Is anyone home?

Leon goes to Scioto's home looking for Blisa and a Pin. Instead he meets Basilisk the snake...

The day is a bit rainy and he had ducked onto the porch of the house, he leaned on the door and about falls over when it opens and blinks as he walks in.."Hello?..Blisa?..Dorarose?" He shrugs and takes a look around with intrest noteing this has to be Scioto's house, he looks a picture and hmmms and then sees the acorn pin and smiles, he places it on the habit, "Good thing Brother Hank was here and good thing he has a, well for him, over size habit I could brorrow."

There is a soft hiss, and the faint sound of something rubbing against wood from the kitchen. "Who issss there?" A voice calls out. Little does the mouse know that he is about to meet one of the Scioto households least popular residents.

Leon looks towards the kitchen and blinks as he finishes putting on the pin and adjusts his surcoat, he frowns a bit at the hissing thinking at first its a monitor maybe, "Ummm...who are you first?" He asks, he has no weapons on him now, unless count his new surgical knife but thats in his knapsack.

There is a deep breathing sound...almost like laughter. "I'm with...the sssstaff. Yesssss." You can almost hear the coy smile. "You are looking for blisssa? Sshe iss here, in the cellar. Come on into the kitchen. I'll fix you into, er, up a sssandwhich..."

Leon frowns, yes he caught little goff up "Why don't you ask her to come in here, sure she wouldn't mind, who are you. I know your a lizard or monitor.." He seems a little unsure "Right?"

The voice on the other side of the wall seems to think on this. "Well, I am, uh-" what does the ferret body guard do when not protecting blisa or more importantly feeding him? "I am wasshing the dissshess! And yes, lizard. I am a lizard I mean. Can you give me a paw for a sssecond."

Leon at first seems like he rather leave but he doesn't and instead he slowly goes towards the kichen to peer in. Maybe this is an unwanted guest and he should tell someone and thats why the door was unlocked. He steps a few feet into the room laying a paw where a dagger use to be and looks down at the empty side "Oh yeeah" He mutters to himself, he ditched the disquise so of course the dagger is gone, maybe he should get a new one before he ventures further in and maybe there is a weapon in the main room or a kitchen knife if needed.

The kitchen appears...empty... There are no dishes and certianly no lizards. Behind him however is a creature wrapped around the walls of the room, along the bottom, around the sides of the door and down again, the beast is reptile though. It's green scales are thick with flesh to the point that its skin can be seen between plates. At the end of this massive creature is a large head capable of swallowing the mouse whole if with some difficulty. The whiptail snake peers at Leon with a wide smile. "Hello..." It says simply.

Leon has his back to the snake at first and then turns around and jumps slightly at the creature before him "w..what are?" He has clearly never seen this type of creture, yes he reads but it's not like he took the time to read on repiles. He usally read books on the outdoors of herbs,camping, rives and such.

The snake drops its body to the floor, effectivly cutting Leon off. from easy escape through the living room. It slithers closer raising its head above him, "Me? I am the terror, I am fear, I am deathsssss..." The snake's grin only grows larger, "But you may call me Basssilissk. Now the quessstion iss, who are /you/?"

The snake drops its body to the floor, effectivly cutting Leon off. from easy escape through the living room. It slithers closer raising its head above him, "Me? I am the terror, I am fear, I am deathsssss..." The snake's grin only grows larger, "But you may call me Basssilissk. Now the quessstion iss, who are /you/?"

Leon stands up better, trying to not seem worried.." Brother Leon, Master Healer of Redwall Abbey." He answers keeping an eye on the snakes head as he judges thats teh main threat.

The snake may not be venomous but its probibly best to still avoid that area. Not much one can do if they are impaled by teeth...or swollowed whole. Inwardly the snake growls. Redwall. He is pretty sure Blisa strickly forbid him from eating redwall beasts. The good part about being a snake though is that no one would ever know if he were to chomp this tasty looking morsel down. "Redwallerssssss..." Basil smirks, "I've heard of this redwallssssss. You are far from your home Massster Healerssss..."

Leon nods "Yes, I know, I unwillingly left thanks to a very annoying hawk but.." He gulps remembering "Lets not speak of that rather forget that achally."

The snake continues to advance around the mouse. It will be a little difficult to wrap himself around the mouse with the kitchen table right behind Leon but that doesn't mean he can't try, "A hawk you sssay? Interesssting. I had dinner with a hawk not too long ago. Where did I put him?" The snake coils around the kitchen table, gesturing with his tail to a slight bulge to his already fleshy body, "Ah yesssss...there he issss."

