Little less Depressed...

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        • Quick Note, the muck had gone down so logger wasnt working but did get the log still:) So here it is*******

FV:Tavern

Outside a sign swings on a rusty creaking frame above the doorway of the tavern depicting a faded painting of what appears to be three rather rich looking skeletons slumped over a table around a black chalice, perhaps such a thing could be taken as a warning but it doesn't appear to work on the locals. The noise within on a normal day is usually heard before the door is even opened and only rises in volume when one actually steps inside.

There are the typical qualities of a tavern within, from the bar to the chairs and booths and the odd drunk who never seems to move it's the little details which encourage a patron to pay his tab if he likes his fingers. One look at some of the staff or customers might give the impression but the room is decorated to the fiercer tastes with bones, mostly skulls cropping up here and there to fill a gap on a shelf or decorating the walls above the doorways, fireplace and bar, a pair of axes joining the one over the fire with some signs that they've been yanked off to join in a fight a couple of times. Some of the comfier chairs are lined with fur and very rarely one might be found with a few pointed bits of bone to decorate the back. Despite the looks there is entertainment and fun to be had, some form of music usually played on a small stage in the corner and at least one bouncer usually tries to keep the peace while beasts gamble, drink and be merry.

A small door behind the bar leads out the back to the kitchen and cellars while one wall has been opened up in a wide arch to increase the space off into the next room where what seems to be a wooden fence with gates on either end has been set up as a fighting pit as further entertainment and something to bet over.

Exits: [Out]

Scioto is here sipping an ale.

Astra sits close by in her chair, quietly finishing some dinner.

Scioto walks over and looks at her," Greetings"

Astra looks at him, “What do you want?"

Scioto shakes his head, "Nothing just know you were upset earlier and didn’t mean to make you upset"

Astra says nothing at first then, "Well you just walked off and wasn't just cause was hungry."

Scioto frowns, "Ok fine, but was hungry but yes not just that.."

Oakenpaw walks in with a kerchief under his nose.

Astra smiles, she waves to the hare, "Hey!"

Scioto asks, "Cold Oakenpaw?"

Oakenpaw says, "Hello..ooo AHHHCHOO!!!!!” He sneezes into his kerchief and daubs his nose.

Astra says, "Drink some tea with honey"

Oakenpaw sniffers and smiles miserably "You make a fine healed *cough*"

Benjamin jerks awake with a loud hoot, wings fluttering, "Huh what?" he looks all around, Perched on a barstool. looking over at the beasts awake and talking. Owl just watching with his big black eyes.

Scioto speaks, "Rest, can’t have a healer ill"

Astra looks up to see the owl and blinks.

Oakenpaw sits down beside one of Sir Benjamin's huge feet, "Qiud right...Physician heal thy self...*blows his nose* Ello Sir Ben.”

Scioto says, "would have the haremaid make you something but she appears to be elsewhere or just busy"

Benjamin emits a scream as he is sat next to by the sick beast, "ekk sicky beast!" He squeaks, digging in his little pocket bag, tugging out some hot root spice, "Try this laddy, burn out that nose good." He wiggles his wings. clicking his beak a few times.

Oakenpaw smiles and uses a soft paw to warmly pat one of Sir Benjamin's toes "Thank ya" He actually accepts root "Oh dis ding came up so suddenly”

Astra watches Oakenpaw and looks to Scioto, "They need music in here more often, good for....dancing"

Scioto shrugs, "I suppose so, we had a singer a short while..some will a lyre or a flute maybe"

Benjamin hops onto the bar and makes his way across the top, grabbing a jar of nuts and dragging them over to his spot, helping himself.

Oakenpaw says, "Way I heard it modest rats are lyres" He half chuckles and sniffles. "How your nuts Sir Ben...." He asks the owl.

Astra blinks and looks at Oakenpaw confused.

Scioto stands to start to leave, “I will be back soon."

Oakenpaw asks, "where ya goin?"

Benjamin assaults the bowl of nuts in a rather messy fashion, sending a few flying as he takes in his fill, looking up chewing up a nut, "Much better than mousie."

Astra frowns and then goes to pull Scioto back, "Nope you don't go out yet. you said you dance later, it’s later and just in case." She sees a weasel with a lyre ad nods to him to play a soft tune, "Music"

Oakenpaw's ears go up snagging a fallen nut and nibbling it with some of the root spice.

