Burrows and Badgers: Find the paychest!

Smalls proffered a paw to the downed Matilda.
"Not again! Why me?" she moaned, shaking her head, "Anyone catch the number of that cart?"

"Aye, you got away with it!" Smalls grinned, "You're hardened and fearless all over."
"Did we get the chest?" Matilda asked as she dusted herself down.
"The big race for the centre was on, everyone scrambling for to look for it." Smalls mused.
"Can't believe the paymater forgot that!" Matilda scratched at her withered arm, the snake bite still ached after all this time.

"Thankfully Neddy was bang on target, hittin' that hare at that range was impressive!" Smalls smiled.

Sir Dereck got to the centre first, he may be old, but he can certaily move, especially in heay plate armour. I found a good tree to lurk behind and observe" Small grinned.

"Yeah, then he got got hit hard by an arrow from their rabit hunter. We really need to think about how to deal with shooters!" Smalls muttered, pulling a flask from a pocket.
"Two things, why you speaking so posh, and where did you get that flask from?"

"I know I got that armoured hound with a throwing knife, that felt good," grinned the team's ferret.

"Not good enuff, 'e ducked in the wood and caught up wiv Sir Dereck, caught 'im a bit 'ard!" Smalls groaned.

"That a better accent, now pass the flask Smalls!" Matilda dodged forwards, snatching the flask.

"Rufus the hound and that hare were getting rather close too!" Matilda uttered, I could see them through the thicket.

 

"Yeah, while you lot were scrapping in the middle, guess who struck gold on the rocky hill?" Teddy butted in, grinning from ear to ear.

"Wasn't that good, I drank no souls." 

"Did anyone else hear that?" Teddy asked.

"Hear what?" Matilda asked.

"Anyway, I found the chest!" Teddy grinned, taking the flask and a good swig from it.

"I even got their mage in my sights, fought it waz gonna be an easy job!" Smalls gloated.

 

"I went in swin'in', but he blocked it!" The stoat groaned disparingly,

 

"It wasn't going my way over against Rufus the hound, and that red hooded thug, guess we didn't have our luck in."  Matilda moaned.

"Even with 6 extra fate points!" Teddy butted in.

"Even Eddy waded in to 'elp, but between us we couldn't 'it a barn door!" Smalls added.

"So much so that dratted 'are came in to 'elp!" Smalls shook his head. "We was in trouble wi an 'are fightin's us!"

"It was so bad that Eddy was taken straight dahn by that long-eared nutter! Fankfully, I took out their mage!" Jason gloated, "all by me self! Not only was their one log-ear in the fight, he was joined by anova!"

Matilda looked around, worried, "Where is Sir Dereck? Last time I saw him he was battling that hound?"

"Well, at the point you was decked by Rufus da 'ound, Sir Dereck was hit around the bonce by that other dog, he's still nursing his crown." Smalls added, "wiv free of us dahn, we was in big trouble! Neddy was well out the fight too"

"Good thing I got the chest out of there," Teddy grinned, "saved all your bacon."

Sir Dereck looked at them all, with a huge bandage round his head. "Who are you lot? What you doing here?"

"Matilda, how long before memories come back?" Smalls asked.

 "What a fight, we got tonked, but we still won, thanks to Teddy getting lucky with that box!"

"What was in it?" Matilda asked.

"Shed load of cash, plus we found the fabled lost chain of St Eustis the Lost, our own relic, might stop us runnin's away, !"

"Phew, worth it then! Neddy picked up fortitude, I got an extra strike to take owt more mages, Teddy extra concealment, but Sir Dereck lost his presence, we's neer going first again!"

Matilda grinned, itching her bad hand. "What happened while we were out?"

Smalls scratched his head, "Well, there's only three of us able to go out for a walk, so..."

"Yeah?"

"I found a quartermaster, and got us 30 pennies worf of kit," Smalls gloated, "Neddy found a chapel, but no one was in, but best of all Teddy went back to them ancient stones, trying to get us more fate points, but came away sizzling wiv magic!"

"What, you mean we have a magic user at last!"

  "But I claimed no souls, if he's standing off casting spells, what's the point!"

Teddy looked around "Did anyone hear that?"

Smalls, slapped him on the back "Hear what oh magic one! Must be that extra scoll we bought ya, spnt most ov our new pennies on it, learnin' to read has fried yer skull!"

Sir Dereck looked at them all again, with an expression that showed he had no idea who they were, "Who are you lot? What you doing here?"