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<blockquote data-quote="Hairy Minotaur" data-source="post: 3122225" data-attributes="member: 11574"><p><strong>Are we there yet?</strong></p><p></p><p>Lord Palmere's slave leads the six strangers through the East Gate of Highcastle and then southeast towards a small hill that looks out of place among the farmland on this side of the city. The gigantic sprawling Dearthwood gave a dark green backdrop to the hill, even from this distance one could make out the standing stone blocks of what remained of a fort built atop the hill. The slave pointed to the hill and then left the group to return to Lord Palmere's mansion.</p><p></p><p>"Well, looks like our guide has abandoned us, who here among us has dealt with goblins before?" Xanthos asked. The centaur was still growing and had not yet attained the size usually seen in wild centaurs.</p><p></p><p>"Doopa smash!" The ogre slammed his club, so massive was it that it could double as a tree trunk for partial concealment.</p><p></p><p>Doopa swings his dire stirge swatter around his head, in an impressive manner, until he locked eyes on Turgar, the other ogre in the group. Doopa slowed his swinging and let out a low growl. "Not Gouged Wound Clan!" Doopa shouted as he pointed his club at Turgar.</p><p></p><p>"No, nor would I want to be. I say we leave the mongrel behind, he's just as likely to join the goblins as he is to kill them." Turgar responds</p><p></p><p>Impressed with the articulate response from Turgar, Haimish offers his thoughts "Seems to me that you two have more hate than a dire gnat in a salt quarry, I think it wise to complete the part where I get paid and then you two can fight it out like two snow elves in a bakery."</p><p></p><p>"What? That made absolutely no sense. If you're going to attempt to interject your thoughts into a conversation, please do so coherently." Menthos clamors</p><p></p><p>"Hey, no need to go all winged frog on me, I was just trying to calm the two beastmen down." Haimish counters</p><p></p><p>"Again with the stupid analogies and metaphors, just shut up already." Menthos shouts</p><p></p><p>Confused with all this fancy talk, Doopa shrugs his shoulders and takes aim at Turgar. The ogre rears back his weapon as Turgar whips out a longsword for defense. Doopa surges forward, only to be halted by the shining object presented to Doopa's eyesight. Almost trancelike, the ogre takes the shining coin from the outstretched hand of Kessen. Turning the coin over in his fingers, Doopa soon forgets everything else except for the shiny.</p><p></p><p>"Impressive, have you much training with them?" Xanthos inquires of Kessen</p><p></p><p>Ignoring the question, Kessen turns to the hill and calls back "Keep moving, we're going to need more of those soon." </p><p></p><p>The trip should have taken just over an hour, however Xanthos insisted upon stopping at each new plant and rock in order to sketch and catalogue each one in a small book he produced from a saddle bag draped across his hindquarters. Kessen and Menthos would have been happy to leave him behind, but every time Xanthos stopped so did the two ogres and Haimish.</p><p></p><p>"Ranger?" Menthos asked of Kessen</p><p></p><p>"Not exactly, although most of my family is." Kessen replied, "What skills do you planning on bringing to bear on the goblins?"</p><p></p><p>"Me? I'm a highly trained recluse, I've been sighted in four counties." Menthos says proudly.</p><p></p><p>"Hrmph, you thieves are all alike" Kessen says as he turns back to the hill</p><p></p><p>"Thief? No, although I do plan on playing one soon, we should stick together. I got your back." Menthos replied</p><p></p><p>Two and a half hours after departing Highcastle, the group reaches the base of the small hill. Kessen notes the wind direction and advises that the group approach from the other side of the hill, so as not to give away their presence by sent. The party agrees and circles around the hill, stopping every ten feet so that Xanthos could catalogue another plant. The party ascends the hill and views two areas of downed and crumbling stone blocks.</p><p></p><p>Kessen approaches the nearest set of stones and sniffs the air, then crouching behind a side-laying stone, Kessen spots an entrance leading down into the hill. He rushes back to the party and reports his findings.</p><p></p><p>Curious to see if he could do the same, Doopa runs to the far set of stones and sniffs the air. His stomach immediately picks up the scent of burning rabbit. Doopa's mouth begins to water, and he begins to descend the set of stairs from which the scent is emanating from.</p><p></p><p>The party yells for Doopa to stop, but the ogre's stomach it too determined. The rest of the group sprints across the hilltop to where they last saw Doopa.</p><p></p><p>"Dumb ogre, ruined a great chance at surprise." Kessen shot through gnashed teeth.</p><p></p><p>"Now, you didn't really expect that guy to follow anything that came out of your mouth did you? I on the other hand, find this tactic to be most appealing, let the ogre go in first. Then us." Menthos replies</p><p></p><p>"That ogre's as dense as the moral compass of levitating pumice." Haimish observes.</p><p></p><p>"Oh! You shall have to point me to that phenomenon, I must catalogue that." Xanthos pleads</p><p></p><p>"Maybe, remember patience is like the morose rock. Abiding by that edict will surely bring you closer to near than to far." Haimish states.