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Post by Madeline on Jul 12, 2021 19:06:07 GMT -5
...was having trouble. Bucky dove down and grabbed his friend, bringing him back up to the surface. Riverback sniffed and started swimming with ease. "I'da been fine! Wait, where are we?" The current swept them out to sea. "Wot, wot, what 'ave we..."
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Post by Otus Shortwing on Jul 12, 2021 19:54:31 GMT -5
"...'ere, mateys?"
Before anyone could ask, Riverback popped a live shrimp in his mouth and chomped down.
"Ooh, fresh. But 'ere's a problem, you're all beavers, an' I'm a otter wiff arf a tail. We ain't built for the open sea!"
Bucktooth pointed at--
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Post by Madeline on Jul 13, 2021 15:59:28 GMT -5
Salamandastron in the distance. "Could we go there? We could walk on the beach." Riverback thought about this for a moment. "I don't think the monster followed us, so it might be safe." Bucky clambered up onto the shore. "Then let's go! It's not that...
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Post by Otus Shortwing on Jul 13, 2021 18:41:04 GMT -5
"...far!"
Bucktooth and his beaver kin helped Riverback swim back to the beach. They shook themselves out and wiped seawater from their eyes before turning their sights on the great Salamandastron. Sunset cast warm red light on them as they approached, where they were greeted by--
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Post by Madeline on Jul 31, 2021 15:56:42 GMT -5
a pair of hares. "I say, what have we here, ol' chap? Looks like a bunch o' beavers an' a tail-less otter chap, wot wot!" The other hare stepped forward and bowed elegantly. "Hello, travelers. We do hope you come in peace." The leader beaver steps forward...
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Post by Otus Shortwing on Aug 5, 2021 19:25:12 GMT -5
...and crossed her paws across her chest.
"O' course we come in peace!" she chuffed. "And in a hurry. Before we stumbled across Riverback here, we were chased by a terrifying beaver-eating monster!"
The hares exchanged glances.
"Er...yes," the first one said. "Sorry chaps. We've heard that--
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Post by Madeline on Aug 14, 2021 15:49:51 GMT -5
there was a terrible monstah in these parts, but since the death of our Bagdah Lord, we haven't been able to do anything about it!" Riverback looked shocked. "The Badger Lord is dead?!" Bucktooth nervously glanced up the river. "Can we discuss this inside the mountain? That monster might...
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Post by Otus Shortwing on Aug 29, 2021 8:47:35 GMT -5
"...appear at any moment, hungry for beaver."
Both hares nodded in unison. The first one stuck out a friendly paw. "Quite right. I'm Swiftscut, and this here's Sandpaw."
"Oaktooth," said the leader of the beavers as she shook Swiftscut's paw.
"Hurry up then chaps!" Sandpaw said, and beckoned them into--
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Post by Madeline on Sept 3, 2021 14:12:19 GMT -5
...the mountain fortress of Salamandastron. The beavers and otter hurried to follow, nervously looking over their shoulder should the monster appear.
Which it did.
"EVERYBEAST RUN!!!" Screamed Riverback as the monster came into sight in the distance. Every creature broke into a run for Salamandastron's front door. They barely had reached...
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Post by Otus Shortwing on Sept 19, 2021 16:11:05 GMT -5
...the cavernous doorway leading into the mountain when the monster's ROARRR shook the passageway and reverberating against the stone. Bucktooth flinched and grabbed Riverback's paw.
"Don't stop!" Bucktooth exclaimed.
Riverback did not stop, but it turned out Bucktooth was the slowest of the beavers. At the back, they felt the ground rumble--
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Post by Madeline on Sept 21, 2021 13:43:21 GMT -5
...as the monster closed in, teeth dripping poisonous saliva as it roared again. Swiftscut and Sandpaw grabbed Riverback and Bucktooth and heaved them through the door as more hares closed it behind everyone, just in time. The beavers and otter collapsed to the floor as the monster beat upon the stone slab blocking... (53) (OOC: Goodness, this story has gotten dark )
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Post by Otus Shortwing on Sept 21, 2021 17:40:14 GMT -5
...the entrance to the mountain. Riverback squeezed Bucktooth's paw and grinned at him from where he lay upon the rough-hewn stone floor.
"That weren't so bad, right?"
Bucktooth shivered and stood back up. "What is that thing?" he asked of Swiftscut and Sandpaw.
The hares exchanged hesitant looks, and Swiftscut said, with forced cheer--
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Post by Madeline on Oct 2, 2021 18:28:42 GMT -5
"Excellent question, laddie Buck! We've been tryin' to find that out for a while now. We think we've found some answers, but 'tis all in Badger Script, an' with no badger 'round to translate for us, well..."
Bucktooth waved his paws frantically. "You mean you have no idea what that thing is?!"
The hares shifted...
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Post by Otus Shortwing on Oct 2, 2021 19:14:32 GMT -5
...uncomfortably on their large back paws, and hem-hawed under their breath with much "wotting" and "see, chaps, the thing is..."
"I will assume 'no'," said Bucktooth. "Ain't there some kind of Badger Script dictionary here in the mountain?"
"Yeah!" Riverback said. "This be an ancestral badger home, ain't anyone ever taken a translation?"
Sandpaw's ears pricked--
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Post by Madeline on Oct 2, 2021 19:36:54 GMT -5
"I say, old scout, you may have something there!"
The hares led Riverback and Bucktooth to the library while the other beavers went to get food and rest. Surrounded by the ancient tomes and newer books, the party searched for a Badger Script dictionary. After hours, they couldn't find it. But just as they were about to...
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