Burnt pizza makes a sad Warrior or the Healer has found someone new

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Chud sits here on a cushion by the fire, a metal stylus with a cloth-wrapped end serving as a grip in one paw, a cob of firewood about 1'5" long. The young otter's brow furrows in concentration as he heats the unwrapped end of the stylus in the flames before pressing it into the wood he holds--_hsssssssssssss_. Thus, he carves patterns into the wood, carefully and slowly.

Oz comes into the cavern hole, nap time for the dibbuns, he lips slightly and doesn't have his walking staff him as he goes to sit down, he watches Chud before speaking, "What..are you doing?"

Shouts resound out from the kitchens, and about half of the kitchen staff come dashing out, smoke following them. Ther's allot of yelling and finger poiting, then a very blackened squirrel Novice turns and begins to guiltily go in search of DoraRose...now where could she be?

"Woodburnin', mate," Chud explains to Oz, pausing in mid-carve to turn and watch the proceedings in the kitchen, laughing quietly.

Oz starts to ask why when he sees the smoke and frowns"What the seasons?"

The squirrel comes back with DoraRose behind him, and they enter the kitchen, the mouse frowning up a storm. After a few minutes an enraged shriek can be heard..."/You burnt my pizza?!/" Oh, crap. The kitchen staff are in trouble...

Chud laughs louder and the stylus begins to drift, still in his grasp and still warm...Without him realizing it, the metal tip makes contact with the wood and remains there, burning a hole through the center of the 'canvas' his artwork is on...Smoke drifts upward in small tendrils from the wood, but the burning smell from the kitchen stifles it from Chud's nostrils.

Oz frowns, "Well the day has gotten intresting"

Ahndia is babysitting a tiny mouse dibbun today. Her only task is to keep the mouse out of trouble, but it is proving to be harder than it first looked. The little mouse comes running in to Cavern Hole as fast as her little legs can carry her, and after her comes Ahndia, holding up her habit hem so she doesnt trip. Under her breath, she mutters. "OO, you little rascal." She stops abrubtly as she comes around the corner. "Oh man..." There are other beasts in here, and there goes the little mouse, running to hide bhind Chud...

Almost all the smoke coming from the kitchens has disapated, and slams, clangs, and just general mayhem can be heard down there, along with hollered orders from DoraRose Strongheart. Seems she's got the fire under control.

Chud laughs as the small mousebabe ducks behind him. He ruffles the young 'un's headfur and smiles, but then his smile turns into a frown as he sees what's happened to the wood...

Oz watches the dibbun mouse and smiles, he looks towards the kitchen.

The mouse grins around the room, then sticks her tounge out as Ahndia storms over and scoops her up, tail twitching irritably. Neither know what has happened in the kitchen, but there is some attention directed over there, so apparently something must have happened!

DoraRose comes out of the kitchen, looking very ticked off and a little sad. Sighing, she wipes a little soot off her paws, wrapped up in her thoughts, not yet noticing the other creatures in the room.

Chud shakes his head in frustration and throws the piece of wood to the floor, snatching another one from the rack next to the fireplace and fireplace tools. He begins carving the bark off it with his prized dirk.

Oz says, "Chud, your dirk should of been keep at the gatehouse"

Ahndia jumps as the woods hits the floor, and then DoraRose distracts her. The mouse takes the opportunity to scramble down from her arms and run off to play with the wood Chud dropped. Ahndia takes a few steps towards Strongheart. "Is everything alright, DoraRose?" she inquires.

DoraRose looks at Ahndia absently, then smiles slightly, coming out of her stupor. "Yes, it is now, dear. Thank you." she gently strokes the Dibbun's head, sighing again.

Chud keeps carving and clenches his teeth. Why won't it WORK? AAAAAAAAAGH! This is the 5th attempt he's made, and pretty soon the area he's sitting in will appear to be completely comprised of wood shavings. His eyes flash.

Flicktail coles walksing down the stairway looking around curiously, his nose sniffing

Feather has a little pile of wood shavings on her head from playing with the dropped wood by the otter. She grins at the fox. Ahndia smiles, relieved that at least all seems to be fine for the moment, and she waves slightly at Flicktail.

Nickolas has ears perked slightly as he wonders in from the kitchen, shaking off the flour, as he searches for a empty spot, finally settling down infront of the fireplace grooming [brushing] himself.

DoraRose cocks an eyebrow at the little fox that she totally missed in the kitchens as she went to fail at saving her burnt pizza. Sighing again, she, too, sits by the fire, absently watching Chud fight with his piece of wood.

" 'ey," Chud says absently in greeting to the onlookers as he heats up the stylus again, whispering/humming an almost inaudible song to himself.

Feather drops the wood and stands, shaking wood shaving from her head, getting rid of most, but not all, of them. Ahndia swoops over once more, brushing her off. "Oh, Feather. You're all /dusty!/" She complains.

Nickolas looks up once he gets his tail back to normal fluffyness and, looks around with a soft chitter, little white fox, erupting into a squeak as dust flys, skittering under a chair where it is safe, eyes big as he peers around.

DoraRose raises her eyebrow a little further. Finally she can't stand it anymore, and so asks, "Do you mind my asking what you're making?"

