Quest for the Emerald of Ivaneye
Narrator (8:14:45 PM): Farther down the path from the
questors, two figures appear. They aren't really
talking, but as they come closer to the wounded
beasts, they realize that the creatures need healing,
and run foward.
Shredcoat (8:15:15 PM): "HAHA THE OATCAKE OF
IVANEYE!"
Ari (8:15:33 PM): Ari's eyes widen as it dawns on her.
"Are those...?" she gasps.
Fendal(8:16:21 PM): "Who are you?" fendal says to
ari
Narrator (8:16:47 PM): A vole waddles alongside the squirrel as
they rush foward.
Shredcoat (8:16:59 PM): "LOOK! I'M A BAT!"
Ari (8:17:04 PM): Ari sizes him up with a quick glance.
"I'm Ari. I'm either your friend or your enemy. Are you with
my friends?"
Shredcoat (8:17:20 PM): Shredcoat starts acting like a bat.
Fendal(8:17:24 PM): "Yes"
Rudda(8:17:37 PM): "Me poor noggin,its terribly
sore." Rudda mumbles
Weston (8:18:03 PM): Weston sits up and calls out
weakly. "Ari..."
Ari (8:18:04 PM): She looks around, memoentarily quiet.
"What in all seasons happened here?"
Ari (8:18:37 PM): Ari hears her name. "Weston?"
Fendal(8:18:38 PM): "ambush"
Shredcoat (8:19:07 PM): "Ambush? No, I think it was a
blueberry bush."
Weston (8:19:17 PM): "Ari... over... here."
Tarran (8:19:38 PM): "Sword..." says Tarran "My
sword..." He sits up and coughs up black flegm mixed
with blood. This bit of business completed he lies back down and continues rocking.
Ari (8:19:54 PM): Ari runs over to Weston. "You're pretty
banged up," she mutters, stating the obvious.
Narrator (8:20:39 PM): The vole rushes over to Tarran, who
seems to be hurt badly.
Weston (8:20:53 PM): "Yes, I suppose... I am. But, Ari,
there is something...." He gasps. "Something more... important
than my... wounds. We've been... gone from Redwall for....
three days. But the rats..."
Ari (8:20:53 PM): Ari arches an eyebrow at the slain eagle.
"What happened here?"
Narrator (8:21:00 PM): "what happened to you, lad?" he asks.
Tarran (8:21:29 PM): "It's my Sword, you can't
have it." screams Tarran.
Weston (8:21:39 PM): Weston gasps for breath and
continues. "The rats... at Redwall... They said they'd... burn
the abbey in a week."
Narrator (8:21:43 PM): "ah. ah, good. um...but what
happened?"
Shredcoat (8:22:06 PM): "I'm a flippin hare, wot wot."
Ari (8:22:25 PM): Ari reaches for the broom instinctively.
"Burn it?" she cries.
Narrator (8:22:32 PM): the vole turns his head to look at the
stoat, who seems to be living happily in his own world.
Shredcoat (8:22:33 PM): "Burr oi. Oi bees a mole hare, wot
wot."
Weston (8:22:54 PM): "If they didn't... get the emerald.
And it took us.... three days to get out here, so it.... will
probably take as long on the way back."
Tarran (8:23:19 PM): "You can't take it, It's mine"
Scallin (8:23:22 PM): Scallin opens his eyes, and stares
at the sun. He lets out a sigh and tries to stand up.
Ari (8:23:38 PM): Ari pauses to think. "We need a bird,"
she mutters, eyeing the eagle.
Fendal(8:23:40 PM): "Scallin, you're finally awake!!"
Narrator (8:23:45 PM): "Rather. okay, does this hurt?" the vole
asks as he prods Tarran's stomach
Tarran (8:23:51 PM): "Nasty Ferret tried to take it
from me, kicked me."
Shredcoat (8:24:07 PM): "Oh I say!"
Shredcoat (8:24:17 PM): "Who's a ferret?"
Fendal(8:24:25 PM): The squirrel heads over to scallin
and helps him up
Tarran (8:24:26 PM): "But he's dead now. And it's
MINE!" Tarran screams in pain as the Vole pokes
him.
Shredcoat (8:24:28 PM): "Wot wot."
Shredcoat (8:24:37 PM): "Who's dead?"
Weston (8:24:43 PM): Weston closes his eyes and
slumps back against the eagle's body.
Shredcoat (8:24:49 PM): "I'm dead?!"
Narrator (8:24:57 PM): the vole shakes his head. this was
going to be a long day.
Shredcoat (8:25:01 PM): "LOOK EVERYONE! I'M DEAD!"
Rudda(8:25:20 PM): "Be quiet nasty vermin!,as
Rudda begins to fell a bit better
Tarran (8:25:21 PM): "Yes, that hurts stop it, nasty
Vole." Tarran spits in the Vole's eye.
Ari (8:25:25 PM): Ari pauses for a moment to rip the
hemming off her skirt and stuff it in the stoat's mouth.
Scallin (8:25:27 PM): Scallin stands up fully. "Thank ye'
Fendal. Could someone please shut that ferret up?"
Shredcoat (8:26:04 PM): "I'M NOT A FERRRET"
Rudda(8:26:09 PM): "i think another blow to the head
could kill him"
Shredcoat (8:26:18 PM): "I'M A MOLE-HARE"
Narrator (8:26:20 PM): The vole steps back from the mouse,
"well, hmmm. if that's what you like. dying is, you know,
hmm...no fun."
Fendal(8:26:30 PM): "He still needs questioning
though."
Scallin (8:26:42 PM): Scallin walk over to the ferret.
Tarran (8:26:44 PM): "You gonna kill me. Nasty
vole."
Shredcoat (8:27:24 PM): "Burr aye, wot wot?"
Narrator (8:27:30 PM): The vole rummages around in his pack,
pulls out a small bottle, and forcibly pours it down
Tarran's throat.
Ari (8:27:44 PM): Ari looks at Fendal with a bit of distaste.
"What use is he for questioning? Look at him!"
Shredcoat (8:28:06 PM): "THE OATCAKE OF IVANEYE!"
Riala Goldentail (8:28:09 PM): Riala stirs from where she'd fallen
unconscious against the eagle's side, lids cracking open the
slightest bit, tufted ears laying back against her head at all the
noise that assaulted her already throbbing skull.
Tarran (8:28:21 PM): "Ack!" Tarran spits half of it
out "I don't want no med'cin."
Fendal(8:28:30 PM): "I guess you're right" he answers
back at ari
Ari (8:28:52 PM): Ari sits down by Weston and Riala.
Rudda(8:28:59 PM): "its good for you"saysthe
bandaged otter
Scallin (8:29:02 PM): Scallin turns, and walks out of the
clearing.
Riala Goldentail (8:29:07 PM): She blinks in slow confusion at the
sight of Ari. "When... did you... get here?"
Ari (8:29:10 PM): "Of course I am," she mutters.
Narrator (8:29:29 PM): The vole moves away from the mouse,
and begins bandaging up Weston and Riala.
Ari (8:29:45 PM): "Oh...I was scouting, and...I got lost."
She looks at the vole to tell the rest.
Weston (8:29:54 PM): One of Weston's eyes opens
slowly. "Thank you."
Rudda(8:30:16 PM): "I've fixed meself thanks"
Scallin (8:30:30 PM): The otter leans up against a tree
away from the others. "More o' em? Tis is gettin better all te
time," he mutters to himself.
Riala Goldentail (8:30:36 PM): A slight nod, all the slighter for the
dizziness it causes, is Riala's thanks to the vole.
