Sword Fight at the Ok Corral..er the Gull...or...The Good, the Bad, and the Bat
Just as the name implies. A fight breaks out at the Gull between Lee, Nightfur, and...Kacy the bard. Flamefur also enters the fight later on.
The Black Gull is about half full of beasts tonight and some are drinking ale and some are playing cards, one fox is for some reason slaming his head into the wall over and over again, and in a dark area of the room is a cloaked figure with a group of beasts, a rat, a stoat, a couple ferrets, and a very moody falcon.The cloaked one speaks in low tones "Oh..do calm ya self Bloodwing..do."
A bat in the opposite corner provides the music for teh evening. Kacy strums away at her three stringed lute and signs a merry tune...dispite protests for her to stop. The bat's voice has improved as she gains experience, but not by much. It does wonders to garner the bard free mead and food. The reasoning, if the bat is too busy eating and drinking she can not sing.
The door opens, and the tavern is presented with a rare sight in these parts...an otter. He makes his way straight to the bar, and sits, ordering an ale for himself.
The cloaked beast is for now too busy to see the otter as he speaks to his falcon,"Go do something useful Bloodwing..spy" The falcon protests and gets a dagger waves in his face, he bows .."Master"..He states and heads to the entry and on out inti the night as the figure puts the dagger away and speaks with the group, "SO...plans" His voice cold and icey .
Still stringing away on the lute Kacy pads over to the otter and leans in front of his face, "Evenin travler. Don't see too many river folk in dees here parts." She giggles, "Care for a tune to brighten up the journey?" The stoat behind the bar rolls his eyes, trying to get an ale to the otter through the bat.
Lee frowns. "Yer that...er...I shan't say annoyin'...er, interestin' bat bard, are ye not?" He takes the ale with a thank you.
Nightfur is still cloaked as he hears happens to catch a glace of Lee but dosnt show it, he looks back to the table as he speaks in lo tones, "So..where is Safana? Why has she not reported back to me?" The stoat shrugs, as does a rat and ferret, he growls low and looks upset, "Someone find-OUT-." He then calms as that was a little loud,even for him, he calls over a slightly afraid weasel and gives him gold "Wood pidgion,bread, and some strong ale..hurry up." The weasel nods and quickly heads offf as the claoked figure places his booted footpaws on the table, he is not told to move them as...well he is freaking a couple rats at a table beside them out,thier card game forgotten and they move to another table further away.
"You...heard of /me/?" The bat becomes practically giddy with excitement. "I'm becoming famous! It's only a matter of time now before some rich noble invites me to play at his castle where I won't have to worry about money ever again!" The bat holding her lute tightly as she stares off into space at some far off dream. Kacy smiles at the otter, "Speaking of money...do you want a song or not?"
Lee sighs. "Me dear bard, I know of ye because ye were 'ere the last time I was..."
Keeping cloaked Nightfur speaks with his group, he nods to a rat"Go, find Safana, she should of done her task by now..."The food arrives for him and the ones with him as they eat and drink,the rat heads off and happens to past Lee and comes to a stop as he stares at the otter and frowns, he decides to pick going over to the door at a slightly quicker pace.
You can almost hear the dream shatter as the Bat's smile is quickly replaced by a scowl. "Well, I suppose all artists have small beginings." The bat leans her head back to see the cloaked fox and minions at the table and smiles again. She can almost smell the money the fox has on him. "I'll get back to you on that song," Kacy says as she departs Lee's side and flaps over to the fox's table, landing with her feet claws wrapped around the top of the chair the rat left open, "Evenin gents. Care for a little music to spice up your meal? Nothing like a ballad of your exploits to make the party more memorable, wot?"
Lee follows the bat with his his eyes, and he studies the shadowy corner hard for several moments. He turns back to the barkeep, and whispers, "Sir, do ye 'appen ta know who thoses beasts in the corner are?"
