A Winter to Freeze Your Heart part 2

[Faiyloe]

"He left to get the stuff," Vatra lied "We still need a ghost this is our best chance to get our home back. Every one here is one edge there are vermin in the woods and we are all on the run. I promise you then are not normally like that. Once we get the abbey back you would defiantly have a place there and you would be welcomed. I know it takes a little for the dibbuns to warm up to new creatures but you are such a nice person that if you give them a chance I am sure they will adore you,"

[Cornflower MM]

"Oh, yes. Me, the laughingstock." Bryant muttered, turning onto his side, but not so much that he couldn't see Vatra.
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Arya came up to Ervocye and tapped him onm the shoulder. "How is he?" She whispered, jerking her head toward the room.

[Faiyloe]

"There not like that! they want you as a friend but only if you let them. Look at us we are all different and strange in one way or another. I once new a hedgehog who lost his spikes. And there was not to long ago two foreigners they wore strange cloths and spoke a different language. Even when they talked in a way that I could understand they sounded strange. Then there's me I attack people when I get mad! Yet none of us were turned away. Nobody is really acting like themselves now we all have been very stressed and scared and on edge. Don't blame them if they are suspicious at first. Don't let other people control who you are! and don't you dare desert us when we need you the most! That is being selfish, That is what you are if you leave A selfish cowered!" Vatra said her voice rising near the end She was feeling angry and hot and her vision was blurred. She took long deep breaths trying to calm her self then said in a whisper for that was all she could manage at the moment "Please don't do that to me..."

[Cornflower MM]

"You ATTACK people?" Bryant said, then saw the red mist in Vatra's eyes. He started to get a little scared. Maybe this squirrelmaid wasn't for him. Maybe Ervoyce could have her....He shook his head, getting rid of those thoughts, and heard her whisper. "Alright, I'll stay long enough to help you get your home back, but then I'm off." He warned, slowly inching his way away from Vatra. Hey, if the squirrel attacked people when she got mad, he didn't want to get too close right now.

[Faiyloe]

"I... I used to," Vatra said quietly starring blankly at the floor she backed away towards the wall. I thought I had that under control... why... will I never be free! I have just made it worse? I have a monster  a monster on the inside fighting constantly to get out will I never be rid of it! Why do I have to live in fear of hurting my friends? My hole life my whole life... She felt the wall behind her and slid down to the floor. Tears welling up in her eyes and a voice shouting in her head

"You think your life is hard yet its not you have not felt what I have felt. The fight, the pain, the loss, The constant fight, every waking moment, to keep the monster inside. Afraid to feel cuz if you do some one might get hurt, the lose of a loved one, The Fire inside the terrible fire The pain and the furry and the worst part is is that I actually enjoyed it." Vatra said in a sob covering her face with her paws.   

[Dannflower Reguba]

     Ervoyce was getting increasingly on edge, "Not well it seems, though by appearance it would seem Bryant is sticking around." Though he knew now was not the most preferable to for intervention, the heated situation needed some ice. Pushing himself off the wall he entered the doorway, "How's the head sunshine? Sister just left a minute ago, would it be helpful for me to go snag." While he was speaking to Bryant he sneaked a look at Vatra to get her attention. His body was turned so that only Vatra would see the movements of his left hand, which he raised and lowered slowly and gently, while making his breathing slightly more obvious to encourage his friend to take deep breaths, emotions could be stirred faster when they were getting fatigued, and breathing always helped to even this out.

[Cornflower MM]

"Oh, haha! Very funny, I'm sure. Sunshine gets a little old." Bryant said, rolling his eyes. He'd heard them all; Sunshine was a commonly used one because, it was joked, he could light up a room by walking into it with his fur. "No, I'm fine. Where's that stuff you were going to get?" He asked, getting straight to the point. He suddenly connected the dots. Vatra had Bloodwrath. Oh, geez. What in the name of nuts have I gotten myself into? He wondered, then sat up. Arya peeped in and saw Vatra on the floor, Bryant rolling his eyes and sitting up, and Ervoyce doing something with his paw. She shrugged; The two of them were close. He helped calm her down, and she didn't. Simple. She walked in and patted Vatra on the shoulder to show that she had friends available to talk to, ready to help and support. "Hey, Bryant. Don't give us a scare like that again!" In an undertone, she asked Vatra, "You okay? Remember to relax, and let the blood in your head go down." She hoped that would help, but she didn't really know. Vatra didn't really talk to her about that sort of stuff.

[Faiyloe]

Vattra looked up when Ervoyce entered the room. She saw what he was doing (and what he meant) with his paw and started to take some deep breaths. Then Arya came over and asked her if she was Ok.

"I'm... I'm fine, Just tiered. I thought that I had that under control but..." She said getting up "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you like that..." She said to Bryant biting her lip. "We are both two very messed up squirrels together we make one normal person," She said but more to lighten the mood than anything else.   

[Dannflower Reguba]

     Ervoyce, was puzzled for a second, until he realized what Bryant thought he was saying, "Oh, that's not what I meant. Sunshine is quite often what I refer to a beast as after they've woken up."

[Faiyloe]

"Ya he says that all the time," Vatra said.

[Cornflower MM]

"Ah. But you still didn't answer my question. Where's the stuff?" Bryant said, looking at Ervoyce quizzically. When Vatra had said, "We are both two very messed up squirrels together we make one normal person," He laughed, surprising himself. His laugh was very unused, and rather deep. It was unused because he was rather embarrassed by it, and he blushed slightly.
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Arya raised her eyebrows, but let it go. If Vatra didn't want to talk, that was fine. Arya wouldn't press her; She knew Vatra was a little......Flammable, you could say. She slipped quietly out  when Bryant asked his question again, to go and get some air, and saw Russina, who, it couldn't be denied, was getting a little strange in the head after leaving the Abbey. "Hello, Mother Abbess!"
"Hullo, you young whippersnapper." Russina replied, looking puzzled at this familiar young squirrelmaid in front of. She then nodded, and walked away. Arya was flabbergasted at the mouse's behavior. It was almost like she hadn't recognized her!

[Faiyloe]

Vatra laughed a little too, glad that the tension was over. She noticed that Bryant was getting suspicious and kept asking where the stuff was. Thinking quickly she smacked her forehead and said "Oh I forgot you don't have the key to the chest. Don't worry I'll go get them," She said giving Ervoyce a wink that Bryant couldn't see and slipped out of the room before anyone could argue.     

[Cornflower MM]

"Were you really getting the stuff?" Bryant asked Ervoyce, thinking that maybe he'd listened in.

[rachel25]

Zanga had decided that maybe this would be a good chance to break in now. The guards were gone, and he could easily get in, then maybe hide himself till it was properly dark.
Zanga edged himself as far down the branch towards the wall as he could, then leapt. He had underestimated how far the wall really was, he only just caught hold of the parapet. He smashed into the wall, which knocked all the breath out of him. He hung there for a while making sure no one had heard him, then pulled himself onto the wall, the ran down the wallsteps. He looked frantically around for somewhere to hide. The orchard! He could hide there.
Zanga ran off towards the Orchard, and hide behind some bushes, breathing heavily. Not long now fox, not long now.

[Cornflower MM]

OOC: Can I PP a weasel or something that goes into the Orchard, and finds him? Of course the vermin's be killed quickly; I just think it might be nice to interact with another character.