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[Socrates]

Salem

Cave Axl
Day 3


Salem crept through the underbrush following the lead of Din and Jett, watching the fidgetty excitement of the first goblin. He listened to the surroundings, hearing faint cries of wildlife in the distance.

At the sound of a high-pitch whisper like hiss of stop, the entire party turned and looked at the quiet little goblin Fhul. Her eyes wide, she cocked her head repeatedly to the side. Five pairs of eyes followed her motions. Crabs lay in the sunlight resting their bellies on morning breakfast. Now they in turn would be breakfast.

Sen waved his hands for the group to clutter around him. Drawing in the dirt, he told the group to circle around their prey. Rocks, too. Smart, but rocks probably wouldn't be enough. Eight legs are more than two.

As the group started to spread out, Salem motioned for Fhul to follow. He picked up a couple of broken branches and tried to stab forward with them. Weak things that would not so much damage, but enough to funnel the crabs together. Handing a stick to Fhul, he spoke:

"Push crabs to Din. We group many then." Walking away, he turned back, "Good job seeing. We eat good this morning." Now they would only wait for Sen's signal.

Edited by Socrates, 10 March 2015 - 02:36 AM.

[Leshrac]

Prologue: There Will Be One

Cave Daria: Day 3

 

Kor, Nih, Gric, Kie, and Bren

Spoiler

Kor's little party had decided to keep the White Stoat as a mascot of sorts. Kor's idea was to use it to hunt. Now all they needed to do was heal it and eventually domesticate it to go through with their plan. At the moment though, they didn't know if it would work. They began looking for materials to make a cage around the forest.

 

Kie and Bren were excited to finally start making something with their crafting talents. Nih simply followed Kor like a puppy. Every chance he got, he'd smile and try and play with the clearly injured stoat in Kor's arms. It was funny to watch. Gric trailed the grouped, occasionally kicking up dirt. He didn't seem to be in a great mood even though he had just eaten.

 

The slow pace of the party made it easy to find materials. Soon Kie and Bren had what they needed, but wanted to get back to the cave before making a cage for the small creature.

 

Gric came to the front and quickly pointed out the two figures moving in the distance that the other goblins had not seen. It seemed to be a pair of Armored Tanukis doing a dance of some sort. They were seemingly playing and still hadn't noticed the group of goblins yet.

 

Rot, Snarf, Char, Archi, Mel, and Crey

Spoiler

After Snarf had performed her "experiments", she began to lead the group to a new hunt. Rot's newly found powers were astonishing and he could feel the new ability within him. It was a strange feeling. Being suddenly able to use magic, and rather well too, was a new experience. 

 

The other goblins were getting used to their abilities too. Char was enjoying the new power over heat and fire. Crey didn't seem to care much and didn't seem the least bit interested in his control over wind. Mel simply stayed in the back and didn't want to be the main point of focus in the group. Archi was astonished by the new magical abilities they had all gained.

 

The new hunt was immediately successful. Mel spotted a Golden Tusked Boar with its mate under some nearby brush. They seemed to have two young ones with them too. There was one thing about boars though, they were very aggressive when threatened. Whoever tried to kill them or their babies would most likely have to deal with the angry little creature's attacks.

 

Lorcan, Woll, Rae, Ros, and Fera

Spoiler

The "fight" ended quickly. Lorcan ended the life of the wounded fawn and earned another free meal. Luck was on their side today. Another kill was checked onto the groups hunt list and they were now two for two. This time the excitement was down a notch. It was probably due an important lesson that some of them really let sink in.

 

At any point a much larger creature could attack and wipe them out without them being able to fight back. They've done well this far off of sheer luck and the dying fawn was a big symbol of that. Wrong place, wrong time.

 

Fera seemed not incredibly looking into it. She'd been the first one to kill anyways. She was just looking forward to the next kill and started chowing down into the dead animal. The others gradually joined her. Obviously Lorcan was also welcome to join. They needed to get ready for the next hunt.

 

Progression & Spoils

Spoiler

Lorcan

Killed Crowned Stag Fawn (+6 Levels)

Successful Hunt (+8 Levels)

Discovered Weakened Prey (+6 Levels)

Gained Skill...

