The return of Kiara, among some insanity (A Redwall log) 7-6-2016
RW Abbey: Main Gate
You are at the main entrance into Redwall Abbey. The gates are a a massive, double-doored wooden affair, reinforced with iron, and with a heavy latch and crossbar on the inside to prevent would-be invaders. While the gates almost always stand open, you get the impression that the builder of this portal designed it to be nigh impregnable. The entrance arch is amazingly thick, denoting the strength and thickness of the ancient walls themselves, which, despite the upheavals of the past, and numerous cracks present in the rose colored stone, still stand tall and strong. Uncountable pawprints can be seen in the dirt, leading both in and out of the Abbey. Along the bottom of the wall on either side of the arch, weeds and wildflowers can be seen in plenty.
You can hear the bustle of activity within the Abbey, and the occasional murmur of a passing conversation. The sun is high overhead, and shadows are small. All is bright.
Are you a newcomer to Redwall? Type +skills apply rwchat to keep track of what's happening.
Exits: [Enter] the abbey, [R]ight Along [W]all, [L]eft Along [W]all, [R]oad
Mice: DoraRose and Angela, females.
Hares: Kiara, female.
Badgers: Oz, male.
Monitor lizards: Zarok, male.
Squirrels: Brendan, male.
Spoofed weasel bad guys because there's not enough adventure in our lives X3
A hooded figure show up at the gates, a longbow over their back as they stop at the gates and glance at them. It's been a while since she has been here and maybe she should of returned sooner but sometimes things don't go as planned and she did ...well lose it a bit or maybe a LOT. A sigh escapes her throat as she is tired, hot and ran out of food yesterday, plus she has placed arrows in like 5 vermin on the way here and hid from some others.
DoraRose is now Gatekeeper! And married. With twin children. My, how much has changed since the haremaid was last here. The Warrior looks down from the walltop, having taken a short break from packing for the battle tomorrow. "Greetings, Traveler!" she calls down. "Are you Friend or Foe? The Abbey's gates are always open to those who come in peace."
Oz is close to the gates when there is talk of a cloaked figure and frowns "We should be careful....with what's been going on lately" A couple otters in the entry reply "Ya be right sir"
Kiara looks up slightly "Depends..." She says softly. She keeps a grip on her longbow as she looks at the mousemaid, she doesn't know her or at least she doesn't think she does.
Zarok walks out to the entry area, the young monitor bounding to join DoraRose. "Hiyazz!" He seems energetic as always--the hot sun is invigorating to him this time of year.
"Zarok, please stay out of sight, I don't want you to get hurt," Dora says automatically. Narrowing her eyes, she calls down again to the hare (whose identity is still hidden from her sight), "Do you require food or medical assistance? We've been having trouble with some evil vermin here recently, so I'm afraid that I need to know who you are and if you need to enter before I can let you in. Sorry..." She gestures at a wall guard, who hands her a loaded sling for if things get nasty.
"Sssss..." Zarok hisses his displeasure, his smile fading rapidly. He hunkers down and slithers to DoraRose stealthily, still out of sight from beyond the walltops as he ascends the stairs.
Oz tilts his head and arches an eyebrow, that voice seems familiar somehow but its been so long since he heard it, he nods to an otter he knows is beside him and has his staff ready just in case.
Kiara frowns, she has had enough trouble today and doesn't need more, what she needs is inside, "I need inside wot." She frowns as someone who is a threat shows up, and right now she is too tired to attack and this close up loading an arrow would do no good as her eyes widen at a weasel, "Now be good!" A panic in her voice and she isn't so sure of the monitor either [(if she knew he was there)], but she is more concern with the grinning weasel. The weasel smirks "Locked out...that's lovely fer me"
DoraRose sees the weasel coming and lobs the stone that's in the sling at him while saying to the lizard, "Get my sword! It's in the storage area!" She's then running down the steps and grabs a staff from a Novice who's passing by with some staffs for the upcoming festival (that'll happen in a few weeks) and, unbarring the door, the Warrior charges out, swinging the staff with more enthusiasm than skill. Staff fighting is not exactly what she's good at. She should take lessons. "Secure the gates!" she yells at the guards still in the Abby grounds.
Zarok bolts off towards the storage area, a streak of green lightning, moving with incredible speed despite his heavily muscled (for his age) build. His nostrils are flared and his tongue is flickering to taste the air and get a sense of where threats and/or prey might be as he runs. He retrieves the sword and prepares to run back....
