Only Crazy People, I Guess....

[Oakrose & Crew]

Only crazy people
Fall in love with me
They come from all over
To be with me
Bank robbers and killers
Drunks and drug dealers
Only crazy people
Fall in love with me...

Yeah. Totally true. I mean, not bad crazy people, but.... crazy people. *Oakrose thought as she packed a travelling sack quickly. Darron was crazy....*

He came from Carolina
On a west-bound freight train
He didn't have no ticket
But he got here the same.

*Yup. I didn't ask for him to come, but did he? Yessir. Virrax was crazily obsessed with me, so he got killed. Lonas... Oakrose folded a large cloak as she considered this. ...means well, and is very nice, but it's just so crazy the way we're so different, but get along this well. Crazy? Good crazy. So perfect it's crazy. Everything is crazy, it must be, as many times as I've thought the word in the past few moments! She laughed a little to herself, closed the sack, and tied on her boots. Now to escape without getting caught.*

*The red squirrel had somehow slipped out of the cottage without Soilrose or Clearstream noticing, and gotten off the yard without Rushriver looking up from sharpening his sword. God, was war really coming? Soilrose would find the letter saying that Oakrose had gone home to visit in a couple of hours... enough time for her to be gone.*

Only crazy people
Fall in love with me
They come from all over
To be with me
Bank robbers and killers
Drunks and drug dealers
Only crazy people
Fall in love with me...

*Now to get out of Terralux. If Terragon saw her, she'd have to explain why she was leaving in the midst of war when she was a healer. If Lonas saw her, she'd have to explain why she was leaving the fort with a travelling sack and boots on. So it was best that no one see her.*


OOC: Not really meant to be responded to by either of the forementioned charries, but others are okay. Or, be stubborn and post with Lonas or Terri. I guess Lonas would be a'ight, cause the poor guy'll have to know eventually.

[Lettuceleaf]

**Lettuceleaf had had enough. He was packing his bags, heading for the hills, call it what you may. In short, he was leaving Terralux. He had come here from the advice of several friends, and had been told it was a serene, friendly environment. So he went, and sighed. Peace at last. At which point he had to duck behind a house and avoid the warfare. Probably not his best travelling decision...**

**And so, after hardly a month at Squirrel Village, Lettuceleaf was bailing for it; he hadn't liked war in his brief time in the Long Patrol, and he certainly didn't like it now. It was back to Brockhall for him. His pack of belongings on his back and his enertainment equipment gripped firmly in both hands, he trudged along to the fringes of the village. He turned to head out the gate, saw the menacing sentries, and kept right on turning, at which point he saw a lonesome, dejected-looking squirrel going in the same direction as he was. Loping over to her as gracefully as he could with a sack of circus tricks in his arms, he yelled in her general direction.**

Erm, marm squirrel, a word please? Lettuceleaf the hare, hopefully jolly well pleased to make your humble aquaintance. Could I have a word?

OOC: I'm planning to have the Lettmeister dissaude himself from leaving.. and perhaps persaude Oakrose to do the same? depends on what you're planning for your character.

[Oakrose & Crew]

OOC: Okay for you, I'll help, but Oakrose isn't gonna change her mind.
BIC:
*Oakrose spun quickly on her heels at the shout. Her green eyes grew wide and she put a claw to her mouth and hurried over so she could speak at a regular volume. Oh no! I was almost there, almost outta here, but now I'm sure somebeast'll hear!*

Lett, please don't yell! I'll talk, for a second, I guess, but let's go around... here.

*She sidestepped behind a birch and an elm draped with ivy. Then the red squirrel looked around for the hare to follow.*

[Lettuceleaf]

OOC: ^^ Got it.

BIC: **Lettuceleaf flinched; the squirrel's tone was scathing, accusing even -- had he done something wrong? Careful to avoid the gate guards, he followed Oakrose, thought spinning through his mind. What was she doing that required him to stop yelling? Suspicion filled him, followed by a healthy dose of curiosity, and topped off with a dash of salt. Stopping at the elm, the cheerful hare looked the squirrel over cautiously. He didn't want to set her off any more; she seemed ready to blow her top at a moment's notice.**

Quite sorry about th'shoutin' an' all, marm, but I jolly well wanted to get your attention, wot. Now, you seem to be in a hurry, but I need some help and thought you might very well be able to bally supply it. I'm planning on leaving the grand ole Terralux, but can't figure out how to slip past those burly-looking chaps guarding the gate. Any suggestions, marm?

[Oakrose & Crew]

*Oakrose frowned a bit at the hare.*
Excuse me for asking, but why are you leaving? You're what Terralux needs more of, young, able-to-fight beasts!
*She paused, sighed, then answered his question.*
Well, they're probably not gonna force you back into the fort, but if they demand a reason as to why, just say that.... you're sick, or don't have prior fighting experience. I don't know.
*The squirrel looked him up and down quickly, then muttered something almost incoherent.*
But that'd be hard to believe.

[Lettuceleaf]

**Lettuceleaf waggled his ears almost cheerfully.**

Well, marm, as stripin' and dashing as I may look, I happen to be well horrible in th'fightin' category, doncha know. Couldn't down a vermin if they was helpin' me hold the blade steady'n'all that. Well, thankee for your bally advice, m'good squirrel. I'll be off now.

**The hare took a step towards the gate, only to throw a reproachful glance at the burly guards. Backpedaling a bit, he gives a nervous chuckle.**

Hmm, the bally old brutes do look quite muscular... I don't suppose they'd be very friendly. Not to mention all of those blackguards and rogues outside the village. Eh heh heh... 'raps I should wait until tomorrow. I'm a bit tired and a cozy bed sounds like the best thing f'r the jolly old self, eh? Can't be travellin' all morn if'n I'm going to be yawning up a bally storm at the same bloomin' time, eh, wot!

**Giving Oakrose a quick pat on the back, the cowardly hare backs off to the relative safety of his lodgings.**

[Oakrose & Crew]

*Oakrose opens her mouth as if to say something, but then clamps it shut again. Nodding, she waves and watches the hare bound away. But, as soon as Lettuceleaf disappears from sight, the squirrel turns and walked out of the gates. One of the guards told her good evening, and she smiled.*

*Then, she was gone.*

OOC: The following is for Tinsy, Terri, and others to refer to as to why Oakrose is gone. For when they ask Soilrose, but word will spread quickly anyways.
BIC:
-THE LETTER-

Dear Soilrose, Lonas, Terri, and whomever else it concerns,

I am leaving. Not permenantly, but for a short time. And it's not because I'm afraid, but I just don't want to be in the way. Plus, I feel as though I need to go home... my parents have been dead for months and I haven't paid my proper respects, as far as anyone there knows. Soilrose - stay safe. Rush & Clearstream - do as good a job as you can do at Terralux and keep Ice & Frost safe. Terri - I'll miss you, but I know you can pull Terralux through this! Lonas - I love you.

Sincerely,
Oakrose