• Natural Understanding - The user of this ability has a basic understanding of all party members. The user can know the current and learned skills of up to 6 party members.

 

Fera

Successful Hunt (+8 Levels)

 

Ros

Successful Hunt (+8 Levels)

 

Rae

Successful Hunt (+8 Levels)

 

Woll

Successful Hunt (+8 Levels)

 

Report Card

Goblin Lorcan (Lv 30) ---> Goblin Lorcan (Lv 50)

Goblin Fera (Lv 34) ---> Goblin Fera (Lv 42)

Goblin Ros (Lv 15) ---> Goblin Ros (Lv 23)

Goblin Rae (Lv 15) ---> Goblin Rae (Lv 23)

Goblin Woll (Lv 15) ---> Goblin Woll (Lv 23)

 

Spoils

Gained Crowned Stag Meat (x5) [Normal]

Gained Crowned Stag Fawn Pelt [Normal]

 

Absorption

Spoiler

1. Crowned Stag

• [???] - Defensive Skill
• [???] - Utility Skill
• [???] - Utility Skill
• [???] - Defensive Skill

Edited by Leshrac, 10 March 2015 - 04:41 AM.

[Johnny Paradise]

Kor -- Cave Daria

 

Kor and his party had found the proper materials to build a cage, but before returning to the cave, Gric found more food. He was good at that. Kor's mind went to work immediately and he concocted another plan to kill the armored tanukis; he was sure Bren and Kie would appreciate the shells as well. Kor was, however, holding the stoat still, so he would require the others to do most of the work.

 

"Surround them," Kor whispered. "Quiet, quiet!"

 

Once the four goblins had taken position in the forest around the tanukis, Kor himself would appear from the front and throw a rock at them. His plan was to scare them right into the others' waiting arms. Once they had gotten a hold of them, Kor would take the horn they took from the rabbit and stab both of them.

Edited by Johnny Paradise, 10 March 2015 - 04:38 AM.

[Liar]

Lorcan

Day 3: Cave Daria

 

It was less of a fight, and more of an execution.

 

Lorcan didn’t mind, but he was a little worried their luck may make his subordinates cocky. However, the somber silence of the others as they ate the dead fawn disavowed him of that notion. An important lesson was learnt with this recent victory. He was thankful that Fera took the initiative earlier and took the first step in eating.

 

Frankly, the concept of death didn’t concern him. He considered the execution of the Alpha Spiked Wolf under his responsibility even if Fera dealt the killing blow and understood that their life was always a matter of survival. It was never going to be fun and games. That was why he was developing tactics in order to ease the burden of a single goblin. By acting as a pack, they would be able to overcome any challenges that they would face.

 

Minus the monsters that could kill them all in a single blow naturally.

 

He ate the Crowned Stag meat, saving five portions of it by gathering it in the fawn pelt. Lorcan planned to save those for the goblins in the cave. They would be happy and would become eager to help him and his subordinates in any way they can. He knew that each goblin was different, and therefore that meant not all goblins would be skilled in hunting. This could mean that they have other skills or talents that Lorcan or the others may not have.

 

Lorcan smelled three unfamiliar scents in the air and also the scent of a Crowned Stag. For now he decided to follow the scent that would lead them a little deeper into the forest. Ever since he left the cave he was mapping out the area in his head. He needed to know the lay of the land if they were going to go out hunting again later on.

 

“Alright, let’s go,” he told the others, urging them to end their break. They were going to travel the same positions as last time. It seemed to be an effective formation so far.

 

Spoiler

Level 50

 

Talents

Observation

Leadership

 

Skills

Dark Eye

Absorption

Analyze

Pack Hunting Tactics

Alpha

Scent Tracker

Natural Understanding

Sense Blood Thirst

 

Party Members

Fera

Level 42

• Stealth
• Focused

Ros

Level 23

• Accuracy
• Clever

Woll

Level 23

• Endurance
• Friendly

Rae

Level 23

• Strength
• Respectful

 

Spoils

• Bloodstained Claw [Trophy]
• Large Barbed Spikes (x8) [Rare]
• Alpha Spiked Wolf Pelt [Rare]
• Crowned Stag Meat (x5) [Normal]
• Crowned Stag Fawn Pelt [Normal]

[Leshrac]

Prologue: There Will Be One

Cave Daria: Day 3

 

Kor, Nih, Gric, Kie, and Bren

Spoiler

Kor's plan was clever and his other goblins allies all got into position quickly. When Kor revealed himself from the brush and threw a rock, the two Armored Tanukis bolted. They ran into the bushes hoping they'd escape.

