Rayen Needs Time Away From The Abbey..Alone!

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RW Abbey: Kitchen


This is a long, narrow room with five large fireplaces set into one wall, and two equally large wood burning iron stoves set against the opposite wall. Several small, rectangular tables rest in here, but there are no chairs available. The rest of the wallspace is taken up by an entire array of shelves, cupboards, and counters which hold the day-to-day cooking supplies and utensils. The kitchen is clean and well maintained, and more recent efforts have been made toward organization of the cooking ware.

On the wall just right of the door leading into Great Hall is a neatly penned chart, which lists the names of beasts assigned to cooking duty as well as the dates and times they are scheduled. A small note above the chart urges residents to volunteer for at least a slot or two a week.

The light from the windows is bright and cheerful. This room is rather warm due to the ovens being used, and at times can get quite uncomfortable.


                       Exits/Entrances:
          [G]reat [H]all     [Wine] Cellar    [Sc]ullery
          [C]avern [H]ole    [Pan]try         [La]rder
          [Ki]tchen [P]ath

Rayen is in the kitchens talking with one of the novice cooks whom right now looks totally confused. She sighs, “But it's what I want, it's not all that bad is it?" The novice looks ready to maybe barf as he looks at some fish that has hot root, cheese, honey and onions on it and she adds some strawberries and smiles, "It’s good..oh it needs creame!"

Flicktail walks up with some fresh cream "Would this help love?"

Rayen smiles, but the mouse has other ideas, "There is something wrong with this, this is not right it’s..it’s a perfect waste of..of food! She ruined it!" Rayen blinks as she has a mouth full and swallows, "Ummm, I don't know its..well cravings?" She grins and the mouse just crosses their arms.

Flicktail says, "You cannot argue with a vixen with kits, they want what they want”

Rayen frowns "Who said anything bout kits? Could just be one." There is only one mouse here and he just throws his paws up in the air and gives up as he storms over to where some soup is being made as the vixen chuckles and finishes her, rather strange snack “Maybe we should leave the kitchens for a while dear, and go elsewhere"

Flicktail says, "we can go ANYWHERE you wonts luv" He snugs her warmly

Rayen hugs him back and nods, "Alright, maybe a walk would be good while the weather is still nice"

Flicktail says, "Anywhere you are makes the weather nice"

Rayen just chuckles and goes to head on outside.

=Out in the woods

Flicktail looks around "Why out here?”

Rayen smiles as she adjusts her longbow "Why not? I won't be able to go out as much once the dibbun is born." She goes to walk along a path.

Flicktail says, "Well there are pretty places in the abbey and no vermin in there"

Rayen answers, "There is pretty places outside as well dear, one can't stay inside all the time. Besides I can't truly do this in the abbey." She adjusts her bow and selects an arrow and pulls back the bow and then fires off at a tree and smirks and walks over and pulls the arrow out, "Need to work on my aim"

Flicktail asks, "Well if it makes you happy" He touches his sword pommel "Just so I am with ya ok?"

Rayen glares at the other fox, "You don’t always have to be with me Flicktail, I would be ok on my own as well. I am not a dibbun after all." She looks off at another tree and takes aim and fires, she grins as she hits what she was aiming for, a small area of missing bark and smiles as she goes over to retrieve the arrow.

Flicktail says, "Aye but not outside, even *I* don't go out alone...you want to kill me?"

Rayen looks at him "What? Why would I kill you for? And I am a grown beast, I can do things on my own.

Flicktail says, "Because if something happened to you or the dibbun you are carrying, I would die of grief"

Rayen shakes her head, she goes to pull the arrow out of the tree as she speaks, "You worry too much dear, you need to have better trust in me. I am a fairly skilled archer and I don't go looking for trouble. We are also not that far from the abbey."

Flicktail says, "Aye but your worth worrying about.The best thing at ever happened in me life"

Rayen does smile, but also is still going to stay outside, " You know the leaves will turn color fairly soon, all the colors like gold, red, yellows and oranges. It was good to get out and about on the trip for those 2 weeks."

Flicktail says, "Oh I don't know lately all I can see is you....with else has that much beauty?"

Rayen chuckles a little, she smiles as she looks around, "You know what be nice, Just a walk and being out more often, like outside the abbey."

Flicktail says, "I just like being with ya, walking with ya...."

Rayen nods "I know, I may take a walk on my own one day, just enjoy the outdoors."

Flicktail says, "I know" He sighs and hugs her "I am such a lucky beast"

Rayen asks, "How are you lucky?"

Flicktail says, "luckiest beast in all Mossflower"

Rayen shakes her head, she didn't really get her question answered as she walks along the path, "Have you ever taken a walk, just to walk and not worry about anything else?"

