Ferravale At Last
Characters: Kentar, Amethyst, Tagger, Zocalo and Christopher
Ferravale: Town Center
Days! Days and days! Okay, a day and a half. That's how long this group has been traveling from Moledeep to get here. Kentar leads them on through the entry and then to the square. "So this is Ferravale huh? Bigger than I had expected." he grins, leaning on his cane.
"Is et?" Amy asks, "'Ow big is et? Yew think we could th market place an track Billy an Chris down?" The blind rat scratched at the ground with her own staff. "Wot yew think, Tag?" she asks the otter beside her.
Tagger is a little bit awestruck at the while thing. Taking in all the sights and beasts as he walks next to the rat, "I... Have no idea..." his chestpiece and leggings clank lightly against him, "Only seen the market at the Camp. Cant find anybeast there unless you know where to look" he gives his two cents before looking away from the group to stare at something.
From inside Ferravale comes Zocalo, carrying a lantern and looking rather nonchalant. Honestly, he's not quite sure exactly what he's going to do at the entryway once he gets there but the question is answered for him when he sees the newcomers. Ever a sanguine one, he holds the lantern up above his head and waves at the small group. "Evening!"
Kentar blinks a little bit when he hears a foreign voice, the stoat tilting his head at the sight of another otter. "Oh! Hello there." he greets with a bit of a smile. "How goes your evening?" He asks, tilting his head a bit as he stops closer to the center of the square.
Amethyst squints her milky blind eyes at Z. "Wot yew doin' ere, otter?" she asks. She can't see Z, but the voice smeels fishy and sounds ottery. "Though this was a 'vermin' town," the rat says ignoring for the moment that Tag is right beside her. "Yew know where th pottery shop or bakery would be et?" she asks the new voice. Amy taps her stick against the ground steadily as she waits for an answer. "We're lookin' fer some beasts live ere," she says after a moment.
Tagger takes no offense from the rat. Knew what he was getting into. Cant hear her anyway. He watches the new approaching otter and smiles. Yay! Don't feel so lonely anymore. He gives a big smile and says, "Evening mate" a sorta traditional greeting among otters. He glances between the two sets and tries to keep quiet. Have to spend time reading and less time talking.
Zocalo is slightly affronted by the rat's bluntness but he gets the same reaction pretty much every day. "Eh, they're over that away." He waves rather vaguely towards the middle of the town. "Who are you looking for? Chances are, I'll know 'em." He waves at Tagger.
Kentar frowns a bit and reaches over with his cane to smack Amy on the shoulder rather -firmly-. "Be polite ratty." he eyes her carefully. She forgets that he too has a cane now...and two can play the hitting game. Finally though he directs his gaze back to Zocalo. "Well! One is a rat called William. And the other my son, Christopher." he nods. "Do you know either of them?"
Kentar frowns a bit and reaches over with his cane to smack Amy on the shoulder rather -firmly-. "Be polite ratty." he eyes her carefully. She forgets that he too has a cane now...and two can play the hitting game. Finally though he directs his gaze back to Zocalo. "Well! One is a rat called William. And the other my son, Christopher." he nods. "Do you know either of them?"
Scioto walks into the town center and slows as he sees the crowd and walks over to them, "Greetings...all" He has a bandage on his shoulder.
Amethyst rubs her shoulder and scowls at the stoat with her blind eyes. As could have been predicted the rat smacks the stoat upside the head, thankfully with a paw and not her own staff. "Wot was thet fer, Kenty? I jus asked th otter some questions an yew /hit me/! /Yew/ hit /me/!" she exclaims still a little surprised he'd do something like that. She wasn't even being that rude in her opinion. Z wasn't even one of their otters. "Thet aint 'ow et works, Stoat," she grumbles as she continues to let the stoat know she will hold this against him for a while now.
Tagger kinda... Sets back from the other two. If they are gonna squabble, let them. He takes a small step forward and says to the otter, "Ummm. I dont know about them... but i would like a place for the night. One where... Of my type..." he clears his throat, "If you know what i mean." he shakes his head then his gaze turns to the cat. And his mouth drops.
Zocalo earperks when Chris' name comes up. "/You're/ Chris' dad?" He grins. "Oh sure, I know Chris. He's a good friend of mine. Runs the bakery in town." He looks at Tagger and /thinks/ he knows what he means. "Well...mm...the only place available for spending the night around here is the inn..." He has never stayed there himself. "You /should/ be alright?" He offers, hopefully.
Kentar frowns when Amy smacks him but then shakes his head, turning towards the otter, grinning. "And you must be Zocalo then! Chris mentioned you in his letter as being his best friend up here." he chuckles before glancing to Tagg. "Just come to the bakery. I'm sure Chris or Will wouldn't mind putting you up for the night...Chris has to deal with me anyway." he smirks.
