Quinten Log 87 - 01 04 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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Gregorian holds a paw out to stop the punching bag as it swings back towards him "Hope he listens for once, should probably do somethin' about those gulls too, second time got attacked by them"

Quinten pushes the door open and sticks his head around it he smiles when he spies the others and moves onn in. He throws a salute at a lt. and then moves towards Greg and Flax.

Flaxpaw looks down at her shoulder, and seems to struggle with herself. "I-think-we'd best tell an officer. An then, if they don't do anythin, well...." she looks over at

Quinten and waves. "an here's Quin, Greg." looks a little bossily expectant.

Jadzia pages, "Bah, grrrr, shoo :P" to you.

Gregorian looks over towards the door and gives Quint a nod before he glances to Flax, raises a brow at her though he knows what she's talking about, looking back to Quint

"Yah not tah sneak beasts out the mountain, specially not old rabbits, undahstood?"

Quinten here's the last of Greg's words and decides to ignore it, nothing to do with him "Afternoon you chaps, missed you both at lunch so i thought i'd drop in to say hello"

Flaxpaw looks at Quinten pointedly. "hear that? mister Ender stays here." She then continues with her one-armed weight training.

You say, "Oh i was not aware thhat Mister Ender was a prisoner, last i checked Mister Quincy was a free beast, with all the rights and priviledges as such, to come and go as and when he pleases, i am sure the Colonel will love to hear your views of forcing him to be a prisoner. Once he is well again i am sure he shall wish to leave" he salutes "Good day Flax" he turns and walks back to the door, he's had enough of that discussion. Ender agrees, Gabby agrees, he agrees Flaxpaw can get her bog nose out of family bussiness."

Gregorian glares and moves to get in Quinten's way to the door, frown down at him "A prisonah no but there is a lock down on for a good reason, do yah think the colonel would be happy with yah brakin' tha'?"

Quinten looks at Gregorian sternly "I know there is a lockdown on Gregorian, maybe you should tell us how you got outside then? I have no idea how you or Mister Ender managed to get out, i'd dearly love to know" he pushes through the door and leaves the room.

Flaxpaw calls after Quinten, standing to follow. "Mister Ender's not a prisoner, didn't mean that, did we, Greg? but he got hurt out there, an...." she looks worried, the second part of what Quinten said sinking in.

Gregorian is fuming by now, glare sent after Quinten "Should be yah facin' bally gulls, idiot!" shouting after him as he leaves, Greg not bothering to go after him for now.

The door clicks shut as Quinten leaves, he's off duty in regards to physical training so can go and down as he pleases when not having to attend regular class.

Flaxpaw stops next to Greg. "that didn't go so well. hope he won't cause trouble."

You page, "*grins and winks* Quint and Ender have it all worked out if anyone tries to drop eithe rof them into it, Ender will remain stum about it and Quint denies it all :P" to Flaxpaw.

Gregorian frowns at the door and shakes his head "Did yah expect anythin' else? Bally beasts round here and they say I need fixin'"

Flaxpaw hugs his arm quickly, then turns back to the weights. "You're the one /doin/ the fixin, Greg, the lot of us're the ones need the fixin. idiot old rabbit sayin things like that to you anyway."

Gregorian glances at her briefly and grunts, making his way to get back to training as well "Could of been worse, will need tah see him as well, would hope tha' goin' out and nearly gettin' killed once would be enough for one beast, somehow in Endah's case I doubt it though"

Flaxpaw laughs lightly. "some beasts need more than one lesson, Greg. A little bit of a wake up." she glances again at her shoulder, smiling.

Gregorian wrinkles his nose a little before glancing over to her "Suggestin' I give Quint a punch and take Endah up on tha' fight?"

Flaxpaw grins "no, not yet, anyway, but you might just keep that as an option. But, just sayin, sometimes it's hard to see reason or understand that you're thinkin wrong. Majah'd set 'em both right, but I think this is best kept between us."

Gregorian rolls his eyes "Of course, everyone will go about squealin' tha' the officah's about we're doin' and we'll still covah their tracks, startin' tah think gettin' kicked out might be preferable"

Flaxpaw shakes her head."no, it's not, Greg. an we'll take care of it, I'll help, at least I'll try."

Gregorian grunts again "Would be easier...sure though, we can try and make them good little beasts even if have tah knock them senseless tah do it"

Flaxpaw shrugs "well, we c'n at least keep mister Ender from being hurt worse, I hope. As for Quin, well.." shrugs again. "I intend to not do anythin more stupid if I c'n help it, an I hope he'll see reason about mister Ender, but I just want them safe.

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Salamandastron: Crater

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You are on the very top of the mountain of Salamandastron: a large, bowl-

shaped crater. The crater is not smooth, quite the contrary in fact.

Numerous boulders and large chunks of rock are strewn around randomly,

making the crater top just as craggy as any of the mountainside. The

crater provides an outstanding view of the surrounding country. The sea

sprawls off to the west as far as the eye can see, and north and south

along the endlessly rolling sand dunes. In the distant east, a tinge of

green is just visible from this height, marking the vegetation in the

foothills of the Western Mountains.

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Quinten has sat himself down on a rock in the early spring sunshine enjoying the warmth, watching the banks of black clouds rolling towards shore from out over the sea, hoping they are as far away as they look, he's enjoying the sun. His fur is black, making the white bandage on his head stand out and he's jotting down some notes on a piece of paper in his lap

Terrance climbs up the side of the mountain and drops down into the crater. "G'day Quint" he greets

Quinten looks up and smiles "Hey Terr good to see you," he leans back on his rock and grins "Great weather isn't it"

Terrance nods and looks up, "Aye, I suppose it is. Better then those winter storms we've been having."

