Quest for the Emerald of Ivaneye
Narrator (8:20:17 PM): The sun was high in the air as the
Questors continued on later that day.
Narrator (8:20:37 PM): The party was looking out for a spot to
stop and eat a bit of lunch...
Tarran (8:21:03 PM): "I'm hungry." said Tarran.
"When do we eat."
Riala Goldentail (8:21:19 PM): "You're always hungry."
Sybul (8:21:20 PM): "Yurr's a noice likkul clearin. Let's
have a bit o' lunch."
Fendal (8:21:53 PM): "Good idea."
Scallin (8:21:55 PM): "About time." The otter said with
a smile.
Tarran (8:22:24 PM): "Yipee!", Tarran stuffed his
sword into his belt, it was a little large for him, and
made for a slightly comical appearance.
Sybul (8:22:36 PM): The molemaid takes the haversack
and removes a flagon of cordial and a handful of fruit.
Riala Goldentail (8:22:47 PM): Riala shrugged and let the
others set up for lunch while she checked the perimeter
of the clearing and the nearby woods.
Weston (8:22:35 PM): "Might some food be going to
spare for a scout?" Weston asked, dropping into the center of
the clearing.
Scallin (8:22:59 PM): Scallin hops back in suprise.
Scallin (8:23:05 PM): "Who is this?"
Riala Goldentail (8:23:13 PM): She blinked at the sudden
arrival of Weston. "Where were you?"
Fendal (8:23:46 PM): "Is he a friend of yours?"
Weston (8:24:04 PM): "Weston of Redwall, at your
service."
Tarran (8:24:23 PM): "What're you doin' here?'
Riala Goldentail (8:24:41 PM): "He was with the quest from
the beginning," Riala explains.
Scallin (8:25:00 PM): "Ah, another Redwallian chap
ay? Well it's always a pleasure." Scallin sticks out his
paw.
Sybul (8:25:08 PM): "Hoi, Westin. Gudd toiming, usn's
were abowt to eat." She tosses him a pear from the sack,
which she passes around.
Riala Goldentail (8:25:13 PM): "Apparently he and Ari left
while Sybul and I were freeing you lot."
Tarran (8:25:23 PM): "Oh, OK." this said, Tarran
turned his attention to more pressing matters(food).
Riala Goldentail (8:25:25 PM): She glances at the other
squirrel. "Where's Ari, and where did you two go?"
Weston (8:25:36 PM): "I have, Lady Riala, scouted the
nearby forest to the Southwest." Weston catches the pear
with his left paw and shakes Scallin's paw with his right. "Ari
is still out there. She went Northwest."
Riala Goldentail (8:26:03 PM): The golden-tailed squirrel
grimaced at the title. "Would you please stop calling me
that?"
Weston (8:26:15 PM): "Apologies, La- Riala."
Fendal (8:26:21 PM): Fendal secretly grabs a haversack
Scallin (8:26:42 PM): Scallin points at the sky.
"What is that?"
Scallin (8:26:57 PM): Scallin runs after Fendal with
the haversack.
Sybul (8:27:24 PM): "What's what, Scallern? You'm saw'd
somethin'?"
Sybul (8:27:57 PM): She neatly trips Fendal and grabs the
sack.
Tarran (8:28:19 PM): Tarran, never one to be left
out when food is around, takes an oatcake which
spilled on the ground.
Fendal (8:28:19 PM): Fendal curses silently
Weston (8:28:27 PM): Weston takes a bite from his pear
and leans back against a treetrunk.
Scallin (8:28:54 PM): The otter mutters under his
breath and pats his stomach.
Scallin (8:29:09 PM): "Twas nuthin"
Riala Goldentail (8:29:18 PM): Riala sits down beside
Weston, munching on an oatcake. "Did you find
anything when you were scouting?"
Weston (8:29:58 PM): Weston swallows before
answering. "Very little. Trees, grass, and the occasional rock,
Mi- Riala."
Weston (8:30:10 PM): "Perhaps Ari had more success."
Tarran (8:30:19 PM): "Hey, squirrel." Tarran calls
out to Weston, brandishing his sword. "Lookit this!"
Riala Goldentail (8:30:49 PM): Riala grimaces at Tarran's
antics. "You and that sword..."
Weston (8:31:31 PM): "So, sirrah, can you swing that
sword as well as you polish it?"
Tarran (8:31:52 PM): "I sure can. Wanna fight
me?"
