| Subject: *long, exaggerated sigh* Okay! Okay! Here's the next part. A bit longer this time *grin* |
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Date Posted: 18:01:43 04/19/03 Sat
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Dakkan Strongrudder, otter with a quill!
's message, "*rubs his paws* OK, it's been awhile..." on 01:31:00 03/07/03 Fri
Kyre stopped talking as a bony weasel with yellowish fur and a huge red eyepatch stalked to the guard’s seat up front. “Shuddup, dere,” he snarled, poking the sea otter in the back of the neck with his heavy spear. The weasel began to continue by, but stopped suddenly. He turned and forced Kyre to look at him by digging his filthy claw under his chin. “Aah, it’s d’bold otter dere, eh eh? Heh heh heh, we fin’ly gots you. When I be on watch, you betta’ lookout den, hey? Yehyeh, you gunna fear d’name o’ Brasspatch den, heh!”
Ferkah squinted his blackened eyes hatefully and stomped one of his hefty hindpaws on the weasel’s scraggly tail.
“Yowow, you gunna gets it!” Brasspatch squealed, pulling a whip out of his belt and dancing in pain at the same time. The whip consisted of seven leather straps attached to a wooden handle, and all of them snapped viciously on the young hare’s shoulders.
“Hey, you bally rotter, wot! Kindly lay off the strappin’…hahahaha! …please weasel me lad…hohoho!”
Kyre was confused, as was Brasspatch, who gave his victim a few more cuts before progressing to his chair and sitting down, gripping his spear and trying to look forbidding.
The sea otter rubbed one of the rising welts on his friend’s shoulder. “What on earth are you laughin’ at, mate?”
The hare shook with mirth and tears streamed down his cheeks as he tried to stop chuckling. “Hahaha, sorry m’lad, wot! Just the sight of ol’ bony tryin’ to look intimidating…heeheehee! I was just thinkin’ how if I were unchained, I could sneeze and he’d be blasted into next season!” Getting his emotions somewhat under control, Ferkah licked a bleeding whipcut on his other shoulder and sighed. “Ah, but this hurts somethin’ terrible! Quite a damper on my good mood, wot wot?”
Kyre rolled his eyes with a smile. He was getting used to hares and their odd ways.
It wasn’t long before the wavebeasts had pillaged to their satisfaction and gave the order to set off again. The galley slaves uncomplainingly grabbed their oars once again and rowed off to the steady beat of Fogpelt's drum.
At nightfall, the guards were changed again. In Brasspatch’s place came a fox with an ale belly and several large earrings. He settled down quickly and was soon snoring. Kyre waited until he saw the huge stomach begin to rise and fall regularly, indicating that its owner had dropped off.
Kyre’s dagger had been passed to the back of the ship. One by one, the slaves prised up the deep staples that held their chains to the deck while their oar partner took the load alone for a few minutes. Nobody got out of rhythm and the heavyset drummer never noticed the rattling over the splash of water.
Finally the dagger returned to Kyre, who took it and unearthed their staple. The sea otter shoved the blade into the simple rusty lock that held all of the chains to a large metal ring by his seat and was delighted when it disintegrated into red dust. Now all they had to do was wait for the lookout to announce their time was right.
It was nearly dawn before Kyre head what he was listening for.
“Cap’n! Land hoooo!”
“What sort is it, bucko?”
“Huge rocky thing, Cap’n! Shall I tell th’ steersbeast t’go for it?”
“Certainly…may be some victims there, aye?”
Kyre grinned. This was exactly what he was hoping for, but he never dared to hope the situation could be as good as this! “Keep going, mates! When I give the signal, don’t hesitate!”
Within the hour, the sea otter could see the rocky island through the oar slit if he bent down and looked.
“What’re yew lookin’ at?” Fogpelt cursed with a whipcrack, having come down from his drum.
Kyre looked him full in the face and roared, “RAMMING SPEED!”
...anybeast seen Ben-Hur? *wink wink*
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