A Winter to Freeze Your Heart part 2

[Cornflower MM]

OOC: I don't mind.

BIC: Bryant opened his eyes, and started thinking over the day. Since he and Ushen and found a good place to store Arya's furnishings, they were going to start on the painting today. But first, he had to meet Vatra.
The squirrel sighed as he got out of bed, then got ready for the day. As he started off, he decided to take a shortcut that really turned out to ber a long cut, as the Dibbuns were enchanted with his white fur and short tail. When he finally got to the armoury, he saw that Vatra was already there. "Have you been waiting long?" He asked quietly. Some beasts didn't like to talk in the mornings.

[Faiyloe]

When Bryant entered Vatra stood from where she had been sitting. She had Martians sword strapped to her side and the javelin in her right paw.

"Have you been waiting long?"

"No," Vatra answered bluntly though in reality she had. She didn't mind though it gave her time to think her plan threw. "Gear up," She said waving a paw around the room, "You don't have to bother with the camo suits if you don't want to but if you don't I would at least put some suit in your fur to make it a little less obvious," There was no jest in her tone she was serious.  As Bryant got ready She continued with her explanation in a lowered tone just in case some one was listening. "We are going to go out to check on the traps then we will swing around and check out Redwall. I have an idea that could win the war for us," 

[Cornflower MM]

Bryant said sighed and grabbed a small, very unnoticeable jar froim a cupboard and started smearing the contents onto his fur, and he didn't feel like struggling with those stupid suits. When he was done with that, which took a few minutes, he grabbed a javelin and a bow. He sighed, "And what might this master plan of yours be?" He asked, also not in jest.

[Faiyloe]

"I will tell you when we get there," She said and headed for the door down the hall and up the stairs into the morning in silence. She looked around and giving the lookout a salute she headed in the direction of the first trap.

[Cornflower MM]

Bryant just sighed and followed Vatra, half-wondering how in the world she'd convinced him to do this.

[Faiyloe]

They reached the first trap and Vatra began to check all the component to make sure it was still in working order.  As she worked she began to talk "So, what's up with Arya's bed room," She asked.

[Dannflower Reguba]

OOC: All spoken words have been translated. Also, Stormfront is a temp, so I don't plan on using him consistantly.     

       Stormfront tapped his buddy on the shoulder and pointed at the two squirrels leaving the area, "Look, just like Ervoyce said.... Though he only said the dark one went alone, should we still follow?" After deciding to play it safe, the beasts from the Frozen Torrent split. Stormfront picked up a fellow squirrel on the way, while his otter friend went to inform the others that a hole in the perimeter needed to be filled. Storm was an experienced Torrent, but his current partner looked a little green, "Just remember, we're not here to interfere unless they do something crazy. Just keep an eye on them, and let me decide if action must be taken."

OOC: One last note, they follow from a fair distance away, and stick to the trees, so spotting them is impossible, and hearing them takes a lot of practice.

[Cornflower MM]

OOC: You just have to make sure Vatra never goes unwatched, doncha, Dan?

BIC: Bryant watched Vatra checking the trap, and started to explain: "Well, since she hasn't been what you'd call cheerful the past few days, Ushen came up with this idea that we could paint her bedroom. So, I exaggerated the dinky hole in her floor, so we could move her to another room. Now we've got all the furniture out, and we're set to start painting today." He said, sighing as his wordy explanation came to an end.

[Dannflower Reguba]

OOC: That's what Ervoyce went to speak to the Torrent about, I warned Faiyloe awhile ago that she was going to be followed. Like I said to her, they won't engage unless she goes too far.

[Cornflower MM]

OOC: I was just teasing, y'know....

[Faiyloe]

Vatra nodded listening threw the explanation. "Oh that's sweet. She'll like that," She said. She finished with this trap and headed off in the direction of the next one. She waved her paw as an indication for Bryant to follow.     

OOC: It is kind of unfair. If I had not said anything about having an idea you would have never set the torrent to watch me. It is not like you can read my mind. I should have learned by now. I knew this was going to happen. But it is better reading if you give a little foreshadowing. Ervoyces bat ears are so good they can hear my thoughts.  XD OK rant over... Just please please go easy on me. Let me do this one crazy thing. Please, please, please, please. You can torturer Bryant all you want for letting me do it.  JK

[Dannflower Reguba]

OOC: It makes sense though, Ervoyce is extremely concerned about his friends. He now has a decently sized group of beasts that are as loyal to him as he is to them. Of course he's going to secure the safety of his friends with this.  And like I keep emphasizing, they won't get involved unless you do something stupid as their directive is to keep everybeast alive while trying not to be seen. Heck, if you get in trouble you might not even know they are there while they drop the anybeast chasing you. I want to let you do crazy stuff, I like crazy stuff, but my and my character's motive is to keep others alive. Hope that all made sense. Oh, and I've got nothing to do while you're gone, so please don't slow down.  .... Actually....


BIC:

       
       Ervoyce was on his way in to take a rest when he heard the same call he had used to summon the Torrent. He veered off to converse with the caller, somebeast had left. He broke through the low-hanging branches of an elm and cut to the chase, "Who, and where." The description given was most obviously Vatra and Bryant as they were the only two who had white and black fur besides himself. Ervoyce pondered for a moment, "Who's watching them?" Stormfront, he was dependable. He thanked the contact and left. The dark squirrel made his way in the direction indicated and found the trap, looking around to confirm that his friends had been here. After picking up a white tuft and staring into the distance, he sighed, stood, and whispered, "Good luck Vatra, I won't be there to help you this time..... Please come back, I've no idea what I'd do if I were to lose you too."

       Ervoyce turned, hoping to high heaven that he'd made the right decision.

[Faiyloe]

OOC: Hope you don't mind seeing as none of you have much to do till I get to redwall any way I'll Just make a little time jump.

BIC:

It was a good hour latter when they finally finished checking the traps and Vatra started to swing round towards Redwall. They had been conversing and exchanging small talk the whole time but the closer they got to Redwall the quieter she became. Till her answers consisted of only one or two words. Vatra was actually getting Nervous. Something that never happened.

[Cornflower MM]

Bryant also quieted down, staring at the red walls and wondering how the heck he got roped into this.

[Faiyloe]

Vatra stopped on the edge of the tree cover and looked up at the abbey and the vermin on the wall tops. She turned back to Bryant. "You stay here Your job is to make sure that I get out alive, If push comes to shove I'll blow this whistle," She said quietly, holding up a whistle on a rope hidden under her tunic. "One blast means that I ran into some trouble and I need out fast,  You make a distraction while I get away. Two means run as fast as you can back to Brockhall and don't look back, and whatever you do don't let them know you are here,"   

Then without waiting for him to argue Vatra ran out into the open on the path in front of the abbey and Over to the front gate. She knocked on it and called up the the guards on the wall. "I demand audience with his lord Grund, I have information that could win this war for him,"