The Search Begins 1

I logged the search for purpose of the TP, Leon is in the part of the entry but once got to the road Leon was resting at the abbey, please enjoy 

Leon doesn't usually come into the entry too much unless going to the gatehouse, he does live there so, he stops halfway across the grounds and stops and looks down at the snow, the dibbuns are not trailing behind him they are with Oz right now and that’s probably a very good idea.

Rorgan bursts through the gates, looking around for anybeast. "Anybeast! There's been another kidnappin'!!"

Emyuil strides to Rorgan and growls under his breath, "I know." He waits for Rorgan to stand aside so he can depart.

Lee is back to talking to guards.

Rorgan frowns down at Emyuil, his panic stopped by the half-rat. "Well who did you hear about?" He asks.

Lee stops at the mention of kidnapping. "Wot? Slow down ev'rybeast, one at a time, please!"

Leon looks over at Emyuil and starts to walk over towards him slowly

Rorgan looks over at Lee at the sound of his voice. "Lee, Derean been captured!" He exclaims.

Lee frowns. "An' on me day off, ta boot! Alright, who did it? An' where at?"

Rorgan shakes his head, his breathing rather erratic. "Twas a fox, but I don't know her name, and it was just south of Black Gull Tavern!"

Leon sighs, he walks to a step and sits down on the bottom one and stares at the ground as the others talk

Lee narrows his eyes. "A fox, ye say? Hmm..." His mind races. "Alright! That be it! I'm goin' ta the Abbey Elders, an' I'm goin' ta Scioto. I'm puttin' an end ta this mess, once an' for all. This very afternoon, I want 5 ta 10 guards, we're gonna scour the countryside, I don't care if it takes ta midnight!"

"No!" Emyuil barks. "Every second lost is valuable time gone forever. We must act now. Whether or not anybeast approves I am searching for my sister _right now_, with or without companions."

Rorgan nods, looking at Emyuil. "Listen, you're not goin' t' help yer sister by goin' out alone. You'll get yerself killed."

Lee shakes his head. "Me daughter be out there, sir, we are doin' it me own way." He promptly goes about raising the alarm to get the guards attention.

Leon jumps at the sudden outburst from Emyuil and frowns. "Emyuil..she..." He frowns, yeah he can't say no more he stands and sort of slumps to the ground by the step and closes his eyes, he...is not doing well right now.

Emyuil growls at Rorgan, deep in his throat. "Stand aside. I traveled for many a season alone. Dealt with impossible odds alone. I can do this...alone."

Guards appear from all corners of the Abbey, Lee having placed all of Redwall on high alert since the attack on Benar. "Emyuil, sir, do not make me arrest ye, we are on the same side!" He barks orders to the guards, to the effect of, "Search Mossflower thoroughly."

Rorgan shakes his head, folding his arms. "I'm not movin fer you Emyuil. Trust me, I'm doin' this fer yer own good."

Emyuil reaches slowly for his blade. "Arrest me? As if you could." He spits viciously on the ground, lowering his head and bulling into Rorgan, the mouse's muscle-heavy weight surely enough to batter him aside.

Leon frowns, "Sa..Safana said..she..she was..d.e..de...died" Tears go down his face.

Lee sighs angrily, he decides to ignore Emyuil. "Alright, troops, I want ye fan out to the north of the Abbey. All me sources indicate Nightfur's lair be somewhere North of 'ere, HOP TO IT!" The guards say "Yes sir!" and start to head out to the road.

Rorgan isn't quite ready for the charge and so resorts to his instinctual reaction and lets his legs go out from under him so all of his weight is hopefully bearing down on Emyuil

Emyuil snarls and shoves viciously at Rorgan, before wriggling to the side, out from under the otter's weight, and he bolts, drawing his sword as he runs, determined to beat the guards to the punch. He ignores Leon, not wanting to believe him.

Rorgan sighs, standing up as the guards run past him. "I tried.."

Lee keeps sounding the alarm, though, to get the attention of every Abbey beast. "Lissen up, ev'rybeast, I cannot send ev'ry guard out ta search, an' leave Redwall defenseless, so I need volunteers, any strong, able-bodied abbey beasts that can 'elp search. I'm dtermined ta find our missin' friends, taday!"

A couple young otters, a hare or two, a few mice, some squirrels all volunteer. "Good show, chaps, now let's go show Nightfur some blood n' vinegar!"

Rorgan nods, looking at the volunteers. He calls to Lee, "I'm goin' out on me own!"

Lee speaks to another guard. "I leave ye in charge o' the abbey in me absence. Tell Benar an' Lorimis wot we're doin'."

Lee gives the volunteers explicit instructions to *not* engage an enemy, and to be very careful and to have a guard with them at all times..

Lee exclaims, "Right, ev'rybeast, we'll be searchin' in pairs, let's go while the sun is still up!"

Leon just sort of lays there staring at all the beasts

Lee stops by Leon. "I promise ye, I'll find yer wife before this day is done." With that, he heads out to search.

Leon looks up at Lee, "Find her?" He frowns; yeah he is still not very sane right now.

Leon is lying down in the snow by the abbey steps just..laying there

Lee is out, searching

Flicktail Appears and see's this rushing over to Leon!

Beasts surround the Abbey to the North, searching the forest.

Leon looks up when he sees Flicktail and frowns.

Flicktail whispers kneeling next to Leon "Don't be dead!" He whimpers, looking to see if Leon is bleeding

Lee steps back into the Abbey. He's hoping to find Flick.

Leon frowns up at the fox, "The..snow moves..dead?..." Tears start to go down his face.

