Release...or else!
FV:Town Hall:Chieftain's Office
This is an office where the Chieftain does some of his work. A large desk sits in the room and has varies important papers on it. A chair is by the desk and a window looks outside.
Exits: [H]olding [C]ell, [B]ack
'Friends': Scioto-Cat, Chieftan of Ferravale. Lear-Monitor lizard. Blisa-Cat, Scioto's daughter. Nightbreath-Ermine, Seer.
Scioto is sitting at his desk slightly annoyed right now, he gets out a quill feather and paper and starts to write a quick note, he then sits the quill down and rubs his forehead as he feels a headache coming on slowly.
Lear has walked into the village ad sniffs the air, he has followed the trail left by the hare and otter and it leds here, he looks towards the desk and right away a growl forms in his thoart.
Scioto opens his good eye to see Lear and frowns, "Can I..help you with something?" He goes to slowly lay a paw on his sword.
Lear watces the movement as he gets closer, "Where...izzzz zillah, you will answer me.."
Scioto stays clam "The rat maid, beig kept till answers are found, where is the hare you have be wise to release the haremaid."
Lear hissses and lunges forewards to grab the cat by the neck knocking over the desk to better get to him.
Scioto goes to get a grip on his sword as the lizard basicly breaks the desk and swigs at him just as the clawed hand goes around his neck and he is backed agaist the wall.
Lear snorts as he tightens his grip, the sword does make a mark on his tail but he doesn't seem to mind too much,he hisses low."Yozzzz will releasezzz...Zillah" Sounds like he means bussiness as he clearly shows his sharp teeth.
Suddenly, voices can be heard, quiet and faraway at first, then growing steadily closer and louder. A young, female, childish voice asks, "Are ya sure Daddy's in there?" An older male voice answers, saying, "I'm thure he ith. Let'th check, and if he ith, and if he ithn't buthy, you can thow him, and give him hith gift." The talking creatures are right outside the door now, and the doorknob begins to jiggle. And turn.
Scioto is not in the greatest shape for a visit or able to answer the lizard who has him pinned agaist the wall and a paw around his throat, he glares at Lear and goes to attempt to swing the blade again, but his grip is looser.
Lear hisses at the voices, this distracts him slightly and the sword cuts more into his tail,he hisses loudly and goes to pulls the sword out of his paw and tosses it aside once he has it and it bangs against the wall as he looks at the cat"Releasezzzzz...Zillah, You obey me or elsezzzz"
The doorknob turns and the door itself opens, revealing the speakers, who are Blisa and Ferdinand. Gasping, the kitten pulls her slingshot out of her bag, loads it, and without hesitation sends a pebble about 3 inches in diameter flying towards Lear's head. Meanwhile, the ferret guard has drawn his sabre, and is glaring at the lizard. "Releathe the Cheiftan! Now!"
Scioto frowns as the door is open, he is not going to give in to the demands of a lizard. Without his sword he goes to kick the lizard in hopes of getting loose and not making this matter any worse.
Lear hisses as a stone slides across his face, he feels the kick but his skin is thick, he looks at the guard, "I order de relizzzze of Zillah...now or de day ends badly.....fezzzzzzz him"
Ferdinand gulps, glancing between Scioto and Lear. "I'm not authorized to that." He has barely fineshed speaking when Blisa lolops off another stone, then, stuffing her slingshot back into her bag, she draws a dirk and charges, leaping at the lizard and slicing at whatever part of him she can reach. "Let my Daddy go, you big meanie-face!" The guard growls and leaps in, too, in the hopes that he can protect both Blisa (especially since that's his job) and her father.
Scioto gets out a "No..." it's not clear who its directed at as could be anyone in the room.
Lear grip tightens on Scioto and then he goes to slam him into the wall to grab the kitten as she stabs into his lower leg, the guard gets a lucky shot as he is cut on the arm, he claws at the guard.
Ferdinand jumps back, swiping at the offending clawed paw with his sabre, then weaves a delicate pattern of death and pain at the lizard's arm. Blisa, meanwhile, narrowly avoided the grab, ducking under Lear's tail and comeing out on his other side. She stabs at his foot multiple times, then hops to another spot and stabs somemore.
Scioto is knocked out when he hits the wall and stays on the floor, a couple other guards, who must of been being lazy, show up finally and stand ready to help.
Lear hisses as he looks around the room, His tail tip is sliced off and he backs up, he goes to the door and grabs one of the guards to get to the door, yeah the guard dies when his throat is sliced, dead weasel, he hisses "zomeoezzzz will brig Zillah ta the brige later and then will get haremiad back..."he hisses and is gone out the door, they can follow his trail if they wish.
There's a swirl of dark garments and Nightbreath enters...through the window. His jagged katana blade is drawn and his blade-rope is ready to slay...just a few seconds too late. He curses in a harsh, spitting foreign tongue and sheaths his blade, kneeling by Scioto's inert form. The ermine, in a low voice, orders the guards to track--but not to engage--the fleeing lizard. "I will join you shortly," he assures them before they depart.
