Showing posts with label Rabbit Wars. Show all posts
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

The Great Rabbit Wars--The Entire First Series



The first installment of The Great Rabbit Wars has come to a close, but there is still much left to tell. Make sure to tune-in to Story Time Tuesday after the holidays for the thrilling second tale. In the meantime, enjoy the first episode and look for other special Story Time Tuesday events coming up.


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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

The Great Rabbit Wars Pt. 42



Excerpt from The Glory of Our Angel 004 (access previous Communications)



When the last of our enemy lay down for dead, the people of our new society stood on the streets. The crowd parted in waves to allow Our Angel to stroll past the blood, through the town gates and onto the scene of the final battle. Her wings a soft blue shade under the moon and the wind was a ghost, dancing beside her.

She stood over the fallen and never closed her eyes to their wounds. Every person in the settlement followed, but staying near the walls in case other beasts might be waiting out of sight in the trees. Our Angel was not afraid. She raised her hands and called us closer.

When every last one had gathered around, she sang three notes of a bird's song. The Rabbit Girls joined her, echoing her tune as far as forever. The cadets freed their hands of weapons, trading them for the hand of their neighbor and then they sang along. A sound of sadness which they still sing.

And now I will put down my pen and join them, too.


- The Apostle Thomas Erdan



(End Communication)

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

The Great Rabbit Wars Pt. 41


Excerpt from The Cadet Manifest 005 (access previous Communications)



We saw the light in the sky to the south before we heard the blast. The evening was lit up with the green glow of twilight long after the sun had gone to sleep. Then the sonic the discharge swept through the settlement, rattling every object that wasn't nailed down and shaking the very stones that build our protective wall. As I sank my blade into the throat of one of the charging Rabbit Soldiers, I knew Bianca has succeeded.

The Scouts fought with renewed intensity following the explosion. Every cadet was aware that the sound that shattered the air and deafened even the cries of war was the song of our victory and our enemies defeat. The rabbits knew it too by the way the noise made their long ears bleed and left them disoriented. They fell quickly under our swords and knives and makeshift guns until every last one was dead. No prisoners in this battle, only slaughter.


The Rabbit-Eared girls emerged into the bloody streets, singing beautifully as they danced around the dead, gently petting the fur of each beast before the Human settlers dragged the pelts to the center of the square to burn. Our Angel called everyone to her and the people held hands and circled around her, joining in a new song for a new world as the last of the Great Rabbit Empire burned before them. But there was still business for the cadets--at least for me there was.

I headed through the streets to see if Bianca needed my assistance. The south wall was crumbling from the sonic assault. At the edge of the woods, the bodies lay scattered among the scorched leaves. Scout uniforms. Long Patrol. All lay together in death. There was no longer a mystery as to why Bianca hadn't returned. She was dead too. Her body in the center of it all, and beside her lay a white rabbit with a genera'sl rank. She must have waited until the last moment, making it impossible to escape the blast.

She gave her life for our cause. I will make sure our new society honors her with a heroes memory.

- Scout Master 155



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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

The Great Rabbit Wars Pt. 40


Excerpt from the Journal of Undercover Agent Bianca Eldon 005 (access previous documents)

---(Day of the Rabbit Offensive on New Society Settlement)---


I knew that little girl would fail fantastically in her attempt to slaughter General Nippon. She never stood a chance. That is exactly why I chose her for the mission. I discovered her journal a few months back. She had buried it in the sand near the settlement. Hardly covered, it was easy to find after she'd been taken to Fival for her final re-education. Her hatred for that pest made it obvious to me that she'd kill Fival if ever given the chance. Predictable as any brat, it's exactly what she did. It's only a shame one of our best cadets had to die in process.

But the plan is working perfectly. General Nippon naturally brought the remains of his ragged army to my doorstep. Silly Rabbit. He believes they've evolved but those rodents still behave as impulsively as their ancestors. One quick strike in his mighty Great Warren and he couldn't help himself. He marched day and night to our fortress for a chance at revenge. But his Rodent Army is depleted and my cadets are fresh. Our settlement, well defended. They lashed out with untold violence and haven't made a dent. We're taking loses to be sure, but nothing significant. The greenest of our young cadets were put in the line of fire. Our experienced fighters are strong and rested.

