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Post by Vrelt on Oct 27, 2007 23:25:53 GMT -5
Vrelt and Kolia made slow progress through Mossflower, Roask had moved camps and Vrelt didn't know were the weasel had gone to. "He's moved camps. I'm not sure were to look for him." Vrelt leaned back against a tree, he rummaged through his sack and pulled out a small bottle of damson wine, he took a sip then offered it to Kolia, "Do you want any, Kolia?"
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Post by carabadgermum on Oct 27, 2007 23:29:57 GMT -5
Kolia made a move to take the proffered bottle but held back. She was powerfully thirsty but she'd heard that alcohol might not be good for the babies. "Do you have anything else?" she asked in what she hoped was not a complaining tone.
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Post by Vrelt on Oct 27, 2007 23:38:09 GMT -5
Vrelt shook his head, "Sorry, that's all I have. Maybe there's a stream nearby." Vrelt rummaged through his sack and gave Kolia a canteen, "I knew I had some water, here you go." He handed Kolia the canteen. He found two biscuits in his sack, they were stale, but at least there was something to eat, he gave one to Kolia and took a small bite out of his.
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Post by carabadgermum on Oct 27, 2007 23:43:35 GMT -5
"Thank you," said Kolia and then she drank and ate in silence. She didn't understand this ferret. One moment he was attacking her and the next he was trying to help. When she had finished eating she blurted out, "How do you know Roask?"
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Post by Vrelt on Oct 27, 2007 23:54:01 GMT -5
Vrelt closed his eyes, then he smiled, "I it's a long story, that involves me saving his hide several times. To make a long story short we met back when I was a corsair and he had just began to form his mercenary group. You could say we had a common enemy, so after a couple weeks of distrust and arguing we decided to join forces. We got rid of our enemy and We've known each other from that time on to here. That's how I knew about you."
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Post by carabadgermum on Oct 27, 2007 23:59:16 GMT -5
Kolia wrinkled her snout. She wasn't sure how to take the news that Roask, her Roask had known this ferret for all these seasons and never told her about him. Well, she supposed Roask had mentioned Vrelt in passing, but he made it sound like they had quite a history. She decided to focus on the Vrelt's last comment. "About me?" she asked him. "What did you know about me?" She wasn't exactly angry, just curious.
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Post by Vrelt on Oct 28, 2007 0:06:33 GMT -5
Vrelt opened his eyes, "Not much. Just your name and that you two were very close. I suppose he told you something about me." Vrelt ate the last of his stale biscuit, "I knew you were his second-in-command, so I didn't know why you would be at Redwall. That's why I asked you all those questions." Vrelt said those last words with a wry grin.
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Post by carabadgermum on Oct 28, 2007 0:14:52 GMT -5
Kolia realized that she was rubbing her stomach again. She blushed. "You didn't know about this, I'm sure," she said quietly. "I didn't know myself until just before we left the camp to come to Redwall. I'm not sure if Roask knows or not. I think he thought it was just part of the act to get me inside." She sighed. "I wish I could tell him under better circumstances."
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Post by Vrelt on Oct 28, 2007 0:24:44 GMT -5
Vrelt shook his head, "I guessed you are pregnant, but Roask is the father? He didn't tell me you guys were that close." He drank the last of his wine, "Well, when we find him you can tell him." Vrelt sat down and leaned back against the tree, "Did he tell you about Romsca?"
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Post by carabadgermum on Oct 28, 2007 12:25:23 GMT -5
"Of course he's the father!" Kolia exclaimed indignantly. "You think I'd just throw myself at any male weasel who crossed my path?" She took a few moments to calm down before she spoke again. "Roask and I are very close . . . we were . . . very close." There was a deep sadness in her voice as she said the last few words, knowing that perhaps they would never be that close again. Kolia cleared her throat and straightened up then she changed the subject. "He mentioned Romsca to me once. Said she and I would be great friends. I told him he was daft. I don't have female friends. Females are silly and weak." She only realized after the words were out of her mouth that she had just insulted herself along with the rest of her gender. But it was the truth. Just look at the way she had been acting the last few days: loosing her temper, crying at the drop of a hat. She had to learn to master her emotions again especially if she ever wanted to be accepted again as the second in command.
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Post by Vrelt on Oct 28, 2007 23:08:35 GMT -5
Vrelt smiled, "I was only joking, Kolia. I knew already. But what about females being silly and weak? You aren't that bad, and I know Romsca isn't either. Actually, you two probably would get along pretty well." Vrelt laughed, "As you probably know, I love irritating you, Kolia. You always say something I don't expect. But Romsca and yourself would be good friends if you got to know her." Vrelt half expected Kolia would attack him.
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Post by carabadgermum on Oct 29, 2007 10:07:44 GMT -5
Kolia would have attacked him if he hadn't just very nearly complemented her and then there was the fact that he was armed and she was not. So she decided to just bring up old wounds to remind him that she did still have some kind of power. "How's that arm feeling? Does it hurt much?" She knew she had wounded him. She had tasted his blood when she bit down. And now the whelps were craving meat. "Hellsgates, I'm hungry again. Why don't you use those fancy weapons of yours and get us a bird or something?"
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Post by Vrelt on Oct 29, 2007 12:32:00 GMT -5
Vrelt looked at his arm, which was just beganing to heal, "It's all right." He didn't expect Kolia would bite him. "There's probably gonna be scar, but what's a scar to a warlord." Vrelt dug through his sack and pulled out his crossbow and quiver, "I'll get us some meat. But first you have to say 'Please get me some meat, mighty warlord Darkfang.' And when I have some you have to say, 'Thank-you, warlord Darkfang.' Say the first line an' I'll get some meat." Vrelt was smiling wickedly.
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Post by carabadgermum on Oct 29, 2007 12:42:10 GMT -5
Kolia glared at him. She was not in the mood to play. "Why don't you give me one of those daggers, and I'll get my own meat?" Her own dagger would have been preferable because it was the perfect weight for her paw but she could still bring down some sort of creature with another's weapon if she had to. She wondered where Pepp had gone. He was the last one to have her favorite dagger.
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Post by Vrelt on Oct 29, 2007 15:30:25 GMT -5
Vrelt shook his head and looked a little disappointed, "Okay, I'll get us some." He put one of his poison daggers in Kolia's paw, "Don't lose that, and don't touch the tip, it's poisoned." Vrelt stood, picked up the crossbow and took only one arrow. Without another word he took off his adder skin boots and crept in to the undergrowth. He didn't have to search far, just out of the clearing was a wood pigeon. Vrelt pulled back the bolt and aimed at the bird. Then he pressed the trigger, it was over in seconds. Vrelt inspected his kill, it was good sized, Vrelt picked up the dead bird, he walked further, there was the stream. He cleaned his kill silently. Vrelt walked back toward the clearing, he considered scaring Kolia, but decided against it, she was now armed. 'I hope she has a fire going' Vrelt thought as he walked into the clearing.
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