Dora arrives at the Mountain, with a prisoner (Salamandastron Ambassadors Log; sorry that it got long.......)
Friends and enemies: Thunderwing the eagle. DoraRose the mouse and Felicity 'Lissie' the hare. Magus the ferret and Flint the hare. Celina the hare. Flare the hare (it rhymes! Oh, the joy! :D).
Happens during and after these 2 logs: http://rwmuck.limitless.org/rwmuck/content/could-get-any-worse-or-worse-... and http://rwmuck.limitless.org/rwmuck/content/bird-flight-epicness :)
DoraRose wakes up, and the first thing she realizes is that she's alone. Leon is gone.
Sitting up, she looks around, calling, "Leon? Leon?" Hefting her axe, she casts around and finds his tracks. Groaning, she gets an idea of what he has done.
She picks up the haversacks and slips them onto her back, all the while grumbling, "The least he could've done was woken me up before he went off on this hare-brained venture." She stalks off, following his prints, worry slowly building up from deep within her.
After a while, she reaches the spot where he was grabbed. Staring in abject horror at the wing marks in the sand, she falls to her knees.
"No.....Leon, no! Why didn't you wake me up so I could come with you?!"
Western Shore
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Soft sand cushions you as you walk. To the south a lone mountain stands at attention, guarding the seashore. Curls of smoke grace the sky as they escape from the top of the looming mountain. The sight is breathtaking to anybeast. To the west the sand meets the glassy sea.
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Exits: [I]nto [H]ole in the [G]round, [T]o the [N]orthwest [F]ace of the [M]ountain, [Sh]allows, [U]pshore, [D]ownshore
Thunderwing has rested some and even kicked the falcon a couple times. Before flying off he finds something shiny in the sand, the whistle that was dropped and he places it in his special made pack at his side. His cuts are not too bad and he can wait to have them tended to as he takes off and goes to fly, scanning the area for vermin and for a certain mousemaid.
Dora is sitting where Leon had been grabbed by the falcon, crying. The past few days have just been too much for her to bear. The packs are sitting beside her, and her axe is resting a pace or 2 away from her. It looks like she dropped it then collapsed.
Thunderwing circles around and sees the mousemaid, he then goes to land close to her and tilts his head as he then speaks, "Thunderwing find the Doramouse?" He waits on a reply. Its a good thing the eagle cleaned up some before he went to find the mousemaid or he might look a bit...well fearsome.
Looking up, the Warrior sniffs and wipes tears from one of her eyes. "Yes, I'm DoraRose. You're....you're Leon's eagle friend, aren't you?" She gestures around and says, "What happened here? Do you know if Leon is alright?"
Thunderwing looks around and smooths out some traces of blood on his chest, "Falcon bird be dead was bad birdly. Beach no safe for mousie, ferret and badcat around." He then answers her question, "Friend Leon with bunny"
Magus is some distance away, looking for the falcon and seemly finding it and not too pleased his pet is dead and has decided to look for the cause of it. His new boss or maybe he is still boss, for now is no where to be seen.
Gasping, Rose stands, slinging the haversacks onto her shoulders. Picking up her axe, she says excitedly, hope renewed in her heart, "Leon is at Salamandastron already? That's wonderful! Thank you! Please, take me to the Mountain; we must get help to find our friend." She is oblivious to the presence of the ferret.
Thunderwing nods "One friend in trouble, winters clan beast in trouble much...Thunderwing can get you to friend Leon, yes"
Magus chuckles as he draws a little closer, "A large bird of prey is one to trust?" He says as he comes closer, "Oh winters sounds familiar it does, oh yes the troubled one....the now broken one"
"That would be Zinnia, it's got to be!" Hearing the ferret's words, the Warrior turns. Dropping the haversacks and getting into an at-ready position in one fluid movement, Rose narrows her eyes at him. "Who are you? What have you done with my friend?"
Thunderwing puffs out and looks ready to peck the ferret if he needs to, "No come close, crazy ferret need to go away."
Magus chuckles as he twirls his staff "Friend? Foe? Surely not a friend" He tilts his head "To you...she is soon to not be here, they key will not find her, or maybe it will but will it in time?"