The rabbits have entered the walls, but they have no idea of the ambush waiting for them inside. I ordered my cadets to let them advance just far enough to make that long-eared runt Nippon think he was winning. Surely he's out there fluffing up his fur in anticipation of victory.

However, I'm preparing a little welcome for him in the unguarded rear entrance of the settlement. Already I can see his Long Patrol moving through the brush. I will walk out there and meet them, armed with a sonic explosive developed in the last days of the Underground Human Settlement acquired in a simple trade with the feral children living in those caves. Several dozen of our children added to their ranks in exchange for access to the laboratory where the secret weapon was stored. Fools didn't even know the value of what they gave me. When I set the device off, it will shatter the Rabbit Soldiers' sensitive ears and the autumn leaves will shake with my laughter as they lay bleeding from their mouths and noses and slipping slowly into death.

I've given the order for a small troop of cadets to join me. We will meet the Long Patrol in combat, waiting until Nippon is in sight. Then I will wipe those beasts from the map in one stroke. In the aftermath of this war, our new society will claim all lands that were once part of the Rabbit Empire and the Human Cities before that. Unfortunately, Our Angel will have to meet with a little accident I've planned for her, but lucky for the people of our society, I will be there to lead them through their grief.

I face the Scouts in front of me. I can't help but smile when I give them the command, "Move out, boys! Glory is at hand."



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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

The Great Rabbit Wars Pt. 39


Excerpt from General Nippon's Field Guide 002 (access previous Communications)



LOCATION: Outer Wall, Human Settlement

All human cities foul the air when they burn. Their black smoke choking the sky. The smell is toxic. Singes my nostrils. The stench filled the air in the early days of this war when I oversaw the burning of many cities. The Great Rabbit Society was born under those charred skies and it will be reborn now that the first flames are beginning to rise inside the walls of the last Human Settlement.

My Rabbit Soldiers have preformed with an admirable viciousness. This time it's survival they're fighting for and they let it be known with each tear of the flesh they take from any sorry Scout who stands in their way. The front guard has already broken through. I know by the heavenly screams of the Rabbit Earred Girls. It won't be long before the settlement is overrun.

Bianca will expect me to bring to lead a small pack to the unguarded rear entrance. She'll be waiting there. That's exactly why I will do just as she expects...with the Second Rodent Long Patrol at my heels. She will die today and we shall dine on her blood.

Watch the sky for burning ashes...The Great Rabbit Empire is rising once more.


- Nippon


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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

The Great Rabbit Wars Pt. 38


Excerpt from General Nippon's Field Guide 001 (access previous Communications)



LOCATION: Sixth Urban Sector (Human Settlement in sight)

Sniffing the body on the ground just before it died, I could tell it was Bianca's work. One of the human girls she raised against me. It curls my ears knowing she did it in plain sight. Raised them up in my Great Warren as if they were our own species. She planned this. Stayed loyal to me long enough to see our Elite Guard engaged with the invaders in the outer regions and then she made her move. Damned Fival! His madness let me down, but victory will still be ours.

What's left of my Rabbit Soldiers tell me the Cadet gave up the defense perimeter of his fellow Scouts before extinguishing. Good. There's no secrets left in the corpse to pass onto the wolves when they pick it clean.

We've surrounded the Human city. Put it to siege. At sundown we invade. No second chances for integration. Bianca and her followers will burn for their betrayal. Without her, I have no need for the stragglers and their primitive new religion. The angel will have to go along with them. By morning, humanity will be extinct in our lands.

Hurry on sundown. Destiny awaits my empire.


- Nippon


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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

The Great Rabbit Wars Pt. 37


Excerpt from The Cadet Manifest 004 (access previous Communications)



The war of the last generation has now become our war. We didn't begin it, but we have been brought into it and brought up by it and now we must now bring an end to it. The Dawn Scout Team made a discovery on this morning's rounds that make it impossible to ignore the Rabbit Army's intentions. It is now our war too.

