Zeli flies back to report. "Lizards move in groups of two. 10 lizards I see," she whispers in hushed tones to the party."But there be small stone buildings. Maybe more lizards inside?"
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Zeli flies closer to the encampment to have a closer look, but stays with 40 ft of the party.
Zeli pipes,"Oh the Great King and Ronk had to prove how manly they were by attacking a Oggle-dy Boogle-dy Boo. Ronk got touched by the Oggle-dy Boogle-dy Boo seems weak now."
Zeli flies over to Gurp, eyes him carefully, then gives one of his exposed ears a good peck. She quickly flies off before he discovers the perpetrator of the act.
"What izzit, Kingie, couldn't we have a few more winks?" Zeli starts shaking out sleep out of herself.
Zeli tries her hand at this find-your-way-home business.
"Kingie, its THAT way!" and points her beak at the opposite direction. She flies up to Twitchy and begins grumbling in her ear."Me-thinks-Kingie-got-lost-again."
Zeli bird lands on Medge's hat. "Maybe the place you're looking for is where the oogledy-boogledy-boo came up." Zeli's beak points at the mound of earth from which the shadow rose,
Zeli peeks out from the darkness. "Oh my gosh, you've slain the oggledy-boogledy-boos! You're all great heroes!", she gushes.
"AAaRGH! The Oggle-dy Boogle-dy Boos are here! BEHIND AND TO THE LEFT! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" Zeli screeches as she flies off in the opposite direction of the shadows.
Zeli is crestfallen. She was hoping to see Twitchy jump. Undeterred, she tries again, "Oh no. Goblins aren't the scariest things in the dark. Have you ever seen the oggle-dy boogle-dy boo? It's a horrible creature that flies around in the dark. It has too many eyes, mouth,teeth and tentacles to look upon. The sight of it will drive you insane. It sees all, and consumes everything in its path. Fear its hunger,"and shivers a few times as if to emphasize her point. Twitchy:
Twitchy - it's a dungeoneering roll to guess what the oggle-dy boogle-dy boo is - the CR is higher then you could make untrained... For GM's eyes only:
Zeli is taking refuge from Mortimer and hitching a ride on Fluffer after her kingie's hurtful comments and looks. Zeli speaks in a hushed voice, into Twitchy's ear"Most people think that shadows are harmless. But Zeli know the truth. The're always watching you. Then, when you're in the dark they get She pauses for a moment to see the effect of her words on Twitchy, then continues whispering, "Like that one over there," and points her beak at that moving shadow.
"Both Kingie and I can't see in the dark. But he's too proud to admit THAT!" she whispers to Ronk, irritated. "Better make sure HE doesn't lead us into quicksand."
Zeli looks miserable.
Zeli has a confused expression on her face, "Urm..King Mortimer, the snooping lizards be from the Underbelly tribe? This be Longbites tribe, no?"
"Queen Janka, we spoke to them,
Zeli fles overhead and starts squawking. "The herald of the Alliance of Dread Pirate Goblins and Mushfens Cats announces the august presence of His Majesty, King of the Dread Pirate Goblins, The High Admiral and Unholy Terror of the Golarion Seas. Whose name would make all merchants tremble fear. Her Magnificent mount is King Mortimer of the Mushfens Cats, whose deeds would be centre of bard tales. Beside them is Ronk, the mightiest warrior of the Dread Pirate Goblins, whose battle trophies stack a mountain high. Behind him is Gurp, the all-powerful shaman of the Dread Pirate Goblins, on his mount of the most noble lineage, Squishy. The Swamp answers his beck and call. Last of all, is the vizer of the Dread Pirate Goblins, Twitchy, on her indomitable vulture, Fluffer."
Zeli, trying to be helpful, uses prestidigitation to create a crude looking crown on top of Medge.
"Dashing through the snow,
Oh jingle bells, Vorka smells
Merry Christmas everyone! Counting down the hours till Christmas day!
Zeli shakes her head at the antics, but decides not to comment.
Heigh-ho! Heigh-ho!
Zeli pecks up the two lizards, and quorks happily, her hunger satiated.
"Yeah, Kingie's great idea of pulling the stick out nearly sprained my neck," Zeli swivels her head around, as if working out a kink.
Now the lizards are all in hand, Zeli taps a nearby tree 3 times to discharge the frostbite, and losing her eldritch blue glow. She wished Kingie wouldn't be so eager to use her as a conduit for his magic, as all that crazy riding, and evasive flying had seriously mussed up her feathers. She flies to the rigging and begins to preen herself. Granted, she was still rainbow coloured, so the situation wasn't totally unsalvagable...
Zeli, still a nasty glowing eldritch blue, flies around, keeping an eye on any sign of lizard treachery.
Zeli flies after the fleeing lizard. Covering 80 ft.
Failing to do it from above, Zeli tries a bottom approach. Zeli lands on the ground and brushes against the toes of the lizard instead. ; hits touch AC. On hit:
And the usual 1 round entangled, and fatigued.
Zeli launches off Mortimer's back, a glowing blue raven of death. She charges towards the lizard, weaving eratically as she gets close, and attempts to peck at its eyes.
If attack hits:
Zeli flies and lands on Mortimer's rump.
"Oooh. Zeli is thanked by Kingie's praise." Zeli preens herself rainbow colours as she keeps a birds eye view on the situation.
Unfortunately she is too interested in making herself pretty and loses sight of the lizards. "Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. So pretty, is Zeli!"
"The lizards are hiding behind the tree. Behind the tree!"
Zeli will use her birds eye view on the rigging to spot the lizardfolk.
"The last time she looked, Zeli saw three! Zeli saw three!"
Zeli quips from her perch in the rigging. "Lizardfolk the Great King did not bring,
On hearing Ronk's question about Kitty being homeless, she answers. "In the Sanos Forest the Great King used to live,
"Oh Great King bid me ask if you be inviting reptile people to strange ceremony?" Zeli points her beak at where the lizardfolk are circling around the ship, while perched on the rigging.
Zeli flies out high above the trees and addresses King Mortimer's subjects like any good majordomo should. "Make way
Hey clear the way in the ol' swamp
King Mortimer - fabulous he – Mortimer Paddypaws
Zeli sweeps her head to cover the entire ship in her field of vision as she mentions the word coterie, then continues. "King Mortimer - mighty is he – Mortimer Paddypaws
Of the babies of Ronk and Twitchy,
Ronk will teach em how to fight
Isn't it clear enough to see
Zeli returns to her monarch to report. "Oh Great King, I have found a tribe of Singing Goblins. They be living on a ship yonder. A most curious thing they be. They be living on ship with Giant Vulture friend. They has many strange customs. Like jumping into swamp after finishing song and Flying Vulture Rescue after Jump into Swamp Act" Zeli whispers to Mortimer.
Zeli would have liked to squawk in protest that she had been cleaning His August Majesty's fur for like the... 10th time today, but something in the tone of his voice caught her mind. She lowered her protest to a soft, resigned quork, and uses Prestidigitation and continues cleaning Mortimer's fur from a nearby tree, near the bush that Mortimer was hiding. She hides in the tree to see if she can see anything more about Singing Goblins, and reptile people.
But alas, the humans were too strong for the gnomes alone to defeat.
The gnomes cried over the loss of innocence of the animals fair,
One of them, a leopard named Mortimer was on a scouting foray that day,
Then they smelt the smoke coming from the village and Mortimer went to investigate.
Mortimer waited for days but no animal nor gnome did appear.
He and Zeli ran away from the place that he once held dear.
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