A Final Request - RPLOG
Participants
Date
5/5/477
Log
A warm day with clear and sunny skies. Typical Sweetwather weather and a great day for an outing. Perfect for the last request of an old man. Not far away from the recently restored Longtail Manor's gates is a small crowd of sorts. The center of attention of course is the long time survivor himself Edward Longtail, a cheetah with dulled fur that's certainly seen more luster in days past. His limbs are weak and scrawny, no longer fit for even lifting basic objects. Frail, but considering his coughing laugh while he speaks, still full of energy. Two beings support both sides of the noble while he converses with the small group of curious beings.
Sven loiters in the square, shirtless and panting in the hot Firmament weather. He had been on his way for a swim at the beach after finally acquitting himself of his duties at court, but had found himself interested in the strange old man outside of Flora's newly renovated manor. After only a moment of listening to the elderly being's stories, the hefty puma had been rooted to the spot!
Rixo always did like listening to the stories of the elders, so when word got around she had promptly shown up. Though in armour, as always, she had her helmet off and tucked under her arm, her heavier weapons missing from her person, as well. Seems today was a day for taking it relatively easy. "Good afternoon there!" She calls out with a genuine smile, giving a polite bow as she stops a respectable distance from the man, giving a nod of greeting to Sven, as well.
Angus wouldn't miss an opportunity to meet such an elder, wounds or not as he walks over to the small crowd and smiles. "Hello there, I hope I'm not late to greet people?" The well dressed fox asks, making sure he looked representable for this.
A mumble leaves Flora's muzzle, and she soon rides out of the gates from her golem from within the large gates, a tail flicking behind her and her ears are twitching lightly. Behind her follows the ever-excitable Lina, slinking out of the gates before Flora makes sure they're properly closed behind her again.
She lightly raises a brow, her tail flicking behind her and her gaze set upon the elderly member of... Her family?
Lina follows Flora with a bit of a dance in her step today, having what she would call a pretty sweet day. She looks amongst the crowd, rather curiously as she sees the center of attention is... some old cat. She waves to them all briefly before she settles down a bit and stretches, seeing what Flora wanted to do.
"So how did you do it?" One bunny being asks. When in a situation such as this, a question like that being asked was only a matter of time.
"Well that's easy young man," he responds in a shaky and frail voice. "Just don't die. AH HAHAHA!" Edward breaks into a powerful series of laughs mixed with chest rattling coughs that are strong enough to bring concern to all those around. But with such little time left on this planet, it was only natural.
"Well hello there little..." The old cheetah pauses and squints his eyes heavily as he peers at Rixo. The wheels in his head click and turn, trying to piece together the blur that was the remains of his eyesight. "Being." As the gate opens up, the old coot eventually reacts after a small delay and turns his head towards the newly arived felines. "Oohh," he murmurs under his breath, squinting his eyes to a point where they're nearly closed. "Bring me closer now. Use that yout- COUGH COUGH -youthful energy!" Such a demanding tone for someone in his position, but the beings supporting move Edward closer to Flora and Lina regardless. For almost a full minute, he stands there, only staring and staring until finally breaking out into another heavy laughing fit. "So, are you the famous High Lady Longtail?"
Sven grins at the old man, laughing a deep, belly laugh at the elderly feline's unoriginal, but well-timed quip. "Sven likes old man cheetah!" he rumbles, "He is most clever!" The hefty feline swaggers closer, just in case the old man needs some extra support. He also eyes Rixo appreciatively, liking the look of a strong woman. The big cat has given up on flirting with Flora since she became a high lady. Too much pressure there.
Rixo folds her free arm behind her head, chuckling as she nods. "Rixo, sir. It is nice to see you still up and kicking!" She glances sidelong at Sven again, brow raised. "And hello to you. Properly, this time! Punch any more annoying nobles lately?" she asks with a grin.
Angus chuckles a little as he listens in on the old timer, hands in his pockets as he just follows the small crowd for now and just listens. When he notices Sven and Rixo he gives them a nod in greetings, curious as to how the Elder will react to the new high lady Longtail.
A mumble, a raised brow. "Flora is... Flora. Flora is only High Lady Longtail in court, yes... Outside of court, Flora prefers Flora," she mumbles with a shrug, still looking at the at the cheetah with a curious look on her face.
She looks towards Lina, her ears flicking lightly and her hands used to steer Bastet closer towards the elder.
Lina takes the look as a signal, moving closer with the feline as she looks the old cat over in close detail. He is a rather old gramps, she silently wonders just how old. "Hi, I'm Lina, nice to meet you." she says, curious what the old man would want with being so close to Flora, she looks to the golem construct before looking back at him, and his support.
"So what was your diet like?" Another being asked, curious to see if perhaps he could obtain the secrets of long lasting life himself. Naturally, curiosity is still quite abound within the small crowd.
"A glass of wine every day. The doctors told me I should be eating more fruit, but -COUGH COUGH COUGH-, when they took my wine away is when mmmffmfm..." Edward's line of speech seems to dissolve into nothing but incoherent mumbling for reasons unknown, much to the confusion of those around him. Acting as if nothing happened, he switches attention and glares heavily at Sven, but not out of malice. Simply, deep, deep, analysis.
"You... You're one of those, uh.. ermmmhmmmm.... Snowies! Yes! I remember now. Let's see.. hoo, this was decades back," he recalls while a hand strokes at his chin. "There was someone who came by here decades ago and threw a party I just couldn't resist going to. Greghoph? No... Good to meet you, lass!" A certain topic whiplash! His focus changes over to Rixo right when she addresses him. "They haven't taken me yet... bear, -COUGH COUGH-. Did you come back from the war to finally finish me off?" It was hard to tell if he was being serious or not, and even the brings started looking at each other in concern. Chalk it up to bad memories.
And again, his attention diverts rapidly, almost as if he forgot what he was talking about just seconds before. "So you're the High Lady Longtail," he repeats again. "And this is your child or something," Edwards gestures towards Lina. "That'd make you pretty old then, wouldn't it! Don't let them take your wine now." The old cheetah chortles with a rattle in his chest, eventually calming down after another violent coughing fit. "I see you've taken to the responsibilities of my family. We've... been through a lot I'm sure you know. Good times and bad times."
Sven grins as the old man recognizes his family. "It is an honor always to be remembered!" Sven crows, "You are talking about Grandfather Grigory, Da?" The hefty puma had heard the stories of Grandfather and could imagine that the old cheetah had remembered one of Grigory's grand balls. The puma shoots a grin at Rixo, "Not recently," he says, "But maybe pretty Panda will help Sven to fix this?" Cedric probably wouldn't might skipping out on ONE court ball, and this lovely lady looked like she knew how to have FUN at a social gathering.