    • ooc note Flicktail had to go so led her back home, well she came back out by herself when he went to take a nap:P ***

Rayen breaths in the fresh air and smiles, she has found a good spot to practice some archery today and takes aim at a wood pidgin she has been following, it’s good to keep her skills up and this is a moving target.

The fox is not the only one in the woods today, so is Marek and he is walking with Zaram his mole friend. “ I have not truly walked in the woods in a good while and almost leaving doesn’t count Zaram.” The moles nods “Of course zur”

Rayen ears perked at the sound of voices and got her longbow ready, she sighed as the wood pidgin flew away and cussed quietly to herself, something she rarely did elsewhere.

Marek looks around and back to the mole, “So Zaram, what should we do tonight, even I need a day off”

Zaram only shrugs “I am unsure sir”

Rayen finds another wood pidgin and takes aim, she then fires off an arrow and smiles as she hits the target and walks over to pick up the bird, “Also something that would be frowned upon elsewhere.” She sits down and soon starts a campfire and starts to cook the wood pidgin and leans back against a tree.

Marek sniffs the air and walks closer to the camp where the vixen is, Zaram follows close behind him and blinks upon what they find. Marek smirks “Well well this is surely not how I would think to find a Redwall beast Mrs. Rayen.”

Rayen first reaction to a sudden voice is load an arrow and take aim, only when she sees its Marek does she lower it, “Marek? What do you want?” Her voice has a hint of uncertainly in it as she is not sure if he is a friend or foe right now.

Marek stands alert and ready to move if need be, “I do assure you I would not dare harm the champions mate, not that I even have a reason to.”

Zaram stays close to Marek and waves to Rayen with his digging paw. He turns to Marek “Should we head back it will start getting dark soon zur”

Rayen still is staying on alert as she lays the bow down as its clear he doesn’t have a weapon drawn, “ It is getting dark, but I needed some time alone from always being..protected all the time, gets annoying”

Marek smirks “Well some beasts are over protective” He strolls into the small camping area, “One never knows whom is around, had this been last summer you must likely been in serious trouble by now Mrs. Rayen.” He folds his paws behind his back as he speaks.

Zaram sighs and decides to sit down, it’s clear they may be here a while.

Rayen shrugs “I wasn’t really here then and so could care less.” She starts to pull apart the wood pidgin as she shrugs “As for the dark, oh well I can be in the woods without my mate, he worries way too much.” She eats a little of the meat and smiles, “Also I could NEVER eat this at the abbey.” She looks at them both “Your welcome to stay, there is enough for more than one beast and I brought some pears and cheese as well, and a little cheery juice…would drink ale but I am with dibbun so I can’t”

Marek sits down “I tend to carry scones, ale, and a little bit of apples. Zaram tends to like the scones and some bread and cheese, there is even wild greens and fish to be found while out and about.”

Zaram decides to relax and sleep for the night

Rayen glances over at the mole and places some of the wood pidgin in a bowl for Marek, “ So Marek, what changed you?” Seems a simple enough question.

Marek blinks but answers , “Many things. My want of power faded and I leaned what pain was like, what others went through and I have even suffered the death of a loved one. I still have some bits of me..I hate and always will hate slavers, I am still deadly with a crossbow and still skilled in my ways of the warrior and smarts.”

Rayen shrugs, “And you’re on the path of forgiveness now” She eats some wild cress and wood pidgin and her ear flicks as she listens to him.

Marek shakes his head “Somewhat, the abbey has yet and most likely will never forgive me, not that I care too much there is not anything special within their walls” He then eats some of the offered wood pidgin and a scone he has, cherry scones in fact.

Rayen finishes her meal, “Well perhaps, but it’s home and I do enjoy it but even I need a break, being with dibbun is so annoying. No one seems to care on my feelings, my cravings, my mate treats me like a dibbun..” She lies down by the campfire and stares at the fire light and starts to fall asleep.

Marek watches the vixen and starts to say something till he sees she is just about asleep, he stands and sits down his bowl “Zaram lets ..Zaram?” He looks over at the snoring mole and rolls his eyes and sits down, “Well Mrs. Rayen, perhaps talk is good.”

Rayen has slipped into sleep and most likely will be a sleep for a while, oh and she snores too.

Marek groans and frowns, well this will be a long night. He may as well stay here, maybe watching and guarding can earn him some points of forgiveness, or maybe not..all the same he is far from being tried and has nothing else to anyways.

Rayen sleeps, for the first time in a while by a campfire in the woods with no one around, well ok Marek is here and so is the mole….but no mate or abbey beasts and she seems fine with that tonight.