Weston (8:32:32 PM): "Very well." Weston assumes a
fighting pose with his poker. "En guarde, sir!"
Riala Goldentail (8:32:41 PM): "I suppose you fight as well as
you did back at the vermin camp?" the squirrel said dryly,
watching.
Scallin (8:33:00 PM): Scallin slowly paces around.
"Ar, to hellsgates with you lot." He leaves the clearing
and wanders off into the brush.
Tarran (8:33:46 PM): "Chaaarge!" Tarran rushes
toward Weston, sword held high.
Weston (8:34:33 PM): Weston leaps to the side, flicking
his poker sideways at Tarran's swordpaw.
Tarran (8:34:46 PM): He scores a direct hit.
Tarran (8:35:11 PM): "Ow!" Tarran sat hard on
the grass and sucked on his paw.
Tarran (8:35:28 PM): "No fair, You cheated!"
Sybul (8:35:36 PM): Sybul Picks up the extra food and
puts it in the haversacks, anxious to be off instead of
playing amoungst others in the group.
Weston (8:35:37 PM): Weston bows. "Again?"
Riala Goldentail (8:35:56 PM): "We don't have time," Riala
says, stepping between the two.
Fendal (8:36:16 PM): The squirell wanders off into the
brush after scallin
Tarran (8:36:21 PM): Tarran stands and, without
warning, swings viscously at Weston's head.
Riala Goldentail (8:37:01 PM): Since Riala's right in between
the two, she has to duck quickly to avoid getting sliced in
the head.
Weston (8:37:22 PM): Weston has just enough time to
put his poker into a guard, the slice carrying it sideways and
smashing into the side of his head.
Weston (8:37:39 PM): Weston crumples to the ground.
Tarran (8:37:53 PM): "Hah!" shouts Tarran. "I
win."
Fendal (8:37:57 PM): right now, while the others are
fighting, scallin and fendal are eating
Riala Goldentail (8:38:00 PM): Riala swears and kicks out with
her footpaw at Tarran's swordpaw.
Tarran (8:38:26 PM): But Tarran dodges the
strike, he is learning.
Riala Goldentail (8:38:41 PM): Before her foot even returns
to the ground, her dagger is out and against the mouse's
throat.
Tarran (8:38:56 PM): "Erk." says Tarran.
Sybul (8:39:30 PM): Sybul goes to help Weston, bringing
him around with another oatcake.
Riala Goldentail (8:39:41 PM): "Drop the sword," she snarls,
gold-brown eyes dangerously cold.
Tarran (8:39:50 PM): "Leggo 'me, mangy
squirrel."
Riala Goldentail (8:40:18 PM): The dagger presses in on
Tarran's throat, cold steel drawing a droplet of red.
Scallin (8:40:23 PM): Scallin comes running out of
the bushes with Fendal close behind him. "Er... uh,
we're here." He looks at the scene and stands still.
Weston (8:40:37 PM): Weston pushes himself to hands
and knees. "I am -agh- fine. I am merely somewhat rattled."
Fendal (8:40:40 PM): "What's up with all this fighting"
fendal says between mouthfuls of food
Tarran (8:41:31 PM): "Gak." says Tarran, finding
it difficult to speak "I beat him fair."
Sybul (8:41:40 PM): "Yurr, you'm be shurr, zurr?"
Weston (8:42:41 PM): "Fair?" Weston growls. "If your
life was worth a little more, wretch, that would have qualified
as a treacherous blow."
Riala Goldentail (8:42:51 PM): "Drop. The. Sword." The
squirrel's rough voice is a hiss, angry and commanding,
her dagger speaking a silent warning against disobeying.
Tarran (8:43:02 PM): "No!" shouts Tarran.
Weston (8:43:04 PM): "As it is, I feel it was more along
the lines of out and out treachery."
Tarran (8:43:26 PM): "I shan't drop it. I shan't."
Riala Goldentail (8:43:27 PM): Without warning, the dagger
lashes up, hilt slamming down on the mouse's head.
Sybul (8:43:52 PM): Sybul sighs heavily and leaves the
clearing, shouldering a haversack as she does.
Tarran (8:44:17 PM): Tarran drops to the ground,
unconscious. but he is still clutching the sword.
Fendal (8:44:39 PM): "Who wants to carry him" Fendal
kicks tarran
Scallin (8:44:43 PM): "Alrighty then, I'll take this."
Scallin grabs the sword from the mouse's clutch.
Sybul (8:44:52 PM): She's heading north, wondering how
beasts fighting for good can fight with each other.
