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Post by Robin Redflash on Mar 8, 2008 10:06:11 GMT
*The squirrelmaid stands outside the door at first, trying to listen to the noise coming from the other side. She has her normal grin on her face and is wearing her usual short, light green tunic coupled with her dark green trousers. Unusually though she is wearing a dark navy cloak with the hood pulled up so her face is hidden. Her two trusty rapiers are still at her side. It has been a long winter, too long to be away from Terralux. The squirrelmaid can't believe how long it took her to get away from the guosim they really believe in long visits, she just hadn't realised how long. She takes a deep breath and enters the tavern quietly. Or she tries to enter quietly but a gust of wind catches the door just as she opens it and blows it wide open.* Oh well *She mutters quietly. She draws back her hood and reveals her startlingly bright emerald eyes and her very messy and unseemly dirty face and her headband with a Sgin Dhu dagger handle sticking out of it just a tad. Robin looks cautiously trying to see if anyone she knows is there and hopes that she can find Terragon here. Robin thinks she better speak or she will begin to stand out.* Hello everyone...um...well..as you can I'm back..er..hi? *She curses herself for being so shy, after all this is her home and she is glad to have returned.*
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Post by Terragon Scrufftail on Mar 8, 2008 14:53:40 GMT
*Terragon had wandered down to the Tavern maybe an hour before. Starsett Hollow was deserted and she was looking to see if any of the refugees from Mossflower were looking for a place to stay. She'd slept at St. Ninian's the night before anyway and for the first time in weeks had fallen asleep near immediately and not woken until early dawn. The squirrel had decided to stay a while. Were she in a more gloomy mood, she might bitterly remind herself that maybe there's not so many nights left for her and the rest of Terralux. But, for now, Tervin Blackstar's message is out of Terragon's mind and she laughs across the table, a shallow wooden beaker of cider - she rarely drank wine now the weather was, slowly, growing warmer - held tightly in her paw.* You should have seen it: Terralux founded because Ashnel Alashia was pretending to sulk over an injured footpaw! *The door opens. Terragon looks up with almost dibbunish curiousity. Another newcomer? The thought isn't so depressing in her present state of mind. No... this is a creature she recognises. Turning to the creatures across the table from her, the squirrel mutters an apology,* Sorry. One moment, please. *She stands, the bench beneath her pushed backwards. Clambering over it with a quick movement, the leaderess crosses the Whispering Willow quickly, a smile spreading almost impishly across her face. Reaching Robin, the smile widens as Terragon looks the other squirrel up and down. Another smile, then a loud cry of,* Well don't just stand there! Come in and tell us where in Hell's Teeth y've been!
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Post by Robin Redflash on Mar 8, 2008 18:07:07 GMT
*Robin grins at seeing her sister again. I has been far too long.* Well how's that for a greeting after so long? *Despite this aloof reply she still obeys her sisters words. The squireelmaid quickly steps inside the tavern and closes the door behind her. She looks her sister up and down, still exactly the same as she rememebers her if looking slightly more tired to her if that is possible.* Where I was? I thought you knew..oh well if you didn't get my note then I suppose I'll have to tell you. I went to find the Guosim and visit some of my old friends. Thrukka obviously tagged along, os it was half to see them again and half to search for Thrukka's family now she had the freedom to do it. *As Robin had been saying this she had walked in and was now taking off her cloak. She hung it up and turned back to Terragon.* We found them eventually turns out Thrukka had a brother and a mother left. So then there were all the parties and reunions but I swear I thought I'd be back before now! *Robin backs off slightly almost fearing her sister's wrath.* Honestly it wasn't my fault we went too far north searching for them which ironically is where they were, there were so many storms that the waters were unsafe. Luckliy for yours truly though some other guosim were heading south so we all travelled together on foot. Thrukka decided to stay behind but she promised she would be back for the summer and that's about it. *Robin grins and tries to look her sister in the eye but can't quite manage it. She has always been just that shortrer than her.*
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Post by Terragon Scrufftail on Mar 8, 2008 19:25:00 GMT
OOC: It's admitted! Robin is shorter than Terri! Oh, and, by the way, while we're in OOC, where were you yesterday? I would've thought you'd be at the Latin and Greek Readings.
BIC: *Terragon shakes her head with a quiet smirk.* No worries. And it's a great deal better than that note, *She adds, voice growing louder.* You think some illegible scrawl's an excuse for a goodbye?! Even Ashnel couldn't read it! *Ashnel. Terragon pauses, and sets her mouth in a tight line, teeth clenched behind it. So much for the happy reunion, but Robin'll find out sometime soon. And I'd rather it was the truth you heard, not the rumours, if that's alright.* Hey, Robin - d'you want to sit down here and get a drink or go back to Starsett? There's... some news I think you ought to hear. *And while we're sharing the good news, how about I tell you who's crawled back out of the woodwork?*
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Post by Robin Redflash on Mar 8, 2008 21:20:31 GMT
OOC: Didn't know they were on were they?
