Insane Shrew-Redwall LOg

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This log happens shortly after breakfast, gee this shrew seems to like to not make friends.....

in log:

Rayen-Flicktail's mate and mother to Juliana

Juliana-fox dibbun

OZ- papa Oz and dibbun caretaker of abbey

Sorex-A not so good shrew

Leon- Brother and Master Healer of Redwall

RW Abbey: Pond


The Abbey pond is practically the place to go for relaxation. The orchards that settle onto one side of the water hole provide decent shade for the more heated months to come. Various types of wild flowers grow about the edge of the ground that lightly overhangs into the pond. The pond seemingly invites one into its cool depths, which holds its fish life and multiple species of shrimp and other water dwellers.

The homely pond provides an oasis of relaxation amid the busy bustle of activity that almost always surrounds Redwall Abbey, especially in the warmer summer months when fruit and crops are to be tended to. A cool atmosphere, added to by the pond, wafts out around the pond area and onto the grass. The orchards simply extend that cool, providing shade and solace for those who wish to relax a little further from the sport that is usually taking place around the oh-so-popular pond.

A lush lawn, studiously kept, surrounds the pond, all the way up to the orchard edge, even entering the orchard - though tentatively. Rushes grow in most of the shallower places on the pond's edge, but the clear water prevails, and in most places, only a bit of a muddy bank is visible and no water reeds find hospitality there. Bugs of all types flit about the surface of the water, testing fate of those who lurk below. Sometimes a shadow can be seen skulking about the rocks at the bottom of the clear pond, but it could very well merely be a trick of the potent summer sun.


Exits: [F]ire [P]it, [R]edwall [E]ntry, [P]ath by the [G]reat [H]all, [Dive] in the pond, [O]rchards

Contents:

South Wallgate

Sorex has always been known to carry random things, things that don't seem too out of place to be seen as dangerous, one being a set of 3 thin metal wires he uses to pick locks when needed, or maybe use them to keep things better tied up in a tree so...like a backpack doesn't fall to the ground. He picked the lock of the old office doors and smirks, these abbey beasts would be in bad trouble if he was some insane vermin, still he can always be the insane woodlander at times and has been called such, he is now looking around the grounds in the early morning light during breakfast.

Juliana has wandered away, like she does sometimes and gotten outside. She toddlers to the pond and looks at the waves as they hit her toes and makes a giggling sound.

Sorex catches the giggle assuming it’s just a random dibbun and his eyes go wide when he sees the fox kit and then they narrow “Another vermin? This is supposed to be a woodlander place why is a fox kit here?" He walks towards the kit and clears his throat for attention.

Juliana doesn’t seem to hear the shrew as she puts her foot paw in and out of the water and makes some sort of happy giggle sound.

Sorex rolls his eyes, dibbuns never were ones to listen well so he speaks up "Hey child why are you in this abbey, where are your parents?" He waits on a reply.

Juliana still seems to have no clue any other beast is there as she jumps up and down by the edge of the pond and just grins, she is having fun as, well she is a dibbun and even in her own little world she can have fun in her own little way. He reaches down and gets mud, seeming to like the feel of it between her fingers and toes.

Sorex decides to walk over and snorts, he roughly shoves the kit and glares "You vermin were always the rude kind, even dibbuns...dibbuns are just so much easier to deal with" The last of the words in a sort of hiss.

Juliana falls into the mud and then seems to panic as she turns around and makes a small yip sound and her ears go flat to her head as she looks at the shrew, the strange shrew she never seen....enter stranger danger!

Sorex cross his arms over his chest, “OH now you look at me huh, so answer me you little vermin pest where is your parents? Or did you just come inside this abbey alone...no matter, I care not I dislike all vermin and I be doing them a flavor to get rid of any here and one so young would be easy"

Juliana watches his lips move and frowns, she does not understand him and it shows in her distress as she starts to whimper and move away best she can, but it’s muddy so she falls when she stands up.

Sorex just glares, "You understand me?" He shakes his head "Course ya don't..you are just a vermin, well that’s fine" He moves forwards and aims to push her into the water if he can.

Juliana whimpers and panics and tries to go around him and fails, she is not that good of a swimmer yet as usually they keep her away from the pond, she has water up to her belly and seems to dislike it and narrowly avoids being pushed in, in fact she goes to bit his paw, hey you would too in this case and she bites...very very rarely, when stressed and no one is here to tell her no don’t.....soooooooooooooooo.

Sorex gasps and yanks away a now bleeding paw, he growls an unshrew like growl "Ya brat!" He then uses all his strength to push the dibbun into the pond and possibility further, he will even hold his own breath, least as long as he can.

