Desperate Measures

Characters: Kentar, Aikuen, Amy, Garnet, Christopher, Will, Fira

Location: Moledeep, Cathudbova

Moledeep: Infirmary

Kentar was in here with Garnet today. He had a big pack and he was packing it up with lots of stuff. Mostly their belongings. Some are supplies from the infirmary. "I can't believe we're actually leaving." Kentar says with a sigh.

Aikuen comes in from the sleeping hall, bearing a tray of breakfast for the stoats, but he has to stop when he hears the last statement, "Your leaving?!" He blinks a few times and walks forward toward them, putting the tray, on an empty bed, "Why? Why did you change your mind?!" he asks pleadingly.

Amethyst is sitting on one of the cots holding Christopher, trying to keeping him entertained and out of the way while his parents pack. She keep her face out of grabbing range and waves her free paw in front of his face not caring as much if he grabs it or not.

Kentar sighs and looks up. "Yes. We changed our minds because of that stupid son of yours." he says. "He went out yesterday without telling anyone, got himself stabbed then argued with me about how when someone asks if something's wrong, they shouldn't say that they're fine." he growls. "You Aik, are a bad father. He thinks he can get away with anything he bloody well wants to all because when he does something bad all you will do is yell. You don't punish him for anything." he tries so hard not to slap the otter. "Whenever I did something wrong, I'd get whipped for it. I learned quick. Will. Will is a lost cause!" Chris in Amy's arms giggles and bats at Amy's paw with his own two.

Aikuen probably wouldn't mind being slapped... because the moment that Kentar told him it was his son... He begins to frown and growl a little bit. He closes his eyes and takes a deep breath, "I try not to hurt Will, because the last time i hurt a child of mine... she died... But I'm not gonna yell this time... It doesn't seem to work anymore... don't know what I'm gonna do..." he sighs, and absentmindedly pops his neck, and his knuckles. The information that Will went off... then got stabbed... Aik is just about to lose it, "He better learn soon... that you cant do... what you want... when you want... Maybe its time... I don't know..." he stands up and checks his dagger, before coming up with a plan, to not hurt Will... sort of.

Amethyst keeps out of the conversation in stead she moves her paw down passed Christopher's paws and tickles him. She hopes the stoats' plan works and doesn't blow up in their faces. She really hates keeping secrets from Will, though the otters she could care less about most days.

Kentar growls and shrugs as he starts to pack again. "I don't care what you do. You could skin him alive for all I care. That rat means nothing to me anymore. And since I'm not really his real brother. Well. I'm not even his fake brother anymore now either. I can't stand him." he says. "What are you going to do?" The stoat asks. His son giggles and squirms as Amy tickles him, the littler stoat smiling, and placing his tiny paws on her bigger one.

Amethyst smiles at the baby and tickles under his chin nudging his paws away to do so. She's made up her mind. Should the stoats' plan go sour, promise or no promise she will tell Will what's going on. Pushing the thoughts away she cuddles the little stoat, "You like that Chris? Yeah? You like some little cousins one of these days, huh? Bet you would. One of these days, huh? You have fun with your big brother too don't you? You like Kluna. He's nice isn't he? Yes he is. You're such a big boy aren't you? Yes you are. Yes you are."

Aikuen stands up and begins to pace... The stoats leaving... and Kentar insulting his son... doesn't seem to faze the otter at all, that's how mad he is, "Not quite sure... i have a bunch of ideas... I could tie him, and hang him upside down from a tree... There is that HUGE pile of dirt by the pond... that needs to be moved to the garden... there is about 5 tons of it..." He hmms again, "He could fight me in a skirmish... I can make him stop seeing Amy..." he then looks to Amy, "Sorry, but it would kill him on the inside..." then back to his ideas, "I could cut off his ears... But Fira won't like that... though she would understand why I'm doing it... Then there is another one, that even I don't like..." he sighs, as he still paces, thinking of other ways.

Kentar blinks at Aikuen's words. He can't help but to chuckle. "I could cut one of his ears off." he says. "I got a good knife to do it with. It would learn him, I'm sure." he nods a little. 'Also got a whip hidden somewhere if you'd like." he says. "But do something and do something when you see him next or he'll run to the abbey like the bloody coward he is." he growls. The little stoat in Amy's arms just laughs even more, giggling and saying something in babyish.

Aikuen sighs, as he doesn't want to do that unless he has too... Not because of his son, but because of his Wife. He heads out the door, toward the sleeping hall, but he stops at the doorway and looks back to the stoats, "I'm gonna find him now...I'm sorry that my son.... is a total idiot... I'm not going to even bother trying to keep you here... Wherever you go... just come and visit me and Fira... We will most likely be at the abbey..." he blinks a few times and heads out the door, yelling, "WILLIAM REDFANG! GET YOUR SORRY HIDE OUT HERE!... I NEED TO TALK TO YOU!" as he heads for Molehall.

Amethyst /tries/ to hold her tongue but this is really getting out of control, "I am not Fira. I can hear you very well. Kentar, please take Christopher back now. .... I know I promised but you sink and I help only me." Once the stoats take the baby from her she walks out to the sleeping hall heading for who knows where. "We are friends or were anyway not sure now. But my duty lies with my husband firstly, weather any of the rest of you approve or not matters very little. I promised myself I would not keep secrets from him. ... I can't help you with your plan anymore. .... I'm sorry."

Kentar takes Christopher back. "Amy, listen to me." he gets into her way. He wont let her go out there. "Will needs to be punished fro breaking rules or he'll keep doing it and get himself killed. And he's not your husband. Yet." he makes sure to stand in her way

Amethyst sighs, trying to push the stoat out of the way with her staff, "I'm not going to stop Aikuen unless he doesn't something stupid ... really stupid. Yes he does need to be punished. .... and you don't know everything. I'm told beasts can be married in many different ways, even if there are no witnesses."

Kentar doesn't move yet. "Fine." he steps out of the way and then hands his son to Garnet. "We'll go out there together." he nods before going out

Amethyst rolls her eyes but follows the stoat out, not having much choice.

Moledeep: Mole Hall

Aikuen comes into Molehall still yelling for William. He seems quite aggrivated, but does not look like he has lost control. He gets to the table and slams a fist on it, "GET OUT HERE NOW!" and he waits for his son to appear.

