Undividing the House that Will Built

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Characters: Aikuen, Fira, Kentar, Garnet, Will, Amy

Location: Moledeep, Redwall, St. Ninians Ruins

Moledeep: Infirmary

Its now morning, and Aikuen the Fighting Otter, lays by himself in a now empty Infirmary of Moledeep. After being knocked out last night, he came around in a sleep. A sleep with dreams of the moments of what happened yesterday. Thinking it was a nightmare or something, he wakes up and looks around... his dream coming a reality, as he cant move... strapped down to the cot. His jaw hurts, and has swelled quite bit on the right side. As what he done in the past day comes too him, he begins to openly sob loudly, something nobeast has ever seen, since his daughter died. He thinks that he has totally ruined his life... again... He thinks that Will has disowned him as a father, Kentar is not longer his friend, And Fira will leave him... All because of something he doesn't remember doing at all... He looks up as he hears a familiar padding of his wife. She walks up to him, grabs his paw and asks what happened, looking all concerned that he is strapped down.

Aik Removes his paw from hers, it makes him feel sick. He tells her what happened; what he thinks he did... and what he said... And what Kentar said... and what Aik was planing to do... Fira gets up from the bed, toying with her wedding ring, and walks out of the room... without saying a word. This tears Aiks heart to shreds, as he begins to cry again. Yep, life successfully ruined...

The sobbing is heard from outside and Kentar slowly peeks in the room. "Ah! Your a wake. About time." he says, going over to the otter and sitting down next to him. How are you this morning hrm?" he asks, the stoat seeming absolutely fine right now. Doesn't seem angry or anything.

Aikuen turns on his side to look away from the stoat. The rope is tightly tied around him, and when he does this it scraps the fur off where it was. He still openly cries... not caring about anything right now... But the stoat seems to be acting nice... so he deserves an answer. He grunts out "I wish i was in the Dark forest right now... Happy?"

Kentar slowly draws a dagger and cuts the rope off the otter. "No. No Aikuen, I'm not." he sets his dagger away. "I want you to sit up, and talk to me. I see my friend's hurt. And I need to help him." he sighs and watches for a moment. "Sit up and look at me, you big baby." he says.

Aikuen blinks a few times when the stoat called him friend again. That deserves to at least sit up and look at him. His face is completely wet, and is smudgy with blood mixed with tears. "Your still..." he trails off, and places his paws in his eyes

Kentar looks at the otter and slowly shakes his head. "Your pathetic, you know?" he chuckles. He pulls out a cloth from his pocket and hands it to him. "Dry off already." he then sits back with a nod. "Yeah. I'm still your friend. I don't care what I said yesterday. I was angry. I'm protective. A little too, protective." he rolls his eye. He also fails to mention his opinion of Amy has changed.

Aikuen takes the cloth and wipes his face. He places the cloth in his lap, and rubs it through his claws. He smiles a little bit, but then a fresh flow of tears starts up again, "Thank... you..." and wipes of the fresh flow, "And thank you for telling me off... i deserved it... its true... and i do deserve it... I am the worst... Husband... father... friend...I... its just everything i loved in my life... is gone... IN ONE (explicative) STUPID ACT! I HATE MYSELF!!" He then punches himself in the head, quite hard, and falls back to the bed seeming dazed at the moment.

Kentar blinks and thinks he made a big mistake untying him. "AIKUEN, LISTEN TO ME." he goes over to the otter and pins him so he can't move. He waits until the daze is gone. "Listen to me. I'm still here. Fira isn't going to leave you. Your not the worst father or friend. I'm telling you that because its true. Now. I'm going to let you go. I don't want you hurting yourself again. Okay? I will tie you up again if I have to."

Aikuen looks to the stoat, and nods, "Sorry... I'm done..." he waits till he gets off and says, "Sorry... but i do hate myself... I hit Amy...Who knows, maybe Ill hit my wife... maybe ill hit my young again... and then there going to die... That's if Fira doesn't leave me... " he starts to cry again, "Will is not my son anymore... I have nothing... Don't try to lie to me... it only makes it worse...

Kentar frowns and waits for a few moments after he got off the otter. He attempts to slap the beast across the face. "Aikuen! STOP BEING STUPID FOR ONE MINUTE!?" he shouts. He's standing, and towering over Aikuen now. "Listen to me. Will doesn't hate you. He doesn't. I promise you that. Fira...Fira won't leave you either. I promise that too. And if Amy were here right now. Heck, I'd probably punch her in the face too for what she said to Garnet. Look at me." he grabs the otter by the shoulders and shakes him a little. "Your life isn't ruined. I promise." he's so worked up, he himself, is almost in tears. "Aikuen. I don't think I could stand to not be around you anymore. Fira loves you. And I don't care if you don't see the truth."

Aikuen takes the slap, not caring, and he starts to breath oddly. He blabs out, with the sound of hope "He doesn't? And Fira wont leave me... You sure?" and then he shaken, but he is actually smiling a little bit, "You really think so? Really?! Thank you... thank you..." he sobs a little bit and hugs the stoat, "Thank you...I...*sigh*... i needed that..." He chuckles lightly.

Kentar smiles a bit and then gives the otter a hug. "Yes Aikuen. I'm so very sure she wont leave, and I'm so very sure he doesn't hate you." he says before sitting back down. "Every beast does something stupid every now and then. I have, you have. Will has and I'm sure even Fira has. Life goes on. Trust me." he smiles. "It was a mistake. But it wasn't a bad mistake."

