The Snow Badger Story, Hot Chocolate, SnowFlake Shaped Cookies and Time With Friends!!!!!

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RW Abbey: Cavern Hole


This room is slightly smaller than Great Hall, but still of a size large enough to accomodate a great number of gathered beasts. A large fireplace is set into one of the walls, and there are a series of small tables and chairs near one end for beasts who are eating late, or simply prefer the smaller tables for their meals. Cushions and blankets have been set in one corner. A short flight of steps leads up to Great Hall, and along the walls of the stairs, going both ways, the word 'Redwall' has been carved into the stone.


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                  [Ki]tchen

Zee has decided to help, but at the same time honor requests made of the abbot...so no certain visitor will show up just yet, well they will but later when no one is awake cause, well that’s just how it is... The badger has gotten help of some brothers and sisters of the order and has some snowflake shaped cookies and hot chocolate. He also has some candy chestnuts and grins at some gathered dibbuns, "Yeah this should be fun."

Flicktail moves into the Cavern Hole and looks at his white fur "If only I were a Badger" He grins

Oz sits in his own chair and listens at first and lets Zee take over as he exits the room quietly. The dibbuns look excited "Where the snow badger" .."Yeah he supposed ta be here”. …He coming? “…“Me want cookies!!"

Silverstorm watches Oz leave as she walks in slowly with a hat on that has bells on it and sighs "Oz left the room...and your alone with them now" She points to the dibbuns and smirks "Good luck with that"

Zee grins and winks to the otter maid, he looks back to the dibbuns "Ya youngun's want a story...maybe ya too Flickytail." He chuckles "And you all get hot chocolate that’s ta chiefy and cookies..and a story if ya all be good from me, I am Zee and a close personal friend of de snow badger "

The dibbuns all get a little quiet and one says "Wow you know the snow badger?"..."Did he come yet?".."CCCOOOOOKKKIIEEEEEEEEE"...An older dibbun looks at them all "Quiet he gonna tell story"

Flicktail looks up his ears perking "Story?" His eyes alight and he sits among the Dibbuns "Hh MARTIN I loves a good story!" He picks up a dibbun and sets the lad in his lap and gets ready "What kind of Story be it?" He looks to the Blacksmith "Join us Silverstorm...please, this is gonna be GOOD”

Zee grins as he starts to speak Ya see young uns the great snow badger sends his hares to the woodlands to cover them in a snowy wonderland and so it’s that way till the first signs of Spring. He adds And good dibbuns that do as their elders say, pay attention ta Abbot Benar and Papa Oz, eat all their fruits and vegetables, and take their baths the snow badger comes and gives a nice gift."

Silverstorm shrugs and sits down so she can listen to the story as well and smiles some.

An abbey sister passes out cookies and hot chocolate to all in the room, dibbuns and adults alike, and then sit down as well to listen to the story. The dibbuns get quiet and nibble their cookies and drink their drink and smile. A few giggle and then calm down again.

Zee nods and begins the tale. “Many seasons ago thar were no snowy fun to have. It was just Spring Summer and autumn all year round. The woodlands was weary and the fields had grown very little. A white Badger living here was deeply troubled and asked,"Wot be wrong with the land?." The land replied " We are so tired and long to rest but we cannot, after the harvest is over spring returns and everything must grow food again.. We long for a rest. Please Badger help us to rest so your crops will grow and be plentiful for all beasts." The wise old badger thought this a very reasonable in their request. So he thought long and hard on how he might help . SO he went on a quest. He travelled all around meeting many strange and curious creatures. One day he climbed a great mountain and on the very top it was so cold your breath could be seen and the ground was covered in a cold white blanket. Living on this high mountain peak was a colony of snow hares. Each one pure white .The wise old badger soon made friends with these hares and met with the hare king. The king told him that since the dawn of time his hares had made the magnificent cold blanket they called snow. The badger realized how wonderful this snow was and invited the hares back home with him. The King explained to the badger that he would love to return home with his new friend but all the snow hares had long ago made a promise to the mountain to keep it's high peak covered in snow so that it would never get a headache. Mountains being so high up are prone to get dizzy and have very bad headaches. The old Badger didn't want to cause the mountain any pain but he wanted to help his woodland home. So he held a meeting with the mountain and the Snow hares. The Mountain was so moved by the Badger’s wish to help the Woodlands that he agreed to let the hares leave the mountain top and descend over the woods and plains for one season. After the autumn harvest the snow hares would bring snow to Mossflower and when their task is done the Snow hares return to their snowy mountaintop.”

