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Watership Down RP

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PikaPal

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    This is created by me and by Fiver ^_^


    Fifteen years had passed since the tragedy and relocation of the original Sandleford rabbits to Watership Down.Fiver, Hazel, Bigwig, Hyzenthlay, and all the other rabbits have passed on, and now only their descendants remain of the warren. For the past few seasons everything has went on like normal, like nothing ever went wrong. But one night, during an early spring, Snowflake, a daughter of Fiver, awoke to a terrible vision. There was a huge wave of water sweeping the land where they lived, the entire warren was slaughtered, and there were bodies everywhere. Hear heart racing, she ran to the leader, Oakley, a descendant of Bigwig. He calmly told her to go back to sleep, and that he would ponder what she said. Unfortunately, it seemed that history was about to repeat itself, for Oakley said she was imagining things. Terrified that everything was about to go wrong again, Snowflake told the warren what she saw, hoping someone would help her. She found ten rabbits that believed her. They gathered together, and tried to change Oakleys mind about leaving. Again he refused, and feeling threatened by the outburst, told snowflake she could either drop the subject, or be banished. Snowflake pleaded and pleaded, but Oakley was firm. She and the ten rabbits left the warren, in search of a new home.

    You are one of Snowflake's followers. You must help find a new home and start a new warren.
    here are the rules:
    1. Please please post in third person. It allows the narrative of the story to flow better. It makes a lot more sense when you use he/she instead of I
    2. Please post at least a paragraph when you post, and use complete sentences.


    Here is the sign up sheet:
    Name
    Age (1-5 years please)
    Gender (doe or buck)
    Appearance
    Postion (is he/she a member of the Owsla or just a member of the warren?)
    Personality
    History (optional)
    Watership Descendant


    Here is mine:
    Name: Snowflake
    Age: 3
    Gender: doe
    Appearance: white with grays spots down her back, gray ears, and gray patches around her eyes
    Position: member of the warren
    Personality: Snowflake is a lot like her father, Fiver. She keeps to herself and doesnt socialize much, except with Hornbeam, her best friend. She loves to daydream and wander around, but he never goes too far.
    History: (will come to play in the story)
    Watership Desendent: Snowflake is a daughter of Clover and Fiver

    I will post my others later

    For those of you who have read the book and seen the movie, I can assure you that this will not be a repeat of the storyline. Fiver and I have some really cool ideas for this rp ^_^ Have fun!!
     
    Sweet, I love Watership Down. :]

    Name: Redbee
    Age: 4
    Gender: Buck
    Appearance: Dark brown with a black tail and ears.
    Postion: Owsla
    Personality: Generally hostile, but can open up to certain rabbits who he deems as friends.
    Watership Descendant: Redbee's grandfather was Bigwig, and he is the cousin of Oakley.
     
    accepted ^_^
    awesome! we need just a few more rabbits, before we begin. Ill post my other rabbit as well. If after another week we dont have a sufficient amount, we can all have more then two.

    Name: Copper
    Age: 5
    Gender: Buck
    Color: red fur with white paws
    Position: Owsla
    Personality:Copper is a lot like his mother, in the sense that he is very quiet and observing. However, he can be a hothead as well, and can act on very rash emotions.
    Descendant: Hyzenthlay and Biwig
     
    Ok, i really dont want there to be just three people..Im going to postpone starting this for another couple days, and even just one more person would help.
    Please join!! ^__^
     
    Okay.
    This is my First Role-Play on a Forum so I don't know Squat. All I know is the Application Form which I shall now attempt to Fill-In...

    Name: Foxy
    Age: 5
    Gender: Doe
    Appearance: Light Brown with White Underbelly.
    Position: Officer of the Owsla.
    Personality: Likes A Laugh, but can be Serious when the Situation is Critical.
    Watership Descendant: Fiver.

    This is about all I know with Forum Role-Playing Games: The Application Form.
     
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    That's alright, just ask me or PikaPal if you don't know what to do when it starts. Do you think you can change the age to 5 and vice leader of the warren to officer in a Owsla. Also you'll be the last one who can be accepted as someone in the Owsla, three should be the limit so from now on any future sign-ups will have to be a member of the warren. Chief Rabbit (Oakley), Owsla officers (Redbee, Copper, Foxy) and the warren members so far are Luna, Buckwheat, Sycamore, Snowflake and any other NPC rabbits there are because of the three owsla officers we have. PikaPal what's the word on a Captain of Owsla, are we going to have one in the story? Non-playable or otherwise.