Tarran (8:30:41 PM): "No, 's not. 's no good
medicine." Tarran's eyes begin to droop.
Rudda(8:31:02 PM): "The hurtOtter rises slowly and
starts to pace"
Weston (8:31:04 PM): Weston's eye shuts again.
Shredcoat (8:31:05 PM): "I'm hungry." Shredcoat is looking at a
map that was in his tunic, trying to find out where the Oatcake
Of Ivaneye is.
Narrator (8:31:17 PM): "Yes, hmmm. I found Ari not to long
after she left you, I think. We did, hmmm...double
back, but to no real avail. So, we went up after you...."
Tarran (8:31:29 PM): "Don't...want....It's...mine."
Tarran shuts his eyes and begins to snore. The sword
drops from his hand.
Scallin (8:31:35 PM): Scallin emerges from the brush,
and eyes the stoat suspiciously.
Rudda(8:31:43 PM): "don't let him eat it! It could be a
clue!
Shredcoat (8:31:50 PM): Shredcoat is reading the map upside
down.
Fendal(8:32:00 PM): "Gimme that map" Quickly grabs
the map from the stoat
Shredcoat (8:32:18 PM): "GIVE IT BACK!"
Shredcoat (8:32:23 PM): "Please."
Fendal(8:32:30 PM): "No!"
Scallin (8:32:38 PM): Scallin punches the stoat with his
good hand.
Riala Goldentail (8:32:42 PM): "Who's... the vole?"
Fendal(8:32:58 PM): Fendal starts examining the map
Shredcoat (8:33:02 PM): Shredcoat ducks the punch.
Ari (8:33:06 PM): Ari nods with the vole and falls silent
again, waiting for Riala and Weston to wake up. "I'm sorry I
wasn't here to help.." she mutters regretfully.
Narrator (8:33:16 PM): "I am, hm....Danfur. of mossflower"
Scallin (8:33:30 PM): Scallin looks over Fendals
shoulder. "Where do ye' tink we are on tis thing?"
Shredcoat (8:33:46 PM): "You just want the oatcake for
yourself!"
Weston (8:34:06 PM): Weston's ear twitches. "Already
forgiven.... Milady Ari. Here, help me... up." Weston attempts
to rise.
Fendal(8:34:06 PM): "Right here on this clearing"
he points somewhere on the map
Rudda(8:34:36 PM): "no we'll let ye halve half."
Rudda bribes.
Shredcoat (8:34:40 PM): "GIMME MY MAP!"
Shredcoat (8:34:55 PM): "THE GRAN' MAHA RAJAH GIV IT
TO ME!"
Ari (8:35:03 PM): Ari puts Weston's arm over her shoulder
and begins to falteringly help him get up.
Shredcoat (8:35:11 PM): "Wot wot, burr aye."
Scallin (8:35:13 PM): The large otter gives the stoat a
quick punch to the head. "Shut up!"
Shredcoat (8:35:24 PM): Shredcoat ducks the punch.
Narrator (8:35:30 PM): "Ah, ah, hmmm...no need for that."
Fendal(8:35:37 PM): Fendal moves the map up, right out
of the stoats reach
Shredcoat (8:35:40 PM): "Tut tut! Such manners!"
Weston (8:35:53 PM): Weston, staggering slightly,
manages to rise. He leans back against the eagle's corpse,
examining his arm.
Shredcoat (8:35:54 PM): Shredcoat aims a kick at Fendal's
stomach.
Weston (8:36:30 PM): Weston's arm is currently around
Ari's shoulders. With a slight frown, he switches his attention
to his injured arm.
Ari (8:37:03 PM): Ari, in spite of the shocking news,
manages to find humor in something. A small giggle escapes
her lips as she watches the other beast's antics.
Tarran (8:37:19 PM):
"Nasty...vole...take...my...things...not funny." mutters
Tarran, he coughs up more blood. He is fading
quickly.
Riala Goldentail (8:37:41 PM): The squirrel watches through
half-lidded eyes and mild amusement as Ari helps Weston up.
Perhaps she ought to try to stand as well? She's not much
help to anyone sitting on the ground against a merely
unconscious bird...
Weston (8:38:17 PM): Weston disentangles himself from
Ari. "I'll be... fine. I just lost some blood. And got some
bruises." This said, Weston devotes his attention to not
blacking out.
Fendal(8:39:18 PM): Fendal leaps out of the way
Shredcoat (8:40:03 PM): Shredcoat aims a punch at Fendal's
head.
Ari (8:40:06 PM): Ari smiles faintly at Weston's
understatement. "Some blood? I'd say you lost more than
that."
Scallin (8:40:47 PM): Scallin walks over to one of the
fallen stoats from the previous battle. He picks up a sword
and examines it. "Ye' won't be needin tis anymore." He grabs
the belt and sheath and straps it on to his waist.
Shredcoat (8:41:07 PM): Shredcoat turns to look at Scallin.
Shredcoat (8:41:28 PM): "THAT'S ROTNOSE'S!!"
Fendal(8:41:40 PM): Fendal takes this oppurtunity to
kick Shredcoat in the back
Shredcoat (8:41:57 PM): Shredcoat goes flying and loses
another two teeth.
Ari (8:42:39 PM): Ari sits down, and immediately gets up
again. "What can I do to help?" she asks Danfur.
Shredcoat (8:43:13 PM): Shredcoat gets up and runs at fendal
and aims a kick at his throat.
Narrator (8:43:21 PM): "well, if you can do anything to that
mouse, I'd be grateful. seems to be somewhat
delirious...hmmm"
Fendal(8:43:27 PM): The squirrel turns his attention
back to the map
Weston (8:43:31 PM): Weston, staggering, tries to
interpose his poker between Shredcoat and Fendal.
Riala Goldentail (8:43:46 PM): Riala glances over at the fighting
group. "They never quit..."
Ari (8:44:08 PM): Ari hesitantly walks over to the mouse.
"What's your name?" she asks, wondering if he can hear her.
Narrator (8:44:18 PM): The vole knows just the thing for this.
"Ah, hm...here, now, er...stoat, how about you let me
put on some splints and bandages?"
Shredcoat (8:44:23 PM): Shredcoat aims the kick at Weston
instead.
Tarran (8:44:38 PM): "Not....del'rious... Nasty
vole." says Tarran, hearing the word mouse.
Weston (8:44:52 PM): Weston takes the kick in the
stomach and falls to his knees, swinging the poker back at
Shredcoat's face.
Shredcoat (8:45:50 PM): Shredcoat steps away from the poker
and tries to kick fendal.
Narrator (8:45:54 PM): "Ah...Ari, could you go and
get...hmm...some dockleaves? I seem to
have..hm...run out"
Narrator (8:46:13 PM): "Ah...and...some wood...would be
nice.."
Fendal(8:46:58 PM): Fendal steps out of the way and makes a grab at the
stoats foot
Rudda(8:47:01 PM): Riala,Use the Force!
Ari (8:47:11 PM): Ari looks a little relieved to escape the
rather miserable scene. She strides quickly off into the forest,
looking for dock leaves.
Ari (8:47:30 PM): And wood.
Scallin (8:47:31 PM): Scallin sneaks up behind the stoat
with with a bit of rope.
Shredcoat (8:47:38 PM): Shredcoat lifts up his foot and aims a
kick at fendal.
Shredcoat (8:47:48 PM): And tries to grab the map.
Narrator (8:48:17 PM): Taking advantage of the stoat's
outstreached foot, danfur quickly snaps on a full-leg
splint.