Will had just walked into the sleeping hall, with Amy hang onto his arm for lack of a staff, intending to return her to the infirmary. Overhearing Aikuen saying 'Will is not my son anymore...' he paused trying to dismiss the otters words, Aikuen was ill and didn't know what he was saying.

Amethyst's mouth hangs open a bit hearing Kentar's changed feelings for her. She pulls on Will's arm wanting to go back outside.

Will waits to hear more before scrawling something on a piece of papper and slips it in under the door before heading back outside with Amy.

Kentar smiles a little. "Trust me. I promise you, nothing will happen. Fira may be mad at you, but she wont leave. I may be mad at you, but heck, your still my best friend. In fact your the only real friend I've ever had. I'm not so quick as to give it up."

Aikuen nods a little bit and goes to lay back against the bed, feeling a lot better... He smiles and says, "Thank you... If Fira left..." He shakes it out from his mind, "I love her more than life itself..." smiling he says, "I'm glad to call you my best friend..." He takes a deep breath and can see the paper slides under the door, and knowing who it was "WILL! Please come in, Please I need to see you!..." he sighs as the rattling doesn't come in, "Kentar... please get the note... please..." he is beginning the tear up again, and he rubs his eyes.

Kentar looks over and nods, getting the note. He reads it and chuckles a little. "It says 'Gone to the abbey. Don't know when we'll be back,. I don't hate you. William." he smiles. "Don't believe me?" he hands it over. "Read it for yourself".

Aikuen takes the note, and reads it very slowly as he has to sound out the words. When he gets to the end... he just shakes his head, "He said he doesn't hate me... but... but..." He crumples the paper and tosses it away, "But does he still love me?... is he still my son?... he didn't say anything about that... He wanted to melt his sword... so he would have no relation to me anymore..." He starting to feel bad again, and looks to his knees.

Kentar nods. "Yes, Aikuen, he is. He is your son still." he sighs. "I want you to shut up. Just shut up for once. Stop being dumb. Look at what's right in front of you. Aikuen. He's still your son. There's nothing that will ever change that. A sword. An eye. Or a beast. Nothing.

Aikuen nods a little bit, and wipes a tear that was collecting in his eye, he smiles again and looks to Kentar, "Your Right... Its just i love them... and i would feel better if they told me..." He takes a deep breath, "But i will shut my trap..." he chuckles as he gets up from the cot, and starts to walk around, to get the blood to start flowing again.

Kentar smiles. "I know you love them. I do too. They're my family as much as they are yours." he chuckles a little. "Anyways. This morning, Garnet and I were talking. We've decided something." he smiles a little more.

Aikuen goes over to one of the pitchers to wash his face and paws off of the dirt and tears that was on him. When Kentar said that, he looks to him and tilts his head, "What was that mate?" he asks, as he goes back over to where the stoat is.

Kentar smiles a little. "Even though you punched Amy, Garnet and I still want you and Fira to be the godparents. You know. If you want." he nods.

Aikuen frowns when he reiterates that he punched her. But then he smiles a big smile and grabs the stoat in a hug, "You guys still do! Of course mate, We would love too!" have to ask Fira, but im sure she will say yes, "Thank you mate... thank you!" He lets go and goes to sit back down on his cot, but keeping up and looking at the stoat, "Are you guys expecting? Or is this just... you know, in the future thing?" Its a normal question to ask, at least the otter thinks.

Kentar smiles and eeps as he's hugged, the stoat hugging back tightly. "Your welcome...your welcome." he chuckles with a smile. When the otter sits back, he makes like he was hurt during the hug. "Ow! Ow! I think you killed me!" he plays dead for a few moments before grinning. "We're expecting actually. We only found out when we got back two days ago." he says. "When I was fixing her up in the infirmary from the wounds and such. Well. Redoing the bandages." he nods.

Aikuen chuckles, "Well Congratulations mate! That great! But how did you know?" Garnet looked like Garnet always looked like, and he didn't notice anything different about her, "That must have been a surprise! Are you excited?" he sits on his paws as a habit.

Kentar chuckles. "Well. I sort of noticed her belly was a little bigger then it was a while ago. And being captured by the fox, she couldn't have eaten all that much. And well...the time was right." he nods. "So..." he smiles before laughing. "Of course I'm excited! Why wouldn't I be?!"

Aikuen nods, "Well that is usually a tell..." and there are other things. He tilts his head, as he tries to picture Fira in his head as she looked this morning. She looked like she always does... Beautiful as ever... Don't think she is...But he has known Fira a lot longer than Kentar has known Garnet... He shakes his head, will think about it later, "I hope your excited... i love little ones... Thought of names yet?" he bounces a little bit.

Kentar smiles a little before grinning. "There was also the fact that she told Will and Amy off the other day. She's not usually one for conflict." he chuckles. "And yes. We have. We were thinking of either Christopher Aikuen, Which I rather like." he grins. "Or Juan or Julio." he nods.

Aikuen chuckles, "Aye i did notice that..." why didn't it drop on him before, he will never know "Christopher Aikuen? Rather long and dashing name for a Stoat, don't you think!" he laughs and pushes back pretend long headfur, acting all suave. He looks around and whispers, "I haven't asked her... but i want to name are first son, 'Kenten' after you... and Nelia...if its a girl" He then tilts his head again, "What name? if you have a girl?" he ask

Kentar grins and laughs some with a smile. "Heheh, well we both really like it." he smiles before thinking. "For a girl, we've not really decided yet." He says. "We were going to call her Amy I guess. After...Heh. Amy." he smiles. "But we're not sure.

