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Post by carabadgermum on Feb 21, 2008 13:45:38 GMT -5
Lois once again couldn't help but jump in. "Were you followed by these creatures?"
The little abbess was speechless for the moment. Her youth and inexperience not to mention her horror at the idea that these beasts could have been followed to their very gates by some unknown, unspeakable enemy, was written clearly on her face.
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Post by Hans Vermeer (Cole) on Feb 21, 2008 14:15:36 GMT -5
The Ferret made a face full of fright at the sounds. "Nay. That's corsairs! I can tell by the way they talk! I bet they had come to land to resupply. They must have stumbled upon my soldiers!" The ferret got out of his set and ran outside and onto the walls. Trying to see the fighting. But the battle must have taken place a little deeper into the woods.
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Post by carabadgermum on Feb 21, 2008 15:51:17 GMT -5
The abbess followed him out of the building running faster than would have been though possible for a little molemaid. Lois however caught up to her easily. Saol as a mole was not fond of heights and stopped short of the wall steps. Lois patted her on the shoulder and climbed up taking two steps at a time. She too heard the class in the woods and saw the look of terror on the ferret's face. "What do you plan on doing?" She tried to sound empathetic but she still distrusted him somewhat.
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Post by Hans Vermeer (Cole) on Feb 21, 2008 16:51:12 GMT -5
As soon as the battle had started. It suddenly stopped. A few moments later. Twenty Armoured beasts came out of the woods near the Abbey. Shattered chainmail, A few broken swords and spears, Dented Plate Armour, Gashes and Slashes, A few even had lost an eye or an ear. What was interesting is there were mostly weasels, stoats and black rats. But there was a few Mice and even an otter or two. All of them looked starved and exhausted. One of the rats yelled out. "Heinrich! We were Ambushed! We managed to fight them off! Many of us are wounded! Help! Heinrich! Anyone! Help!" Heinrich seem to have a large hint of plead in his voice when he spoke to the Abbess. "Open the gates. Please Abbess. I bet ye."
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Post by carabadgermum on Feb 22, 2008 9:08:47 GMT -5
"Lo, wot's 'appening?" Saol called up from the bottom of the stairs.
Lois looked once more at the pitiful band outside the gates to get a better idea of the situation before she answered the abbess. "Looks like twenty of Heinrich's beasts came through the battle and not in a good way, Abbess. They need a healers attention and feeding." She glanced sideways at Heinrich and then back down at Saol and spoke in a quieter tone. "I don't think it's a trick, Mother Abbess. I think they're honestly in need of our help."
Saol nodded, "Hurr, 'ave 'em leave ee weapons at ee gate an' we'll see tur 'em, burr aye." She spoke with confidence now and she addressed Heinrich in the same manor. "'Einrik Zurr, will ee cum down an' welcome ee creatures intur ee h'abbey wiv me. Oi wont to bee sure tha' you'm know every beast ee let cum in. Don' wont no bad creatures slippin' in among 'em, burr no." She shook her head at this last statement that was more to herself than the former prince.
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Post by Hans Vermeer (Cole) on Feb 23, 2008 15:20:17 GMT -5
"The ferret looked down the the wall at a larger Black Rat. "How many forces were lost?" The rat looked up and replied with a yell so to be heard. "I think we are all thats left! Corsairs had jumped us from almost every angle! The cowards!" The ferret yelled back down. "Put your weapons down!" The rat replied "What weapons!? They are all broken and useless most of them! Alright Prince! Remainders! Put the blades down! They are worthless anyway!" All twenty threw their weapons to the ground.
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Post by carabadgermum on Feb 23, 2008 17:08:01 GMT -5
Lois growled quietly at the creatures' reluctance to lay down their weapons. She knew as well as anybeast that almost anything could be used to bring harm to another creature. She turned to Heinrick mistrusting him and his ungrateful creatures and she explained what the Abbess had told him. "Down to the gate with you. The abbess wants you to identify every beast as they come in. If any of your beast harms a hair on any of our Abbey creatures. I will hold you personally responsible."
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Post by Hans Vermeer (Cole) on Feb 24, 2008 21:28:49 GMT -5
The Pure Ferret followed the Abbess down from the walls and to the gate. The large black rat was first to walk through the gate and be checked by the Ferret. "Yeah. He is one of mine. Go on Gerwulf" The large rat sat down against the rat with a upset frown on his face. The next one was a Stoat. " This ones Oliver." The stoat walked though and sat down next to the rat.
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Post by carabadgermum on Feb 24, 2008 22:36:12 GMT -5
A ferret, a rat, and a stoat and there were more coming. Saol nodded as Heinrich introduced each creature. She couldn't think when in all the history of Redwall Abbey this many of these kinds of creatures had been let in willingly. Martin help us, she silently prayed. She watched as each of the soldiers came in through the gates and Heinrich knew each one of them by name. She trusted the ferret if even reluctantly and gave him the benefit of the doubt.
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Post by Hans Vermeer (Cole) on Mar 3, 2008 18:19:13 GMT -5
There were no other ferrets. Only Stoats, Rats, Mice, Otters, Foxes and Weasels. 1 Fox, 5 Stoats, 4 Otters, 2 Mice, 2 Weasels and 6 Rats. Oliver the stoat was a bowbeast. Never good at paw-to-paw combat. He was lean and not very muscular. Gerwulf was a spear beast. He was a big black rat, strong and very well fit. He always seemed to be in a grumpy mood. The only captains that survived the assault were the Black Rat Gerwulf and the teams only fox. Blair Bushfire. A fit fox who was a swordbeast. Though now his blade was broken in two. After he was identified. He had sat beside the rat and starting talking to him. The Otters and mice where also among the vermin chatting. Acting like it was nothing new. Goodbeasts talking to vermin? Amazing!
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Post by carabadgermum on Mar 5, 2008 16:23:12 GMT -5
Saol was rather baffled by the manor of creatures that the ferret had introduced to her. She was expecting more ferrets like himself but seeing the otters and mice settled among them like old friends was beyond her experience. She stood before them and raised a digging claw to gain their attention. "Oi'd loike to welcum ee to our h'abbey. You'm'll be fed an yur wounds looked after. But Oi'll ask ee to behave thoiselves while ee bee insoide our gates."
Lois descended the wall steps behind the abbess once she saw that everbeast was inside she crossed over to the gates and slammed them shut rather harder than necessary.
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Post by Hans Vermeer (Cole) on Mar 6, 2008 16:57:21 GMT -5
Heinrich's wounded soldiers laid down against the Redstone walls. Some had open wounds about their chests and backs. Some had missing eyes and ears. Oliver had lost an Ear. Gerwulf lost his left eye. Blair had a lot of small wounds and a few that would leave noticeable scars. Gerwulf was already grumpy. Tearing off a strip of cloth to be used as a eye path. Oliver was surprisingly trying to make the others cheery and happy. Even though they suffered a nasty defeat at the ambush of Herrick's Horrible Corsairs. Oliver was more likely the type who trying to keep morale up and the one always trying to find the bright side of things. No matter how bad they were.
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