Fendal(8:48:23 PM): Fendal gets kicked in the face and
falls down
Scallin (8:48:23 PM): The otter leaps at the stoat.
"Lemme jest put tis ere rope on ye'"
Shredcoat (8:48:42 PM): Shredcoat grabs the map and runs.
Shredcoat (8:48:58 PM): But trips from the splint.
Shredcoat (8:49:11 PM): It's hard to run with a splint on.
Weston (8:49:21 PM): Weston, pleased that the stoat is
right next to him, swings his poker in a blow that can hardly
miss.
Fendal(8:49:27 PM): "The map, he's got the map!!"
gets up and runs after Shredcoat
Shredcoat (8:49:41 PM): Shredcoat loses two more teeth.
Riala Goldentail (8:49:59 PM): Ignoring the circus not two lengths
from her, she stretches out her left paw towards her footpaw,
grimacing at the fresh pain that scorches her shoulder.
Shredcoat (8:50:02 PM): Shredcoat aims a punch at Weston's
nose.
Rudda(8:50:10 PM): While the friends fight on rudda
goes to wait for word of the new heading."
Weston (8:50:24 PM): Weston's head snaps back and
his nose starts to bleed freely.
Shredcoat (8:50:42 PM): Shredcoat sits happily reading his map.
Weston (8:50:45 PM): Snorting blood, he swings his
poker again, trying to stop the stoat.
Shredcoat (8:50:55 PM): "You know, you coulda just asked me
to read it for you."
Riala Goldentail (8:50:58 PM): Riala continues stretching,
determined to get back to some form of usefulness.
Narrator (8:51:00 PM): Danfur furitively snaps on more splints.
Shredcoat (8:51:03 PM): Shredcoat dodges the blow.
Shredcoat (8:51:12 PM): But trips on the splints.
Scallin (8:51:59 PM): Scallin sighs, and walks away
from the scene.
Weston (8:51:59 PM): Weston, with great care, stands
and places the point of his poker within an inch of Shredcoat's
neck. His eyes narrow and he spits out one word. "Yield."
Shredcoat (8:52:28 PM): "Burr oi, Get yurr own map Vermink!"
Weston (8:52:58 PM): Blood from Weston's nose drips
onto Shredcoat's face. "You will yield to me or you will die."
Tarran (8:53:15 PM): "You...Squirrell..." says
Tarran, beckoning to Riala.
Fendal(8:53:17 PM): "No thanks" Fendal grabs the
map from the stoat
Riala Goldentail (8:53:37 PM): She glances over at Tarran.
"What is it, mouse?"
Riala Goldentail (8:54:04 PM): Her strength's beginning to come
back, and it's no longer such a strain to speak.
Tarran (8:54:27 PM): "My sword... you...get for
me."
Shredcoat (8:54:33 PM): "LOOKEE YURR VURMINK.
GIMME BACK MOI MAP."
Fendal(8:55:08 PM): Ignoring Shredcoat, he walks
away reading the map
Riala Goldentail (8:55:24 PM): Riala shoots Tarran an
incredulous look at his request/command. "Really now...
D'you wish to join that fight over there or something?"
Shredcoat (8:55:47 PM): Shredcoat tries to get up but realizes
his leg is in splints.
Tarran (8:55:49 PM): "No...It's mine..vole will take
it."
Weston (8:55:51 PM): Weston's poker moves away
from Shredcoat's throat and waves back and forth about
three inches from the stoat's eyes. "Yield or die, stoat- think
fast."
Shredcoat (8:56:11 PM): "Uh whaaaaaa?"
Riala Goldentail (8:56:13 PM): "You stole it off the vermin that I
killed, if I remember right."
Riala Goldentail (8:56:22 PM): "How does that make it yours?"
Shredcoat (8:56:35 PM): "M, yield."
Tarran (8:56:41 PM): "But...it's mine."
Shredcoat (8:56:53 PM): Shredcoat realizes he's still hungry.
Narrator (8:57:16 PM): er
Rudda(8:57:19 PM): "the big Otter decides enough is
enoughand starts gathering roots and leaves for a
wake up tonic for Shreadcoat"
Riala Goldentail (8:57:21 PM): "I don't see how you can claim it
when you didn't kill for it, you didn't earn it, you didn't trade
for it or buy it... you only stole it."
Tarran (8:57:26 PM): "It...belonged...to...family."
Riala Goldentail (8:58:02 PM): "Really now..."
Weston (8:58:20 PM): Weston's lips curl into a satisfied
smile. Now that the stoat isn't a threat, he's more calm. "You
said you were hungry. What would you like to eat?"
Shredcoat (8:58:34 PM): "The Oatcake Of Ivaneye."
Weston (8:59:02 PM): "Hmm." Weston keeps his eyes
on Shredcoat. "Does anyone have an oatcake?"
Rudda(8:59:22 PM): "Rudda is mad now and istead
of pouring the yellow mixture dow the offendin stoats
gullet,he pours it on his screwed up head"
Narrator (8:59:48 PM): Danfur takes an oatcake and proferrs it
to Weston.
Weston (9:00:32 PM): Weston takes the oatcake
carefully in his left paw, using the right to keep his poker
pointed at Shredcoat. He tosses the oatcake forward to the
stoat. "There. Eat. Quietly."
Shredcoat (9:00:52 PM): "BEHOLD! THE OATCAKE OF
IVANEYE!"
Shredcoat (9:01:02 PM): Shredcoat stuffs his face.
Riala Goldentail (9:01:19 PM): Riala sighs. "How about this: I get
you your sword and you let the vole bandage you up."
Tarran (9:01:46 PM): "I...OK." Says Tarran
weakly.
Shredcoat (9:01:49 PM): Shredcoat, happy now that he has the
legendary oatcake, goes back to being a bat.
Fendal(9:02:03 PM): "Emerald of Ivaneye!!" His eyes
grow wider
Fendal(9:02:15 PM): "I see it on the map!!"
Scallin (9:02:29 PM): Scallin runs to Fendal.
Scallin (9:02:35 PM): "Where?!"
Narrator (9:02:38 PM): The vole goes over to tarran, and
begins bandaging the mouse's body up.
Riala Goldentail (9:02:44 PM): Riala uses the eagle's unconscious
body to pull herself up and limps over to Tarran's somewhat
dirty and bloodstained sword.
Fendal(9:02:51 PM): "Right here!!" He points
Fendal(9:03:01 PM): on the map
Tarran (9:03:13 PM): Tarran resists a little at first,
but he is too tired to fight.
Riala Goldentail (9:03:16 PM): She uses it as a crutch and drags
herself to Tarran, sticking the cursed thing in the ground by his
paw. "Happy now?"
Scallin (9:03:38 PM): Scallin examines the map. "Ye'
are right, an we be ary close."
Tarran (9:03:39 PM): "Yes...Th-Thank you."
Riala Goldentail (9:03:49 PM): That done, the squirrel sinks to
the ground and leans her back against a conveniently nearby
tree, watching the map-readers through hooded gold-brown
eyes.
Fendal(9:04:21 PM): "If we hurry, we might get there
in a few hours"
Riala Goldentail (9:04:41 PM): "Aye, and who's going to be able
to hurry?" she asks dryly.
Riala Goldentail (9:04:53 PM): "What with half of us wounded..."
Shredcoat (9:05:13 PM): "I'm not wounded. Only 8 teeth lost."
Scallin (9:05:17 PM): "Aye, praps some o' us should
stay behind." Scallin lights up at the idea.
