar, Robin..." he then nods at Will, "It does look like you are planing your trip... Me and my son are getting the nitty gritty of ours planed... I'm excited!" he grins and suddenly feels tired, he mumbles, "I guess I'm a little too excited..." he chuckles and cuddles up to Fira, before drifting off quickly. At least its better then him dropping off suddenly. Fira mmms, and cuddles closer to him. One big fluff of otters.

The stoats chuckle. "We have been. And we're excited too. Hope you haven't changed your mind about joining us Aik. At least halfway....we've thought of a place we can get you something nice...We..." he pauses, frowning. "Funny otters." he chuckles then looks to Will. "Excited about the boating trip?"

Will shrugs, "A little. I think Pa's more excited than anybody. .... Sorry I yelled at you last night. .... I hope you have a good time on your trip."

The music from the other room has faded away and very little can be heard from the sleeping hall.

Kentar nods a little. "I think so." he then sighs. "Will. I'm. A little. Upset over the way you acted about an invitation. All you had to do was say no." Robin, stays smartly quiet.

Will keeps quiet, he said he was sorry and he doesn't want to start another argument with Kentar. He hasn't had enough sleep to keep from doing something stupid should the stoat push the subject too much.

Kentar smiles a little bit. "Thank you though for saying your sorry. It makes me feel a bit better. Still a little sad you won't come. But hey, I can't make you." He smiles. Robin looks around and finds a place to sit near Will.

The rat nods a little and mutters, "Exactly."

Kentar smiles and sits with the rat and the stoat.

"So Will. Can we at least bring you back something nice?" Robin asks, smiling. He seems more excited about his trip then Aik does about the boating one.

"No." Will says sharply moving toward the door.

Kentar frowns deeply. "Will. What has gotten into you!?" he shouts a little, frowning.

It may be the lack of sleep or his age, but the rat stops and turns to glare at the stoat. "Nothing. There is nothing back there but the dead and they didn't stay there when I left th first time. Th only thing I'm in need of Pa said he'd get for me. You're tried to give me things before and I found a way to benefit from it then but there is nothing where you are going that I want or have a use for. You can't raise th dead and even if you could that would just complicate things more than they already are," Will growls.

Both stoats blink. But its Kentar who stands. "Will. I want to talk to you outside." he says, starting to move to the hall. He didn't do anything wrong. And he's not going to take disrespect from Will, being much, much older then he is.

Will goes out to the sleeping hall, he doesn't say anything as he leaves. If the stoat follows there's little he can do about it, after all it's the only way out of the infirmary.

Moledeep: Mole Hall

The stoat follows Will into the hall then stops. "What got into you? You remember how Aik said..." he pauses. "Treat everyone older then you with respect?" he asks. "Last time I checked, I'm much...older then you are. And I don't want your disrespect when I've done nothing to upset you." he says. "I'm going to my old home. It happens to be east. Is there something...I dunno...wrong with that?"

Will sighs, he is tired and mad. "Could have fooled me ... oh that's right you did already. First I met you you didn't act any older than Zen and he still acted like a baby. Since you were th first stoat I'd ever seen I wouldn't have know if it was normal for you t act like him or not. I did figure out you weren't a dibbun but it took a while cause of how you acted at th time. I'm from th east too. I said I was sorry for yelling at you! I don't like t fight with my friends ... it never ends well and you're a little more likely t kill me than Zen ever was but you're probably not quite stupid enough t set yourself on fire." The rat does not want to talk his words aren't coming out right and he should have got more sleep last night. He moves off toward the door to outside, maybe if he can get away from the stoat he can rest ... or dismember a tree.

