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<blockquote data-quote="Ambrus" data-source="post: 3242335" data-attributes="member: 17691"><p>Maelicent watches the other patrons attentively, taking occasional sips from his drinking horn. As he often did, the young goblin suspected that there must be something more going on in the hall then what was immediately observable. How did such simple seeming beings develop their earth-shaking power while apparently doing little more than sitting around, drinking and chatting every evening? Maelicent had tried to follow their example; both drinking and occasionally approaching various giant-kin to attempt peaceable parlay. So far the Gudwulf's efforts had born little more than scorn from these strangers and debilitating illness from the drink. The elf-woman, who's bow he'd been studying, approached the misshapen dwarf-man he'd tried speaking to a few days earlier. Were they covertly sharing the secrets for throwing thunderbolts at enemies or simply discussing the quality of the hall's brew as he and the dwarf had done? Should he try to join them in conversation? Would they then reveal to him the means by which he could clothe himself in protective flames that burnt his enemies but not himsef?</p><p></p><p>Maelicent sighed and emptied his drinking horn's contents back into his bucket. At a nearby hut-table the odd games-player he'd approached last week seemed to be involved in some type of dispute between one of the straw-haired wall-workers and another giant-kin. For a moment the goblin hoped that the situation would escalate and come to blows. Perhaps then he'd see a worthwhile display of mystical adventurer magic! A few more moments of observation however led Maelicent to suspect that that would be an unlikely conclusion to the matter. All this talking and drinking never seemed to lead to anything! The proud warrior was almost tempted to fire a few arrows into the crowd in hopes of provoking some type of armed response; something he might attempt if he knew it wouldn't likely lead to his own demise. No. That wasn't right. If he was to learn their secrets he'd have to play the adventurers' game their way. Maelicent dipped his drinking horn into his bucket of ale and quickly swallowed a few mouthfuls to help steel his resolve. He'd have to try talking to them again. Even if that didn't work, the resourceful goblin could at least try to get a closer look at that bow...</p><p></p><p>Picking up his bucket, Maelicent stands and deftly makes his way into the forest of legs. Steping into the shadow of a giant-kin, the nimble goblin makes a half-turn to place himself in a position to be obscured by the billowing folds of a passerby's cloak. Quickly falling into step with the moving giant-kin, Maelicent weaves his way through the crowd and lithely switches direction when the person he was following turns away. Taking the opportunity, the Gudwulf warrior ducks into the shadowy gap between the overhang of the stone-wall and the line of ladder-platforms propping up the perching giant-kin drinkers there. Slowly, Maelicent moves past the tangle of giant-kin legs on his left-hand side to discreetly approach the elf-woman and dwarf-man unseen to get a closer look at the bow and quiver of arrows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ambrus, post: 3242335, member: 17691"] Maelicent watches the other patrons attentively, taking occasional sips from his drinking horn. As he often did, the young goblin suspected that there must be something more going on in the hall then what was immediately observable. How did such simple seeming beings develop their earth-shaking power while apparently doing little more than sitting around, drinking and chatting every evening? Maelicent had tried to follow their example; both drinking and occasionally approaching various giant-kin to attempt peaceable parlay. So far the Gudwulf's efforts had born little more than scorn from these strangers and debilitating illness from the drink. The elf-woman, who's bow he'd been studying, approached the misshapen dwarf-man he'd tried speaking to a few days earlier. Were they covertly sharing the secrets for throwing thunderbolts at enemies or simply discussing the quality of the hall's brew as he and the dwarf had done? Should he try to join them in conversation? Would they then reveal to him the means by which he could clothe himself in protective flames that burnt his enemies but not himsef? Maelicent sighed and emptied his drinking horn's contents back into his bucket. At a nearby hut-table the odd games-player he'd approached last week seemed to be involved in some type of dispute between one of the straw-haired wall-workers and another giant-kin. For a moment the goblin hoped that the situation would escalate and come to blows. Perhaps then he'd see a worthwhile display of mystical adventurer magic! A few more moments of observation however led Maelicent to suspect that that would be an unlikely conclusion to the matter. All this talking and drinking never seemed to lead to anything! The proud warrior was almost tempted to fire a few arrows into the crowd in hopes of provoking some type of armed response; something he might attempt if he knew it wouldn't likely lead to his own demise. No. That wasn't right. If he was to learn their secrets he'd have to play the adventurers' game their way. Maelicent dipped his drinking horn into his bucket of ale and quickly swallowed a few mouthfuls to help steel his resolve. He'd have to try talking to them again. Even if that didn't work, the resourceful goblin could at least try to get a closer look at that bow... Picking up his bucket, Maelicent stands and deftly makes his way into the forest of legs. Steping into the shadow of a giant-kin, the nimble goblin makes a half-turn to place himself in a position to be obscured by the billowing folds of a passerby's cloak. Quickly falling into step with the moving giant-kin, Maelicent weaves his way through the crowd and lithely switches direction when the person he was following turns away. Taking the opportunity, the Gudwulf warrior ducks into the shadowy gap between the overhang of the stone-wall and the line of ladder-platforms propping up the perching giant-kin drinkers there. Slowly, Maelicent moves past the tangle of giant-kin legs on his left-hand side to discreetly approach the elf-woman and dwarf-man unseen to get a closer look at the bow and quiver of arrows. [/QUOTE]
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