Shredcoat (9:05:34 PM): "Wot wot wot wot wot. I'm a
bat-hare."
Shredcoat (9:05:52 PM): ".....hare hare hare hare"
Rudda(9:06:05 PM): Rudda Male Otter
Silvren (9:06:33 PM): The dark fox Silvren waks on the path,
looking at the questors
Fendal(9:06:40 PM): "We can't leave them here,
they're too helpless"
Silvren (9:06:43 PM): The black fox says. "Well now what have
we here?"
Shredcoat (9:07:11 PM): "POOF! I'M INVISIBLE!"
Riala Goldentail (9:07:11 PM): "An' who's helpless?" Riala snaps,
drawing herself back up, but her attention is drawn away
when the fox enters.
Scallin (9:07:11 PM): Scallin unsheathes his sword.
"What do ye' want vermin?"
Silvren (9:07:15 PM): Waks over to the stoat. "Hello...
Weston (9:07:15 PM): "What you have," Weston says,
calmly wiping blood from his nose, "Is nothing."
Silvren (9:07:28 PM): Annoyed at the term vermin You judge
me for my species...
Shredcoat (9:07:39 PM): "GET AWAY VILE VERMIN!"
Silvren (9:07:52 PM): "Talk"
Shredcoat (9:07:59 PM): "I SHALL SMITE THEE."
Silvren (9:08:19 PM): "In your postion, you should be a tad
more polite, stoat
Shredcoat (9:08:27 PM): "Talk? Wot wot, go get some
manners."
Ari (9:08:38 PM): Ari wanders back into view, her face
hidden by a load of wood and several pawfuls of dockleaves.
Shredcoat (9:08:40 PM): "Stoat? Where?"
Weston (9:08:43 PM): Weston glares at the fox. "The
stoat has yielded to me. Remove thy foot from his throat."
Shredcoat (9:08:49 PM): "I'm a bat-hare hare hare hare."
Riala Goldentail (9:08:51 PM): Riala draws her dagger in one
paw, her throwing club in the other, wary of the fox.
Silvren (9:08:52 PM): His eyes show no mercy
Fendal(9:09:01 PM): Fendal quickly takes a short
sword from one of the fallen vermin.
Silvren (9:09:02 PM): "Goldentail"
Scallin (9:09:07 PM): "I said, what do ye' want?!"
Scallin bellows.
Silvren (9:09:09 PM): "Riala Goldentail"
Silvren (9:09:22 PM): "I'm hunting a warlord called Thok
Hakari"
Rudda(9:09:44 PM): Rudda looks on from the back
of a stately oak"
Shredcoat (9:09:45 PM): "DA GRAND MAHA RAJAH
THOK HAKARI TO YOU VERMIN!"
Silvren (9:09:53 PM): Smiles
Silvren (9:10:01 PM): "Thank you, you serve him?"
Shredcoat (9:10:05 PM): "He gave me the map for the oatcake."
Silvren (9:10:31 PM): Places his foot at Shreadcoat's throat
"Talk."
Riala Goldentail (9:10:52 PM): Riala stills at the exchange
between Shred and the fox, listening closely.
Shredcoat (9:11:02 PM): "Talk talk talk talk?! No no no no!"
Weston (9:11:08 PM): Weston's poker moves from
hovering near Shredcoat's face to hovering near Silvren's
face. "I warned you once- the stoat is my prisoner. Do not
interfere."
Scallin (9:11:10 PM): Scallin places his sword at the
fox's neck. "Ye' talk"
Silvren (9:11:18 PM): "Look, friend. My daughter is kidnapped
I'm kinda in a hurry...SO GIVE ME ANSWERS!"
Shredcoat (9:11:24 PM): "YEAH! Oi bee's a prisoner."
Narrator (9:11:27 PM): the vole goes over to Ari. "Ah. thank
you."
Shredcoat (9:11:37 PM): "Oh, in that case....."
Riala Goldentail (9:11:42 PM): "You might not get much from the
stoat, fox... He's a bit insane."
Silvren (9:11:54 PM): "Then hes useless." Unsheaths his sword
Ari (9:11:58 PM): Ari stumbles over a root and drops the
wood at the vole's feet. "What's going on? she asks through
a mouthful of dockleaves.
Shredcoat (9:12:02 PM): "Da grand thror hakari is lookin for is
emrald....."
Silvren (9:12:11 PM): "Good, keep going..."
Shredcoat (9:12:18 PM): "Acoz somewun stoled it from im."
Tarran (9:12:19 PM): Tarran's wounds bandaged,
he gets up, and walks unsteadily away from the fox
and company.
Shredcoat (9:12:23 PM): "And....."
Silvren (9:12:28 PM): "Yes..."
Weston (9:12:34 PM): Weston bends to help Ari up.
Fendal(9:12:35 PM): The squirrel hides the map behind
his back
Shredcoat (9:12:50 PM): "He thinks that that person stopped at
Redwall along the way....."
Silvren (9:12:52 PM): "You all alright, friends?
Ari (9:13:11 PM): "Thank you," she mutters, blushing madly
but still looking frightened at the new spectacle.
Riala Goldentail (9:13:17 PM): "I'd wait to call friends those
you've never met," the squirrel says, gold-brown eyes flat and
hard.
Riala Goldentail (9:13:35 PM): "As it is we've no cause to trust
you, nor call you friend."
Silvren (9:13:39 PM): The fox's odd violet eyes glare at
Shreadcoat, "Repeat, I'm not in a good mood. So talk a bit
faster..."
Silvren (9:14:03 PM): "I hope to give you reason to soon. I'm
hunting somebeast right now."
Shredcoat (9:14:26 PM): "An ee soiys ee'll burn ee abbey, but ee
sent some of usn mole-hares to look fur yurr vurmink fellow
wot stole ee emrald."
Ari (9:14:26 PM): Ari takes a look at the large fox and
begins to paw frantically at her broom.
Riala Goldentail (9:14:26 PM): "Aye, so you've said. That
doesn't make your word true."
Silvren (9:15:28 PM): "One moment" His sword raises above
Shreadcoat's neck...
Silvren (9:15:43 PM): "Give my regards to Hakari when you see
him...
Weston (9:15:55 PM): Weston's nostrils flare and he
flicks his poker into a defensive stance. "Do not complete that
stroke."
Shredcoat (9:16:02 PM): "Who's Hakari?"
Tarran (9:16:04 PM): "Come on. 'sgetting dark."
shouts Tarran, hoarsely, Motioning for
the others to follow him.
Silvren (9:16:16 PM): "After telling me his title you deny him?"
Shredcoat (9:16:22 PM): Shredcoat is starting to go insane
again.
Ari (9:16:24 PM): Ari drops into an offensive position,
brandishing the broom alongside Weston.
Silvren (9:16:26 PM): "This stroke will be completed if you lie to
me..."
Riala Goldentail (9:16:36 PM): "He's insane, fox... I've told you
that already."
Weston (9:16:43 PM): "He is a prisoner. My prisoner, to
do with as I will. And I do not lie. Ever."
Scallin (9:16:49 PM): Scallin presses his sword at the
fox's neck, "Ye' go on wit yer business elsewhere."
Silvren (9:16:59 PM): "I'm afraid thats impossible."
Silvren (9:17:18 PM): "Hakari can lead me to somebeast"
Weston (9:17:24 PM): A cold light begins to glitter in
Weston's eyes. "Make it possible."
Shredcoat (9:17:31 PM): Shredcoat just shuts up.