Weston (8:45:15 PM): Weston smiles. "I'll
carry him." A venomous tint enter's Weston's eyes. "I'll carry
him until he wakes up. Then...."
Riala Goldentail (8:46:18 PM): A mirthless smile touches the
squirrel's scarred face. "All right then, let's move on."
Scallin (8:47:44 PM): The otter munches on an apple
from his pocket. He then looks around and quickly
stuffs it back.
Riala Goldentail (8:48:27 PM): Riala takes to the trees, her
favored mode of transportation, and heads out in the
direction Sybul took.
Weston (8:48:54 PM): Weston grabs the unconcious
mouse's ankles and starts dragging him after the others.
Scallin (8:49:41 PM): "I'll take over for ya when ye
are ready." Scallin says to Weston.
Rudda(8:51:05 PM): Rudda looks at the sky for an
answer
Fendal (8:51:44 PM): Fendal runs over to scallin and
taps him on the shoulder for food
Narrator (8:52:16 PM): The rest of the group's journey was
uneventful, until nearly three days later, when they
reached the mountains.
Fendal (8:53:28 PM): "Are we gonna try to cross those
mountains" he says gazing up
Weston (8:53:53 PM): Weston stares resolutely off
towards the foothills. "Three days, and we still have no notion
of where the Emerald may be."
Tarran (8:53:54 PM): Once Tarran had woken up,
he had hung near the back of the group. Hardly
talking, which shocked nearly everyone.
Riala Goldentail (8:54:06 PM): "Only that it's in the
mountains."
Weston (8:56:32 PM): "We don't even know the
Emerald is in the mountains. We are guided by guesses,
feelings, and the ravings of old ones!" Weston glowers.
Riala Goldentail (8:56:39 PM): "Well, I suppose we'll know
we're getting close if we get attacked by eagles."
Scallin (8:57:22 PM): Scallin fingers his new
sword. "Well, where do we go from here?"
Rudda(8:58:35 PM): Rudda plays with his sling
anxiously
Tarran (8:58:47 PM): Tarran saunters up to
Scallin, an...interesting look on his face. "H-Hello,
Scallin?"
Weston (8:59:27 PM): Weston checks his map. "The
mountains extend northwards for some miles. It may be best if
we try to find an easy pass to the top, where we can travel in
relative ease."
Tarran (8:59:38 PM): "You've got my sword, you
know."
Fendal (8:59:53 PM): Fendal sneaks up behind Tarran
Riala Goldentail (9:00:03 PM): Riala nods, ignoring Scallin
and Tarran. "Sounds good to me."
Scallin (9:00:06 PM): "Aye, tat's true. I am holding
on to it for ye."
Tarran (9:00:30 PM): "I-I Need that sword."
Weston (9:00:50 PM): "My map, however, does not
cover such fine detail. I know only that there are mountains,
not where the passes are. We should explore the area."
Scallin (9:01:11 PM): "Well, I still don't think you
are quite ready for it matey."
Tarran (9:01:33 PM): Tarran begins to breathe
hard, his paws begin to shake.
Tarran (9:01:47 PM): "Give me th' sword..."
Scallin (9:02:21 PM): "I really think that you are
much to attached to that sword. Ask me again
tommorow lad."
Riala Goldentail (9:02:56 PM): "We squirrels would probably
be best at scouting. Perhaps if you take the left, I take
the right, and Fendal scouted ahead?"
Tarran (9:03:13 PM): "NO" Tarran shouts loudly.
"Gimme it! It's mine!"
Riala Goldentail (9:03:21 PM): "Then again..." and her rough
voice gains a dry edge, "that'd mean there's only poor
Sybul here to keep Tarran in line."
Weston (9:03:38 PM): Weston draws his poker and uses
it as a walking stick. "I see no problems with that plan. Sybul
is formidable. She will be fine."
Fendal (9:03:44 PM): The squirell kicks tarran hard in
the buttocks
Riala Goldentail (9:04:01 PM): "True enough."
Tarran (9:04:07 PM): Tarran turns and bops
Fendal on the nose.
Scallin (9:04:24 PM): Scallin leaps on Tarran.
Riala Goldentail (9:04:53 PM): Without a further word - she's
talked more than she's used to lately - Riala heads off to
scout the right side of the path.
Fendal (9:05:05 PM): "Oooowwwwww" fendal rubs
nose.