Nightfur looks up as the bat appears and glares, "This is a private meeting bat, do leave" His voice is cold and has a warning tone to it. The others at the table are eating, drinking and laughing but not a ferret who glares at the bat"Ya heard em' bat..go away" The bar tender near Lee only shrugs, "I just serve de ales and food"
The bat however is not one known to get the proverbial 'hint'. "Ah, come on mate!" Kacy whines, "Don't leave me hanging here! heh, get it, hanging, cause I'm a bat and..." Kacy waves a wing in their direction, "Anyway, Here, at least let me play one song. I swear it won't disappoint you! I can even toss your name into the lyrics. Quick, someone toss me a name!" The bat pulls out her lute and begins to play on it, "Annny time now. Any name. You...you can even make it up if you want."
Nightfur growls and pulls out a hidden dagger and then speaks, "Death.."The dagger is throw towards the bat, course he can duck or side fly? And the dagger would land deep into the forehead of the server with some new ale, oh poor ratmaid, the others at the table stand up and a couple draw forth weapons, a ferret cackles "We in fer a fight boys!"
Lee is quite taken by surprise, but he has his sword drawn in moments, waiting to see how things would unfold.
The knife digs into the bats lute. "EEP!" Kacy falls backward from her chair with a loud clatter.
A cheer is heard and short lived as a rat looks at the cloaked figure, "Hey a..your Nig--"And a dagger grows out of the rats chest as he falls over dead, This cause another rat to rush at Nightfur and then the cloaked Nightfur nods and his two ferrets fight as he backs up and draws his twin blades.
A cheer is heard and short lived as a rat looks at the cloaked figure, "Hey a..your Nig--"And a dagger grows out of the rats chest as he falls over dead, This cause another rat to rush at Nightfur and then the cloaked Nightfur nods and his two ferrets fight as he backs up and draws his twin blades.
Lee frowns. This is quite a surprise he wasn't expecting. He grabs his mug of ale, and flings it towards Nightfur's head with all his might.
Kacy can only stare in shock at the knife burried deep into her lute, cutting each of the three strings. "Mai...mai lute!" The bat begins to whimper. She wipes her tears away with a wing claw then growls dangerously. She hops to her feet and brings the lute crashing down on the closest of Nightfur's minions. "Ye jackwagon!"
Nightfur is still cloaked, his Id hiiden to all still, except the dead rat at his footpaws, he sidesteped to slice at another fox and causes the mug to crash onto the table,he turns to see Lee and smirks, he nods to a ferret as he starts to back up to the back door, "Kill him" Is all he says.."30 gold.." He adds and the ferret looks most please and gets his axe and heads stright for Lee with it. A weasel who works for Nightfur gets a serious neck wound from the broken lute and staggers back in pain "Master..Master?!" And master is leaving his goon behind, well thats so nice isn't it.
Lee raises his sword defensively. "Wot is it about axes these days...so uncivilized, if ye ask me..."
The beast has his axe blocked by Lee and blinks, he then swings it at the otter again,"Die..I want me gold!"
Kacy holds her now completely demolished lute in her wing claws defensively. This is the point where the bat realizes she is threatening to enter a tavern brawl holding only a broken lute as a weapon. This is NOT the place to be for a bat. Kacy turns to run/ fly for the exit when she has to narrowly dodge the wild swing of the axe. "GAH!"
Nightfur has his twin blades out and slices at and kills a rat near him that tries to stab him,he shoves a couple ferrets out of his path and makes it closer to the back door, a couple beasts even run away and further clear him a path as the fighter grows as beasts are fighting just to fight cause..well looks fun, one weasel is thrown over the bar table and many glasses of drink are broken as the bar tender cusses loudly and ducks under the desk and hopes for the best, he is not a fighter, he is just a bar tender.
Lee swings his sword around in an attempt to slash at the creatures gut while also trying to dodge the axe swing.
Flamefur enters the Gull and eyes go wide at the fighting, she draws her thin daggers looking around.