Will comes out of the supply chamber, ears down and back partly due to the yelling, he his blue shirt on not the white one that had been torn and had tried to sew up the cut in his side ealier, he's manged to keep it clean as well. He stand at the other side of the table across from the otter. "Kentar told ya .... said he was going to ...." he says quietly preparing for another long talk and figures it likely the otter will want to look over his wound, though he'd rather it be left alone.

Aikuen points at Will, "Yah... he told me... Now follow me... and you better follow..." The wound, the otter could care less about now, as he figures if Will can go gallivanting off without permission, then he should be able to heal his own wounds. He takes a deep breath, and walks through the Entrance tunnel, and then off to the garden.

Will is a little confused but shrugs it off thinking the otter just wants to talk to him where the others won't bother them. He follows the otter with no idea of what he may be planning.

Moledeep: Gardens

Aikuen walks into the garden, after stopping at the shed to pick up a rope and a shovel. He slams the spade into the ground, and coils the chord of rope in his paws. He starts his monotone lecture, "William... Why do you think I'm mad at you..." He keeps his gaze on the rope, lest he do something stupid... earlier than he planed.

Will isn't sure what the shovel and rope are for but the first thing that naturally comes to mind isn't a good thing. He answers, "I'd think your mad cause I forgot t leave a note or tell anyone where I was and that I got hurt. I should have gone back an left a note but I didn't I forgot and I should been more careful so I wouldn't have got hurt." He doesn't ask what the rope or shovel are for.

Aikuen nods slowly, but continues to lecture, "That was first thing you did wrong, of why I'm mad at you. According to Kentar, when he asked what happened, you didn't tell him... He said... that you said that you were just fine... That was a bold face lie... to one of your elders... And yes... Everybeast here, except Amy, is your elder till you reach of age... till then you will tell us the truth of what happened... and listen, and do what we say..." He points at Will's gash, as he saw it while they were moving, "If that was just one inch to the left... you would not be here talking to me... but laying in a street rotting away..." he sighs and places the wrapped coil around his shoulder, "William, i have tried everything under the sun to punish you... and i am left with no choice... but to break a promise to you, the day i gave you my dagger... I am going to hurt you... Give me your paw..." he extends his paw toward the rattling, "The less you resist... the less it will hurt..."

Will chews on his lip a moment, "What are you going t do?"

Aikuen just looks at his son, and blinks slowly, "You will soon find out... Now give me your paw... I wont ask again..." he still holds out his own, for will to take.

Will nods and holds out his paw, "If it's all th same t you I'd rather it not get cut off or nothin'." He braces himself for whatever may happen next he's no stranger to punishment though it has been a long time.

Aikuen takes a hold of Wills paw with a squeeze, and shakes his head, "Hopefully it will not come to that..." He yanks hard on the arm away from Will, pulling the shoulder out of its socket. He lets go of Wills paw, and pushes him in the back so he would fall forward. He stands over him and says, "Other paw now..." and he holds out his paw again.

Will grits his teeth but he wasn't expecting that. He cries out in pain as his arm is wrenched from it's socket and he falls, tears stinging his eye. He lays there a moment trying to figure out what just happened. "You're ... not ... a woodlander so ... I ha- ... have t think you ... have a reason ... for doing this. ... Other than vengeance. ... I don't think you want to but if you do kill me ... take Amy t th Abbey t live there," says closing his eye and hesitantly holding out his other paw.

Aikuen takes Will's other paw, and also yanks it from his socket, but this times he keeps pulling and eventually holds Will up by the arm, letting the muscles and the nerves handle the strain of the rattling's weight. he holds that for about 3 minutes before letting Will drop to the ground, "I'm not going to kill you... But... I will take her... just in case..." He lets Will wallow for a minute before going for the rope and tightly securing it around Wills legs, "No, I'm not a woodlander... I am a Captain... And I have done things... that would make even Vermin cringe in their sleep... I've tried talking, yelling, reasoning, and everything up to the point of actually hurting you... and nothing worked... And if this doesn't work..." he sighs and wipes a paw across his eyes, "I'm sorry I have to do this... But you have to learn..." as he continues to tie the rope securely around his sons legs.

Will is a little more prepared for the pain this time around but not for being picked up like that. He grits his teeth all the while til he's dropped and just lays there not saying anything or protesting any as the otter ties his legs up with the rope. The rat just lays there with his eye closed resting and thinking while he has the chance.

Aikuen was expecting something from the rattling... Not even a single rebuttal... He sighs and takes the other end of the rope and loops it around the tree. Then pulling on that end, he drags Will on the ground till he can be picked up and hung by the rope, about 4 feet off the ground, just in the area of if somebeast where to swing a bat, the rats head would he get a direct hit. That's exactly the idea Aik has in mind. He ties of the end to Will legs again, creating a double loop. Then he picks up the shovel and wields the handle, as he places the spade end on Wills upside down nose, "Look at this Will... this is going to hurt a lot... look at it, then close your eyes... it'll be quick..." He begins to make swinging motions at the rats head with the shovel, just stopping before he actually hit him.... And he starts to count, "Three... Two... One..."

Will's eye widens as it becomes clear what the otter intends to do to him next. He isn't sure if he'll be alive after this but Aikuen had agreed to take Amethyst to the Abbey. He quickly says, "Don't forget t keep your promise an take Amy t th Abbey. For what it matters I don't want t be buried. Just burn whatever's left when you're done," before he closes his eye, teeth clenched, waiting of the blow to come.

"One..." and Aikuen swings the shovel hard, putting all his weight into it. WHAM! And the otter lets go of the shovel as it plants itself deep into the tree. He sighs, as he thinks that his son has learned his lesson. He looks at Will and says, "Will open your eye... I'm not going to burn you, because your not dead..." he then starts to untie the loop, and carefully letting the rat back on the ground, "Hurting you is killing me... But now you know... that I'm not afraid too, If i need too..." He grimaces as he sees at what he did to him, "I hope this taught you something... And what was that?" he asks.

Will's body is jolted as the shovel embeds itself into the tree. He thinks the otter'd missed til he hears him speak. Once on the ground again he doesn't move, not that he could very easily anyhow and looks up at the otter slowly. "Don't go off without saying something first or leaving a note. Don't go down that far if I go back t th underground city. Don't talk back t Kentar or anyone else older than me and don't give you reason t do something like this again. I miss anything?" he asks a little unsure.

