Mr. Barlau and the Heroes of NIMH

Game Master chavamana

Blood Vow Lair Entrance

"They are convinced that we are mad at them for Roaghaz and Sesserak's part in killing Hunclay and bringing down the tower." Akatsuki says, just before the spears come flying.

Sigrit will try speaking in Undercommon. "Talk, not fight." She tucks her holy symbol in her belt, and lifts her hands, opening them to show that they are empty.

Sigrit will try speaking in Undercommon. "Talk, not fight." She tucks her holy symbol in her belt, and lifts her hands, opening them to show that they are empty.

"Decide quickly, mother. I'll catch one spear for you, and one for Pharasma, but that third is like to finish me."

Farmer Odell wrote:

"So we talk to them first?" Farmer addresses the question (quietly) to the group at large, but Sigrit in particular.
"All is right," Medge agrees.

"Hey! Kobold guards!" she shouts as she walks towards them, waving hello. "Please to be taking us to your leader, yes?"

Fenyx makes sure he's hidden behind a rock out of sight.

At Medge's loud greeting, the four kobold's burst into quiet whispers. The second guard near the north entrance, "তারা টাওয়ার ওপর ক্ষিপ্ত হয়! "

"না! না! " One of the guards by the southern entrance, "আমরা উইজার্ড হত্যা করা হয়. " His tone considering, almost condescending.

"Not really, I heard he was a jerk."

The other southern guard pushes the one that just spoke but not hard. "আমরা উইজার্ড হত্যা করা হয়নি, বনরক্ষক করেনি. "

"Even these guys are quick to blame someone else...."

The last guard, by the norther door again. "তারা গ্রাহ্য করা হবে না. তারা নেতা উইজার্ড হত্যা তাকে জানান যে যত্ন করব. "

Fenyx yelling from behind the rock or whatever he is hiding behind, "তিনি আমাকে করার অর্থ ছিল, কারণ আমি খুব উইজার্ড মৃত চেয়েছিলেন. কেন Roaghaz উইজার্ড মৃত চান নি?"

Fenyx yelling from behind the rock or whatever he is hiding behind, "তিনি আমাকে করার অর্থ ছিল, কারণ আমি খুব উইজার্ড মৃত চেয়েছিলেন. কেন Roaghaz উইজার্ড মৃত চান নি?"

Akatsuki twitch sideways towards Fenyx, but don't actually let the kobolds out of her field of view.

"No no no no no," Medge says, shaking her head, continuing her slow approach. "Be taking. Us. To. Your LEADER. Lee-der."

"Er. Is anyone here speaking their language?"

The fourth kobold snaps at Medge. "আপনি শুধুমাত্র নেতা তাকে হত্যা করতে চাই! আপনি চতুর ফারি ​​মানবিক হতে চেষ্টা করছেন. "

Sigrit will try speaking in Undercommon. "Talk, not fight." She tucks her holy symbol in her belt, and lifts her hands, opening them to show that they are empty.

They don't seem to understand the Undercommon speech. At least based on the slight furrowing of their brows as their scaly fingers put the last bit of pressure on the spears that they are on the verge of throwing. But the tips of the spears turn to the more obvious dangerous people.

Fenyx yelling from behind the rock or whatever he is hiding behind, "তিনি আমাকে করার অর্থ ছিল, কারণ আমি খুব উইজার্ড মৃত চেয়েছিলেন. কেন নেতা উইজার্ড মৃত চান নি?"

One of the kobold's (the third one you think) answers. "তার নতুন ঈশ্বর তাকে আবার আনুকূল্য করা. "

The kobold next to him, slaps him with his free hand, "তাদের বলতে হবে না. তারা শুধু আমাদের সব হত্যা করতে চান. তারা থাকা. মিথ্যা. মিথ্যা. সমস্ত বনমানুষদের থাকা. "

The way this is going, maybe I should have had my speech action outside of the spoiler.

One of the kobold's (the third one you think) answers. "তার নতুন ঈশ্বর তাকে আবার আনুকূল্য করা. "

Fenyx responds, "এটা কাজ কি? Roaghaz তার নতুন ঈশ্বরের সঙ্গে আনুকূল্য লাভ কি?"

Fenyx looks over to Akatsuki and places his finger over his lips and makes a very quiet shushing sound.

Bakuu calls out to the Kobolds, attempting to dodge any spears coming her way (and keeping an eye on Willem and Sigrit, especially). She raises her arms to show she's unarmed also.

