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Post by Robin Hood on Jul 18, 2009 3:53:17 GMT 1
Robin nodded. "Indeed. I think you would get along incredibly well. You are as stubborn as each other. But, Mary, I do not enjoy sounding so. It hardly goes with the image, does it? Robin Hood, hero of the people...also lovesick fool." He laughed.
"There is a cave close by. It is not exactly the place for a lady, but I had thought earlier that it looked like it might rain. We do not want you to become ill, and there are still some supplies hidden, perhaps if we are lucky some blankets. We will spend the night there." Robin spoke in the way he did when he addressed the gang about some plan, definitively and with finality.
"Oh yes, I know all about your meeting with Will." He winked, not saying more.
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Post by Margaret d'Anthony on Jul 18, 2009 3:58:57 GMT 1
Mary, nodded, thinking about the plan. James and Rowan Hood had had a hidden cave in Liecestershire, like that. It was the last place she had seen him free from the cell.
She shivered, turning back to Robin returning from the tangle of memories. "The cave sounds, well lovely." She gave a skeptical raise of the eyebrows. "But getting ill doesn't sound lovely, so the cave will do. But I suppose I will see how you live, my heroic Robin Hood."
"No, lovesick hero does not sound to heroic" Margaret suddenly wondered if it was just going to be the two of them in the cave. "Will I be meeting Marion tomorrow?"
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Post by Robin Hood on Jul 18, 2009 4:05:07 GMT 1
Grinning, Robin sighed. "Alas, Mary, you will undoubtedly not find me so heroic when you do see how I live."
"Yes, I'm sure you will meet Marian tomorrow. We will, I think, find her closer to camp. She is probably wondering where I have gotten to. I did not tell her I would be gone so long, for it was the undeveloped half of my plan." He placed a hand on her shoulder, pointing out the cave. "It is just here, over that rise."
As they approached it, he was reminded of Marian, and how she spoke about the way in which people should and should not behave. As usual, he had not given it much thought. "You will sleep in the cave, Mary. I will remain just outside the entrance during the night."
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Post by Margaret d'Anthony on Jul 18, 2009 12:46:04 GMT 1
"Perhaps then I shall make a friend. I do so need friends when I am far from home. And friends of my sex, does make it even better."
Mary shook her head in disaggrement, "A living situation makes no one less heroic. Being a hero comes from actions." She touched his shoulder as she spoke.
"A guard dog then? And what if it rains on you?" She realized, quiet possibly why he should sleep outside. "But nonetheless, I will feel quite protected."
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Post by Robin Hood on Jul 18, 2009 13:02:39 GMT 1
Robin grinned, looking evasive. "My actions, such as they are, are yet to be judged Mary."
He raised a brow. She seemed to use these remarks, little teasing comments, to remove attention from herself. He understood the sentiment well.
"Yes, a guard dog. Your very own obedient protection. Perhaps you might provide me with a water bowl in case I get thirsty." Sighing dramatically, Robin sat on the large rock beside the caves entrance.
"You perhaps should go on inside and make yourself comfortable, Lady d'Anthony. Do not worry, I have spent evenings in the rain before. I think I am used to it by now. You, however, are not."
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Post by Margaret d'Anthony on Jul 18, 2009 13:11:06 GMT 1
Mary glarred into the cave, the hairs on the back of her neck on end. "How much making myself comfortable is there to do?"
Mary laughed, searching her pockets on her dress, "Oh shame, Robin. I seem to have misplaced your water bowl. Will you survive? It should be a shame for my gaurd to die of dehidration while so obediently watching out for me."
Mary stilled starred into the darkness of the cave, wondering how much of a good idea was this? She started to walk in and stopped, turning back."What if there are spiders, shall I ask them to come speak with you?"
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Post by Robin Hood on Jul 18, 2009 13:24:48 GMT 1
"Do not trouble yourself, Mary. I shall simply hold out my tongue when it rains," Robin grinned, standing.
"Oh very well then, come on. I will vanquish the spiders for you, too." He looked at her impatiently, before reaching out and taking her arm, leading her into the cave. "Honestly, Mary. It is just a cave. A few bats and a spider or two. They are more scared of you, than you of them." He sounded impatient, though it was not his intention to be dismissive of her concerns. He simply did not consider them an issue.
Walking ahead of her and disappearing into the darkness, he returned a few moments later with a dusty bundle in his arms. Dropping it at his feet, it was revealed to be several pieces of fire wood, kept dry in the blankets they were wrapped inside.
Kneeling in the dirt that was the cave floor, Robin set about quickly lighting a fire, which filled a small area surrounding it in a soft golden glow. "There, now you shall be safe from the evils that lurk in this dank and uninviting place."
