Tiago leaps up suddenly, demonstrating instincts based off muscle memory. He pulls the knife from his waist, and faces the wall. "Shin... Please tell me that the back door behind the kitchen is closed."
Malachi places down his glass of hot water and adds, "Do you smell something?"
In the sudden enforced silence, the air carries with it the sound of a little voice, creaky, from just outside. "...vengeance..."
Initiative Order (which might drop):
Ivan
Delara
Korrum
Ketomir
Thorgrund
Shinrin
Ashtari
Krissina
Tiago tenses, ears and nose twitching. "Goblins. I smell goblins."
Malachi carefully stands and adds, "Then I'm hiring for protecting my caravan outside."
At the mention of goblins, Shinrin's haired seemed to twitch and grow an inch. She hustled toward the kitchen door with thoughts of holding it fast. Once there, her hair will come fully to life and tendrils of hair will slam and bar the door while she casts Mage Armor on herself.
Ivan draws his kukri. "Then let's kill us some goblins."
Thorgrund hefts his axe and shield. He tightens his grip on the axe, knuckles cracking slightly.
He says softly through gritted teeth, "Come, little gobbos...Vengryn is thirsty..."
Krissina draws her morningstar, and gets to her feet. "Should we meet them outside?"
Korrum relaxes only slightly at the mention of goblins; he had no issues with the miscreants, but something still made his muscles tense and his hair bristle; something was wrong about this.
"No," he growls, "They want us outside to ambush. Block the windows."
He then moves toward the front door, prowling in a low stance until he is beside it, listening for goblin sign.
If he hears nothing near the door, he opens it slightly, leading with his spear.
If he hears goblins near the door, he will wave over the other combative types to flank the door with him first.
"I'd rather die outside fighting, than if they try to burn us out." Krissina scowls.
She really doesn't like goblins, and has a bit of a love/hate relationship with fire.
Delara relaxes visibly at the mention of goblins, then hurries to the door next to Korrum. She unsheathes her claws and climbs up the wall to perch above the frame, claws digging in to hold her in place. She gives Korrum a weak smile.
"It's not every day you get the drop on some goblins, eh?"
Thorgrund moves to the middle of the room.
"I'll be the bait" he says with a menacing grin. He hefts his shield and again adjusts his grip on the axe, knuckles cracking loudly.
Ivan also heads to the door, ready to take on anyone that the others miss.
Krissina looks around, are there any other entrances the goblins could use?
Krissina looks around, wondering about windows on the second floor, if any, or the chimney, or perhaps a cellar door, but only knows of the front and kitchen doors.
Korrum listens intently at the door, clearly hearing telltale chuckling on the other side of the door.
Shinrin's hair pushes back as the kitchen door is bashed against!
Delara climbs above the front door and waits....
As the door bursts open to reveal a small swarm of goblins!
The sound of horses whinnying in terror can be heard outside. Malachi calls out, "Not the horses!"
Shinrin exclaimed, "Eeep! Oh no you don't"
Korrum closes his eyes for a moment as the chuckling outside carries on.
One...two, three...at least four...
At the sound of approaching intruders, he backs away from the door in time to watch it fly open, and twists his open palm through the air, closing it in a fist just as he lays eyes on the first goblin.
Ivan just stands there; blade ready to carve into goblin flesh. He waits for one to run past before doing so; hoping to take it by surprise.
Deciding the others can probably handle the goblins coming in the main doorway Krissina moves to help Shinrin keep the door closed.
Shin watches nervously as the door creaks open slightly, and a small green malicious face emerges. The goblin, still straining to open the door, looks directly at Shinrin in the middle of casting, says, "Ooh, pretty hair!" but gets shut back behind the door, taking a single strand of the witch's locks with him.
Shinrin armed herself with the bow and quiver full of arrows hanging from a coat hook by the door while trying to hold the door shut against intruders with her bewitched tangle of locks. She spoke to Krissina saying, "Goblins! I don't know how much longer I can hold them off. Let me know when you are ready to fight!"
Krissina moves into the Kitchen by the door. "Ready as I'll ever be"
She concentrates for a second and her morningstar starts to heat up.
"Climb in my pocket, Quills." said Shinrin as she waited for the right time to open the door.