Aikuen nods, "Yep, that's about it... Now make sure you do, what you say... or next time... I won't miss..." he sighs and unties Will's legs. After that, he motions Will to flip over on his stomach, "I'm going to pop back in your shoulders..." He grabs the left paw one and holds it back, placing his other paw on the shoulder itself, "Three... Two... One..." and he pulls it back sharply, there is a loud pop, as it reseats itself in the socket. And he does the same thing with the other one. He stands up Will and looks him in the eye, "I hate doing this... I always have... And I hope this will be the last time I have too..." he dusts off some of the dirt from his son, "Your shoulders will sting for a few hours... You just have some small cuts, other then that..." he checks the gash Will received the other day, "Needs to be clean, but it seems to be healing..." he replace the shirt and looks at Will, "Are you alright?...Will?"

The rat nods some and rolls over as best he can when asked to. He yelps a little as each arm is put back in it's place and stays still while the otter looks him over. Once it's over he painfully pulls himself to a sitting position to answer Aikuen, "I think so, Pa. .... I'm sorry."

Aikuen nods and smiles a little, "Its... Its alright... and I'm sorry for hurting you...Can you do this?" he swings his arms in a circle, "Just want to make sure, i didn't do anything permanent..."

Will nods and repeats the movements with his own arms, "Yeah. It's hurts a little but I can move em fine."

Aikuen sighs again and smiles, "Alright... good..." He carefully pulls Will toward him and gives a little hug, so he doesn't hurt him anymore, "Will... Want to... Want to say good bye to the stoats... before they head off..." he grunts, as he scratches his head.

Will hugs his father back glad his punishment is over and he isn't dead after all. He pulls back a little to talk to the otter since this is the first he's heard of the stoats leaving. "Oh? Where're they going? They going t th Abbey t show off th baby or something?" he asks.

Aikuen shakes his head and looks away form a moment before looking back at him, "No... No, They're going... For good... They were planing to a few nights ago... the day before Chris was born... but I convinced them to stay... then when you talked back to Kentar... He lost it.. so now they are leaving... to leave the conflict of our family... Don't know where they are going... don't know if we will ever see them again... I'm not going to even try to stop them..." he sighs and stands up, dusting the dirt of his pants.

Will blinks processing this, "Wha ... Don't all families have problems sometimes? I don't want them t go away .... You think Kentar'd let me talk t him so I can tell him I'm sorry for yelling at him, before they leave."

Aikuen starts to walk back towards Moledeep, "Yes, all families do... But we have more than a usual family does... and i try explain that to him, but he doesn't want to be around that... with their newborn..." he starts to climb down the Entrance Tunnel, "Yah sure... I'm not gonna stop them from leaving, but i can for you to say that at least..." he hmms as he continues to climb down.

Will nods some and follows Aikuen down. "Amy won't like it when she finds out. She likes them being here as much as any of us," he says.

Moledeep: Tunnel Entrance

Kentar, Garnet, sleeping Kluner and baby Christopher are here. There's a pack on Kentar's back and one on Garnet's and they're leaving. The stoats are walking slowly towards the exit of the ground.

Aikuen was about enter the tunnel... When he catches sight of the stoats leaving. He yells, "Wait! Dont go yet!" He runs up to them, and tries to block their path, "Just wait... For a few more seconds... then you can go..." he then waits for Will, to do his thing

Will takes a deep breath and lets it out before looking to the beast he still considers his brother, no matter what anyone else says, and says, "Kentar, I'm sorry I yelled at you and everything about yesterday."

Kentar frowns at the otter and gently shifts the young weasel in his arms. "Why Aik?" he frowns then looks down to Will. "Okay." he nods a little. "Goodbye." The stoat starts to walk again, followed by Garnet.

Aikuen blinks a few times, and just watches them walk away, "Goodbye... It was nice... while you guys were here... please come visit us sometime..." he sighs and has to sit down and rub his eyes. He said he wouldn't stop them... and he didn't...

Amethyst stand in the doorway holding a half full tea cup on a saucer, this is her third cup and she almost wishes the stoats would leave if only so she explain things to Will and vow never to get mixed up another of thier schemes again.

Will shrugs, he'd said he was sorry and if his brother wanted to take his family to live somewhere else what could he really do to stop them, without getting in trouble again that is. He sits down next to Aikuen, "Maybe after a little while they'll come back or at least visit."

The stoat family stops a few moments later. "C'ya." the stoats say quietly before vanishing.

Aikuen, after the stoats vanish, puts an arm around Will, "I don't think so... Maybe visit one of these days... I just don't know..." He hmms a bit, and stands up, "I'm gonna tell Fira... She is always left out in these situations... But i guess its for the better..." He gets up and rubs Will on the head before going back into Moledeep, after rubbing Amy's head as well... and before anybeast could say otherwise... he was also lost to view.

Amethyst watches the stoats leave and she would have ducked when the otter rubbed her head if she could have seen it coming. As it is he just looks annoyed til he passes by her and goes inside. "They told me first so I'd know about it," she says while the otter may still be in ear shot. Once he can't hear him anymore she walks over to Will and forces a smile onto her face, "We need t talk."

Will stands up and hugs her tight knocking her off balance a little. Both rat end up in a pile on the ground. He grins a little as he helps her up, "Ok, we'll talk. Where?"

Amethyst smiles for real as he hugs her and laughs a bit when they fall down together. "Not here. Somewhere they don't know about if possible, but no where too far away. It shouldn't take too long," she says.

Will sighs, "I /have/ t let em know where I am if we go somewhere. You don't want t know what could happen if I don't." He heads inside to the hall to leave a note for the otters and Racky. He comes back out shortly afterward and takes Amy's paw, "I guess we could go t that place I went to ... We are /not/ going farther than th market. It's dangerous past there."

Amethyst smirks, "Sounds like a plan. Lead the way!"

Cathudbova

Will leads Amy toward the Moss River and helps her cross it. They find the out cropping of rock without much trouble since Will is able to recognize them from his last trip to Cathudbodva. The stone stairway is very narrow and steep, Amy has to leave her staff behind so Will can carry her down to the city below. Once on the main platform Will pays the guards to let them in and leads Amy toward the market to talk. She slowly explains that the stoats had come up with a plan to trick Will into behaving better by threatening to leave, though she's not quite sure if their leaving is still part of that plan or if it changed and they really did leave forever. She apologizes for not telling him sooner and explains farther that she had promised the stoats not to tell and at the time when Kentar had come up with the plan she had still been very mad at Will and had agreed to the plan.

