We Have Arrived At Salamandastron (Marek's Revenge TP)
Treesong and Anomen take a walk to watch the sunset and later regret it, but help comes and they are rejoined with the others and into Salamandastron
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A sea of sand surrounds the magnificent mountain now to your side. The golden sand is flat and hard, easy to walk on. You stand directly between the volcano and the sea. The refreshing sea spray tickles your face as a tropical wind from off the sea whisks it in your direction. The serene roar of the blue-green waves and perhaps the call of a distant gull are typically all that can be heard.
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Exits: [W]estern [S]ide of the [M]ountain, [Sh]allows, [U]pshore, [D]ownshore
Anomen walks along the sea following Treesong as he smiles "We probably should head back, before they worry, not much around except fish and seaweed..getting tired of it even if only been couple days."
Treesong giggles "It is very very big" She goes to test the water and smiles jumping in and splashing some at Anomen.
Anomen moves back and smiles softly as he steps a footpaw in the water and watches the tide go back in some and chuckles "I have read of the sea, never seen it till now."
Treesong seems to like it, "The water acts so odd going ashore and then seems to leave the shore and repeats itself, like a balance in nature or to calm one maybe"
Anomen chuckles as he looks around "Well, this place is much more calming than the swamps were, better looking as well." He looks in the short distance, they are probably a half hour away from the others, or closer to an hour he can't tell.
Treesong dives into the water looking at some of the small fish and resurfaces smileing, along the shore are also pretty shells she starts to collect and smiles as she remembers some were under the water as well, "I am going to collect the shells Anomen, then we can head back to the others."
Anomen shrugs as he watches the squirrel maid, "I suppose it will be alright, the others should be waking soon and I would hate for them to worry too much about us, though a little fun shouldn’t hurt"
Treesong comes to the shore to lay out her shells, away enough so the tide doesn't get them, one is a pink one that gets caught up in a bite of the tide and she frowns deciding to go after it, she dives down and searches for it, seeing it she swims over to grab it.
Anomen frowns some but trusts the squirrel maid is ok, he sighs and shakes his head "Treesong, we have to get back"
Treesong looks up and then swims down to grab the pink shell and then goes to resurface when she sees as odd creature she has never seen before, she reaches out to touch the top finding it sort of squishy and then resurfaces to take in some air and looks over at Anomen, "I got my shell" she shows him as she holds it up and starts to come back to shore.
Anomen smiles as he nods" Alright and it may be pretty but not as pretty as you." He blinks did he say that out loud? Yep he did as he smiles in thought, feelings been hiding for too long he is going to tell her now.
Treesong smiles as she listens to him, and starts to get to shore, she kicks at something, the same funny looking creature that she touched the top of as it brushes against her leg, she starts to get where she can walk and it brushes against her again and this time it hurts..A LOT as she gasps and grits her teeth stumbling backwards into the water.
Anomen is smileing, which quickly fades as he sees the look on her face "Treesong?" He waits and then screams "Treesong!" He rushes over and dives it to grab her and pull her back to shore, he sees the odd creature too and manages to kick it away, luckily touching only the top and luckily it doesn’t have friends to get even as he gets on shore and lays her down looking for any wounds and checking her over "Treesong? Treesong?"
Treesong is pulled ashore and coughs up sea water she swallowed and tenses up. Her leg is badly swollen and she is shivering and starts to have some trouble breathing, "A..anom.." She has a panicked look on her face, she is having trouble breathing.
Barley is on his way back from getting supplies and decided to take a longer walk along the beach as he rarely gets out too often so enjoy it while he can, his ears perk up at what he thinks is shouting and he goes to see what is going on.
Anomen looks a little panicked himself, seeing the swelling that is happening and the shivering he frowns and quickly scoops her up muttering "Benar..Zinnia have herbs, wait...nooo we lost the..." He looks down at Treesong in his arms and goes to run back to the camp, tripping once and gets back up again.