Tagger nods at the otter (after getting over the cat appearing) before turning around and catching the last bit of what the stoat said, "Sounds good. Less i have to pay for." And probably safer. Still, might have to sleep in his armor tonight... Just in case. He walks back over to the other two and stands quietly behind them. He will remain quiet and just be a ottery beacon. Its his first real adventure. Dont want to muck it up just yet.
"An' th bakery's not too far from ere?" Amy asks Z. "Don't worry, Tag, th stoats got room an if not we'll find someplace t put yew fer th night," she asures the otter. "Scioto? Thet yew?" the ratwife asks as she catches the cat's scent. "So yew made et back alive. .......... Uh, yer Blisa alroight?" she asks.
Scioto yawns and nods "Yes I made it back alive, Vladmir is dead..captives free, and yes Blisa is fine and resting in the infirm, I need to go check on her so will chat later..also planing on having a Bon Fire maybe or some sort of celebrate sometime soon...for now I need to rest, good eve all" He heads off.
Zocalo watches Scioto leave and then turns back to the rat. "Ayep, it's not too far. Just down the road a bit. Near all the other shops. He's got a big sign up in front of it, you can't miss it." He allows the lantern to drop down to his side because his arm is getting tired. "I don't know where he is right now though. Oh! Thane is in town! You'll probably find him at the inn."
The old stoat smiles and nods his head. "Great! We should probably head down there sometime." Kentar says before tilting his head a little bit and nods. "Yeah, I knew Thane was here. And that he attacked some fox." he blinks a little. "Any idea what Chris did after?" he asks, ignoring the rat-thing.
Amethyst taps her staff impatently. "Now we know where t go, can't we get goin' an yew kin ask Chris about et when yew see 'im?" she asks Kentar. It's late and the rat wants to see her husband and daughter again and the stoat wanting to chat up every beast isn't getting her where she wants to be very quickly. But being blind she can't very easily get there on her own.
Zocalo grimaces, thinking he probably shouldn't get himself involved in this. Chris, at least, needs to be the one to explain the situation and his resultant actions. "Um...maybe you should ask Chris..." He gnaws on his lower lip. "He'll probably want to tell you." He gratefully grasps at the rat's desire to leave and uses it to take his leave. "I really should maybe be going now...things to do, need to get back to the shop. It was good meeting you though!"
Kentar frowns at Amy's reaction to his question and then goes to thwack her with his cane again. "Be patient!" he snaps at her before he watches the otter, nodding his head. "Alright! Well have a good night then." he says before moving away from Amy before she can hit him in return. "C'mon Amy, follow the sound of my cane." he grumbles at her as he moves towards where the market is.
Amethyst grumbles to herself quietly, something about stoats crankiness and a sleeping draught. "Yew aint gonna hit me anymore are yew?" she asks a little warily. Sure she hits beasts fairly often but she's blind and most beasts deserve it. The stoat's just being crabby tonight.
Kentar smirks a bit at Amy and shakes his head slowly. "Nah, probably not. I've had my fun." he laughs as he makes his way down the path, eager to see his brother and his son after so long.
Ferravale: Bakery
Amethyst follows Kentar into the bakery. She's a little annoyed they're stopping there first, but she does want to see Chris, just not as much a Will and Koby. The ratwife sniffs the air taking in all the lovely scents of the bread and sweets in the shop. "'Ello?" she called into the room, "Chris, yew ere?"
The bakery is fairly quiet, but when the rat calls out, Chris's deeper voice calls out from the kitchen. "Just a second, just a second!" the stoat calls out. Kentar just leans on the cane, glancing around, noting the lack of a counter. Chris comes out, apron on, wiping his paws. "How can I help...dad? Dad!" he smiles, heading over to give the older, MUCH shorter stoat a hug. Has he ever grown! A couple of feet taller than Kentar too. "Amy!" he goes to hug her about the same.
Tagger smiles as he still hangs back, leaning against the door way. He knows that this is Chris, obviously. Though the face isn't ringing a bell. Most likely its just the otters memory. Or maybe his brain just letting it fall out. But still. He grins at the stoat and ratty hugs out of the way before saying... "Have any ottercakes?" Would be the first thing he says in a long time. Still, he has got that Aik like grin on his face.
Amethyst hugs Chris tightly and takes her time as she feels over his face with her paws. "It's good t see yew, Chris," she says, "Goodness yew got tall. An' only half as ugly as yer Dad," she teases keeping the younger stoat between herself and his father to minimize her chances of getting hit again, "Yew must 'ave got yer Mum's looks a bit more." The rat turns to 'look' in the otter's direction and shakes her head at him. "Look et thet, otter. Thet's liddle Tag. Nearly grown now. Yew wouldn't 'ave any otter worthy vittles about?" the ratwife asks the baker.
