Leaving Salamandastron

The Umbra Island quest group leaves Salamandastron to return to Redwall Abbey.

Characters: Wydran, Byronn, Rei, Rosenade, Arden (Byronn spoof)

On the second level in Salamandastron...

Wydran is once again walking around Salamandastron, in hopes of finding the hare he talked to yesterday to confirm whether or not the wooden chest has been completed yet.

Byronn Clambers along the passage, at a rather quick pace, nearly bumping into Wydran.

Wydran quickly moves to avoid colliding with the mouse. "Byronn! Hello!" he says cheerfully.

Rei goes up to the second level of the mountain, heading for the baths. He had pie all over his face - a testament to him murdering his hunger.

Byronn Smiles at the otter " Hello, how're you Wydran?"

"Good, thanks, how are you?" Wydran replies. He notices Rei walking into the passage and calls out "Hello, Rei!" Just the hare he'd been looking for!

Rei looks up from the floor, and gives a little wave. Great, now someone was going to see how sloppy he had been eating!

Byronn shrugs " I'm ok..." He turns to see a hare and gives a small wave. " Hi there"

Rei decides to shrug off the messy-mouth, and approaches the otter and mouse with a smile. "G'mornin' there."

Wydran smiles. "Byronn, this is Rei, a Long Patrol hare I met yesterday. Rei, this is Byronn, one of the Abbeybeasts in our group," he says to introduce them to each other. "Have you checked if the wooden chest is finished yet?" he asks Rei.

Byronn offers Rei a paw " Nice to meet you" noticing the pie mess he chuckles a little

Rei blushes just a little bit, and shakes the mouse's paw. "Nice ta meet ya too." he replied, before looking at Wydran. "Should be done by now."

Wydran grins. "Thank you, Rei!" he says and turns to Byronn. "I guess this means our stay at Salamandastron is over. We're going home!"

Byronn beams and jumps up in excitement. " Finally!" pratically bouncing on his paws he asks. " So when do we go?"

Rei quirks a brow at the mouse's reaction, and folds his arms a bit. "That's kinda rude." he muttered.

"I think we can leave now, though before we go, I'd like to talk to one of the Long Patrol officials to thank them for what they've done for us," Wydran says. Turning to Rei, he asks, "Do you know if anyone is available for us to talk to at the moment?"

Byronn frowns and looks at the hare. " Sorry, after being held captive by monitor lizards, falling pretty ill for a good while, it makes you really want to get home"

Rei gives a weak little grin. "I wouln' mind goin' back ta the abbey someday, but I gotta stay here 'n get killed by rats." he joked, laughing a little bit. "Unfortunately, everyone over me's either in tha village, lookin' into vermin movements, or are interrogatin' some cannibal rat what tried ta eat Darcy."

Wydran nods and says, "In that case, is it possible you could carry on the message to them? We all really appreciate what the Long Patrol has done for us, allowing us to stay here and restock our supplies, as well as giving us this chest. We are in your debt."

Byronn nods, looking around idly. " I do like the architecture here..."

Rei smiles and nods softly at the otter's question, and rubs his head a little bit. "I can do that. Don' think I can carry tha chest though. Not in m'current condition."

Byronn smiles " I can help!"

Wydran says, "Byronn and I may be able to carry it between us. Can you show us where it is?"

Rei gives a light grin. "Just give me a sec, I think it's in 'ere..."

Byronn smiles " I can't wait to see Mossflower again"

Rei nods in confirmation. "Follow me, please..."

In the Crafts Room...

Rei steps over to the woodworking section, and puts a foot on a finely-made chest. "This what ya'll lookin' for?"

Byronn looks to Wydran " I think so?"

Wydran nods. "Yes, this is excellent!" he says, looking it over. "Thank you!" he says to Rei with a bright smile. He looks over at Byronn. "Shall we take it down to the ship?"

Rei smiles, and steps off of the chest, grinning a little bit. "Glad ya'll like it, even if I'm not th'one who made it, wot!" he says cheerfully.

Byronn nods " I think we shall" looking to Rei he grins "Thanks"

Rei nods again. "Yer welcome. I'd better go wash up..." he muttered.

"Alright. Thank you again Rei, and goodbye!" Wydran says.

Rei nods again, and grins, before leaving the room, to the baths.

Wydran moves around to one side of the wooden chest. "Let's pick this up and we'll get moving," he says.

Byronn Nods " Ok" he goes to the other side and prepares to lift. " On three?"

Wydran gives a quick nod, and on the count of three the two lift up the wooden chest together, and begin to move out of the room.

On the shore...

Rosenade stares off at the sea, habit billowing in the wind a little bit. She seems a little spaced out, as if waiting for something.

Wydran walks up the shore away from the mountain, carrying a wooden chest with Byronn. He looks over and notices the mousemaid and blinks. "Rosenade?" he calls out.

