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<blockquote data-quote="Xorn" data-source="post: 4361629" data-attributes="member: 61231"><p>The morning dew had been completely claimed by the rising mid-day sun as the adventurers huddled behind a small rise in the terrain. Omar and Daichot were both crouching at the base of the rise, while Oleaf’s slender frame was flattened at the top of the hillside, carefully watching the other side. Somewhere, amidst the trees and foliage that would obfuscate most vision beyond use, she claimed to see the halfling.</p><p> </p><p>“He is very close to the falls now, but I lost sight of him.” She thought about what she had whispered to the dwarf and tiefling, both of whom had not been confident in letting Percy scout ahead, and added some reassurance, “which means no one else can see him, either.”</p><p> </p><p>Omar looked at Daichot, not able to put to words what he was thinking. Percy had protested that the dwarf needed to trust in the halfling’s abilities, and had slipped away before he could say anything more. Omar wasn’t worried about Percy’s ability, only his ability to protect the group, to be the front line. He couldn’t do it, crouched behind this hill. Daichot was fidgeting with the handle of his greataxe—he was itching to fight, it was evident as he looked anxiously up at Oleaf and asked for the third time since Percy had vanished into the foliage, “Can you see him, yet?”</p><p> </p><p>Oleaf was already looking back over the hill, and didn’t acknowledge Daichot. She would answer when there was something to report. The valley in front of the elf reminded her a little of her homeland, in Harkenwolf Forest. Through the sparse trees and brush she could see the glimmer of sunlight reflecting off of a small stream that was drifting lazily away from a majestic waterfall, leading away to the south of their position. A rocky cliff face jutted up from the thick, green grass, leaving a naked, cold relief snarling out of the earth, leaving the stream above nowhere to go but down, with a long churning plummet fifty feet below to the frothy water. Occasionally, she would catch movement of the small reptilian kobolds about the area in front of the waterfall, a trampled down clearing that showed signs of use. Oleaf turned her face back to the others to let them know this was definitely where the kobolds were, only to see Percy casually step out of the taller grass behind them, startling all three of his companions.</p><p> </p><p>“Yes!” he whispered excitedly, “I knew you couldn’t see me!”</p><p> </p><p>Oleaf, stunned that the halfling had managed to walk up to her undetected, was not pleased, “Stop fooling around!” she rasped harshly.</p><p> </p><p>“I kept waving at you,” he explained further, oblivious to her scolding, “and you just kept giving me that creepy stare,” he mimed the way Oleaf looked at a person, unblinking, to the other’s amusement, “so I thought maybe you saw me.” Oleaf slipped gently down the slope, crossing her arms in annoyance, realizing that Percy would finish a story once he started, quests be damned. “I mean you were looking right at me,” he turned to Omar and Daichot, “I mean I thought she was anyway.” Percy’s grin was infectious, and the others could feel it creeping onto their faces now. “But when I saw her face here—I know she didn’t see me!”</p><p> </p><p>“Do you have a point, halfling?” Oleaf was wearing her disdain plainly on her face.</p><p> </p><p>“Hmmm.” Percy thought about the question and answered, “No, I guess not, expect I can’t believe you didn’t see me waving!”</p><p> </p><p>“Mebe ye should jus’ tell us whatcha saw, laddie,” suggested Omar, trying to divert the rogues mischief.</p><p> </p><p>“Okay, okay,” he surrendered, holding his hands up, “there’s half a dozen kobolds outside the falls, most of them have spears, but one of them is carrying that great big sling like the one on the road, and there’s another bigger one carrying a dragonscale shield like the ones Oleaf and I killed earlier.”</p><p> </p><p>“Outside the falls?” questioned Daichot.</p><p> </p><p>“Yeah, there’s a cave on either side of the waterfall, it might even be behind the waterfall, but I couldn’t get close enough to see. I saw the one with the sling come out of there, and I couldn’t understand what he said to them, but he said Irontooth at the end of it.”</p><p> </p><p>“Irontooth?” asked Omar.</p><p> </p><p>“Yeah, Irontooth, who I think is a goblin.”</p><p> </p><p>The others exchanged a confused glance, and Daichot spoke first, “Why do you think Irontooth is a goblin then.”</p><p> </p><p>“Oh that’s easy,” deduced the halfling, “the little guy was talking in kobold-talk, then said Irontooth in goblin. I speak goblin, you know.”</p><p> </p><p>“No,” replied Omar, “I didn’ know ye speak goblin, act’ully, but ‘at’s good work laddie. So let’s get a plan innae action now.”</p><p> </p><p>“I got this plan all worked out already!” Percy interrupted. “I’ll slip off over that way,” he pointed a crossbow bolt he was preparing to load to the east, into the trees, “and you guys go down there,” the rogue was now pointing to the south, where the stream left the clearing. When they see you, I’ll ambush them from their flanks, and we’ll meet in the middle!” Percy started to trot back into the trees.</p><p> </p><p>“Now wait a minnit, runt!” exclaimed Omar, trying to keep his voice down, “we stay together!”</p><p> </p><p>“Sorry, Ironbutt, yer too loud for me! I’ll be fine!” Percy was gone from view before anymore argument could be made.</p><p> </p><p>Oleaf silently drew two arrows at once and pulled the string of her longbow an inch or two back in preparation for a fight. “We better hurry now,” she stated matter-of-factly. “Because there’s something I can’t believe Percy didn’t see, either…” she looked at them, genuine concern on her face, “there’s a <em>dozen</em> kobolds outside the waterfall.