</p><p></p><p>Kessen reaches the stairs and peering down, sees Doopa about halfway down. The ogre looks back up and seeing the rest of the group, motions for them to be quite. "Doopa hear voices." The ogre nearly shouts, while pointing to the bottom of the stairs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hairy Minotaur, post: 3122225, member: 11574"] [b]Are we there yet?[/b] Lord Palmere's slave leads the six strangers through the East Gate of Highcastle and then southeast towards a small hill that looks out of place among the farmland on this side of the city. The gigantic sprawling Dearthwood gave a dark green backdrop to the hill, even from this distance one could make out the standing stone blocks of what remained of a fort built atop the hill. The slave pointed to the hill and then left the group to return to Lord Palmere's mansion. "Well, looks like our guide has abandoned us, who here among us has dealt with goblins before?" Xanthos asked. The centaur was still growing and had not yet attained the size usually seen in wild centaurs. "Doopa smash!" The ogre slammed his club, so massive was it that it could double as a tree trunk for partial concealment. Doopa swings his dire stirge swatter around his head, in an impressive manner, until he locked eyes on Turgar, the other ogre in the group. Doopa slowed his swinging and let out a low growl. "Not Gouged Wound Clan!" Doopa shouted as he pointed his club at Turgar. "No, nor would I want to be. I say we leave the mongrel behind, he's just as likely to join the goblins as he is to kill them." Turgar responds Impressed with the articulate response from Turgar, Haimish offers his thoughts "Seems to me that you two have more hate than a dire gnat in a salt quarry, I think it wise to complete the part where I get paid and then you two can fight it out like two snow elves in a bakery." "What? That made absolutely no sense. If you're going to attempt to interject your thoughts into a conversation, please do so coherently." Menthos clamors "Hey, no need to go all winged frog on me, I was just trying to calm the two beastmen down." Haimish counters "Again with the stupid analogies and metaphors, just shut up already." Menthos shouts Confused with all this fancy talk, Doopa shrugs his shoulders and takes aim at Turgar. The ogre rears back his weapon as Turgar whips out a longsword for defense. Doopa surges forward, only to be halted by the shining object presented to Doopa's eyesight. Almost trancelike, the ogre takes the shining coin from the outstretched hand of Kessen. Turning the coin over in his fingers, Doopa soon forgets everything else except for the shiny. "Impressive, have you much training with them?" Xanthos inquires of Kessen Ignoring the question, Kessen turns to the hill and calls back "Keep moving, we're going to need more of those soon." The trip should have taken just over an hour, however Xanthos insisted upon stopping at each new plant and rock in order to sketch and catalogue each one in a small book he produced from a saddle bag draped across his hindquarters. Kessen and Menthos would have been happy to leave him behind, but every time Xanthos stopped so did the two ogres and Haimish. "Ranger?" Menthos asked of Kessen "Not exactly, although most of my family is." Kessen replied, "What skills do you planning on bringing to bear on the goblins?" "Me? I'm a highly trained recluse, I've been sighted in four counties." Menthos says proudly. "Hrmph, you thieves are all alike" Kessen says as he turns back to the hill "Thief? No, although I do plan on playing one soon, we should stick together. I got your back." Menthos replied Two and a half hours after departing Highcastle, the group reaches the base of the small hill. Kessen notes the wind direction and advises that the group approach from the other side of the hill, so as not to give away their presence by sent. The party agrees and circles around the hill, stopping every ten feet so that Xanthos could catalogue another plant. The party ascends the hill and views two areas of downed and crumbling stone blocks. Kessen approaches the nearest set of stones and sniffs the air, then crouching behind a side-laying stone, Kessen spots an entrance leading down into the hill. He rushes back to the party and reports his findings. Curious to see if he could do the same, Doopa runs to the far set of stones and sniffs the air. His stomach immediately picks up the scent of burning rabbit. Doopa's mouth begins to water, and he begins to descend the set of stairs from which the scent is emanating from. The party yells for Doopa to stop, but the ogre's stomach it too determined. The rest of the group sprints across the hilltop to where they last saw Doopa. "Dumb ogre, ruined a great chance at surprise." Kessen shot through gnashed teeth. "Now, you didn't really expect that guy to follow anything that came out of your mouth did you? I on the other hand, find this tactic to be most appealing, let the ogre go in first. Then us." Menthos replies "That ogre's as dense as the moral compass of levitating pumice." Haimish observes. "Oh! You shall have to point me to that phenomenon, I must catalogue that." Xanthos pleads "Maybe, remember patience is like the morose rock. Abiding by that edict will surely bring you closer to near than to far." Haimish states. Kessen reaches the stairs and peering down, sees Doopa about halfway down. The ogre looks back up and seeing the rest of the group, motions for them to be quite. "Doopa hear voices." The ogre nearly shouts, while pointing to the bottom of the stairs. [/QUOTE]
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