Silvren (9:17:37 PM): "Stoat, run home to Hakari and make it
wuick..."
Riala Goldentail (9:17:39 PM): "He's at Redwall, or so the stoat
says. Go there, if you are so intent on finding him."
Narrator (9:18:01 PM): Down the path, there's a faint rustling of
feathers. The eagle has woken, and it gets to it's
talons unsteadily, then launches into the air.
Silvren (9:18:09 PM): Sheaths his sword. "I'm quite sorry,
Hakari can lead me to a creature very important to me....
Narrator (9:18:21 PM): with a victory cry of
"KREAAAAAAAAA!!!" it circles above the group.
Silvren (9:18:28 PM): His ears twitch, "Eagle!"
Fendal(9:18:31 PM): "Er....tttthe eagle is-"
Silvren (9:18:39 PM): "Get down!"
Weston (9:18:47 PM): Weston's attention snaps from the
stoat. "No, get into the trees! Run!"
Rudda(9:18:51 PM): "rudda ducks as it swoops by"
Silvren (9:18:55 PM): "Slashes his sword down on Shreadcoat's
neck"
Ari (9:18:55 PM): Ari gasps and clutches tightly at the
broom.
Scallin (9:19:03 PM): Scallin hops behind a rock.
Tarran (9:19:09 PM): Tarran ducks into the trees,
not expending the energy it would take to yell.
Fendal(9:19:21 PM): Fendal runs after Tarran into the
trees
Rudda(9:19:23 PM): "it cant follow in the dense
underbrush"
Ari (9:19:41 PM): The squirrel scrambles frantically under
the trees, tripping and falling over the roots in her haste.
Scallin (9:19:42 PM): The otter realizes the rock is
smaller than himself and gets up, making a run for the trees.
Narrator (9:19:45 PM): The eagle descends ominously...
Silvren (9:19:46 PM): Eyes face the eagle coldly, Begins a bout
of screeching
Weston (9:20:00 PM): Weston, taking his own advice,
sprints for the treeline.
Silvren (9:20:17 PM): Begins running as he sees the eagle dive
Tarran (9:20:23 PM): Tarran lies flat on the
ground, under the trees, as still as he can.
Narrator (9:20:32 PM): The eagle is feeling good. ahh....they
know my might.... he thinks.
Rudda(9:20:47 PM): "Rudda is hiding behind another
large oak"
Silvren (9:20:55 PM): Screeches again in eagle langauge
Silvren (9:21:04 PM): "Get hiding, I'll distact it..."
Narrator (9:21:17 PM): Unheeding, the eagle's talons streach
out for Silvren...
Ari (9:21:28 PM): Ari is backed up against a large maple,
looking decidedly nervous.
Narrator (9:21:38 PM): and grab hold of his shoulders, lifting
him up.
Silvren (9:21:57 PM): Struggles for a moment before going limp,
playing dead
Weston (9:22:01 PM): "Ari! Climb! Get into thick
branches!" Weston shouts.
Narrator (9:22:13 PM): Triumphant, the eagle screeches again,
"KREAAAAA!!!!"
Silvren (9:22:32 PM): Goes completely limp in the eagle's talons,
faking his death
Ari (9:22:43 PM): Ari quits her shivering for a moment and
frantically shoves the broom into its sling.
Narrator (9:22:47 PM): Slowly, flying close to the ground, it
goes up to it's lair in the mountain
Silvren (9:22:55 PM): Stays limp
Ari (9:23:13 PM): "I'm - I'm coming!" she calls out, her
voice panicky.
Scallin (9:23:22 PM): Scallin watches from behind a
bush. "We best move now! Afore at eagley ting comes a'
back!"
Silvren (9:24:36 PM): He stays on his back, his eyes open,
glazed slightly, holding his breath
Fendal(9:24:53 PM): "After the eagle!! Thats the
direction where the emerald is!!"
Riala Goldentail (9:25:01 PM): Riala had crouched to attack
when the eagle attacked, but her wounds were nowhere near
healed and the sudden movement tore at the arrow wound in
her shoulder.
Ari (9:25:02 PM): Ari finally manages to get the broom into
its' sling. Breathing quickly, she climbs up into the lower
branches of the tree.
Riala Goldentail (9:25:11 PM): She recovers as the eagle flies off
with the fox.
Silvren (9:25:13 PM): Silvren dontinues Playing dead
Scallin (9:25:37 PM): "What?! The eagle as de
emerald?"
Narrator (9:25:37 PM): The vole waves to Ari. "I'm off now, I
don't, mhmmm, think I'll be much good here. Much luck
to you!"
Tarran (9:25:38 PM): Tarran stands, and
stumbles after the eagle, spitting dead leaves as he
limps.
Ari (9:26:03 PM): "Thank you for helping!" she calls after
him.
Riala Goldentail (9:26:10 PM): Riala glances sharply at Scallin.
"What's that??"
Fendal(9:26:27 PM): "After the eagle!!"
Weston (9:26:32 PM): Weston, though he looks badly
hurt, is only injured in a minor fashion. He, also, takes off after
the eagle, wishing he could get into the trees.
Scallin (9:26:53 PM): "Curses!" Scallin hops out of
hiding and runs in the same direction as Fendal and Tarran.
Ari (9:27:02 PM): Hesitating for a second, Ari follows.
Riala Goldentail (9:27:05 PM): The squirrel stares up one of the
trees, then down at her arm, and swears. Can't climb, can't
fight... useless!
Silvren (9:27:08 PM): Silvren hopes the eagle flies away soon
Narrator (9:27:16 PM): In a few short hours, the group arrives,
slightly exausted, at the eagle's lair.
Silvren (9:27:50 PM): Contiues staying silent
Silvren (9:27:59 PM): "Come on, go...'"
Weston (9:28:09 PM): Weston ducks behind a treetrunk.
"Get out of sight!"
Ari (9:28:39 PM): Ari follows suit.
Scallin (9:28:50 PM): Scallin hops after Weston. "What
do we do now?"
Riala Goldentail (9:28:59 PM): Narrowed gold-brown eyes stare
up at the cave, littered as it is with the remains of the eagle's
past meals and bedding.
Tarran (9:29:01 PM): Hearing Weston's order,
Tarran ducks behind a rock, and pretends he isn't
there.
Riala Goldentail (9:29:13 PM): "If I get it to come down..."
Fendal(9:29:15 PM): A moment later Fendal is behind
weston and scallin
Silvren (9:29:24 PM): Realizing hes in a cavr
Riala Goldentail (9:29:35 PM): "...somebeast else can go into the
cave and look for the Emerald.
Riala Goldentail (9:29:37 PM): "
Shredcoat (9:29:45 PM): "I WILL!"
Silvren (9:29:50 PM): Notices several stalagmites on the roof,
hearing the breathing of the eagle
Scallin (9:29:56 PM): "I'll go," Scallin whispers.
Weston (9:29:58 PM): "It needs to be someone fast and
quiet. Not you, my prisoner."
Rudda(9:30:00 PM): "after the eagle attack Rudda is
last to get up the mountain to the cave."
Shredcoat (9:30:07 PM): "LOOKEE YURR EAGLE. GIMME
EE EMRALD"
Fendal(9:30:08 PM): "Not without me."
Ari (9:30:10 PM): Ari frowns. "I'd go, but I'm not sure how
much good this broom will do."
Silvren (9:30:26 PM): As the fox makes a small note he hears
the eagle screach again, he goes absoltuely silent
Tarran (9:30:29 PM): "I'm not going in there."
hisses Tarran.