 

Too bad the other goblins were there. Nih quickly jumped on one and held it down so it couldn't move. Once he was more comfortable on top, he grabbed it tails and stood up with a wide grin. That'd be the another capture for the group.

 

Meanwhile Kie and Bren were doing their best to catch the other tanuki. They ran it away and herded it to Gric, who looked like he was hoping to not get too involved. The young goblin fell on top of the tanuki to stop its movement. After slowing it for a second or two, both Kie and Bren were there to help out. Both tanukis were captured.

 

Kor took this time to kill both of them and now they had another meal for the day.

 

Progression & Spoils

Spoiler

Kor

Killed Armored Tanuki (+4 Levels)

Killed Armored Tanuki (+4 Levels)

Successful Hunt (+4 Levels)

Formulated Plan (+8 Levels)

Gained Skill...

• Partner Bonding - The user of this skill can choose one creature and bond with it. That creature gains a small character sheet and acts as an extension of the character who bonded with it. Limited to one creature. (Active) E-Rank

 

Nih

Successful Hunt (+4 Levels)

Caught Armored Tanuki (+5 Levels)

 

Gric

Successful Hunt (+4 Levels)

Caught Armored Tanuki (+3 Levels)

 

Kie

Successful Hunt (+4 Levels)

Caught Armored Tanuki (+1 Level)

 

Bren

Successful Hunt (+4 Levels)

Caught Armored Tanuki (+1 Level)

 

Report Card

Goblin Kor (Lv 15) ---> Goblin Kor (Lv 35)

Goblin Nih (Lv 9) ---> Goblin Nih (Lv 18)

Goblin Gric (Lv 7) ---> Goblin Gric (Lv 14)

Goblin Kie (Lv 11) ---> Goblin Kie (Lv 16)

Goblin Bren (Lv 7) ---> Goblin Bren (Lv 12)

 

Spoils

Gained Armored Tanuki Meat (x5) [Normal]

Gained Armored Tanuki Pelt (x2) [Normal]

 

Absorption

Spoiler

1. Armored Tanuki

• [???] - Defensive Skill
• [???] - Defensive Skill
• [???] - Utility Skill

 

Lorcan, Woll, Rae, Ros, and Fera

Spoiler

The group of goblins were moving onto their next venture. They moved deeper into the forest, until they encountered a small pond. At the end of the pond on a small rock, was a King Stag. A very rare version of the Crowned Stag. It's one that has survived for a long time and has become skilled at survival. It's difficult to survive in this jungle so it reaching this point is impressive.

 

Markings on it's body revealed that this in particular specimen would have a form of magic as the ability it got from Ranking Up. It paid no attention to the group of goblins and dipped its head down to drink from the pond.

 

Lorcan and his party were on the other side of the pond and in clear view. They'd have to figure a way to sneak over there if they wanted any shot. Unless they planned on swimming.

Edited by Leshrac, 10 March 2015 - 07:11 AM.

[Johnny Paradise]

Kor -- Cave Daria

 

Just like their last meal, Kor divvied up the spoils and shared some of his with the stoat. This time, the stoat seemed to respond much better to it; it ate gratefully from Kor's hand and in spite of its wound seemed happier than before. It no longer tried to run away. The five goblins decided to name it, and the others thought Lou was a good name. Kor didn't really care what the name was, so he went with that. Once its wounds healed, he would take it hunting, and soon enough the five of them would be rolling in rabbit pelts.

 

Keeping some of the tanuki meat for later that day, Kor decided that they should make their way back to their cave.

[Liar]

Lorcan

Day 3: Cave Daria

 

It was a King Stag! It looked like an adult version of the fawn they had just eaten. Unfortunately, it also looked strong, and Lorcan knew they lost the element of surprise. He wanted to kill it, but it could just as easily run away or attack them. He had to think quickly.