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Xorn, post: 4361629, member: 61231"] The morning dew had been completely claimed by the rising mid-day sun as the adventurers huddled behind a small rise in the terrain. Omar and Daichot were both crouching at the base of the rise, while Oleaf’s slender frame was flattened at the top of the hillside, carefully watching the other side. Somewhere, amidst the trees and foliage that would obfuscate most vision beyond use, she claimed to see the halfling. “He is very close to the falls now, but I lost sight of him.” She thought about what she had whispered to the dwarf and tiefling, both of whom had not been confident in letting Percy scout ahead, and added some reassurance, “which means no one else can see him, either.” Omar looked at Daichot, not able to put to words what he was thinking. Percy had protested that the dwarf needed to trust in the halfling’s abilities, and had slipped away before he could say anything more. Omar wasn’t worried about Percy’s ability, only his ability to protect the group, to be the front line. He couldn’t do it, crouched behind this hill. Daichot was fidgeting with the handle of his greataxe—he was itching to fight, it was evident as he looked anxiously up at Oleaf and asked for the third time since Percy had vanished into the foliage, “Can you see him, yet?” Oleaf was already looking back over the hill, and didn’t acknowledge Daichot. She would answer when there was something to report. The valley in front of the elf reminded her a little of her homeland, in Harkenwolf Forest. Through the sparse trees and brush she could see the glimmer of sunlight reflecting off of a small stream that was drifting lazily away from a majestic waterfall, leading away to the south of their position. A rocky cliff face jutted up from the thick, green grass, leaving a naked, cold relief snarling out of the earth, leaving the stream above nowhere to go but down, with a long churning plummet fifty feet below to the frothy water. Occasionally, she would catch movement of the small reptilian kobolds about the area in front of the waterfall, a trampled down clearing that showed signs of use. Oleaf turned her face back to the others to let them know this was definitely where the kobolds were, only to see Percy casually step out of the taller grass behind them, startling all three of his companions. “Yes!” he whispered excitedly, “I knew you couldn’t see me!” Oleaf, stunned that the halfling had managed to walk up to her undetected, was not pleased, “Stop fooling around!” she rasped harshly. “I kept waving at you,” he explained further, oblivious to her scolding, “and you just kept giving me that creepy stare,” he mimed the way Oleaf looked at a person, unblinking, to the other’s amusement, “so I thought maybe you saw me.” Oleaf slipped gently down the slope, crossing her arms in annoyance, realizing that Percy would finish a story once he started, quests be damned. “I mean you were looking right at me,” he turned to Omar and Daichot, “I mean I thought she was anyway.” Percy’s grin was infectious, and the others could feel it creeping onto their faces now. “But when I saw her face here—I know she didn’t see me!” “Do you have a point, halfling?” Oleaf was wearing her disdain plainly on her face. “Hmmm.” Percy thought about the question and answered, “No, I guess not, expect I can’t believe you didn’t see me waving!” “Mebe ye should jus’ tell us whatcha saw, laddie,” suggested Omar, trying to divert the rogues mischief. “Okay, okay,” he surrendered, holding his hands up, “there’s half a dozen kobolds outside the falls, most of them have spears, but one of them is carrying that great big sling like the one on the road, and there’s another bigger one carrying a dragonscale shield like the ones Oleaf and I killed earlier.” “Outside the falls?” questioned Daichot. “Yeah, there’s a cave on either side of the waterfall, it might even be behind the waterfall, but I couldn’t get close enough to see. I saw the one with the sling come out of there, and I couldn’t understand what he said to them, but he said Irontooth at the end of it.” “Irontooth?” asked Omar. “Yeah, Irontooth, who I think is a goblin.” The others exchanged a confused glance, and Daichot spoke first, “Why do you think Irontooth is a goblin then.” “Oh that’s easy,” deduced the halfling, “the little guy was talking in kobold-talk, then said Irontooth in goblin. I speak goblin, you know.” “No,” replied Omar, “I didn’ know ye speak goblin, act’ully, but ‘at’s good work laddie. So let’s get a plan innae action now.” “I got this plan all worked out already!” Percy interrupted. “I’ll slip off over that way,” he pointed a crossbow bolt he was preparing to load to the east, into the trees, “and you guys go down there,” the rogue was now pointing to the south, where the stream left the clearing. When they see you, I’ll ambush them from their flanks, and we’ll meet in the middle!” Percy started to trot back into the trees. “Now wait a minnit, runt!” exclaimed Omar, trying to keep his voice down, “we stay together!” “Sorry, Ironbutt, yer too loud for me! I’ll be fine!” Percy was gone from view before anymore argument could be made. Oleaf silently drew two arrows at once and pulled the string of her longbow an inch or two back in preparation for a fight. “We better hurry now,” she stated matter-of-factly. “Because there’s something I can’t believe Percy didn’t see, either…” she looked at them, genuine concern on her face, “there’s a [I]dozen[/I] kobolds outside the waterfall.” [/QUOTE]
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