Dora bares her teeth and swings her axe threateningly. "Where is she, you lump of offal? If she's been harmed, you're going to pay dearly." She narrows her eyes. "A key.....you can't stop destiny, ferret face. You can only postpone it. Now tell me where she is and I'll let you keep your head."
Thunderwing is still puffed out, "Thunderwing kill falcon, maybe Thunderwing kill you next. You had falcon almost kill mouse friend."
Magus smirks,"I am not there, her..." He smiles "Owner is..." He glares at the eagle "SO your the killer of my pet, ahh almost, how interesting, but not all are to go to the dark forest sometimes, sometimes one must wait." He twirls his staff, "Maybe I send...another....yes keep the 3...1"
Dora growls and charges, trying to cut his staff in half. "How DARE you do that to Zinnia!! Where is she?" She swings at him again, aiming to cut him just about anywhere.
Thunderwing dislikes the sound of owner and is ready to defend the mouse if needed. "Ferret know the bad kitty and knows where he is with friend."
Magus is a little startled when she suddenly charges at him and swings the staff at her legs as she goes to make a cut towards him. The weapon cuts into his lower arm on the side not holding the staff, some blood drips down but not a lot to stop him from fighting.
Dora trips, grabs a pawful of sand, and throws it up at the ferret's face. "Thunderwing! Grab my haversacks, and when I say 'now', please grab me and get us out of here!" She scrambles backwards and onto her feet, swinging the axe at her enemy again.
Thunderwing nods, he can easily carry what ever was left from the groups belongings, he will also kneel down so she can better get on him when she is ready.
Magus raises his arm and blocks some of the sand throw at him, he then lets out a loud cry of pain as the ax slams into his staff and cuts through on to his arm, cutting to the bone. "The mousemaid will not find the key, it will not be!" He goes to try and get a dagger with his free paw and flick it at her, a normal dagger nothing on it.
Dora doesn't see the dagger coming, and so gets it in her shoulder. "Stop SPEAKING IN RHYMES!! It's annoying!" She leaves the dagger where it is and swings at him again, a little clumsily this time. She's not trying to kill him, just make him unable to fight anymore. "Where is Zinnia Winters?!"
Thunderwing drops the packs and suddenly goes to use a talon on the ferret and if he is able to he will hold him down "You no harm mouse friend!!"
Magus chuckles at the fact the dagger is in her shoulder and goes to try and slam her in the head with a broken bit of the staff but before that he lets out a gasp as he is knocked backwards and pined to the sandy ground, "You...will release me foul flying creature!" He looks at the mousemaid and smirks "The troubled one? Patcheye has her and she will be broken if she isn't already...lost to hope...lost to all in the storm of despair."
Dora barely dodges the staff, then watches as the eagle pin their enemy to the ground. Yanking the dagger out from her shoulder, she goes to grab the ferret's ear, and holds the dagger to his throat. Smiling despite the blood trickling down her chest from the wound, she says in a low, dangerous tone, "Well, you seem to know allot. Tell, me; do you know who I am? If you do, then you should know that NOTHING will stop me from saving my friend. Where. is. she?"
Thunderwing puffs out and keeps a talon on the ferret, he stays silent for now and waits.
Magus tries to move and fails, he narrows his eyes at the mousemaid "You're being so very unwise...yes you are one of the 3, but your not the key." But its few times one can be in a good place with a dagger at the throat, "The badger maid is with the slaver Patcheye...he keeps her and may or may not keep her around" He chuckles "She angered him, but she will pay for that"
Growling, the Warrior goes to twist his ear. "You despicable slime, selling her to a slaver. Keep him still, please." She goes to the haversacks and starts digging out lengths of rope. "How would you like a taste of your own medicine, ferret face? I'm going to tie you up," she walks over to him and starts trying to tie his footpaws together in such a way as to keep him from being able to run but still allowing him to walk very slowly. "Then I'm going to take you to the Mountain with us and see what the Long Patrol wants to do with you to get you to talk. I hear that they REALLY hate vermin." DoraRose starts going to tie his forepaws together.