Kentar quickly blocks off Will's escape. "Your not going anywhere until we're done. I don't get what ANY..." he shouts that bit. "...of that has to do with why your disrespecting me now." he growls. "What did I do wrong Will?!" he asks. "Did I...offend you? Did I insult you when I asked if you wanted to join us? Huh!? Tell me what I did wrong!?" he frowns. "And see....you can't. Because I didn't DO...anything wrong. All I did, was ask my brother...if he wanted to come on a trip with Garnet, Kluna, Chris, Robin and I. But no. I didn't get a 'No thanks Kentar, not really interested." he frowns. "I got a "Oh last time we went there, Rose and my brother died and blah blah blah about this that and the other thing." he frowns. "I don't care Will. Right now. I don't. I asked you a simple question. And you got angry. And now. We ask if you want anything brought back as a gift. And what do you do? You get angry again. I'm telling you right now, William, this has to stop." He's NEVER called Will William before. Which means, he really, really, is mad.

Will grits his fangs, this is not going well. "Maybe if you'd shut up and think about it you would know! All you're doing is th same thing I already did and you know what happened that trip. Why ... /How/ could you think I'd have any desire to go back there again?! If I wanted to go there I would go like I did before, when I wanted to go! I asked if it was ok for you to be my brother, not that you care of course! I don't want your money and have no use for any of the things like you gave th others last time. I don't need your charity ... and I didn't need it before either!" He heads for the door again and unless the stoat physically stops him he'll be on his way outside. His ears lay back farther than before when the stoat uses his full name, "You're not my father, stoat. And I didn't have to ask you to come live here .... or to go east th last time. I'm tired and you're the one who needs to stop."

If Will can he will leave and over time maybe things will get patched up again between him and Kentar, later, but right now he needs to get out.

"Then maybe I'll just leave. Huh? How do you like that Will?" Kentar asks, standing aside for the rat to leave. "Yes, you know. That's what I'll do. I'll leave. You didn't have to ask me. And I don't...have...to stay. So there." he moves back towards the sleeping hall, then the infirmary.

Will growls and goes outside, he doesn't want the stoat to leave but shrugs it off and mutters to himself, "Not the first time Kentar's threatened t leave and then tricked everyone into feeling sorry for him." He wanders out to the dibbuns garden to attack the trees with his sword and sling til his lack of sleep finally catches up to him and the trees start winning. He clumsily puts his weapons back yawning and is soon sleeping, though not peacefully.

Moledeep: Infirmary

Aikuen is awake again, just dozed off for few minutes and when he woke, they were gone. He heard some loud 'talking' coming from the hall. Though he just shrugs it off. Don't want to deal in with things like that. Fira is still laying her head on his chest. So even if he wanted to get up, he wouldn't. He just hmms to himself, stroking her hair as she sleeps on. So peaceful.

Robin dozed off while the others were gone. So when Kentar comes back, he laughs at the stoat. "Hehe. Silly kid." he smirks before sitting down. "Hey Aik, your awake." he smiles.

Aikuen smiles at Kentar, "Hey-ho Kentar. Yah i love my random afternoon naps... they really make me..." he takes a full tank of air, "AH! Feel good!" he smiles back at the stoat.

Kentar chuckles. "I'm sure." He smiles. "But mine only made me...tired." he grins. "So. Aik. Have you talked to Fira bout' coming with the family of stoats?" he asks, smiling.

Aikuen tilts his head for second then chuckles, "Well naps are not for everybeast... I like mine, cause i got my teddy-otter!" he chuckles. Fira snorts and hmms. Aik almost moves, he is laughing do hard. He settles down, "Ah... Well. No, not yet. But I want too. I'm sure she wants too also... I am ready to get out and wander!" he grins.

Kentar chuckles and nods. "Great" he smiles, nodding. "I'm glad you want to. You guys can come with us, buy a boat...sail home...pick up will...sail off again!" he smiles. He does, sort of, want to go on the trip with them but knows Will wants his 'family' time.

Aikuen chuckles weakly, "Yep, I want to go. It'll be nice to see somebeast else's home... where they grew up and stuff. I've seen Firas and Wills. Now yours. I think its gonna be fun. I like trips!" he grins and nods, "Yep, Hopefully they got what i want. I want to BUY a ship not... rent one or something. A nice big one. Plus i need a proper port for the ship... well see..." he really wants to buy the ship on the west coast. Its closer, and he knows a nice harbor to dock at. Well see.

