Quinten Log 62 - 27 02 2006

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Salamandastron: Training Room

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This is the training room for the hares of the long patrol. The walls

seem to have taken a severe beating, more than likely not from stray

arrows missing the archery targets. There are several of said archery

targets lining the west wall, each with small oak stands a good distance

off to hold arrows, hang a bracer, and rest a bow on. The targets are of

simple design: a large, tightly wrapped bale of hay with a coarse paper

target on the front. A wooden mannequin, in no better shape than the

walls, is in the northeastern corner of the room. Besides that, several

wooden practice swords sit in a small pile. On the eastern side of the

room is a small, makeshift wrestling arena consisting of two mattresses

tied together. Then on the southern side of the room is a fitness area,

assembled from several pull-up bars, and a nice padded area to do push up.

Narrow, cylindrical weights (both wooden and metal) are pushed up against

the wall, along with a few straight metal bars for them to be mounted on.

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After the Major's announcement yetserday in the infirmary Quinten has scaled back his time volunteering in the infirmary to the late evening and redoubled his training, especially his sabre training which is his one weakness, stripped to the waist and soakin in sweat, ears tied back by a headband the young back is wielding his wooden training sabre and battle against a practice dummy, moving with fluid grace as he flows around the dummy in earnest

Gabriel is walking around, as usual, fairly aimlessly. She sees Quinten working with a practice dummy, and she feels for something in her pocket. Getting ahold of it, Gabby pulls out the carving Quinten gave her and smiles at it. The rabbit decides not to interrupt, but merely watches for the moment.

Flaxpaw enters the room, obviously ready for /more/ training, she glances at Quin and Gabby as she settles down onto a mat and starts doing push-ups. Yup, a hare needs good arm muscles.

Quinten spins left around the practice dummy, sabre battling away at its sides, the recruits ears flop from side to side as he moves, now facing the interior of the room he spots Gabby and smiles, reversing his slash to stab through the straw filled dummy he lets go of the sabre and steps back panting slightly "oooh...hey Gabby.....how ye been?"

Looking a /bit/ disgusted by the amount of sweat on Quinten at the moment, Gabby still smiles at him, impressed by his strength. "I'm fine, Quin. How is..." She trails off, looking at him from the corner of her eye, not wanting to finish the sentence. Hint, hint.

Flaxpaw notices Gabby looking a bit uncomfortable, and calls, "Quint, who's your friend, eh?" Although, of course she has an idea.

Quinten picks up a towel off of a bench and wraps it around his neck, using it to soak up most of the sweat "He's...ok we talked and decided to just not talk" he smiles at her "Sorry you had to see that...." he pads closer to her and looks at Flaxpaw "This is Gabriel....." he looks back at the rabbit and smiles

Gabriel walks towards the female hare doing pushups and extends a paw. "Pleased to meet you. I'm, well, Gabriel Or Gabby." She smiles at the hare before looking back at Quinten. "I'm sorry, too. I don't like fighting."

Flaxpaw smiles, curls her feet under her and springs up. "Gabby, nice to meet you. I go by Flax." She looks between them. "Fighting, Quin? I'm sure you don't like fighting, miss." She tries to look both severe and sympathetic, not a good mix.

Quinten frowns at Flaxpaw and shrugs "Me and Greg had a disagreement thats all" he moves over to them both and smiles "But its settled now" he glances at Gabby and holds out a paw to her "Will...you forgive me..."

Still a bit repulsed by his present sweaty and slightly rank condition, Gabriel tentatively takes his paw for a moment, nodding and smiling sweetly. "Don't let it happen again, Quin." This is more of a command than a sweet suggestion. The rabbit looks at Flaxpaw. "Flax? Pleasure's mine."

Flaxpaw raises an eyebrow at Quin as Gabby speaks to him, but quickly returns her expression to a friendly smile when the rabbit looks toward her. "say, hope you don't mind my askin, but are you related to that odd rabbit I keep seeing around? old chap...

Quinten directs a frown at Flaxpaw, not quite understanding whhy she sees so put out by all this. "Well i'll make sure to never fight near you again Gabby....i should go get cleaned up....want to get something to eat afterwards?"

Gabriel notes the raised brow, barely seeing Flax's expression. She decides not to comment, not knowing what it was directed at. "Eh. I'd s'pose so. He's my great-great uncle, but I prefer to call him Grandpa. He says his name is Ender, now." She appears a bit put-out having to explain, despite the fact that she chose to. Gabby turns to Quinten and smiles, patting him on the shoulder. "Sure. I'll meet you downstairs?

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Quinten grins at Gabby and heads for the door "Great...see you then Gabby, see you later Flax" he veres off to grab is pracitce sabre then darts out the door to wash up and change.

Salamandastron: Dining Chamber

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This is the dining chamber for the mountain of Salamandastron. It is a

veritable cavern, the necessity of feeding so many hares making the room

so big. Dominating the room is a huge banquet table made of solid oak.

Nobeast knows how such a venerable object came to be here, but its

presence is undeniable. Smaller tables skirt the outside of the room,

each sitting near a large torch burning brightly in its sconce. The chair

at the head of the table is different from the plain maple chairs that

occupy the rest of the room - it belongs to the Badger Lord. The massive

object is graced with a carving of the very mountain it is in, with the

sun setting over the sea.

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Gabriel is sitting idly at one of the tables to the side of the chamber, tapping a wooden squirrel gently against the surface before her. She looks a bit uncomfortable, not knowing any of the beasts that seem to constantly be filtering through. Gabby glances at the food, and her stomach grumbles loudly.