Flicktail's loves this story, and his paw reaches out to the Blacksmith, wanting to hold paws with her for the story. His eyes glitter and he looks at his own snow what fur. His other arm holds a Small Dibbun so it can see and hear the story. Enjoying greatly he nibbles his own cookie .

The dibbuns listen carefully and smile as they eat cookies and drink the drinks they have. Oz stays by the kitchen doorway as he listens but he doesn’t come in, as he has heard this story a number of times.

Silverstorm blinks at Flicktail and just enjoys the story "A longer story this year, I like it"

Zee smiles "Aye but de whole story. in fact de snow badger has brought some winter snows now and will bring more soon...and ice, soon de pond will be solid enough to ice skate on"

Oz speaks from the doorway "That won’t be for a while..." The dibbuns all turn to look at Papa Oz and a couple go to try and get him to come on inside and he shakes his head no and frowns “Back to the story or whatever with you...go on" The dibbuns obey and sit down frowning a little, but soon smile again.

Silverstorm says, "The otters will make sure the pond is safe, and all thick with ice so you dibbuns wait till your told its ok"

Flicktail nods to Oz, and he keeps the Dibbuns attention some "Aye Silverstorm, it is a FINE story, and Me I KNOW stories and that’s one of the BEST ones!!”

Zee chuckles "But remember de snow badger will not come till your all asleep and he will leave gifts for all, even some adults too maybe. And de snow badger knows when your all asleep. He will also frost all the windows"

Oz doesn’t see the nod, the dibbuns still ask questions "How does he know when sleeping?".."He come soon...tonights!".."What if not tried?"

Silverstorm sips her drink "Well...I am sure I wouldn’t want to find out what happens if ya stay awake, he might skip you on gifts"

Flicktail moves to Papa Oz and places a paw on him and says gently "It is ok papa”

Zee grins "He knows when your awake or asleep..trust me" He smiles "You could even leave him a snack maybe, he does have a lot of places besides here to go after all and one gets hungry on travels"

Oz sighs, he still has not cheered up some but at least he let the story happen and the dibbuns seem to enjoy Zee as they talk, "Yeah maybes leaves..cake or..cookie?"..One giggles "We leaves him tea and cake, heheheh"

Silverstorm blinks "Tea and cake?"

Zee chuckles and echoes a little "Mint teas maybe or....well just mint" He smiles "And cake be good too." He grins "Maybe some of the lemon cake from supper I be sure friar Lacota won’t mind if it's fer de snow badger!" Or rather Zee...shhhhhhhhhhh

The dibbuns smile, a couple jumps up and down, one is already asleep as guess they were tried. Oz listens to all the dibbuns and others in the room but otherwise has stayed quiet. He will let Zee and Silverstorm handle it this season.

Silverstorm smiles, there is still more cookies and some candy chestnuts to have "Anyone want a candy chestnut also?"

Flicktail asks, "Candied Chestnuts? I don't think I have ever tried one of them" He lies.

Zee smiles and gets a candy nut, just one, to all in the room and walks over to Oz to give him one "Ya ok thar Ozz..." He skips the nickname as he rethinks "Ya ok Oz?"

Oz takes the candy nut and shrugs “Not really right now" The dibbuns all get one and giggle, one taps Flicktail "Ya eats them before silly"

Flicktail asks, "I did? " He chuckles and picks up the dibbun swinging him gently "ahh ya caught me"

Silverstorm sips her drink and looks around the room, she yawns as it’s been a long night and she has to still wait for bed...gee thanks Zee-AKA Snow Badger-.

Zee gives Oz a hug and says quietly "I miss him too lad, I miss him too" He smiles back at the dibbuns "Finish up and get ready for bed, ya all want de Snow Badger to come right?"

Flicktail hears what Zee says and adds "You know when you do the things that brought him Joy, then e is right here with us...Martin says so”

Oz accepts the hug and leans into Zee a little, he may or may not of heard Flicktail, it's unclear as of right now. He then steps back and decides to slowly walk into the room and sit in the chair he always sits on. A bout 5 dibbuns climb into his lap and he manages a small smile as he leans back into the chair and lets the dibbuns stay there. One yawns and falls asleep.

Silverstorm chuckles "Wonder if Martin ever seen the snow badger before as he is a rare sighting"

Zee says, "Very few have seen de snow badger lass, but he be around not ta worry...well this time of the seasons he be around."

