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Hoffman woke up a bit groggy (did time somehow slip today?) and realized he had somehow signed up to take a group of new players to fight the scourge that is Ogg. Ogg has been terrorizing the University for months and his students needed a test. Oh boy.
As Hoffman planned for his excursion, he decided it might help to ask for more help.
He penned a letter to Theodium: "We were there for you when those pesky goblins wouldn't go away. I saw adventurers I had never met fighting together. Do you think we can get some help like you did? We have this ogre Ogg in our back yard who just won't go away. We keep feeding him hoping he will finally be full, but maybe that strategy isn't working. I know it is short notice but my students plan on taking him on today and your help will prevent me coming back with less students".
Just to be safe Hoffman made a couple extra letters as he figured Grip and donkey might 'lose' a few on their way. Hoffman just didn't expect Grip to post one on every street post in his travels.
Just a short while later Hoffman heard horns. Lots of horns. Nactillius came running into his office out of breath. "Hoff, there seems to be a horde of adventurers coming our way. They are flying all types of banners and I worry they are coming to take us over."
Hoffman looked up from his desk "Nact, We promoted you to faculty because of your calm head and scouting skills. Why don't you use both?"
A few minutes later Nactillius came back with a report. "It is worse than I thought. There are banners from both Golgotha and The Empyrean Order. They are going to war here at RiverBank!"
Hoffman went up to his tower, looked out and saw that Nactillius was mostly right, but he missed that it seemed like not only were Golgotha and TEO there, but they were fighting TOGETHER to help the University.
Hoffman excitedly grabbed his gear and his students "Turns out both order and the calvary are here to help. Lets go join them and rid this world of Ogg!"
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Foxglove received the sending spell:
"Fighting Ogg. Empyreans and Golgathans too. Come quickly"
What!? But I'm on an expedition! And... um who is fighting whom? Surely we can't be fighting all three of those, or they should tell us to flee, not come. And why can't they learn to send a full 25 words of information? Oh well. I suppose I gotta run. Oh Desna, lighten my feet and show me the shortcuts!
She made the run with almost no stops to sample interesting minerals and plants on the way, and just a quick detour into Riverbank to deposit her findings.
There's definitely fewer ogre now, and signs of fighting. I think they must have gone.. oh look at that - coriandrum sativum, but someone stepped on it. What a shame, but there should be more nearby, for example just behind that... oh right, fighting Ogg. Don't lose focus! Ok.. multiple plate boot tracks, broken arrowshafts, a pair of huge dead ogres - yep, looks like I'm getting close.
When she met up with the group, it was clear these were elite adventurers and needed no help at all with dispatching ogres. No, what Hoffmann actually wanted was just someone from the faculty to travel with the group:
"Oh.. so that we can claim part of the glory?"
- "No, to observe how rivals or strangers will work together against a common threat. Political research, if you will. And, you know, to break up and infighting that might start"
"Break up fights? you are crazy Hoffmann! I'm a civilian and these guys..."
- "Nah, just start lecturing about the flowers they are stepping on and they'll cooperate to shut you up in a second. Or fall alseep. Either works."
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"Oi! Guurzak! Deres sum gud bashin down souf a bit. Yer wants ta go bash ogurs?"
Shur, me likes bashin ogurs. Who elss goin ta bash?
"Ebrywun! But doan bash nobuddy but da ogurs. JUS DA OGURS, got it?"
WOT KINDA DUMHED SKAH set dis ting up ware me kant bash enny dorfs or elfishes? Dats rilly da roolz fer dis bash?
"Yub, jus da ogurs, nobuddy elss. Oh, an der woofs too. But jus dem."
FIYN.
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"Yes, excellent. While the Empyrean Order is out amongst those fools at the University, we shall strike at the heart of their kingdom! No one will be able to stop the mighty Tink now! What? What do you mean we are helping them? But that isn't fair! I want to crush them now!
You guys are no fun at all."
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"Stop your complaining, you confused halfling! We're killing thing and getting coin. It's what we're good at. I'd prefer a true assassination contract for something a little more special too, but giving this "Ogg" fellow a final resting place could add some more credentials to 'Tig and Tink's Stabbing Business'
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A second call to arms, so soon after the first? They say that when it rains it pours... or perhaps something is happening in the River Kingdoms. Something smells like wet goblin dogs. Can we, the Marked of Pharasma, really unite to fight a common foe, or are we threatened on all sides because of all of our infighting? They also say that when brothers fight amongst themselves is when the wolves come to eat them.
I will answer the call.