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<blockquote data-quote="Enk&amp;D'Shai" data-source="post: 456946" data-attributes="member: 7569"><p><strong>Interlude: Honor among Goblins?</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">Hello, Everyone. It's me D'shai, just bringing you a tidbit to tide you over as we put the finishing touches on the next installment. Hope you enjoy it.</span> </p><p></p><p>**********************************************</p><p>Interlude:</p><p></p><p></p><p>Retch leaned back against the barricade and yawned. He hated guard duty, especially when it was his day to be with his den’s female. The goblin just knew that the second watch was late on purpose: they were still mad that his den had stolen the kobold’s sacred pet and their den had not even made it past the rats on each of their failed attempts. Kobolds were stupid, and so was the second watch; but not as stupid as the kobolds.</p><p></p><p>The impatient guard turned and slugged his second in command, Gurga, to let the other four watchmen know that he was in a fowl mood now and they had best leave him alone. When Gurga and the others lowered their eyes and moved away, Retch threw rubble stones at them and their card game for ignoring him. </p><p></p><p>Retch turned and grabbed his spear and he immediately heard the cursing and swearing behind his back cease. This made the goblin captain proud; it was good to be hated, but better to be feared. During the brief moment of silence, the goblin guard thought he heard something from beyond the door. </p><p></p><p>With a quick growl to alert the others, the Retch leveled his spear and checked his fortifications. The mortar barricade blocked the guardroom from a long hallway that lead to the rat lands and on to the kobold hive. The hallway was filled with foot spikes and ended in a doorway trapped with a bell alarm. The barricade, too, was obviously trapped with spear tips bent to keep intruders from easily climbing the wall. </p><p></p><p>Another growl from the captain quieted his watchmen as they scampered to grab spears and load crossbows. “Keep quiet, dogs, or I’ll put ye on feed duty.” He warned, knowing that no goblin wanted to enter the dragon’s room much less stay to face its icy breath as they tried to feed it. </p><p></p><p>The sound was subtle but the Retch had been guarding this hallway since before kobolds had moved in, and he knew a raid when he heard one. With a quick motion he prodded his spear butt into the ribs of two of his guards and then pointed at the crossbows. Moving aside to let the crossbow wielding goblins room to shoot, the guard captain began loading the remaining two crossbows to hand to them after they fired. </p><p></p><p>“We go tell Gnosh that kobolds attack?” Gurga whispered. </p><p></p><p>“We no need Gnosh’s help to steal dragon, we not need Gnosh’s help now. He late. He miss fun.” Retch replied eyeing each of his men as they returned his sharp-toothed grin. “Now get down!”</p><p></p><p>The two goblins armed with crossbows immediately hunkered down behind the stone barricade while the others shifted behind the wall, out of sight from the hallway. Retch waited: the anticipation of the coming slaughter almost too much for him. Suddenly the bell above the doorway at the far end of the hallway began jingling. </p><p></p><p>“Fire!” The goblin captain yelled as he quickly jumped out from his hiding space, and immediately the two crossbow goblins rose up and loosed their bolts. </p><p></p><p>Retch was surprised to see that tall surface walkers stood in the doorway and not the cowardly kobolds. The first outsider, a dark figure wrapped in black cloth, nimbly leapt out of the way of the bolts, but a second figure, dressed in the shiny metal of a surface warrior, was caught unaware and his eyes went wide as the bolts slammed home into his lower belly. The armor-clad figure staggered backwards, obviously in shock, and slumped down grasping at the bolts. </p><p></p><p>“Aim higher, thoqqua-bait! They more surface walkers not puny kobold enemy!” The captain screamed, smacking his troops on the back of their skulls while they traded the spent crossbows for freshly loaded ones. The transfer wasn’t fast enough though as another outsider jumped into view and used a staff to grab the door edge over the caltrops and pull it closed. Just before the door slammed shut, Retch saw the dark cloth-wrapped outsider thrust his small blade up between the door and frame, cutting the wire that held the alarm bell up. As the trap fell to the floor, useless, the goblin could feel his temper rising. </p><p></p><p>“What going on here, Retch?” A deep voice boomed behind him. </p><p></p><p>The goblin captain turned to see Gnosh and his den of troops standing in the doorframe on the far side of the room. Seeing that the second watch had arrived, thus signaling the end of his den’s shift, Retch felt his mood lighten and a toothy grin spread over his lips.</p><p></p><p> “Boring shift, bell alarm fall, so you be extra watchful. Not take eyes off door - maybe kobold attack soon or more outsiders like the one in shackles now. So… no bones. No cards. No drink. Just watch door!” The goblin eyed his replacement and grinned larger as he saw the look of disgust pass over Gnosh’s face. Retch knew nothing was worse than standing guard on watch, except actually working while on watch. “Or you could pick up spikes, fix bell alarm, and put spikes back down.” The look on the second watch captain’s face told the first watch captain all he needed to know and with that Retch turned, gathered his men and headed home toward the dens. </p><p></p><p>As they left the room, Gurga pulled up next to him and spoke. “Why we no tell Gnosh about fun.”</p><p></p><p>Recth glanced behind him, the grin returning to his lips. “They late. They miss fun, now they learn the hard way. Let them suffer with careful watch of door. Outsiders easy anyway, we already kill one. We do our part, probably scare them off.”