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Post by Wolfie on Jan 1, 2008 19:35:51 GMT -5
Ronan's eyes widened as he drew his dagger, ready to fight. You have some skill with a bow, friend. What's your name anyways? He kept all his senses alert for signs of other nearby vermin.
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Kal Skirata
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jan 1, 2008 19:39:19 GMT -5
"I'm Kal. Kal Skirata." Suddenly, Kal pulled back and let another arrow fly. The scream of a vermin followed. "Dang! I only hit his shoulder. I hate it when I cause suffering instead of instant death"
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Post by Wolfie on Jan 1, 2008 19:42:23 GMT -5
Ronan found the vermin and tossed his knife skillfully, slaying it instantly. He went and retrieved his blade quickly. After he came out of breath he brought back the arrow along with him and handed it to Kal. No sense wastin' a perfectly good arrow. I managed to get it back undamaged fer ya.
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jan 1, 2008 19:44:53 GMT -5
Kal accepted the arrow from the otter, knocked itd "Thanks, friend. It takes long enough to make these without having to worry about vermin. It occurs to me that I don't know your name." he said as he shot a vermin clean through the neck. "Where are the rest of the crews?"
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Wolfie
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Post by Wolfie on Jan 1, 2008 19:46:49 GMT -5
Ronan stabbed another vermin in the neck and tossed it away. Me name's Ronan. I'm the Skipper of Otters at Redwall Abbey. I couldn't tell ye where the rest are, though. They should be here by now...
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jan 1, 2008 19:53:27 GMT -5
Kal nodded. "Odd, that." He shouldered his bow. "I'll go find them. Can you hold here 'til I get back?" he drew his three sided knife and threw it expertly. Kal dashed forward, swinging his chain, and took out another as he retrieved his knife.
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Post by Wolfie on Jan 1, 2008 19:57:12 GMT -5
Ronan nodded and stabbed vermin left and right with his dagger. I'll hold fer as long as I can, but ye better hurry. I'm gettin' swamped fast-like. He swung his blade desperately as he tried to fend them off.
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jan 1, 2008 20:06:35 GMT -5
Kal handed his knife and chain to Ronan. "Here, these should help." Kal started swinging through the trees towards the main camp, searching the woods for the crews.
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Post by Wolfie on Jan 1, 2008 20:12:22 GMT -5
Ronan took them and continued flailing desperately at the vermin as he tried to hold them off. He was quickly overwhelmed and stabbed severaly times before he could climb a tree.
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jan 1, 2008 20:14:23 GMT -5
Kal turned around at the sudden absence of noise. He dashed back and when he spotted the vermin advancing unopposed, he sat in the tree and started sniping them with his longbow. He couldn't find Ronan so he called out "Ronan! Where are ye, mate!"
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Post by Wolfie on Jan 1, 2008 21:32:16 GMT -5
Ronan heard the voice, but it sounded very distant and garbled. He'd lost a lot of blood and was struggling to even stay upright. He eventually blacked out and fell out of his spot from the tree.
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Post by carabadgermum on Jan 1, 2008 22:38:47 GMT -5
All three of the otter brothers had been hard pressed in another part of the wood as they also fought against the vermin. They had been fighting against each other and together against foebeasts since they were young kitts. They knew each other so well that speaking during a battle was unnecessary. But when there was a lull in the action Emmet had a question to ask of his brothers. "Where's Ronan?" He had promised Elthia that he would look after the bloke after all, and he wasn't about to break a promise to his favorite little sister. "Don't know," Elliot answered wiping sweat from his brow to keep it from dripping into his eyes. "Why don't you go and look for 'im? We've got things under control here." Edwin also nodded and gestured for Emmet to be on his way. Emmet slipped stealthily threw the trees in the semi-darkness and chanced calling out his future brother-in-law's name, "Ronan, mate, where are ye?" He nearly tripped over something large and solid and looked down to find it was the otter himself. He could tell the Redwall Skipper was in bad shape, "Matey, wha'd they do to ye?" Without waiting for an answer Emmet picked him up and began to stumble under the weight back to the camp.
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Post by Wolfie on Jan 1, 2008 23:08:56 GMT -5
The pain caused Ronan to stir weakly and groan softly. A strange scent assaluted his nose and his eyes flew open just as a weasel flew at them from the trees. Emmet, watch out!!
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Post by Kal Skirata on Jan 2, 2008 9:19:25 GMT -5
From his tree, Kal had noticed the otter find Ronan. He was climbing down the tree when he saw the vermin going right for Emmet. "Hold on, Mate!" he yelled, while knocking an arrow to his longbow, and released, extinguishing the spitting weasel's face right before he got to the otters. Kal jumped to the ground. He ran to Emmet, drawing his knife. "Get him back to the camp!" he shouted. "I'll cover you!"
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Post by carabadgermum on Jan 2, 2008 9:43:01 GMT -5
"Thanks, Mate," Emmet told the squirrel and he did appreciate the cover but he knew it had come to late. He had felt the enemy arrow pierce his shoulder only a moment before Ronan had called out the warning. And by the fog threatening to engulf him he knew the barb had been poisoned. He reached the camp and called out, "Elthia, Sardra, Sombeast . . . WE NEED A HEALER HERE!!!"
Elthia heard the call at the same moment that the old otter fixer did but she was faster on her paws. She recognized the voice and fear flooded her. "Emmet what is it!?"
"It's Ronan," He laid the body down in front of her. "He's hit in a dozen places." He didn't mention his own wound but as he watched his sister begin to tend to her lover he slumped against a tree. He was happy she'd found somebeast. And Ronan was a good one. He'd live and they would be happy together.
"Ronan, oh Ronan," Elthia cried. She held him to her for a moment, her personal feelings threatening to overcome her but she pushed them aside and became the confident healer she was.
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