"Eh, go ahead, 'cept I'm not sure either," Chud says with a shrug without taking his gaze off the wood, sinking the stylus in--/hsssssssssssssssssssssss/-and drawing it slowly across the surface.

Feather jumps as the stylus makes contact with the wood. Ahndia giggles at Chud's answer. "I'd like to know what it turns out to be!"

Nickolas keeps safe under the chair, not to sure what is going on hissing, going on, he figures it is just safer to stay under the chair, peering out with his big fox eyes.

DoraRose sighs. She worded the question incorrectly, it seems. "What are you doing?"

"Woodburnin'," Chud repeats. /hsssssssssssssssssssssssss/. "A few seasons back an ol' otterwife out on th' coast taught me how."

"Cool!" Ahndia sounds genuinely interested. She graples with Feather for a moment, then lets down the hopping mouse. She goes immediatley to the wood block on the floor, and throws a few piecees of shards at Ahndia.

Nickolas pokes his head out and emits a loud squeak, as he slowly comes out and moves closer, staying low to the ground, peering at Chud curious.

DoraRose 'ahs', then jumps as the foxbabe squeeks. Turning to him, she smiles in a wonderfully friendly way.

Chud smiles at the foxbabe as well before returning to his work. He seems to be carving letters now. K...A...N...D...O...S...I..I--S..A--K...A...R...T...A--He moves on to a new line.

Flicktail looks aroudn rather bemues by all of this his tail flicking about getlt almist liek a quuirrels. Flicktail says, "DoraRose..i am going into the kitchen to help me son a moment" he smiles headed to the kitchen.

DoraRose nods, waving to the Champion, then turning to watch the otter somemore. "Fascinating. What are you writeing, if I may be so bold?"

Flicktail smiles and sashays ove to Dora Rose and flickes his tail gently up over her ears

"An old song that I learned from an ancient scroll--Found it in the libraries here," Chud answers. He pauses and returns to the first line, adding a comma and the letters, following the comma, V...O...D...E--A...N... Having done this, he returns to the second line to begin filling it in. C...O...R...U...S...C...A...N...T...A--A...'...D...E...N--M...H...I--another comma--...V...O...D...E--A...N...

DoraRose smiles. "How lovely...I can't wait till it's fineshed." looking up, her eyes crossing slightly, the warriormouse looks at Flicktails', well, tail. "Good day."

Flicktail says, "yes it is Dorarose..it is a good GOOD day"

"Interesting method of greeting, Flicky," Chud comments, nodding proudly at DoraRose's compliments to his work. He continues writing on a third line...B...A...L--K...O...T...E... Then on the next line...D...A...R...A...'...S...U...U...M--K...O...T...E...

DoraRose laughs slightly. "And what makes it a 'good good' day, sir Flick?"

Flicktail says, "well what could be better then being with a Chud and a Rose" he chuckles " Why the very thought makes me all warm inside"

Chud laughs as well as he writes on fifth line...J...O...R...S...O...R...A...N--K...A...N...D...O--A--T...O...M...E...

DoraRose is sitting by the fire. Flicktail is beside her, and she's blushing slightly.

Leon walks in looking tried and worn out, he has his cloak on and walks slowly, he keeps the cloak closed in the front for now.

Flicktail says, "Hullo there Leon..Look wot I got" he smiles and slisp an arm aroudn DoraRose.

Yeah.../that/ helped her not blush. Rising, DoraRose smiles at the fox, then makes her way over to her husband. "What's wrong, love? Come, sit down. What's wrong?"

Flicktail asks, "does anyone feel a warm glow?" the Fox kids.

Leon sighs, "Just a beast in the infirm...and I am fine with standing, and..paceing." He sits.."Tired..sorry" he mutters softly and a new sound is heard a very anoyed unhappy wail, Leon frowns taking the coverig off..a mousebabe thats less than a season old, he groans.."Shhhh...go to sleep..go to.." He sings,The babe whimpers and then sleeps again.

DoraRose gasps and leans over the baby. "Oh! Oh, Leon! Oh, where did you find it? The poor little thing!" she coos, not wanting to wake it.

Flicktail says, "now is that is not th sweetest thing I ever did see....whats her name?"

Leon sighs, "Its a he, and I don't know didnt get the chance to ask the mother...she was very ill when she came in, she had been in the storm..."

DoraRose frowns and looks the babe over gently. "the poor thing...how's his mother doing?"

Flicktail says, "Well he is sweet leon....But then again Dora Rose is sweet too" he winks in a playful mood.

Leon nods, he frowns, "She..." He doesn't finish and says, "The babe is an orphan"

DoraRose furrows her brows and gasps softly, sorrow in her eyes. "Oh...oh, poor baby...Oh, Leon..." she gently lays her paw on his shoulder, then looks at the Dibbuns' face.

Leon looks down at the sleepig dibbun, "For now I am..keeping an eye on it"

DoraRose nods, gently stroking the dibbun on the head. "I'm working on a blanket...I should be able to finesh it by this evening. I'll go get it, and then we can use it for the little guy tonight." she kisses his cheek and hurries off, maternal instincts taking over.

Thanks for reading!