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Post by carabadgermum on Feb 21, 2008 10:30:07 GMT -5
She saw the change come over Ronan and it frightened her. Then she heard the footsteps behind her. She spun around and gasped at what she saw. How had a ferret gotten this far into the camp with nobeast noticing him? The guards should have intercepted him. What was he doing here? Did he mean them harm? Ronan was already injured from his earlier vermin encounter and she was not a fighter. She crouched next to the big Skipper both protectively and seeking protection.
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Post by Wolfie on Feb 21, 2008 17:07:23 GMT -5
Ronan stood and limped over to the young ferret who shrank back into a corner and bared his teeth in a silent warning snarl. Ronan watched him carefully for a moment before kneeling down to the ferret's eyelevel and holding a paw out to him palm upward. The ferret flinched at first but eventually put his paw in Ronan's who shook it gently. What are you doing here, young ferret? How did you get past the guards? The ferret stared at him with wide eyes before speaking. I'm hiding. I snuck past them when it was dark. They couldn't see me with my cloak on....
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Post by carabadgermum on Feb 21, 2008 17:20:11 GMT -5
Elthia followed right on Ronan's heals. She reached out a paw to his elbow to steady him. She looked curiously at the little ferret. Now that she saw him better he looked alone and frightened and she took compassion on him. "What are you hiding from?" she asked kindly.
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Post by Wolfie on Feb 21, 2008 17:29:37 GMT -5
The ferret's ears lowered nervously as he trembled frightenedly. Others that were chasing me... I'm looking for my friend Alec too. He's a raven. He gave me the raven feathers I have. Have you seen him? Ronan shook his head thoughtfully. 'Fraid I haven't seen any sign of a raven recently. My name's Ronan. I'm the Skipper of Otters at Redwall Abbey. This is my fiancee` Elthia. She's the Heaker there. We're heading there tomorrow. Would you like to come? The ferret hissed and shook his head frantically. They're the ones that chased me. My name's Raventail, but everyone that knows me calls me Raven.
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Post by carabadgermum on Feb 21, 2008 17:32:48 GMT -5
Elthia took a step closer very slowly so as not to frighten the ferret any further and she lifted her paws slightly to show she meant him no harm. But she was very concerned at the news that he may have been chased by her friends, "You were chased by Redwallers?"
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Post by Wolfie on Feb 21, 2008 17:36:59 GMT -5
The ferret sniffed her hands curiously and crept closer after deciding she was safe. He nodded with still wide eyes. Yeah. I wandered up to the gate and was trying to decide if I should knock on the gate or not when I was chased off by a couple of big otters throwing slingstones at me. I was gunna ask if Alec was there, but they chased me away. They said something about filthy vermin...
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Post by carabadgermum on Feb 21, 2008 17:43:39 GMT -5
She turned her head to Ronan frowning and asked him, "Who would have done such a thing, chase away a lone creature with slingstones?" She couldn't help herself she crossed over to the young ferret and put an arm about his shoulders almost motheringly. She was thinking of the way the pregnant weaselmaid was treated just for her species and wondered again how that poor beast had faired after she had been forced to leave.
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Post by Wolfie on Feb 21, 2008 17:50:56 GMT -5
Raven tensed at first before accepting the embrace and relaxing into her. Ronan shook his head. Of course I'd never do anything like that. What did these two otters look like? What markings or jewlery did they have? Raven thought for a moment before speaking. Well one had sort of tannish colored fur and a gold hoop earing and the other had darker fur with a white scar across his nose.... Ronan growled angrily. Rafe and Darcia. I might've known those two hotheads would be behind something like this.
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Post by carabadgermum on Feb 21, 2008 18:17:37 GMT -5
Elthia patted the ferret's shoulder. She knew the pair that he spoke of as well. "Please don't judge all the abbey creatures from the actions of those two" She whispered kindly. Then she looked again at Ronan. "What do we do about this, Skipper?" She addressed him by his title since this was business although she lamented for their time alone when he was just her Ronan.
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Post by Wolfie on Feb 21, 2008 23:27:25 GMT -5
Raven watched frightenedly as the large otter snarled angrily and spoke. I'm not sure what I'll do with those two, but they're in fer a worse punishment then they've ever had. I've tried everything else with 'em. I'm not sure what to do anymore.
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Post by carabadgermum on Feb 21, 2008 23:33:27 GMT -5
"Well," she smiled at the ferret trying to reasure him. "You can stay here in the cave tonight quite safely. It's to late to try to explain to the Camp Skipper why there's a ferret here now. We'll take you with us tomorrow morning and make sure those creatures that did you wrong are brought to justice." She led him over to a ledge on the side of the cave. "This looks like a comfortable spot for a kip. You try to get some sleep." She stepped away so he could settle himself and walked back over to Ronan.
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Post by Wolfie on Feb 21, 2008 23:40:53 GMT -5
Raven yawned and curled up as he crawled onto the ledge. Ronan watched him as he shifted his daggers in order to get more comfortable before falling asleep. He turned to Elthia and whispered so as not to wake their new charge. What do you think I should do with those two?
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Post by carabadgermum on Feb 21, 2008 23:56:51 GMT -5
"Oh Ronan, I'm sure they deserve any punishment you can think of but lets leave it till the morning. It'll be light soon and then I'll have to share you with everybeast again. Please can we just talk about pleasant things till dawn." She laid her head on his shoulder. She was feeling a bit tired at the lateness of the hour but she still didn't want to leave him to sleep.
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Post by Wolfie on Feb 22, 2008 0:05:34 GMT -5
Ronan smiled at her fondly and nodded his agreement. Alright, Love, but we need to get to sleep soon if we want to be of any use tomorrow. We have a lot of ground to cover. Anyways, did you have anything you wanted to talk about?
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Post by carabadgermum on Feb 22, 2008 0:17:08 GMT -5
She yawned and blushed. She hadn't wanted to admit to him how tired she was. "There wasn't anything specific," she said truthfully. "I just wanted to have you to myself a bit longer." She hugged him. For the first time she wondered about the propriety of their being alone together all night. "Do you think I should go back to the holt?" She didn't really care what other creatures would say she just wanted to know what Ronan thought.
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