Fun All Around
(This log takes place right before 'Otters, Stoat and Rats')
Characters: Aikuen, William, Kentar
Location: Moledeep, Mossflower Woods
Moledeep: Mole Hall
Aikuen is sitting at the table, with his little daughter. Which one is it? Can't tell. Whichever, is sitting on the table itself, confused. She has a small blanket draped over her. Looks like a mini brown otter ghost! Aik is working with beads and some string, and he hums lightly to himself, with a little words, "She is radiant... she is beautiful... she is pretty... she is mine...." he chuckles. The otter ghost barks, enjoying being under the blanket, but confused on how to get out!
William has been outside most of the day playing in the snow and just enjoying the cold weather in general. Brings a cold gust of air in with him as he enters the tunnel. He doesn't bother to remove his cloak or even brush the melting snow off of it as he hurries over to the table. Curious as always he lifts up the blanket to see what's under it as he sets down the tall cup full of snow that he'd been carrying, the snow is already starting to get slushy from the warmth of the tunnel. "Hey, there," Will says grinning at the little otter, "I got some snow for you. Don't think you've ever seen snow before.
"Yeah, I know. It's snowing again. Just started as I was coming back in. The rat moves away from the table a little to try to brush and snow off to find it's mostly melted leaving damp patches on his cloak. As he moved away he let go of the blanket
Aikuen smiles but doesn't look up, assuming what the rat did. Venei continues to stare at the rat until the blanket is dropped then she goes over to look at it, and gives a little bark of annoyance. As that was her blanket. How dare you drop it!
William laughs and pulls up a chair to sit on, "Where'd you go?" he asks Venei teasingly cocking his head at the blanket before lifting it up a little, "Are you under here?" he asks pulling the blanket up more. "There you are!" he grins scruffing the little otter between the ears lightly.
Venei giggles and barks lightly going back to sitting looking up and smiling at Will. She then hrms lightly to the scruffing. She then tries to talk, "Reeeennneeeee....." she hrms, then goes back to barking. She knows how to do that. She reaches up for her blanket, and barks.
William laughs at his sister's trying to talk. "Almost, Venei. You want to do that again?" Will asks lowering the blanket back over her slowly.
Venei scrunches her nose at Will, "Re...nnn..." She erms, and then giggles and reaches up for the blanket. Distraction! Aik grins and looks up, "Thats all she has been able to say... Re... than an 'n'... I don't know what it means... but there yah go!" He chuckles, "Even Ella hasn't gotten to saying words yet. But she is near to walking..."
William lets the blanket fall back down over the little otter. "Don't know. kinda sounds like 'again' but who knows what it actually means." He lifts the blanket up and suddenly, "There you are!" he chuckles moves his free paw to try and tickle the little otter.
Kentar comes into the hall, carrying Chris on his shoulder, who is giggling and laughing. Both stoats are covered in snow. "Little evil stoat! Got me covered in snow!" looks like Kentar returned the favor. He takes the jacket off of Chris and then his own before sitting themselves near the fire to keep warm. "Heya Aik. Venei. Willy!"
Aikuen tilts his head, "Again? Maybe... In time... soon they will be talking and running around... Joy of joys!" he laughs. Venei giggles up at the blanket reaching up for it and grabbing. She holds on this time and is lifted up a bit, and drops back to the table with a little fwuamp. She just shrugs it off and then grabs onto Will giggling at the tickling. Aik semi waves from the table, "Heyo stoats..." before going back to work on the beads.
Chris climbs off his dad's shoulder and curls up somewhere warm, drifting to sleep. Kentar chuckles a little and shakes his head before tilting it at the otters. "How are you guys today?" he asks. Will's included in that question.
Aikuen says, "Im okay. Its cold..." he grumbles a little bit, "... So... I have decided to pass the time with a little bead making.... for Fira..." he grins and chuckles, "Just a little something-something... Venei.... She has been trying to talk for some time... and Ella is learning to walk a bit... different things... different otters!" he laughs, "So. How about you guys?" Venei is now interested in the tall cup of melted snow. Going over and and looking at it. The blanket is still on her.