</p><p></p><p>Gurga’s returning grin and nods of approval from the remaining pack let Retch know that they agreed and it was time to relax. The captain knew that at least his den had seen the last of the outsiders.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Enk&D'Shai, post: 456946, member: 7569"] [b]Interlude: Honor among Goblins?[/b] [COLOR=skyblue]Hello, Everyone. It's me D'shai, just bringing you a tidbit to tide you over as we put the finishing touches on the next installment. Hope you enjoy it.[/COLOR] ********************************************** Interlude: Retch leaned back against the barricade and yawned. He hated guard duty, especially when it was his day to be with his den’s female. The goblin just knew that the second watch was late on purpose: they were still mad that his den had stolen the kobold’s sacred pet and their den had not even made it past the rats on each of their failed attempts. Kobolds were stupid, and so was the second watch; but not as stupid as the kobolds. The impatient guard turned and slugged his second in command, Gurga, to let the other four watchmen know that he was in a fowl mood now and they had best leave him alone. When Gurga and the others lowered their eyes and moved away, Retch threw rubble stones at them and their card game for ignoring him. Retch turned and grabbed his spear and he immediately heard the cursing and swearing behind his back cease. This made the goblin captain proud; it was good to be hated, but better to be feared. During the brief moment of silence, the goblin guard thought he heard something from beyond the door. With a quick growl to alert the others, the Retch leveled his spear and checked his fortifications. The mortar barricade blocked the guardroom from a long hallway that lead to the rat lands and on to the kobold hive. The hallway was filled with foot spikes and ended in a doorway trapped with a bell alarm. The barricade, too, was obviously trapped with spear tips bent to keep intruders from easily climbing the wall. Another growl from the captain quieted his watchmen as they scampered to grab spears and load crossbows. “Keep quiet, dogs, or I’ll put ye on feed duty.” He warned, knowing that no goblin wanted to enter the dragon’s room much less stay to face its icy breath as they tried to feed it. The sound was subtle but the Retch had been guarding this hallway since before kobolds had moved in, and he knew a raid when he heard one. With a quick motion he prodded his spear butt into the ribs of two of his guards and then pointed at the crossbows. Moving aside to let the crossbow wielding goblins room to shoot, the guard captain began loading the remaining two crossbows to hand to them after they fired. “We go tell Gnosh that kobolds attack?” Gurga whispered. “We no need Gnosh’s help to steal dragon, we not need Gnosh’s help now. He late. He miss fun.” Retch replied eyeing each of his men as they returned his sharp-toothed grin. “Now get down!” The two goblins armed with crossbows immediately hunkered down behind the stone barricade while the others shifted behind the wall, out of sight from the hallway. Retch waited: the anticipation of the coming slaughter almost too much for him. Suddenly the bell above the doorway at the far end of the hallway began jingling. “Fire!” The goblin captain yelled as he quickly jumped out from his hiding space, and immediately the two crossbow goblins rose up and loosed their bolts. Retch was surprised to see that tall surface walkers stood in the doorway and not the cowardly kobolds. The first outsider, a dark figure wrapped in black cloth, nimbly leapt out of the way of the bolts, but a second figure, dressed in the shiny metal of a surface warrior, was caught unaware and his eyes went wide as the bolts slammed home into his lower belly. The armor-clad figure staggered backwards, obviously in shock, and slumped down grasping at the bolts. “Aim higher, thoqqua-bait! They more surface walkers not puny kobold enemy!” The captain screamed, smacking his troops on the back of their skulls while they traded the spent crossbows for freshly loaded ones. The transfer wasn’t fast enough though as another outsider jumped into view and used a staff to grab the door edge over the caltrops and pull it closed. Just before the door slammed shut, Retch saw the dark cloth-wrapped outsider thrust his small blade up between the door and frame, cutting the wire that held the alarm bell up. As the trap fell to the floor, useless, the goblin could feel his temper rising. “What going on here, Retch?” A deep voice boomed behind him. The goblin captain turned to see Gnosh and his den of troops standing in the doorframe on the far side of the room. Seeing that the second watch had arrived, thus signaling the end of his den’s shift, Retch felt his mood lighten and a toothy grin spread over his lips. “Boring shift, bell alarm fall, so you be extra watchful. Not take eyes off door - maybe kobold attack soon or more outsiders like the one in shackles now. So… no bones. No cards. No drink. Just watch door!” The goblin eyed his replacement and grinned larger as he saw the look of disgust pass over Gnosh’s face. Retch knew nothing was worse than standing guard on watch, except actually working while on watch. “Or you could pick up spikes, fix bell alarm, and put spikes back down.” The look on the second watch captain’s face told the first watch captain all he needed to know and with that Retch turned, gathered his men and headed home toward the dens. As they left the room, Gurga pulled up next to him and spoke. “Why we no tell Gnosh about fun.” Recth glanced behind him, the grin returning to his lips. “They late. They miss fun, now they learn the hard way. Let them suffer with careful watch of door. Outsiders easy anyway, we already kill one. We do our part, probably scare them off.” Gurga’s returning grin and nods of approval from the remaining pack let Retch know that they agreed and it was time to relax. The captain knew that at least his den had seen the last of the outsiders. [/QUOTE]
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