She promises not to get involved with any more of the stoats' plans ever again and says she won't keep any thing from Will again no matter how mad she is at him. He nods some and says he forgives her while placing a necklace he'd bought her, while she was talking, over her head as they make their way back to the main platform. They talk some more about other things and his idea of maybe moving down to this city after they're married should they want to comes up. She says she'll think about it and pokes at him lightly with a claw saying he just wants to move so he can open up a pottery shop by the market and try to get rich. He laughs but doesn't deny it as they reach the stairs and he picks her up again to climb back up to the outside world. Luckily they'd hidden Amy's staff and are able to find it again so Will does have to carry her all the way back to Moledeep. She hits him lightly teasing him for not wanting to carry her back. He just grins and leads her a little past the clearing to Moledeep and into a grove of trees nearby.

They both know this place a little and they walk around in the grove talking over the plans they have so far for their wedding in the Spring. Will mentions an idea he'd had for a game of sorts for after the 'talking part' of the wedding but falls silent since he was going to have Kluna help him with it when the time came. Amy gives him a little hug to comfort him as they walk back to Moledeep, saddened by the stoat's departure as it sinks in that they may be gone forever.

Moledeep: Mole Hall

Aikuen Is sitting next to Fira at the Molehall table. The older otter holds a note in his paws and shows it to her, "See... Even though... you don't approve of what i did... it did help... Hopefully he will do this all the time now..." he smiles some as he places the note back on the table and go back to his stew. Fira frowns at Aik, she does not approve at what he did. But she does understand it was just a punishment. She shakes her head and also goes back to their dinner. She sighs as she thinks, that the stoats that left them... might come back, or... she also doesn't know. But she understands why they left. Aik wants to hold her paw, but is afraid... at least for a little while, until she gets over it. Molehall is quiet as they eat, Aik is talking about whatever... but Fira is silent

Amethyst had insisted that Will carry her over the threshold just for fun. His arms are already sore from carrying her up and down stairs but he scoops her up anyway and steps into the tunnel before setting her back on her feet just inside the doorway. He'd laid her staff just inside the door on the other side before he'd picked her up. He puts a paw on the door frame on either side of her so she can't get away too quickly and leans over to kiss her on the check before passing her staff back to her. He is unaware of any otters who may have seen this. He moves to go farther in and calls out, "We're back!"

Amethyst grins and puts a paw to her check then comes up beside Will on his good side and takes his arm leaving her staff by the door since she has another one inside that she can get if she needs it.

The rats walk into the hall and seeing Fira Will wonders if he should take Amy back to get her staff. He looks to Aikuen for help as he tries to let go of Amy's paw.

Amy however is not going for that and refuses to let go even if he lets go. She doesn't care what Fira thinks anymore.

Aikuen has been talking to Fira about her holt, and asking if it was anything like his own when he was young. Fira is still silent, but she nods and shakes her head at the right place. Aik blinks a few times as he hears the rats. He places a claw on her lips, even though she wasn't saying anything, "I think the rats are home... I wonder if they had a good time..." he hmms a bit and goes to think about a trip for just him and her. He then looks off as the rats enter Molehall, and he waves lightly, "Hey Will... Amy... Have a good time?" Fira just sighs and smiles at them both, as Aik has been trying to help get over the whole Amy-Will thing. And its somewhat genuine all the same.

Will notices Fira doesn't seem to mind much. But he doesn't take Amy's paw again. It's clear she's holding his paw since his is flat and not clasping hers now though from the way she's digging her claws into his palm she's not happy with this arrangement. He smiles a little at Aikuen, "Hi. Yeah mostly. And I'm told," he looks to Amy before looking back to the otters, "that the stoats might be playing trick on us and not really leaving but they might not still be playing a trick. Amy was in on it at first but when it starting going too far in her opinion she was going to tell us but Kentar wouldn't let her cause she'd promised him she wouldn't tell. She's not gonna help him with stuff like that anymore." He leads Amy to a chair, "I'm gonna get somethin t eat," he says heading off to the kitchen. It goes without saying he'll bring something back for Amy as well.

Aikuen looks to Will as he leaves to go off for the kitchen. He is completely speechless at the moment. He looks to Fira who is giving the exact same look he is giving. They blink at each other before Aik finally says, "If it is a trick... Its a dirty trick..." He grumbles a little bit. Fira senses 'Aikuen Anger' so she takes a hold of his arm, and rubs it. Aik sighs and looks to her with a chuckle, "I'm fine... But thanks all the same..." he still grumbles as he looks back to Amy, "Did they say that they would go that far... as completely leave? They should be back by now... I hope its a trick... I miss them..." He sighs and pats the top of Fira's paw.

Amethyst says, "All Kentar said was they would pretend to leave but not really leave. No idea if that's still what they're doing though."

Aikuen nods slowly, "Maybe they were just telling you lies... And they were planing to leave... just didn't want to let you down or something..." He hmms a bit a takes Fira's paw under the table and rubs the top of it. Fira is still quite speechless at the whole thing, but she rubs back on Aiks paw all the same.

After a little while, Kentar and his family return to Moledeep. They're standing at the door. Baby Christopher is dozing in Garnet's arms, and Kluner is still napping in Kentar's arms. They're staying quiet as possible, waiting for the other's to notice them

Will returns from the kitchen with two bowls of soup and set one in front of Amy and the other a seat next to her before going back to the kitchen for drinks he doesn't notices the stoats til he comes back again and almost drops the glasses of water he's carrying when he does notice them.

Aikuen blinks a few times as he looks to the doorway, hearing the odd sounds of a pack... or packs. He goes wide eyed and tilts his head at the stoats. He has gone speechless again... And Fira, sensing danger, starts to rub his arm. Aik prevents himself from getting up and punching the stoat square in the face.... and if it wasn't for Fira, and what has happened lately, he probably would. He goes to his monotone lecture voice and says, "Hello...Welcome to Moledeep... Do you require anything?" Fira seeing that Aik is not going to hurt them, goes back to rubbing his paw.

Amethyst takes a now half full and wet glass from Will when he offers it to her and says nothing though she is aware that the stoats are back

Kentar nods a little. "Yeah. I sort of left something behind. I want to keep. If that's. Alright." he says. Garnet pushes Kentar gently forward. "When we left. We did leave for good. Not because we wanted to. Because I did. I was. Being stupid." he looks them over. "Which one is going to punch me?" he asks, looking them over quietly. "You can thank Garnet for bringing us back if you guys. Uh. Keep us."