Narrator (9:30:32 PM): Golden eagle eyes stare down the
stoat.
Shredcoat (9:30:55 PM): "Lookee yurr. Wherm you bee keepin
this yurr emrald?"
Silvren (9:31:04 PM): Silvren slowly begins to stand. "I hate
eagles..." He snarls, suddenly a small glint catches his eye
Weston (9:31:13 PM): Weston's eyes betray the difficulty
he's having making his decision.
Narrator (9:31:14 PM): "Kreaa! Leave nah, an' I may nah kill
yeh..."
Shredcoat (9:31:34 PM): "I'm already dead. Tarran says so."
Ari (9:31:40 PM): "I'll go," Ari says finally.
Silvren (9:31:40 PM): Silvren digs back into the interior of the
cave, upon a rocky pedestal is a large green emerald.
Narrator (9:31:54 PM): The eagle is puzzled. "Ye're already
dead?"
Scallin (9:32:07 PM): "Me an' Ari den. Ye's jest need to
distract de eagle."
Shredcoat (9:32:15 PM): "Yup. I AM YOUR
CONSCIENSCE."
Silvren (9:32:18 PM): "This must be it..." Slowly, the fox takes
the emerald, hiding it beneath his cloak, deciding stealth is
best, he fades into the shadows of the cave
Narrator (9:32:33 PM): "Mah waz?"
Riala Goldentail (9:32:35 PM): Enough of this... "All right. Wait
till the eagle leaves the cave, then go."
Shredcoat (9:32:37 PM): "BOO!"
Weston (9:32:37 PM): "I'll do what I can."
Narrator (9:32:45 PM): "Mah boo?"
Shredcoat (9:32:48 PM): "THOU MUST REPENT THINE
EVIL DEEDS."
Silvren (9:32:52 PM): Silvren's dark color blens with the
shadows, feeling air he sneals back to the entrance
Tarran (9:32:58 PM): "I'll gaurd the haversacks"
Riala Goldentail (9:33:02 PM): She hobbles out to stand a short
distance from the cave, since the stoat's within the cave and
not helping much.
Scallin (9:33:02 PM): Scallin darts to a hiding place
closer to the mouth of the cave.
Shredcoat (9:33:04 PM): "Yer conscience you lily livered bird
bag."
Silvren (9:33:08 PM): Thats right, the fox thinks, keep the eagel
busy...
Shredcoat (9:33:23 PM): "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"
Silvren (9:33:26 PM): Stops as he sees the huge eagle in the
entrance
Narrator (9:33:27 PM): "If ye were nah dead, I'd kill ye, stoat."
Ari (9:33:28 PM): Ari takes out the broom again and eases
up to the side of the cave.
Fendal(9:33:42 PM): He grips his short sword that he
grabbed from a rat nervously
Narrator (9:33:43 PM): "or boo. whatevah ye arh."
Riala Goldentail (9:33:43 PM): "Ye fool baird!" she shouts,
slipping easily into the northern accent that shades her normal
voice.
Scallin (9:33:47 PM): Scallin follows Ari.
Silvren (9:33:50 PM): "Picks up a small rock, flining it to the cve
hearing the smash it makes agaisnt a stalagmite
Shredcoat (9:33:54 PM): "Oim not a stoat. Oi bee's a mole."
Silvren (9:34:05 PM): "Please work, please work..."
Riala Goldentail (9:34:06 PM): "Coom oot an' fight, ye coward!"
Narrator (9:34:13 PM): The eagle looks around...what was
that? "Yer not a mole"
Shredcoat (9:34:32 PM): "Yurr right right right right. I'm a bat bat
bat bat."
Shredcoat (9:34:40 PM): "Stoopid me."
Weston (9:34:41 PM): Weston steps up to stand next to
Riala. "Yes, come out! Prove that we were merely fortunate
the last time."
Riala Goldentail (9:34:44 PM): "Ach! Canna ye hear me? Be ye
deaf, ye moltin' bag o' feathers?"
Narrator (9:34:49 PM): "Moles're small, and furry...and do nae
look like st-yer nae a bat either..."
Silvren (9:34:51 PM): Raising his sworda and bangs it against
the cave wall slightyl, the bang echoes
Shredcoat (9:35:02 PM): "I AM YOUR CONSCIENCE BAT."
Weston (9:35:02 PM): "Prove that an eagle like yourself
can defeat two tired and wounded squirrels!"
Tarran (9:35:16 PM): All alone, Tarran sits and
begins to eat from the haversacks, which he
thoughtfully had brought with him.
Narrator (9:35:25 PM): A powerful talon strikes out towards the
stoat-bat-mole-boo
Shredcoat (9:35:25 PM): "BOO BOO BOO BOO."
Ari (9:35:26 PM): Ari can't help smiling. "I'll give ye a taste
of my broom!" she shouts.
Silvren (9:35:26 PM): Begins throwing his voice like an eagle.
"Guid place mah bairns. We'll settle down in this 'ere cave!"
Riala Goldentail (9:35:45 PM): The fox...?
Shredcoat (9:35:52 PM): It knocks Shredcoat over.
Narrator (9:35:53 PM): The sudden appearance of more
voices startles the eagle.
Silvren (9:35:58 PM): He merge sinto the shadows once more,
sheathing his sword,
Weston (9:35:59 PM): Weston starts to walk forward.
"Come out, coward! Come out and fight!"
Narrator (9:36:00 PM): "Wha...where ye be?"
Shredcoat (9:36:02 PM): Luckily he didn't lose any more teeth.
Tarran (9:36:09 PM): "Hungry? Squirrel?" asks
Tarran, handing Fendal an oatcake.
Silvren (9:36:12 PM): "The back o yer cave yah cowardly
vulture!
Rudda(9:36:14 PM): "Rudda finaly makes it up two
the ledge and hops up beholding the scene befor
him."
Riala Goldentail (9:36:15 PM): "Oot 'ere, in th' sun!"
Weston (9:36:24 PM): "Coming to defeat thee!"
Shredcoat (9:36:26 PM): "Burr aye."
Silvren (9:36:34 PM): "I can take thee any day!"
Fendal(9:36:38 PM): "Hungry? Famished."
Shredcoat (9:36:43 PM): "Ee's not a vulture. Ee's an eagle."
Ari (9:36:43 PM): "Try and prove us wrong, Eagle!"
Silvren (9:36:48 PM): Takes off, running out of the cave
Narrator (9:36:49 PM): the eagle spreads its wings and leaps
into the air to get a view of the situation....
Silvren (9:36:58 PM): "We'd better go, come on!"
Riala Goldentail (9:37:03 PM): "Or are ye afeared o' th' day, ye
featherduster?"
Silvren (9:37:04 PM): "I distacted it and..."
Silvren (9:37:30 PM): "Get moving!"
Riala Goldentail (9:38:01 PM): "An' why be that?" Riala asks
sharply, still stuck in the northern accent. "We've nae got th'
Emerald yet!"
Tarran (9:38:01 PM): "These're th' best oatcakes
I've had." says Tarran, munching on one "Should get
th' recipe, eh?"
Silvren (9:38:05 PM): runs out of the cave
Silvren (9:38:13 PM): "Riala!"
Weston (9:38:19 PM): Weston weaves his poker into a
flashing pattern, finally bringing it to rest in the position of a
warrior's salute. Ignoring the others, he calls out, "Come then,
vulture! The two of us defeated thee once and we shall do so
again!"
Scallin (9:38:29 PM): Scallin makes a mad dash
towards the caves entrance.