Aikuen snorts, "I bet Wills Amy is just gonna love that..." He smiles evilly, but shakes his head vigorously to rid his mind of those thoughts, "Well whatever you guys decide... I'm sure it will be great for her... or him..." He then goes to sit more on the bed, so he can lean against some of the pillows. He hugs one oh his knees thinking, "I wonder if Fira is ready to be a mom... an actual mother i mean... true she already has enough sons to last a lifetime... but... I wonder if she is ready to be held down with babes..." He scratches his head as he slowly rocks back and forth, thinking to himself.

Kentar laughs a little. "Why are you asking me? Its her you need to ask." he smiles. "Anyways. I wonder. What do you think of Janet Amyethyst Kentar?" he asks. "We were going to use one of our first names as a last name for a girl if we have one. That was our plan for the moment."

Redwall Abbey

Will had left Moledeep and taken Amy to Redwall. He'd left her in the infirmary after talking to the healers on duty and pleading with them to keep Henry as far from her as possible. Which that done he'd gone to the cellar where he'd taken a bottle of ale before heading out to the kiln to keep himself from going back to Moledeep and doing something he'd regret. One way or the other he'd stay put and keep his mind off his troubles ... and throw himself in the pond if need be afterward.

Will walks off from the kiln and drags himself to the Abbey pond. After so long have having little else than water to drink the his body does not take kindly to the ale.

Redwall Abbey: Infirmary

Amethyst had not taken to the Abbey infirmary very well and since she was recovered according to the healers she was allowed to leave.

Will breaks the surface of the pond for the fourth time and wades back to shore to dry off before going to check on Amy.

Amethyst had stumbled out of the Abbey and slowly made her way to the hard pack dirt road. Keeping her back to the Abbey she started walking clumsily back toward Moledeep, so she hoped. There were little differences all along the road which helped her keep to the same direction

Will was shocked and worried when Amy was not in the infirmary when he got there. The healers were also worried they had only said she could go down stairs not that she could leave.

Will searches the Abbey from top to bottom asking every beast he mets if they'd seen the blind rat-maid.

At last he heads out to go look for her outside the Abbey.

St. Ninians Ruins: The Graveyard

Amethyst stumbles around til she reaches the ruins of St. Ninians. She unknowingly makes her way into the graveyard and sits down by a broken headstone, tired and lost.

Will nearly passes by the burned out church but stops to look his mind dreaming up all sorts of awful things that could have happened to Amethyst.

Amethyst hears a beast walking near by. "Hello?," she asks pulling her self to her feet leaning against the grave marker, she slips and falls. She tumbles down into a hole. "Ahhhhhh!" she screams, finding herself in a looted grave.

Will runs into the grave yard hearing the screams. "Amy?!" He doesn't see her at first and then looks down. "Amy ..." he drops down into the grave next to her and pulls to her him, "Don't leave without me," he shakes her before hugging her tightly, "I thought ... I thought something bad had happened to you!"

Amethyst buries her face against Will's neck. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I ... I want to go back. Please. Can we go back?"

Will nods stupidly, "Y-yeah. I guess." He sits down then jumps back up quickly. "Let's get out of here first." He helps her climb out of the hole before climbing out himself. "Now. We're gonna go back cause it's my home and yours too and ... and I'll think of something to explain why we're covered in dirt and smell bad on the way."

Amethyst nods and holds tight to Will's arm. She's very quiet now.

Will leads Amy through the woods toward Moledeep, after a while he asks, "Why did you leave anyway?"

Amethyst mumbles, "I wanted to. I thought maybe ... maybe it'd help. You're th only one that likes me anymore and I .. I thought if I left you wouldn't have to worry about your family liking me or not or hurting me or anything. I know it was stupid and I could have been killed but ... I ... I'm hurting you by staying as much as if I leave." she ducks her head.

Will sighs, "We're going back and ... and if things are still bad ... we'll go make a home for ourselves somewhere else and let them have th tunnel and .. and everything!"

Moledeep

Coming upon the entrance to Moledeep Will ushers Amy inside and breaks down the sign with the rules he'd made, before following her in.

Will comes in to the infirmary covered in covered in mud and smelling like death. His good eyes is red rimed from the scare Amy'd given him and his eye patch is stuffed in his pocket and he hadn't given himself any time to put it back on yet.

Amethyst is clinging to Will's right arm in a similar state looking very nervous.

Will sighs, "We're back," despite gargling and drinking pond water and dunking himself four times the rat's breath probably still smells a bit like ale and he's sure he'll be yelled at for it and likely thrown into the pond here for good measure.

Aikuen looks to the stoat, "That would be an awkward conversation..." He turns to look at an invisible Fira, "Oh hey Fi! I was just wondering are you ready to be held down with kits yet... I mean its not like you have a choice or anything..." He snorts and looks back to Kentar, pushing that matter from his mind till later... probably when it comes up. He sighs, "Thats a long, pretty name, I like it!" he chuckles but then looks to Will and Amy, open mouthed, "Whoh! Matey! What did you fall in?... Wait... What did you drink?" he can smell it, can't hide it from this otter. He places his paws together and begins to tap, waiting for an answer.

Kentar looks at them and blinks. 'What in the world happened to you Will?" he sniffs as he goes over. "And why do I smell ale?" he peers down at them. Aikuen's comment about Fira will get commented on later.

Aikuen takes a deep breath, his voice is monotone, "Why did you drink... Ale was it?... I hope you have a good reason for drinking..."