Aikuen sighs and gets up leading Fira by the paw. they get in front of the stoats. First comes Garnet... Aik removes Chris from her arms, and hands him to Fira. Aik smiles at her, and wraps both arms around her in a big ole' hug, "Thank ye... for that" He then replaces Chris back into his mothers arms. Then its Kentar's turn, "By all rights... i should punch you..." He takes Kluner from his arms, and hands it off to Fira. He glares at Kentar, and act like he is going to punch him, but at the last second transforms it into another hug, "Stop killing me mate... please stop..." he then replaces Kluner. He and Fira both step back and Aik says, "Family... is always kept here... Never forget that..." he smiles.

Will had put a paw over Amy's mouth at first just in case she volunteered to hit Kentar. Seeing his parents and Aikuen in particular not getting upset over what Kentar did he removes his paw from Amy's muzzle and sits down to eat his soup.

Kentar didn't even blink when the otter was about to punch him. But he does blink when there's a hug. "Come on, Aik. Punch me. I deserve it." he says before the otter leaves him alone. "Alright. Fine. Mind if we put our stuff away?" he asks. The other members of his family are already gone to their room. Kluner was taken by Garnet who managed both sleeping dibbuns.

Amethyst sighs, "Don't do that again." before turning her attention to her own bowl of soup as well.

Aikuen chuckles, "I'll punch you later... when you least expect it... Come on mate...Put your stuff away... then it's time for supper..." he leads Fira back down to their spot, "Mate... Just stop trying to kill me... that's all I ask... I'm getting too old for those type of games" he sighs, rubbing Fira's paw again.

Will drains his bowl and waits for Amy to finish her soup so he can collect their bowls and put them in the kitchen sink. "Glad you're back," he says to Kentar.

Amethyst nods, "What he said." The big wooden beads on her new rope necklace clack together as she nods toward the stoat.

Kentar smiles a little and sighs as he puts his things down. "Thank you guys for not hating me." he sighs and scratches ear before looking around. "No, No, I'll take the dishes." he says.

Will shrugs and passes his bowl to the stoat and Amy's as well once she finishes. "It'd take more than that for us t hate you. But don't try an make us hate you, you wouldn't like it," he says matterafactly.

Aikuen gets up from the table with both his and Fira's bowl also, "Who said that we didn't... Welcome back mate!" He smirks at the stoat, and nudges him as he walks toward the kitchen, "Its me and Fira's turn for cleaning the dishes... You know the rules... We each take our turn... Just take the bowls to the kitchen... we will do the rest!" he chuckles lightly as both otters leave into the kitchen, to do their chores. Also to see if they can find something sweet for dessert.

Kentar nods at the otters and smiles softly. He goes into the kitchens with the bowls then sits down at the table with the rats. "So. Um. Yeah."

Amethyst plays with her wood bead necklace, twisting it this way and that making the large beads rub across each other and make crackling sounds. "So? So what? You're back. Garnet's back. Kluna's back. Chris is back. The grove can be used after all. See how nicely that works out? It was very good of you to come back. Things would be a mess without you four around here. It really would be .... Now you wanted to say something, did you?" she asks still playing around with her new necklace which she did not have when the stoat left.

The stoat sighs and looks at the rats. "I'm sorry guys. I'm an idiot. I am real sorry. I. I thought I could walk away from my problems but. I guess I just can't walk away from family." he sighs.

Will nods, "Not easily anyway. And not without leaving a note saying where you're going first around here." Which is something he will likely never forget to do again.

Amethyst pulls out her lute and starts to tune it having nothing much to say at the moment.

Kentar looks around. "Will. Can I ask you something?" he asks. "What did Aikuen do after he called you?" he asks, wondering.

Will chew on his lip thinking about weather he should tell the stoat or not. "Uh ... Amy left her stick somewhere ... you mind helping look for th other one? She said you made her two of them. It's sure t be around here somewhere. ... Maybe in th study or something." He moves off toward the afore mentioned room and motions for the stoat to follow him and to leave Amy there.

Amethyst says, "All I was told is it was bad and if I knew what happened I'd want to kill the otter. Still want to ask?"

Kentar looks at Will. "Yeah. I'll help." he stands, going after will quietly. "Where did you say she left it?" he asks.

Will says, "Her spare one's probably in th study or her room most likely. We'll check th study first an th cellar after."

Amethyst can hear them leaving but continues to tune her lute, she knows Will will come back and the otters are in the kitchen in case he doesn't for some reason.

Moledeep: Fore Mole's Study

Will enters the study and starts looking around for Amy's second staff. As he looks he says to the stoat, "/If/ I tell you, you can't do anything to him for it. Understand?"

Kentar nods a little. "I promise. And it I who told him to be more punishing, remember? Why would I hurt him for it?" he asks. He just stands in the middle of the room

Will shrugs, "Well ... Your idea of more punishing and his may not be th same is all. I know th Abbey wouldn't like what he did but they don't like a lot of things. So no matter what I tell you about what he did you won't do anything to him because of it right? And you /won't/ tell Amy about it. She doesn't need t know about it right now. I will tell her but probably not for a long while. She doesn't need another reason t .... never mind, just don't tell her ok."

Kentar nods slowly then kneels down in front of the rat. "What happened Will?" He asks. He's worried now. Did the otter go over the line again?

Will sighs, "I'm getting t that. But I don't hold it against him and if I don't any no other beast hasn't a right to either. Cause if any beast has a right to I do but I'm not mad at him at all for what he did. You do understand don't you?" He wants to be sure the stoat won't do something stupid after he tells him.

Kentar nods and then sighs. "Will. I promise. Tell me what happened." he says. "Tell me what happened. Please."

Will sighs, "Well first he yelled for me t come t th hall and then he told me t go outside. Once we were outside he got some rope and a shovel. He rolled up th rope an put it over his arm and stuck th shovel in th ground. He asked me if I knew what I did wrong and I told him and he said some stuff and then told me t hold out my paw. I did an asked him not t cut it off or anything like that and he didn't as you can see. It could have been much worse ya know. I'm not bleeding any from what he did." He pauses to think over how to explain the rest of it to the stoat.

Kentar frowns and waits for a few moments. "Will. He..." he gently places both his paws on the rat's shoulders, then grips firmly to see if he got the idea.

The rat flinches in spite of himself. His shoulders would have been fine if he hadn't been carrying Amy up and down those stairs so soon after his punishment. "If you're asking if he pulled my arms out their sockets then yeah he did. Also tied he up upside down right after and was gonna hit me in th head with th shovel he'd got out ahead of time. He didn't hit me though ... he missed an hit th tree instead though. I think he did it on purpose, hitting th tree ... said he won't miss next time."

