IndyPendant's Sunless Citadel

[Sorrow The Man Bear]

Lehko rejoins the others, and has been listening the whole time. "I do not agree Kuma. Often, the little rat that is over looked can hear many things he was not supposed to. mayhaps we should treat him with some respect, if it will loosen the unfortunate's tounge." That said, he kneels before the fire pit, casually poking through it, but reguarly looking over his shoulder into the hallway. This place makes him uneasy it seems, his body language does not suggest the nearly manic energy you have come to expect from Lehko.

 

[IndyPendant]

The kobold stares at Heirmund for a few moments before replying. /~What information do you want? I do not speak your feces-ridden tongue, so you will have to--/~ It cuts off midsentence and sweeps a glare to include Kuma, Jair and Lehko--screeching in thickly-accented common, "Meepo high rank! Meepo important! Meepo Keeper of Dragons!" It runs its hands down its scaly body in what would be a loving caress from a human. "Meepo earn scars! You no take Meepo's scars! You respect Meepo! You respect Meepo!" It sweeps its hand to encompass the writing on the walls. "Here There Be Dragons! Here There Be Dragons!!!"

Then, of all things, it...bursts into tears. Great, gut-wrenching sobs, as it collapses to a kneeling position on the floor and covers its face.

Lehko glances over at the kobold, but finds himself interested in the firepit after all. It has recently been used for a very large fire--and there are many bits of charred kobold bones and armour recently burned, in the pit. As the kobold rants at him, he also picks up and cleans the ashes from a single small figurine made of skillfully carved jade. A dragon.

 

[JimAde]

Jerek rolls his eyes heavenward and grinds out through clenched teeth, "Could somebody please shut that thing up?" He returns his gaze to the hallway, bow at the ready for the horde of goblins he expects to come investigate the noise.

 

[Shayuri]

Kuma takes a step back to the sobbing reptile, an expression of revulsion on his normally taciturn features. He leans down, grabs the kobold by the nape of the neck and says in a quiet growl, "And now Meepo is our prisoner. And if Meepo doesn't speak quietly and behave himself, then the next band of explorers to enter this place will find Meepo's bones in that pit along with all the others."

He looks up at the others, distaste still etched on his face.

"Anyone else have questions for this one?"

 

[Voadam]

"Somebody watch with Jerek in case trouble arrives." Jair walks up to the barbarian who has grabbed the kobold and speaks quietly and calmly to the kobold in a reassuring voice. He takes on the role of the "good constable" who provides palatable alternatives to the threats of the intimidating "bad constable", the role that Kuma has assumed, perhaps unknowingly, with the kobold.

"Gently Kuma. Meepo, listen to me. We are searching for humans who came down here. My healing will not remove scars, only injuries and pain. I want to hear what you can tell us, what happened here, about the dragons, your people, the goblins, and the humans. Let's start with what you know about any humans coming down here though."

 

[Mithran]

Heirmund steps back to watch the door with Jerek as his services as an interpreter are apparently no longer needed.

((OOC: I did not post yesterday because I felt it was important to let Meepo reply before Heirmund just went on talking))

 

[jayaint]

Ydyr has been letting his eyes roam [[Search/Spot]] throughout the room during the kobold's threats and pleas.

He says, to no one in particular, "This place gets stranger and stranger, still."

 

[Sorrow The Man Bear]

Lehko pockets the figurine and stands. He waits for a break or pause in the interrogation, and intones, "How did it happen? Who destroyed your clan? Here there be dragons allright, in the pit. Tell me who did it, and I may find reason to help." He keeps his tone neutral, and his eyes level, almost mimicing the kobolds proud stance from before.

 

[IndyPendant]

Meepo whimpers--quietly--in fear as Kuma grips him, but responds to Jair's questions: "Goblins steal, we kill. Meepo not know about humans. Maybe leader know about humans. Meepo take you to Yusdrayl, you make nice. Grant you safe passage, you not hurt Meepo. Maybe you promise rescue Dragon, leader make nice you. Rescue...Dragon! Yes. Yes! Wretched thief goblins take Calcryx! You rescue Calcryx, leader answer questions! Yes!"

It is so excited by this idea that it immediately begins to scamper away--getting about half a foot before being yanked back roughly by Kuma, who still has a tight grip on its neck. It whimpers again and says sullenly, "You not making nice. You need make nice, Yusdrayl help you."

 

[Voadam]

Jair smiles reassuringly to the kobold and speaks in a calming manner "One moment Meepo. Tell me about your people here first. Your leader is Yusdrayl, and you have scars as a sign of your position with your people. You were a dragon keeper? The dragon was called Calcryx and it was stolen by the goblins? How many of your people live down here and how long have they been here?"