Scallin (9:05:12 PM): Scallin holds Tarran's arms
down. "This is why I didn't give ye' the sword."
Weston (9:05:14 PM): Weston grimaces. "It will amaze
me if our group manages to keep from killing each other, let
alone finding the Emerald." He notices that he's talking to
himself, sighs, and heads off to the left.
Tarran (9:05:27 PM): "He kicked me!"
Fendal (9:05:46 PM): "You were gonna do somethin to
Scallin"
Tarran (9:06:24 PM): "I was NOT!" If Tarran's
arms had been free he would have repeated his
manuever, but they weren't.
Rudda(9:06:45 PM): I'll scout ahead, on paws I might
add.
Scallin (9:06:45 PM): Scallin releases Tarran, stands
up and dusts himself off. "Enough of this."
Fendal (9:06:56 PM): "Was to"
Tarran (9:07:40 PM): Tarran proceeds according
to plan, and lands a furious blow in Fendal's stomach.
Fendal (9:08:04 PM): "Oof!" fendal falls to the ground
clutching his stomach
Scallin (9:08:07 PM): "You attack me next time you
mangy mouse!" Scallin roars.
Tarran (9:08:31 PM): "OK." Tarran turns and
begins to pummel Scallin.
Weston (9:08:49 PM): Where, Weston wonders as he
gradually moves out of earshot from the brawl, is Ari? She
should have been back days ago.
Weston (9:08:59 PM): This had been preying on
Weston's mind for some time now.
Rudda(9:09:45 PM): from afar Rudda , chuckels at
the antics of his friends.
Scallin (9:10:13 PM): Scallin grabs Tarran under his
shoulders with both hands and lifts him off the ground.
Fendal (9:10:38 PM): "Go, Scallin!!"
Tarran (9:12:03 PM): Tarran bites the sturdy
Otter's arm. Which is conveniently within mouth reach.
Riala Goldentail (9:12:37 PM): Riala continues to scout
about to the right of the path the group had been
taking, searching for a path and staying to the treetops.
Scallin (9:12:39 PM): "Argh!" Scallin throws Tarran
to the ground and kicks him in the side.
Tarran (9:13:10 PM): "Oof," says Tarran, landing
hard against a rock.
Rudda(9:13:11 PM): Rudda puts a stone in his sling
ready to fight a lonly vermin Shredcaot
Shredcoat (9:14:12 PM): Two arrows whiz out of some nearby
bushes, one at scallin and one at tarran. "ATTACK!" yells a
rather large male stoat and 3 other stoats come charging at
the company.
Fendal (9:14:22 PM): "Scallin!!"
Tarran (9:14:41 PM): The arrow aimed at Tarran
hits him.
Scallin (9:14:51 PM): Scallin grabs Fendal and runs
behind a tree.
Weston (9:14:55 PM): Weston, out of earshot of the
main company, hears nothing. His boots crunch over small
stones as he searches for a path.
Fendal (9:15:02 PM): "WAit!!, Tarran!!!"
Shredcoat (9:15:04 PM): Rotnose stops to notch another arrow,
this one for riala.
Tarran (9:15:04 PM): Fortunately it merely
pierces his ear, and does not kill the sweet little
mouse.
Scallin (9:15:53 PM): Scallin unsheaths Tarran's
sword and tosses it to him.
Weston (9:16:01 PM): Weston sighs. "There is no pass
here. I may as well head back."
Tarran (9:16:22 PM): Tarran lets out a scream of
pure bliss, as he picks up the sword, and attacks the
villian(s).
Shredcoat (9:16:47 PM): Shredcoat lets out a curse as the arrow
narrowly misses him.
Scallin (9:16:49 PM): Scallin grabs a large tree
branch and charges out into the fight.
Shredcoat (9:17:06 PM): Shredcoat turns towards scallin.
Fendal (9:17:20 PM): The squriell, not knowing what to
do, runs after scallin.
Scallin (9:17:39 PM): Scallin raises the branch and
heads towards the vermin.
Tarran (9:17:41 PM): Tarran starts to bring his
sword down heavily on Shredcoats head.
Weston (9:18:30 PM): Weston realizes that something is
wrong. Probably the screams. He turns to face the
approximate direction he thinks Riala may be in, reasoning
that she's closer to him than she is to the main group. "Riala!"
he shouts. "Ambush!"
Scallin (9:18:41 PM): He swings the branch down on
a ferrets head. And at the same moment an arrow fires
and hits his paw.