Blisa shudders as Lear kills the guard, flashback from her captivity flashing horribly through her mind. The entrance of the Seer jolts her out of her memories (which is a really good thing), she rushes over to Scioto's side, crying. "Daddy!" Ferdinand meanwhile looks in cupboards and out the door and the window, securing the area.
Scioto stirs a little, he appears ok, some marks on his neck from the monitors paw around his neck, other than that he is fine, his sword is on the other side of the room and his desk is broken. The guard that didn't die speaks "I..I think it wants this rat free...I dont know her name she was brought in she captured some haremaid.."
Nightbreath retrieves the Chieftain's blade and offers it to him hilt-first. "Art thou alright?" he asks as he lays a paw on the hilt of his own blade. "With thy permission I will hunt down that beast to the ends of the earth."
Ferdinand turns angrily to the guard. "Why are you thtanding here thtill! You heard the Theer, go trail the lizard!" Blisa hugs Scioto around the neck, crying slightly. "Daddy, Daddy, wake up, please!"
Scioto gets the blade after becoming a bit more awake and coughs a little,"Go..go after that thing" He coughs a little more annd slowly goes to sit up, very slowly,He hugs Blisa as he speaks " The lizard took a haremaid from here...and that rat in the cell has some group of 3-4 rat..Shadow..something"
Nightbreath draws his sword and salutes with it as he rises to his feet. "It will be done, my friend. Do you require a Healer?"
Blisa wraps her arms around her father's neck, and only then does Ferdinand notice that she's bleeding. "Thir!" he cries, sheathing his sabre and rushing over. "Blitha'th back!" Upon looking, any seeing creature would be able to see the oozing red slash going from the kitten's right shoulder to left hip.
Scioto has a guard head out and blinks as Ferdinand speaks, "What?" He then looks at his sleeve..blood? Wait he isn't bleeding, he checks Blisa and frowns deeply, he may not need a healer but Blisa does.
"Ferdinand!" Nightbreath exclaims. "Fetch us a Healer, quickly! I will stand guard here."
Ferdinand nods and leaps out the window, hitting the ground running. Blisa stays very still, looking steadily into Scioto's eyes. "Is it really bad, Daddy?" Fortunatly, she's not going to bleed to death, but it will leave a scar, that's for sure.
Nightbreath stands like an ancient sentinel, framed against the sunlight from the window and watching over the two felines.
Blisa settles down and whimpers slightly. Finally, after what seems like 2 eternities, Ferdinand comes running in at top speed, with a healer on his heels. The healer comes foreward as the ferret guard tries to stop, fails miserably, and falls over, landing on his furry rump with a yelp.
Nightbreath nods down at Ferdinand and offers a paw to help him up. "Tend to the Chieftain's daughter," the Seer instructs the Healer at the same time. "She was wounded by a monitor lizard." Lastly, he turns his gaze to Blisa and says softly, "You'll be all right. The Healer is here now and as long as you stay still without fussing and let the beast work you'll be fine."
Blisa nods and lays very still, letting the healer do his work. Ferdinand allows the Seer to help him stand, even though his paws and knees are shaking slightly. Wincing as the kitten cries out in pain, he murmers to Nightbreath, "The'll be alright...right?"
Nightbreath holds up a claw, indicating that the guard should wait for a moment, then he closes his eyes and nods. "She will not die today."
Scioto is clearly worried about Blisa and has not left her side.
Ferdinand smiles a little as the healer continues to work on the kitten's back. Without moving, Blisa asks again, "Is it really awful, Daddy? Am I gonna die?"
Scioto speaks, better able to now, "Just old still...let the healer help you honey ok...and that monitor will be found..and made to pay "
"Aye," Nightbreath says. "The monitor will go to Hellgates for what he's done. My blade will take his life. The sword of the Gil'amar cannot be evaded. Not forever."
The healer fineshes up and stands, smiling at the Chieftan. "She'll be fine, Sir. JUst bring into the infirm in a few days for a check up." and with that he leaves, Ferdinand nodding his thanks as the healer passes. Blisa sits back a little stiffly and smiles into her father's eyes. "It'll be okay, Daddy. Don't worry."
Scioto nods and gentlely hugs her, and looks at Nightbreath"Need to find out how any work for that rat maid and one thing that needs taken down is that lizard,its dangerous...could of easyly been alot worse than what..happen"
Nightbreath nods agreeement. "I will send for my Apprentice and we will be on the trail of that lizard by sundown."
Blisa snuggles down and her eyes begin to close. Ferdinand sits in a chair, looking tired, too.
Scioto keeps his daughter close and sighs, its been a long day.
Nightbreath walks out of the room. Lear should be afraid. The Seer gives no quarter to enemies.
Blisa falls asleep in her father's arms. Ferdinand smiles, sitting in his chair, still on duty in his mind.
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