Flicktail says, "W..wots wrong?"

Lee rushes over. "Dad! I'm glad yer 'ere, I need yer 'elp!"

Leon sits up with help from one of the novices and looks like he is off in his own world, he then stands and falls against Flicktail and just sniffs, crying. He is out of it "Flick..tail..."He then hugs Flicktail and just shivers.

The searchers continue to spread out north of the Abbey, leaving no stone unturned.

Flicktail picks Leon up like a big strong fox to carry him in where it is warm "Is it Dorarose again Lee? “

Leon whimpers and let’s himself pass out in Flicktail’s arms.

Lee nods. "Yes, It is, but I need yer 'elp. There was another kidnappin' on the road, the otter Derean...I've sent out 'alf the guards in the abbey, an' about a dozen able-bodied Abbeybeast volunteers. They be searchin' Mossflower ta the North. I'm determined ta find Nightfur's hideout today!"

Flicktail says, "If they kidnapped Derean, then they are the one needs rescuing"  Putting Leon down in a litter for 2 mice to take to the infirmary, and going to retrieve his blade.

Lee follows the fox. "I know a massive beast hunt were a rather drastic measure, but I'm goin' ta put a stop ta that Nightfur an' 'is kidnappers any way possible!"

-Road and woods-

Lee orders the searchers to keep looking north. "Yer gonna search till Nightfall, go inna straight line, ev'ry beast, an' remember, don't leave yer partner. We don't need anybeasts gettin' lost."

Flicktail says nothing, his nose tracking checking for signs...it's clear he is going to slay some beast soon.

Lee exclaims, "I want ev'rybeast ta keep callin' out ev'ry few minutes, so we can keep track of yer locations!"

Flicktail won't be back at the Abbey till he's slain the beasts responsible

Lee begins to carefully search the forest, while guards and volunteers all around do the same.

Flicktail is trying to pick up a scent; Fox noses are famous for tracking

Lee calls out. "Rorgan said Derean were taken near the Black Gull, ev'rybeast, so search especially 'ard near there!"

Flicktail wanders further and further way sniffing

Every so often a beast will yell out, "I found something!" Then, moments later, "Oh...never mind, it’s a rock..."

Rowan walks out of the gates curious what all the commotion is

Zork is out, ready to fight and has his very large sword on his back and some light bark leather armor he had stored away on as he walks up the road towards the group.

The woods are filled with searches, calling out every so often. Lee calls out, "Remember! Safana said Nightfur's hideout be very 'ard ta locate! Check ev'ry hill! Ev'ry Rock! Even ev'ry snowbank!"

Flicktail has his sword out, sniffing, if his eyes could be red they would be, he sees Zork and cocks his head in a "Come on you and me will look" Gesture, a Guard brings Flicktail a back pack

Rowan makes his way into the group wondering what the commotion is as his paw fights over the pommel of his sword

Flicktail nods to Rowan and says 2 words "DoraRose Derean"  The tent on his back is large enough for 4

Lee spots Rowan and Zork. "Glad ta see ye both! Yer 'elp is needed. We're gonna find Nightfur, or die tryin'. I've 'ad enough waitin' for 'is next move!"

Flicktail is inviting Zork and Rowan to join him

Zork nods as he catches up to the Head Guard, "Wot of de cat Safana, get much outta the furball?"

Lee shakes his head. "Safana refuses ta talk, even after I threatened ta let Scioto take 'er. So...this is me plan B."

Rowan mulls a bit "So what is the plan of action?

Lee says, "Me plan is ta find the Hideout, then regroup an' plan an assault, possibly.""

Flicktail says, "No, the plan is to slay the vermin beasts...I am not going back till I have"

Zork nods, "Gonna be hard ta find and.." He frowns as snow starts to fall "This! Won’t help at all!"

Zork says, "Flicky ya be needed at de abbey, just in case this Nightfur wants ta attack it"

Rowan asks, "who is this Nightfur I be hearing of?"

Flicktail says, "A dead beast......"

Lee says, "Soon ta be dead."

Rowan asks, "But who are they? I need information"

Flicktail says, "Nightfur...black foxy...head foxy"

Lee says, "He be a slaver, Rowan."

Rowan frowns deeply "I think that be enough reason then..."

Flicktail says, "I am gonna Run I'm thru"

Lee calls out to the searchers. "Any luck?"

Rowan mulls a bit before crouching down and looking at the ground "What makes you think he be anywhere near the road? Most of them vermin type like the forest."

Flicktail has a tent and supplies in a backpack to spend the time in the woods

Lee says, "Yer right, Rowan."

Rowan shrugs "Have the scouts search in there."

Lee nods, and directs more searchers into the woods. "I want any trackers, especially."

A few beasts with tracking abilities head into the forest. "Let me know if ye find anythin'”

Lee is calling back the searchers for the night. "It'll be dark soon, ev'rybeast, the search will start anew tomorrow!"

Flicktail is polishing Martin's blade

The guards and volunteers make their way back to the Abbey. Lee stops by Flick's camp. "Yer gonna camp out tonight?"

Flicktail says, "I won't be back till I find em' he says with a slight growl to his voice, his fangs showing"

Lee nods and sits on a nearby log. "I understand. Need company?"

Flicktail says, "Suit yerself Son... not much to say I WILL put an end to dis"

Lee says, "An' I'll 'elp."

Flicktail Sheathes the sword... fish cooking on an iron skillet

After a short dinner Flicktail and Lee decide to head back to the abbey for the night, plan some more on how to do things the next day as the Abbey goes on lockdown for the night, the search will be back up at sunrise.