Scallin (9:19:14 PM): Scallin's paw is pinned to the
branch and he lets out a cry of pain.
Riala Goldentail (9:19:32 PM): Tufted ears twitch at the
shout, and the squirrel races back towards the main
group without question.
Fendal (9:20:05 PM): He grabs a nearby stick and
goes for a rat
Shredcoat (9:20:29 PM): Shredcoat blocks upwards and kicks
tarran in the stomach.
Weston (9:20:42 PM): Weston is whirling through the
treetops, teeth bared and poker out. Arriving back at the
main group, he launches himself out of the trees in a flying
kick at the nearest unfamiliar body.
Scallin (9:20:57 PM): The large otter pulls out the
arrow from his hand. "Yarh." He breaths hard as he
picks up the branch again.
Riala Goldentail (9:20:58 PM): From her belt she pulls her
roce, a short hardwood stick attached to a long cord,
and speeds along the branches to the sounds of battle.
Tarran (9:21:10 PM): Tarran flies backwards,
and crumples onto the floor, with a sickening thud.
Shredcoat (9:21:25 PM): Shredcoat turns towards weston.
Scallin (9:21:52 PM): Scallin runs to Tarran. "Oh
no"
Riala Goldentail (9:21:55 PM): She pauses in the cover of a
dense fir, gold-brown eyes narrowed as she takes in the
situation.
Shredcoat (9:22:40 PM): Two of shred coat's teeth fly out and he
falls to the ground.
Tarran (9:22:52 PM): Tarran is bleeding from the
mouth. His sword is laying on the ground beside him.
Shredcoat (9:23:19 PM): Rotnose notches another arrow.
Shredcoat (9:23:53 PM): Rotnose fires his arrow at weston.
Riala Goldentail (9:23:53 PM): The whistle of an arrow
catches her attention and she leaps out of the tree
towards the stoat armed with a bow, stick crashing down
in the direction of his skull.
Scallin (9:24:05 PM): Scallin stands up, drops the
branch, and runs madly towards the nearest vermin.
Shredcoat (9:24:15 PM): Rotnose is quite thoroughly dead.
Weston (9:24:43 PM): Weston, half-panicked, scrambles
up just in time to catch an arrow-graze across the left
shoulder. He gasps in pain and nearly drops his poker.
Shredcoat (9:24:44 PM): DarkClaw fires an arrow at riala.
Riala Goldentail (9:25:17 PM): The arrow slams into the back
of the squirrel's shoulder before she has time to react or
even realize it's coming
Tarran (9:25:40 PM): Tarran groans and stirs, he
reaches out for his sword, and with a more than a little
effort, stands and begins swinging at the two
remaining vermin chaps.
Shredcoat (9:25:42 PM): Mangefur turns towards weston with his
scimitar.
Fendal (9:25:43 PM): the squirell tries to fend off a stoat
Scallin (9:25:57 PM): The otter grabs a ferret from
behind, and pushes him.
Weston (9:26:15 PM): Weston, bleeding, feels his world
wobble and his vision go hazy. Nonetheless, he raises his
poker into a guard and waves the opponent on. "Come on,
scum!"
Riala Goldentail (9:26:47 PM): The pain doesn't register at
first, and when it does it sends red mist across
gold-brown eyes, driving out the usual shadows and
pulling a warcry from the red-brown squirrel's throat.
Riala Goldentail (9:26:52 PM): "Riiiilaaaaaar!"
Shredcoat (9:26:54 PM): Mangefure waits for weston to attack.
Tarran (9:27:25 PM): Blood is streaming out of
Tarran's mouth and nose, his fur is scratched and
matted. In short, he doesn't look too spiffy.
Shredcoat (9:27:41 PM): DarkClaw whirls around with his
dagger, angered at being pushed and drives it towards scallins
throat.
Weston (9:27:47 PM): Weston staggers drunkenly,
shakes his head to clear it, and grits his teeth. His head
steadies and his vision clears- somewhat. He advances
steadily, poker ready.
Weston (9:28:17 PM): Weston feints to the right, pulls
back, and lunges, stabbing at Mangefur's throat.
Riala Goldentail (9:28:23 PM): The hunger for blood, for
death, for the kill drives out all thought and reason, all
ability to differentiate from friend and foe. Riala dives
toward the nearest creature, the same stoat that shot
her.
Tarran (9:28:35 PM): Tarran aims one last hack
at Mangefur's tail, then collapses.
Shredcoat (9:28:42 PM): DarkClaw RUNS.