    Name: Buckwheat
    Age: 4
    Gender: Buck
    Colour: Light brown with dark brown ears and muzzle.
    Position: a member of the warren
    Personality: Like his father, he is able to understand complicated concepts such as boats and latches, that the other rabbits cannot begin to fathom. Often comes off as optimistic in his view of events or conditions. He likes to socialize with his few friends as well as his brother.
    Watership Descendant: Buckwheat is a son of Blackberry.
    History: Buckwheat was one of the rabbits among the third litter of kittens to be born on Watership Down, since then he and his brother Sycamore helped with finding and bringing back any flayrah they found back to their warren. Also since his good thinking wasn't needed so much, Buckwheat often sat at the entrance of his run at fu-inle keeping an eye out for any elil or enemies of rabbits until it wasn't necessary as told by his chief as they hardly ever came.
     
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    Fiver said:
    That's alright, just ask me or PikaPal if you don't know what to do when it starts. Do you think you can change the age to 5 and vice leader of the warren to officer in a Owsla. Also you'll be the last one who can be accepted as someone in the Owsla, three should be the limit so from now on any future sign-ups will have to be a member of the warren. Chief Rabbit (Oakley), Owsla officers (Redbee, Copper, Foxy) and the warren members so far are Luna, Buckwheat, Sycamore, Snowflake and any other NPC rabbits there are because of the three owsla officers we have. PikaPal what's the word on a Captain of Owsla, are we going to have one in the story? Non-playable or otherwise.

    Name: Buckwheat
    Age: 4
    Gender: Buck
    Colour: Light brown with dark brown ears and muzzle.
    Position: a member of the warren
    Personality: Like his father, he is able to understand complicated concepts such as boats and latches, that the other rabbits cannot begin to fathom. Often comes off as optimistic in his view of events or conditions. He likes to socialize with his few friends as well as his brother.
    Watership Descendant: Buckwheat is a son of Blackberry.
    History: Buckwheat was one of the rabbits among the third litter of kittens to be born on Watership Down, since then he and his brother Sycamore helped with finding and bringing back any flayrah they found back to their warren. Also since his good thinking wasn't needed so much, Buckwheat often sat at the entrance of his run at fu-inle keeping an eye out for any elil or enemies of rabbits until it wasn't necessary as told by his chief as they hardly ever came.
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    No Problem Fiver.

    ...
    ...

    There we go! Foxy is now 5 (Time Paradox) and has being engaged in a Transfer to that of an Officer in the Owsla (Previous Rank re-engaged thanks to Time Paradox).
     
    Ok, well I guess its time to begin! Im sorry i wasnt around much lately, ive been going through some rough times...anyways, are we ready to begin?

    Oh! one more thing, if anyone doesnt really know about the language of watership down, heres a link to the glossary. https://www.geocities.com/bunnylvr72001/Lapine_Glossary.html

    Im going to use one othr rabbit in this RP:

    Name: Max
    Age: 1yr
    Gender: Buck
    Appearance: redish orange fur with white spots, brown eyes
    Position: member of the warren
    Personality: Max is fun loving and very naive
    Watership descendent: Pipkin

    Im going to start:

    The day began just like any other day in Summer. Frith was high in the sky early, and began warming the earth with a heat like no other season. The rabbits of Watership Down were all at silflay; some were eating clover, others were sunbathing in the summer warmth. Everything looked perfectly peaceful, the perfect summer morning.

    Somewhere a little further away, two rabbits were wandering In searching for flay rah. One, an orange and white spotted buck, was going a little too far for his companion's liking. She was a white doe, with gray spots. "Max, please, not so far." she pleaded. "Aw, c'mon Snowflake, live a little! There's no way any Hombil are out in this heat. Besides its such a pretty day!" Max hopped in the air in delight and jumped around in a zig zag pattern. Snowflake sighed. Max was always so full of energy and life, and yet he did the most foolish things at times like this. She hopped a little ways away and began eating some dandelions.