Kentar blinks and frowns. "He went to far." he says, the stoat stands. "I wont hit him for it. But I will talk to him. That was way too extreme." the stoat walks around slowly and rubs his face. "That was. Way to extreme. For a dibbun. Too much."

Will sighs, "Oh yeah, I'm a dibbun. So easy t forget that. Few beasts really care how old I am most of th time. Not th first time somethin' like that's happened t me, though I wasn't expecting it this time. Still coulda been worse. He didn't kill me or at th least draw any blood. .... Just help me find Amy's other stick and calm down before you talk t Pa."

Kentar nods. He then looks around and points to a random direction. "There. The staff is there." he sighs. "Did he do anything else?" he asks. "Tell me if he did. Please."

Will looks over to where the stoat pointed and sees the staff, "Thanks." He walks over and picks it up, "Should get this t Amy. She'll need it again before long. .... For what it's worth my shoulders are sore more because of Amy and anything Pa did. Had t carry her down some stairs cause she couldn't take her stick with her and then on th way back I had to carry her back up again. They're long stairs and it's not a easy way t go even when by you're self, but she wanted t go and I did say I'd take her," he shrugs a little at the last part. "That's all he did. Oh and he held me of th ground at one point for a few minutes by one arm after he'd pulled em both out but that wasn't too bad compared t th rest of it. So that's all. He didn't do much else after he missed. He untied me and let me back down t th ground real slow and put my arms back in where they go and hugged me and .... what do you want me t say he did? Yes it was bad but I'm fine now. True my arms and shoulders hurt but like I said that's more from carrying Amy around right afterward than anything else."

Kentar nods a little. "Doesn't matter. I will talk to him." he sighs then nods. "When your finished out there, can you please send Aikuen in here." he sits down.

Will chew on his lip some, "Ok ... but don't do anything stupid. I know you won't listen but you do listen a little better than he does. I don't tell him anymore t not act stupid cause he never listened before when I told him. .... Nearly got himself killed cause of that once ... wasn't nice t watch. Beasts could say that I shouldn't a picked a beast with his temper or that had been a drunk when I first met him t be my family but I did anyway ... him and me stick together, for th most part. We're all a family here even if we look a like. ... Just try not t get him too mad or upset ... it's not good when either happen." He walks out to the hall to give Amy her stick and look for the otter.

Kentar Nods. "I won't make him angry. I promise you." he says. "Thank you Will."

The rat grins, "Welcome." He pauses a moment, "... Kluna still allowed t go with me t th city or not anymore? I won't take him where I got hurt or any place really dangerous."

Kentar looks over. "You can take him. But I am going to go with you for the first time. I'd also like to see where you got hurt. Sometime."

Will nods, "That's fine. That place isn't too bad ... I don't think it is, but we'd have t go without Kluna if you want t go there. Gets kinda rough down there since there's no guards and all, but I had a good time last I was there."

Kentar nods. "Then anytime you want to go there, Will. Anytime. I will go with you. Alright?" he smiles softly.

Will smiles, "Sure. Just say when. Explorin' what I used t do and long as we don't go down too far nothing bad should happen and I think if he wanted to Kluna could sell drawings like th one he made you at th market there if he ever wanted to. It's closer than th market by th Abbey."

Kentar nods a little and smiles. "No Will. YOU...tell me when you want to go." he smiles before nodding to the door. "Go get Aikuen please."

Will nods, "I will. I could go now, but we'd have t stay over night there sooo you mind if we go tomorrow?"

Kentar smiles then shakes his head. "I don't mind tomorrow." he smiles. "Tomorrow then!"

Will says, "Ok. I'll start getting things ready after I tell Pa you want t talk with him."

Moledeep: Mole Hall

Aikuen after finishing the dishes, walks out with Fira. Aik is mouthing words to her, and she just smirks and nudges him in the arm. He chuckles as he goes to sit down back at the spot, and his wife is soon to follow, "Hey Amy... Where the others go?" he looks around the room.

Amethyst shrugs, "They went off t look for my extra staff. Kentar was asking Will what you'd done t punish him. Don't know if he'll tell him or not. Wouldn't tell me. Said I'd want t kill you for it if he were t tell me." She continues to tune her lute through out the conversation

Aikuen looks to Fira, who begins to frown at this. Aik told her what he did already, and she does not want to find out again... after she had been distracted well enough. Aik looks back at Amy and sighs, "I did nothing too bad... compared to what i could have done...Will, will tell you in time I'm sure... At least i didn't do, what Kentar told me to do..." he adds the last part in, just for kicks. He continues to rub Fira's paw, but she has stopped rubbing his.

Will enters the hall from the study with a smile on his face and walks over to Aikuen. "Pa, Kentar's in th study and he wants t talk with ya." He didn't hear what the otter just said, he's too busy thinking about other things right now. He then walks over and give Amy her other staff which he'd brought from the study. After this he walks off to the storage chamber, calling over his shoulder, "Kentar's going exploring with me some tomorrow."

Amethyst takes the staff and leans it against her chair, still tuning her lute.

After Aikuen leave to talk with Kentar Amy goes off to her room not wanting to be alone with Fira.

Moledeep: Fore Mole's Study

Aikuen enters the study, and closes the door behind him, "What's wrong mate?" he smiles at the stoat. He hopes Will cleared things up with the stoat.

Kentar looks up from a book. The stoat sets it aside and stands going over slowly. He locks the door and sighs. "Will told me you dislocated his shoulders then held him up for a few minutes by a dislocated shoulder." he growls. "YOUR INSANE!" He actually tries to slap the otter across the face. "Tell me. Did that hurt? Honestly."

Aikuen sighs, as he guess's that Will... Did in fact... not clear it up. After that, he gets slapped in the face, without flinching, "Mate... Please... Can we just put this behind us... Will is not mad at me... He understands... Even Fira... The beast who hates violence the most... Understands..." he rubs the side of his face, "Yes it did... But i don't want to hear I'm insane from you... YOU wanted me to cut off his ears... And you think I'm insane..." he shakes his head, and now he braces to be attacked again, "And he learned his lesson... and he is happy with the arrangements... So please mate..." he shrugs, while keeping his paws up.

Kentar sighs. "It was what my father would have done. And if you realize, I am all talk. I'd never hurt him. Never. not like that." he sighs. "You almost bloody killed him!" The stoat goes to throw a good hard punch. "He's a kid! A kid you idiot! Kids can't deal with that sort of pain. You could have killed him!"