Kacy tries to duck under the brawling and fighting and general mayham that happens around her. A beast falls to the ground before her, open wound to his stomach and she screams. With a terrified yelp Kacy darts for the exit only to be blocked by a fox. With knives. Sharp pointed knives. of death. Holding up her wings defensively Kacy shouts, "Wait! Don't hurt me! I'm just the bard! I swear!"
Lee kicks the dead axe beast's head in with a snarl and whirls around, searching the mayhem for the cloaked figure.
Flamefur narrows her eyes as she scans the Black Gull, she doesn't see Nightfur she just knows there is fighting, two thin daggers drawn she slices at a passing rat, "Get away" she mutters and then sees the otter and studies him as she heads towards him, thin daggers drawn.
Nightfur, his cloak in tack as he gets to the back door, he looks one last time at Lee and yells out at him, a little fun with him,"Ha ha ha...Good Try Lee...till we meet again fool!" And he stabs another fox and shoves a rat or two and out the back door just as two fighting ferrets block him from view, and into the night he flees, zig zagging a and making a false path, he is smart as he heads deeper into the woods as thunder starts to clash, looks like some nice snow and ice mix, what fun!
Lee has his back to Flamefur for the moment as he tries to force himself through the melee to get at Nightfur, by literally stabbing anybeast that gets in his way.
Flamefur takes the chance and goes to stab down at the otters shoulder as she gets behind him, he smiles coldly as she speaks, "Woodlanders in a vermin place tisk tisk..."
Not to far a drunk fox and a even drunker lizard fight, the lizard gets a bottle of ale smashed over his head and then falls over onto the floor with a groan, the fox cackles with laughter at this and goes to get a drink, hey free drinks while the bar tender hides!
The bat shields herself with her wings from what ever horrible fate the fox is going to inflict upon her. She is relieved, if shocked when the fox in front of the exit ignores her and goes after the otter. More importantly the exit is unguarded! Sweet Freedom at last! The bat dashes for the exit until it is blocked once again by a pair of fighting beasts, a staot and a marten. She meeps and takes to the air, clinging to the ceiling and looking down on the battle below.
Lee yells in pain as he is stabbed in the shoulder. He whirls around, and lunges toward the fox using his good sword arm.
Flamefur manages to barely block the otters sword as she is pushes backwards into a chair, the fighting is starting to slow some as beasts are getting tried and a very tall muscled bouncer is threatening some to sit, which some do and just watch from the other side of the large room, the vixen growls and spits in the otters face.
Kacy merely hangs from the ceiling, clinging for dear life until the scene settles down below. "Claws, don't fail me now!"
Lee's vision is momentarily impaired, so he makes a stabbing motion.
Flamefur grabs a bottle of wine and goes to break it over the otters head when he stabs her in paw and pins the paw to the table, she growls at the otter and goes to get the blade out of her paw.
Lee takes the opportunity to grab a nearby mug and attempt to smash it across the side of the vixen's head.
Flamefur gets the blade out of her paw as she goes to punch Lee in the face with it just as the mug slams into the side of her head, dazed she holds her head and groans.
A couple ferrets still fight, as does a rat and another fox, on the floor is now broken glasses,mugs, bottles..a broken table and who ever was killed in the fight, injuries of groaning beasts that have stoped fighting, luckly a healer fox is in here to help some of teh wounded best she can.
Lee takes the hit to his jaw, which causes him a bit of pain, but he quickly grabs up his sword, keeping it pointed at the vixen. "Who are ye? Ye work for Nightfur, I'll wager..." his shoulder is bleeding quite a bit, but he ignores it for now.
Flamefur eyes the blade, she narrows her eyes at Lee as that sword is at her throat, "Foolish otter..you know NOT who you threaten"
It is then that Kacy high above the fueding vixen and otter, starts to lose her grip on the ceiling. "No! No! Nonononononono! EEP!" the bat gasps as she falls down towards them.