    Snowflake was Max's favorite companion. While she found him annoying at times, and over confident most of the time, he thought her wiser then any other rabbit in the warren. As she ate her clover that afternoon, Max hopped up and down in joy, loving life and the thrill of being alive. What neither one knew, was that things in their lives were about to change, drastically.
     
    Name: Doggy
    Age (1-5 years please): 5 years old
    Gender (doe or buck): Boe
    Appearance: Yellow fur and black eyes.
    Postion (is he/she a member of the Owsla or just a member of the warren?): Member of the warren
    Personality: Just like Foxglove, he is fun loving.
    Watership Descendant: Red

    ~Rene~ :t025:
     
    From a distance, was a relaxing Doe, the name of this Doe was Foxy. She was watching the group. With both Caution and enjoyment. It seemed fun to just sit there and watch them all play around. On her left sat Luna, eyes closed, just relaxing, and on her Right, sat Copper. He was also watching the Young Rabbits play.
    "I wonder what they're talking about," Copper whispered to Foxy, careful not to wake Luna up.

    Hornbeam and Sycamore were talking about the Future.
    "I hope we get to involve Snowflake sometime," Hornbeam was saying.
    "Yeah, I sure would like to see how she does in Bobstones" Sycamore replied.
    Back with Foxy and Copper, Foxy assured him that they are probably wanting to involve Max in a game. In which she closed her eyes and relaxed. It was too nice the Weather to get concerned.
     
    Name: Foxglove
    Age: 2 yr
    Gender: Doe
    Colour: Light grey, brownish-red eyes
    Position: member of the warren
    Personality: Just like Max, Foxglove is also fun loving. It is because of this trait they get on well with each other.
    Watership Descendant: Silver

    Buckwheat was already outside of the burrow for early silflay, which was a while before ni-Frith. Noticing three rabbits, one of which was light brown in colour that he recognised as his brother when Buckwheat slowly hopped over to where they were resting. "Do you want to play bobstones after silflay?" he asked, waiting for an answer before eating the clover which was a little ways beyond the beech hanger where he was known to hang out. Seeing a young reddish orange rabbit run around, Sycamore replied "Maybe later, yeah? Let's just enjoy the morning first." as Hornbeam nodded in agreement.

    Finding a spot where they could relax, Buckwheat and Sycamore both rested in the warmth followed by a young doe called Foxglove who started to play with Max copying his zig zag pattern while Luna nibbled on some leafy shoots and grass.

    <Anyone reply>

    OOC: @ Marksman I'll let you off those two lines you said for Hornbeam and Sycamore, but try not do it in future ok? Also I am stopping the roles of some of my rabbits to focus on Buckwheat and his brother. Luna will be at the warren with a little dialogue until I can get used to playing a rabbit. Then I might bring them back, either that or someone else can play her. @ Pikapal so what's going to happen with Oakley, I mean the chief rabbit is going to be appearing yes?
     
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    OOC: accepted Rene ^_^ welcome to the RP! @Fiver, im posting with Oakley next, and we do need a captian of owsla. Ill let you handle that ;) @Marksman, you can only control your own characters, just so you know. good post otherwise! :)

    IC: Snowflake watched as Max and Foxglove played together. Seeing that her young friend was occupied and safe, she wandered over to where Buckwheat and Hornbeam were eating. "Morning," she said, "enjoying silflay?"

    Copper sat on a hill that overlooked where the rabbits were silflaying. He was thinking about how beautiful the day was, and how beautiful the area was. How lucky that my parents fought so hard to stay here, so many years ago, he thought. He sighed in content and wandered back down to the warren. He entered the passageway where Oakley-rah was. As he sat in front of the head rabbit, he cleared his throat. "Oakley-rah, you sent for me?" The old yellowish brown rabbit opened his eyes and looked at the young buck in front of him. Copper was Oakley's younger half brother, and the two of them had nothing in common except for their fathers strength and stubborness. "Yes," he said in his deep voice, "I need for you to assemble the Owsla at ni-Frith. There are rumors about a bunch of lendril around, and I need to speak to you all." Copper nodded. "Yes sir," he said, and as the chief rabbit nodded at him to leave, he turned and left the burrow.
     