Kentar looks at Amy and then to Will. He looks towards Aikuen, a little nervous about what he'll do. "I think, if he's old enough to say he's going to get married in spring, I think he should be old enough to drink." He shrugs. "I don't see much of a problem with it." Its a lie, but still.

Will sighs, "I didn't drink much of it and th kiln wasn't enough of a distraction. I needed t do /something/ t keep from doing something more stupid." They can ask if they want to know what.

Aikuen tilts his head, and asks with the same droning voice. He has made no other movement beside tapping his claws, "More? What do you mean by more? What else did you do... that was stupid besides drinking..." He glance to Kentar, and says, "I'll tell you why it's bad later..." before turning back to the rat-pair.

Amethyst is keeping very quiet and has moved behind Will, taking his arm with her.

Kentar looks at Amy and then remembers something. "Oh. Amy. Can I talk to you for a moment?" he asks. He's thinking it's best Will deal with his father without Amy clinging for dear life.

Will says, "I didn't do anything more ... not really. My stomach didn't care for that idea anyway so I didn't get drunk even. Still threw myself in th pond anyway, heh. I was mad ... I couldn't let myself come back here like that. I'd have ... I don't know, lot of things went through my head ... bad things. It wouldn't have worked though ... " He nudges Amy away with his free arm as she eeps and presses harder against him, wrapping her tail around his legs. "Go talk to Kentar for a bit ..." He looks over to the stoat with his one good red eye, "You won't hurt her," it's not a question it's a request.

Kentar looks at Will and smiles. "No, no, I wont hurt her." he smiles. "Promise."

Will nods and take the pin off his shirt and pins it the shoulder of Amy's dress. "I'm sorry, Pa. I had t leave. I didn't want t hurt any of you ... Well ... actually I didn't want t /regret/ hurting any of you. Don't know if that makes sense."

Aikuen looks to Kentar and smile and nods, "Thanks..." He then turns back to Will, and taps the area of the bed in front of him, "Will...Son... Please come sit... please" He sits back and closes his eyes, "Tell me why, you were mad? I'm guessing you wanted to hurt me then?"

Amethyst lets go of Will's arm and feels the pin now on her dress, confused. She steps away from him putting her paws out in front of her reaching for a wall or anything really since she doesn't have a stick right now.

Kentar smiles and goes to help Amy outside. "Follow me." he smiles a little as he leads her out.

Amethyst is hesitant but grabs onto the stoat and follows him out.

Moledeep: Sleeping Hall

Kentar guides Amy into the sleeping hall and to a chair for her to sit on. "Amy. Last night I sort of broke your stick. So today, made you two new ones." he smiles. He grabs them both and places one in each of her paws. They're about thirty times better then the ones she already had. "Here. They're both staffs. Proper ones. They'll do you better then regular sticks." he smiles.

Amethyst takes the staffs, one in each paw, and mumbles a quiet, "Thank you."

Kentar nods and then sits across from her. "You're welcome, Amy." he smiles. "So. I was wondering." he says. "If Garnet and I have a girl, I was wondering if you'd mind if we named her middle name after you?" He asks.

Amethyst blinks, "How ... oh, That's fine. ... it's an honor ..." She doesn't want to be here.

Kentar nods and smiles a little. "Thank you. Anyways. Garnet told me you threatened her last night." he says. "Well. For a while, I was going to punch you myself. Then I realized something." he says. "You had every right to threaten her for being insulted." he says. "I'm sorry for what we did the other day. My thoughts of you had changed for a little while. But now, they're back to normal." he pats her on the shoulder. "I'm sorry." The stoat stands. "You still mad at Garnet?"

Amethyst raises one of the staffs to hit the stoat, "Don't do that ever again you dummy! I have to rely on my ears to know what's going on, I thought she'd really hit you. I was mad at her because of what she said to Will and what I'd heard her say to /you/. I'm not mad at her anymore but you'd better not play anymore tricks like that when I'm around, I really thought she'd left you. I haven't known you very long but I couldn't let her get away with treating you like that anymore than if you'd been one of my brothers." She sighs, "Sorry about hitting you or whatever that was I hit. Just don't do that again, ok?"

Kentar nods and listens with a small nod. "Alright. I wont. I'm sorry." he says, patting her shoulder gently. "I won't do it again." the stoat says before looking towards the Infirmary. "When do you want to go back in there?" he asks.

Amethyst shakes her head, "Not yet." She leans back letting both staffs fall to the floor, "I'm an idiot. I did something really stupid, and today started so nicely too."

Kentar nods a bit. "What did you do?" he asks. "I wont do anything, I don't care what it is." he smiles. "Promise."

Amethyst sighs, "Long story short I kinda tried to kill myself. Your brother didn't take it very well and I'm in trouble now." She take one of the staffs and goes off to lay down in her room for a while.

Kentar blinks and ohs. "Oh...Don't kill yourself please...I'd really miss you. I..." he watches her for a while. "Bye."

Moledeep: Infirmary

Will ducks his head, "Yeah, kinda. I wanted t kill ya. It wouldn't have worked though. I'm sorry."

Aikuen sighs, "...Understandable..." He is quiet for a long time, and finally says, "Look, I'm sorry For hitting her... I don't... I don't even remember doing it... But I'm still sorry... But you should have come to me first, if you felt that way... Drinking is not the answer... like me resorting to violence, is not the answer..." He pats the bed again, "Will, Please sit down..."

Will sits down, muddy and filthy as he is. "I couldn't. You ... You weren't you then and I mighta hurt you, again," he says.