Oz blinks "Dorarose!" But he is too late to stop her from running out of the gates and grumbles, great and just wonderful he thinks as he grips his staff and goes to follow her as he stays close to the gates trying to judge where the haremaid is he speaks "Go on inside" He says to the hare, hopefully there is just the one weasel.
Kiara steps back and barely misses getting run into, the weasel stops in their tracks and grins "Good a fight!" He goes to draw his dagger and take a slice at the mousemaid. Here is a friend the weasel has, another weasel so just two luckily. The 2nd one goes to attack the haremaid "Ya will pay fer killing me friends woodlander!"
DoraRose easily blocks the dagger and goes to bonk the weasel on the head. "Get inside! I can handle them." She neglects to add the 'I think' to the end of that as she sways back like a reed in the wind, twirling her staff and bringing it around to the front again. Standing up straight, she hits at one weasel, then the other.
Zarok streaks back to the gate, his aunt's sword held aloft in his clawed grip. "Dorrozze!" He shouts, hoping he doesn't distract her at a crucial part of her battle. "I got th' ssssword!"
Oz stands between one of the weasels and the haremaid, he swings to knock out the weasel, unless he is misjudging direction but he aims towards where he heard the 2nd weasels footpaws, as he snorts, "Get back inside Zarok we don't need others out here just in case there is more here." Already a couple more beasts with longbow come, squirrels on wall duty and ready to help if needed.
Kiara barely misses getting cut, she is a little dizzy but thats from the heat of summer and traveling without supplies the past few hours, she groans softly and sways as she is ready to pass out it looks like. The one weasel is knocked out cold by the badger, the other one narrowly misses a hit from the mouse"Ha! Females are the worse fighters" The weasel laughs.
Oooh, he had to say that. Dora hits at him again with her staff, then yells at the lizard, "Throw it to me and grab the haremaid, then stay inside!!!" Twirling the staff, she sends a flurry of hits at the weasel, then fumbles the staff on accident. Backing up, she avoids each swing, hoping that the monitor will do as she says.....
Zarok waits a moment...then another...Now, now's his opening. Bellowing with a surprisingly deep tone for his age, he bolts over to DoraRose, tosses her the sword once he's sure she can catch it, then wheels around to face Kiara, running at her quickly.
Oz frowns as he can't tell if there is more or not, he stays close to the haremaid and its possible he could bump into her, "We all should try and get inside. Then tell the champion and Benar what is going on, this can't be a good thing with vermin this close"
Kiara gasps softly and about falls onto Oz, maybe that's a good thing he hopefully will catch her before she falls to the ground, she see the monitor and in her mind it wants her for dinner, she whimpers and goes to faint.
DoraRose turns, catches her sword and continues to turn as she unsheaths her weapon, then turns towards the remaining weasel and swings at him with her sword, roaring. Will it work???
OOC: Slightly graphic pose ahead. You have been warned. BIC: The last ambusher, seeing nothing in DoraRose's eyes but certain death, makes a run for it...almost. With a deathly scream, Zarok cannonballs into him seemingly from out of nowhere, and begins savaging his leg with his fierce jaws. The young monitor gives a muffled shout of victory as he rips into the screaming vermin, his eyes glazing over with predatory urges. The bandit struggles but Zarok refuses to let go despite blow after blow being rained on him. The beast tries to bring his weapon to bear; Zarok crashes his tail down onto the weapon arm, forcing the robber to let go of his blade. The monitor continues to rip and tear at his flailing foe, working his way up towards the throat now with seemingly no intention of stopping....
Oz manages to catch the haremaid, he lets his staff drop and an otter gets it so the badger can carry the hare maid inside, "Someone get a healer please, and make sure the doors are locked tight, also no one outside and make sure no vermin get inside...and anyone else get inside please."
Kiara is semi-conscious as she is carried and she remembers the badger, does he remember her as before she passes the rest of the way out she mutters "Papa...Oz....."
Aawww......DoraRose had him, man....then, as it clicks in her mind what's going on, she leaps forward and goes to grab the lizard's arm (as IF that's a safe idea...) and goes to yank him away. "ZAROK! Stoppit!! You're a Novice; you need to stop! Don't kill him! You can't break the Abbey charter! STOP!"
