TerraRosa (playing thread.)

[TheDoctor455]

Hello... Can I help you?"

For some reason, that question, above all others (with a few possible exceptions) put Saver of Ashes on edge. He couldn't figure out what to say next.

"Umm... are you new here?" he said, trying to inject some confidence into his hoarse, squeaky voice, "I mean, are you new in town? I just got here. You look like you're looking for something... maybe I help you find? Yes?"

Saver of Ashes mentally patted himself on the back, that was probably the smoothest he'd ever been. He was... okay at speaking Common, but he preferred his native Goblinese and the Draconic he'd picked up a while ago. However, that was also the extent of what he could think to say or do at this point. So he ended up just standing there, trying hard to maintain eye contact with the human without seeming to be staring at her. It was a delicate balance to hold, and if there is one thing that Saver of Ashes was known for it was blowing shit up his own special brand of 'finesse.'

 

[hiei82]

"...I mean, are you new in town? I just got here. You look like you're looking for something... maybe I help you find? Yes?" the smallish man said in broken common. It was very odd to see someone who's grasp of common was weak in this day and age, but then mages were always the odd sort.

"Yes, maybe you can. I'm looking for a kind of magic. Something that can banish or purify... certain kinds of evil. I heard rumor that there was a power like this somewhere around her. Have you heard of it?" she asked, trying to be quiet about it.

 

[TheDoctor455]

Yes, maybe you can. I'm looking for a kind of magic. Something that can banish or purify... certain kinds of evil. I heard rumor that there was a power like this somewhere around here. Have you heard of it? the bright woman said.

"Hmm..." Saver of Ashes said trying to scratch up his memory for any boring spells like that... which he might have come across while learning all of the really good spells, "Maybe... well..." then he snapped his fingers, remembering seeing his former master sending demons out of his cave, never to return, "But... you see. Last place Aahz saw that kind of magic was... when I beat bluedragonDezrigoth at card game to win my freedom! -and how to speak and write in Draconic -" he said that last part with a great deal of surreptitious pride, very few people in the world knew how to speak the Dragon's Tongue, after all. After a moment's thought, he continued, "But, he's dead now. Least, Aahz hopes he is."

The little goblin shivered, and his robes loosened up as a result. Which left his head fully exposed, chin, jaw, and teeth and all. He stared right at the dark woman. Petrified.

Now she try to kill me. Perfect end perfect day.

 

[hiei82]

"Least, Aahz hopes he is." the little Mage said with a shiver. Lyra could only sigh in disappointment; no luck. Such was life; or at least hers.

When she returned her attention to the little wizard, his cowl had fallen back to reveal his true nature; he was a goblin. And he looked horrified. Lyra was surprised; she'd assumed he was a little old man, not a goblin. He wasn't trying to eat her shows or kill her dog or rhyming about how how he was going to eat people. Besides; she knew of worse things than gonlins. So, Lyra paid it no heed. "Thanks for trying anyway." She offered, before taking another sip of her water. Remembering her manners a moment later, she turned to him and added a propper greting.

"I'm Lyra by the way. Pleasure to meet you." She said, holding out her left hand to shake.

Spoiler: Goblin Rhyming

The Goblin Song

Goblins chew and goblins bite.
Goblins cut and goblins fight.
stab the dog and cut the horse,
Goblins eat and take by force!

Goblins race and goblins jump.
Goblins slash and goblins bump.
Burn the skin and mash the head,
Goblins here and you be dead!

Chase the baby, catch the pup.
Bonk the head to shut it up.
Bones be cracked, flesh be stewed,
We be Goblins! You be food!

 

[TheDoctor455]

I'm Lyra by the way. Pleasure to meet you." she said, extending a hand to the little goblin.

Wait... not trying to kill me? Or is it trick? Oh to hell with it!

Aahz shot his hand a little too quickly out of his sleeve to take hold of the human's hand and shook it.

"Good to meet you, too. Pretty lady." Saver of Ashes blurted that last part out without realizing it. "I did steal lots of dragon's scrolls... so might be spell on one of them. Though...

"Well... I sold some of them to local magic shop," Aahz said, "But kept most of ones I grab. Lots more still at dragon's cave. Here, I show you what I have." With that, Saver of Ashes finally let go of Lyra's hand and searched through his pack and produced a few scrolls.

"Umm... do you know Dragon Tongue?" he asked, hoping the answer would be 'no', if only so he'd have an excuse to hang around a bit longer.

 

[mcpop9]

The small hooded goblin flicked a silverpeice up to the female, hitting her in the face then landing in her palm. "Manners will get you farther in life." she said, her hand looking rather pale for a goblin. That's when she heard the mention of Dragon Tongue in the bar.

Getting down, she walked over to the two talking, the lightbringer and the other goblin who had approached her from before. "You know the tongue of the old ones?" she asked. "The ones of ages past and times begone?"

 

[TheDoctor455]

You know the tongue of the old ones? The ones of ages past and times begone?"