Juliana yips and falls into the water, she kicks and panics as she is not able to get up as easy and the shove was fairly hard to her, this...can’t go well.

Sorex seems to enjoy this, he goes to try and pull her under the water, hey one doesn't need weapons to deal with vermin all the time

Juliana panics more she is under the water and fights and kicks and manages to get to the surface whimpering and splashing to stay above the water, it’s about then that Rayen walks by worried "I didn't see her...and you said you didn't know..where...." Then she sees her child and goes pale. “She’s in the pond!"

It’s one of those rare times Oz is in a panic "Pond?" He frowns, yes he can swim but being blind he has no clue where to even start and time is a very important thing right now. He grips his staff and looks unsure where to go, how to help.

Sorex meanwhile surfaces and at first maybe he is helping...nope he is trying to push the dibbun under the water and make matters worse.

Leon seems to be in the right place at the right time as he dashes past and jumps into the pond heading straight for the dibbun and Sorex, first he goes to slam an elbow into the shrew and then dive to get to the fox kit, he can yell and deal with the shrew later, he can hold his breath for a while if needed as he searches for Juliana.

Juliana just panics even more when she is under again and starts to sink, she tries to reach up but doesn’t get too far. Meanwhile her mother looks in a panic on the shore, only slightly more relieved when Leon shows up.

Oz makes sure no one else has any ideas of jumping into the pond, and waits to see what happens, hopefully not ill news.

Sorex grunts as he feels the shoulder go into his chest and lets go of the fox kit letting her sink and almost sinks himself, he barely gets to the surface and coughs a little as he swims to shore, no since in sticking around, once to shore he will make a bolt for the gates. Not really caring on much noise as he growls "Outta my way!"

Leon grabs ahold of the dibbun and surfaces, he goes to slowly get her to shore as he looks concern and worried, "Someone...get that shrew!" He right away checks the fox kit.

Oz is already after the shrew, the shrew seems to have a big mouth so they are easily grabbed, unless he got lucky, by the badger and held onto timely till he can be tied to a chair or something.

Rayen rushes forwards "Juliana!"

Sorex struggles and kicks when he feels himself lifted into the air a little ways "Let go of me at once! You’re defending vermin! Release me stripedog!"

Juliana coughs and shivers and vomits up a good deal of water and curls slightly into a wet fuzzy ball.

Leon frowns as he checks her over and speaks "It’s not a good name to call Oz trust me...." He keeps his focus on the dibbun.

Sorex exclaims, "I don’t care ya all vermin likers, vermin are scum and should all just die! it matters not an age!"

Juliana whimpers, her mother looks ready to punch the shrew lights out while she tries not to panic.

Oz keeps himself calm, barely as you don’t harm a dibbun he is in charge of, it most likely won’t end well, " I will take the shrew inside and keep him guarded till Benar can it seems dismiss him from the abbey, if he is busy I will do so myself" He walks off with the shrew still held rather tightly. Yep a day off, but not for a good reason or least half a day off.

Leon just nods as he still is in healer mode “She may still have some water in her lungs, but hopefully will cough that up I can give some herbs to help with that, but it’s still not a good thing, she is lucky she didn’t drown but she almost did, she will need to be watched closely in the infirm, whether it’s me or Angela or another healer..you even, till she recovers and that may well take a few days"

Sorex curses and kicks and curses some more...goodness good thing the badger had the dibbuns elsewhere or they would learn some new words today, not good words either. He will be tied to a chair and guarded by whoever volunteered for such a thing.

Rayen watches Oz carry off the dibbun and frowns "Is she...she will be ok right? How serious is it Brother Leon and.." She adds with a bit of a growl “I hope the shrew gets throw out, how DARE it try and kill my child"

Leon frowns "It’s fairly bad, she panicked and that made it worse than most do in some cases, even skilled swimmers such as myself....I will do what I can for her and trust me the abbot will deal with that shrew, that shrew almost serious hurt Thorn, and he shoved Caleb into a wall and his side was bruised, he is ok now but he had to take a couple days off his novice duties."

The vixen looks very worried and nods "Juliana can't hear, and she can't swim...so this most likely panicked her as she doesn't respond the same to things as others, and someone trying to harm her...it must of been so scary for her, why would someone do that and to a dibbun"

Leon stands "I do not know, help me get her to the infirm, carefully now. You can stay with her while I find Benar, he needs to know that Shrew got out of the office for one and tried to harm a dibbun." He will let the vixen healer tend to Juliana for now as he goes to find the abbot.

Juliana is carefully picked up by a very worried Rayen and carried to the infirm where she is watched over carefully by a very worried mother.