 

Lorcan told Ros, Woll, and Rae to stay put until conflict begins. This was an operation for him and Fera. They weren’t skilled enough for what he planned.

 

“Follow me while hiding,” he whispered to Fera.

 

As Fera disappeared into the brush, Lorcan casually meandered to the edge of the pond and took a few sips of water. Occasionally, he would look up and observe the King Stag, taking measures not to make eye contact with the beast. Lorcan moved along the pond to get closer to the stag, neither too fast that it appeared to be rushing it or too slow that it appeared he was stalking prey. No, Lorcan tried to match the King Stag at its casual speed.

 

He stopped once more, avoiding the pond’s edge now and going over to a grass that was a little bit longer. Lorcan plucked a few grass strands, mimicking the stag as it drank and ate. The small goblin band leader moved in a zigzag fashion towards the King Stag. Sometimes he would go back to the pond and take a drink and then next he would move over to a push or grass to make it look like he was grazing.

 

As Lorcan slowly approached, he kept wary of the King Stag and was more than prepared to run if it showed signs of aggression. He remained calm and stoic. He was a leader, after all. He couldn’t allow the others to see him looking fearful. Lorcan also kept the grass he plucked—it was his plan to feed the beast if it allowed him to get close, thus lulling it to a false sense of security. If successful, Fera should be in a position to make a strike. In addition, the extra time in observing it would help him find a weak point that he could take advantage of.

 

This was a hunt now, not an execution.

 

Spoiler

Level 50

 

Talents

Observation

Leadership

 

Skills

Dark Eye

Absorption

Analyze

Pack Hunting Tactics

Alpha

Scent Tracker

Natural Understanding

Sense Blood Thirst

 

Party Members

Fera

Level 42

• Stealth
• Focused

Ros

Level 23

• Accuracy
• Clever

Woll

Level 23

• Endurance
• Friendly

Rae

Level 23

• Strength
• Respectful

 

Spoils

• Bloodstained Claw [Trophy]
• Large Barbed Spikes (x8) [Rare]
• Alpha Spiked Wolf Pelt [Rare]
• Crowned Stag Meat (x5) [Normal]
• Crowned Stag Fawn Pelt [Normal]

[Rainbow Dash]

SNARF

Cave Daria

 

Snarf looked at the golden food. She was envious. The food had some sort of pointy giant teeth poking out. Their own mouths had become weaponized. If only Snarf had the same she would be unstoppable. Instead she had to use her wits to hunt. It was appalling.

 

She gave Archie some vague directions about scaring them from the back. He didn't look convinced but moved when she glared at him. To make sure he wouldn't chicken out she sent backup in the form of Crey. Two would work better than one anyway.

 

Snarf stepped into the open and stared at the porkchops. She wanted them to see their demise before it came to them. She crouched low and held her pointy stick out in front of her. When the other gobbies scared them they would go for Snarf since she was the one they were looking at. And then she would stop their charge with a thrust! Speedy stick plus speedy boar would make speedy lunch!

[Unbelievably Majestic]

Prologue: The Hunted
Cave Axl: Day 3

Pip

Spoiler

Goblin Pip threw his stone past the Vine Snake and watched carefully.

Nothing happened.

Nothing.

The Vine Snake didn't move to look. The nearby vines on the trees continued to sway slightly in the warm and gentle breeze. But there was no sign any of them had been snakes, nor a sign that they weren't snakes. The one that was clearly a Vine Snake simply continued it's attack. Apparently the only thing the test had shown was that Vine Snakes weren't easily distracted.

Nana, Kars, Quen.

Spoiler

Goblin Quen scurried away quietly, clambering up the trees and making her way over to the Spiderant nest. It was a large web funnel type construct that ran its way along a branch of the tree. It was tough as wood, and the gentle pitter patter of many tiny feet could be heard from within. Quen was quite worried about this whole plan, but that just made it more exciting. She was shaking with adrenaline as she reached down and started slapping the nest, trying to knock it from the branch. It was stuck pretty well. Her job was much harder than expected.