    OOC: Because of Spring break, I'm going to be MIA except for Saturdays when I can hopefully extend a Link-up. See, I don't have the Internet at Home. Now back to the Role-Play:

    IC: Back outside, Buckwheat and Hornbeam were still eating. Foxy started to re-awake again. Luna had long left (without Foxy knowing), leaving her in peace. Foxy decided to eat a little Grass herself. She hopped slowly down to where the others were and set herself a couple of inches away from the others. She wasn't a Shy doe, but she was just too relaxed to join in any Conversations. She started on a Clover that had fell from the Tree. As she ate, she thought about Fiver, her Descendant. 'Nothing's wrong anymore' she thought. 'The others secured this place long ago and there hasn't been any Problems since'.

    She Finished the Clover and had a little Grass before resting again. 'With the Warren and Owsla always active' she thought, 'Nothing will go wrong'.
     
    IC: Scratching his ear with his paw, Buckwheat made his way back to the shelter of warren when he was able to clearly read several names that were of the original Watership rabbits all of which were at the base of the tree trunk just above his head. Hazel was there, as was Fiver which was connected vertically to his brother's name using the letter 'E' in place of Fiver's own.

    Bigwig too could be seen or rather "Thlayli" also written vertically in capital letters which was his nickname, basically meaning "Fur-head" having been joined with Pipkin, ending with the second 'I' from Pipkin along with his doe Hyzenthlay which was written across from the second letter on Thlayli along with the rest of the rabbits who came to live at the warren fifteen years ago, which left the effect of all their names to be connected as one which had been mysteriously placed by Frith himself during one spring morning, similar to the one when the former Chief Rabbit, Hazel had passed on which was to be seen as a memory to the warren's founders as well as having the shape of a rabbit at the entrance some rabbit storytellers believe.

    Everyone agreed it was a good reminder of who they descended from and how they lived as well as everything that came before. Who knows, maybe in another fifteen years the rabbits living at Watership Down today will have their names carved into the beech hanger, for as long as it continues to stand strong.

    Buckwheat then made one last hop inside of the burrow, only to return again to the outside with a piece of lettuce leaf firmly held between his teeth. Placing it on the ground below his brother and the other doe's nose they both nibbled on it, eating what they could before hopping away to where the grass was good leaving Buckwheat to finish off what the other two rabbits had left of the lettuce.

    OOC: Good post don't you think, Pikapal? ^_^
     
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    OOC: that was amazing Fiver! I never noticed their names could entertwine like that. Thats perfect! ^_^ and no worries Marksman, we wont let you fall behind! ^^

    IC: Snowflake hopped over to the tree that Buckwheat had just returned from, and saw the names carved in the trunk. As her gaze rested on her father's name, she began to feel very strange. She felt as if the earth was spinning, and even though Frith's rays were warming the earth, she felt very cold. Suddenly, her vision turned blue. She saw a huge wave of water flood over the land where they lived, and carried bodies of rabbits away with it. Then, quick as a flash, her vision turned blood red. She could see bodies of rabbits everywhere, and they were all slaughtered. Suddenly, she heard her father's voice. "You know what you have to do, my daughter..." Then, quickly as it came, the world was no longer spinning. Snowflake could feel Frith's warmth on her body again. Shaking, she looked over at her fellow rabbits, enjoying the summer day. Look at them...so happy...how can this happen?" Even though she didnt want to believe it, she knew what she had to do. Terrified of going to Oakley alone, Snowflake went to her best friend. She franticaly searched for Buckwheat.
    Snowflake spotted her friend eating flayrah with Sycamore. She didnt want to alarm everyone, but she could hardly contain her fear. "Buckwheat," she said, "I have to talk to you. Its urgent!" She simply nodded to Sycamore her greeting.

    Copper hopped over to where Foxy was eating. "Foxy, Oakley has just informed me that we have to meet with him. Apparently there have been rumors of Lendril around here." He whispered the last part, not wanting to scare anyone nearby. "We should find RedBee and meet with Oakley as soon as possible."
     
    IC: "Urgent, how?" Buckwheat asked his friend, turning his head to where Snowflake was standing, looking rather worried. "Try to keep your voice down, we shouldn't alarm the other rabbits until we know what to do." Buckwheat said after he and Sycamore had listened to what Snowflake was telling them. Some moments later, Luna returned from the long grass as she asked "What's going on?" One of the rabbits replied "I think Snowflake had a vision, look she is still somewhat shaking." all the while Buckwheat standing next to Snowflake listening to what she had to say.