Aikuen tilts his head, "Again? When did you hurt me the first time?" he shakes his head, "I'm glad you didn't attack me... I probably would have killed you... without second guessing myself... That's not me... I hate... that me..." He sighs and takes the cloth, and soaks it in a nearby pitcher. He goes to start cleaning Will's face, "I am sorry..."

Will grimaces as his face is cleaned, his bad eye is as healed as it ever will be and doesn't even hurt when the cloth touches it. His lower eye lid on that eye is gone and the wound's been healed over for quite a while, though it's still more recent than the other scars there. "Th first time? I don't remember when th first time was but I'm not stupid. I know I can hurt you without hitting you. I'm sorry about, what I said before. I was mad at you and you ... you were mad too. ... I ... I kinda figured that when me an Amy got married ... if you don't mind ... that we'd use 'Tazan' for our name and any dibbuns we have later. I am your son ... so I just thought it'd ... never mind."

Aikuen smiles and stops cleaning, to give him a big fat hug, "I would be honored, if you would use my name..." He sniffs a bit and doesn't let go, "I just want you to know... That no matter what I do... or say... I'll always be your father... and you will always be my son... And I love you... very much..." He hmms a bit as he beings to rock back and forth. And what Will said is true... you can beat Aik to a pulp... and you can still hurt him even more, with words... Its Just how he grew up...

Will squeaks in surprise at the hug but doesn't mind. "I ... uh ... same here," the rat says as he's squashed.

Aikuen chuckles lightly as gives him another squeeze, before letting it go loosely to remain hugging him. He likes this. His son, dirt an all. He hums for a good while, before letting him go, and placing his paws on his son's shoulder and looking into his one good eye, "Will... Once again I'm sorry for what i did... and I'm glad you didn't attack me... Now go find Amy... Kentar is probably boring her or something... Oh! Go get cleaned up first, you look awful... need to look at least a little nice for her!" He gives a small wink, and yes he is encouraging this.

Will nods and quickly runs out of the room.

Aik sighs and gets up to start pacing, and talking to himself, which he does a lot nowadays, "Alright life seems livable again... I'm back on with good terms with Will, and he still wants to remain my son... Kentar is not beating me to a pulp anymore, and is my friend again... Now all that's left is Fi... What do I say... I don't know... 'I'm sorry Fi?" no, that wont work..." he mutters to himself as he continues to talk.

Kentar comes into the room, rubbing his eye, obviously upset. "Hello Aikuen." he says before sitting down somewhere, still rubbing his eye.

Aikuen stops pacing and places his paws behind his back. He tilts his head to the stoat and goes over to him, placing an arm around his shoulders, "Kentar! Matey! What's wrong?" he asks concerned.

Kentar closes his eye then looks up. "Amy apparently tried to kill herself today. I'm. A little upset about it." he says with a sigh.

Aikuen blinks a few times, and stutters out, "S-She WHAT!" He blinks more and looks around the room. This getting to be ridiculous, "W-Why! Why did she want to do that! WHY!" He hopes it wasn't because of him... And he is greatly upset about it to. After releasing all his anger out on her... he seems to have drawn closer to her, much to the disapproval of himself.

Kentar sighs and shrugs. "I don't know. I don't know." he scratches his head. "Don't tell her you know. I want to talk to her later about it." the stoat looks at the otter. "So. What happened with Will?

Aikuen blinks a few times and looks to the floor, "I still don't believe it... I'll keep quite... Does Will know? Please talk to her... It would be devastating to Will if she actually did..." he hmms a bit and shakes his head. He then takes a deep breath, "Will wanted to kill me... That's why he drank... so he wouldn't... We patched thing up, hopefully... I didn't punish him..." he adds that last bit, just in case that is what the stoat was wondering.

Kentar nods a little and then smiles a bit before nodding. "I'm glad that he doesn't hate you. And I'm also glad he didn't kill you." he then nods again. "I will talk to her. Trust me. I don't want to see her dead either." He frowns. "So. Uh. Have you gotten over your stupid notion of life is over?" he asks.

Aikuen shrugs but smiles, "I never though that... I just though it was going in another... painful direction..." He grimaces, and gets up, "So far yes... But it all rides on Fi... Fira... Hopefully she will forgive me... I know she will still love me... but..." He looks to the stoat, and stops mid sentence, "I'll shut up now..." he chuckles lightly.

Kentar chuckles a little. "Aikuen. Listen to me. She will stay with you. Trust me." he smiles before rolling his head. "I'll talk to her for you. If you want."

Aikuen frowns, "No! I will... I'm stepping up... and taking charge of my faults... no more being a coward...That's right, I heard you right before you clonked me on the head... yes i know it was you... " he grumbles then chuckles again, "Yes i know she will stay with me... But will she be happy? That's the big question... I don't want Fi to be unhappy..." he begins to pace again.

Kentar smiles and nods. "Good on you, mate!" he smiles. "Its about time you do things yourself." he chuckles. "Just. Do me a favor will you?" he asks, smiling.

Aikuen looks to the stoat and smiles, "Anything mate! What is it?" he stops pacing to look at Kentar properly.

Kentar smiles slightly more. "Don't hurt yourself anymore. I lost my family and friends once, and I don't want to go through that again."

Aikuen laughs and nods, "Aye, I wont anymore... I was feeling like dung... and I was being stupid..." He sighs and walks over to Kentar, to give him a small hug, "I don't want to lose you either... I have lost more than i care to remember... and then I lost you and Garnet... please never die!" he laughs so more as he lets go of his best friend.