"জিনিষ নিক্ষেপ করা বন্ধ করুন এবং আমরা ছোট টুকরা আপনি কাটা হবে না.আমি একটি বানর নই!"

Fenyx responds, "এটা কাজ কি? নেতা তার নতুন ঈশ্বরের সঙ্গে আনুকূল্য লাভ কি?"

Fenyx looks over to Akatsuki and places his finger over his lips and makes a very quiet shushing sound.

The first kobold comments, "আমি দেখা করেছি না. "

The fourth, next to the first, snaps, "আপনি কি জানেন যে - তারা নেতা জিজ্ঞাসা করতে চাই. "

Bakuu calls out to the Kobolds, attempting to dodge any spears coming her way (and keeping an eye on Willem and Sigrit, especially). She raises her arms to show she's unarmed also.

"জিনিষ নিক্ষেপ করা বন্ধ করুন এবং আমরা ছোট টুকরা আপনি কাটা হবে না.আমি একটি বানর নই!"

One of the kobolds at the other entrance glares briefly at the two that responded. "যা তারা করতে পারে না. আমরা তাদের অতীত যাক যদি তারা নেতা হত্যা চেষ্টা করবে কারণ. "

Then to Bakuu, "এবং আপনি পালক আছে মাত্র কারণ আপনি একটি বনমানুষদের হয় না মানে এই নয়. বিশ্বস্ত শুধুমাত্র বেশী দাঁড়িপাল্লা সঙ্গে যারা​​. এবং না কোন অভিশাপ টিকটিকি পুরুষদের হয়. " His voice clipped and certain. More than a shade insulting.

The kobolds seem to be getting more worked up, rather than calmly considering the group's words.

Akatsuki continues to sit calmly astride Hana, her hands in her lap, though she does glance over at Fenyx in acknowledgement of his words.

Bakuu frowns, the paint around her eyes scrunching up. "Damned kobolds never listening, just squawking. Wish I a dragon to swoop down and eat them." She mutters this to Willem, then unsheathes her sword.

Bakuu frowns, the paint around her eyes scrunching up. "Damned kobolds never listening, just squawking. Wish I a dragon to swoop down and eat them." She mutters this to Willem, then unsheathes her sword.

"And please those heathens? Eaten by a dragon is their Hogswatch."

The fourth, next to the first, snaps, "আপনি কি জানেন যে - তারা নেতা জিজ্ঞাসা করতে চাই. "

"Belheim গ্রামের মানুষের নেতা আমাদের Roahgaz বা শান্তি চুক্তি সম্পর্কে Roahgaz জন্য কথা বলতে পারেন যে কারো সঙ্গে কথা বলতে পাঠানো হয়েছে. আমরা উইজার্ড যে শান্তি বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা করা হতে পারে মনে হয়. আমরা একটি পছন্দের শান্তিপূর্ণ পদ্ধতিতে এটি পুনরুদ্ধার করতে ইচ্ছুক."

Bakuu wrote:

Bakuu frowns, the paint around her eyes scrunching up. "Damned kobolds never listening, just squawking. Wish I a dragon to swoop down and eat them." She mutters this to Willem, then unsheathes her sword.

"And please those heathens? Eaten by a dragon is their Hogswatch."

Bakuu thinks for a moment. "Aye. Forced to spend time in the company of primates, then?"

"Belheim গ্রামের মানুষের নেতা আমাদের Roahgaz বা শান্তি চুক্তি সম্পর্কে Roahgaz জন্য কথা বলতে পারেন যে কারো সঙ্গে কথা বলতে পাঠানো হয়েছে. আমরা উইজার্ড যে শান্তি বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা করা হতে পারে মনে হয়. আমরা একটি পছন্দের শান্তিপূর্ণ পদ্ধতিতে এটি পুনরুদ্ধার করতে ইচ্ছুক."

"বকবকানি আজেবাজে শব্দ ছাইপাঁশ আবোল - তাবোল বলা বকবকানি!" Medge adds to this for good measure.

Bakuu thinks for a moment. "Aye. Forced to spend time in the company of primates, then?"

Willem glances around at their companions and lets out a squeaky chuckle.

Finally one of them pops back up, Taldane painfully mashed. "Bird can see Roaghaz. ONLY bird."

Willem thumbs back the hammer of his blunderbuss. "Rat goes with bird, you godsdamned heathens."

He drops back behind the rock to more muttering.

Then back up. "IF rat. IF. Can go. Need to pass rat test with rats."

He drops back behind the rock to more muttering.

Then back up. "IF rat. IF. Can go. Need to pass rat test with rats."