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Post by Margaret d'Anthony on Jul 18, 2009 13:32:11 GMT 1
Mary took his arm and let him lead her into the darkness, cringing. "You do like vanquishing the evil I am faced with. I'm for indebted. That is of course the goose makes up for it?" She chuckled, and sat on a rock, as she watched him start the fire.
"Perhaps the fire shall scare away the cave dwellers." Mary's eyes were straining in the dark. She did not know yet how she felt about this, it was an interesting change in her life.
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Post by Robin Hood on Jul 18, 2009 13:52:35 GMT 1
Robin picked up one of the blankets, shaking it to remove the built up dust and debris as he spoke. "You do not owe me anything, Mary. I would only ask that you take the time and listen to my words of caution, which I have, as yet, failed to say."
He spread one blanket out on the ground before moving to repeat the action with the first, hoping to make it slightly less coated in dust. "Well, it is hardly what you are used to, but it will do for one night, I think. You will be warm by the fire."
Robin placed another larger piece of wood on the fire. "All of a sudden it is getting late. You should rest. Tomorrow we will talk, and then decide what we might do next. I will be right outside if you need me, should the spiders attack."
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Post by Margaret d'Anthony on Jul 18, 2009 14:01:18 GMT 1
She eyed the bed, shrugging "It will do."
She watched him finish the fire and she sat by it, feeling the warmth. "Thank you Robin."
Thunder rumbled outside, "I wonder if the Matron has noticed my disapperance?"
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Post by Robin Hood on Jul 18, 2009 14:18:25 GMT 1
Robin looked up at the sound of thunder. "Probably. It has been a while. No doubt she is out looking for you on her broomstick."
He stood, walking to the cave entrance. Sitting on the ground with his back against the rock, Robin stretched out his legs so they were across the entrance to the cave, his drawn sword resting beside him in the dirt. He peered back into the cave, unable to see Mary from where he sat. Looking back to the sky, he watched as lightning flashed, lighting the darkness temporarily and signifying the beginnings of a light rain.
With a sigh, Robin pulled up his hood. "Excellent."
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Post by Margaret d'Anthony on Jul 18, 2009 20:37:31 GMT 1
"Oh, no doubt. Don't let her spot you! For you may come back to me a toad. And, well, I am certain Marion will find me at fault for bringing back her lovesick hero a toad." Mary chuckled.
Mary chuckled as the thunder could be heard from inside the cave, lightening flickering against the ground in the front of the cave entrance, she could only see slightly from where she lay.
Mary called out, "You're going to get soaked Robin." But she doubted he could here, the acoustics of the cave were unique.
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Post by Robin Hood on Jul 19, 2009 2:45:08 GMT 1
Calling back into the cave, Robin responded. "I think you'll find Marian would probably prefer me as a toad. Do not worry, the rain isn't heavy, I'll be fine."
He wondered what Marian was doing right now. Probably scowling about him and his unexplained absence. Still, he needed Mary to stay happy with him, because if he had any hope of convincing her to stop the Rowan Hood foolishness, he needed her trust.
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Post by Margaret d'Anthony on Jul 19, 2009 12:22:04 GMT 1
Mary chuckled sleepishly."Then perhaps I shall like Marion." Her eyes were growing heavy, but everytime sleep was about to take her, thunder rumbled. And it seemed as the time progressed, the thunder got nearer and nearer. The lightening lit the cavern more and more. And the rain began to pour.
Mary rolled towards the fire, back to the entrance, chuckling and biting her lip. Robin, Robin, Robin.
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Post by Robin Hood on Jul 19, 2009 14:45:46 GMT 1
Robin had spent the night sitting just outside the cave's entrance, awake and thoroughly soaked through from the rain. It was probably ridiculous when he could be in the cave, staying dry, and yet somehow he could not bring himself to move inside. Not with a young and totally innocent girl lying asleep so close by. If Marian found out he had done that she would probably kill him.
As soon as light began to filter softly through the trees, casting the forest in a soft grey light, Robin knew he must get them on their way again. It was still pouring with rain, but they could not wait and hope it would stop. That could be hours from now. He stood, stretching his arms above his head, feeling the ache that came from staying in the same position for so long. Pushing his hood back from his face, Robin moved a few steps into the cave.
Peering at Mary, he could see she was still asleep, wrapped tightly in the blanket. The fire beside her had burnt down and was now a pile of smoking ash.
Robin called out to her as he approached, not wanting to startle her by being close when she woke. "Time for masked heroes to be out of bed, Rowan Hood!"
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