Oz frowns as he listens, and catches what Kiara says, he tilts his head, the voice and the accent, it's a hare and she knows him? He asks the otter to check who it is, and he confirms a hare maid and her fur color, the badger seems surprised... "Kiara?"
Kiara has her hood removed, yep she is haremaid alright and she is passed totally out right now also.
Roaring bestially, Zarok sinks his claws deep into his prey's chest--but not as deep as he'd like because suddenly DoraRose has a vicegrip on that arm. His claws rip through flesh--but not fatally--as they're torn out of the beast. Zarok isn't nice, funny, energetic Zarok anymore. Right now he's a predator. He whips around with inhuman speed to face DoraRose and hisses gutturally at her, about to lash out...then the mist begins to clear from his eyes and he sways on his hunkered-down footpaws, feeling faint.
DoraRose sheathes her sword and hands it to a guard, then goes to gently grab the lizard's clawed paw (hand thing) and tries to lead him to the main Abbey building. Once they're all inside the walls, she pauses to close and lock the gates, then she goes back to trying to lead the monitor lizard to the Abbey building.
RW Abbey: Infirmary
Several beds are lined against the red sandstone walls of the Abbey's Infirmary. An examination table, separated from the rest of the room by hanging blankets, rests against the far wall. Tucked into a small alcove is a sizeable workbench with various containers for mixing and preparing medicinal compounds. Against another wall is a desk for use by the Infirmary Keeper. A curtained off alcove behind the desk hides a locked door to the Infirmary's supplies and linens.
Exits: Infirmary [Rec]overy Room, [H]ealer's [D]ormitory, [O]pen [G]round, [Hall]
Oz gets the hare to a cot "Is Brother Leon or Angela around?" He asks, he hopes no one else is injured "Was any other beast hurt?" Besides the weasel who is most likely in the woods by now or still the road.
Zarok sways on his footpaws, glassy-eyed and unsteady. He's soaked in the weasel's blood, and absently picks a piece of torn flesh from between his teeth with one bloodstained claw. He's possibly going into shock.
Kiara is passed out fully now, she has signs of being in the heat too long, she also has some cuts on her arm from a couple days ago. One can not tell when one has not ate for a little under a day but there is that also as she ran out of supplies and course Ferravale was clearly on the 'no stop' list of places to go. She shivers lightly and may have a fever, luckily not too high yet.
Oz heads out of the infirm, he would stay but a very annoyed Sister Ginny comes in and starts to try and drag him out to the hall, something about an insane dibbun and an ink quill up someone's nose, the badger sighs.
Angela comes hobbling from the herb counter and starts to check on the haremaid. "What 'appened?" DoraRose gets at eye-level of the lizard. "Hey, buddy, you okay? Talk to me. What are you thinking?"
The sound of the commotion in the infirmary naturally draws the attention of the newest arrival at the Abbey; the young squirrel Brendan had been playing by himself nearby with the stick that he had found outside. He had fashioned it into a somewhat swordlike shape, and he had been hopping around, swinging it in the air and battling invisible enemies. He had lost his prized hat yesterday to that bully otter, but he doesn't seem to mind at the moment. As a plethora of beasts all make their way into the infirmary, the squirrel Dibbun's curiosity is peaked, and he follows the small crowd inside. Once inside the infirmary, he darts onto one of the beds and deposits himself beneath one of the sheets, sitting there, nothing but a lumpy shape underneath the covers....however, his tail sticks out, flicking to and fro animatedly.
"Ssss...." Zarok hisses quietly, almost sadly. "Tired," he mumbles after a moment. "I's...not gonna...get in trouble am I'ssss?" he inquires dazedly. "Isss...everybeassst okay?"
Zarok's eyes glaze over again and he collapses on the bed. After a moment, his chest rises and falls normally--he's breathing but the stress and adrenalin crash has made him pass out. The last emotion he feels before sleep overwhelms him is regret...and shame.
DoraRose sighs and sits on the bed beside the monitor. She goes to gently cover him with a sheet as Angela does her Healer thing with Kiara. The Warrior suddenly spots the squirrel's tail and, standing up, stealthily sneaks over and goes to yank the covers off of him! Angela notices, but says nothing, knowing that she doesn't have a patient in that bed.
