You saw this coming, right?

Bertram the Bat was busy at work reading his officer training manual when Bandit came into the guard station. "Bertram! Come here." The bat squeaks, quickly closing the manual and the joke book inside. "E-evening sir! What can i do for you!?" The bat says with a salute.

"It's time to execute the traitor Markus. You are to lead Basilisk to the pine marten's cell and let him take care of the rest." Bandit chuckles.

"Right-o sir. You can count on me!"

The fox nods his head, "Good lad." The fox then steps out the door, letting the fabled basilisk inside...

"WhyyyYYyyyyyyYYYyyyy doesss it have to be sssooo cold?" Basilisk whines as he slithers into the room. Blisa follows. "Hi, Bandit. Hello," she says to the bat. "I refuse to let Basil go anywhere without me." The huge snake hisses, "I wouldn't wander away forever....I'd come back...."

The fox chuckles, "Yeah, with a belly full of towns folk..." the fox mutters under his breath. "Bertram, if you would like to lead our fine...scaly friend here to the cells I will stay here with Blisa." The fox cross his arms, "I don't think he would want you witnessing a beast being horribly devoured by..." Bandit pauses, remembering who he is with. "Er, I mean. Executions are horribly boring. All the begging, the pleading, the tearfull goodbyes. Nothing you would be interested in."

Staring up at the snake the guard gulps. "R-right. I'll just...show you to the beasts cell..." THe bat begins to waddle his way to the jail house door.

Blisa nods and manages to get a seat on the desk. "Of course. Because dying in various horrible ways is so last year." Sarcasm and cynicism go hand-in-hand, don'tcha know. Basil follows the bat, hissing moodily, "I'll have a fully belly sssssssssomeday, don't worry....." he grumbles at the Head Guard, then more loudly at the bat guard, "Will I get a ssside of cheessssse with thissss?"

"I'm sure you 'traitorous scum' will be enough to fill even your gullet." The fox rolls his eyes. He's mostly here to keep the cat from trouble. Not that he doesn't trust Blisa it's just...no, its pretty much that.

The bat unlocks the door, stepping inside the jail and pauses. There are two cells here filled with pine martens. A very lanky criminal sort and one well dressed but horribly obese creature, both next to each other. The bat looks between the cells then stops at the one with markus inside.

"Rise and shine prisoner." The pine marten inside steps forward, "Isn't it a little early for dinner?" He asks.

"Heh." The bat chuckles, "Are you by chance named markus?"

The marten raises an eyebrow then turns from the bat and to the snake behind him. A long moment passes. "Nope. Not at all. You want the marten in the cell next to me."

"Seriously?" THe bat lifts the visor to his helmet.

Another long moment passes, "Yep. I'm Liam Grey. Markus is in the cell right next to me. Yep. That's him. Totally Markus."

"oh..." The bat then declairs in a loud voice, "Well thanks. I'm a little new here but...well, thanks." The bat then unlocks Liam Grey's cell, gesturing for the snake to enter.

Basil doesn't need much urging. He slides in smoothly, his whole (ridiculous) length barely fitting into the cell, even as he goes to wrap coils of himself around the unfortunate marten. "If it'ssss any conssssolation, I believe you, marten. I jussssst don't care...."

The marten in the cell next to Markus awakens with a start. "Wha..." Liam blinks as he comes awake, "Holy...what in the..." His obese body has some trouble getting up before the snake is coiled around him. Liam let's out a paniced cry. "Wait! What are you doing?!"

"This Mr. Markus, is what we call the end. As punishments for your crimes you are by ordered to be eaten. Have fun mr. Basilisk." The bat closes the cell door.

"No! Wait! You got it wrong! I'm Liam! I'm not markus!" Liam shouts.

"WHADDAYA MEAN BASIL ATE THE WRONG BEAST??!" It's been about an hour or 2. Blisa had been drawing, but then a very full and happy Basilisk had slithered out and mumbled something about eating Liam. The cat is standing on the floor, paws akimbo, fists on hips. "You just FED my snake the wrong marten, you flippin' idiot! What is this even?!" Basil has curled up in a corner and looks like he might have fallen asleep, although it's hard to tell, seeing as how he has no eyelids.

"Oh man, you're angry, I know you would be angry." Bertram wails.

"Yeah...I wonder why. And when I asked you to release Liam from jail I suppose that means you..." Bandit says, arms crossed.

The bat seems to shrink, pulling his wings over his eyes, "You told me to feed markus to the snake and release Liam! I did that! I did what you said!"

The fox looks over to the slight bulge under the snakes scales that is now Liam...at least for the time being. "Ah blast..."

Oh, for the love of sanity......Blisa packs up her arts supplies and glares murderously at the bat. "You. Are. So. Freaking. In trouble. It's just...." She kicks Basil, who mumbles something (yeah, he actually had been asleep). "C'mon, let's get home. Maybe they'll catch Markus AGAIN and you can eat him then." The snake flops his head to the floor. "Mohkay, whatevessssssssss...." It might take a while to get him home......

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Completely OOC. No martens were harmed in the making of this plot line :D