Treesong eyes are half open, she shivers a little more and coughs and sort of gasps as the poison in her system affects her breathing, her eyes then close as she loses consciousness.
Anomen looks down as her eyes close and comes to a halt, "Treesong?..Treesong! Noooooo...help some beast help me!"
Barley hears that and picks up speed, he then sees the two squirrels and quickly rushes over to them" Wot the bally?" He takes a quick look at the squirrel maid and is already looking in his pack, "Place her down lad, do it quick!"
Treesong barely has a pulse right now and her airway isn’t doing too good either as she shivers slightly and her eyes stay closed. Her leg where the jelly fish got her swells even more now and a small bit of the stinger part is still in her leg.
Anomen twirls around and does as the hare says as he watches "She...please, I love her" He gets out and drops to his knees on the sand letting the hare deal with it, he can't..he doesn't know how to help.
Barley works quickly and finding something he scraps the stinger away and digs into his satchel and finds a couple herbs he quickly mixes with water, this mixture he goes to give to Treesong to drink and helps her if needed by gently rubbing her throat to swallow and gets out a small jar "No..not this one...ahhhh this one and yes still some left" He applies it on the swelled area and stays in his healer mode, nothing but helping the maid on his mind.
High above the group of beasts comes a small chirp and the beating of leathery wings. At first it looks like a small black blob off in the distance. As it draws near it is easier to make out the details. With an elongated snout and long ears it looks like a fox...with wings. The small bat flutters down in a circle around the party until he face plants it in the dirt. Standing up the bat dusts off his almost tribal like sash and bead vest. Strapped to his waist is a cloth satchel. He grumbles something about noisy beasts and their girly screams.
Treesong manages to drink the mixture and coughs, she is still having some trouble breathing and most likely will for a little while yet as she shivers a little still, whimpering as the herb mix is placed on her leg but her eyes stay closed.
Anomen has tears in his eyes, he looks at the bat and on instinct goes for his blade, oh yeah that’s gone too..."Hare..hey hare..there a, ummm thing here"
Barley is busy checking the squirrel maid, he heard the flapping and looks at the leg wound Treesong has "Jellyfish, nasty things they bally well are...huh?" He looks up" My name is Barley, chap, I can give ya the full name later and that" He points to Kiyo " Is a fox bat, an annoying one too"
Kiyo rolls his eyes, casting his head backwards as he makes a loud exasperated chirp, "Kiyo not /thing/, Kiyo has name." He stalks through the sand pushing past the squirrel warrior standing over the hare and his patient. "And not nearly as annoying as all the screaming and shouting you beasts are makin! "What's the big deal eh? Can't a bat get some sleep out here?" He crosses his wings across his chest and peers at the fallen form of Treesong. With a sigh he asks, "Hey? She hurt? Need Kiyo to fly for help?"
Treesong shivers and slips into a sort of faint, not too deep of one but still a faint of sorts, her breathing is a little better but her leg is still badly swollen.
Anomen blinks and starts to say something back and just looks worried at Treesong
Barley sighs, he cleans off the mixture from her leg and applies something else "The one stuff took out some poison, this will take out more , but won’t happen too quickly she will need to rest and why are ya all bally well out by the sea anyways and quiet Kiyo"
The bat rolls his eyes once again. He begins to make a reply but even he can see now would not be the right time for it. He takes a step away from the hare, standing by Anomen. "Fine! Kiyo will stand here and be useful when needed. He will stand here by squirrely /thing/." He finally replies, wings still crossed over his chest.
Anomen looks worried and then a little peeved "Hey! I am a Redwall Abbey guard and the name is Anomen.." He then frowns "I'm sorry and, did you say Poison!" And all other thoughts leave his mind right then and there, just others fill his mind "Is she going to die? You can’t let her die I love her and didn’t get a chance to even tell her and the others are like at the camp and that’s a half...hour, I don’t know..."