Kentar nods and chuckles. "I'm glad you didn't kill yourself." he smiles softly then nodding. 'I won't ever die. Never." he smiles.

Aikuen shakes his head, "I would never kill myself... I would do other things... Like joining the militia... or Going back to Ashurah... "he trails off, and says "Then i will never die also..." He smiles, and goes back to pacing, working on what to say to her "'Fi... I love you... And what I did to Amy was wrong... and... leaving you was also wrong'... No... that wont work either." he grumbles and mumbles to himself more things he has to say.

Kentar nods and chuckles. "Just...don't do anything ever. Ever!" he says before laughs. "I think it works." he smiles. "Yeah...go with that one."

Aikuen looks to Kentar and shakes his head, "No... Its needs to truly be sincere... straight from my heart to hers... That one... was just plain awful..." he hmms, "'Fi... What i have done... was... Imposable to forgive... I hurt a Dibbun... And then planing to leave you... And i am sorry... but i know that isn't enough for something like that... I just wanted to protect you... and the others... and I felt, at the time... leaving was the only option... I am sorry...'hmmm better..." he slows his pace down, as he still thinks.

Kentar hrms and then nods. "yeah...that one was best."

Aikuen says, "You think so... I hope so... It needs to be..." He goes to sit on a bed across from the stoat, "This morning... when Fi came to find me... i told her what happened... and i nearly died when she left... she didn't say anything... it was the lack of saying anything... I felt...My heart was breaking... It was good idea you strapped me down... or else i would have been out of here after that... Thanks..." then he lays across the bed, and taps his footpaws, trying to get the courage to go see Fira.

Kentar nods a little. "I know how you feel." The stoat says with a hrm. "Your welcome Aikuen. I couldn't let you go." he smiles

Moledeep: Foremole's Study

Will goes off to clean up and then goes looking for Amy. He finds her in the study and after a long talk she goes off to clean herself off before they go back to the infirmary. Will waits in the study for Amy to come back.

Amethyst returns after a while and tells Will what Kentar had talked to her about and what she'd told him.

Will nods and motions for her to follow him back to the infirmary.

Moledeep: Infirmary

Aikuen stands, "Alright this is it... I'm ready... I'm pumped... and I'm a nervous wreck... she is the first beast to do that to me..." he starts jogging in place, "She is probably in our room... or in the kitchen... or in the woods... I'll find her, even if it takes me all night!" he laughs and continues to jog in place.

Kentar nods and chuckles a little. "Yeah." he then nods. "Look. Don't worry. She's here somewhere." he yawns and dozes off.

Will comes back into the infirmary, now wearing a white shirt and black trousers and the pin is once again on his shirt. He stands by the doorway waiting for Amethyst who was following behind him. Will smiles at Aikuen, "If yurr lookin fer Stepmum I can narrow down your search. She's not in th kitchen, study, storage chamber or sleepin' hall."

Amethyst hangs back and doesn't follow Will in at first but after a few minutes she comes in with one of the staffs Kentar made her in paw. She's in her old rag dress again and it hangs loosely on her small frame but at least it's clean.

Aikuen stops jogging and smiles to Will, who now is a distraction "Hello Will!... And Amy! How are you both doing this fine afternoon! So, what were guys up too?" he takes a deep stuttering breath, "She isn't there... alright that narrows it a bit..." probably in their room...

Will sits down on one of the cots, "Hi. ... she mad at us?" he asks cocking his head to the side even though doing so makes it harder to see the otter.

Amethyst is being clingy again, though not as bad as before. She sits next to Will on the cot holding his right paw with her free one.

Aikuen shakes his head, "No... She is mad at me... I told her what happened... and what i was planing to do... You you know how she hates fighting, and then i was gonna leave her... she didn't say how she felt... but i could tell... and it hurt..." he shakes the thoughts out, "... well anyways... im gonna try and explain to Fi that i'm sorry. Hopefully she will forgive me... for what ive done... and was planing to do..." He sighs, his nervousness beginning to show.

Will nods. "After you explain things'll be better again, right?" the dibbun asks hopefully.

Aikuen shakes violently, and sighs, "I... I hope... I hope so..." and he starts to pace again, "She will stay here... But she may not be happy anymore... I have to change that... I have to..." he takes another stuttered breath, "It has to work... No! Kentar is right... its going to work..." but that still doesn't stop him from pacing.

Amethyst lays down on the cot, letting go of Will's paw.

Aikuen jumps up and down a few times, and says, "Okay... i'm as good, as i'm ever gonna get... Wheh! Wish me Luck Will, You too Amy!" He laughs somewhat and walks out the door. He goes to check their room, and low and behold... Fira is there, reading a book. She looks to Aik when he enters, but doesn't make any other motion. Aik quietly closes the door behind him and says, "Hey... Fi..." He goes to the bed, and sits down. He takes her paw and pats it. It still has the ring on it. He smiles and tells her... How he feels... and how he is sorry...

Will waves a little and goes off to check on Racky and maybe see whatever happened to Kluna.

Amethyst is napping on the cot and doesn't notice when Will leaves.

Will returns to the infirmary and having nothing else to do he sits back down on the cot Amy's sleeping on. Aikuen is still off talking with Fira and the rat doubts he'll be back any time soon.

Kentar was awake this time. The stoat looks up at Will and gives a bit of a wave. "Hey Will."

Will looks up, "Hey. Pa went t talk t Stepmum." he says in case the stoat's wondering where the otter went.

Kentar smiles and nods before standing and walking about a bit. "Ah. Thanks." he nods. "Hope it goes well."