Thunderwing frowns a little, he does keep him still and pined down. He even pushes a little more so, "Or you could stay here and be...lunch" Yeah he missed breakfast and lunch, but he doesn't make a move to try and eat him, even though he be totally ok with it
Magus goes to try and kick up at the mousemaid as he is being tied up, he then chuckles "Further away soon will be...I won't be waited on long and he will leave with the prize, he will kill those in his way..it will be fun"
Dora eeps as she is barely able to avoid getting kicked. She stands up and crosses her arms, glaring at the ferret. "Or I could just let you get eaten by an eagle. Either cooperate, or get eaten. Your choice." She slings the haversacks back onto her back and hefts her axe. "Thunderwing, please bring him along since he won't let me tie him up. If he starts being annoying, let me know and I'll see if it's enough to warrant letting you eat him."
Thunderwing looks hopeful, but he also keeps an eye on the ferret
Magus smirks and he can't move too well, "If you must tie me up, do it you can but will it help or will it not who knows."
Dora quickly turns around and goes to tie him up. "You know, you jerk. No come on. You're going to the mountain with me." She goes to put a noose around his neck, then, if he's sufficiently tied up, she goes to take all of his weapons and pouches and things. "Now, will you be a good little ferret and do as I say, or should I let Thunderwing take you for a ride?"
Magus is tied up as he chuckles dryly at the mousemaid" Some I know amd some I do not. I do know Patcheye's plans...and what he can, and did do already"
Thunderwing is ready to take a slightly different way to the Mountain, it's called walking as they are close now and he shouldn't drop another beast at the crater as the doorway is better, and he rather not carry a ferret, he rather eat it.
Dora nods for the eagle to let the ferret up, then she tugs on his leash. "Oh? And what did he do?" She starts walking towards the Mountain. "And you do know that there's a gigantic Badger Lord at Salamandastron, right? I'm sure he'll be happy to find out that you sold the Abbey's ambassador to a slaver." Little does she know that Sebastian is no longer the Ruler there.
Magus decides he may as well talk, "I know not yet what he plans and what's it to you what I do...she cares not, her hope near zero and lost in her own mind she is like the words that came to me had said...you do not draw blood on Patcheye and have it simple, no.....she should of not resisted the muzzle, not at all"
Thunderwing makes sure they get the entry, well once he finds it. He will then fly off and hunt down the wildcat and badgermaid
Salamandastron: Niche
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You are next to a niche in the side of the mountain, which blocks out
everything to the west with its immense rocky bulk. Just barely visible
is a small fissure in the rock, through which it looks like you could
'enter' the mountain.
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Visible Exits:
[A]way from [M]ountain [Enter] the Mountain
Scowling, the Warrior leads the way to what looks like a little sheltered alcove in the mountainside, keeping a tight hold on the rope leash she has put around the ferret's neck. "I should muzzle you , you worthless little piece of seascum." She looks up and down at the rock in front of her, trying not to move her arm too much. She has a serious dagger wound in her left shoulder, and blood had trickled down her front to her waist and coagulated. She kicks the rock gently and shouts, "Oi! I'm a beast from Redwall, and I request an audience with the Badger Lord and commanding officers of the Patrol!"
Celina is not an officer, she is just a young recruit of maybe 7 seasons, barely 7 seasons and was about to go out on the beach for some air, now whether she should of or not is another question. She slips out and stops when she sees the injured mouse and the ferret, "W...Wot is this. Wot is going on?" She then walks over to the mouse "You're hurt...I am learning healing I can help or least somewhat help, if it needs stiches your have to get those but I can apply a bandage with pressure on it to stop bleeding."
Flint had started to follow them when he heard voices and peeks out, he glances at the beasts. He has a normal tunic on for now, "Hallo, is every beast ok?"
Dora holds the rope leash out to the male hare. "I have a prisoner. Could you see if you could keep him in one of your holding cells until I can deal with him better? I am from Redwall, Warrior accompanying our Ambassador to Salamandastron. I fear Sister Zinnia has been captured by a slaver. My husband, Master Healer Leon, should be here already." She smiles at the young haremaid. "He flicked a dagger at me, but it's not bleeding anymore, although it would be nice to have it looked at." Felicity is looking for her baby sister, and she comes down the passage to the entryway. She peeks around her uncle, eyes wide. "Ambassadah from Redwall Abbey?"
Celina frowns, "I have not seen any other mice...sorry, umm maybe someone else has and you're from...Redwall?" She glances at the ferret and frowns more.