Barley stands "She will hopefully live, she had a bad reaction chap, rest will tell. Let’s just say this chap had I not come when I did she would be dead like right now." He looks at the bat and back to the squirrel "Others?" He sighs and nods to Kiyo, "Yeah fly back and tell Lord Sabastian looks like we have company today and.." He think "Well..Anomen here can explain what is going on, or another as you mentioned others?"
Anomen sits by Treesong and takes her paw, "Please...don't die" He answers the hare " Yes..3..friar Lacota, Sister Zinnia and Elder Benar.." Tears fill his eyes as he looks back to Treesong.
Kiyo pats the squirrel comfortingly on the shoulder with his wing, "Hey! No worries, ok? Barley is fat and gruff and has a tendency to call Kiyo annoying, but he is good doctor. Your friend will be ok yah?" With that he left wing salutes Barley and takes to the air. "Kiyo fly! Kiyo fly like the wind!" He circles up into the air then heads out over the ocean before turning back to the monstrous mountain in the distance. Chances of him delivering the message are high...delivering it correctly however...
Barley sighs as the bat flies off and looks to the squirrel and sighs again " Tell ya wot chap, we can sit here and wait on your friends to catch up, wot and then go to the jolly Salamandstron ."
Anomen frowns, weather he heard that is uncertain, he holds Treesong's paw as tears go down his face, tears of worry, he is going nowhere right now.
Hour Later
Anomen sits still, quiet beside Treesong.
Barley watches the squirrel and sighs, knowing the bat he will take forever as he takes off a knapsack he has and pushes it over to the squirrel, "Here chap, ya jolly well need it more than me, wot?" It’s his lunch, now this is a hares lunch keep in mind and so he has plenty enough for 4-5 normal beasts of some bread, cheese, water and a little cordial too.
Anomen looks at the pack and shakes his head, he is still clearly worried about Treesong as he looks at her.
Treesong is still resting in a semi-faint, but her breathing has improved and a little swelling has gone down on her leg, not much but it’s a start at least as it very slowly seems to get better.
Barley shrugs, but he doesn’t go to get it back, he takes another look at the squirrel maid, muttering to himself and nodding at times before scooting back again, "She is improving lad, slowly but still can't say much till she wakes, it’s got to bally well get out of her system and it can take a little while sometimes"
Anomen had fallen asleep it seems beside Treesong, then he most likely needed the sleep
Treesong has yet to really fully awake from her semi-faint, she moves slightly, as she moves her leg she tenses a little.
Barley checks on the squirrel maid, changing the slave of herbs on the sting area and checking to see if it’s gone down any, it most likely would come and he applies what he has left of the herbs and sighs, "Need ta get more at me infirm" He gently shakes Anomen" Hey lad..wake up"
Anomen opens his eyes blinking some, "What...oh" He sits up quickly "A change?"
Barley has known he was asleep and sits nearby not wanting to disturb them as he hmmms. He checks on Treesong quietly and looks around.
Benar comes walking down the shore from the North, the squirrel's habit tattered and ruined and his grey fur dusted with salt from where he took a bath in the sea. He slows as he spots the hare nearby the others and moves toward Anomen and Treesong
Zinnia frowns, she is tried but they have to find the others, she slows and follows Benar
Treesong moves slightly but has yet to wake up, her leg is bandaged right now and she seems to be unconscious, but not as deeply as she was.
Anomen is right beside her and opens his eyes "What?...Treesong?" He frowns noting she is not awake and sighs
Barley speaks softly, "Lad, she not woken yet but she is better some and improving slowly" He does check "Swelling is down. it’s a jolly good sign means the poison be getting out." He checks his pack "But may need some more of that herb again and out, well least here"
Benar asks, "Anomen? Treesong and ah friend hare..." He slows down and raises a paw in greeting, "Hello..." He pauses as he catches the end of Barley's words and hurries over, gathering up his robes, bare feet paffing over the sand, "What happened?""