Silverstorm nods slowly, "I figured"

Flicktail says, "Aye, I have never seen the Snow Badger..Not sure how but he KNOES when I be awake"

The dibbuns finish their cookies and hot chocolate and candy chestnuts and are all sticky now.

Zee grins "He has his ways..and you dibbuns need to have baths before you all go to bed and remember de snow badger be watching and making sure your good and behaving before bedtime"

The dibbuns all "ahhhhhhhhhhhh" But they get a look from Oz and then are going off to take those baths and a couple sisters and a brother help out on this chore. Oz listens as they head off and nods "Well that went fairly welll" He hmms as one is still asleep in his lap and he shrugs leaving the mouse dibbun there for now.

Silverstorm watches the dibbuns head to baths and bed quietly" Yep, I bet they STILL try and stay awake a little anyways"

Flicktail looks at Silverstorm "I cannot imagine otter dibbuns NOT likin a bath, you folk swims EVERYWHERE”

Zee chuckles "Of course, they be dibbuns..Oz and Zork when they were little use ta try and stay up and always fell asleep within the hour."

Oz sighs "Yeah...welll" And that’s all he has tonight, he still rather not speak much tonight and that didn’t help.

Silverstorm says, "Well yeah..normal otters swim around so maybe they like baths. I never did, think it’s a dibbun thing"

Flicktail says, "I was 8 seasons old before I ad me first bath"

Zee is curious " Ya don’t swim lass and that’s funny Flicky, I am sure ya had one way before that"

Flicktail says, "I was a Vermin Dibbun Unc....Um Zee.... ever see a Vermin take a bath? maybe a dirt bath"

Silverstorm shakes her head and frowns "I..don't know how to swim and never learned, never had chance but its ok I don't care if I am different, it makes me who I am and I am proud of who I am"

Zee says, "Vermin take baths Flicktail...some may not but ya be surprised that some do still"

Oz have listens to the talking and yawns as he falls asleep in his chair, the dibbun mouse still on his lap and he keeps a protected paw on them as he sleeps.

Zee asks, "And ya never learned ta swim lass?"

Flicktail says, "Aye she is our Blacksmith, and we are proud of ya too Silverstorm....why I know moles wot never learned to dig and they be perfectly fine beasts"

Silverstorm shakes her head, "No." But she still smiles and spreads out her fingers, they are like other beasts and not webbed "This fact helps me a lot with my skills, more so than other otters in fact, I am...well me"

Zee glances at Oz and smiles, He nods to Flicktail "Will ya make sure Ozzy and the dibbun are warm, a blanket be nice lad.." He looks to Silverstorm "Took a look at de forge, Zork would be proud how ya taken good care of de forge lass, you’ve done a very good job"

Silverstorm smiles, "Thanks Zee"

Zee nods "Ya welcome lass"

Flicktail is always tucking blankets around beasts, it's what he does :)

Silverstorm smiles"So..what now?"

Flicktail says, "Well I say we have some warm punch and talk about those we care about"

Zee chuckles "We relax..." He does have a smaller sack behind him and looks though it, he finds a green and red wrapped gift for the fox and hands it to him and one for the otter as well. "Here ya are . Happy winter solstice."

The two beasts, Flicktail and the otter will find warm scarfs, a red and white one for Flicky and a green and white one for Silverstorm.

Silverstorm takes the gift and smiles as she opens it and smiles "Thank you...and talking of loved ones is always nice, even those who have passed to the dark forest"

Zee walks over and carefully gets the dibbun and hands it to a passing abbey novice to take to the dibbun dorms and lays a gift by Oz as well and smiles as he goes to sit back down. Zee doesn't have a gift but seems ok with that.

Silverstorm says, "I always wondered how Oz handles all those dibbuns, I couldn't do it I would go insane and scream"

Zee watches to see if Flicky opens the gift now or later as he answers the otter maid "He has his ways" He chuckles, "Seems I have a little luck with de dibbuns, or was just tonight..hee heee Ozzy can have em' I am too old to handle that many at once all de time"

Flicktail taps zee on the shoulder and presents him with a wrapped basket

Flicktail then turns to open his own curious to see what it is

Zee looks at the wrapped basket and seems surprised, “For me lad?" He does open the gift slowly.

Benar walks down the stairs and into the room, "Hello what is going on tonight my friends?"

Silverstorm waves at the abbot as she places her scarf on her lap.

Flicktail smiles as Zee discovered one of Flicky's signatures statuettes of...well Zee, right down to his stripes and eye color, carve, in this case, in maple