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<blockquote data-quote="Hairy Minotaur" data-source="post: 2490440" data-attributes="member: 11574"><p><strong>All I wanted was a nose job, but this is ridiculous.</strong></p><p></p><p>Finrod comes to the end of the hallway and finds that although the hallway makes a ninety degree turn to the west, there's a cube shaped block sitting in the middle of the turn. With only about four feet of space to maneuver around the block of stone. It then occurs to Finrod that this is the first thing made of stone that they've come across thus far. Finrod steps back to try to see if the stone fell into place, but can detect nothing out of place with the ceiling.</p><p></p><p>Stumped, Finrod rejoins the rest of the party and tells them of the stone block. </p><p></p><p>"Finally, stinky trolls use good building material." Gronar points out</p><p></p><p>Their interest piqued, they party approaches the block. Looking around the west side of the block, they see two rooms side-by-side about fifty feet west of the block. Both rooms have their doors shut, as they look back at the stone block, they see that it too has a door built into it's west facing side.</p><p></p><p>The party takes the long way around to ensure their safety from ambushers, then congregate at the stone block's door. Crude writing and arcane symbols decorate it's surface. </p><p></p><p>"Keep out, go away, bad things below." Paquito reads aloud.</p><p></p><p>"It doesn't say that, it says.... oh, I guess it does say that." Finrod reluctantly concurs</p><p></p><p>"This must be where they keep the prisoners, only a stupid troll would write on here to keep out when it's such an obvious double negative on their part." Finrod states</p><p></p><p>"Why elfy think that where other elfys are?" Gronar asks</p><p></p><p>"Because, how many trolls do you know read? Which begs the question, why write these words here if no one in this place can read them?" Finrod answers</p><p></p><p>"Very good point elfy, but, Gronar think we need to look in those doors. Gronar want to make sure no stinky troll sneak up behind Korg." </p><p></p><p>"A good suggestion as well my towering pillar of pain bringing. No?"</p><p></p><p>The party shuffles up to the first door, the iron scent of fresh blood hangs oppressively in the air.</p><p></p><p>"Pokey you smell that?" Gronar asks</p><p></p><p>"Whomever smelt it dealt it. No?" Paquito replies</p><p></p><p>"What are you eight years old?" Finrod replies</p><p></p><p>"In elf years? No." Paquito responds</p><p></p><p>Korg ignores the spat, and gently pushes the door inward. The hinges creak slightly as the smell of bleeding to death floods Korg's senses. Finrod catches breeze of the smell, turns to the open door, and begins to retch upon his feet.</p><p></p><p>Blood trickles out of the open portal, it's source comes from eight goblins chained to a stone block midway into the sixty foot long room. All of the goblins are missing both of their ears, their chins, fingers, and toes. Plus all of them have had at least one leg sliced off, two goblins are missing both legs. They pull their load so slowly that it barely makes a sound as it scrapes across the wooden floor.</p><p></p><p>At the back of the room stands a green troll, it's back still turned towards the open door and the party. Gronar seethes with anger a disgust and shifts his weight to begin a charge, when a voice booms from the rear of the room.</p><p></p><p>"I've been expecting you. Took you long enough to get back here after you made the ogres cry. Tell me, did they hesitate before they completed their duties? I'd hate to have to turn them into mindless slaves because they failed in life to perform what they'll be doing for the rest of eternity." The troll speaks without turning around.</p><p></p><p>"Troll let snots go free now!" Korg shouts</p><p></p><p>"The snots as you so eloquently call them, are free to go. They merely need to cross the room's threshold with their cargo. The winner will receive the gift of immortality, forever in the service of my master. It is a wondrous gift, therefore the recipient must have the constitution to withstand the gift. This is way these tests are required of them." The troll answers</p><p></p><p>"You're a sick, sick freak. I'll show you the meaning of pain." Finrod charges into the room, leaping away from the streaming blood and landing to the left of the short stone block the goblins are pulling.</p><p></p><p>The troll turns slowly, and reveals a Frankenstein patchwork body. The troll's face is a composite of at least three other trolls, it even includes the presence of a third eye, embedded halfway down the troll's right cheek. It peers out at Finrod through a cloudy iris. A glint of metal catches the elf's attention as the troll slowly twists a wickedly curved blade in it's left hand, it still drips of goblin blood.</p><p></p><p>"You have come willingly? Oh such is the glory of the master, he sends me more fey to play with. Shall I add a strap to the block?" The troll asks Finrod</p><p></p><p>With those words, Finrod leaps at the troll and slashes his sword down upon the outstretched left forearm of the creature. His blade slams into the trolls arm but it doesn't bleed, nor give ground. It feel to Finrod like he sliced his sword into a sack of sand.