Narrator (9:28:45 PM): From high above comes a cry, echoing
across the mountains, "KREAAAAAAAAA"
Scallin (9:28:51 PM): Scallin unthinkingly puts his
arms infront of himself. "Gaaahhhhh!" The dagger
slices Scallins are open, and he falls to the ground,
bleeding profusely.
Fendal (9:28:58 PM): He looks up toward the noise
Narrator (9:29:29 PM): In the sky, a dark winged shape hovers,
and dives...
Riala Goldentail (9:29:32 PM): Her throwing arm (not the
wounded one) lashes out, sending the stick tumbling
forcefully end-over-end towards DarkClaw's skull.
Shredcoat (9:30:04 PM): Mangefur's tail and throat are slashed
open. He drops his weapons. And holds up his arms.
Shredcoat (9:30:18 PM): DarkClaw is knocked unconscious.
Narrator (9:30:27 PM): The eagle plummets out of the sky, and
Mangefur seems to disappear from the landscape
Shredcoat (9:31:02 PM): Mangefur kicks wildy at the terrific
talons but they only choke him to death.
Weston (9:31:07 PM): Weston is thrown flat onto his
back by the wind from the eagle's passing.
Narrator (9:31:10 PM): High up in the sky, the eagle lets loose
both the vermin, and another gut wrenching cry of,
"KREAAAAAAAAA"
Riala Goldentail (9:31:24 PM): Her enraged state of mind
demands she finish the kill, and her dagger follows the
roce. A sweep of the scarred paws gather up stick and
blade and the squirrel returns to the battlefield, not
seeming to notice the eagle.
Narrator (9:32:24 PM): The eagle once again starts to dive
down towards the group...
Shredcoat (9:32:45 PM): Shredcoat sits up with a groan and
seeing that his captives are busy with the eagles tries to crawl
off.
Fendal (9:32:55 PM): Fendal runs toward scallin and sits
beside him trying to wake him up
Weston (9:33:06 PM): Weston rolls to the left, trying to
get under a tree. The instant his injured shoulder hits the
ground, however, he shouts in pain.
Narrator (9:33:44 PM): The eagle swoops, it's majestic wings
looming as it speeds towards Riala.
Rudda(9:33:46 PM): Rudda courageously flees,
but it only looks like it
Tarran (9:33:53 PM): Tarran's unconscious body
makes an easy target for the bird of prey.
Riala Goldentail (9:34:11 PM): All the squirrel sees is
movement out of the corner of her eye, and that's
enough.
Shredcoat (9:34:13 PM): Shredcoat picks up DarkClaw's
dagger and hides it in his tunic.
Fendal (9:34:39 PM): He rips off pieces of cloth off his
tunic and bandages scallins arms (which are bleeding
PROFUSELY)
Riala Goldentail (9:34:41 PM): She throws her roce with as
much force as she can muster.
Narrator (9:35:01 PM): Talons out, the eagle leaps upon the
turning squirrel. The Roce hits it straight in the chest and instead of pulling the squirrel into
the air, as it intended, it barrels with the other beast
down the slope
Weston (9:35:54 PM): Weston staggers to his feet and
stumbles as fast as possible down the slope after Riala.
Shredcoat (9:36:26 PM): Weston doesn't notice Shredcoat right
in front of him
Riala Goldentail (9:36:57 PM): The force of the eagle's body
slamming into her own drives the arrow in her shoulder
deeper.
Riala Goldentail (9:37:21 PM): Pain finally breaks through
bloodwrath, and the red mists before the squirrel's eyes
dim to darkness.
Weston (9:37:48 PM): Weston, still trying to chase his
friend, leaps over Shredcoat- or tries to. Instead, his footpaw
smacks squarely into the vermin's head. Weston tumbles ears
over tail down the hill.
Narrator (9:37:57 PM): The eagle, too, is feeling pain, but it
struggles to get into an upright position from their
position down the slope.
Shredcoat (9:38:30 PM): Shredcoat is too tired to crawl further.
Shredcoat (9:39:20 PM): Shredcoat has another two teeth
knocked out of him by weston's trip.
Fendal (9:39:55 PM): Fendal leaves Scallin for a little
while to bandage up Tarran
Shredcoat (9:39:58 PM): Luckily they are molars so he can still
talk properly.
Sybul (9:40:53 PM): The sounds of battle reach Sybuls
ears and she approaches as quickly as she can. She
stumbles on a large rock,. which she picks up to use as a
weapon.
