Gawtrybe gains a friend and then fight Marek!(Marek's Revenge TP)

( This starts somewhere just off the Ferravale path and close to the bridge on the north path, I play Ekon and spoof the squirrel tribe)

The group of squirrels stands just off the pathway close to the bridge. They seem to be looking for someone or something. A campsite is located further into the woods.

Scioto walks along the path close to the village, his patrol session is done and so he heads back, an ear flicks at a sound he thinks he hears and so he slows his walk and looks around scanning the woodlands and then walks again.

A war painted squirrel watches the cat and flicks his tail signaling a few other squirrels that go to surround the cat, he could be a threat and threats need taken care of. They have looked at the nearby village seeing a lot of vermin and vermin have given them trouble so who is to say these don’t work with those vermin who attacked them so they have set a rope trap in the tree, one backs up and frowns as a snap is heard by the small branch.

Scioto walks a little ways more till he hears the snap sound and draws his sword moving backwards till he hits that hidden rope trap and gasps as he is suddenly flying upwards and he drops his sword, he swings back and forth as he is now upside down and growls trying his best to get back upright, he then yells “Show yourself, I demand it!”

It is said not always wise to ask for something as his wish is granted by 2 dozen squirrels all chitterling some odd language and wearing feathers and war paint and a tall red squirrel, seemingly a leader maybe looks at the cat and smirks, “Gawtrybe WIN..Gawtrybe Win!” He and others chat.

Copper is one of the few dibbuns here and tilts his head as he looks at the cat, also a squirrel but yet to earn his war paint and feather, he is 2 seasons after all.

Scioto glares at the squirrel as the surround him “Who are you, what do you want? I am chieftain of Ferravale and will not put up with this!”

The squirrel seeming in charge laughs, “Ha ha hah..already up.. so up taking hahahahah” He is interrupted by an old squirrel who chitters something and the one yelling at the cat backs off as he walks over to Scioto and glances at him, “Ekon I am..who beum you?”

Copper smiles as he sees his grandfather and hopes over to him to hug him.

Scioto glares at the old squirrel “Tell them to release me, I am Scioto chieftain of Ferravale, what is this about?”

Ekon frowns and says something to the tribe and loos back to Scioto “Said..the white fox of Redewall…you are good, friends of abbey yes..if so friends we Gawtrybe to you be also.” He then hugs his grandson.

Copper smiles and giggles some at the upside down cat.

Scioto nods “I have a peace treaty with the abbey, we are friends..my village and I, we are enemies to a Marek and his horde who may be close.”

A chuckling is heard as a stoat comes out of the woods, followed by a group of 30 vermin and smirks,

“ Well, well Mr. Scioto you seem…” Chuckles “A bit tied up at the moment and unlike Mr. Scioto…I am no friend..attack them” He says calmly paws behind his back.

Hudson steps forwards and glances around, he slices at a squirrel nearby killing them instantly and smiles coldly, “This so far is fun”

Nightshade grins and has a longbow are fires at the old squirrel.

Other vermin attack the squirrels quickly with blades and spears.

Ekon gasps as an arrow slices across his side, no real back deep cut, so he is lucky but still falls backwards and holds his side, his squirrels growl and attack the horde beasts, a couple die quickly but they kill about 10 of the vermin right away as well.

Marek grins at Scioto and watches as his forces fight the squirrels and shakes his head.

Ekon gets up and chitters angely at Marek and flicks a small dagger at him, he looks at his grandson “Go..RUN!”

Scioto growls and hisses as he now tries to get loose and kicks swinging back and forth but no luck as he frowns.

Copper gulps and runs, but first up the tree Scioto hangs upside down from and starts to gnaw threw the ropes to free the cat.

The squirrels keep fighting the vermin with stone axes and slings, and sure enough both sides most likely lose beasts

On the vermin side a couple more is killed by the squirrels, but all these squirrels have is stone axes which won’t help much.

Ekon is a skilled fighter or his age, coiled spring and he flicks daggers at his targets, only having 5 he gets on all fours and leaps and zig zags as he looks at Copper and frowns deeply.

Marek fights one of the tribe squirrels with better skills and knocks them out as he keeps an eye out he is losing some beast and growls low.

Hudson kicks a squirrel out cold and grips his blades, helping his new group out and keeping the squirrels back.

Nightshade smirks and uses a single poison dagger to kill one of the warrior squirrels and laughs madly.

Scioto feels himself fall and is temporally dazed him he hits the ground head first and rubs his head some and groans as he slowly stands.

Marek seizes the opportunity and goes to grab Scioto by the throat and grins, he singles for the fighting to stop as another horde beast grabs the old squirrel.

Ekon pants as he is tried and his side hurts, then brief moment causes him to get grabbed from behind.

Copper stays on the branch and flattens out and whimpers.

The squirrels still alive , now 15 out of 24, gasp as their leader is now caught and quickly stop fighting.

Scioto errks as he is grabbed and struggles to make sure he can breathe , he goes to try and kicks him.

Marek holds him out, “NOW NOW Mr. Scioto, a request, surrender your village to me”

Scioto answers “N..never” He coughs and gasps for air.

Nightshade thinks it’s best to head back to camp and so does so.

Hudson stays behind and watches the other vermin and makes sure the remaining squirrels stay put.