</p><p></p><p>The troll spins his torso and uses it's right fist to slam into Finrod's ribcage. Audible crackles are heard throughout the room as the momentum of the troll's blow flings Finrod back against the wall behind him.</p><p></p><p>Gronar wades into the room, and levels his swing to the troll's neck. Much stronger than the elf, Gronar's attack slams into the troll's body with much greater force, but it has much the same effect as Finrod's blow. Gronar looks puzzle for a moment as his blow did not cut very deep into the troll if it was flesh and bone.</p><p></p><p>"Pokey, no kill snots." Korg says to Paquito with a wagging finger just before he too enters the room and snatches the stone block in his powerful grasp. </p><p></p><p>"No please, don't kill them yet. I need to know which one dragged it the farthest. If you go killing them now, I'll never be able to finish my work." The troll laughs maniacally at Paquito</p><p></p><p>"The ogres, they were your handiwork. No?" </p><p></p><p>"Oh no, they were sent by the master. I heard their heads roll across the floor, I know they will need to be replaced. While I've never had the pleasure of working on a minotaur before, I feel the ache to do so now, I relish the opportunity to he you reassigned." The troll lick his lips across broken skin at Paquito.</p><p></p><p>Paquito releases an incensed <em>scorching ray</em> at the troll, the stream of fire erupts squarely over the troll's chest.</p><p></p><p>"Burn, yes, oh burn, burn. Just like daddy you have to feel the burn to appreciate coldness of death." A hysterical laugh bursts from the troll.</p><p></p><p>Finrod rights himself against the wall, as Gronar slams his sword into the head of the troll, this time a black viscous fluid seeps slowly from the open wound. The troll rushes Gronar, leaping onto the stone block and Korg's hand causing the goblins to collapse into their own blood from the added weight. The troll whips his knife out at Gronar and cuts a nasty scar across the giant's cheek.</p><p></p><p>"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. a scar for a scar, and a womb for a womb." Laughs the troll</p><p></p><p>"Disgusting freak!" Paquito shouts as he shoves <em>magic missiles</em> into the troll's chest.</p><p></p><p>Korg quickly removes his hand from under the troll, causing the troll to lose it's balance and fall backwards onto it's back. Finrod and Gronar each cut into the troll, ripping open a deep gash into the troll's torso. The troll gasps as it staggers to it's feet, amid another swing from Gronar and Finrod. Both attacks slice across the troll's back, and the creature wobbles and falls to it's knees, where it teeters and finally tips over onto the wood floor.</p><p></p><p>Gronar rushes to stand over the troll's body looking for any signs of movement. Finrod limps over to Korg as the hill giant helps two of the better off goblins off of the floor.</p><p></p><p>"These trolls, they are severely deranged. No?" </p><p></p><p>Korg begins to patch up the goblins as Finrod arrives by his side.</p><p></p><p>"Why even bother, we don't have the resources to heal them back up, not can you regenerate missing body parts." Finrod asks</p><p></p><p>"Umtala teach Korg that life better option than death." Korg answers</p><p></p><p>"And a fine credo it is, which is why it is a good thing that none of these goblins worship Umtala. No?" </p><p></p><p>"Pokey, Korg say no kill snots! Pokey no want Korg to teach Pokey about spear to face lesson?" Korg says with a booming voice.</p><p></p><p>"Gronar want to see that lesson!" Gronar answers for Paquito</p><p></p><p>An argument soon ensues as a minute goes by with no end in sight, until a shrill scream escapes from Gronar's mouth as he topples over backwards grabbing his crotch. </p><p></p><p>A quick turn of the head reveals a knife in a troll's hand thrust up into the air, dripping anew with blood. </p><p></p><p>"Gronar, why you let troll stay alive?" Korg asks in amazement</p><p></p><p>"It regenerated." Finrod says as he pivots around to engage the troll, and slips in the blood. Finrod spins his knees into the floor.</p><p></p><p>Knowing the troll must have just regenerated to the point of consciousness, Paquito takes out his spear. "I'll save you!" Paquito leaps onto the stone block and then pushes off of it, he points his spear down preparing to drive it's point through the entire body of the troll. Paquito however overestimates his jump, and ends up overshooting his target by ten feet and landing on top of the troll's worktable at the back of the room.</p><p></p><p>Korg winces as Paquito shatters the troll's table. "Pokey! Troll hurt Gronar, not table." </p><p></p><p>The troll rises from it's prone position, allowing Finrod and Gronar to once again swing at the creature, they both manage to slice across the troll's hamstrings. The troll once again teeters over and collapses into unconsciousness.</p><p></p><p>"Korg..... Gronar..... need...... help..... badly" Gronar's voice escapes meekly from his lips.