Quinten comes padding inside and looks around, he spots Gabby wit her back to him and pads along trying to be quiet so he can slip his arms around her shoulders and lay a quick kiss on her ear "Hey Gabby...sorry to keep yu waiting but i stank"

Gabriel jumping slightly as his arms encompass her, Gabby swivels and smiles at him, kicking his legs slightly. "You sure did." The rabbit jumps up, giggling, and scampers towards the buffet-style lineup that seemed to have formed on the opposite side of the room.

Quinten laughs and watches her go for a moment then hops over the table and after her, scampering down the aisle between tables to try and catch up to her

Taking a plate and eyeing the array in front of her, Gabby smiles. /This/ place knew how to cater to every possible cuisine preference. She beelines for the pastries, licking her lips.

Quinten chuckles and follows along after her "Of course it does, a hare is nothing without a full stomach, you should know this by now" he reches out and loads his plate with about six different kind of pastry and then adds cheeses. "Hmmm and them mountain sure has the most beautiful doe in it too" a cheeky smile directed at gabby

Also taking as much as her plate can hold, Gabby smiles at Quinten. "I'm glad you think that." She says, laughing gaily. The rabbit's plate is overflowing with sticky treats when she notices the cheeses and considers them for a moment.

Flaxpaw has arrived.

Quinten nudges her and smiles as he catches her look "Hey we can share whats on each others plates, keep it seperate"

"Ah. Good idea." Gabby glances at the door. "That Flax gel seemed nice. Does she know you from somewhere?" The rabbit seems pleased with her selection, and slowly walks towards her table, trying not to drop her plate.

Quinten walks a few steps behind the rabbit "She's pretty new to the mountain, i met her the other day shortly after she arrived, she does seem nice enough, but not as nice as you"

Gabriel laughs a little at this. "Be careful with all your flattery. Giving me a big head." She sits at the table she had been at before, and puts her plate down in front of her. Without preamble, she dives into it. Daintily.

Flaxpaw trails in slightly after the others, seeming to have waited a moment or two before following the others. She begins piling her plate.

Quinten smiles and sits opposite the doe, purposefully tangling his footpaw with one of hers as he digs into his own meal, shoveling down food quickly and effortlessly, ploughing throug te pastries on his plate with ease.

Flaxpaw chooses a place a bit away from the pair, giving them their privacy, and begins on her salad contemplatively.

Gabriel notices Flax's entrance and waves her closer, her mouth too full to speak. She almost tips backwards at Quinten's footpaw touching hers, before glaring at him playfully. One muffin down...one unidentifiable gooey thing coming up.

Flaxpaw Flax scoots closer, smiling at the pair's obvious liking for one another.

Quinten grins and winks pulling his footpaw back and sneaking a paw out to snag a gooey sticky sugar coated item for himself from Gabriel's plate and munch down on it happily

Flaxpaw asks between mouthfuls of salad "what do you do here on the mountain, Gabby?"

Her mouth too full to cry out in protest, Gabby takes a wedge of cheese from Quinten and cups her paws around it protectively. A large swallow, and it disappears down the bottomless pit, followed closely by the stolen item. The rabbit smiles at Flax. "Well...nothing. I do stuff with Quin." She looks guilty at this, unused to doing /nothing/, and not really certain if it is allowed.

Quinten smiles at Gabby and winks, dropping another pastry down into his own endless pit of a stomach before stealing a pawful of honey and sugar crystalised nuts, mmmphnig around chews as he speaks up "Gabby is our resident rabbit doe, beautiful an chariming.. mmphh.." he washes his mouth clear with a drink from his beaker and grins picking sugar crystals from his whiskers "and i'm sure Gabby will find something to do when she is older"

Flaxpaw nods "I'm sure she will." Then in a teasing tone adds, "if being admired by your good self is not enough occupation."

Gabriel begins to blush furiously, kicking Quinten under the table. "I suppose I'll do more when I'm a bit older." She slows down in her eating, hunger beginning to be sated. The rabbit begins to stand, still chewing slowly.

Quinten blushes furiously at Flax's words, shuffling on his seat and wincing as Gabby kicks him "Well...i can't help it...i like her.." he mumbles and looks up at her

Flaxpaw laughs "nothin wrong with that."

Gabriel stands, now, taking her plate to the kitchen before swiftly reappearing. She walks over to where Quinten sits, copying his previous actions, encircling his shoulders with her arms and kissing the tips of his ears. Gabby laughs at this, and then walks towards the door. "We'll see each other later today, alright Quin?"

Quinten shivers and his ears flick upright at the kiss and he smiles a rather goofy smile as he watches her leave "Sure Gabby...see you later" he stands up himself and smiles after the rabbit watching her leave

Flaxpaw stands up as well. "I think I'd best get back to training, Quin. She watches the Rabbit walk away, and adds, "Quin, you may tell me to mind my own affairs, but, I think I saw enough, and you told me enough t'other night for me to guess what happened. You're the first person I met on this mountain, Quin, and I hope to be friends." she pauses. "be careful, Quin, of yourself and those you love." she shrugs, "for what it's worth.

Quinten blinks and looks puzzled scratching an ear "Wha...why wouldn't we be friends? I like ye Flaxpaw....." he looks towards the door then back at the other doe "Wot do you mean? I'm always careful..."

Flaxpaw smiles at Quin "Well, Quin, from where I sit, it seems that that little rabbit was really upset. when you and she were talking, and, well, that chap you told me about." shrugs "anyway Quin, I'm off, but remember, I'm really good at poking my nose into other beasts affairs, if you want to talk." smile, and waves, see you. " With that she strides away.

Quinten sighs and leans on the table shaking his head "Me an Gabby are fine....an i don't want to ta;k about him.." he turns and walks into the kitchen to get out of sight, why does everyone keep interferring, thigns are good with him and Gabby, he's happy, she is happy.

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