Aikuen grabs the paw in mid-air, he scoffs, "Too obvious..." he sighs and tosses the paw aside, "He can take a lot more than you can think... and all i did was Dislocate his shoulder and pull his muscle... He didn't even pass out... I was no where near to killing him...I know, when he reaches that point.. And what he has told me... he can handle it quite well... Why are you so mad at me Kentar? Will isn't... if he was, then i could understand..." he ask keeping his paws up in a fighter stance.

Kentar aims a hook for his jaw, then a jab for his stomach at the same time. "Because you could have seriously hurt him. You could have ruined his arm for good! Then what? Then what, huh?"

Will passes by outside the study, he can't tell what is going on in there but the stoat and otter are both known to behave stupidly at times. He calls from the other side of the door, "Kentar, you said you wouldn't do anything stupid. Not that either of you listen." He shakes his head and continues what he was doing.

Aikuen simply has to move and duck to one side, to easily dodge both pouches. He sighs and shakes his head, "I could have killed you three times by now... just stop trying and just talk to me..." he snorts, "If i did in fact do something permanent...Which by the way is extremely unlikely... Its more likely that Garnet will contract an infection, because she was outside... and she is still in the danger zone..." he moves back a pace, to ready for the next attack, "If i did ruin his arm... i would have done the same thing to me... That's why i tested to his arms make sure i didn't hurt him... I took every precaution... I wasn't an idiot, and just do what i felt like doing to him... I took an account of everything... He is my son after all..." he sighs, "Please mate..."

Kentar falls flat on his face for a moment but then flips onto his footpaws. "Please mate what? Let you continue to hurt him more then needed? When I said you needed to come up with a punishment, it wasn't anywhere near what I meant you idiot." he growls.

Aikuen closes his eyes, "I will never hurt him again... I never have before today... and he knew that..." he takes another step backward, "Please mate... just stop... I CANNOT hurt Will anymore... i physically cant... If he ever disobeys me again... i have another plan... I will never touch him..." he smiles a little though, "You wanted me to cut off his ears... what the hell was i supposed to get from that..." he is still not angry, he cant be for awhile now.

Kentar sighs and pants. Aikuen is just working him to the tired level. "Fine but I just can't forget it. I just can't." he growls. "Next time he does something. Don't do anything. Don't touch him, don't even bloody look at him." he throws himself into a chair. He's having flashbacks now. Fun times.

Aikuen sighs and shakes his head. He goes and pulls an armchair near the stoat, and he plops down, "Mate... I wont... I promise you that... That is the last time i will ever lay a claw on him, for hurting him... just hugs and head scruffs from now on..." he pats the chair, and dusts starts to fly around the room, "I'm glad you are looking out for Will, but he is not a little kid... at least not for very long... he has been through the ringer, and back again... He is stronger than you think..." he takes a deep breath.

Kentar stares blankly at the floor for a moment before looking up. "What? Oh. Yeah. Stronger then I think." he nods a little. "I just don't want him scared of you. He's been through a lot, but it doesn't ever match with the things your family can do." he squints a little.

Aikuen tilts his head, "What my family can do?..." he shrugs it off, "I was afraid of that too, but... But he knows what i can do... So i think he was prepared..." he sighs, "If i ever hurt... anyone else in our family... Now this is how much i believe in myself and in you... If i ever hurt any of them... I'm giving you permission to Kill me... Hunt me down and Kill me..." he stands up and holds his paw out for the stoat, "I am not lying... But that is how much i believe in myself... Come on mate... I don't want to lose you again..." he smiles, "Garnet may be wandering where we went off too... Is she alright? How about Chris?" he asks.

Kentar looks at the paw and stares at it for a few moments. "I. Don't know." he sighs a little. "I don't want to hunt you down AIkuen. Your my best bloody friend. In fact you're the one who's cared about me more then any beast aside from Garnet." he then scratches his head. "Truth be told. She's in pain, Aikuen." He says. "She was in pain yesterday but we didn't think much of it." he sighs. "She almost collapsed before we turned around today."

Aikuen says, "I don't want you to hunt me down... that's for sure... your the only beast, besides Fira... I called my best mate... in over 12 seasons" he sighs and then goes wide eyed at the new information, "WHAT!! SHE IS! Why didn't you tell me sooner!" He curses a little bit and runs to the door to unlock it, "This is bad... Come one mate!" he throws open the door and runs out the door. He then pops his head back in and says quickly, "Mate! Where is she! Hurry on mate!"

Moledeep: Infirmary

Will sees the door of the study fly open and his father and older brother rush out toward the infirmary. Concerned, he follows them, pack and all.

Garnet is in here. Christopher is on the floor crying, and Garnet is on the floor. She's not moving, but she's breathing.

Aikuen bursts through the door to the infirmary, and is quickly followed by Kentar Will and Fira. He sees Garnet on the floor and runs to her, picking her up and placing her on a nearby cot, "Oh geeze mate... not good... not good!" he seems scared as he starts to test her, placing a paw on her forehead, checking her tongue... and several other quick things, that just looks like he is just looking at her. He hears the baby crying, "Fira please get the baby..." Fira nods quickly and goes to pick up the little stoat, wondering if she should a keep a hold, or give it to Kentar.

Kentar is next through the door. The stoat blinks and almost bursts into tears. "GARNET!" he shreaks, running over. He helps her to the cot with Aikuen, and quickly takes one of the paws that the otter isn't testing. "Is she alright? Please tell me she's okay!" He sits down and bursts into tears. Probably best that Christopher is held by Fira for now.

Will stays by the door just watching for now.

Garnet is still out cold. She feels a little cold and her mouth is dry. After a few moments, she slowly opens her eyes. "Unh...it...it hurts." she whispers quietly. "Its alright love. Its alright. Aikuen's here. He'll save you." Kentar smiles as best as he can.

Aikuen takes a stuttered breath and runs to the medicine cabinet, "She has a fever, and she was passed out.... she has got... she has got a minor Infection... I was afraid of that..." he pulls out a blue, and green vial and a flask, and begins to mix the two together. He just remains quite about if she is alright...because he doesn't know for sure, but yells to the others, "Blankets, lots of blankets... Keep her very warm... Almost blistering hot..." he shakes the vial, and walks over to Garnet, "Hey... drink this... it will help..." he helps her down the strange medicine. Fira nods for the blankets, she walks over and hands the baby to Will, before going off to rip blankets from other cots, and tossing them over Garnet.

