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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:27 am
Tam chuckles softly. "So I"m still in the dog house, huh? Fine. Have it your way. I'll let Kero deal with ye on that point." He stands up and stretches, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. "Hope, I'm going for a walk. If Kero wakes up, tell him I'll be back shortly. I'm going to go look for Puss. I haven't seen him since yesterday. He even missed breakfast and he never does that... he loves his scraps. I hope nothing's happened to him."
**come to think of it... he's not made an appearance for days on end... and without Bez to control him, who knows what mischief he's gotten into... LOL**
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 3:41 pm
*She shakes her head...and prances out after him*
Daddy...daddy towd me what happened....I'm sowwy....
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 5:03 pm
Tam looks down at the cub and smiles fondly. "Oh... and just what did yer daddy tell you, Princess?" he asks thinking it had to be a seriously abridged rendition or possibly even made up. "I tell ye what... why don't ye help me look for Puss and ye can tell me what he said while we do it. Let's try the garden first. He might just be hiding out there, but I doubt it. His bowl hasn't been touched and if he was that close to food, that little glutton wold have made certain we fed him."
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 5:44 pm
*Salunia lifts her nose into the air, sniffing...then darts off, towing Tam behind her...belatedly, he remembers why Kero and Hope can always find him...even a half-miner can track...and a full miner, with the noses they have, map the world through smell*
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 5:49 pm
Tam follows her down one ally and across a garden, neglected now due to the cold, and under a hedge. Well, he draws the line at the hedge and decides to meet her on the other side. Tracking her by his own fairly good sense of smell, he aligns himself with the cub's trajectory, only she stops near the hedge's center and stays put.
"Iffin ye think I'm crawling in after ye, think again..." he calls to her with a laugh. "I'm a whole lot bigger than ye are and have no desire to be sewing patches on rips in me coat."
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 6:13 pm
*She calls back*
I beweeve Puss ish in hewe...in dis howe in da gwound...I kin smeww him...he awways smeww wike honey and paper...and I can heaw him puwwing...ow ish dat buzzing...
**Talk about being led astray...I set this up to get Tam back in Sal's good graces...guess what our little cubbie has found**
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:13 pm
**bees... in early winter... ooo... I certainly hope not... either way... they won't be too happy... not yet fully asleep...**
Tam growls to himself. "Salunia, come out of there now... that's not Puss... I'm sure it's not... that sounds like a hive of bees... and if he is in there... there's nothing ye can do fer him that he can't do fer himself... Get back... now!" he shouts, trying to stay calm, wondering if it was indeed bees. If it was and Puss was in there, the kitten was in trouble only iffin he upset them and that cat knew how to walk on eggshells without disturbing a single one., But if Salunia started messing with a hive, they'd start stinging without caring who they landed on. It was too early in the season for them to go dormant yet and both the cub and cat would find themselves swarmed.
He starts wading through the hedge to get to her side, hoping to stop her before she sets off a chain reaction.
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:35 pm
*Salunia darts out, and as Tam sweeps her up, he notices it's not a beehive...but ground hornets...and there are a few that are stinging her already*
Owie...Unckwel Tam...it huwts...
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:52 pm
He throws up a small shield about her and runs away from the nest, taking to the air as soon as he finds a clear spot to do so. As they fly away, he examines her stings and growls. "We need to get mud on those and quick, before they swell. Landing by the river, he makes certain they haven't been followed by the creatures and then sits her on a fallen trunk. Scooping up some mud, he infuses it with his bardic magic and begins to coat the stings. The coolness of the icy pack is almost as therapeutic as the mud itself, and combined with Tam's bard craft, the stings soon fade into ugly memories.
"Did I get them all, Princess?" he asks at last examining her carefully.
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:01 pm
*She is still sniffling*
Uh huh...It huwts, Unkwel Tam...
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:07 pm
Tam nods sadly. "I know it does, Princess... and all that mud isn't doing much for yer appearance either. Tell ye what. I'm flying ye straight back home and I'm going to sing you into a healing sleep once we get there. That should help ye feel better. If Puss did run away, he should know how to get home all by his lonesome. And right now, I want to make sure you're alright. Here, Ye look cold, How about I give ye a ride Like I used to do with Kero... inside me coat? Would ye like that? Ye can stick yer head out here and see where we're going iffin ye want."
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:08 pm
*She nods*
C..Can I have a stowy...befowe I hafta go to sweep?
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:16 pm
Tam hugs her close and spreads his wings wide, fanning them slightly before taking off. "Of course ye can... any one in particular? Or should I surprise ye?" he asks leaping into the air. Within minutes they are back at the cottage and landing on the roof.
Tam absorbs his wings and crawls into his window laughing. "Old Mrs. Grimes isn't going to tell anyone I'm flying... really Salunia... ye worry too much. For starters... she's half blind... and even iffin she did see me, she only sees what she wants to see these days.."
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:18 pm
*Salunia is too busy sniffling to notice*
Can I have my stowy now?
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:21 pm
Tam nods. "But of course... yer wish is my command, Princess. Here, do you want to sleep up here in my bed... or down stairs nearer to your mommy?"
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