Riala Goldentail (9:38:39 PM): She glances over irritably at
Silvren. "What d'ye be wantin', fox?!"
Narrator (9:38:39 PM): "KREAAAHHH!" trumpets the eagle.
Silvren (9:38:39 PM): A severely annoyed fox whispers in the
squirrel's ear. "I got it..."
Ari (9:38:41 PM): Ari nods vaguely at Weston's speech.
Fendal(9:38:44 PM): "yes...recipe...mmmm"
Shredcoat (9:38:48 PM): Shredcoat is acting like an eagle.
Shredcoat (9:39:03 PM): "KREAAAAAAAAAH!"
Silvren (9:39:07 PM): "What am I doing... EAT THE
STOAT!!!!"
Weston (9:39:11 PM): "Oh, so thou canst scream? Can
thou fight as well as shout?"
Rudda(9:39:15 PM): "its easy enough to make"
Fendal(9:39:22 PM): "I think our friends are in danger,
we better go check"
Shredcoat (9:39:23 PM): "I'M AN EAGLE NOT A STOAT."
Riala Goldentail (9:39:25 PM): "Truthfully?"
Scallin (9:39:26 PM): Scallin runs deeper into the cave,
and looks around for any sign of an emerald.
Silvren (9:39:26 PM): "Hes mocking the mighty eagle!"
Narrator (9:39:27 PM): the eagle dives towards weston.
Silvren (9:39:36 PM): Raises his cloak showing the glimmering
emerald.
Tarran (9:39:38 PM): "I wunner if'n th' others are
hungry? D'ya think we should save some for them?"
Tarran doesn't hear Fendal's ludicrous suggestion.</F
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Riala Goldentail (9:39:48 PM): "'Ey, featherduster!" Riala shouts.
Shredcoat (9:39:57 PM): "Eagle! Yon foxees got ee emrald."
Silvren (9:40:08 PM): "The stoat mocks thee!"
Ari (9:40:12 PM): Ari yells angrily at Silvren. "Don't show
him! He'll attack you!"
Riala Goldentail (9:40:13 PM): "I challenged ye first!"
Silvren (9:40:20 PM): Slowly raises his crossbow, aiming at
Shreadcoat...
Narrator (9:40:26 PM): the eagle continues towards weston
Shredcoat (9:40:28 PM): "Give ee bird bag back ee emrald."
Silvren (9:40:33 PM): Switches his aim quickly...
Fendal(9:40:35 PM): the squirrel ignores tarran and
pears over the rock
Weston (9:40:41 PM): Weston raises his poker in a
stabbing attack.
Silvren (9:40:46 PM): Firing at the eagles's throat, putting the
bow away quickly
Scallin (9:40:48 PM): Scallin emerges from the dark
cave. "Tare be a nuttin in dare!"
Ari (9:41:04 PM): Ari steps in front of Weston and waves
the broom at the eagle.
Tarran (9:41:07 PM): "Get down, mangy squirrel,
they'll see you eating th' oatcakes."
Shredcoat (9:41:08 PM): "I could do with another oatcake."
Ari (9:41:09 PM): "Git away!"
Riala Goldentail (9:41:15 PM): She's surprised at the sight of the
emerald, but it's too late to run; the eagle's diving and she
can't leave the other two squirrels to face it alone...
Narrator (9:41:24 PM): The eagle spreads its wings, showing
it's great talons, when the bolt hits it in the shoulder.
"KREEEE!!!" it screams.
Riala Goldentail (9:41:28 PM): She draws her dagger and her
roce and crouches, waiting...
Silvren (9:41:31 PM): Isn't moving either "My daughter..."
Fendal(9:41:38 PM): A piece of oatcake falls out of
fendals mouth as he watches the action
Weston (9:41:42 PM): "Ari- no!" Weston, dropping his
poker, tries to shove Ari out of the way.
Silvren (9:41:44 PM): Raises his sword, "Well if this is the
end..."
Tarran (9:41:56 PM): Tarran snatches it up, and
eats it.
Narrator (9:41:59 PM): The eagle crashes into the two beasts,
in a confused jumble of feather and fur.
Shredcoat (9:42:04 PM): "OATCAKE!" Shredcoat runs at
Fendal.
Silvren (9:42:15 PM): Raises his crossbow firing at the eagle's
throat as it comes down
Ari (9:42:17 PM): Ari furiously beats at the eagle with her
broom.
Weston (9:42:26 PM): Weston, deprived of his weapon,
locates a feather, shoves it out of the way, and bites savagely
at the flesh beneath.
Riala Goldentail (9:42:28 PM): "Seasons!" Riala lets loose a few
more swears and dives into the fight, ignoring the pain of her
earlier wounds.
Tarran (9:42:34 PM): "That's the last one, I'm
afraid." Tarran looks sadly at the empty haversack.
Fendal(9:42:36 PM): Fendal throws an oatcake at
Shredcoats face
Silvren (9:42:38 PM): I got it!
Riala Goldentail (9:42:50 PM): She lays about on anything
feathered with her roce and slashes down with her dagger.
Shredcoat (9:42:52 PM): It hits Shredcoat's nose.
Shredcoat (9:42:59 PM): "Thankee very much."
Silvren (9:43:04 PM): "Calm down!"
Shredcoat (9:43:06 PM): "Much obliged."
Shredcoat (9:43:19 PM): Shredcoat proceeds to eat his oatcake.
Scallin (9:43:24 PM): Scallin runs toward where the
action is.
Ari (9:43:34 PM): Ari continues to bite and quick furiously,
still laying about the broom.
Silvren (9:43:43 PM): Loojs at the eagle, which he shot...
Weston (9:44:05 PM): Weston, also, continues to bite,
clawing his way towards the bird's head.
Silvren (9:44:19 PM): Withdraws the emerald from his cloak
Shredcoat (9:44:22 PM): Shredcoat is done eating his oatcake.
Silvren (9:44:30 PM): "I got it from the cave!"
Scallin (9:44:38 PM): Scallin stops in his tracks at the
sight of the emerald.
Tarran (9:44:41 PM): Tarran tugs on Fendal's leg.
"Hey, d' you have any elderberry wine? M' mouth's a
tad parched."
Shredcoat (9:44:51 PM): Shredcoat looks about the cave.
Silvren (9:44:58 PM): "I nearly died but I got it!
Fendal(9:45:03 PM): "I think there's some in that
haversack"
Shredcoat (9:45:03 PM): He goes over to a corner.
Weston (9:45:03 PM): Weston rolls off the eagle's
corpse, panting with exertion. "We... killed it?"
Riala Goldentail (9:45:04 PM): Riala stops flaying about when she
realizes the eagle is motionless, not moving, and disentangles
herself from the fray.
Fendal(9:45:09 PM): He grabs his short sword and
leaps out from behind the rock suspecting that
something is wrong
Silvren (9:45:23 PM): "Looks that way, nice shot.."
Rudda(9:45:27 PM): "i've got a beaker of wine hve a
sip."
Ari (9:45:30 PM): Ari stops kicking for a moment and
relaxes under the shadow of the eagle's wing.
Riala Goldentail (9:45:31 PM): She crouches by its neck, noting
the crossbow bolt in its throat. "Nay... not we."
Silvren (9:45:34 PM): The fox sighs in relief and turns to Riala
Scallin (9:45:36 PM): "The... the... they emerald."
Tarran (9:45:40 PM): "Thanks."
Silvren (9:45:52 PM): "Well, given reason to become friends
now?"