It had been seven days since one of our brave Cadets risked his life on a mission to escort a Rabbit Girl to sever the head from the Rabbit Army once and for all. It seems they managed only to clip the ears and their bodies were found less than a mile from the walls of our New Society. The Rabbit Soldiers didn't even have the mercy for sonic weapons, choosing more violent means that would make any human stomach crawl.

The following message was found in Cadet Riley's bloody uniform:


The Rabbit Girl went berserk on the mission. She can't or won't recall what happened in the chamber with Fival, but I heard it. It was horrifying, the noises. It shivers me. And then what I saw, it was...but she doesn't remember any of it. She keeps singing songs. When she does talk, she isn't talking to me. She's talking as if talking to a diary.

We keep moving. Without sleep, we've been going for two days and stopping not even to eat. Still I hear them behind us. The Rabbit Soldiers. Top fleet ones by how fast they're tracking us. The howls! They sound more like coyotes these days than when we were babies with them. I asked the Rabbit Girl if she noticed but I don't think she heard me.

They're getting closer now. We must move.

- Scout Riley

I informed Bianca upon hearing the news of the gruesome discovery and we went together to see the bodies. She looked at the storm in the sky and breathed deeply. "Put the bodies in the river, but do it gently. Don't let their heads bend toward the ground, do it right. Then we keep this silent as we prepare our defense."

The Scouts gave both noble children their proper send off. Our new city's first casualties. Some the Scouts cried to see their friends torn apart and gone. But our pain and sorrow is our human strength. There is a mourning and then it passes. Our cadets wiped their eyes, their noses, and knew what they had to do.

On the way back into the city walls, I heard howling in the wind way out on the horizon. The end will soon be near.

- Scout Master 155



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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

The Great Rabbit Wars Pt. 36


Excerpt from The Cadet Manifest 003 (access previous Communications)



I did as I was instructed. Every morning on our journey to the Great Warren, I had the Rabbit Girl repeat her orders. Together we ran drills of the execution from dawn till twilight. In her sleep, she mumbled. She was fretful and nervous like all of the Rabbit Girls are. I should have known something wasn't right, but they are all so wiry and fried from repeated brain tinkering that it was hard to read exactly how badly this one was malfunctioning.

After two days of traveling, we finally reached the Great Warren. The Rabbit Soldiers stopped us at the underground entrance as we expected. Their large front teeth were filed down into sharp spikes and the Rabbit Girl shuddered and shivered and all but choked on her words, but she managed to get them out. "We're going to see Fival," she told them. They searched me, but let her pass. I was blind as a mole in those dark tunnels, but she skipped along as if it were midday, humming one of the girls' silly tunes that I didn't recognize.

"It's this way," she told me. I looked right and left, searching for any sign of Nippon's guard detail. I saw nothing. When we entered the small dirt chamber, there was only one rabbit perched in the corner. His eyes spun in maddening spirals and his ears twitched. It was Fival. I remembered him from my infant cadet days when I also had to stand before him. "What are we doing here?" I asked the Rabbit Girl. "We're not really supposed to see him."

The Rabbit Girl had been before him dozens of times, this I knew. Fival knew her after a second, a brief moment when his sanity returned from his ebb and flow of lunacy. He smiled. I saw his tongue dart out between his teeth. Then the Rabbit Girl screamed. A piercing noise that rumbled the cave's dirt walls. I tried to stop her, but had to cover my ears as they started to bleed. She removed the hidden sonic weapon from below her waistband and aimed.

Fival evaporated in a puff of fur and guts and the earth above our heads broke open to reveal the sky. The Rabbit Soldiers rushed toward us and I acted quickly to cave-in the room's doorway. The Rabbit Girl was hysterically out of her mind. Ignoring the accident staining her clothing, I removed her from the scene. The temptation to leave her behind to deal with her failure was strong, but I will let Bianca deal with her. My only concern now is getting back to the New Society Settlement before the Rabbit Soldiers catch us.