Leon eyes go wide, well he wont have to worry on the hawk diving down after him, he starts to back up "I really should get going and as I see my friendfs are not in here. You know I know this..wildcat, he..bet he love having dinner with you"

The snake chuckles, sticking his tongue out as he hisses, "Funny...the hawk sssaid the same thing. Ssssmall world yesss?" The snake makes a second pass across the kitchen. The mouse is encircled now. He pauses finely and peers closly at the mouse, "What'ssss the hurry moussy? You should ssstay...have ssssome lunch."

Leon almost bumps into the snake and frowns "Look, I can go have lunch in the tavern and you see full, besides why should I stay I was only getting my pin and I got it and shall be on my way."

The snake moves closer now with his head, "I'm afraid I am a bit of a glutton when it comessss to mice. And you would make a very fine desssert." He peers closer at the rodent. "But I am a fair beassst...sssso I will give you three chances to convince me why I ssshould not eat you." The snake finally stops being coy and jumps to the heart of the matter.

Leon starts to pale, "Look..three? I give give lots Your have beasts come slay you if you do"

"The hawk used that line too. You can sssee how well that worked..." The snake rests his chin on his tail as one does thier paw. "Two left. Usssse them wisssely."

Leon tries to think "I am a healer and very much needed, besides in my surcoat is many many herbs of all kinds..including poison, eat me you eat that too"

The snake idly rocks his head back in forth in much the same mannor one does a hand. "Getting better. A coat can be taken off though." Basilisk raises his head higher, licking his chops. "Lassst Try..." He says, opening his maw up wide so the mouse can get a good glimps of the fate awaiting him.

Leon frowns, well he is not going to be eaten not after avoiding being hawk food and an assassins blade."Your right coat could be taken off..couse." He reaches into his top vest pocket and pulls out a thin paper of herbs and holds them tightly in his paw, they wont leak threw his skin or the paper but being swallowed with him, well...yeah snake dies. "They would find out...hmms did you know deadly nightshade and Hemlock dont leak threw the paper? But if a little got on the tongue..well" He gets another packet and holds it in his other paw tightly.."Nice to know huh?"

The snake makes a dissapointed frown. He comes close, nose to nose with the mouse. A long moment passes as he decides what to do. "Fffffffffffine!" Basilisk uncurles himself from around the table and the mouse. "You're too ssskinny for a meal anyway." He says to justify not eating him. Redwallers and their poisons. "Why are you carrying poissson anyway?"

Leon drops to the floor and breaths in and out slowly and places the herb packs back where they were and looks at the snake, "I..have my reasons, besides a faint drop can at times oddly save also."

"Ssssso I sssseee..." The snake moves his body out of the way of the kitchen. "A deal issss a deal, I guesss...you get to go free." The snake coils around himself again, pouting about losing his meal.

Leon watches him "Look if your ever needing a healer I could heal you, seems your a friend..least hope of Blisa's..I am a friend of her's as well. And maybe your get a chance to eat some bad beasts" Leon says, "Also just so you know, I could..not saying would..could kill a vermin threating someone life, and use posion to do so but only as a last resort""

Baslisk chuckles, "How quiant. Let it be known that I am not bound by such moralsss." The snake tosses open a cabnet door with his tail. He reaches in then and produces a basket of cheesy bread with his tail. Smiling he offers the basket to Leon first, "Prehapsss, you would like ssome bread? It will put sssome meat on your bonesss."

Leon folds his arms over his chest"No thanks...I don't need fatten up for you to try and eat later"

The snake chuckles, retrieving the basket and munching from it. "Just as ssstubbern as that other mousy that came by." He smirks.

Leon listens "What mouse..Dorarose? She is my mate"

The snake smirks, "She came by to visssit assss well." He munches at his bread and leaves the statement hanging in the air.

Leon doesn't seem too worried, besides if Dora ends up missing he will make sure the snake doesn't wake up from a nap, "Well..guess Scioto has no fear of intruders while your here, beasts looking to harm the family...your just take care of them"

Basil nods, finishing off his basket of food. He smiles at the mouse, "Yessss....it ssavess on the cosst of guardsss." The snake then pushes the mouse with his tail, trying to usher him to the door, "Now...out of my sssanctum. Unlessss you would like to play another game?" He chuckles.

Leon lets himself be pushed out, yeah he is not taking any chances again with the snake, but then again he could still poison the snake if he tried again but he doesnt mention that and simple walks out and on outside the home.