Marek frowns and then smirks, “You know what, I have a better plan, a better location, yes I am thinking big this time I don’t need your village when I have an abbey and my horde is already close by”

Ekon looks between them as they speak and frowns, he keeps Copper close sand tenses in pain as his squirrels surround him.

Copper hides his face in his grandfather’s tunic.

Scioto shakes his head..”N..No”

Marek smiles slowly, “Yes Mr. Scioto” He makes sure to first make Scioto unable to breathe, not long enough to kill but knock out, he looks to his vermin “Come..we have a new home to get too” They nod and follow him out, leaving the squirrels to recover and drops Scioto.

The vermin holding the old squirrel slams him into a tree and follows his boss.

Hudson follows Marek out and into the woods, one last glace at Scioto and then he follows his new boss.

Scioto slumps onto the wooded path, clearly out cold.

Ekon limps over and examples the cat, chitterling orders loudly for them to get an herb bag and one brings water and a rag and he tends to the felines wounds he may have best he can, his own not paid attention to which seems to upset his fellow squirrels and gives the cat a mixture rubbing his neck to make sure its swallowed and pulls out a sort of smelling salts vile.

Copper stays close to his grandfather

Scioto groans as he is still out of it, he will need help back to the village, that’s for sure.

Ekon nods for his beasts to help the cat up, he looks down the path as the village is most likely that way and starts forward only to almost fall on his face, he is helped by his tribe beasts to stand and slowly walk, others help the cat.

Scioto starts to wake, “Need warn the abbey, need to get to my home and need Nightbreath to…” And the sentence is cut short as he passes out again, long day and he needs rest after squirrel, which were not too bad, and then Marek...and thats where the day got worse.

Copper frowns at all this not understanding.

Ekon sighs, he chitters for some to get Scioto to his home, once at the gates guards help with that, some of the squirrels head back to where the battle was, others help Ekon and Copper to the infirm inside while the village’s Chieftain in helped to his home.

(Into the infirm of Ferravale)

Copper looks around the infirm sniffing this and sniffing that and looks at Ekon as he is helped in.

Oakenpaw shuffles in putting down his healer's bag

Ekon chitters something to the others, they frown but obey and leave him and Copper at the infirm as he sits on a cot, his side red from where the arrow slide across it, not deep but still hurts and bleeds.

Copper frowns, he stays close to Ekon as the others head off, he starts to follow when he sees the hare and backs up and under the cot.

Ekon looks at Copper and then healer as they come inside the infirm doors.

Copper tilts his head and stays under the cot, watching the stranger from there, he will not exit, least right away

Oakenpaw says, " Wot 'appened, and why is the beast unner there? "I can't treat any beast under a bed ,wot?"

Ekon holds his own side, "Fight..with bad beast..fightum good, lose some...and they too, leave they did."

Oakenpaw frowns "The beasts here do rob some, but never kill.." He points to a bed, "Have a seat lemme look at it “

Copper looks at Oakenpaw, he is curious and pokes his head out, he isn’t hurt just a little afraid.

Ekon shakes his head "No others...stoat beast, knocked out cat did..cat ok is.." He tenses up some but will let the hare look at his side, it’s a little hard for him to look at his own side after all.

Oakenpaw waggles his finger the dibbun, resting his oaken staff against the wall, the hare moving very slowly. "Oakenpaw, formerly o the Long Patrol now Abbey healer, wot?"

Copper frowns, he looks to Ekon as if unsure what to do right now.

Oakenpaw gets some astringent and some cloth and begins to daub at the wound cleaning it "May I know yer named chap? You know we hares are good beasts wot?"

Ekon stays still and answers after a short while "Ekon..of Gawtrybe, under cot..Copper be, grandson is"

Oakenpaw smiles "A fine lad, I have some candied nuts if he like" The astringent he uses stings, as he looks to see if sutures are needed, the hare's paws deft and sure his large ears standing up in front of Ekon's nose

Copper stays thee, quiet but curious.

Ekon sighs "Stay..let him under there be..." He sounds tried

Oakenpaw humms gently as he cleans the wound, using some sort of balm that helps take the pain out of the wound, his paws getting a little stained red

Ekon says, "Sorry I am..arrow just barely missed making more pain did."

Copper comes out now and climbs into a chair and goes to sleep.

Oakenpaw asks, "Well better missed then hit wot?" He begins applying bandages " No real harm done.... You should be careful here, We have an agreement with wot you might call Vermin"

Ekon shakes his head “Not these..these enemy was, attack us and took land and attack again did no peace in them...no"

Oakenpaw says, "Yes I understand but I think you should know about THESE vermin..we have...an understanding, they are not GOOD beasts, but they ARE ...well friends"

Ekon glares "Not the ones attack did..are friends..are foes..." He holds his side and takes a few deep breaths.."Marek..not be friend"

Oakenpaw says, "Quiet right Cap.. That beast is not, no need to get yer dander up" He finishes wrapping the Squirrel ribs "

Ekon lowers himself to lay down, tried and he is old, "Worry..for granddaughter do, but the great maker will keep her safe"

Oakenpaw says, "Doesn't do a beast no good to worry, doesn't change things"

Ekon looks at the hare "Change happens does..sometime good be sometimes bad be" He then drifts into much needed sleep