"What in the nine hells is the rat test, you god-cursed lizard?"

The kobold's scaly hand tightens around his spear, and he snaps back at Willem. "RAT TEST." All but shouting the words. Because OBVIOUSLY Willem just didn't hear him.

"Meet rat. Rat say rat then rat. Rat say no rat then Liar."

Bakuu ruffles her feathers, then leans close to Willem. "Of course, rat say rat then rat! I think they want you to go up there with me?"

The kobold's scaly hand tightens around his spear, and he snaps back at Willem. "RAT TEST." All but shouting the words. Because OBVIOUSLY Willem just didn't hear him.

"Meet rat. Rat say rat then rat. Rat say no rat then Liar."

"I'll meet your rat."

As an aside, to Bakuu, Willem mutters, "This is a terrible idea."

Just loudly enough for Bakuu to hear her, Pasara says, "如果你需要備份，給我們一個信號。好嗎？" The look on her face clearly declares she is not happy with this plan.

Akatsuki continues to sit placidly astride Hana, though for the more observant there seems to be a bit of hardness in her eyes.

Fenyx pulls an arrow from his quiver and twirls it in his fingers. He begins whistling some sort of a happy tune.

"不要擔心，我們將讓你知道。" She says this quietly to Pasara. "我會扔在牆上的身體。或者，也許鳥噪音。"

To Willem; "It's exceptionally bad. But don't worry! I'll talk so much they move their clan just to get away from me!" She grins broadly, giving Willem a reassuring shoulder squeeze.

To Willem; "It's exceptionally bad. But don't worry! I'll talk so much they move their clan just to get away from me!" She grins broadly, giving Willem a reassuring shoulder squeeze.

Willem nods. "If I never trusted you, what would the priest say at my burial?"

Finally one of them pops back up, Taldane painfully mashed. "Bird can see Roaghaz. ONLY bird."

"I am half-bird," Farmer says to Bakuu. "I will go half-way if you would like."

"I am half-bird," Farmer says to Bakuu. "I will go half-way if you would like."

"And half-rat. I'd stake my life on it." Willem regards the kobolds with irritation. "In fact, I believe I already am."

"And half-rat. I'd stake my life on it." Willem regards the kobolds with irritation. "In fact, I believe I already am."

Farmer nods. "Yep."

He takes a hit of whiskey from his Pharasma-sigil flask.

"Well, I'm something like a hundred-and-twenty-eighth dragon," muses Pasara. "But I doubt that would make any difference to this lot."

Pasara's quip brings the hint of a smile to Akatsuki's lips, but she continues to wait patiently.

"I am being a furry vertebrate with the warm blood. But I am not knowing if I lactate or am bearing the young alive."

Willem nods. "If I never trusted you, what would the priest say at my burial?"

"Likely that you were very good with a boomstick! But that you boomsticked alone."

To Farmer:

"I am half-bird," Farmer says to Bakuu. "I will go half-way if you would like."

"You're all bird as far as I'm concerned. The kobolds are clearly blind."

"Likely that you were very good with a boomstick! But that you boomsticked alone."

"I'll thank you not to refer to my apparatus thus. I don't refer to that ridiculous sheet of metal you insist on carrying as a slashystaff." Willem pauses. "We're calling it a slashystaff now, aren't we."

"I thought I was a talking "boulder of reason". I must re-evaluate my life"

"I thought I was a talking "boulder of reason". I must re-evaluate my life"

"The way these last couple of days have gone, 'I must re-evaluate my life' may well be this team's motto," remarks Pasara dryly.

The kobold who has been talking looks like he only followed about a quarter of the quick Taldane banter, he shrugs. Looks at the group, "Rat test?"

"Then if Rat, Bird and Rat see Roaghaz."

If there are no violent objections, four of the kobolds take Bakuu and Willem in through the northern opening. Leaving the entrances barely guarded by the two remaining kobolds.

"I'll thank you not to refer to my apparatus thus. I don't refer to that ridiculous sheet of metal you insist on carrying as a slashystaff." Willem pauses. "We're calling it a slashystaff now, aren't we."

"I'd never thought to name a weapon until this very moment!" She says with glee. "Slashystaff." She says with gravitas.

In her saddle on Onyx, beside Aka atop Hana, Pasara says in a low voice, "If Bakuu signals she needs help, I'm sure we can deal with these two guards. But how many do you suppose reside within?"

Outside, the one kobold that is still paying attention to the intruders (near the southern entrance) follows the movement of the women on horses, but doesn't seem to be listening. (Or can't since the humans are so far away.)