</p><p></p><p>Paquito pulls himself free from the troll's lab area, he then stands over the troll's body with the spear tip inches from the troll's head. "If it moves I'll stab it. No?"</p><p></p><p>Korg rushes over to his friend and immediately goes to work healing the damage wrought by the troll. Finrod pushes himself to sit astride the stone block, so that he too can watch the downed troll.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hairy Minotaur, post: 2490440, member: 11574"] [b]All I wanted was a nose job, but this is ridiculous.[/b] Finrod comes to the end of the hallway and finds that although the hallway makes a ninety degree turn to the west, there's a cube shaped block sitting in the middle of the turn. With only about four feet of space to maneuver around the block of stone. It then occurs to Finrod that this is the first thing made of stone that they've come across thus far. Finrod steps back to try to see if the stone fell into place, but can detect nothing out of place with the ceiling. Stumped, Finrod rejoins the rest of the party and tells them of the stone block. "Finally, stinky trolls use good building material." Gronar points out Their interest piqued, they party approaches the block. Looking around the west side of the block, they see two rooms side-by-side about fifty feet west of the block. Both rooms have their doors shut, as they look back at the stone block, they see that it too has a door built into it's west facing side. The party takes the long way around to ensure their safety from ambushers, then congregate at the stone block's door. Crude writing and arcane symbols decorate it's surface. "Keep out, go away, bad things below." Paquito reads aloud. "It doesn't say that, it says.... oh, I guess it does say that." Finrod reluctantly concurs "This must be where they keep the prisoners, only a stupid troll would write on here to keep out when it's such an obvious double negative on their part." Finrod states "Why elfy think that where other elfys are?" Gronar asks "Because, how many trolls do you know read? Which begs the question, why write these words here if no one in this place can read them?" Finrod answers "Very good point elfy, but, Gronar think we need to look in those doors. Gronar want to make sure no stinky troll sneak up behind Korg." "A good suggestion as well my towering pillar of pain bringing. No?" The party shuffles up to the first door, the iron scent of fresh blood hangs oppressively in the air. "Pokey you smell that?" Gronar asks "Whomever smelt it dealt it. No?" Paquito replies "What are you eight years old?" Finrod replies "In elf years? No." Paquito responds Korg ignores the spat, and gently pushes the door inward. The hinges creak slightly as the smell of bleeding to death floods Korg's senses. Finrod catches breeze of the smell, turns to the open door, and begins to retch upon his feet. Blood trickles out of the open portal, it's source comes from eight goblins chained to a stone block midway into the sixty foot long room. All of the goblins are missing both of their ears, their chins, fingers, and toes. Plus all of them have had at least one leg sliced off, two goblins are missing both legs. They pull their load so slowly that it barely makes a sound as it scrapes across the wooden floor. At the back of the room stands a green troll, it's back still turned towards the open door and the party. Gronar seethes with anger a disgust and shifts his weight to begin a charge, when a voice booms from the rear of the room. "I've been expecting you. Took you long enough to get back here after you made the ogres cry. Tell me, did they hesitate before they completed their duties? I'd hate to have to turn them into mindless slaves because they failed in life to perform what they'll be doing for the rest of eternity." The troll speaks without turning around. "Troll let snots go free now!" Korg shouts "The snots as you so eloquently call them, are free to go. They merely need to cross the room's threshold with their cargo. The winner will receive the gift of immortality, forever in the service of my master. It is a wondrous gift, therefore the recipient must have the constitution to withstand the gift. This is way these tests are required of them." The troll answers "You're a sick, sick freak. I'll show you the meaning of pain." Finrod charges into the room, leaping away from the streaming blood and landing to the left of the short stone block the goblins are pulling. The troll turns slowly, and reveals a Frankenstein patchwork body. The troll's face is a composite of at least three other trolls, it even includes the presence of a third eye, embedded halfway down the troll's right cheek. It peers out at Finrod through a cloudy iris. A glint of metal catches the elf's attention as the troll slowly twists a wickedly curved blade in it's left hand, it still drips of goblin blood. "You have come willingly? Oh such is the glory of the master, he sends me more fey to play with. Shall I add a strap to the block?" The troll asks Finrod With those words, Finrod leaps at the troll and slashes his sword down upon the outstretched left forearm of the creature. His blade slams into the trolls arm