Kentar laughs and nods slowly. "Yeah. So true." he smiles. "Hm. Maybe. Maybe I should buy your ship for you." He grins. "You know...as a..." he shrugs. "A welcome home type gift." he laughs a little, smiling. He's joking, yeah. "Hehe. Maybe, I'll buy my own ship! I'll call it...Call it...The Marie Elena..." he nods. "I like that name. Or maybe The Aikuen. Or the Garnet. Hrm. No, the Marie Elena is better." He laughs. He can afford a ship. But he doesn't have a place to put it. His room is too small!

Aikuen shakes his head, "The boat I'm looking for... is not in your price range... at least i hope not..." he eyes the stoat before laughing, "Call it the AIKUEN! YAY.... aww.... Yah The Marie Elena, is a good name.... not very strapping..." he fake dusts his arm, "But it will do..." he chuckles, "I have no idea what to call my ship... it otta be something... good, and scary... but still have that flavor of being sensitive..." he tilts his head and chuckles.

Kentar smirks a little then laughs. "Alright. What about the Aikuen Fira?" he laughs. "Although that's a really wimpy name." he smirks. "You'd be surprised at what I have." he nods, smirking a bit. "But no, seriously, I don't really want to buy a ship." he says. "I feel like buying. Maybe a house or something." he shrugs. "If anything."

"How about th 'Kentar Has More Money Than He Can Spend' and might as well call th other Fira. From what I've heard she can be scary when she wants to be," Amy smirks from the sleeping hall having just woken up. She re-braids her long black hair before coming in. She's never liked the infirmary but Will didn't come back to update her on Aik's condition so she had to take the matter into her own paws.

Aikuen eyes the stoat seriously this time. Aik has dome some bad things in his life to accumulate his wealth. If Kentar is telling the truth, Aik does not want to know how he came to that money, "Right..." he then thinks about the other thing, "Well you don't have to... I wanted to buy a big ole ship. So i could live on it, IF we needed too... But a house is nice." tilts his head but then Amy distracts him, "I asked if I could call the ship that... she turned it down..." he sighs and laughs, "I think its a great name!" he chuckles.

Kentar stole most of that money, secretly, from Kalz and his crew when they sank his old ship. And the other bit of the money. Came from old, old 'jobs' that he 'completed'. Well. Lied about completing anyways. "Yeah..hehe" he then hrms. "I think I want to buy a nice big house." he then huhs as he hears Amy. "Hey Amy." he smiles.

Amethyst shrugs, "Maybe you could get away with something less direct like 'th green eyed otter' or something. By the way I seem to have misplaced my pillow. He said he was going to come in here and I haven't seen him in a while. Guess that's what I get for waking up before th sun. What's going on in here then and how are th water-dogs today?" She doesn't act too bothered by Will's absence and acting friendly toward them both, in her own way. "Hi. Garnet change her mind yet about my watching Chris again?"

Aikuen chuckles, "The Green Eyed Otter? Hmmm... May have to run that by her!" he grins, "Your pillow is... somewhere... he ran off i guess..." He eyes her for a second, "I don't know how the 'Water-dogs' are doing... But the otters are doing quite well thank you. Fira is asleep, and I feel much better, and if you could see... Look much better!" he chuckles, "Look so good!" yah he is fine, "Still locked in here though. But i expect to be moving around soon enough!" he grins.

Kentar laughs at Aik's response to 'waterdogs'. He hrms a little at her next question. "Not sure. But I will ask her when I talk to her later." he smiles a little, leaning back into his chair.

Amethyst nods, "Ah, must have confused you for some other beasts then. Good t hear you're doing better, Aik. And I /can/ see just not th same way /you/ can. Of course I tend to be more /selective/ about what I /look at/ then most." She turns toward Kentar's voice, "Please do, I miss Chris. I'm sure he misses me too. He's probably wondering where the strange lady that pokes him with spoons went."