Meanwhile, down below, Nana and Kars were diligently fulfilling their part of the plan. Kars, over confident as always, was proudly stepping along just a bit behind Nana. This was not because he was scared. No, no. Certainly not. A Goblin such as Kars would never be scared. He was just making sure Nana's back was safe. That was certainly it.

As soon as the pair were close enough the plan went into action. Nana leapt onto the preoccupied Spiderant-eaters back as it began clawing it's way up the tree. He wrapped a vine over it's head and pulled it back, riding it like a weird little horse. Kars then stepped forwards and stabbed at it with his stick, hitting it on a shoulder and drawing blood. It couldn't have gone better.

This is the moment where the plan imploded.

A loud crack from above signaled Quen's mission to be complete. The nest wouldn't come off, and the Spiderants were getting rather annoyed at her batting, they were constantly trying to bite her. She decided to do the only sensible thing. She gripped her own branch tightly between her fingers and jumped down onto the nest's branch, snapping it at the trunk.

The nest fell almost in slow motion as the tough webs managed to climb on to other twigs, breaking one by one under the weight. After a half-second that felt like an eternity, Quen saw the Spiderant nest land on the ground.

The shell cracked open.

Hell burst from within.

Hell in the form of an angry army of Spiderants. The scurried into formation and did their battle pose.

Kars screamed.

Sen, Salem, Jett, Din, Yang and Fhul.

Spoiler

Following Sen's plan Yang found her stone of choice and threw it into the clearing, hitting one Nesting Crab in a leg and signalling the start of operation crab-herd.

They rushed in. Din began running circles around the group excitedly, trying to catch any that squeezed through the gaps and tossing them back into the center. The rest of the group simply did as planned. Herding them all into the center of the clearing. There was stamping. Prodding. Kicking. There were a couple of minorly pincered toes, but no real injuries. The plan had been a great success. A couple crabs had gained broken legs in the process, but none had escaped or died yet. It was surprisingly easy. Larger numbers certainly helped a hunt.

The group was happy to have such good luck. Jett had a sharpish piece of rock in one hand, and he'd picked up one of the crabs with his other, examining it carefully and trying to find a weak spot in its shell. Din was stood amongst the corralled crabs, tossing them into the air in some sort of hyperactive victory dance. Yang and Fhul were keeping an eye on any that tried to escape the group.

Victory was sweet. But the day wasn't over yet. And they still hadn't managed to crack any of the crabs open. Jett aimed to fix that fact as he took his bit of rock, placed it on the spot he'd decided was it's weak point and struck the other end firmly with the fleshy part of his palm. It broke open with a loud clicking sound that rang like a bell through the clearing.

The group cheered! The food was ready to be eaten. The clicking noise sounded again. But this time nobody had cracked a crab. The group turned all at once and found themselves looking a massive crab in the beady eyes from across the clearing. It looked angry.
 
OOC:

Spoiler

You may or may not have just pissed off a big mama crab. Congratulations!

Edited by Unbelievably Majestic, 10 March 2015 - 01:06 PM.

[Fatal Blood]

Pip

Cave Axl

Day 3

 

Hmm, that didn't do much of anything thought Pip, though it let him know that those snake weren't easily distracted, but that wasn't going to stop him.

 

Pip decided to stay cautious and to keep trying stuff from a distance, at least for now. He looked around and gathered up ten pretty big rocks, and since the snakes are hard to distract he used another rock to chip at the one he had found, so that they were all pretty sharp and pointed. He looked up sometimes to make sure had hadn't caught the attention of the snakes.

 

Once he was done with the rocks he looked behind himself to make sure he had an escape route in case things went not so right. Seeing a clear path, he got ready and glanced down at his pointy stick to make sure it was close in case he needed it.

 

Balancing lightly on the balls of his feet he picked up one of the sharp rocks with each hand and pulled his arm back back ready to throw, Letting his arm get all loosey goosey, he got that s**t like a whip, and hurled the rock as best he could at the snakes stupid head.

Spoiler

Level: 1

 

Party: Just me.

