Redeye seems a little bit relieved. "I see," he says. "Right, we'd better go o'er there an' check 't out. 'f ther's a goblin still loose it could cause a lot o' trouble."
"Yup, let's go," says Cuu, "I can use a little exercise."
As Cuu, Ashbek, Aylmora and Old Redeye finally arrive at the woman's house, she finally stops sobbing and shows you to her son's room.
The house is eerily silent and the bedroom door is shut - with no sound coming from the room beyond.
"Right. Sterv'l guy, go 'n ther' an' kill 'nything that's shorter 'an me," Redeye says grimly.
Ashbek scoff at the dwarf and move to push the door open, keeping his senses aware of anything unusual.
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The man now turns his attention to you. "Talk this over? Talk this over? It wasn't talk on your mind barely a minute ago. What's there to say, eh? Think my daughter is easy game do you? Well, do you?" His anger seems unabated but he has at least stopped advancing on you.
"Well?" Inquires Cuu as quietly as possible, "Anything?"
His hands seem to rest easy on the hilt of his swords, but the white knuckles reveals that even he is a little nervous.
Ashbek shrugs "I hear nothing, let's go in" he says turning the handle.
Even the proud hunter of the Tamiir-Quah is tensed by the atmosphere in the house, but he does not show it.
"Are you Alergast? Your wife brougt us." Ashbek says while slowly moving towards the man in the closet, keeping his glaive ready.
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The man considers you for a while, his mouth remains open, mid-bellow. Then a look of puzzlement crosses his face, before he realises his mouth is wide open. He shuts it with a snap. "Marriage? Marriage you say?" Suddenly his face splits in two with the widest smile you've ever seen. "Why didn't you say so boy." He steps forward and pumps your hand. "I err...welll, sometimes I can be a little hot-headed. But if you're here to make an honest woman of Shayliss, what with you being a hero an' all, well..." He scratches his head, still looking a little bemused."
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Trying to keep a cool head and make use of the man's calming emotions, talking quickly like a salesman, knowing that the less the man can follow his words the more likely he is to start to agree with him. Sapere holds his hands up peacefully. "That wasn't quite what I was saying, yet, sir. Your daughter is certainly a fine lass and I have no doubt that she will make a fine wife when she but for now sir, we are new to know one another. I mention your wife because I have no doubt that she is a fine woman herself and I'd ask you to remember your feelings when you first saw her, it is difficult not to jump in with your heart sometimes when you meet such a girl. I spend much of my life braving dangers in old world ruins studying the artful beauty of the ancients and even then I am unsure I have found something that could match your daughter, sir. It is difficult not to be caught up in such." With that said he'll give Shayliss a small nod and a smile, best not to alienate the girl too when things may be calming down now, though he hopes by now she has managed to fully cover up so as not to be acting as something that would further upset the man.
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Can't take the suspense anymore, Cuu steps into the room with his blades drawn, moving toward the closet.
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Seeing his tactic seems to be having at least some sort of effect on the man, Sapere will nod his head with emphasis. "Indeed sir, what I am saying is that she is a lovely and sweet girl and you've done a fine job of raising her, a fine job. I certainly have only the best of intentions for your beautiful daughter, but time is needed to find and decide just what those intentions might be. Perhaps, and with your permission, her and I could talk further, somewhere like the Rusty Dragon, where there would be others present and you wouldn't have to be concerned with such scandal? I agree with you completely sir, that this was absolutely inappropriate and I would like to apologize now, but I would still enjoy the chance to talk further with your daughter and I have no doubt that she would like to meet the rest of team as she seemed quite fascinated with how we ran the goblins from town."
He hopes the man has a bit of hero worship in him like many of the townsfolk seem to, and even as he speaks he glances to shayliss and then inclines his head slightly at the door, trying to indicate she should start to make her way upstairs before the man has too long to think about it.
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Cuu signals for Ashbek to watch his back as he puts his blade away, grabbed onto the legs, and attempts to pull the man out.
As your eyes switch to the wardrobe, you see a hole in the bottom of it - obviously leading to the foundations of the house. A moment later, a goblin's shrieks pierce the silence and a goblin leaps from the hole.
Redeye swears. "Ge' Ald'rghest outta there! I'd 'ate to 'afta bring 'im backin pieces!"
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With that said he'll make his way up and out of the shop and head back towards the Rusty Dragon, assuming the others are still there.
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When you return to the Rusty Dragon, there is no sign of any of your comrades. Someone says that they left a while ago.
You then get a friendly elbow in the ribs from one of the patrons. "Not that you'd be too worried, what with you being occupied in a manner of speaking, eh?"
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Sapere will give a grin back at the man, hoping to at least get a drink bought for him to help recover the evening. "Oh, I don't know about that. I'm afraid that my night was... Interrupted. I suspect that wherever the rest have gone, they are having more fun." He shrugs his shoulders a bit, considering the fact that when this backwater town is considered the big city it doesn't take much for you to have fun.
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As Aylmora and Old Redeye look on, with the family standing beside them, it becomes clear that the body on the floor is either dead or unconscious.
An emaciated goblin, with a distended belly jumps from the closet and swings a knife at Cuu. He connects with Cuu's left arm with a resounding 'snick.'
Before either hero can react, he takes another swing and again connects. This time he finds Cuu's right arm and draws more blood.
Enraged, Cuu swings his weapons.
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In a frenzy, Cuu swings wildly with both hands at the goblin. Although the first blow nicked the creature's skin, you don't think it took any real damage.
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Ashbek growls furiously as yet another swing miss the ugly little creature, his rage starting to build up..
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A cackle starts to build in the goblin's throat. Quiet at first and then it quickly develops into a really annoying laugh that grates your teeth.
The goblin swings wildly with his knife and misses Cuu, his intended victim.
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Seeing her newfound friends being attacked by a crazed goblin, Aylmora begins to extemporaneously sing a song extolling the fighting prowess displayed by Cuu and Ashbeck against the goblin marauders the previous day.
Cuu takes a deep breath and tries to calmly slice the little bugger apart.
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Unlike Cuu Ashbek flies into a rage and makes a mighty chop at the goblin.
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Between Asbek and Cuu (with some significant help from Aylmora), the goblin is now sliced and diced and poses no threat whatsoever.
The room is now bloodied and has a dead dog, a slightly eaten dead man and a dead/minced goblin.
"There is a hole in the closet," says Cuu to rest of the group outside the room, "we should investigate and find the boy, but we need to get Sapere with us, that last goblin was a nasty little bugger."