Aikuen grins, "Thank you Amy..." he chuckles and flexes his one good arm, "Mmmm, look so good..." yes, he is being stupid. He sighs and settle back into the cot again, just resting for now. He absentmindedly beings to stroke Fira hair. Thinking about stuff. He begins to hum, something he heard earlier today. Though he doesn't realize it. Sounds like a shrew marching song.

Kentar nods a little then chuckles, smiling. "Yeah. I'm sure he has." he finds that poking with a spoon bit really funny. "So." He looks around. "What now?" he asks, smiling a little like an idiot.

Amethyst notices the tune the otter is humming and starts to play a completely different tune just because she can, "Everything has its season Everything has its time. Show me a reason and I'll soon show you a rhyme. Flowers fit on th windowsill Dibbuns fit in th snow, Why do I feel I don't fit in anywhere I go? Rivers belong where they can ramble/ Eagles belong where they can fly/ I've got to be where my spirit can run free, Got to find my corner of the sky. Every man has his daydreams, Every man has his goal. People like the way dreams have Of sticking to the soul. Thunderclouds have their lightning. Nightingales have their song. And don't you see I want my life to be Something more than long.... Rivers belong where they can ramble. Eagles belong where they can fly. I've got to be where my spirit can run free. Got to find my corner of the sky. So many men seem destined To settle for something small But I won't rest until I know I'll have it all.

So don't ask where I'm going, Just listen when I'm gone And far away you'll hear me singing Softly to the dawn: Rivers belong where they can ramble Eagles belong where they can fly. I've got to be where my spirit can run free, Got to find my corner of the sky."

Aikuen frowns as the other song is played. He liked that song. He stops humming and closes his eyes. Just going to rest now. He may send Amy away so he can sleep. He settles into Fira. Hoping that, that song, will end soon

The stoat chuckles at Aik's reaction to the song, slowly waking Robin after the chuckle. "Come on, time for young stoats to go to bed!" he smiles. "Yeah, that means me too." he chuckles at Robin who lazily gets up and walks off, crashing into a bed then falling asleep again. "Lazy stoat." he mutters, standing. "I'll see you two tomorrow. And I'll talk to Garnet, Amy." he smiles. "Night all!"

Amethyst turns and waves in what might be the stoats' direction, "Night Kentar and whoever was with Kentar." She can't see Robin and had heard anything from him since she came into the room. She starts on another song a softer and more lullaby like song.

Aikuen waves as the two stoats leave, hearing them over Amys song, "See yah Kentar... Robin... See yah tomorrow! You Know were to find me! Most likely! Night!" he chuckles to himself. He goes back to settle against Fira, trying to pop of to sleep for a bit. But the next song is very soothing, and Aik cant help but hum along. He hums what sounds like a bass part, playing the chords of the song. At least the parts that she is repeating. And Fira can feel the rumble in his chest and stirs slightly.

Amethyst concludes the song and returns her lute to its proper place. The maid seems to scan the room as her head move slowly back and forth a little and her ears move about at every little sound. "... Remind me to 'thank' Kentar for building that kiln next time I see him." She's not tired having slept most of the day away.

Aikuen waits till the song is over before saying, "I like that one... its nice... What do you think of it Fi?" Nothing, "See? She likes it also..." he chuckles a bit, and mmms, getting comfortable again, "The kiln? Oh yeah... Ill remind him..." he did catch the sarcasm, though he doesn't get if its good or bad, "Yeah... I wonder where Will went... Usually where you are... he is sure to follow..." he hmms, "He might be outside... But in your state of mind... I'll ask Kentar to go look for him later... so you don't get hurt in the new traps... Might try looking in the celler. Tends to hang out there often... Not like him to ignore..."

Amy nods and gets up slowly making for the Sleeping hall. She pauses a while leaning on her staff and says, "Night, Aik ... Fira. He still talks t me when he's working at th kiln but it can be a distraction for him and more importantly a distraction from /me/." Before the otter can blink she's out the door.

Aik chuckles and says, "Night Amy. ... Hmm, alone at last!" Again no response. Aik cuddles up to his lovely wife. And once again one big fluff of otters.