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Brockhall, ancestral home of the Brock family and located in the northeastern part of Mossflower woods. The location for the second round of the tournament. Contestants find themselves stooping down to enter the doorway that leads underground to the relatively small confines of the home. This arena includes various small sitting rooms, a small infirmary, a nursery, a study, a master bedroom, dormitories, a kitchen, a larder, storerooms and a large main hall. All of these locations may be used during the duel. Brockhall has been lit by various small sconces and candles. The conditions are cramped and contestants will need to keep their wits about them.
A small section of one sitting room has been roped off for the judges. Three beasts sit at a small oaken table. From this vantage point most of the areas of combat can be seen.
A voice sounds in the confined space:
"Lonna Bowstripe versus Slassen! Begin!"
Lonna Bowstripe ducked his head and walked into the ancient home of the badgers. His ancestors had lived here quite some time ago. Lonna felt as though he was connected to this place in some way.
Lonna walked into the dueling area, which was only lit by torches. He touched the scar on his face; it still pained him at times. Wiping his sweaty paws off on his tunic, Lonna took out his bow. He set an arrow to the string and pulled it back. Then Lonna waited.
Slassen slunk along under a row of chairs, gripping her knife in her teeth. She was aware of the giant badger standing with his arrow at the ready. She wondered whether she should come out now and risk getting shot straight off, or remain hidden. Indecision made her pause for a minute.
The ferret moved too quickly as she slid out, and bumped a chair. The noise echoed through the silent room.
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Lonna heard a noise, like that of a chair scraping across the floor. He spun around and saw his opponent.
"Hello, ferret."
Touching the goose feather of the arrow to his cheek, Lonna took aim and fired. He had aimed at his opponent's head, and since there was no wind in the ancient badger home, he was sure that he would at least hit his foe.
Slassen jumped, pushing aside the chairs. The arrow buried itself in her left paw. She screeched in pain and backed away frantically, leaving her knife behind.
She drew a dagger with her good paw and aimed carefully at Lonna's head. Then she fired.
Lonna hadn't expected his foe to recover that quickly, but he did manage to duck right before the dagger would have struck him. Instead of hitting Lonna's brow, the dagger nicked the top of his head. "Ah!"
Blood slowly oozed out of the wound as Lonna pulled out another arrow. He put his arrow to the string and looked for Slassen.
Seeing the ferret by the chairs, Lonna fired an arrow at her. He then ducked behind a column and set another arrow to the string. He wanted to be ready for when she decided to attack. Blood slowly dribbled into his eye, and he wiped it away.
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Slassen ducked in time to save her head, but the arrow tore through her ear instead. She bit her lip to stop herself from squealing. Then Slassen caught sight of the badger behind the column. She realized that if she threw another dagger, he would shoot, and she might not be able to duck fast enough this time. She paused, trying to think of a plan.
Lonna waited for another attempt at his life, but no weapon came. He wondered why this was so. He shouted out, "Are you afraid, vermin? Come out and fight me, coward!"
Turning around, Lonna looked to see where his enemy was. He had his bow in front of him, the arrow pulled back as far as it would go.
Stung by the insult, Slassen decided to risk it. She drew a new dagger. Holding it by its point, she shut on eye and aimed not for Lonna himself, but for his bowstring. Slassen let the blade fly, then ducked.
Lonna saw the dagger coming, but it was coming too fast for him to stop it. "Nooo!" Slice! His bowstring was cut cleanly in half. He held his bow like a staff in his left hand and drew his dagger. He didn't want to waste either of his weapons, but he needed to get closer to his enemy. He dove behind a row of chairs and started to inch his way closer to the ferret.
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Slassen silently congratulated herself on cutting Lonna's bowstring. Then she saw the badger inching around. The ferret groaned inwardly. After the burst of adrenalin, she remembered that her wounded paw was hurting fiercely. She tried to ignore it, and darted to retrieve her knife, and held it on front of her, ready for any attack her opponent might make.
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Inwardly, Lonna was roaring at the ferret for breaking his bowstring. That had been a gift from the creatures that had saved his life! Outwardly, however, Lonna tried to make it look like he didn't care at all.
He didn't dare stand up to try and fight his opponent, seeing as she could kill him with one flick of the paw. Instead, Lonna tried to crawl underneath one chair that was just a few yards from the foe. Unfortunately, Lonna didn't think of how big he was compared to the chair. He grunted as he tried to free himself from his new prison. His hind end wouldn't budge. Lonna was stuck underneath a chair.
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Slassen grinned in spite of herself at the sight of the badger stuck under a chair. She walked over to him and waved a dagger in front of his face. 'You still think I'm a coward now, badger? Do you feel like saying so?'
Lonna glared at the ferret. "If you were in my place, ferret, you would be doing the same thing." He tried to stand up suddenly, and realized that he could stand. He had to lean forward to retain his balance, but he could stand. He spun around, aiming to hit his opponent with the burdensome chair.
Slassen ducked, but not fast enough. The chair struck her shoulder, knocking her flat. She rolled out of Lonna's way and picked up a dagger she had thrown. She took aim and fired at her opponent's heart.
Lonna tried to dodge the attack, but the dagger still struck him. It sliced a large wound on the top of his left shoulder. He cried out in pain. The dagger was now lying on the ground just a short ways away from Lonna. He spun around, trying to hit his enemy again as he scurried over to the dagger.
Picking up the dagger, Lonna turned to face his opponent. Unfortunately, the chair that was still stuck on him smashed into a column. He fell down, landing on his face. The only good thing that came from him hitting the large column was that it broke the chair, freeing Lonna.
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Slassen ducked as the broken chair flew over her head. Her injured paw hit the floor and she cried out in pain. She rose from the floor and charged at Lonna, dagger held before her.
Lonna's eyes widened as he saw the dagger. He stood up, holding the ferret's other dagger. How many daggers and knives did his foe have?
Lonna charged head on at his opponent, waving the dagger in front of him. "EULALIIIAAA!"
Slassen threw her dagger and ducked to avoid the one in Lonna's paws. It sliced some fur from her head. She picked up another dagger which she had thrown earlier and put it in her belt.
The dagger that Slassen threw cut Lonna's side. "Ah!" He covered the wound with his left paw. That side seemed to be useless to him at the moment.
Lonna kicked at his opponent, waving his dagger at the same moment.
Slassen's footpaws were kicked out from under her. She fell to the floor. Winded, she tried to get up, and a sharp pain shot through her footpaw. It mst be sprained, she thought. Slassen dragged herself up and stabbed at Lonna with her dagger.
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Lonna tried to back up, and as a result the dagger didn't puncture very deeply. It still had plunged into his stomach, but only a few inches.
Roaring in pain and anger, Lonna swiped at the ferret with his dagger. He desperately hoped he wouldn't miss.