The goblin remains on his knees and looks to his sword next to him. He gives it a quick push, and the blade slides across the floor to Blue's feet.
With his bow still trained at the kneeling Goblin, Blue switches from Goblin to Common.
"Two questions for you. There is a 'uman among you. Where is it? And number two: where did your chief keep his 'oard?"
If the Goblin doesn't understand Common, or feigns that he doesn't, Blue repeats himself in Goblin.
I know you have a biggest wand in stock somewhere on your person, Rohan, but I guess this one will be the most useful right now...
Vanea will use the healing wand on Nic, smiling at him
Sorry Nic, I'm an egoist, I don't want to let you go and meet Desna or Pharasma so soon... I think it's better to keep that pretty mustached face near my bosom. Don't you agree?
"Um...Uh.." Rohan will shrink away as his cheeks rosy up.
Eloviel drops down from exhaustion next to Max and leans onto the wall. "Well... that could have gone better." Propping her longbow across her lap, she looks over to Blue and adds "Aasimar... sorry I don't speak gobby, I would like to squeeze out some details myself."
who needs more healing?
Vanea waves the curing wand
Better yet, I'll use Calistria's blessings to heal all who are wounded at the same time. Let's find a place without any half dead goblin around, I don't want to cure THEM.
"Well then we step outside, but for safety we'd better tie up the goblin first. Despite surrendering, it feels safer."
Upset that the goblin is proving to be stubborn about replying, Blue walks over to him, kicks the goblin's weapon away and slaps the goblin hard across its smug, green face.
As the others head out for a bit of Vanea's 'healing', Eloviel draws her gladius and starts to use the point to clear out the dirt from under her fingernails. She intentionally faces the goblin, hoping to add some intimidation.
Outside the room, Vanea lets out three waves of positive energy, healing herself and her allies
Feeling a little better...Just to be sure, maybe I should use Rohan's wand, if he don't mind me using it in front of everyone...
Smiling teasingly, she removes the healing wand from its hideout-her cleavage, and uses it once on anyone still injured
Copper comes out of hiding once the fighting has ended. He is a bit shaken up by his pummeling. "Thanks Miss V." He responds as his wounds heal up.
The goblin responds to Blue in common, shaking all the while. "There are a few humans down below, but I never see them. They follow a demon woman, but she has never spoken to me. The chief, he was obsessed with her. Why, I don't know. I just do as I'm told!"
"So you do 'ave a tongue, ya little guttersnipe. Where're the entrances ta below? All of 'em!"
Eloviel stands up and dusts herself off before, ready to follow at a moment's notice. She looks over to Vanea and Natalia before whispering to them, away from the goblin Maybe we should get some rest if we can... That fight drained a lot out of us all, I think.
I think you're right, my windy friend, we need rest... Max and Nic went down once already, I don't want to see Nic go down again.
whispers to Eloviel
To the goblin
Do you know the name of that demon-woman? How many humans are with her?
The goblin describes to you two stairwells that grant access to the levels below, though he has never been down there.
"Somewhere in between. She came with 3 more longshanks and a nasty bugbear. One of the longshanks has been gone for a while, don't know where he went."
Nic sits up, stretching and feeling his muscles as they adjust to being magically knitted back together. It is always feeling a bit tighter than before they were so forcibly separated, ja.
Hearing Blue relay the goblin's words, Nic describes Ameiko's brother to the group, asking if this is the "longshanks" that did not return.
Looking to Vanea, Nic comments, It seems you have been to taking me once more from the bosom of my Lady Desna my fair Rani. Is it your Lady Calistria who is jealous, or perhaps another neh? Either way, I am finding myself to being in your debt.
"Are we going after them? Or are we going back to Sandpoint?" Rohan asks no one in particular.
If you feel yourself in debt, let's say it will cost you a kiss, Nic. What kind of kiss and where you deliver it is up to you.Sounds like a fair deal, no?
Natalia looks sideways, unable to hide a smirk at the returning wordsplay Vanea's releasing.
"Uh, we barely survived that little fight, Ro'an. I don't think we're ready to delve deeper. Not just yet, any'oo. But we DID just defeat the chief. Chief's 'ave the goodies, my papa always taught me."