 

Talent(s): 

Tough

 

Martial Arts

 

Skill(s): 

• Dark Eye - Allows one to see more effectively in the darkness. (Passive) E-Rank
• Absorption - A monster specific skill. This skill allows monsters to gain the skill(s) of the creatures they devour. The amount of skills gained in this process is limited to a 6 time usage. Choose your stolen abilities wisely. Uses will reset to 6 upon Ranking Up regardless of the amount you have used. (Remaining Uses: 6)

[Unbelievably Majestic]

Prologue: The Hunted
Cave Axl: Day 3

Pip

Spoiler

Goblin Pip's stone whipped through the air, hitting the Vine Snake in the face. It released the furry critter it had been chewing on and recoiled with a hiss. There was blood now, dripping in large hefty drops from it's left eye. The Vine Snake was shaken up, in pain, and slightly confused. But it definitely knew Pip was there now. And it wasn't happy with him.
 
Releasing it's grip on the tree the Vine Snake dropped to the floor and coiled up. It hissed viciously at Pip as it tried to bide its time and recover its predatory calm.

[Fatal Blood]

Pip

Cave Axl

Day 3

Pip saw his chance and was all over it. He quickly chucked the other rock at the snake then started picking up and hurling the rest too, except for one rock.

 

  Dropping into a crouch he pick up the last rock and the stick, and paused to see how much damage he had done before he cautiously advanced on the snake. He was breathing a little harder after his rock throwing frenzy and he could feel his heart racing, but he was weary of other snakes, so he kept glancing at the other vines before quickly returning his gaze to his prey.

 

He had the stick ready to poke the snake from a little away and the rock poised to smash it's head in.

 

Spoiler

Level: 1

 

Party: Just me.

 

Talent(s): 

Tough

 

Martial Arts

 

Skill(s): 

• Dark Eye - Allows one to see more effectively in the darkness. (Passive) E-Rank
• Absorption - A monster specific skill. This skill allows monsters to gain the skill(s) of the creatures they devour. The amount of skills gained in this process is limited to a 6 time usage. Choose your stolen abilities wisely. Uses will reset to 6 upon Ranking Up regardless of the amount you have used. (Remaining Uses: 6)

Edited by Fatal Blood, 10 March 2015 - 02:05 PM.

[Unbelievably Majestic]

Prologue: The Hunted
Cave Axl: Day 3

Pip

Spoiler

The Vine Snake saw Goblin Pip's barrage of stones coming, managing for the most part, to hide its head behind its scaled muscular body. It stayed low for a short moment, keeping it's head safe, but eventually knew it must take a peek at what was happening. Once it felt sure the barrage had stopped for good, it peeked it's head up. The one remaining good eye was surprised to find Pip much closer than he had been a moment ago.

Pip poked out at it with his sharp stick, trying to prod it to death from safety. The snake hissed and lunged, the stick scraping along the underside of it's scaly head, it closed the gap in an instant, teeth open wide ready to sink deep into flesh, and then Pip's rock came crashing down from the top. With a splatter of blood and a thud the Vine Snake went limp and fell. Perhaps it was dead, maybe it was unconscious. Either way it had certainly stopped moving for now.

 

The same couldn't be said about the nearby vine that snapped out at Pip's leg in the silent moment following his victory. The second Vine Snake wrapped its strong scaly body around his leg from behind with powerful pressure, and lifted him into the air but the ankle. It quickly began trying to wrap its body around him again. Once fully constricted there would be nothing the young Goblin could do, he'd have to act fast if he wanted to survive.

[Fatal Blood]

Pip

Cave Axl

Day 3

 

Pip was caught off guard, but lucky he'd been expecting the vines to attack him the whole time , so he kept a tight grip on his weapons.

 

Doing what he thought was the best thing he could think of, he pulled the stick in under his arm while still gripping it and pointed the the pointy end forward, so that if the snake wanted to wrap around him it would have to impale itself on his stick.

 

He lifted the sharp rock, that was covered in the blood of the other snake, and with adrenaline fueled fervor began to doggedly drill the sharpest point of the rock into the side of the snake, grunting a little with the effort.

 

Pip took a deep breath and held it, so that he could devote all of his energy and effort into killing this thing before it killed him.

Spoiler

Level: 1

 

Party: Just me.