Will says, "Me too."

Amethyst is sleeping.

Kentar nods. "I'm sure it will." he chuckles. "So. Will. Can I ask you something?"

Will shrugs, "I guess so."

Kentar takes a deep breath. "Amy told me earlier she tried to kill herself. And I was wondering if maybe, you knew why?"

Will chews on his lip and asks, "Yeah. What all did she tell you?"

Kentar shrugs. "That's all she told me really." he says before sitting down. "What happened?"

Will sighs, "We went t th Abbey and I took her t th infirmary there and told th healers about her being hurt, didn't tell em who did it just that she'd been hit. And then I went out and ... did stuff. When I went t see how she was doing she /wasn't in there/ an th healers said she was better an they'd let her go down stairs. I looked all over th Abbey and she wasn't anywhere!" he has to stop for a bit to calm himself before speaking again, "... She'd gone outside, all by herself, alone and without even a stick to help her get around! I went after her or tried to. Mossflower's huge I was lucky I found her at all. She'd got lost and wandered over t th old church ruins. As I was walking by it I heard her screaming cause she'd fell in one th grave some beasts had looted and was carrying on cause th hole wasn't empty. I had t go down in there to help her get out. We talked a lot on th way back here and then ... we came in an talked t you an Pa."

He didn't mention what he'd done to the sign with the rules once he'd gotten back but the stoat can see that for himself next time he goes outside.

Will tries not to yell at the stoat but it seems obvious to him, maybe he's just been around Amy too long. "She can't see and without a walking stick she can barely walk. I was surprised she got as far from th Abbey as she did."

Kentar nods a little. "Yeah. But still. WHY?" that bit was shouted. He winced slightly, forgetting she was asleep.

Will is quiet for a minute or two, "She can't fight if some beast like that fox were to find her ... and she knows it."

Kentar nods a little. "Yeah. But your still not answering my question Will. Why would she want to kill herself?" he asks...again.

Will takes a deep breath, "She said that when he ... hit her, Pa'd said things had been better before she'd come here. ... I guess she believed him."

Kentar ohs and sighs. "That otter. That otter didn't mean it." he says. "I'm sure he didn't. But it was stupid of her to believe such a thing."

Will nods, "I told her that. That he didn't mean it and it wasn't true and stuff. ... She's ... She's gonna try harder t not say stuff that'll make everyone mad at her anymore."

Kentar scratches his ear. "Its all she can do I suppose. But I know I'm not mad at her for what she said to Garnet anymore. I guess I overreacted. I didn't want to make her upset by not liking her anymore..." he looks over at her. "Heh. She is pretty nice when you get to know her."

Will nods, "Yeah, mostly. She can be annoying sometimes though." He reaches over and pulls on her braid, he's bored and she's sleeping anyway.

She's actually awake and has been for a little while now. "I was stupid. I said I wouldn't do that again. You can stop talking about me now," she says though she hasn't moved or opened her eyes yet. She ignores the braid pulling for now.

Kentar blinks and looks over. "Er. You're awake." he says before chuckling. "Well. No. You weren't stupid. You were hurt. They're different things." he smiles a little. "Anyways. Yeah."

Will doesn't seem too bothered by the newly awakened Amy. "Yeah. Sooo how is Garnet doing after what happened?" he glances at Amy before giving the stoat is attention again.

Kentar smiles a little and nods. "She's going real good. I...Oh! You don't know do you?" He grins. "Well." he sits up. "Guess the good news." The stoat grins widely.

Amethyst rolls over onto her side, pulling her braid out of Will's grasp as she does so. "I know," she says cheerfully pouncing on Will's tail with a paw.

Will shrugs, "I don't know. Must be something good ..." he chews on his lip thinking it over.

Kentar grins and looks at Amy. "don't tell him." he grins before looking to Will. "Come on! Guess!"

Will is still thinking.

Amethyst curls up holding Will's tail, "Six, eight, ten? /Any/ ideas?"

Kentar waits and laughs, slowly shaking his head. "Silly rat!"

Will smiles. He could have figured it out without Amy's help but he wasn't sure if that was it or not. "Does Kluna know he's gonna be a big brother?" he asks at last.

Kentar laughs and grins. "I've not even seen him since I got back..." he sighs. "Hope he's okay." the stoat then laughs. "But yeah. Garnet and I are gonna have a dibbun...hehe" he smiles and claps his paws together once.

Will nods, "He was in th dibbun hole with Racky a little while ago. He may have been asleep, I wasn't in there very long."

Kentar nods a little. "Next time you see him. Please. Please tell him I'm back and I want to speak with him..."

Will nods, "I will. Hope he slept through th other day same as Racky did ..."

Kentar nods. "Yeah..." he sighs a little. "What do you think of him, Will?"

Amethyst is still playing with Will's tail and not taking part in the conversation at paw.

Will shrugs, "I only met him once. He seemed nice. A little scared and stuff but he's not used t being around all of us yet."

Kentar nods. "Yeah. He's not used to not being a pirate yet." he chuckles.

Amethyst says, "Eight is better than ten."

Kentar blinks and chuckles. "Uh. Well. Ten is more then eight, so wouldn't that make ten better?"

Amethyst stretches letting go of Will's tail. "I wasn't talking to you. And that depends on /what/ is being counted."

Kentar ohs and chuckles. "Right. Yeah. True. Eight vermin is better then ten...but ten coin is better then eight...yeah. True." he nods.

Will hopes this line of conversation ends soon. Amy should know better. "I'm gonna see if I can find Kluna," he says walking out to the sleeping hall. If he's not there the stoat can't tease him, right away.