Narrator (9:41:25 PM): The eagle totters around, flapping it's
wings as it rolls on it's back. "KREAAAAAA" it calls
again...
Weston (9:41:41 PM): Weston, still rolling, manages to
go from barrel-rolls to forward somersaults. This is good.
From there, he manages to jump onto his feet. Finally, he
turns his momentum into a flat-out sprint, which concludes
with a dive at the eagle, poker first.
Sybul (9:42:17 PM): She peers over a hill and sees a bird
of such a size she'd never seen. She went with her first
instinct and knocked it out cold with one crack.
Narrator (9:42:34 PM): Wings flapping, the eagle had no clue
that Weston had come upon it, and the poker went
through it's outstreached wing.
Narrator (9:43:08 PM): The rock came as a relief from the pain
as the great bird sank to blackness.
Fendal (9:44:01 PM): The squirell see's sybul and
motions for her
Sybul (9:44:07 PM): The molemaid sees Fendal and
looks around for the others. "Oi went ahead, an' then Oi
cuddn't foind ee!"
Weston (9:44:08 PM): "Well, Lady Riala," Weston pants
to Riala's unconcious form, "We found the eagles, did we
not?" With that, Weston joins the eagle and the other squirrel
in unconciousness.
Sybul (9:45:38 PM): She takes the haversack from her
shoulder and looks for an uninjured goodbeast. "C'n
anybeast move?"
Fendal (9:46:01 PM): "Everyone's unconscious"
Rudda(9:46:10 PM): crawling from under the
feathered freak,Rudda somehow hit a lung with a
improvised otter javilin. a woosh is herd as he
joins his friends.
Shredcoat (9:46:17 PM): Shredcoat is still sitting there dazed
from weston's trip.
Sybul (9:46:31 PM): Sybul sees Shredcoat, apparently the
only live vermin. "Burr, wot happened yurr?"
Scallin (9:47:33 PM): Scallin opens his eyes and
stares at the sky, trying to ignore the pain coursing
through his whole body.
Fendal (9:47:56 PM): "Scallin, you're alive!"
Tarran (9:48:04 PM): Tarran stirs, he was getting
the knack of this unconsciousness business.
Scallin (9:48:18 PM): Scallin half grins. "Aye, I
guess so."
Fendal (9:48:18 PM): "Tarran, you're alive too!"
Scallin (9:48:49 PM): "Is everyone alright?"
Tarran (9:49:37 PM): "No." groans Tarran,
pitifully.
Sybul (9:50:29 PM): "Vurmink? Wot happened yurr?" She
repeats.
Fendal (9:50:45 PM): "We were ambushed by a bunch
of vermin"
Tarran (9:51:15 PM): Everyone's favorite young
mouse lad props himself up on one paw. And looks
around for...
Sybul (9:51:20 PM): "Burr, whoi'd they do that? Oi gott
'ee havveysackers."
Shredcoat (9:51:28 PM): "What do you think happened?!" sats
the vermin.
Scallin (9:51:30 PM): "See that everyone is okay
Fendal, and take this." He hands Fendal a bottle of
some kind of ale. And with that, Scallins eyes close and
he goes back into a state of unconciousness.
Fendal (9:51:45 PM): "ok"
Tarran (9:52:09 PM): He sees it a mere foot
away, and grabs it.
Sybul (9:52:21 PM): "Whoi'd you attack they
guddbeasters?"
Fendal (9:52:39 PM): Fendal heads over to riala and
pours a bit of ale into her slightly open mouth
Sybul (9:52:57 PM): "An' whoi you'm this far north? You
b'aint from 'round yurr."
Tarran (9:53:07 PM): "I'll never let you go again,
precious. Never." Tarran sways from side to side,
clutching the bloodied sword in all four of his paws.
Shredcoat (9:53:22 PM): "Food." Shredcoat had been
specifically instructed not to say anything about the emerald
and had his lie prepared.
Shredcoat (9:54:10 PM): "I SAID WE ATTACKED EM FER
FOOOOOOOOOD!!"
Fendal (9:54:39 PM): He heads over to weston does the
same
Riala Goldentail (9:54:40 PM): Riala sputtered as the ale
choked her.
Sybul (9:55:56 PM): "You doan't know anyfink about any
treshure yurr aboats?"