Byronn sees the hare and smiles. " Hello!"

Rosenade perks up the moment she hears a voice, and turns to look in the direction it came from. "Um... Oh! You're that otter!"

Wydran smiles and says, "Yes! We're going to be setting off back to Redwall! Are you joining us?"

Byronn waves to the mouse, seeing so many hares lately has taken it's toll on his vision. "

Rosenade smiles and gives a light shrug at the question. "I suppose I am... I'm gonna miss the mountain, though."

From the deck above a furry shape appears. " Oi! you're back!" chuckling it adds. " Bout time we get off this blasted rock"

Wydran says to Rosenade, "You can go back to mountain to say goodbye if you like. It might take a bit of time to get moving back to Redwall." Looking up at the rat on the ship, he grins. "Yes, we're back, and look what we have with us!"

Byronn waves to Arden happily, looking to Wydran now he asks. " How are we getting this up there anyways?"

Rosenade limps over to the otter and mouse, shaking her head a little bit. "It'll be hard to say goodbye... Everyone's in the village, anyways. There's been trouble."

Wydran nods to Rosenade. "Alright." He looks over at Byronn and the chest, then up to Arden again. "Maybe you can help us lift this up onto the deck?" he asks.

The rat nods and disappears for a few minutes, suddenly a wide gang plank comes down, along with some rope. The rat appears again. " Try attachin the rope to the chest an push while I pull it up the plank?"

Rosenade looks between the three other congregated beasts, and tilts her head. "Are you guys pirates?"

Byronn laughs a little, shaking his head. " No, not really" he starts to tie the rope.

Wydran blinks at the mousemaid's question. "No, this is just to hold what we found on Umbra Island. The treasure technically belonged to a sea captain who lived in the Abbey, but he abandoned it on the island, and we retrieved it." He helps to push the wooden chest up the planks once it's tied with the rope.

Rosenade scratches her head just a tiny bit, but shrugs it off, smiling. "Treasure-hunting was a really big hobby of mine..."

"Was one of mine as well lass!" shouts the rat as he heaves on the rope, the chestvslowly moving up the planks.

With one final push, the chest is finally on the deck of the Bilgerunner. Wydran smiles to Byronn and Rosenade. "Shall we get aboard the ship?"

Byronn smiles and concentrates on pushing the chest up the planks, being careful to not strain his shoulder. Having finished, he nods to Wydran.

Rosenade looks up at the ship with a nervous smile on her face. Oh, the horror she was going to endure...

Wydran grins. "Let's go!"

On the Bilgerunner...

As soon as they are on the ship, Arden pulls all three beasts into a biiiig hug. " Oh i've missed yeh two!" seeing another mouse, he blinks. " Who're you?"

Rosenade gave a loud squeak of surprise from being hugged, squirming a little bit. "EEK!"

Wydran is caught by surprise from Arden's hug, and begins laughing. "Arden, Byronn, meet Rosenade. I met her in Salamandastron earlier, she'll be accompanying us back to Redwall," he explains.

Arden ends his hug and smiles to Rosenade. " Didn't mean to startle yeh lass, So, Redwall bound are we?"

Rosenade blushes a little bit and rubs the back of her head, feeling embarassed. "Yeah... I'm hoping I can learn how to read there." she admitted.

Byronn chuckles. " Nice to meet you!" offering a paw he adds. " I'm Byronn, as Wydran said"

"We've got lots of beasts at the Abbey who'd be willing to help you," Wydran says to Rosenade. "We're FINALLY going home!" he exclaims to no one in particular with a wide grin on his face.

Rosenade smiles and shakes the paw, giving a light nod. "Hope ya'll have something to eat on here for the trip."

Arden nods " nine seasons....I bet the woods have changed very much!"

Wydran says, "Thanks to the Salamandastron hares, we've got enough food to last us until we reach the Abbey."

Rosenade sits down on the deck of the ship. "Great... I'm gonna get seasick, you watch."

Byronn smiles " That's if Biff doesn't eat it all in one night!"

Rosenade rubs her head. "Who?"

"You and Gupthie are both going to be seasick then!" Wydran says with a small chuckle.

Byronn grins " I don't fancy being on this ship for long either, But as long as it gets us home!"

Wydran explains, "Biff is a hare who is with us on the ship. Her husband Silver is also here, as well as two mice, Gupthie and Holly." He looks around. "I'm not sure where they are, but knowing Biff and Silver, they're probably eating something!"

Rosenade nods softly at the explanation to who all was on the ship, and smiled. "Sounds like a lotta people just to go find treasure."

Wydran says, "Well, the idea of going on a quest seemed to excite lots of the Abbeybeasts. There are some others who would have come, but they had their duties to attend to."

Rosenade nods again and smiles. "I'm sure somebeasts would be quite needed at a place like Redwall."