A Winter to Freeze Your Heart part 2

[Cornflower MM]

Bryant rolled his eyes and shoivde again. "Maybe if we shove together. . . . " He suggested.

[Dannflower Reguba]

       Ervoyce rolled his eyes, "You two grab the side of that end, and I'll take the front of this end. With the three of us balanced out like that we should be able to get this thing in the other room fairly easily." He found a handhold across from the others, "Just don't run me over, ready? Lets go!"

OOC: I'm assuming that they're going to lift, so we could just leave the room in the next post so Corn and Faiy can do their bit here. Arya and Vatra (Who I almost referred to Corn and Faiy by ) could have a very interesting time here alone.

[Faiyloe]

Vatra knew exactly what it felt like to lose some one who you where close to. She let Arya rest her head on her good shoulder and raped her arm around her. Despite the drawing the symptoms where clear. She was grieving. She missed Zanga and she had been holding the pain in for so long. She needed to let it out before she could accept it. "It's ok, Just let it all out," She said softly under the voices of the men. 

[Cornflower MM]

Bryant found a pawhold, lifted, and waited for Ervoyce to move backward, idly wondering how many breaks they'd have to take.
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Arya started whispering between sniffles. "That was the day that we had that huge snowball fight, and you blew up at me. Remember? It started when Zanga was teasing me, hten trying to give me 'love advice', and tried to get me to talk to Ervoyce, so he threw a snowball at him." She whispered, before drawing a paw across her eyes.

[Faiyloe]

A small grin crossed Vatra's face at the memory. How could she forget that day. She now realized that Arya had had a crush on Ervoyce. She felt a bit awkward, she had not tried it had just happened, She had gotten the best man in the world that day, her Ervoyce, and left Arya hanging, but she knew that this was not about that. This was about Zanga.  "I understand," She said softly.

[Dannflower Reguba]

OOC: I apologize, but I'm going to PP this part out a bit just to get us out of the room if that's okay with y'all. BIC:

      The dresser now lifted, he backed out quickly. The strain started to get to unbearable, so he warned the others as he slowed and lowered the furniture, "I'm slowing down, lets put 'er down here before we take it the rest of the way." They were well past half-way, the rooms being fairly close to each other. Ushen had seemed somewhat confused, and that was reasonable considering his lack of time spent with the others, "There have been events in the past that would give me reason to believe that those two should be left alone for now. We shouldn't go back for awhile, and when we do, it should be with caution." He leaned against the dresser, half resting, but more so contemplating what they might be talki....... No, he had to refuse curiosity. Whatever happened was between Arya and Vatra unless they, and only they, chose to speak about whatever was happening.

[Cornflower MM]

OOC: Fine by me.

BIC: "Vatra, do you really?" She sniffed, remembering the grin on Zanga's face when he'd tossed that snowball.

[Faiyloe]

"Yes, I know what it feels like to lose someone close to you. It was a very long time before I got over it and it still hurts when I think about him... but I didn't have friends to help me get threw it like you do,"  Vatra said.

[rachel25]

"Oh, ok." Ushen bite his lip. He felt like he had trespassed into a situation where he had no right to be.

[Cornflower MM]

Arya started crying quietly again; Zanga had really been her best friend.
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Bryant coughed quietly, feeling just as awkward as Ushen. After all, he hadn't been at the Abbey, either.

[Dannflower Reguba]

OOC: I talked to Corn about this already just so y'all knows.     

       Ervoyce had been staring into the wall opposite the one he was leaning on, thinking hard about the past two seasons. He remembered the snow, the vermin assaults, the conversations with the Redwallers.... But there was one conversation he couldn't push from his mind....... And that was one he had with Russina. The squirrel thought long and hard, closing his eyes and breathing deeply. After taking a moment to organize his thoughts, he stood up straight, "You two stay here, my gut's been shouting at me about some.... personal things... I think it best that Vatra and I handle this both together, and alone."

      He walked slowly back to the room, refusing his ears the right to pick up anything more than enough to confirm that it would be okay for him to approach. He walked silently up to the pair, and crouched down beside them. He wrapped his arms around Arya, reaching Vatra on the other side just barely. He waited a moment before speaking quietly, "I don't know completely what's going through your mind to cause you this grief, but I know enough to understand..... And something the Abbess told me a long time ago makes me think that I've left something that I should have supported long behind me. The nice thing about that which is broken, is that it can be fixed, even made better than it was before.... I know how much Zanga meant to you, and how alone you must have felt afterword.... But I want you to know, that as little as it may appear so at times, we're here for you..... all of us.... we're all here for you.... Please, don't ever forget that... We need you." He squeezed harder as his heart went out to his friend, she had to know that they cared..... that he cared.

[rachel25]

Ushen watched Ervoyce go back, and turned to Bryant. "One, this is really awkward. Two, I don't have the faintest idea how we're gonna move this thing without him."

[Cornflower MM]

"One, this is no less awkward for me, and two, I have no idea either, unless we get more help, which would be embarrassing." Bryant replied, chewing on his bottom lip as he watched Ervoyce walk off.
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At that, Arya started bawling. "S-s-sometimes, it doesn't f-f-f-f-eel that way." She sobbed out, telling the truth, no longer hiding what she had felt over the past season.

[Dannflower Reguba]

       There wasn't much more Ervoyce could say, but he squeezed as hard as he dared lest he injure his friend. He searched and searched, trying desperately to find the words to comfort Arya, but they escaped his grasp. He was failing, and it was simply because he'd been too blind to see what was happening right under his nose..... That was it... He'd only recently become a part of this life recently, so much different from his former ways. He was so caught up in joyous elements of it that he was struggling with all the new emotions and feelings..... But that was all over now, "I've been aloof my friend, a tad distracted by recent... events. Please, you must know that we never stopped caring about you. Best I know, none of us ever plans on stopping either... Arya..... Would you like to join us again? If so, could you hold out your hand?" The dark squirrel had gotten an idea. 

[Cornflower MM]

Arya thought for a moment, then extended her paw, casting a glance at Vatra, to see if she knew anything about this.