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Post by carabadgermum on Oct 29, 2007 16:11:24 GMT -5
Kolia was frankly shocked that Vrelt had actually given her the dagger. She inspected it, turning it over and tossing it lightly from paw to paw. It was a good weapon, not exactly her style, but it would do. She was about to get up and go hunting when she saw that he had already gone and decided not to exert herself. No need for both of us to hunt, she thought and she smiled. She would get her meat without groveling this time and next time she was hungry she could get her own. She was so hungry she could have probably torn into whatever he brought back raw but he would probably want it cooked so she set about starting a small fire. She kept the dagger close. Not having a sheath for it, her preference would have been to hold it between her teeth as she used to do with her own knife while bathing or doing other things with her paws, but she remembered he had told her it was poisoned. Overkill, she thought. She never poisoned her own blades. A well placed thrust or throw would kill instantly. She didn't have need for poison. She slipped the dagger into the side of her boot. But she drew it out again almost immediately at the sound of someone coming into the clearing. "Oh it's you," she said to Vrelt, eying the bird hungrily.
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Post by Vrelt on Oct 29, 2007 16:43:07 GMT -5
Vrelt sat down beside Kolia, he drew a long skinning knife and cut several slabs of meat off the bird, he gave one to Kolia. "Good thing you made a fire. I guess you are good for something." He smiled and stuck a piece on a stick and began roasting it, "Where's my dagger at?" Vrelt now regretted giving his dagger to Kolia.
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Post by carabadgermum on Oct 29, 2007 21:29:01 GMT -5
Kolia took the piece of meat from him at made a pretense of skewering it on a stick and cooking it. She laughed at Vrelt's question. "It's somewhere I can get to it quickly if I need to protect myself." She pulled the meat off the stick barely warm and took a bite of it.
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Post by Vrelt on Oct 29, 2007 21:39:38 GMT -5
Vrelt smiled wickedly, "I guessed that Kolia. But you probably don't want me to have to search you, do you?" Vrelt took the roasted meat of the stick and a large bite out of it. "Kolia I'll take it back now, or I'll have to search you for it, which isn't gonna be fun." Vrelt still smiled wickedly.
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Post by carabadgermum on Oct 29, 2007 21:59:17 GMT -5
"You would dare put your filthy paws on dear old Roasky's girl? You would risk hurting his child? I don't think so." she sat back and took another bite of her meat. Some of the blood and juices started to drip down her chin. She wiped at it with her paw and then licked it away. With her other paw she rubbed her stomach. The twins had settled down some now.
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Post by Vrelt on Oct 29, 2007 22:10:04 GMT -5
"Filthy paws? And no normally I wouldn't, but this time, maybe, cause you have my dagger." Vrelt continued smiling, "Kolia you're asking for trouble, just give me the dagger." Vrelt ate the rest of his meat, "I'm not bluffing this time Kolia." Despite this he still smiled wickedly.
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Post by carabadgermum on Oct 29, 2007 22:26:34 GMT -5
Kolia rolled her eyes. "Why did you want me with you anyway? Your ankle is fine. You can take care of yourself, and now that I have a weapon, so can I." She stood up a little awkwardly with the extra weight of her growing stomach. "So maybe I'll just be on my way. I'll find Roask and tell him how his friend tried to get fresh with me. Good bye, Vrelt." She started to walk out of the camp.
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Post by Vrelt on Oct 29, 2007 22:34:44 GMT -5
Vrelt burst out laughing, "What!! Kolia I was just kidding!!" He tried to stand up, but he fell back down rolling with laughter, "Get fresh with you!" The warlord ferret couldn't stop laughing, "What am I gonna say to Roask 'Hey Roask, you just lost your girl to the evil warlord Vrelt Darkfang!' Kolia get a sense of humor!"
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Post by carabadgermum on Oct 29, 2007 22:46:08 GMT -5
Kolia stood rigid for a moment. She hated being laughed at. She contemplated bending down pulling the dagger out of her boot then turning around and 'giving it back to him', but she decided against it and just kept walking away.
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Post by Aalai on Oct 29, 2007 22:51:28 GMT -5
(I so want to add Pepp in here..but....bad idea)
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Post by Vrelt on Oct 29, 2007 22:52:17 GMT -5
"Wait! Kolia where are you going? I didn't mean that." Vrelt stopped laughing and stood up. "Come on Kolia, you can't just leave, you don't know where Roask is at." He walked over to Kolia, "Kolia, I'm sorry. I just got a little carried away back there."
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Post by carabadgermum on Oct 29, 2007 23:02:48 GMT -5
((warning: mood swing ahead))
Kolia stopped walking. She thought about what he said. He did apologize. "I am a tracker. I can find him myself. I . . . I can . . ." And then she completely broke down into tears. Sure I can find him but what about when I do, she thought. "What if he knows it was me that threw that dagger? What if he hates me now?" she cried.
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Post by Vrelt on Oct 29, 2007 23:10:25 GMT -5
Vrelt felt sorry for the weaselmaid, "Kolia, I'm sure Roask will forgive you." In truth he wasn't sure at all. Vrelt walked up beside Kolia, "Don't cry Kolia." Vrelt didn't know what to do. He gently put his paw on Kolia's shoulder.
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Post by carabadgermum on Oct 29, 2007 23:24:13 GMT -5
Kolia leaned against him and gave vent to her tears for a few moments then suddenly she had a thought. "I don't have the dagger, Pepp does," she voiced her thoughts starting to pace back and forth as she did. "He already hates Pepp. It wouldn't be much of a stretch to make him think that Pepp threw that dagger instead of me." Part of her hated the idea of selling Pepp out. He had been a great friend to her. But this was self-preservation. Pepp was probably long gone by now and he had a very nice dagger as payment for his services to her. Her life and the lives of her children were at stake here. That settled it. Kolia turned to Vrelt and made the statement as if it were fact, "Pepparin Stoutheart threw that dagger."
((sorry Aalai I do love Pepp))
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Post by Aalai on Oct 29, 2007 23:29:23 GMT -5
"Miss me tha' much eh Kolia?" A very familiar peppered furred shape emerged from the forest nearby. One of his arms roughly bandaged, and his damaged paw looked like it had been hit with a bat, but he had survived a encounter with a band of roving otters.Across his chest a lone scratch curved, courtessy of Bellatrix the ferret maid of redwall. Pepparin stared at Vrelt slowly before letting his stiffened shoulders droop. He didn't seem to be hurting Kolia after all.
"She'll be fine." Strapped in the bottom og the bandage the glint of Kolia's beloved dagger was plainly visible. Until it was cleaned of Roask's blood he couldn't give it back, but what would he tell the hormonal female in the meantime? Not to mention he was having a hard time thinking straight, he was to old for any of this! "And thank you for accusing me--of course it is the truth!"
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