Magus snorts as he is handed over to the hare Flint, who calls inside for a couple other tall hares as he speaks "I am sure Lord Ciocan be interested in this...and I saw your husband I think, the eagle dropped him off...like in my arms on the crater, he is ok not to worry and resting in one of the guest rooms, I...didn't know where to put him after he, well fainted." Magus is meanwhile led away to a cell.
Dora smiles with relief and slumps into a sitting position as the ferret is led away. "Thank goodness. Yes, I am from Redwall, as are my husband and Sister Zinnia. She is a badger, our Abbey Recorder, and, I fear, prisoner of a slaver. We need to do something, and fast, to track him down." Felicity moves forward and gestures for the other haremaid to help her. Kneeling, the Private smiles as she begins checking the mouse's wounds. "We'll do all we can, don't worry. Right, Uncle Flint?"
Celina frowns "I wonder if its the same ones Flare saw...and the ones that..." Yeah she found out of the news, then what news of wounded hares, or worse, is something not found out. "Slavers are...not good" She has some bandages if they are needed.
Flint nods, "We will have to let Lord Ciocan know of this and of visitors." He frowns at Celina "No...trust me, be they toads or some other beast being a slave to...anyone is horrible"
Dora furrows her brows. "Who's this....Ciocan beast? I thought the Lord of Salamandastron was Sebastian." Lissie stands up and whispers to Celina, "Do you 'ave any bandages or somethin'? 'Er wound's pretty bad, and I dunno 'ow to 'elp a wounded beast." She doesn't have her crutches anymore, and is instead leaning on a cane. She's on the mend from her sprained ankle!
Celina nods and hands the bandages over "It's good to apply pressure to the wound and bandage it, then Darcy or Ava maybe can get her some stiches and...Ciocan is the badger Lord here now, and has been for ...ummm well a season almost or close to it...I think. He is real, real nice and very, very tall also."
Flint shakes his head "It's Lord Ciocan now, he is most likely in his room or somewhere. I am sure he will be told of this as soon as possible."
Lissie takes the bandages, then goes to drag the other haremaid over to the mouse. "I'm gonna need your 'elp. I'm not sure what to do 'ere...." DoraRose looks mildly bewildered. "Oh......well, okay, then. Still. We need to try and find her, and soon! Before the slaver puts her on a ship or something."
Celina nods and goes to help, she tries to remember what she has read and watched and does fairly good, well nothing like paws on training "Pressure like this and then wrap around the bandage like this, not so tight it cuts off circulation but so it wont bleed any more and they can look at it better in the infirm"
Flint nods "Calm yourself, we will find this beast"
Flare has wandered down when he heard voices, yeah he was never one to lay around and he hates infirms, "Calm yerself...you all talking about that creepy ferret and his cat pal, they need stopped and not like alone...they nearly killed me and they did kill Baatar. Slavers need stopped quickly"
Celina eyes get wide as Baatar is mentioned and she mutters a few more things to the other hares and then backs away "I...I have to...go inside....." She hurries inside now.
Dora glowers at the male hares. "I am calm. I am talking about that....white ferret beast. He sold our Abbey Recorder and Ambassador to Salamandastron, Sister Zinnia, to a slaver. I do not know what the slaver looks like, but I do know that he's called Patcheye. I captured the ferret and brought him here; he's now in one of your holding cells. Ouch! That hurts!" Lissie cringes and loosens the bandages a little. "Sorry. I'm a Runnah, not a 'Ealer, so this is not my strength."
Flint frowns, he looks at Flare "Flare, you should be in the infirm. You got stabbed in the chest and it's a wonder your blooming alive."
Flare rolls his eyes and looks at Dorarose as she is tended to "He's a wildcat, trust me I got a good look at him as he had me as a guest for a couple days. Ferret keep going on and on about the 3 will be 1 and she will be alone and how the key won't find her or something, how the key oh wasn't me..was calm yet not calm, gentle and yet not when needed and I think I know who the key is" He looks at Flint "It missed my heart" Yeah by like an inch.
Flint asks, "Key?...Ok then whos the key if you seem to know so much?"
Dora sits up suddenly, knocking Lissie over, and she stares hard at Flare. "3 will become 1.....oh my word! That is exactly what happened!! Zinnia and I fought, and she wandered off and got captured by this.....ferret guy and sold to the slaver! My husband Leon and I were with her, but she ran away! The 3 became 1, and she got captured! And she's been depressed since Zork died, so.....a key...." she trails off, a look of horror on her face. "Who could the key be??"
