The Undecided

[Ashleg]

"Ow!" Twisty exclaimed, glaring at her. "My whole arm? What?! Why?" He tenderly rubbed his paw. "At least yer talkin' ag'in..."

[Dannflower Reguba]

       Raleigh had sharp ears, and she could hear the snickering in the camp, an all too harsh reminder that she wasn't in the infirmary anymore. She resumed avoiding eye-contact with anybeast else in the area before responding, "Infections inhibit limbs, cause great pain, and in some cases, result in death. If your paw gets infected, it could easily spread to the rest of your arm before it's found. At that point it'd be impossible to treat..... I wasn't planning on you running around like this, your paw is at great risk out here." She got quieter and quieter as she spoke, almost whispering by the time she was done.

[Ashleg]

Twisty nodded dumbly.
Oh yes...I see what you're trying to do. he thought. Scaring me into thinking I shouldn't be here, are you?
"Right, 'tis dangerous. Well, I don't see no danger 'ere...not with me new sword, any'ow."

[Dannflower Reguba]

       Twisty's addelbrained statement, combined with his adamant claim to ownership of Redwall's only prized weapon was irritating. Raleigh expected such silly behavior from dibbuns, but this..... this was different. She knew there was nothing else she could do or say at the moment, so she kept her silence, hoping for something to break her away from Twisty at least, if not the rest of the vermin.... But..... the paw. She scrunched her eyes shut again, "No, musn't think too much of it!"

OOC: When are we headed out? Also @The Skarzs don't leave ya boy Sandpaw hangin' man 

[Ashleg]

"What're ya lookin' at?" Twisty asked.
He glanced at his paw. "Still this? I'm not gonna fight with it. Don't worry."

[The Skarzs]

  "Nothing to fear except your vermin opening the other gates and letting the rest in," said Gerard, frowning. "I will allow three in, and they will be closely watched by us."

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OOC: Oops, thought they were moving already.

BIC: Darrin spotted Twisty with Raleigh again. "Hey, you two, stop talking and start walking!

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  Elijah put a paw on her shoulder. "Only if it's necessary. You're more valuable as a healer. "

[Ashleg]

Twisty glared poisonously at Darrin's back and started walking, grabbing Raleigh with his good paw by the wrist.
"Good fer nothing, irritating, wants to separate us...." he hissed to himself.

[LT Sandpaw]

   "Three!" Hacklaw shouted incredulously. "Three creatures only? It'll take half a season to search th' whole damn Abbey!" The big stoat spread his paws wide, trying to show himself as a reasonable and nonthreatening negotiator. A ploy that was significantly undermined by his scars, tattoos and war paint.

   "Let us compromise. Seven of my warriors, unarmed of course, will be allowed entrance. Once they have searched your Abbey from top to bottom and find no trace of Darrin or his gang they shall be traded for these, woodlanders. If they do not return, or are hindered in their search. Well..." Hacklaw touched the hilt of his knife, his eyes shining with meaningful malice. "Th' babe will be the first to die, before I tear this place down stone by stone until I find that bloody ferret!" Closing his eyes Hacklaw released a calming breath before continuing, his tone low, and smoother than honey. "Do we have an accord?"

[Cornflower MM]

Rowan shrugged Elijah's paw off her shoulder as she stopped walking and turned to face the otter. "There's only four of you against all the vermin with Darrin! You really think you can do it with four?" She demanded, folding her paws. "Do you even have any idea how we're going to do this?"

[The Skarzs]

  Elijah stopped a few paces further. Then turned around. "We'll improvise. I've done crazier things before. Come on, we can't stop."

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  Gerard stepped back from the wall to think. He knew Hacklaw would be waiting.
  The more vermin he let in, the harder they would be to watch. But if it would save the innocents. . .
  "Very well," he called, going back to look down at the stoat. "We will open the gate when they are ready. Have them stand right in front."

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  Darrin looked back at Twisty. "What'd you say?"

[Ashleg]

"I said good fer somethin', all-knowing, knows what's best fer us, Chief!" Twisty drawled, grinning stupidly and rocking on his heels.

[The Skarzs]

  "Don't get smart with me," said Darrin, looking at Twisty severely. "Yer already walking on thin ice."
  Grimin took this moment to speak up. "How far 're we gonna go, chief?"
  "Far as we can. I'm thinkin' somewhere northeast of here."
  The weasel whined, hitting at some nearby shrubbery. "But we already very up from the south! I wanna stay somewhere for a while!"
  "Yer welcome to stay here and wait t'see if Hacklaw comes after us." And spare the sound of me your voice, Darrin thought. "Otherwise, keep moving. Also, if anybeast sees anything we can gather for food, get it."

[Ashleg]

"Oh, don't worry--I would never get smart with you, Chief." Twisty whispered, this time indeed too low for anybeast, except for perhaps the nearby Raleigh, to hear.
When the others started talking, he bobbed his head eagerly in what was supposed to look like agreement, then hustled his prisoner away from them.

[Ashleg]

OOC-
Hacklaw was transferred to me. So, here we go. Also, @Cornflower MM , I added Denkal in case you wanted in. If not, we can just act like he's another one of the NPCs.
IC-
Hacklaw carefully selected the seven vermin, among which were Denkal the stoat and two weasels by the names of Joccan and Willet. He hoped Rallowan would return soon. He didn't trust this place.
The selected moved to stand up front, near the gates, which Hacklaw scrutinized in silence. How easy would they be to break down?
"There they are. Now let them in."


OOC-
Fixed!

[The Skarzs]

OOC: Rallowan is tracking the other guys.

BIC: Gerard looked down at the selected vermin, still unhappy about the situation. He now had some reservations about letting Elijah go after Darrin. "Open the gate!" he cried down to the Redwallers below. They pulled in one side of the double doors, opening up Redwall to the vermin.
  Joccan and the rest stepped in, and the gate was closed behind them.