"...DoraRose is going to Salamandastron..." "Shut up!" (Salamandastron Ambassadors Trip Prolog, with a smidge of news about the Frosted Arrows)

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This happens directly after this log: http://rwmuck.limitless.org/rwmuck/content/has-bora-arrived-mossflower-f...  :)

RW Abbey: North Walltop


Trees line this portion of the rampart although none of them even begin to level out at the level that this rampart stretches above the forest floor. On tree, however, stands out among the rest, a giant, ancient elmtree. Many beasts -- even burly otters -- would have to stretch their paws around in order to encircle its great trunk completely. A gnarled look is about the tree -- as many years living through droughts and storms -- as well as battles -- could do to anything. The elm extends at least several mice-heights higher than the wall, towering over the rest.

[It's late summer early autumn.....harvest time! :D]


Exits: [D]own, [W]est, [E]ast

LilyMoore the mouse. Emyuil the mouse. Thunderwing the eagle. Oz the badger.

The day is beautiful and bright. The sun is shining, and there's a steady breeze up here on the walltops. LilyMoore is standing on the North wall, gazing happily out at the treetops, whose leaves are changing into their vibrant autumn colours. Taking a deep breath, the young mousemaid sings out a single note, just glad to be alive.

Emyuil, on the west wall, hears the mousemaid's song, and remembers that he was looking for her. He walks almost silently to her side, until he's right behind her. He doesn't say anything.

Thunderwing is circling around the abbey and looking down, he needs a good place to land, and finds a post to land on and looks around.

LilyMoore opens her eyes and spots the circling bird, and when he lands, she whips around to watch him.....and, unless he moves, bumps right into the other mouse. "Oh! I'm sorry, Uncle Emmy. I didn't see you there." She peeks around him and waves to the eagle, shouting in a friendly manner, "Hello, Mister Bird!" The pole he's sitting on is a bit too far away for them to have a decent conversation, probably.

Thunderwing looks at the mice and takes a note of his talon and hands to one of the mice "Message from Blisa beast...Thunderwing need get back ta Flare and Zee beasts" With that he flies off.

Emyuil smiles softly. "If you had I would've been most disappointed in myself. Come walk with me." He heads off towards the stairs down from the ramparts without waiting.

LilyMoore takes the note, then waves good-bye to the eagle. As her uncle walks away, she shouts, "Hey! No fair! Come back!!" When he doesn't, she grumbles a little and stuffs the note into her pocket, then dashes off after him.

RW Abbey: First Orchard


You stand in a sort of verdant sanctuary where the sun is filtered through leaves and thus comes out to be a much softer light, one that's a little more manageable. At least, more manageable than the comparatively harsh light of the more open entryway and a pond area almost completely devoid of large, shade-giving plants that this orchard has in careless abundance. A soft covering of moss and grass finds itself beneath the trees, only serving to add to the quiet comfort of the whole scene.

[Again, it's late summer, people. Harvest time!! :D]


Exits: [F]ire [P]it, [S]econd [O]rchard, [D]umble's [L]og, [A]bbey [P]ond

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Emyuil walks into the orchard. It's not his favorite place in the Abbey--if he has one--but it'll do, he decides. He settles down on a fallen log and waits for his niece to join him there.

LilyMoore is being sneaky. As in, she's sneaking silently through the orchards. She comes quietly up behind her uncle, then, at the last possible moment, goes to jump on his back, shouting, "I've caught you now, Uncle Emyuil!! I'ma gonna tie you up and feed you to Blisa's pet snake, mwahahaha!"

Emyuil mock-yelps, throwing up his arms in surrender. "Fine, you got me. Good job..."

"...but not good enough," he finishes after a flurry of motion that leaves his niece face-down in the ground. Not hurt, but probably winded.

And laughing. Lily, when she catches her breath, starts laughing. Rolling over onto her back, she sits up and goes to hug his leg. "Grrrr, I dare you to walk now!"

Emyuil chuckles a little too, trying to walk, staggering and falling after just one slow step. "Pffft, you got me." Then he goes serious. "Lily, can I talk to you for a few minutes?"

Giggling, LilyMoore lets go of his leg and says, "Sure! About what?" She looks almost adoringly up into his face. He is obviously her favourite uncle.....forget the fact that he's the only one she knows.

Emyuil smiles fondly. "Your mother wanted me to talk to you about this, and I'd been considering offering to anyway before she mentioned it...Lily, DoraRose is going to Salamandastron, dunno if you knew already..."

All happiness vanishes from Lily's face as this news broadsides her mind. "Shut up!" Is her first (immature) gut reaction, then she covers her mouth. "Sorry....." she stands up, looking at him like her entire world is falling apart. "But......it can't be true! You.....you're wrong! She wouldn't do that!!" She obviously has not been told before now.

"She's coming back, don't worry," Emyuil soothes, not bothering to admonish her for her (somebeasts would say rude) reaction.  "She's going to be a military escort for Zinnia, who's going as an ambassador."

"WHAT?! Zinnia's going, TOO?!" Lily looks ready to burst into tears. "No, why?? Why do they need an am....ambassador???? Why didn't Momma tell me?? How soon will they be leaving???" Her mind is in turmoil as she tries to process this information, her world seeming to be falling apart like a card house touched by a wind.

Emyuil reaches forward to hug Lily. "I don't know why. Only that they're going. I assumed your mother was going to tell you soon anyhow. I thought maybe it would be easier on her to not have the stress of doing it herself. Within a week or so, I think, they'll be leaving."

LilyMoore darts away from her uncle as tears start to stream down her face. "Why is everybeast I love leaving????? First Lorimis, then Zork, and now Momma and Zinnia!! You and Dad and Caleb and Nana will probably be next!!!!"

Oz is walking along in the orchards, no one else is with him. It seems to be a good day to walk, it's possible Lilymoore may run into him as he does have his mind on other things right now.

Emyuil shakes his head, growling in frustration. "I'm not leaving, and neither are they!" he calls after his niece.

LilyMoore is blinded by tears as she turns and runs.....smack-dab into the badger. Unless he moves out of the way. Then she'll trip a few steps on on a tree root. Either way, she ends up on her knees, sobbing brokenly.

Oz blinks as Lilymoore runs into him, he tilts his head and bends down so he is more on her level and goes to pick her up gently, "Lilymoore? What ever is the matter?"

Emyuil stalks over to Lily's side, regret etched across his features. "Sorry," he mutters. "There was supposed to be good news along with the bad..."

LilyMoore shakes her head and goes to push the badger's paws away. Stumbling to her feet, she darts away and is soon lost to sight. After she is out of sight, she changes course and hides in the belltower. Climbing the stairs, she goes up, up, up to the beam that the bells hang from. And there she stays for the rest of the day.

Oz frowns but lets Lilymoore rush away, "Well...suppose I can talk to her later"

Emyuil facepaws, growling in annoyance at himself again. He messed that one up for sure. He stalks off, deciding to give Lily her space for now.

Thanks for reading! Poor Lily :( She feels like she is being abandoned. I can totally empathize with her......probably 'cause I'm running her, LOL

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