 

Talent(s): 

Tough

 

Martial Arts

 

Skill(s): 

• Dark Eye - Allows one to see more effectively in the darkness. (Passive) E-Rank
• Absorption - A monster specific skill. This skill allows monsters to gain the skill(s) of the creatures they devour. The amount of skills gained in this process is limited to a 6 time usage. Choose your stolen abilities wisely. Uses will reset to 6 upon Ranking Up regardless of the amount you have used. (Remaining Uses: 6)

[ZeigNaught]

Nana

Cave Axl

Day 3

 

With caution now thrown into the wind much like his original plan, Nana was free to laugh loudly at the developments. They weren't necessarily good developments, but something different had happened which was amazing in its own way. Nana had never rode anything before, and this Spiderant Eater was remarkably comfy compared to the cave's rocks, Spiderants below included. If not for the gurgling of his belly, and likely these creatures own hunger, he could of spent the day atop this mount. However, in Gnarlroot, filling bellies was always the first order of business. Though perhaps at the end of today there wouldn't be quite so many bellies filled.

 

Even while Nana delighted in his excitement, he doubted his two goblin compatriots were quite as happy. Especially Kars, with his funny face for everything. Even from his tenuous position, Nana knew he had to do something to focus them again. Switching his length of vine to one hand and pulling as mightily as could muster, he reached out to Ques with an outstretched hand, beckoning him down.

 

"Jump here! Help pull down! We eat them on ground!" Nana said as he locked his legs around the Spider-Ant Eaters front legs. "Kars, scaredy goblin! If want eat, be ready to smash!" Nana was by no means intelligent, but even he understood that prey sometimes eats predator, and those Spider-Ants were ready to eat something after their wild ride. And that would be their best chance to smash all the itty bitty bugs into itty bitty snacks, with an ooey gooey Eater in the middle. They just had to bring the Eater down to their level.

 

Spoiler

NPCs: Kars, Ques

 

 

Level 1

 

Talents

Lucky

Instinctual

 

Skills

Dark Eye

Absorption

[Unbelievably Majestic]

Prologue: The Hunted
Cave Axl: Day 3

Pip

Spoiler

Upside down in the air, dangling from a foot and repeatedly stabbing a sharp stone into the side of a Vine Snake was probably not high on Goblin Pip's list of things he had expected to happen today. But here he was. And it was happening. Luckily for Pip, he was repeatedly hitting the same spot.

 

He was through the scales and going to town on the snakes flesh and muscle in short time. The snake didn't like this. Prey didn't usually get through it's scales. Being younger, and slightly smaller, than the previous Vine Snake, it hadn't experienced this situation before. It didn't know how to act.

 

It knew it didn't like the pain though.

 

The Vine Snake dropped Goblin Pip unceremoniously to the floor and hung there for a moment staring down at him, the wound on his side pouring blood down the length of his body. For a moment it was unsure what to do. It was even vaguely curious as to what the Goblin was. It took the time to look at the other Vine Snake, unmoving on the ground, and weighed its odds. Then it withdrew up into the branches and disappeared, leaving behind only a small pool of blood.

[Wandering Rogue]

Goblin Rot - Cave Daria

Day 3

 

Rot looked onto the meatthings with the shiny yellow teeth.  Truly, with such incredible teeth they must stand out and be the center of attention where ever they went.  He wanted them.  If his teeth glowed with such vigor nobody would ever look away.  Yes, he would help Snarf take down these majestic monsters and most likely eat them afterwards.  How would he kill them?  He wasn't very certain.  Sure he had the awesome power of the noxious clouds but he wasn't really sure how to use it all that well.  Rot did still have his red rock of hurt.  That would probably be his tool of destruction.  

 

While Snarf prepared her followers Char looked to Rot expectantly which was both annoying and oddly exciting.  Rot had the best plan.  There seemed to be another of the golden toothed lovelies rummaging about in the nearby bushes.  Well, he wasn't totally sure if it was it.  It seemed the right size but he couldn't really get a great look.  it didn't matter.  Rot told Char to use her super feminine fire powers on any bush that moved that didn't house a goblin like the one he was pointing at.  He held Char back though until Snarf's plan was already in full swing.

 

Rot for his part planned to attack the babies and thus earn the respect of the elders.  They may try and stop him but hopefully while they were distracted Snarf could slay them with the stick that stabs.