Kentar laughs a little at Venei and shakes his head slowly. "Ah silly otters." he smiles, the stoat then shrugging. "Oh, doing good. Cold. Chris piled snow on me." he laughs. "Then I piled snow on him." the stoat nods. "Chris is doing good too. He's decided what he wants to be when he comes of age." he chuckles.
Aikuen grins, "Yes... Yes... Fira has already said, 'Just like their father'" He laughs, "Silly as can be! And i hope you guys don't catch a cold or something... And what did he say? I wonder?" he chuckles.
Kentar laughs a little bit and grins. "He said he wants to be an otter." he nods. "Don't know why. Stoats are the best." he nods, laughing and grinning. "No. He said that he wants to be like me. Although." he looks to the sleeping stoat. "I don't get why."
Aikuen laughs, "Everyone wants to be an otter!" he chuckles and then tilts his head, "Be like you? What does he mean by that... All little ones always want to be like their father. But once they find a good vocation..." he shrugs a bit. He doesn't want his daughters to grow up, and do what he did...
Kentar huffs a little bit. "I don't want to be an otter." he says. "And Ella told me her and her sister want to be stoats!" he laughs before shrugging. "I don't want Chris to be like me. I'm uh. Not the best beast around." he frowns slightly, standing and settling into a chair.
Aikuen rolls his eyes, "Yah... sure... and they also want to cut off their rudders and live in the trees!" he laughs, "Well... No one is the best beast around. You just gotta keep them from... The lesser parts of you. Until their old enough..." he hrms. Venei eyes the cup and decides to tip it over, spilling the water and the last bit of slush over the table. She giggles and touches the cold water. She also shivers. Aik chuckles at this.
Kentar laughs at the young otter, shaking his head. "Silly beast! And yeah. I guess your right. But still." he looks to Chris. "Ah, never mind." he smiles a little. "He'll learn when he gets older that he shouldn't be like me." he laughs.
Venei ooos at the water and the slush. Going to sit in it, and lightly splashing the water. The semi wet blanket covers her still. Aik nods a bit, "He will... But you should still teach them the good stuff. Their going to be like you, wether you like it or not! Its the inevitable Kenter" he nods, and goes from his beads to Venei.
Kentar nods a bit. "Yeah." he sighs. "Drat." his attention moves to Venei before he laughs loudly. "Didn't know you sat in puddles when you were a kid, splashing it." he laughs a little with a grin before hrming. "Aik. What was your dibbun hood like, hm?" he asks. He doesn't know if he asked before.
Aikuen watches Venei for a bit, before turning back to Kentar, "We're otters. Of course we sat in puddles!" he chuckles, before tilting his head, "My Dibbun hood?" he blinks and shrugs a bit, "Well... Ummm...." Aik has never really discussed it. It wasn't bad. Just something he doesn't like reliving. That was a long ole time ago, "Well... what do you want to know..."
Kentar shrugs a little bit and hrmming a little. "I don't know. Whatever you want to tell I suppose." he shrugs, looking to Venei, wondering if her best friends will ever ask her that.
Aikuen shrugs and leans back in his chair a bit, "Ummm... Well... I was born in a holt environment... Lots of otters... Lots of fighting beasts everywhere... mostly warriors and soldiers from the war... Filled the holt... Lonely... I guess... Spent a lot of time by myself... My father wasn't the best of fathers... He never told me what i was like when i was Venei's age... But i do remember getting hit a lot... Probably why i was never home most of the time... I like the river..." he hrms a bit and shakes his head.
Kentar nods a little bit and frowns slightly. "Yeah...uhm. Sorry I asked." he nods a little, sinking into his seat. He didn't mean to bring up bad memories. He only asked since Venei was being silly.
Aikuen shakes his head and smiles a bit at Kentar, "Nah its okay... It was a long time ago... Ive gotten over it mostly... probably why i am so silly..." he snorts, "But im hoping Venei's dibbun hood. Will be filled of wonderful memories..." he smiles, and goes back to watching her. Venei is now rolling around in the water, causing her once neat and fluffy fur to a damp soggy mess.
Kentar watches the young otter and shakes his head with a grin. "I never rolled around in the water liked that. Dad hated water." he hrms. "He only sailed because he had to. Not because he wanted to." he laughs a little bit.