Scioto frowns and sighs but steps back, "Fine..quick, short dance"

Oakenpaw applauds the couple.

Benjamin looks up and over, clicking his beak he doesn't have the paws to clap, but his beak will sure do well.

Astra smiles and goes to start, the moves are simple he has seen them couple times.

Scioto does remember, he does not look directly at Astra, he shakes his head at the clapping.

Oakenpaw exclaims, "oh Jolly good Suh *AHHHCHHHHOOOO!*"

Benjamin flutters his wings startled by the sneeze, sending the bowl of nuts flying everywhere as the owl takes flight zooming around the room, looking for a high spot to land, emitting a few screeches, "Warn em a beasty next time." he screeches out, settling on a shelf behind the bar, that is up nice and high.

Astra smiles at Scioto, “You’re getting better at Dancing."

Oakenpaw sniffles "Sorry Sir Ben...they sodtimes deek up on be.." He watches the dancing beasts "Light on her footpaws.”

Scioto mutters, "Whatever.." He looks at her when she smiles, he clears his throat, "Well..."

Oakenpaw says, "Thad smile could melt butter"

Astra sigs, "You’re still...better, at dancing now"

Scioto shrugs, "So how long is this dance to last?"

Oakenpaw says, "A lifetime"

Oakenpaw tosses Nuts up to Benjamin.

Astra goes to slowly stop, she looks at Oakenpaw, "No dance lasts that long"

Oakenpaw says, "Oh...some do" *sniffle* ohhh me dose is SOOO stuffed"

Scioto seems a bit glad the dance is over but stays stood up

Oakenpaw smiles "I needs some cinnamon leaves....”

Astra asks, "why?"

Scioto asks, "For what flavor?"

Oakenpaw says, "Fer steam...pud id in wadder...boil...opens da dose Suh"

Astra sits down and frowns a little.

Oakenpaw asks, "Wads wrong?"

Scioto looks over at Astra.

Astra says, "Nothing just, long day"

Oakenpaw says, "ohhh yes I knod it"

Scioto raises an eyebrow, "well. Go sleep or something"

Astra says, "Not tried"

Oakenpaw says, "Well I am just stuffy"

Scioto frowns

Oakenpaw Mirrors Scioto's frown, what the hey the bunny is a bit bored :)

Astra nods "Well..maybe..well what unstuffy one?"

Oakenpaw says, "Cinnamon leaves boilin in wadder"

Scioto says, "Oakenpaw...do not mock me and frown."

Oakenpaw says, "I'm a sick beast I got special privileges..."

Oakenpaw sniffles "spice merchant....all I knows”

Scioto says, "That would be Anise"

Oakenpaw nod nods "bet e would ave em.”

Scioto says, "He might"

Oakenpaw looks down "I want boths you beasts..to know how much ya both mean ta me”

Astra asks, "Meaning good friends?"

Oakenpaw says, "More...like family"

Scioto asks, "Family?"

Astra smiles a little, "I..should get to my den...later" She looks at Scioto and the exits.

Oakenpaw says, "aye family..I was an orphan bunny ya knows"

Scioto watches Astra leave and blinks, he huhs and looks at Oakennpaw, "Never knew that..sorry to hear of it"

Oakenpaw says, "oh nothing so dramatic,.. was left by the fire mountain...raised"

Scioto says, "well you were raised right"

Oakenpaw sneezes into his kerchief.

Scioto looks at the door again and back to the bar, "Need an ale"

Oakenpaw says, "Alcohol..kills germs"

Scioto says, "Not ill just thinking"

Oakenpaw asks, "hmmm?"

Scioto sips his ale, "Guess something got to me is all"

Oakenpaw asks, "Got to ya? wot do ya means?"

Scioto shrugs, "Nothing, least not many around when was dancing"

Oakenpaw asks, "Why would that bother ya?"

Scioto says, "Not use to it, only did it as had promised I would, keep it so...done and over with"

Oakenpaw says, "A shame..you look good out there, I love dancing"

Scioto shrugs, Look good..well I just started learning to dance"

Oakenpaw says, "Doesn't matter still looks good"

Oakenpaw says, "Please do not be down Scioto..I don’t want me family down"

Scioto is quiet as if thinking, he looks at Oakenpaw, "You know...first time heard you use word..family"

Oakenpaw Shrugs "Never had one before”

Scioto nods slowly," Must been hard"

Oakenpaw says, "No..ya never miss wot ya never knew ya had"

Scioto says, "I miss my family"

Oakenpaw says, "And I hurt for mine"

Scioto nods, "Understandable...wonder if Astra will get her sleep she sees to need"

Oakenpaw says, "It is the hardest thing to see someone in yer family hurt and not be able to help"

Scioto asks, "well hopefully your get a chance one day or was you never able to?"