Lee narrows his eyes. "Oh? Is that so, vermin? Why don't fill me in?" He hears the bat falling, but he keeps his eyes on the fox.
Flamefur ears go flat on her head, if the bat falls it will most likely be on the table beside them, she forms a low growl.."I am Flamefur, you harm me you have a death sentense..." She growls again,oh yeah her paw bleeds as she presses it agaist her tunic to slow the bleeding, "Release me"
Crash! The falling bat not only takes out the table next to them, she sends plates of food and half full mugs of ale scattering about the room.
The other fighting stops as they look at the bat, the tavern bouncer makes them sit down, well least there is no more fighting now, now its time to clear up a large mess.
Lee smiles, but it isn't a cheery smile. "A death sentence, eh? Funny. I think I already do, y'know...next time, make yer threats scary."
Flamefur glares at the otter, "My mate will slay you. My mate will slay you!!!"
Lee asks, "Oh, really? An' who would that be, hmm?"
Flamefur goes quiet at this, she has said too much already, she then does say, "You will let me go now otter.." The bleeding paw slows some now, but there is some panic starting as the sword has yet to move most likely.
Kacy lays stunned on the ground. She tries to get up again but thinks better of it and simply lays there next to the otter and the fox's foot paws.
Lee hmms for several long moments. He is thinking. "Yer mate, ye say... Yer mate..." He puzzles over it, then stops. His eyes go wide. "Oh dear, dear me...Yer mate, eh? If 'e is who I think 'e is..." he leans close, sword never flinching, "I made 'im a promise...a promise ta kill 'im..." He smiles, full of pure malice.
Flamefur glares at the otter, "Fine..Nightfur is my mate so what..what are you going to do with me?" She smirks, "Your be in danger having me otter"
Lee shrugs. "I dunno, I can think o' some things...Per'aps a trade...A life for a life..."
Flamefur growls at the otter, her paw hurts badly and she needs it looked at by a healer soon.
Lee takes the tip of his blade to attempt to scratch Flamefur's face. "Lissen up, vermin! I 'ave a question, an' I want an answer, or I'll stab ye right 'ere.
Flamefur glares ice at the otter as she is cut.
Lee asks, "Tell me, an' I can tell if ye lie, are DoraRose an' Derean alive?"
Flamefur looks at the otter, she wants free as her paw bleeds again, she frowns,"The mousemaid and otter live, as does the other two otters."The last part is added.."Please release me."
Lee growls softly. "I am, but first, a message for yer mate. I want ye ta tell 'im Derean killed Storm, Aster be dead...an' Safana is me prisoner...an' ye be sure ta add that I *will* get me daughter Starlight back...over 'is dead body." At that he withdraws his sword enough for her to stand, but he keeps it drawn.
Flamefur looks ready to stab the a dagger in Lee's heart, she growls and then runs to the tavern door and is out and onto the road with good speed, she needs a healer and figures the otter can die later
The bat to the side whimpers softly while on the floor. The bard has seen better days to be sure.
When he is satisfied the vixen is good and gone, he sheaths his sword, then turns to help the bat up.
The bat gratefully accepts the help. She sits up on the floor, sore but not bruised from her fall. Kacy sniffles, tears rolling down her eyes. "Mai lute...it's...it's..."
Lee growls again, "Get a new one!"
The bat blinks at the otter. Her tears dry up almost instantly and she glares murderous hatred at Lee. "Ye Jackwaggon!" the bat leaps up trying to bite Lee on the nose while kneeing him below the belt.
Lee exclaims, "YOW!" he rubs his nose. "Ye crazy bat!"
The bat flails her arms at the otter for a moment longer. She backs away finely and stoops low to pick up her fallen lute. She cradles the lute in her hands while cursing at the otter in a foreign language. "Let's see how you fare when YOUR bread and butter is broken to pieces." She snaps at Lee before storming out of the tavern.
Lee follows the crazy bat out, he has to get back to the Abbey.
