Overlord's Orders VII

[Romsca]

OOC: Is it just me, or does this round seem to taking to long

[Kitsune]

OOC: It seems so.

[Leatho Shellhound]

OOC: I think he has had a lot todo lately.

[Matthias720]

OOC: Hi guys. I am, in fact, very busy right now. I may not be able to get to it until Friday, or even Sunday. Sorry about that.

EDIT: OOC: To clarify, it takes, on average, about 45 to 75 minutes to compose a round closer, the opener for the next round, and proofread the whole thing. It's hard work, and I just don't have the time right now.

[Leatho Shellhound]

OOC: You're fine, take you time with it, we ALL *looks at every one* understand, right guys?   *looks at every one again*

[Kitsune]

OOC: 45 minutes?! Wow. I thought it would take like 20!

[DanielofRedwall]

OOC: Nope. I've been Overlord before, and Matthias has it about right. For me it took anywhere between 30mins and an hour, or above (but I'm normally quite thorough with everything). It's a lot of effort, but it (generally) is worth it.

[Taggerung_of_Redwall]

OOC: Well, for the holiday special, I had all the assignments (though of course I changed a few as the round progressed) thought out before hand, since I wanted to be sure I had enough themed ideas. So I mostly had to come up with how who failed, how to narrate that, and then how to narrate an assignment, and not come up with a new idea. The holiday special posts are about the longest any round has even seen, with all the added storytelling that was more than usual. I also tend to read through the whole thing two times or so after completion, and not just to proofread but make sure it does an adequate job of clarifying what's going on.The first ever round had much shorter and took only about 20 minutes on average to compile an end-begin round post. The holiday special was longer to write posts, and took about 30 minutes or so to compile and satisfy me. I guess I just do things fast?

[Matthias720]

OOC: I am very sorry about this guys, but you're going to have to wait until tomorrow to see who is leaving next. I want to take some extra time to make the next challenge just right, so you will just have to wait a little bit longer. But you will get to continue tomorrow, I promise.

[Kitsune]

OOC: Ok!

[Matthias720]

"ENOUGH!" bellowed the Overlord. "You half-wits are trying my patience to no end. I have little tolerance for the pathetic excuses you feed me, but I will ignore them for the time being as I have a punishment for one of you. The punishment will be a one-way trip to the lowest decks of a sea rat galleon. There, the unlucky individual who will receive my wrath, will be treated to endless hours of rowing, whipping, and poor food. All of this comes courtesy of Cap'n Blackheart, deadly scourge of the Western Shores. And the unlucky recipient of this is...PluggFiretail. If you can't ensure that any orders you give are clearly understood, you are in no way fit to be in my inner circle. You are now sentenced to the life as a oar slave. May the cruel seas be a harsh lesson to you as to how I treat failure. Now go!"

As he spoke, two despicable specimens of sea vermin entered the tent. Seizing Plugg by his tail, they dragged him, kicking and screaming, out of the tent. The six remaining lackeys turned away from the horrible shrieking and looked to the Overlord for their new orders.

The Overlord walked over to a nearby chest, briefly withdrawing a small, leather bag, removing something from it, and before returning it to the chest. Turning back to face his minions, the Overlord displayed a small gold figurine in the shape of a raven. "Your next mission is to make peace with the Raven Council. They have heard of the atrocities committed against their brethren during your last mission, and they seek retribution. You must travel to their mountain cave, three days journey to the southeast. All you need to do is climb the mountain, offer the Council this figurine as a symbol of peace, and return back to me. Remember, don't offend them and watch your step as you climb. Dismissed."

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TEN DAYS LATER
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Six stretchers bore the hapless flunkies into the tent of the Overlord. With disgust, he looked at the bruised and broken bodies of his inner circle. "Why do I even bother sending you on these missions? You mess up whatever tasks I give you, and what do I get? Nothing. Well, except this time. You will be pleased to know that your mission wasn't a total loss. An envoy from the Raven Council left this morning after delivering a truce agreement. They have agreed to not attack me and my horde, as not only would there be the needless death of able-bodied warriors on both sides, but also because the couldn't stop laughing at your pitiful performance as messengers. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW FOOLISH YOU MADE ME LOOK?!?" With a sigh, the Overlord held up a small carved bead. "This token is death sentence to whomever I give it to. The Council's price for peace is the death of one of you six. I will choose the one who failed most in their mission as the price for the truce. Now explain exactly what happened, why all of you came back on stretchers, and how in the Gates you managed to make ME look like a FOOL?!? Now I want answers, starting with whomever was carrying the gold token when it was delivered."

OOC: I wanted to try something different this time around, by connecting this mission to the last one. I also want to take a moment and say that I think everything that has happened this round has gone surprisingly well. We had a bit of a rough start, but you all have done a decent job at staying pretty close to the Redwall universe. I would appreciate hearing how each of you feels this round is going. I haven't received much feedback, and I want to know that you like how the story is unfolding. And don't forget that the map on Page 3 will show a rough idea of where you have already been, and where you might be headed next. Good luck, everybody, in the next elimination round. ^_^

[Leatho Shellhound]

One of the poor wreches lifted his head up from the stretcher, with a voice of one who was dieing and said "My lord I had the great honor of carrying the gold token, I went boldly out the lead and started to climb the said mountain, Romsca was good and helpfull, but Mattio kept running up the snowy mountain and sleding down it, which he did about 20 times. One the twenty frist he landed head long in to Romsca and made a loud scream as he did so. This made a huge avalanche.


I found a cave and as soon as it was over, I begain to dig the others out my lord."

[Kitsune]

OOC: Hee hee there I go! Oh well. 

[Taggerung_of_Redwall]

Taggerung was in a better shape than most of the inner circle. "Overlord, Leatho had the golden raven for the journey t'the raven council. It was stolen at night by Psybox, undoubtedably due to 'is never endin' desire an' greed for power an' status. I tried t'take it back from 'im before we were t'see the ravens, but 'e resisted and started kickin' birds and fellow travelers. We were jostled into the council with the figure in 'is paws. Once the raven councilors called, very elegantly an' stately like, for our offer, Psybox and Romsca began squakin' like fieldmice housewives together an' eventually get the 'ole lot o' birds screechin' up a fit like a maelstrom whirlin' away. Two great ravens swept down an' smothered 'em, not gently, while a raven councilor asks me o' all o' us why a horde leader like yourself 'ave such fools unner your command. I stepped for'ard an' took the figure from Psybox an' presented it to the raven councillors then, and a raven took it from me as I spoke, sayin' it was your wish to make peace for their own good. They seemed to be persuaded, until Psybox leapt up an' snatched the figure from a raven's claw an' ate it! He didn't toss it away, or anythin' else, just ate it, like it was a mushroom. A few ravens flew off wid 'im to get the piece out, I suppose. It woulda been fine if the other four captains 'ere didn't get all scared an' tried to run away like moles from bees.  The ravens attacked then, thinkin' treachery an' deceit, and gave us all sumthin' t'think about for awhile. You might try askin' Psybox where the piece is now, if ya care about it anymore, mighty Overlord!"

[Romsca]

OOC: I think Leatho said he had the raven with him

BIC: "You call the noise we were making squawking? Psybox was the one who was squawking. I was howling in pain, which probably sounded like squawking to you. I was howling in pain because Mattio ran in to me with his sled earlier that afternoon and that broke several of my bones. And of course, as you all know, I was buried in snow for a while, which didn't help. I was in incredible pain when Mattio tackled me and tried to beat me up, so he could take the golden raven, which he thought I had! That, along with Psybox's eating the real golden raven, was what bothered the ravens, milord."