Brendan is soon revealed by DoraRose, the little squirrel blinking up at the mouse from where he sits perched on the bed. "Hay dat was my fort! I was hidins from da badguys!" He gives her as big a grin as he is able, and he giggles. "Hi!" he chitters, "I Bwendan! Who is you?" Noting that the bed seems to be extra bouncy, the squirrel begins to hop up and down in place, waving his 'sword' around in the air as he does so.
DoraRose is completely unphased by the 'sword' and goes to try and pick up the Dibbun. She strong enough, it's just, will he cooperate, or run away? "My name is DoraRose, but you can just call me Miss Dora. It's nice to meet you Brendan. That's a cool stick y'got there," she adds, making sure to not get smacked upside the head with it.
Brendan doesn't seem phased by Dora's attempt to pick him up, and he allows it, as he continues to wave the stick around; he tries his best not to whack the mouse with it accidentally. "Hi Miss Dowwah!" he giggles, "Fwanks! But it not a stick, it a big supah mighty sord! I gorra kill many badbeasts wif dis, whack whack whack whack!" He wriggles around in Dora's grip, his tail flitting about here and there. Eventually he stops swinging the stick around, then moves around to perch on Dora's shoulder.
DoraRose raises her eyebrows. "Ooh, well, mighty Warrior, I'm sure we'll get along just fine...." aaand now she has a baby squirrel perched on her shoulder like a little parrot. Okay, then. "Comfy up there?"
Brendan giggles and nodnods his head. "Miss Dowwah like a small twee, hehehehehe...butbut, you a lot smawwer...cuz twees ah weally big!" He puffs out his chest a bit as Dora calls him a mighty Warrior. "Ya, Bwendan getta long wiffa miss mouseytail!" He perches there on her shoulder, getting a good look around the room as he does so. "I likea dis place! It bettah then th'weird clothy place I wuz in yesserday!" Yep, Brendan had been found inside a tied up burlap sack a few miles from the Abbey yesterday, and had been brought here...though of course, he isn't quite sure how he ended up there. "Was weally small in dere, doan likes it." Frowning, Brendan curls his tail around Dora, his ears folding down.
Awr.....Dora goes to hold his paw. "Well, you're here now, and there is nothing to be scared of in Redwall." Basically. For the most part. She ignores the reference to her tail.....or lack thereof, since most of its length got chopped off in a battle a few seasons ago. "I'm glad that you're here," she adds honestly, deciding to deal with the current topic and ignore the whole tree thing until he mentions it again.
Brendan grins, uncurling his tail from Dora, before he hops off her shoulder and back onto the bed again. "Where dis?" he asks, "Why everyone sleepins?" He points at all the others in the room who are currently occupying the beds. He then realizes that he probably shouldn't be speaking as loudly as he is, so his voice lowers down to a hushed tone, and he looks somewhat ashamed. "Ooo sorries, doan' wanna wakes dem up!" he whispers, "Shhhhh, I bees qwiet!" He peers around at the others, before going back to bouncing lightly on the bed, his ears flicking back and forth as he looks back to Dora.
Oz makes his way back inside the infirm after dealing with a small problem, he listens to sounds as to whom is here as he asks "How is the haremaid?"
DoraRose goes to make him stop bouncing on the bed as Angela glares at them. "This is called the Infirmary.....some beasts also call it the Sickbay. Those beasts are asleep because they're sick or hurt and are trying to get better." The old Healer turns to the badger and says, "I think she'll be fine after she gets a good meal."
Brendan ohhhhhs, seemingly to understand Dora's explanation. He nods his head slowly, his bouncing slowing as he notices Angela glaring. "Ohhhh okay....yah, dey needs to get betters, so Bwendan stop wif da bouncies." He smiles to Dora, seemingly at least [to] be a bit better behaved than most Dibbuns seem to be....though of course, he's not with any others right now, which makes a huge difference.
Oz nods, he notices the new guest" Seems we have a new guest, besides the haremaid, oh and Dorarose could you let Leon know I want to speak to him, he can confirm weather that is Kiara or not....but it seems impossible that it is"
DoraRose nods to the badger. "Sure. I actually need to go back to the gatehouse anyway." Turnign back to the squirrel, she smiles and points to the badger. "That's Papa Oz. He's the Dibbun caretaker. He's a good friend. I'll see you later, okay?" After making sure the badger and the squirrel are doin' okay together, she takes her leave.
Thanks for reading!
I'll try to finish the log when I can....RL just hit me and I had to go D:
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