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Post by Silas on Apr 25, 2008 22:48:45 GMT -5
The weasel looked back at Kolia, as if pondering that same thing, but he decided that if Vrelt was so willing to help her along...
"Alright, then. Let's head that way." He looks back up the river and does indeed see a narrower stretch of river. Ever the leader, or rather loner, he continued onwards whether Vrelt and Kolia were ready or not. It was just a habit of his, really. It came with his lifestyle, a thing he planned to either resolve, or if worse came to worst, perhaps end it...
No, that's stupid. He thinks to himself, shaking his head and closing his eyes for a brief moment.
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Post by Vrelt on Apr 25, 2008 22:55:06 GMT -5
Vrelt stood next to Kolia and stared across the river, he rubbed his paws together, "This isn't gonna be to hard. Just a bit of frozen water, like back home at Riftgard. We'll cross here easily." He didn't really want to help Kolia across, only to hear her get angry with him for whatever reason she had. Maybe it would be easier than he thought.
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Post by carabadgermum on Apr 25, 2008 23:30:10 GMT -5
Kolia didn't like cold water. She ground her teeth together at the first dip of her footpaw. The twins obviously sensed her discomfort or maybe they could feel her shivering. Thunder began to whimper and Lightning began to gnash his own little milk teeth. "Hush now. It's all right," Her voice trembled with the cold as she went deeper and she tried to hold the sling up higher to keep it out of the frigid water while trying to keep her footing sure on the slippery riverbottom stones.
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Post by Silas on Apr 27, 2008 15:53:30 GMT -5
Meanwhile, Sergei went into the water as fast as he could to get it over with, breaking up the ice with cold steel, his dagger impacting the ice a few times before a crack appeared, and the ice split, allowing a narrow path through the water to the other side. He felt the current tug at his footpaws, ad as he went closer and closer in the freezing water towards the middle, it got stronger and stronger. He looked back towards Kolia and Vrelt to see how they were doing. He saw a potential problem with the twins, but hesitated a bit before asking, "Um, d'you need any help, Kolia?"
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Post by Vrelt on Apr 28, 2008 22:11:32 GMT -5
Vrelt followed the two of them through the freezing water. He was some what used to the winter ice and cold water, after all it was like this at Riftgard, most of the time even colder. The ferret gritted his teeth together as the current got stronger, and the water seemed much colder than it did when he stepped into it. He noticed Kolia struggling through the water, Vrelt quickened his pace to move next to Kolia, "If you need help carrying them, me an' Sergei can help you out."
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Post by carabadgermum on Apr 29, 2008 14:45:50 GMT -5
Kolia looked back and forth at the two males, fear evident in her eyes. Then she looked down at her squirming infants. She knew she couldn't make it across on her own but she was loathed to let go of her children. She lifted Lightning out of the sling first passing him carefully to Vrelt. She held tightly to Thunder for just a second longer, once again showing her obvious preference for her younger son. She kissed the crying whelp on the top of his head before laying him gently in Sergei's arms. "Please be careful with him," she pleaded.
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Post by Silas on Apr 30, 2008 16:53:13 GMT -5
"I will." Sergei nodded solemnly to Kolia as he held Thunder, being even more cautious now. He put a footpaw downriver to support himself as he slogged through the middle with much difficulty. He made it to the other bank, shivering from the lower chest downward, and glanced at the weaselbabe before looking back at Vrelt and Kolia.
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Post by Vrelt on Apr 30, 2008 18:39:13 GMT -5
Vrelt took Lightning into his arms and held him closely. He struggled through the water and managed to pass Kolia. The freezing water was up the his lower chest and stomach, risking a glance at Lightning Vrelt whispered to him, "It's alright mate. We're almost out." Vrelt staggered onto shore and clutched the whelp to him. He was shivering like Sergei, but not as much as the weasel, Vrelt was accustomed to the extreme cold. The ferret looked back at Kolia, "Come on Kolia! You came make it!"
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Post by carabadgermum on Apr 30, 2008 23:00:36 GMT -5
Kolia watched as if frozen as the males carried her children to the opposite shore. She breathed with relief which seemed to warm her through when she saw them arrive there safely. "Y-yes, I'm coming." Sloshing through the icy water as fast as she could, she made her way quickly slipping and sliding. She was trembling violently when she crawled out onto the dry ground but her thoughts were not on her own discomfort. "Are th-th-they o k-k-kay?"
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Post by Silas on May 8, 2008 20:00:15 GMT -5
"Yeah, Kolia, they're fine." Sergei replies, feeling absolutely freezing himself, but it took a little while longer for it to set in. "Um, I s'pose you'd want 'em back..." He stated unecessarily, feeling uncomfortable holding a weaselbabe in his arms. It wasn't what he did. His paws held cold steel, not...
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Post by Vrelt on May 8, 2008 21:22:11 GMT -5
Vrelt was holding Lightning close to his chest with one paw and with the other he drew his blade. The ferret cut down some branches off some nearby trees and piled them up. He knew what would happen if all of them didn't get warm fast. "We're all doing great, Kolia. Just help me get a fire going. Then we'll be doing even better."
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Post by carabadgermum on May 9, 2008 7:57:57 GMT -5
Kolia nodded although she wasn't sure it was perceivable since she was already shaking so hard. She had realized that the males would be more comfortable doing the work of getting the fire going than holding her little ones so she took Thunder first from Sergei and then she also took Lightning from Vrelt. She held both her twins close. They were warm and dry and as glad of her body heat as she was of theirs. "We made it," She whispered to them. "Uncle Vrelt and Uncle Sergei are going to make us a nice warm fire," then she added to the end as she always did, "and we'll find your daddy soon."
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Post by Silas on May 10, 2008 21:50:16 GMT -5
Sergei merely nodded to Kolia, and set down his backpack near an elm tree. He then started digging out a pit for the fire, pretending not to think about the weaselmaid's promise to herself and her children.
Huh, Uncle Sergei... He still thought, crouching down to dig out the snow from the ground when he noticed something. Well, the absence of something. He felt his side for the reassuring weight of metal, but did not feel its cold touch under his paw. He growled silently and stood up again, looking at the river as if searching for something.
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Post by Vrelt on May 13, 2008 22:40:06 GMT -5
Vrelt smiled inwardly, Uncle Vrelt. Seemed pretty out of place, in his opinion. But at least it showed Kolia was grateful for his help, and for once the ferret didn't rub it in. He decided to act a bit more like his older brother and be shrewd about his dealings with otherbeasts. Drask had reached a high position on Sampetra, from the last thing he had heard about his brother, and Vrelt knew Drask didn't like to fight up to high places. Vrelt had made up his mind to try this out for a while, so far it was very hard not to start jabbering on to Kolia. He focused on cutting down several more branches, before he piled them up and looked at Sergei, the weasel seemed lost. "What is it? Someone out there?"
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Post by carabadgermum on May 20, 2008 12:19:05 GMT -5
Kolia glanced sideways at the males. She was actually hoping they hadn't heard her comment to the twins and figured from their lack of response that this was the case. She smiled a little to herself. And then upon hearing Vrelt's question to Sergei she looked up at the Weasel staring at the icy waters. "Did you lose something?" she asked.
((i'm assuming it was one of his weapons and I was going to say that she grabbed it on her way across since she went after the other two.))
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