Zinnia stays beside Benar, letting him do the talking for now.
Anomen sees Benar, "Benar.." He stands and explains "We was just planning on being gone a shore while, look at the sea..Treesong was collecting sea shells and one was washed away, she went to get it and..." He frowns, "Jellyfish..and she almost died."
Barley nods to Benar, "Hallo...Barley, LP healer at yer service, happen to be in the area at de time, helped the lad and his friend"
Benar says, "Ah good to meet you Barley, I am Elder Benar of the order of Redwall and this is Sister Zinnia... thank you for helping our Treesong." He glances toward the mountain, "Though I fear we have come here for more urgent matters"
Zinnia nods "Greetings sir." She looks over at Anomen and Treesong to see how they are and takes a look at the large Mountain before them.
Anomen goes to stand over by the others, "Yeah not good news either"
Barley listens, "I was on me way back thar, any news most likely should be told ta Lord Sabastian, not sure where he is at inside right now but sure someone bally well knows."
Quinten comes walking down the path from the mountain, the older hare venturing forth from his library to see who these bedraggled guests are. "Barley who are our new friends?"
Barley quickly turns, "Beasts from Redwall Abbey sur, they have some news that’s needs ta be heard right away"
Treesong moves a little and mutters something, still only semi- conscious right now.
Anomen steps back to check on Treesong, "Treesong.." He takes her paw in his, he will carry her if he needs to, he listens as the others speak among themselves.
Benar ear perks and smiles "Treesong oh I am pleased to see you wake..." He glances back at Barley and Quinten and nods his head, "It is... dire news. If Lord Sebastian can see us it would be appreciated our news cannot wait."
Zinnia nods in agreement, “Yes it’s important to see him as soon as possible sir"
Quinten says, "Well friends," He smiles and flicks his ears up, "It always is good to have beasts from Redwall, come inside all of you wot. We'll get you cleaned up, tucked full of nosh and into the care of Lord Sebastian in no time at all."
Treesong opens her eyes slowly and groans a little, she doesn’t speak yet and looks at the gathering nearby.
Anomen gently picks up Treesong and walks towards where the hares are, yeah someone else could of done this but he wanted to make sure she was ok himself.
Barley nods "Yes we will let him know ya are here, wot"
Benar says, "Thank you..." He sags, leaning against Zinnia and sighs, looking quiet worn out, "We've been travelling for quite some time and... we have not much time..." He glances at the hares and swallows, nerving himself up to saying this, "Redwall has Fallen so please... if you can speed us on our way to talking to your Lord."
Zinnia nods "Yes Thanks.." She lets Benar lean against her and frowns worried, she looks willing to carry him, if he allows her to and if it’s needed. She is still not good with talking and these are important beasts, "Yes a beast named Marek and his horde has Redwall now."
Barley frowns after hearing this news and looks at Quinten concern on his face.
Quinten almost drops his glasses as Benar speaks then hastily shoves them in a pocket. "Barley escort our guests into the mountain I'll go alert his Lordship that they are here," He turns and races off up the sand toward the mountain.
Treesong smiles weakly up at Anomen letting him carry her, she isn’t able to walk at all right now.
Anomen holds Treesong close, he gets ready to go on inside.
Benar smiles at Zinnia and pushes himself upright, he is going to walk inside at least, he glances up at the mountain and smiles, “It hasn't changed much..."
Zinnia does stay close to Benar, just in case she needs to catch him. She looks to the MT and whoas silently.
Barley nods and goes to escort them the rest of the way and on inside.
Anomen follows and takes Treesong to the infirm, well after he is showed where it is and is assured she is in good paws, she can get a bath there and some food and rest.
The rest of the group is escorted to where they can get a bath and clean clothing. After the bath and clean outfits they go to have a meal and are shown where they can rest for the night, then they will see Lord Sebastian.