The stoatmaid downs the medicine slowly. "I'll be back in a moment love." Kentar lets go of her paw slowly and then dashes off, going insane to get as many blankets as he can, returning to pile them on top of her. "Will she be alright, Aik?"

Will blinks at the little stoat is put into his arms suddenly, "Uh ..." He holds the squalling baby awkwardly and tries to remember what very little he knows about babies. Something about keeping their heads up. He looks at Christopher confused, "Uh ... hi. ... um .... how do you make him be quiet?" he asks ears back from the shear volume and his closeness to the crying stoatbabe.

Aikuen places a paw on top of her head, "Her fever hasn't broken yet... I... I don't know... But i will never give up..." he dashes off to one of the table and rips off some towels and dip them in some water he left for the stoats the other night. He then runs back and places the cloth on her head, "Come on Garnet... Fight it... Fight it..." he says pleadingly. Fira after every blanket has been taken off every cot, walks back over to Aik, rubbing his shoulder and looking to Garnet. Aik is a little more worried about keeping Garnet alive... so the crying baby is left up to Will for now

Will sighs seeing the other are too busy. "Well, you'll have t stop sooner or later," he tells the baby trying to ignore it's crying.

Aikuen becomes very alarmed at this, and places a paw on her neck. He closes his eyes, and bites his tongue. He then sighs as she is still alive, "Oh mate... she is alive..." He then checks her temperature again and he smiles, "Her fever is broken..." he wipes a paw across his eyes, and also sits down, "Oh mate..." he breathes heavily, "That was... too close..." he closes his eyes, and Fira goes to grab his paw and rub it.

Kentar takes Garnet's paw again from under the blankets and starts to sob. He's sobbing hard. Tears of joy though. Tears of shear joy. He gently lays himself half over the pile of blankets that are over his wife, the stoat just sobbing happily.

Will smile a little hearing Garnet's better now. "Hear that Christopher," he asks finally remembering the baby's name, "Your ma's getting better now." The baby of course doesn't understand this. Will rolls his eye and make some effort to rock the baby thinking maybe it will make him quieter.

At the hearing of Will's words, and the rocking, the babe starts to stop crying. He sniffles and looks around slowly then drifts off to sleep. Either the rocking, or just the voice saying something he shouldn't really understand put him to sleep.

Aikuen smiles at Kentar, "Next time... when i tell you, to tell me immediately when something is wrong with her... you tell me immediately... even if its just a headache" he sighs though, "She needs to stay here... She cannot leave here... for awhile now... no leaving for anything... absolutely anything..." he rubs his eyes and looks to Will with a smile, "If you don't want to hold him, i will..." he smiles at Fira and they know that its going to be another night in the infirm.

Kentar nods slowly. "I promise. Oh seasons do I promise." he sighs. "So. How long will she be in here for?" He asks, looking up. "And are you sure she'll be fine?"

Will shrugs, "If you want to. ... He's not that bad. .... once he shuts up that is."

Aikuen looks back at the stoat, "At least... A week i say... Longer would be better, until she can do almost do everything she could do... before she carried the child..." he nods, "As long as she doesn't leave, and you tell me if she has pain again... she will be fine..." he smiles and looks back to Will, "I don't mind the crying, and you better get used to it..." he grins as he holds out his arms for Chris.

Kentar takes a deep breath and then wipes his eye. "Oh thank seasons. Thank you Aikuen, thank you." he sighs then sits back before looking to Will. "We're still going tomorrow, right?" he asks.

Will lets Aikuen take the baby, more than happy to be rid of him. He could probably come up with an answer if he though about it but he doesn't and asks, "Why?" before looking over to the stoats, "If you still want to. We could go a different day if you'd rather wait til Garnet's better."

Aikuen takes the kid and smiles at him, as he slowly begins to rock his godson. He looks to Kentar, "I will watch Chris, Garnet, and Kluner... You guys go right ahead... you need to get out anyway... So you don't hurt, due to stress..." he grins as Fira gets close to him, to look at Chris. Wills 'Why', gets a Passover, because he will soon find out pretty soon, sooner than he thinks.

Kentar smiles at Aikuen. "Thank you Aik. Thank you so much." he nods before looking to Will. "Tomorrow. Yes, I'm sure. Thank you Will." he sighs and then yawns.

Will smiles a little, "Ok. You should pack anything you might need and bring some money. I'm not paying for you."

Kentar nods a little and smiles. "Yeah. I'll. I'll have lots of money for tomorrow. I'll even buy you something." he smiles a little then sighs. "I need to sleep. I'll. I'll see you two tomorrow. Aik. Please watch Chris for me tonight. I don't think I have the ability for now.

Will says, "You don't have to bring a lot. Better if you didn't bring too much and you sure don't need t ..." the stoat seems to be asleep on his feet so Will doesn't bother finishing the sentence.

Aikuen looks at them and tilts his head at them, "Hey if your gonna get something... can I get something nice... A nice vase will work..." He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a pile of gold coins, and hands them to Will, "Here is... 25 or so... A nice painted vase will be good, A BIG one!" he chuckles. He looks to the stoat, "Night Kentar, and yah sure... I'm here to help... Chris is in good paws..." Fira smirks and nudges him.

Will blinks a little as he's handed the coins, "You'd ask a carpenter to buy you a chair too wouldn't you?" he says pocketing the money anyway, "How big do you want it?"

Aikuen tilts his head, "Oh sorry Will... I don't want a clay vase... I want a glass vase... about the size of...well you." he chuckles, "If i wanted clay, i would go to my number one potter..." he hides a smiles. Fira yawns and leans back into the bed

Will grins, "I'd hope so. If I see any glass vases at th market down there I'll get you one. Don't know if they have any but they seem t have a little of everything and if they don't I'm sure they'd be happy t find one one way or another so long as they get paid enough for it. If they don't have any we'll have t look some where else."

Kentar listens to them for a few moments before climbing into a nice cot and drifting off to sleep.

Aikuen nods, "Well if its there get it... but don't go to much trouble for it... I'm not that interested in it... just thought it would be good place to store some flowers in me and Fira's room..." He smiles and yawns himself, going to lean against the backboard so he can keep Chris cradled. Fira immediately goes to cuddle up to him, and soon she is asleep. Aik smiles and says, "Hope you guys have fun tomorrow, and thank you for telling me... I already said that didn't i... Oh well... I mean it..." he smiles and closes his eyes, going to doze next to Fira.

Will nods and gives the otters a quick hug before going off to recheck his supplies for the trip and tell Amy about Garnet.