As the shadows over takes the Goblins they start to shout trying to shake them off but two are overrun by them and drop to the floor asleep.
Yui..! FLetcher shouts as the small arrow pierces her arm.
Wow, this isn't a game. These little monsters are going to kill us if we let them!
Up until now Fletcher has seen the whole endeavour as a lark, a mini adventure he can use to write a few lyrics and maybe get enough coin to head home to Magnimar. But now he was in a fight, and one where things could go badly wrong too.
He rushes up beside Yui and snaps his fingers in the direction of the goblin furthest to the right. A weird discordant sound suddenly bursts around the creature.
With a snap of his fingers Fletcher Dazes the goblin unaffected by Yui, the sways back and forth. Just as Gohei moves up to the only Goblin unaffected by them so far taking a huge swing but misses smashing into the side of the walkway a look of shock on the goblins face.
Anisha sees Gohei charging inside runs after them worried. "Damn Gohei! Don't be reckless."
As the group moves in, they successfully disable three of the four Goblins that were firing at them, A combination of Yui shadows and Fletchers burst of sound.
Whatever sense of courage the goblins had to attack the group is all but gone as the only one still able to run does so, jumping backwards off the bridge. "HELPS! HELPS US!! HORSE MAN! SHADOWS!!! " Screaming for his life, as he bangs his helmet to make a loud clang.
Anisha moves to Fletcher side, then she breath's deeply, feeling the sun shining and the spirits around her, then she draws just a bit from their power and touches the halfling. "This should help."
Thanks Anisha! I'm going after the one that's running.
Fletcher dashes forward twenty feet, ducking under the walkway above and taking aim at the Goblin scaling the ladder.
A low hum resonates through his bow string as he looses, giving the arrow a whistling quality as it lances through the air.
Yui sends her shadow Grumpy after the running goblin, harrowing him to make him easier to hit. Happy flies alongs and laughs at the goblin.
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Snapping out of her day(s?) long daze, Ellowing shouts, "Watch out! Goblins!"
She then runs west 30' and fires an arrow at the running goblin .
As the rest of the group begins to move into the village, Gohei attempts to run the goblin down but again misses just as Fletcher aims at the same goblin putting an arrow in his back.
Ellowin moves up spotting the sleeping goblin fires and lodges an arrow in its neck.
The Goblin next to Gohei screams out again. "No kill! NO KILL! We be goods!" As he reaches around at the arrow in his back, desperately trying to pull it out.
Then the dashed one finally comes around seeing one of his friends dead and the othering coming through the gate he starts to run."Them alive! No Skellies! We can take them!" He shouts running off into the building next to him.
While these two goblins are making so much noise you don't hear anything else from the rest of the village.
Ellowin continues to try to keep up with everyone and moves into the courtyard next to Rishana and Anisha.
Staying close to Gohei, Yui sends her shadow spirits down to harass the goblin in sight.
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Seeing that between them Gohei and Yui have the injured goblin well in hand, and that it seems willing to talk, Fletcher dashes back to the courtyard beside Anisha.
I think we're going to have a pretty big audience in a second, especially if we can't stop that one's screeching.
Hey, quit your wailing, kid!
He pulls his bow up quickly and fires an arrow at the Goblin on the walkway, intending it as a warning shot.
The bowstring makes the noise of an electric charge - KERRANG!! - as he imbues it with a portion of his own magical persona and then he watches the arrow slice through the air to bury itself in the forehead of the goblin.
Fletcher spins around to Ellowin and Rishana:
Tell me you saw that shot! he cries, a big, dumb grin on his face.
Anisha looks impressed at Fletcher. You're pretty good with a bow aren't you? She smiles while saying that then she tries to listen for any reinforcements that might be coming.
Failing to hear anything besides the sound of rustling leaves and small animals she asks Fletcher I can't hear anything, What about you?
"Where are the rest of these goblins?"
With the Goblin that was getting away dealt with there is only one currently not disabled. He cries out on the floor you're only able to to work out a little of what hes saying over his crying and thrashing on the floor.
"Sleepy sleepy they no hurt, if i cry they no hurt.
Sleepy sleep i no hurt, tell they leave then they die."
You again hear nothing but the goblin on the floor crying.
Anisha looks impressed at Fletcher. You're pretty good with a bow aren't you?
I try my best!Fletch replies with a wink.
I'm going to take care of that last goblin. he sees the look on Anishas face. Oh don't worry, sweetheart, I'm not going to kill it, just make sure it can't bother us any more. he says, giving the young oracle a reassuring smile.
Fletcher climbs the ladder and makes his way as close to the sleeping goblin as possible.
Upon hearing the goblins chant Yui's eyes go wide. Too can play that game creep
"Gohei wa, sore ga naite irunode, anata ga sore ni gai o ataenai koto o nozondaga, wareware wa kare o nokoshita toki, kare wa watashitachi o korosou to shimasu. Watashitachiha, karera ni jihi o shimesanai hazudearu."
Yui says loud enough for the party to hear.
"Gohei it's hoping you won't harm it because it is crying but when we leave him he will try kill us. We should show them no mercy."
She pulls out her crossbow and loads a bolt.
Anisha moves to join Gohei and Yui. "Oh Song of the Spheres what should we do? The goblins are untrustworthy, yet I do not think it right we simply murder them."
Once Anisha is close enough she will say to the goblin with a severe expression, easily brought up as she debates what to do with the goblins: "Answer our questions and maybe we won't kill you, maybe, don't answer or lie and that bolt is going to hit your skull."
Even though Anisha does her best to look threatening, and her face shows a severe expression something of her pity at seeing a creature wounded, even such a creature as a goblin, leaked trough her eyes. Yet as she herself doesn't notice she ask her questions:
"Where are the other goblins? Where did you find explosives?"
I'm not sure what youre saying, Yui. Fletcher says matter of factly as he climbs
"Please no hurt, you let me go" He says looking up at Anisha not screaming so much but still crying and rolling about on the floor.
Ellowin climbs the ladder and moves along the upper ground to a spot where she can see better. Not understanding Goblin or Tien, she instead hopes to rely on her own instincts.
Ellowin while you don't fully understand what he's saying you've studied Goblins, you know how they work and this one is clearly putting on a show.
Rishana keeps a watchful eye out, while the village was silent she can now start to hear footsteps coming from the buildings to the south.
The goblin finally getting the last nerve of Gohei as he moves his horse in to attack the crying goblin. The horse bites at it and then brings its hoofs down crushing the goblin finally silencing the crys.
Fletcher scurries along the walkway toward the sleeping goblin.
There's another one, he's headed into one of the buildings over there. he says, pointing to the west side of the village. Get up here, I'll take care of this one.
Everyone uo here, there's another goblin probably getting his mates.
Yui is ready to sent her shadowy spirits after the biggest threat inside.
With the last of the goblin that attacked you taken out, the group looks on to the rest of the village searching anymore goblins and also for the chief Rendwattle Gutwad.