Riala Goldentail (9:46:01 PM): The squirrel looks at the fox and
at the crossbow in his paws. "Aye, I believe so, fox."
Ari (9:46:03 PM): "It's dead...." she mutters, half in relief
and half in disbelief.
Weston (9:46:08 PM): The fact that the fox is holding a
green stone only now registers with Weston. "That's- the
Emerald of Ivaneye."
Silvren (9:46:15 PM): "Here." He passes the emerald to her. "I
beleive I owe an explanation
Shredcoat (9:46:26 PM): "Hmph. I was the first to actually go up
to the eagle."
Shredcoat (9:46:43 PM): "Gimme another oatcake."
Silvren (9:46:44 PM): "My name is Silvren Sundark, I'm hutning
Hakari becuase he can lead me to my brother..."
Ari (9:46:45 PM): Ari gets up, finally, pushing the limp
feathers away. "The emerald?"
Weston (9:46:46 PM): Weston smiles. "That you were,
my prisoner. Very brave of you."
Rudda(9:47:02 PM): " okay ill drink my own rations."
Glug.
Shredcoat (9:47:04 PM): "Who makes this yurr oatcoikes
anyways?"
Tarran (9:47:17 PM): "There aren't any." says
Tarran, sadly. "You ate the last one."
Shredcoat (9:47:23 PM): "O."
Silvren (9:47:24 PM): Laughs, "Wouldn;t ming a drink m'self..."
Ari (9:47:44 PM): Ari looks from the emerald to the eagle
to Sybul, still dazed. She sits down.
Shredcoat (9:47:49 PM): "Who makes ee oatcakes anyways?"
Riala Goldentail (9:47:51 PM): She takes the emerald slowly,
then holds it out to Ari and Weston. "I think this had better go
to you two, Redwallers..."
Silvren (9:47:54 PM): "My brother...kidnapped my daughter a
short time ago"
Scallin (9:47:54 PM): Scallin stares at the emerald in
disbelief.
Fendal(9:47:58 PM): "Is everyone ok?"
Riala Goldentail (9:48:04 PM): Her attention returns to Silvren
and his story.
Tarran (9:48:09 PM): "The mole." says Tarran.
Shredcoat (9:48:11 PM): "I want an oatcake."
Weston (9:48:19 PM): Weston takes the emerald. "This
is a thing of great beauty."
Silvren (9:48:26 PM): "Hes trying to perpetuate a war as of
now, somehow my daughter fits into it..."
Sybul (9:48:29 PM): Sybul enters the cave and stares for a
few moment, taking in what has happened. She sees a
dead eagle and the emerald.
Silvren (9:48:48 PM): "Riala," Gives her the emerald.
Ari (9:49:02 PM): Ari rubs her forehead in confusion, but
she's smiling just the same.
Silvren (9:49:18 PM): He smiles slightly. "Well that was fun...
Shredcoat (9:49:21 PM): "Oi bees a moler, hurrr."
Silvren (9:49:38 PM): Silvren Walks over to Shredcoat...
Tarran (9:49:40 PM): Hearing(or rather not
hearing) the relative silence from the cave, Tarran
stands, pats his full stomach, and enters the
cave.</HT
Weston (9:49:46 PM): Weston drops to the ground
beside Ari. "It's beautiful, but... It disgusts me."
Shredcoat (9:49:48 PM): "I'm a bally flippin hare."
Silvren (9:49:52 PM): "Anybeast still want to kill me?"
Scallin (9:49:58 PM): "Tat be a priceless jewel. It must
never go to a vermin," Scallin mutters.
Shredcoat (9:50:00 PM): "I WILL!!"
Ari (9:50:09 PM): She looks at it. "The creatures that have
died over it..."
Sybul (9:50:14 PM): Sybul gives Shredcoat a strange look.
Silvren (9:50:15 PM): He brings one paw down of Shreadcoat's
head to knock him out
Shredcoat (9:50:29 PM): "Hurr oi! Another moler yurr!"
Silvren (9:50:36 PM): "It really makes me sick that we suffer so
much fear and doubt over so worthless a thing..."
Weston (9:50:44 PM): Weston looks up at the sun.
"More still will die if we cannot get it to Redwall. We must
keep moving."
Tarran (9:50:55 PM): "I'll take it if nobeast wants
it." says Tarran, looking hopefully at Weston.
Shredcoat (9:50:55 PM): The paw hits Shredcoat but he ignores
it.
Silvren (9:50:59 PM): "ye, mate. I'm Silvren, what're your
names?"
Shredcoat (9:51:28 PM): "Oi bees a blinkin flippin mole, wot
wot!"
Sybul (9:51:32 PM): "Oi be Sybul."
Shredcoat (9:51:34 PM): "Burr aye."
Weston (9:51:42 PM): Weston looks steadily at the fox.
"Weston of Redwall."
Silvren (9:51:45 PM): Silvren is almost ready to throttle
Shredcoat...
Shredcoat (9:51:51 PM): ".....aye aye aye aye."
Shredcoat (9:51:59 PM): "A molee-bat."
Riala Goldentail (9:52:00 PM): "And I'm Riala Goldentail, though
you seem to already know that somehow..."
Ari (9:52:08 PM): Ari nods and gets up, putting the broom
back in its sling. "Time to go home." She smiles at the
thought.
Silvren (9:52:09 PM): "Aye..."
Tarran (9:52:09 PM): "m Tarran, an' this is my
sword."
Scallin (9:52:09 PM): "What do ye's plan to do with ay
emerald?"
Silvren (9:52:21 PM): "I'm planning, to deliver it to the army...
Riala Goldentail (9:52:26 PM): "They're planning to stop a war
with it, Scallin."
Silvren (9:52:43 PM): "Along with Hakari's head..."
Rudda(9:52:44 PM): "Rudda suddenly finds himself
sliding on a miniature landslide as the edge crumbles
away..
Fendal(9:52:52 PM): "We should start heading back."
Silvren (9:53:02 PM): The fox grabs Rudda's paw. "You
alright?"
Silvren (9:53:12 PM): "I agree, Hakari is mine..."
Tarran (9:53:20 PM): "Question," said Tarran
"How do you know they won't burn down the Abbey
anyway, once they've got the stone?"<.com/
Shredcoat (9:53:25 PM): "Ee grand maha rajah Hakari."
Shredcoat (9:53:30 PM): "That is."
Rudda(9:53:31 PM): "next thing anybeast knows he
is lifeless at the bottom of the mountain."
Weston (9:53:35 PM): Weston climbs to his feet and
smiles at Ari and Sybul. "Come on, then. We need to go
home."
Silvren (9:53:47 PM): "Think I'll be well recieved?"
Sybul (9:54:07 PM): "Burr, et's ben too long, Westorn."
Fendal(9:54:07 PM): He turns around to see Rudda
gone and settling dust
Weston (9:54:22 PM): Weston sets off south.
Southwards, and home.
Silvren (9:54:22 PM): "Lets go..."
Silvren (9:54:34 PM): Riala...
Ari (9:54:40 PM): Ari follows, running to catch up with
Weston.
Fendal(9:54:41 PM): "Where's Rudda?"
Tarran (9:54:53 PM): Tarran follows, though he
thinks this is a lost cause.
Fendal(9:56:22 PM): "WHERE'S RUDDA,
EVERYONE???"
Silvren (9:56:31 PM): "He fel off."
Shredcoat (9:56:46 PM): "Rudda? Fell off ee cliff."
Narrator (9:56:49 PM): As night fell, the group made camp at
the eagle's lair, to begin their journey back the next
morning...