Aikuen nods a bit and goes over to Venei and picks up her blanket before wrapping up in her as well, "Come 'mere you little wet thing!" he chuckles, "I bet he did it for his family. I would do anything for mine. Even if i hated it..." he smiles and then asks, "Can you do me a favor?"
Kentar shrugs. "Had an odd way of showing he'd do anything for his family." he nods, scratching his back. "Yeah, I suppose I can." he nods, standing. "Need a towel or something?" he laughs.
Aikuen nods, "Aye... I'm making Fira... a traditional Otter tribe tail ring... Used to be the way to propose back when... And I'm... just not good with working with my paws... How well are you working with wood?" he asks. Venei yawns a digs inside her blanket getting nice and warm
Kentar hrms a little bit. "I can carve stone." he nods. "It can't be too different from wood carving. Aside from getting splinters." he'll have to talk to Robin about wood carving lessons sometime. "What do you need me to do, you lazy ol'e thing!?" he grins.
Aikuen uhhs, and goes over to his side of the table, "I've done most of it... I just cant do intricate stuff... I need you to make three things. Three pendants. One of Venei. One of Ella. And one of me. Have the daughters have their eyes made with green and brown rocks. And have me, with a sword in front... I just need that, then i can complete the ring..." he nods a bit, "Each pendant should be about an inch square in size. So... tiny... and they don't have to be accurate. Just noticeable... Think you can do it?"
Kentar hrms a little bit and nods slowly. "Yeah. I can do that." he'll just get Robin to do it for him. "Heh, sure Aik! I'll do the best I can!" He'll try it first of course. "So...why are you making it Aik?" he asks. "I don't make Garnet things!" he blinks. "Wait. Maybe I should." he hrms.
Aikuen smiles and picks up the beads. Looks like large wooden colored balls in a shape of some sort of bracelet, "Thanks Kenty! That's means a lot... and why not? I love her. So why shouldn't i be making her stuff... Anytime is good... Just want to surprise her sometime... so keep your muzzle... er... muzzled..." he laughs, "Anyway... im off to put Venei for her nap!"
Kentar laughs a bit and nods. "Yeah, I suppose." he nods before nodding again. "Yeah. Hey, would you mind dropping Chris off in our room?" he asks with a smile. "Consider it payment for the...you know what." he nods, laughing a little.
Aikuen tilts his head and nods, "Aye of course!" he hums lightly and goes over to Chris. After some light paw swapping, Aik is able to pick up the stoat, "Gaw... getting heavier and heaver everyday..." he laughs, "Anyway... see yah both..." and he heads off into the Sleeping hall. Then to hide the beads!
Will had waved at Kentar and Chris when they'd come in but was too busy watching Venei most of the time to say much and then Aik and Kentar were talking and he had chosen to remain silent til the old otter had piked his curiosity by drawing attention with his beadwork. "Huh?" he looks from otter to stoat for a moment not knowing 'what' they are talking about but it looks like the rooms clearing out
Kentar waves at Chris's sleeping form and chuckles. "Of course. He's gotten older since he was born you know!" he laughs a little and nods before yawning, scratching his chest, and turning to Will. "So. What now?" he has an idea but he'll ask Will first.
William blinks having not being completely paying attention to his brother when Aikuen left. "'Now what' what?" he asks puzzled unable to think of an answer to whatever the stoat may have asked him when he wasn't listening.
Kentar hrms a little bit and tilts his head. "I was asking what we'd do now." he says. "I sort of had an idea if you wanted to hear, but..." he shrugs.
"Oh. Sorry," he chuckles a little feeling stupid, "What was your idea?"
Kentar chuckles. "Well. We haven't spent much time together like brothers should. So. Want to go for a walk?" He asks, just something to do. He hides his real plans from the rat, not hinting anything else.
William asks, "Out in th snow? .... Sure."
Kentar grins and coughs a little, nodding as he stands, the stoat pulling on a set of boots, something he's finding more and more comfortable. Then his slightly damp jacket. "Come on then!" he nods.
Mossflower Woods
Kentar chuckles and follows. "Hey, slow down." he grins before leading the rat off to the woods.
William only slows enough to let Kentar get ahead of him a little. "Where're we going?" he asks not really caring too much and not thinking about what could happen when Aik come back and finds them gone.