Kentar hrms and then looks between them. "So...What eight is better then ten, Amy?" he asks, looking at her.

Amethyst nods, "Something like that. How many dibbuns are you and Garnet gonna have? Just wondering. It may get crowded around here with little stoats and otters and such running around after a while. Answer my question first."

Kentar laughs then chuckles. "Well. We were sort of hoping for two or three. I guess." he smiles. "Now. You answer my question." He grins.

Amethyst smirks, "My answer's the same as yours just change two to six and three to eight. I've decided ten would be too many to try and keep track of, though that may change."

Kentar blinks then laughs. "Hahaha!" he grins. "Will and you. Six to eight dibbuns. Haha. I can't wait to see it." he smiles.

Amethyst grins, "And I'm not the one that came up with those numbers either. But you'll have to wait at least a year maybe longer. This place will get more and more crowded before the year's out."

Kentar grins too and laughs. "Haha! Will said he wanted that many dibbuns?" he asks with a grin. "Mind if I make fun of him for it?" he grins.

Amethyst shrugs, "Go ahead, it's not as funny after he explains it, but I don't care if you tease him about it. I have. Oh and Aik can be told if you like. He wouldn't appreciate it the way I'd tell him."

Kentar nods and smiles. "Hehe, thanks." he then nods again. "I'll tell him later." the stoat laughs loudly and grins. "So Amy. Can I ask a question?" He doesn't let her respond yet. "Why do you love Will?"

Amethyst smiles, "I wonder what sort of answers would be given if Garnet or Fira were asked such a question with the name changed. Why do you love Garnet? I can think of a reason or two but not the sort I'd mention to you. My world is very different than yours so somethings don't translate well."

Kentar smiles softly and then laughs. "Haha. Well." he thinks before shrugging a little. "She's beautiful. She's smart. She loves me for me." he can't help but to chuckle. "I can't wait until the day I say I do." he laughs!

Amethyst blinks. He's distracted. Maybe she won't have to answer after all.

Kentar grins a little then looks over again. "So. What are the reasons you can think of?"

Amethyst blushes, "Well ... uh ... when I look at him ... I-um ... I like what I see." She answered him though she doubts the stoat will be quiet now.

Kentar tilts his head a little and looks at her. "What do you mean?" he asks. A little confused since she can't see.

Amethyst blushes more and growls a little, "His face is th first thing I see when I wake up most of the time and th last thing I see when I go to sleep and I like that. I shouldn't have to explain it."

Kentar ahs and chuckles with a smile. "ah. Yes. I know what you mean." he says with a big smile. "Yeah...I know what you mean." he didn't realize he repeated himself.

Amethyst scowls at the stoat, still blushing, "Are you through asking questions?"

Kentar grins. "Got one more question." The stoat laughs.

Amethyst sighs, "Of course you do. What is it?"

Kentar laughs. "You guys kiss yet?" he laughs. "Sorry! I had to ask...You don't need to answer." he laughs, almost crying he's laughing so hard.

Amethyst rolls her eyes, "Yes and you're not telling /any/ otters. Aik already thinks I'm a bad influence and if he'd asked I could have told him it was Will's idea to go out to th dibbun's garden to get away from the otter's teasing not mine. Otter probably wouldn't believe it though."

Kentar nods and smiles. "Heheh. Good on you and Will. I'm happy for you both." he smiles softly.

Amethyst nods, "Thanks, now quit asking questions I don't want to answer for a while."

Kentar laughs. "Alright." he nods with a smile. "I will. stop. Promise."

Amethyst says, "Good." She address the door it seems and says, "You should stop doing that. You're gonna get in trouble one of these days if you keep that up."

Kentar chuckles and nods. "Yeah. Sorry." he nods. "I just...wanted to make you uncomfortable." he laughs.

Amethyst huhs, "Oh, yeah that. ... I seems to have misplaced my pillow," she sits up and takes staff in paw to leave the room.

Kentar stands. "I can get it for you if you would like."

Amethyst quirks a brow, "Really? ..." She holds her free paw up almost level with her head, "he's about this tall and talks too much. And he squeaks sometimes if I poke him too hard." She grins at the stoat. "You /said/ you would get my pillow for me," she says, holding her staff with her elbow so she can clasp her paws to add to the innocent look.

Kentar laughs and grins. "Yeah. I'll get him." He peeks out the door. "Oh mister pillow! Get your tail in here!" he laughs.

Redfaced Will mutters, "No," and heads off somewhere else.

Kentar laughs. "No, Will, you come back! Don't make me come out there!" he calls.

Amethyst chuckles, "You shouldn't have done that. Well, I didn't want to sleep in here anyway." She heads out pausing to grin and playfully wag a claw at the stoat, "No more questions and no teasing him when I want to sleep, or I'll tell Garnet on you or something. Night, Kentar." She heads out to find Will and get some real sleep, the infirmary cots aren't too her liking.

Kentar Gives a nod to Amy and a laugh. "Night Amy." he smiles. "I like that rat." he says, making sure Amy can hear him before she leaves.

Amethyst calls back, "Me or the one that ran off?"

Kentar laughs. "You!" he smiles.

Amethyst grins though he can't see it from the room he's in, "Good. You're my favorite stoat. ... Tell Garnet I'm sorry for what I said to her before and be sure t take good care of her and both your dibbuns or I might have t hit you with my nice new sticks."

Kentar laughs. "Good night Amy!" he calls before smiling softly and going off to bed.