Turning to the goblin, "So where are they, gobber? We walks to the northern door behind him. "What's be'ind this door? And those two?, he demands pointing at the two doors in the western wall.
Feeling a bit bold, and not yet ready to yield completely to the verbal banter that Vanea usually wins at, Nic rises and approaches the cleric. Agreed and done Rani Vanea, a debt is a debt, and should be paid at a fair opportunity. He leans in and plants a kiss upon her neck, one he hopes is well received, soft, sensual and masks his own personal shortcomings in the ways of physical amore. This I hope is the fair repayment, ja?
"He was an elf yes, fond of a bow" the goblin answer Nic.
"That's the chiefs private quarters, that ones the armory, and down there is only food" He points out in a clockwise motion.
"Ro'an, could Copper check the doors for traps? Especially the chief's private quarters."
He turns his attention back to the goblin. "And where d'you barrack the soldiers and stable the dogs?"
"I'm on it."
Copper goes to check a door for traps.
"All clear!"
This is a fair and total paiement, Nic. I didn't and couldn't expected more.
whispers in the mage's ear.Lenghtly.
Maybe Nic didn't noticed at first, but while she was whispering in his ear, Nadia put her arm around the young mustached man's waist... In quite a gentle, but teasing way
Uhm.... should we lock the doors down there and get some rest first? If she's a half demon, I think we're gonna be in much more trouble that what we faced here. She must be pretty strong to bully a whole clan of goblins into submission. Eloviel says to the party, trying not to stare at Vanea's attempt to 'heat things up'.
The goblin seems confused by Max's question. "A... A regular one?" He guesses.
@Blue "Most the goblins share a big room to the south, but there's no entrance from this room. The dogs are usually kept outside in the tunnels".
"Thanks Copper. Try that door to the north, the chief's rooms. Is it locked? 'E might be 'olding some goodies. At least I cud buy more arrows."
Copper will search the northern door.
Nic disentangles himself from Vanea, nodding to her slightly. This arrangement seems to be the fair ja, for the moment. But I am thinking this to be short lived if we are to be continuing onwards, weakened and depleted as we are. Another combat with the goblins and I fear a wand will be of little use to us, and likely to be pried away from our cold dead fingers.
Looking to the others, A quick scouting I am thinking is all we have the strength left for, to grab anything the useful then to be retreating and praying those below do not seek to be the checking on their upstairs kin before we are to be returning, neh.
To that end, Nic offers a for one of the areas, perhaps suggesting we hit them in pairs and then fallback.
"Back to sandpoint after then?"
Maybe not so far as the Sandpoint, perhaps Blue can be to locating a sheltered spot to camp the nearby. We rest ourselves up for a few hours, regain our strengths, then come back to quick scout the place and return to the assaulting, hopefully before our activities have been the discovered and they are alerted, ja.
Looking to the prisoner, Are there being other ways into or out of the lower levels, neh? Are the one below to be the likely for coming up to be checking on things?
While the humans are talking Copper will search the adjoining rooms.
"I should be able to do that, Nic." Says Blue, recovering as many arrows as he can from the chief's audience chamber.
"I'm in favor of Nic's suggestion. Recharging our energies and stamina before heading to face a demon woman is no more than smart."
23 dogslicers
11 shortbows
80 arrows (Small, as is everything else)
11 suits of studded leather
6 light wooden shields
2 whips
1 silver holy symbol of Lamashtu with tiny garnet eyes
1 iron key
"Hey Vanea! I've found something for you.", Natalia holds up a whip, grinning as she does.
Already got one, sweetie...Vanea taste it?
she winks at Natalia, happy at her joke, her hand taping her coiled whip by her side..and then her face unexpectedly melts in pure hateful anger.
She dashes toward the loot, takes the unholy symbol of Lamashtu, and starts smashing it on the ground
"Pay attention, Nic and Ro'an. That could be yur cod next time."
"Well, it seems we've found whatever valuables are to be found, so let's seek greener pastures. Unless you're 'ankering for food from the goblin larder," he adds with a smile.