Kentar grins a little bit to himself, keeping that out of Will's view. "You'll see..." Soon, he leads Will off the path and after a few moments he points up. "Wow, look at that!
William would have looked and kept an eye on the stoat at the same time if he could but having one eye that is not an option so he glances up briefly before looking back toward the stoat. The first thing that come to mind is Kentar may have seen a bird but the rat knows the stoat is afraid of birds or at least large ones so he assumes it's something else he's pointing at.
Kentar grins and as soon as Will looks up, he dashes behind a tree, hiding completely from view. He gathers up some snow and forms them into snowballs, making a small stack of them quietly and quickly.
The stoat is gone. Will isn't too surprised and smiles a little walking off towards the sound of the Moss River. He knows these woods fairly well even with the snow covering everything. The rat stops at a seemingly random spot in the snow and swats down to scoop up some snow himself, ears always swiveling about and eye darting around for any sound or movement for stoat or anything else that could be near.
Kentar grins and was about to launch a surprise attack on Will but stops when he realizes the rat moved. So, he picks the snowballs up and caries them off behind another tree, in range of will. But he made a bit of nose getting there.
William wouldn't have much cared if he'd been pelted with snowball while he was moving but at least now he knows where the stoat is. He starts to dig in the snow around a large boulder a short ways away forming the snow into balls as he digs. He'd miss judged the spot the first time but he hadn't been too far off. He shrugs a little to himself, "Land moves. Things change should have picked a better marker t use." Not the best idea to talk to oneself when there is a stoat likely with snowballs near by but he's not trying to hide right now.
Kentar grins a little and takes two snowballs, one in each paw, before jumping from behind the tree and launches them both at Will with a loud laugh. "Think fast!" then he doges back behind the tree.
William ducks behind the boulder missing one snowball, the other had clipped his ear which now stung but he's not letting on. He throws his own snow balls back at the stoat and his tree, 1, 2, 3 in a row before scratching out enough snow and dirt from under his side of the boulder to have a space to squeeze into out of snowball range for now. He wiggles into the hallow keeping his arms out so he can scoop up the nearby snow and make more snowballs.
Kentar arghs loudly. One snow ball smacks him in the chest. One misses, and then one hits the tree Kentar's behind. "Oh no you don't!" he grins, throwing a ball towards the rat. And then another a few moments after. And then another quickly after that one.
William is still under the boulder and the snow balls can't hit him under there. He's still making snowballs right now but if he's to hit the stoat he'll have to come out again soon.
Kentar hrms a little and then grins evilly, the stoat coming up with the most evil plan. He grabs as much snow as he can carry with him before quietly moving towards where Will is hiding, trying to dump the whole thing on the rat before running away.
William wiggles out from under the boulder with snowballs in both paws. He slowly makes his way around the large rock to throw his snowballs at the stoat not realizing fast enough that his brother has come up behind him.
Kentar grins as the snow goes, the stoat about to take off before realizing there's no one there. He blinks quickly and yelps as he's hit with the snow, dashing behind his old tree, returning fire. Though by all rights, he should be 'dead' now.
William laughs as the stoat retreats and gets a snowball to the face as a reward. He ducks down to brush the snow from his face and get more snowballs. "You're still not winning!" he calls over to the stoat.
Kentar laughs as he nails Will in the face with the snowball. He hrms a little bit and tries to mold the snow into something that resembles a knife. He gets something close to it, then throws it at will, but it breaks apart and doesn't even make it to will
William smirks at the snow knife, "Coulda told you that wouldn't work. Icicle would but this is a snowball fight."
Kentar takes a snowball into his paw and then throws it as hard as he can at the rat. "Oh you be quiet you!" he calls out.
William grins and makes faces at the stoat as he ducks the throw snowball, "Missed me!" He throw two snowballs at his brother before ducking back behind the boulder again.
Kentar hrms and decides to gather as much snow as he can possibly carry again. The stoat is quicker this time, trying to dump the snow back onto Will behind the bolder before running to hide again before Will can sneak up on him.
William hadn't gone under the rock just behind it none the less he doesn't care to have snow dumped on him either way. "Hey!" he shouts shaking the snow off, "You, you stoat, you! That's not how th game goes! You're changing th rules." He makes an attempt to chuck a snowball at the stoat as he runs off.
