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"Want me to try and get them up here unaware of us? At least know we know the situation. " Asuna whispers.
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Amir advances to position himself north of Bruce and shield the trapsmith. He readies an attack against any enemy that comes in reach.
There's a barricade to the west of Skaarr. The steps are coming from a northernly direction.
Bruce finds these western door locked, though the lock itself is rusty and somewhat simple. There is more goblin talk, and it's getting closer.
Yes, boss always shout a lot.
Hey, you see there? That big shadow? You think clanky thing escaped again? I hate clanky thing.
No, it longshanks. Longshaaanks! Attaaaack!
A little goblin with a knife runs into view, and a second can be heard behind him. Amir swing at the creature, but misses. The creature then slashes with its knife at the burly barbarian, drawing blood from the long shanks of the human.
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Jalik
Bruce W
Asuna
Thistle
Skaarr
Amir
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Goblin
Goblin
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As Jalik can only hear and not see more than 5' he begins a rage and heads directly past his friends and all in his path 30' down the path.
Then Jalik moves down the hall and enter/opens the door to the right.
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Bruce will use his chalk to write "more goblins ahead" on the wall for Thistle. He will then move into the room behind Jalik.
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Thistle stares intently as the group suddenly starts to scurry. Unaware of the noises around him, the deaf oracle picks up on the cues as Amir and Jalik begin to move down the hall. The darkness still keeps Thistle frustratingly separated from most of the sensory input.
As Bruce scrawls the warning Thistle hefts his weapon and armor again, and grunts a grateful reply for the information, with a bit of a wry grin on his face. Unable to move through the crowded hallway, just yet, he turns to make sure none of the annoying little creatures sneak up behind them.
I see a goblin. Amir says and punches it.
Amir slashes at the goblin, misses, and then sees the small humanoid overcome by sleep.
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Jalik
Bruce W
Asuna
Thistle
Skaarr
Amir
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Goblin - Asleep
Goblin
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"More goblins? Kirito attack!"
Kirito roars and seeing no way to close in now bides his time.
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The one goblin that is awake bend over and slaps the sleeping guy across the face
Oy! No sleeping in front of lonsgshanks, or boss shout even more!
The awakened goblin stands back up
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Jalik
Bruce W
Asuna
Thistle
Skaarr
Amir
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Goblin
Goblin
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Jalik delays attack until enemy is within his sight.
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Thistle is increasingly frustrated at his oversight in bringing a ranged weapon with him on this task. Deciding to be aggressive, He charges around his companions and right by the goblins to get behind them. As he moves through, he tries his best to duck and jump to avoid their opportunistic blades.
Once he gets behind the little wretches he hisses and swings his morningstar.
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Amir attacks the goblin again and steps over his dead body.
Should have let him sleep.
Amir swipes at the goblin as it tries to get up, then adjusts his aim to crush the skull of the creature.The then takes a step forward to stand opposite of Thistle, who just tumbled past moments before.
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Jalik
Bruce W
Asuna
Thistle
Skaarr
Amir
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Goblin - Dead
Goblin
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Another goblin fall asleep. Probably not for long.
The northern room has a small table with four rickety chairs in the middle. A pair of dice lies on the table amid cups and plates. There's a double door west, and a door east.
Jalik opens the doors of the stairwell to view the hallway and his companions as well as he can in the dark.
"Who knows what lies beyond the locked doors; but I am more concerned with the stairs. We have now seen two sets of stairs, one up and one down."
Bruce is ready to answer what lies beyond the locked door: It is an armoury of sorts. Rows of wooden racks on the walls of this room hold a ramshackle collection of rusty blades, scraps of armor, and warped arrows.
Unfortunately, goblins aren’t very good weaponsmiths. Six Small dogslicers and six Small horsechoppers are piled haphazardly around the room. The other items are unusable and worthless.
The doors to the west are devoid of traps, an do pen to another room filled with eternal darkness. There's the sound of something akin to a dog in the distance.
From the outside, a ruined tower was visible, that looked a couple of stories high at most.
Skaar sees deeper into the room. The fortress here, even more so than any other seen to far, is strewn with rubble. It's almost as if in long gone days, somebody blasted its way in here. The room end into another room west, spanning all the way up to the fortress wall.
There's nothing here - the sounds seem to come from the south.
Amir follows Bruce and Skaarr into the new rooms.
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Asuna and Kirito follow after Skaar.
"If there is another large group let mr know which direction and how far. I will cast a sleep spell in that direction." she says to Skaar.
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Thistle chuckles quietly as the half orc puts his finger to his lips, the irony that he can't hear anything anyways being slightly amusing amid the frustration of the pressing darkness.
The gods must think it amusing to have given me these powers, called me to this place, and not given me the opportunity to cast a simple light spell...
He watches Skarr disappear quickly into the gloom, and stays near Bruce, ready to react to whatever comes out of the darkness.
Skaarr looks around the corner and sees a large hall. This large foyer seems to have been the main tower entrance, but the grand doorway leading outside is now a broken mass of glass rubble. Crumbling archways lead to the north and south.
He hasn't quite located the source of the sounds yet, but they seem to come from beyond the room, to the south...
Jalik continues to listen and wait at the edge of the hallway for the parties next move.
From his vantage point near the large, Skaarr also can see into the northwest tower, which empty and strewn with rubble.
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Thistle watches as Bruce is careful to quietly sneak forward. He waits for a few moments, unsure what to do now that he again, can only see 5 feet in front of him with his torch and this maddening darkness. Wanting to be careful not to spoil the element of surprise, he tries to carefully tip toe in the same direction as Bruce, eyes peeled for the first hint of danger to spring from the blackness.
While he is confident he is moving carefully and slowly, an observer might think it comical as the deaf Nagaji tries to sneak forward.
He stops short when he finally sees Skarr, and notes as he points around the corner. He nods his head, and gets ready to swing his morningstar again.
Bruce comes to the same conclusion as Skaarr - something must be in that southern area. From here, Bruce can discern little more. He is a lot stealthier than Skaarr, though.
Jalik moves with the party toward Skarr.
Bruce moves up to the corner of the room, only to hear the sound of... it sounds like... a rat that is barking. Before he can spot the enemy he hears a goblin squeak, then shout.
Longshank! Longshanks in the halls! Fluffy, get them!
Before Bruce can react, he sees a rather beefy (for a goblin) creature lunge at him with a large blade.
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Asuna + Kirito
Amiri
Bruce
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Fluffy
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Jalik
Thistle
Skaarr
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Beefy Goblin
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The yelp came from a goblin dogs. Strangely enough, even though goblins hate regular dogs, they call their rat-like pets by that loving name. They're vicious animals that goblins - especially the stronger ones - use as escorts and mounts.
Allergy information: contains traces of goblin and other irritants. Attempts to handle, ride, or get bitten by may result in terrible rashes that last for an entire day.
Stepping to the front of the group Amir readies an attack against any enemy that shows himself.