Oakenpaw says, "I meant You Suh"

Scioto blinks slowly, "Me?" He seems unable to answer now, he sighs.

Oakenpaw says, "Aye YOU are like family ta me"

Oakenpaw says, "We ave laughed together, cried together...and I care bout ya"

Scioto nods, he starts to smile, “Good to know..cared about."

Oakenpaw says, "And Lil Blisa, is my sister"

Scioto says, "I wouldn’t say sister, you be more...an uncle would't you?"

Oakenpaw chuckles "if you insist my brother...but yer gonna have to get longer ears wot?”

Scioto shrugs, he looks away when he hears the chuckle but listens quietly.

Oakenpaw sighs "I don't feel well..I cannot stay here with this gloom hanging about..I'm Sorry Scioto...”

Scioto looks back at Oakenpaw, "No, don't go..stay here, you’re my friend"

Oakenpaw says, "Ya can't live in the past forever...I have an idea how ya may feel..I really DO..but Dazzle would want you to live a FULL life..not stay in the graveyard"

Scioto says, "I do not go to the graveyard"

Oakenpaw speaks “ That’s where yer heart, yer spirit is....”

Scioto says, "I am not depressed....not all the time, earlier was...well don't know"

Oakenpaw says, "Coswallop chap..laughing and smiling are unknown to ya now"

Scioto listens, "Look I may not...maybe shouldn’t of danced earlier, it was interesting and there was this slight..twinkle in her eyes..and her smile was.." He is sort of off in his own thoughts, he does get a faint smile, he looks to Oakenpaw, "Sorry..got in a bit of a little..should pay attention to you. Sorry."

Oakenpaw says, "yes you should. Least I think so......and I am ok chap..see to yer thoughts"

Scioto says, "No, my thoughts are not that important, friendship is and would not want to lose yours"

Oakenpaw says, "Well you will lose it if ya keep saying that..yer thoughts are the Most important things..because that’s where you come from"

Scioto says, "I do know where came from and how got here, found this place and its paw full of beasts, build this place back up and wit help also from the abbey and glad to still be allies"

Oakenpaw says, "aye There....should be proud"

Scioto nods, the faint smile shows up again as he thinks back on things, he nods.

Oakenpaw says, "Fer m'self..just wanna be a help"

Scioto nods, "You are a help." He then suddenly hugs Oakenpaw in a warm friendly hug.

Oakenpaw hugs back snuggling against the cat’s thick soft fur though his ears go up "Claws chief..careful with the claws" He says with a chuckle.

Scioto still hugs Oakenpaw, a small chuckle..yes a chuckle eve if small is heard, "Sorry my friend.."

Oakenpaw says, "Quite alright..." , He giggles "Care ta dance?"

Scioto nods, "Dance?...odd request. Why dance?"

Oakenpaw says, "Cause I love to dance and teach"

Scioto slowly smiles, "Teach what?. You know what?"

Oakenpaw says, "I teach beasts how ta dance"

Scioto asks, "well Astra was teaching me, she does make the place less gloomy yes?""

Oakenpaw says, "Aye, wot a pretty beast, I like that Chap Rowan too. But is a bit quiet"

Scioto says, "Astra is...ok suppose, a good friend, unexpected friend"

Oakenpaw says, "Beautiful gel"

Scioto chuckles a little more, "Hey you have ya own gal Oakenpaw, that Willow beast, she may get upset"

Oakenpaw says, "Oh were not the same beast, me and Astra Chief. I just likes her"

Scioto raises an eyebrow.

Oakenpaw says, "Her tail be too long her ears too short"

Scioto is quiet then speaks, “I want to have a spring fest in Ferravale, get some gloom away and..food and fun to be had of some sort..in 2-3 weeks from now.”

Oakenpaw simply nods listening.

Scioto nods, “Yes. I am going home now, good eve.”

Oakenpaw heads to the infirm and waves bye to Scioto ”Good night”

Scioto nods and heads home to bed himself.