Kentar laughs. "I'm stoat! I cheat by nature!" he laughs before aaching and falling over, rolling in the snow as the attempted nailed him in the back of the head with a large thud. He stays on the ground, not moving.
William sees the stoat fall and throws another snowball near him to see if he'll react or not. The snowball is thrown wide so as not to hit the stoat.
William asks, "You alroight?"
Kentar tries so hard not to react, not flinching at all when the snowball lands, keeping perfectly still, planning something.
William can't see if the stoat is really hurt or just faking from where he is. He climbs up on top of the boulder to try and look down on the stoat, see if he's bleeding or anything.
Kentar keeps playing there. He's not bleeding but he's not moving. At all. Doesn't even look like he's breathing. Even though he's holding his breath, trying so hard not to move, as well as not to laugh.
William blinks he had meant to hit the tree not the stoat. Oh well he didn't seem too hurt from the way he was moving. "Are you alright?" the rat calls over wondering what the stoat will do to retaliate.
Kentar ows quietly to himself, rubbing his back before grabbing a snowball and throwing it at William as hard and as fast as he can.
Will is hit in the chest and stumbles. He tries to step back and stay upright but he slips and ends up sliding down the back of the boulder head first. He lands in a heap a little bruised but otherwise unhurt. "I was aiming for the tree not you last time!" he calls back at the stoat bitterly
Kentar frowns a little. "Yah well, you hit me with it. Had a rock in it!" he calls out, throwing another snowball, aiming so that it will come down behind the boulder, hoping to hit the rat again.
The snowball hits Will on the head and he shakes his head at the stoat, "Really? I never would have guessed if he hadn't told me that! Already said I wasn't trying t hit /you/!" the rat growls this game isn't fun anymore.
Kentar hrms a little and stands, figuring he's made Will angry. "Sheesh. I was just having fun, Will." he frowns, peering down over the boulder.
William had scooped up a bunch of snow in both paws and as the stoat comes near he plans to throw it in his face or at least at him. Either it will get the game back on track or make things worse. Rat doesn't really care which at the moment.
Kentar rounds the boulder, trying not to frown. "Sorry I made you mad, Will, was just trying to have a little fun." the stoat nods once.
"So am I," Will says as he throws the snow at his brother, "Playing dead is serious. Playing in th snow shouldn't be."
Kentar hrms. "I was going to throw snow...heeey!" he gets soaked in snow, looking more like the abominable snowstoat then anything else. "Oh, I'm gonna get you for that Will!" he frowns and then grins like an idiot, going to jump on the rat, hoping to pin him down.
William had been sitting crossed legged when he tried to get up and run but he moved a little too quickly and his legs and tail all got tangled up and down he went face first onto the snow. Before he has much chance to get up a stoat is jumping at him!
Kentar grins and pins the rat down under him before cracking his fingers and starting to tickle his brother, over and over. "Tell me your sorry for hitting me with the rock!" he laughs.
William oofs as the stoat lands on him. The rat tires to curl up in response to the tickling, "I- I did that already! Hehehe, S-stop it! Get off me!" he laughs trying to wiggle out of the stoat's grasp.
Kentar laughs and when the rat leaves himself open like that, he goes in even more, grinning. "Do it or I won't stop!" he laughs, the snow making him shiver and laugh a little more.
William squeaks as the tickling intensifies. "I'm ... hahahaha ... S-sorry. *gasp* I'm sorry. ..." the rat tries to comply with the stoat's wishes but he's laughing too hard. Soon he's crying and panting for breath from laughing so much.
Kentar laughs. "Ah, that will work enough for me." he keeps up for another moment before stopping and getting off Will with a grin. "Come on you silly rat! Its late! should get back before they miss us and think we've run away." he chuckles.
William continues to laugh for a few more minutes as he calms down. He throws one last snowball at his brother before running off a short ways trying to goad the stoat into racing him back to Moledeep.
Kentar oofs as the snowball hits him in the stomach. "Hey now! Not fair!" he laughs, running after the rat, wanting to get home first for once. "I'll get there before you silly!"
William grins, "No you wont!" he makes sure to keep Kentar in sight til they get all the way back home.
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