Rudda(9:55:59 PM): A small trickle of blood runs out
Rudda's ear And he passes out, falls off his stump
and rolls a way on the grass, and moans
HELP!!:-(:'(:'(
Weston (9:56:14 PM): Weston coughs weakly and sits
up against the eagle's body. "Hurgh," he says. With that
loquacious offering, he pulls off tunic and cape and tears a
strip off the shirt he wears beneath them.
Sybul (9:56:18 PM): "Noffink you'm c'd trade for a noice
scone?"
Fendal (9:56:38 PM): He hurries over to Rudda and tries
to wake her up with the ale
Shredcoat (9:56:52 PM): "Oh no, it's not around here.....oops."
Weston (9:57:31 PM): "Glarh," Weston mentions, and
ties the strip of cloth tightly around his shoulder. This
concluded, he looks over at Riala. With a slight and wavering
smile, he tears a somewhat wider strip off the shirt.
Shredcoat (9:57:31 PM): "I TOLDYOU WE ATTACKED FER
FOOD! DON'T KNOW ANYTHIN' BOUT TREASURE!"
Riala Goldentail (9:57:38 PM): The squirrel's eyes crack open
the tiniest fraction, swallowing convulsively and coughing
from the inhaled ale.
Sybul (9:57:38 PM): "No treshure, huh? No food then."
Rudda(9:58:07 PM): He sputters thanks him for the
ale and the help
Weston (9:58:30 PM): "Lady Riala, I apologize in
advance." Weston grabs the arrow in both paws and pulls.
Fendal (9:58:41 PM): Fendal is panting from trying to
help each beast
Sybul (9:58:57 PM): She muches a rather sad looking
apple. "Oi'd rather have treshure than food anyday."
Riala Goldentail (9:59:18 PM): Despite her usual tolerance to
pain, Riala can't hold back a scream as the arrow is
ripped out of her shoulder.
Rudda(9:59:36 PM): And goes to get up and he
suddenly says I NEED VITTLES!!
Weston (10:00:11 PM): "Hold still." Weston wraps the
cloth around the shoulder several times and ties it.
Sybul (10:00:30 PM): "No treshure anywhurr. What a
shayme."
Riala Goldentail (10:01:06 PM): Riala fights back the
enroaching darkness at the edges of her vision by pure
force of will, teeth clenched against the pain and the
unconsciousness.
Shredcoat (10:01:41 PM): Shredcoat whips out DarkClaw's
dagger and aims at the moles stomach and hopes the rest
didn't hear him talking about the treasure.
Fendal (10:01:53 PM): Fendal rushes over to Scallin to
try to wake him up with the ale
Sybul (10:02:28 PM): Sybul jumps up and wraps a strap of
sack around the dagger.
Tarran (10:02:44 PM): Meanwhile Tarran is still
rocking from side to side, clutching his precious
sword. He is suffering from internal bleeding, as is
evidenced by the trickle of blood running out of his
mouth.
Scallin (10:02:49 PM): Scallin awakes suddenly and
swallows the ale in his mouth. "Yum."
Shredcoat (10:03:10 PM): Shredcoat kicks sybul in the
stomach,runs over to tarran, wrenches the sword from his
grasp and RUNS.
Fendal (10:03:15 PM): "Yum?"
Riala Goldentail (10:03:16 PM): "Any... vermin... left?" Riala
asks, words hissed through still-clenched teeth.
Sybul (10:03:44 PM): "No vurmink yerr, Rawla! Go to
sleep!"
Scallin (10:03:45 PM): Scallin looks at his wounds
and starts digging around with his one good paw through
his pockets.
Shredcoat (10:03:51 PM): Shredcoat just RUNS then.
Sybul (10:04:21 PM): Sybul reaches out with a powerful
claw for a foot paw.
Scallin (10:04:39 PM): The otter grasps ahold of a
small bottle, opens it, and pours the liquid over his
wounds.
Shredcoat (10:04:53 PM): Shredcoat trips and hits his head on a
rock.
Weston (10:05:05 PM): "There do not- appear to be.
You should- sleep, milady. We both should."
Fendal (10:05:07 PM): "What else do u have in there?"
he says to scallin
Scallin (10:05:11 PM): He screams and thrashes
about from the extreme pain.
Shredcoat (10:06:04 PM): Dazed, the stoat starts gibbering on
about an emerald.
Scallin (10:06:06 PM): "I have some other goods,
never know when ye' might need em." Scallin says to
Fendal.
Fendal (10:06:26 PM): Fendal nods his head
Narrator (10:09:24 PM): And so, the beasts continued on their
journey...