Edited by Wandering Rogue, 10 March 2015 - 04:01 PM.

[Fatal Blood]

Pip

Cave Axl

Day 3

 

Pip lies there in a daze for a second, but only for a second. Rolling over he picks himself up off the ground and grabs his stick and rock. Reading for battle he looks around and found that the snake that had attack him was gone. Breathing a sigh of relief he enters a slight crouch and returns to the task at hand.

 

Slowly approaching the snake he had killed, or, he pauses and wonders, at least he thinks he killed it. He was sore and weary, but still very wary off this jungle, so he wasn't going to take any chances and he wasn't gonna spend anymore time here then he had to.

 

Lifting his stick so that he could make a hard jab with it, he got closer to the snake. Hefting the rock for a downward slam to smash the snakes stupid head for the last time.

 

Glancing around to make sure there weren't anymore snakes and to make sure his escape route was clear. Reassured he turned back to his prey and his breakfast.

Spoiler

Level: 1

 

Party: Just me.

 

Talent(s): 

Tough

 

Martial Arts

 

Skill(s): 

• Dark Eye - Allows one to see more effectively in the darkness. (Passive) E-Rank
• Absorption - A monster specific skill. This skill allows monsters to gain the skill(s) of the creatures they devour. The amount of skills gained in this process is limited to a 6 time usage. Choose your stolen abilities wisely. Uses will reset to 6 upon Ranking Up regardless of the amount you have used. (Remaining Uses: 6)

[Siderealmidnight]

Cave Axl, Day 3

 

The plan worked surprisingly well. Once cornered the crabs could offer no real resistance and stayed within the cage of goblin bodies as Jett tried to open crabs by prodding at them with his rock. When Din began to juggle crabs Sen thought it was amusing and joined in. Most of the time he did it the crabs ended up slipping his grasp, but watching the crabs bounce across the jungle floor was fun in its own way. Sen even started rolling crabs to watch them bounce unevenly into their siblings in the clearing, laughing all the while. Finally, Jett found just the right spot to crack a crab open and everyone cheered. But the small sound of that crab opening was met by the much larger sound of its much larger counterpart coming out of the jungle. It stood nearly the height of a goblin and clicked it pincers menacingly at Jett, who still held the crab in his palm. 

 

Sen may have only been three days old, but he knew a leader when he saw one. This crab was the hobgoblin to the littler crab's goblins, and it was here to protect the children. Unlike the littler crabs this one looked like it could put up a fight, and Sen knew he was the one who should deal with it. Leaders fought leaders, and out in the wilderness he was the leader. So like any good leader he snuck into the surrounding jungle.

 

While the hobcrab was focused on the others who kept the crabs in place Sen got behind it. With a running start he jumped and scrabbled his way on top of the hobcrab. The little crabs were too small to get even a small rock in their eyes, but the hobcrab was too big to do anything else. With a woop of joy and a wide grin Sen stabbed his sharp rock into the hobcrab's eyeholes.

[Unbelievably Majestic]

Prologue: The Hunted
Cave Axl: Day 3

Nana, Kars, Quen.

Spoiler

Goblin Quen grinned a wide grin at Nana's plan and leapt from the high branches without hesitation. She caught ahold of Nana and the vine wrapped around the Spiderant-eater, pulling it hard. With Nana's legs wrapped around the Spiderant-eater's front legs, restricting it's movements and helping to keep it off balance, the two Goblins managed to topple the creature. The down side of this being that one of Nana's legs was stuck underneath the beasts body as it landed.

Goblin Quen landed on the ground, and the Spiderant-eater, rather hard but not dangerously so. Still, she managed to get to her feet quickly enough to not have Spiderants swarming all over her body. She started stamping and kicking at the floor with a grin, trying to kill any Spiderants that came nearby.

"I'm not scared!" Goblin Kars yelled as he came stomping into the fray. He set about kicking Spiderants away from Nana's face so he'd have the chance to find his way back onto two feet.

Meanwhile the Spiderants began to swarm over the Spiderant-eater, making their way along it's body and towards Goblin Nana. The Spiderant-eater itself started wriggling around quite roughly and trying to claw at the ground to get some grip and free itself from the situation.