Flare knows the name Zork "Zee...mentioned Zork..." He then goes on "Well he keep saying they were close and that I knew and hares should know...it has to be his Lordship. And just cause that Magus is here in a cell doesn't mean Patcheye will come save his butt, he could care less about that Ferret...all Patcheye cares about is getting out of the area fast as he can"
Flint frowns, "And this Patcheye is prob'ally the one who has your friend"
Dora watches Flint leave, then stands, her shoulder all bandaged now. "You! You must be the hare my daughter met! Zee's friend! My daughter is LilyMoore, although she might've introduced herself as Lily." She starts pacing in the small area. Lissie scoots back until she's against the wall so she doesn't get stepped on. "An eagle named Thunderwing brought both me and my husband here, and I think he went off in search of Zinnia. She's Zork's daughter. Do you have /any/ idea where this Patcheye might be going?"
Flare nods "Some ship, I have no clue where it is. And I know Thunderwing, that bird is a good friend to have" He lays a paw on his chest, it hurts as he leans against the stone wall and frowns.
Lissie grabs her can and stands. Rushing over to the buck, she goes to support him a little. "You really shouldn't be out of bed, Mistah Flare. Please, let us get you back to the Infirm." DoraRose grabs the haversacks and nods. "Aye, and I should probably go to the Infirmary, too, and get my wound checked out. Please, lead the way." she hefts her battleaxe, prepared to follow them into the depths of the extinct volcano.
And they move to the Salamandastron: Infirmary
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This is the infirmary for the long patrol. This room is one of the most
well lit rooms in the whole of Salamandastron, with several candles placed
strategically along the shelves and cupboards. Many wooden beds line the
walls of this room, each outfitted with impeccably clean white linen
sheets. This unfortunately limits the walking space in this room. Where
there are not beds there are shelves and cabinets that hold a variety of
different medical equipment, mostly needles and bandages. A single stone
sink is firmly lodged into one of the counters. The sink is not fancy, in
fact it is quite awkward. It is a necessity, nonetheless. An open closet
is in the corner of the room, storing a surplus of compact cots, in the
unusual case of mass injuries. The room usually has several nurse hares in
it, roaming around tending to various injuries.
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Visible Exits:
[Out] to Level One [Herb] Room
Flare nods and allows himself to go back to the infirm and is helped to a cot, he lays down and sighs "I be fine...just hurts, dagger was along me breast bone, like another...millimeter or so...well Windrose would of found me dead, not almost dead"
Lissie tries her best to help him, then sits down and quietly tries to relax. A couple of Healers come over. One of them starts checking the buck over, while the other gestures for the mouse to sit down. DoraRose complies, setting the haversacks on the floor and her axe beside her on the cot. As the Healer checks her over, the Warrior says compassionately, "My parents always told me that if I was injured in battle, I should rest until the healers say I can get up and leave. It's no fun, and I understand that you wouldn't want to, but sometimes it's for the best."
Flare nods as he is looked at and most likely grumbled to, but no harm in his wound is seen and its tended to and rebandaged as he lays down, "That wildcat is insane, no one should face him alone, well unless your the blooming Badger Lord, he could easily face him, he's a badger that's over 8 foot tall and carries a large hammer"
Dora raises her eyebrows as she's tended to. "Well, he sounds formidable. Wouldn't want him getting mad at me, that's for sure." Felicity quietly stands and slips out, going to go back her uncle up in his report to the Badger Lord. Rose, meanwhile, lays down and covers here eyes with her arm. "So....this is Salamandastron, huh? Not at all the way I wanted to arrive, let me tell you....."
Flare sighs, getting up was a bad plan, he listens and then half way through he is falling asleep. They gave him something for pain and it seems to get him to rest also, well rest is good after all for healing.
DoraRose told him about the trip here and how she really wanted to arrive here like Martin the Warrior did so she could see the ocean for the first time, and how she really didn't see the ocean because she was too busy being mad at Magus. After she's sure he's asleep, she quietly leaves, taking the haversacks and her axe with her, and goes off to find her husband. Thanks for reading! :) And if you actually read the whole log to here, you earned you a cookie ;)
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