    OOC: I know it's a bit short but that was all I could think of right now. The post when the meeting starts will be far longer and interesting at the same time. ^^
     
    OOC: that was really good Fiver, no worries!

    IC: Snowflake tried to calmly tell the others what she saw, but she just couldn't. She hurriedly told what she saw, shaking as she spoke. "We have to tell Oakley!" She said, a little too loudly. Max, a little ways away, stopped his frolicking and stood up, his ears perked. "Hey Foxglove, c'mere!" he half-whispered. He strained to hear his friend's voice.

    Copper caught a little bit of what Snowflake was saying. Being the Captian of Owsla, he always needed to know what was going on in the warren. He hopped over to where Snowflake, Buckwheat and Luna were. "Whats going on?" he asked. Even though he was high in authority, he had a gentle voice like his mother did. Snowflake was so shaky and frightened, she couldnt really talk. "Warren...water...death...bodies..." was all she could say. Copper, knowing from all the stories of Fiver and his adventures from his father and mother, knew they needed to speak to the Chief Rabbit. The authority figure inside him took over. It was almost as if Bigwig was speaking. "Quickly then, come along, were going to see Oakley-rah about this."
     
    (Flashback to the morning before)
    Followed by the group of three that had been chosen for what lay ahead, an officer from a distant Owsla was given the task of bringing them to Frith Copse which wasn't far from Watership Down, meaning that they could rest until 'after night' had passed, eventually coming to a large shrub of Lavender which would cover them sight and smell until they saw Frith. It had now been a long while since the sun had set when they first entered the shrub and now were finally sleeping through the night.

    Back at the down however, morning had come with the dark red and yellow-orange colours when many of the warren rabbits took the opportunity to pass droppings, in the early morning light while the hill was still dark before the entire warren was up and about giving the Owsla time to find flayrah once again for the morning silflay, placing everything they found in one of the smaller empty burrows which had always been perfect to store food. After which they returned to the burrow they awoke from.

    But what didn't they know was that three other rabbits were half way up the slope, when the buck who was dark brown in colour hopped silently to a run, going inside to find either an empty burrow or one that only had warren members sleeping in. Having found such a burrow, he returned to where he left his companions showing them where they would be resting, hoping that none of them would be recognised or noticed. After all they weren't among the descendants of Watership Down.

    (Back to the present time)
    Hopping out from the run that lead to the burrow that he slept in, the larger rabbit needed to see the chief of this warren while the pale brown buck went down to rest in the summer warmth, with the smaller rabbit eating grass and a lone clover than hadn't been touched yet.

    Turning to one rabbit at random, the darker brown rabbit spoke. "Who is your Captain of Owsla here?" he asked. "I must see your chief on an urgent matter."

    "You too, huh?" said Hornbeam. "You're the second who wanted to see my chief." he added. "Who was the first?" the dark brown rabbit asked. "Oh, a white-grey doe, Snowflake is her name – has these visions you know. In any case, Copper is Captain of Owsla." Hornbeam said hopping back toward the beech hanger.

    "Alright Max, I'm coming." Foxglove half-whispered back, straining to hear where the voice was coming from.
     
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    OOC: Managed to establish temporary Link-up (Often at Night-times around this time).

    IC: Foxy appeared on the Scene, looking for Hornbeam.
    "Hornbeam, have you seen Redbee anywhere?" asked the Doe in which the Answer was Negative. Foxy headed away from the Group and checked around for 10 Minutes until she saw Redbee eating some Dandelions. Foxy hopped over to Redbee who looked up.
    "Redbee, we've got to meet with Oakley later. Copper told me. Something about Lendril rumours in the area. Keep a lid on it though. Don't want to scare anyone else. Okay?" Foxy told him. Before Redbee could reply, Foxy had left the Buck and was heading back to the Burrow. On the way, she met Cooper.
    "It's alright, I've told Redbee everything you told me," Foxy assured him and hopped off to the Burrow, leaving Copper to just watch her hop away.
     
    OOC: Has anyone got any rabbit names I can use? I can no longer think of a single one.
     
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