| Subject: Yay Otters, boo the fox (boooo). The question is, why would they bother with the sword? |
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Date Posted: 03:58:44 04/24/02 Wed
In reply to:
Dakkan
's message, "Here's a short bit, don't have lots of time! PART SIX" on 18:37:27 04/23/02 Tue
>Having driven the foxes back with the ferocity of
>their attack, the otters turned tail and made for
>their den, the wounded stumbling a little. Dartweed
>took a torch from a wall bracket and extinguished the
>rest, hoping to leave any pursuers in the dark. He led
>his little band through a tunnel in the den that was
>virtually unused. At the end was an underground
>section of the river that flowed not far from the
>entrance of the den.
>“Follow me to the emergency den!” whispered Dartweed
>urgently. After placing his torch in the single wall
>sconce, he dove into the water and was gone. By the
>light of the small flame, the rest jumped into the
>river. The last one flung a spray of water upward,
>extinguishing the torch before he, too, was gone. The
>cavern was once more enshrouded in darkness.
>Seconds later, the foxes bundled onto the ledge that
>overhung the section of underground river. A few had
>had the foresight to light a couple of torches and
>bring them along.
>“Blast! The plank-tailed idiots have escaped!”
>announced Shadowfang angrily. “If you dolts has just
>run faster…”
>“Perhaps they’re just hiding in the water down there
>‘till we leave,” suggested the fox who had taken the
>dart in his hindpaw as he wrapped a bandage around the
>wound.
>Shadowfang strode over and yanked on the end of the
>bandage, pulling it extremely tight. Ignoring his
>follower’s yelps of pain, the black fox gritted into
>his face, “I can see by this torchlight that there’s
>nothing down there but rocks, mud, and water. They’ve
>escaped into the open river by that hole in the rock
>over there. Unless you want to go look yourself.” He
>kicked the injured fox over the edge and into the
>water.
>Turning abruptly, Shadowfang addressed his band. “The
>otters have gotten away; this I can’t help. You are
>free to plunder their food storage and valuables,
>though. I’m sure we’ll find slaves elsewhere.”
>The fox with the injured paw eventually climbed,
>dripping, from the water and joined the rest in
>stealing whatever could be found in the otters’ den.
>However, the double-edged saber that had belonged to
>Silverclaw lay forgotten in the snow-covered tall
>grass by the entrance. The foxes left the den without
>even knowing of its presence.
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