but it doesn't bleed, nor give ground. It feel to Finrod like he sliced his sword into a sack of sand. The troll spins his torso and uses it's right fist to slam into Finrod's ribcage. Audible crackles are heard throughout the room as the momentum of the troll's blow flings Finrod back against the wall behind him. Gronar wades into the room, and levels his swing to the troll's neck. Much stronger than the elf, Gronar's attack slams into the troll's body with much greater force, but it has much the same effect as Finrod's blow. Gronar looks puzzle for a moment as his blow did not cut very deep into the troll if it was flesh and bone. "Pokey, no kill snots." Korg says to Paquito with a wagging finger just before he too enters the room and snatches the stone block in his powerful grasp. "No please, don't kill them yet. I need to know which one dragged it the farthest. If you go killing them now, I'll never be able to finish my work." The troll laughs maniacally at Paquito "The ogres, they were your handiwork. No?" "Oh no, they were sent by the master. I heard their heads roll across the floor, I know they will need to be replaced. While I've never had the pleasure of working on a minotaur before, I feel the ache to do so now, I relish the opportunity to he you reassigned." The troll lick his lips across broken skin at Paquito. Paquito releases an incensed [I]scorching ray[/I] at the troll, the stream of fire erupts squarely over the troll's chest. "Burn, yes, oh burn, burn. Just like daddy you have to feel the burn to appreciate coldness of death." A hysterical laugh bursts from the troll. Finrod rights himself against the wall, as Gronar slams his sword into the head of the troll, this time a black viscous fluid seeps slowly from the open wound. The troll rushes Gronar, leaping onto the stone block and Korg's hand causing the goblins to collapse into their own blood from the added weight. The troll whips his knife out at Gronar and cuts a nasty scar across the giant's cheek. "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. a scar for a scar, and a womb for a womb." Laughs the troll "Disgusting freak!" Paquito shouts as he shoves [I]magic missiles[/I] into the troll's chest. Korg quickly removes his hand from under the troll, causing the troll to lose it's balance and fall backwards onto it's back. Finrod and Gronar each cut into the troll, ripping open a deep gash into the troll's torso. The troll gasps as it staggers to it's feet, amid another swing from Gronar and Finrod. Both attacks slice across the troll's back, and the creature wobbles and falls to it's knees, where it teeters and finally tips over onto the wood floor. Gronar rushes to stand over the troll's body looking for any signs of movement. Finrod limps over to Korg as the hill giant helps two of the better off goblins off of the floor. "These trolls, they are severely deranged. No?" Korg begins to patch up the goblins as Finrod arrives by his side. "Why even bother, we don't have the resources to heal them back up, not can you regenerate missing body parts." Finrod asks "Umtala teach Korg that life better option than death." Korg answers "And a fine credo it is, which is why it is a good thing that none of these goblins worship Umtala. No?" "Pokey, Korg say no kill snots! Pokey no want Korg to teach Pokey about spear to face lesson?" Korg says with a booming voice. "Gronar want to see that lesson!" Gronar answers for Paquito An argument soon ensues as a minute goes by with no end in sight, until a shrill scream escapes from Gronar's mouth as he topples over backwards grabbing his crotch. A quick turn of the head reveals a knife in a troll's hand thrust up into the air, dripping anew with blood. "Gronar, why you let troll stay alive?" Korg asks in amazement "It regenerated." Finrod says as he pivots around to engage the troll, and slips in the blood. Finrod spins his knees into the floor. Knowing the troll must have just regenerated to the point of consciousness, Paquito takes out his spear. "I'll save you!" Paquito leaps onto the stone block and then pushes off of it, he points his spear down preparing to drive it's point through the entire body of the troll. Paquito however overestimates his jump, and ends up overshooting his target by ten feet and landing on top of the troll's worktable at the back of the room. Korg winces as Paquito shatters the troll's table. "Pokey! Troll hurt Gronar, not table." The troll rises from it's prone position, allowing Finrod and Gronar to once again swing at the creature, they both manage to slice across the troll's hamstrings. The troll once again teeters over and collapses into unconsciousness. "Korg..... Gronar..... need...... help..... badly" Gronar's voice escapes meekly from his lips. Paquito pulls himself free from the troll's lab area, he then stands over the troll's body with the spear tip inches from the troll's head. "If it moves I'll stab it. No?" Korg rushes over to his friend and immediately goes to work healing the damage wrought by the troll. Finrod pushes himself to sit astride the stone block, so that he too can watch the downed troll. [/QUOTE]
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