Kentar oofs when the larger stoat hugs him tightly. "Hey Chris." he says with a strained voice before panting once he's got let go. Chris squeezes the rat firmly. "Its good to see you too Amy, its been too long!" he says before blinking a little bit at the otter, blinking a bit. "Tagger? Wow! You got so BIG!" he smiles, going to hug the otter. Kentar though only laughs when Amy insults his looks.
Tagger grins and hugs the other stoat back, "Long time no see Chris! I hardly remember you!" Hugs tighter before the otters stomach growls, "But my question still stands!" he laughs, letting go and patting the stoat on the back, before taking his bad self on a little walk around the bakery. Letting his nose knows.
"'Ow are yew an Thane gettin' on ere?" Amy asks, "Heard 'e got in some trouble." She adds, "An seein' as we did jus get ere .... we could use some vittles if yew can spare any."
Chris smiles bright at the otter and laughs. "An ottercake? What? An otter shaped cake?" he asks, tilting his head before glancing to Kentar and Amy next. "OH! Yes, of course! I've got a pot of soup on the stove right now...and I just put out some fresh scones! Help yourselves!" he smiles.
Amethyst goes to do just that. The rat follows her nose to the kitchen and starts to fills bowls of soup for everyone and divide some of the scones among the group. Chris said she could help herself and that's what she's doing.
Tagger can sniff the scone in the air. And his muzzle just leans in, "Mmmmm... Dont mind if i do!" Then he sees the ratwife off and about. She got it. He smiles and still looks around the bakery, "This place is awesome, much better then the one we have at the camp." he chuckles, "Getting good business?" he asks off paw. Wondering if its a good time to know about the incident or not. Food first.
Amethyst sets out the bowls of soup and scones and sits down to eat.
Tagger quickly looks back when suddenly! Food! You wont believe how hungry this otter is. He is kinda tired of fish jerky anyway. He sits down and grabs him a bowl and scone before tucking in. Besides needing hotroot. It is excellent, "Ahh! So good. Thats just what i needed Chris!" he says through a thankful mouthful.
Amethyst is too busy eating to talk for a while. but once she is able to she asks Chris, "Is th pottery shop near ere? Yew see yer uncle an cousin 'round much?"
Tagger stops eating midway through his scone, "Oh yeah!" Remembering another reason why they are here. Silly otter. Food was just on his mind for that matter, "William and Willco!" And then he gets hit with the sleepies, "Whoh... Maybe... Maybe i will see them in the morning." he grins as he stands pushing his chair under, "Mind pointing me in a direction of a bed? I just forgot how tired i am of carrying three bags." he chuckles slightly.
The stoats join the rat and otter and sit down to eat. Chris smiles at Amy, "Actually the pottery shop is just a little ways from here. It's next to the carpentery shop." The stoat looks at the otter and hmms, "The only bed is upstairs and it's not really a bed, it's more of a hamock. I guess you could sleep on the floor or you could go over and ask Will if he has any extra room. His shop's bigger than mine."
Tagger smiles as he walks toward the stairs, "The floor will be just perfect. Sleep on a rock at home anyway" He laughs at his little joke before yawning, "It will be just like a little sleepover! Haha!" he chuckles ascending the stairs and disappearing, "G'night all!" he yells back, "Ill see Will and company tomorrow, i promise!" And with that the otter is silent as he lays down for the night. Using his bags as a mushy hard pillow.
Amethyst blinks a few times. They'd passed by Will's shop? "Did yew know we passed Billy's place?" she asks Kentar in an annoyed tone a bit louder than need be. Sure she's having a good time visiting with Chris, but they passed her new home and nobeast said anything about it!
Kentar smiles a bit when the food is setout, the stoat sitting somewhere nice and eating quietly. When Amy asks him, he shakes his head. "This is my first time here too, y'know..." he laughs a bit. "Here, Amy. I'll bring you over if you'd like." Chris suggests. "Dad, you can stay with me...you can have the hammock and...well, I'll sleep on the floor." he laughs a bit.
Amethyst is still a bit annoyed with the old stoat. "'Ow 'ard is et t see if a place says 'pottery shop' or what'ave yew on et when lookin' fer a bakery?" she asks. Chris gets a pat on the arm as she says, "thank yew, Christopher. Least one our stoats got manners still."
Amethyst pauses in the door to say, "I might send Koby over t met Tag later." She knows good and well that the otter is likely sound asleep, but any excuse to get free dibbun-sitting is a good excuse.
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