- Scout Riley


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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

The Great Rabbit Wars Pt. 35


Excerpt from The Cadet Manifest 002 (access previous Communications)



A gathering of the Order of Cadets was called while the civilians of the city slept. Bianca said it was critical that they and Our Angel know nothing of the plot to kill General Nippon. Secrecy is for their own good. They wouldn't understand. Bianca says they lack the courage to make harsh decisions.

The chosen Rabbit Girl was easy to confuse. Bianca introduced her to Cadet Riley, disguised as a village girl who was going to accompany her to the Great Warren to see Fival. The Rabbit Girl grew agitated. She wondered why she had to see Fival again. She did not like Fival. She believed when they followed Our Angel here that she would never need to see him again. "You won't have to," Bianca promised her. "You simply have to tell the Rabbit Soldiers guarding the warren that so they will allow you in. You tell them you need to have Riley given her ears. Then once you're in, you find General Nippon and you kill him. Riley will help."

The Rabbit Girl looked nervous but nodded. She took the small sonic weapon and hid it on her body. There was a good chance she would not be searched by the soldiers. And with that, the plot was sealed and along with it, our fate. The two of them set off before dawn. It's two days travel to the Great Warren. It will be four or five days before we know of their success or failure. Either they will return or an invading force will.

- Scout Master 155


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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

The Great Rabbit Wars Pt. 34



Excerpt from The Cadet Manifest 001 (access previous Communications)



Security for the New Settlement is our duty. All Boy Scout Cadets take shifts on the parapets and at the main gate. Since the return of Our Angel, Bianca has ordered us to refuse entry to any and all Rabbit Soldiers. There have been bloody altercations as a result, but we've held them off every time. Drastic action must be taken however, or else our infant settlement will perish.

"We must kill General Nippon," Bianca informed us at the last rally of cadets in the town square. "Once he is eliminated, we will be left alone." The boys cheered and shouted and stomped their feet and pushed and jostled to step forward and be the volunteer chosen for the honor of our enemy's death. "No," Bianca said. "We mustn't use one of you brave boys. The rodents don't trust you. We must use one of the girls. She'll be able to get close without being suspected."

The girl chosen is one Bianca says has been difficult with her training. She's visited Fival more than any of the other girls. The cadets all question whether or not she can be trusted with such a difficult operation but Bianca assures us, "She will do splendidly." To ease our fears, one cadet will picked to escort her to the warrens, disguised as rabbit girl. The number of volunteers was far less for that task but we still have one of our best Scouts paired with her. If all goes according to plan, Nippon will be dead in a week and the Rodent Army will fall apart from within.

- Scout Master 155


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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

The Great Rabbit Wars Pt. 33


Excerpt from The Glory of Our Angel 003 (access previous Communications)



The people of New City parted as she entered the town. Her Rabbit-Eared followers clung to her side as if they were her own sisters. I had carried her to the city reaches as the children hummed and their humming healed her wounds. As the Boy Scout Soldiers called out from the parapets, Our Angel stood. Her wings were spread wide and the young boys put down their sonic rifles and saluted her.

Silence swept the crowd that had been weeping only days before when I left them to retrieve Puella's body. Coughs were stifled. Amazement was held in check by quiet disbelief. Even babies hushed their fussing because all among us, even the smallest, were aware of the magic in this moment, for Our Angel was an angel after all and not Rabbit Soldiers or Human Councils could declare otherwise. And then, she spoke--her voice like a song sung only in Heaven.

"We are not part of the past.
We are part of now. We are something new. We are beautiful.
We are together."

The Rabbit Girls tossed flowers on the ground and I stood with them. The tired and hungry shed their shadowy gloom and rejoiced and the dreary city brightened with the light of a thousand stars all shining at once. We were human and we were one with an angel to guide us. I, an apostle of the remaining settlement, joined hands with the girl the Rabbit-Eared Children called their leader, Bianca. We were made the first apostles of our New Society.


- The Apostle Thomas Erdan



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