BIC: It was hardly illegible. *Robin grins glad everything is back to normal including Terragon, but as her sister continues she notices the clenched jaw and the tightening of the voice. The young squirrelmaid knows the signs that something is not right. At least not as it should be according to Terragon's logic.* Lets go back to Starsett. I haven't been there in so long I'm dying to see my old room again. *She puts on an almost breezy voice.* You better not have changed anything while I've been away. *Robin's paw shuffles unbidden down to her rapier hilt and clenches it. She always does that completely involuntarily whenever she gets nervous. She moves aside to let Terragon go first and motions with her head towards the door.*
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Post by Terragon Scrufftail on Mar 8, 2008 21:35:42 GMT
*Terragon gives the other creatures at the table she's just left a cheery smile, but the tense paw she raises in fairwell gives her away.* Don't forget your cloak, *She mutters un-Terragonishly to her sister and, pushing the door open, steps out onto the porch, one paw keeping the door open for Robin.*
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Post by Robin Redflash on Mar 9, 2008 8:37:51 GMT
*Robin grabs her cloak, quickly puts it on and with one last smile to the room in general hurries out the door after her sister. The squirrelmaid's grin disappears as she turns to Terragon.* So anything interesting happen while I was away? *She tries to ask her casusally but she knows she has about as much tact as a horde of stampedeing rats. Even so she waits patiently for an answer knowing from her sister's tensing that something has gone wrong.*
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Post by Terragon Scrufftail on Mar 9, 2008 21:29:15 GMT
Starsett first, *Terragon insists quietly, without turning to face Robin.* Everything's still the same. I left your room intact, though I did borrow a cloak for the Myth, Murk and Legend Festival - no offence intended - and Danniar took some of the tunics you'd brought from Redwall... you must have grown out of some of them even before we left though. Lucky you kept them. *A friendly chat between sisters. Terragon decides she can't keep up the pretence all the way to Starsett Hollow and this time she looks Robin in the eyes.* Ashnel left.
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Post by Robin Redflash on Mar 13, 2008 6:30:32 GMT
Oh. Did he go with Ayeny or did something really bad happen? *Robin looks at her sister suddenly serious now. A number of things could have happened to them both. The squirrelmaid was shocked but it felt almost right, everyone had to move on sometime, well at least creatures with Ashnel's temperament did. She waits patiently for her sister to answer.*
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Post by Terragon Scrufftail on Mar 14, 2008 22:08:50 GMT
*She starts walking, one paw swinging loosely at her side. Half-assuming her sister is following, Terragon continues.* No, *She says with a deep breath.* He just... left, *With a small gesture of exasperation that doesn't quite sum it up, Terragon looks back at Robin. Start with the bad news, why don't you, she berates himself silently.*
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Post by Robin Redflash on Mar 15, 2008 20:29:29 GMT
What without saying why? That's not like him. He would at least tell you or leave some trail or reason to why he went. It's not like him at all to be so impetuous or rash. How odd. *Robin is following Terragon but she does seem confused. She follows closely.* Oh well anything else happen that I should know about? *She gives her sister a half grin.*
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Post by Terragon Scrufftail on Mar 15, 2008 20:33:42 GMT
*Reluctantly, Terragon leaves the topic with a mutter of,* I seem to recall him doing that rather a lot in the old days. Anything else? *She continues, more brightly.* Same old, same old. *After a pause, Terragon frowns again.* Although, there is some other news. *The first droplets of rain are starting to fall and she speeds up, hanging back to wait for Robin after a few moments.*
OOC: Advance to Starsett.
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Post by Robin Redflash on Mar 15, 2008 21:02:51 GMT
OOC: You mean when we are in Starsett? O.k
BIC: *Robin shakes herself dry although she normally likes being caught in the rain it isn't so fun once you have to dry off again. She grins and her eyes seem to catch the light and sparkle ever so slightly. The squirrelmaid looks around her home. Just as she remembers it really. She twirls so as to see it all. Robin thinks of all the memories held in this place and all that has happened here. Finally after much musing she turns to her sister.* Well Terragon what other news was there that you wanted to impart to me? *The squirrelmaid takes off her cloak and hangs it up. She is dressed just as she always is and her rapiers hang by her sides. She paws at the handles awaiting Terragon's supply.*
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Post by Terragon Scrufftail on Mar 17, 2008 20:11:30 GMT
OOC: Going back to the 18th century again, are we? Oh, by the way, I lied; turns out I will be there for about 20 minutes tommorrow. As long as I'm exactly on time, JJT won't care.
BIC: *Terragon shuts the door with a light kick before turning to her sister.* Sit down, *She mutters, nodding at the rickety chairs grouped around the table on the other side of the room. A deep breath,* You remember Tervin Blackstar, I suppose? *Terragon begins. Her voice is nonchalant enough, considering the subject it is speaking of, but when the leaderess crosses the room to the table, she remains standing, one paw tightening on the back of a chair.*
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Leaderess of Terralux