You say, "I'll say can finally sit outside and do me homework, not that i've got much done""

Terrance smirks and says "Aye. Hopefully this lockdown will end soon and they'll start up field exercises again."

Quinten smirks "And maybe the healers will let me back on duty so i can join in" he touches his bandages "No fun getting to first class and winding up injured, and maybe if they lift the lockdown we can all go to the festival?"

Terrance chuckles and nods, "Aye, that's got ta be a stinkah." He then looks out to the beach, "Hopefully. I'm sure tha patrol would make up most o' tha beasts attendin' it."

Quinten nods and then sits up "Oooh but i did hear a rumour, the abbey and camp willow are coming apparently, the village sent a bird, and it stopped off here on its way back."

Terrance huhs, "Really? Well that would make fer a pretty fun time it sounds like."

Quinten nods "Its only a rumour i didn't see the bird but i heard from someone, who knew someone who had spoken to an officer who'd spoken to the bird, so if it pans out it'd be pretty good"

Terrance blinks at all the connections, "Riiigghhtt."

Quinten grins and flicks his ears back "Sounds a bit far fetched doesn't it....well i heard it from ennough people to think it might be true," he stands up and dusts off his uniform "So what brings you up here? Sentry duty?"

Terrance shakes his head, "Nah, just was hanging out in tha garden down there, wot wot."

Quinten grins and nods "Well that is good, you always seem to be training or studying Terrance" he winks "Nice to see your like the rest of us and take a breather from time to time" he shifts and sits back down on his rock "Still i can't wait till they let me do physical training ahgain"

Terrance smirks, "Secret is ta not let anybeast see ya doin' it" he says with a wink. He then goes and leans against the crater, "Trust me, there's not much ta miss." (re)

Quinten chuckles and stretches leaning back tail flicking as his muscls pop and bones crack "Hmmmm good plan, but then you've been here longer then me First Class recruit Terrance"

Terrance smirks a bit and nods, "Indeed."

You ask, "So you given anythought as to whose patrol you want to make it into?""

Terrance shrugs and says, "Not really. Still have anothah season before I'm goin' ta have ta worry about that. An' even then, its not goin' ta be any choice o' mine. One patrol is as good as another anyhow I suppose."

Quinten nods his head "Aye your right there, got to get me head round the schedule still, its qite a change"

Terrance nods, "Aye, that it is. Nice ta be trainin' on different weapons though.

You'll get used ta it aftah a couple o' weeks.

Quinten nods "I've been trying to stick to te times and te like, even if i don't have any weapons training"

Terrance shrugs and says, "I'd be just takin' it easy if givin' tha chance." He smirks, "You'll be cursin' about tha training in no time I'm sure."

Quinten smirks and pats his fur "Why do you think i'm black? got time to test that dye formula i found,"

Terrance lookas towards the other recruit, as if noticing the fur color for the first time and smirks, "So I see."

Quinten shifts "Major Darklett and the Colonel jhave inspected it, they approve, got me testing it to see how long it lasts on its own"

Terrance arches a brow, "Why would tha colonel be interested in fur dye."

Quinten shrugs "Don't ask me, the major caught me testing it and dragged me off to show her, i think she just likes the idea of being able to use dye in nighttime missions instead of berry juice"

Terrance hms and nods, "I guess that makes sense."

Quinten tilts his head to one side "You don't seem too convinced, would you rathe rhave to dye yourself with berry juice which takes weeks to get out, or something that can be removed with the right kind of soap"

Terrance shrugs and says, "I'd prefer neithah. Night missions 'ave been done without dyin' ya fur before."

Quinten nods "Of course they have but i'll admit i am getting quite use to the colour meself"

Terrance chuckles and says, "Whatevah." He then scratches at the swirl on his temple as he looks back out to the shore. "So what happened ta yer noggin' there?"

Quinten raises a paw and touches the trailing ends of his bandage "Me and Msiter Ender had a falling out, the details are fuzzy but we were shouting at each other in the training room, then i woke up in the infirmary screaming in agony"

Terrance arches a brow at that, "Ah, so tha rumors are true fer once then."

Quinten looks up at you and sighs "You heard about that then?"

Bandem ascends to the crater from the secret passage leading below.

Terrance smirks, "Even if the mountain wasn't in a lock down, all tha recruits would know about it with tha way most o' us gossip."

Quinten smiles and nods his head "Aye thats true Terrance, well i still can't remember what happened but apparetly i hit my head on a stack of weights"

Bandem moves up silently to the top of the mountain, gazing around in quiet awe for a few seconds before noticing the other two hares.

"Uh-huh" is all of Terrance's reply before glancing around and nodding spoting Bandem. He offers a nod then looks back out to the shore.

Quinten looks at Bandem and nods "I doubt i am ever going to recall what happened, and as i've made a kind pf peace with Mister Ender, i should be ok"

Terrance smirks and says, "Knocks on tha noggin'll do that."

Bandem nods distractedly at the other bucks.

You say, "Aye and from the sounds of it i lost quite a bit of blood, but Buck said thats normal for head wounds""

Terrance says, "Aye, I remember hearing that in one of tha healin' classes. Anyhow, I'm going ta head off. G'evenin' ta tha both of ya"

Quinten stands up and gathers up his notes "Well if you will excuse me Terrancce, Bandem i got a class to get to downstairs"

eads down the trap door himself and disappears into the mountain.

Bandem nods again, gazing at the sunset, a preoccupied look on his face, but an ear turns to listen to the other two.

Quinten heads off downstairs after Terrance in a rush to get to class

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