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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gnostic Goblin" data-source="post: 9529313" data-attributes="member: 7048243">He Warned ‘EmThe tree wasn’t comfortable, but it was safe. Well, safer. Gunk clung to the highest branch that would hold him, peering through the leaves as the chaos erupted in the goblin cave below.“Ha! I warned ’em,” he muttered to himself, ducking slightly as a fireball whooshed out of the cave entrance. The light from the blast lit up the forest around him, and he could just make out the forms of adventurers charging in. There was the wizard—his sneeze echoed even louder than his spells—and the bear, which was somehow even bigger in person and still clutching that ridiculous teacup.“Adventurers and tea? What kind of world is this?” Gunk muttered. He watched the bear swat away a goblin, who went flying into a nearby tree like a sack of turnips. “Oof. Sorry, Grinkle. You deserved better.”Inside the cave, he could hear the clanging of swords, the screech of goblins, and an alarming number of shouts like, “WHO LEFT THESE MARBLES EVERYWHERE?” That’d be Tunk’s idea of defense. Typical cave goblins, always thinking too small.The wizard sneezed again, and a blast of magic made the ground quake. A moment later, Glint the guard came scrambling out of the cave, his helmet on backward, yelling, “Gunk! GUNK! You were right! Help us!”Gunk crossed his arms. “Oh, NOW I’m worth listening to? Didn’t seem to matter when I was warning you about certain doom!”Glint tripped on a root and sprawled face-first into the dirt. He popped up again, sputtering, “You could’ve tried harder to convince us!”“I was very convincing!” Gunk shouted. “You’re just a terrible listener!”Another fireball exploded, and Gunk felt the heat even up in his tree. He glanced back at the cave entrance, where the adventurers were driving goblins deeper inside like frightened bats. The bear roared and charged in after them, splintering the main support beam with one swing of its paw.The cave groaned ominously.“Oh, that’s not good,” Gunk muttered, shifting uncomfortably as a large chunk of rock tumbled from the entrance. He could already hear the goblins inside panicking, yelling things like, “Save the mushrooms!” and “This is all Gunk’s fault!”The whole cave was caving in. Gunk winced as a plume of dust erupted, the adventurers and goblins alike scrambling out just before the entire entrance collapsed.“Well,” Gunk said, watching as Glint stumbled toward him, covered in dirt and mushroom bits. “Looks like you’re all hillside goblins now.”Glint scowled up at him. “You could’ve warned us the cave would collapse too!”Gunk leaned back against the tree trunk, grinning. “Guess I just wasn’t convincing enough.”To be continued…</blockquote>

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