"Where you learn speak common so well? I... struggle with clumsy tongue like this," he said, turning around and trying to delay responding, "And yes... I speak the Dragon-Speak and Read the Dragon-Word. Why?"

Despite the fact that the fair goblin-lass was giving him a lot of attention, Saver of Ashes found himself getting nervous and paranoid. He ran the spell for 'Burning Hands' around in his head a few times, just in case.

When the she-goblin still didn't answer him, he said, "Yes yes. I speak it. Why? What you want? What's your name?"

 

[hiei82]

"Umm... do you know Dragon Tongue?" the little goblin mage said, pulling out a few scrolls.

Lyra watched the little goblin in amusement, but otherwise answered him honestly. "Only a scattering of words in some very old texts." she said with a shrug. Lyra offered the little mage a chair and helped him lay out his scrolls on the table. She leaned over the scrolls carefully; trying to follow what the goblin had to say. She remained hopeful that the scrolls might help: skeptical and not expecting much at all, but hopeful.

 

[Outcast107]

While Ghost was eating he notice something going on between a human woman and two goblins. Wondering what was going on with that but decide not to at the moment. He finish his soup soon afterwards and took the bowl back up to the front so no barmaid would have to walk all the way over to get it. Though he kept his cup full of cider as he drinks from it. Sitting down at the counter now feeling a bit safer at the moment.

Thinking no one here will harm him in anyway as they seem like a good lively bunch. He even wonder if he should stay in this village. It seem small enough to help hide him away from any assassin that might be after him. Though he wasn't fully sure what job he could do around this area, being a mute and being raise as a assassin. Though he sure something will come up for his set of skills.

 

[mcpop9]

When the other goblin inquired as to who she was and what she wanted, the female let out a whole hearted laugh. "Oh nothing. I just like being creepy." she said in a somewhat happy and lighthearted voice, and threw down her hood. Her skin was a bit unnatural for a goblin, as well as her face being unaturally round, and she had a nice head of hair.
her head

She was actually a goblin/gnome hybrid. but even still, for a hybrid race, she had unusually pale green skin in the light and there was something about the color of her eyes that was... off yet pretty...

"I'm Edna, herbalist extrodanair." she said and gave a shallow bow. There had been stories circulating around Eden of her abilities, some called them legendary. To those outside, she was just a myth, but no one knew where she lived.

 

[TheDoctor455]

Spoiler: OOC

Broken image link is broken.

"Edna?" he said, remembering the stories about her, "Well... I am Aahz! Pyromancer extraordinairy! What can I do for you?"

Then he noticed the invitation to the table that Lyra had offered him, so he politely hopped up and offered Edna the seat next to him.

 

[mcpop9]

She hopped up into the seat and looked at the scrolls. "Might i ask what i am looking at?" she said rather politely, now that she was closer, her eyes did seem to give off a faint glow. She was methodically scanning over the scrolls. "and i'm just a bit curious as to whats going on around the town." she said to the goblin.

 

[TheDoctor455]

"Might i ask what i am looking at?" the she-goblin said. Saver of Ashes was suspicious of the sudden interest, but he decided to go along with it. For now, if only to figure out what she wanted.

"Well..." he began, and started pointing to the appropriate runes, "This is dragon-word for 'fire', and this is dragon-word for 'sheet'. So Aahz think this is spell for 'Wall of Fire'... though more potent than what you get in spell shop, I imagine."

Aahz hoped no one would notice how inconsistent his broken Common was. Several years ago, he'd found it safer to make everyone around him think he was an idiot, so that they wouldn't immediately suspect or blame him for any trouble that the group came across (aside from the monsters). He could actually speak Common very fluently, but... he'd found the best way to get people to underestimate him was to dumb his language down a bit.

"And I'm just a bit curious as to what's going on around the town," the she-goblin said after he gave her the gist of what the scroll was about.

"No-know," he said, shrugging. Then he inclined his head to Lyra, "Maybe she knows?"

 

[Lunar Templar]

Veronica finished her meal and paid he tab, then sat and listened to the band, which she didn't like and 'people watched'. In all honesty she would have preferred to go to bed and get an early start but with all the noise that was unlikely. The Tavern seemed full of the usual types inclined to gather here, none of any real interest, there was the goblin throwing around gold like it was a worthless stone, whom she decided she hated for preventing her from getting an early start on the day, and there was this other goblin? no, something mixed with goblin, gnome maybe, speaking to another goblin, she looked paler then normal, and her eyes had a odd feel to them, Veronica found her the most interesting she'd see so decided to watch her, in for no other reason then to discern the source of what was giving her eyes and 'off vibe'

 

[mcpop9]

"Actually yes. I'll be needing a group of people to go collect a rare harvest of mushrooms tomorrow. They grow once a year and only in a very specific cave. " she said to the hybrid who had just addressed her. "I'm paying 1 gp per mushroom brought back. Damn good money for such easy work." she said then hopped up into the seat next to the goblin.

"And you can stop with the act Ahaz." she said, essentially reading his movements and picking up on the fact he seemed to be a bit dumber than when he had approached her earlier. "You're not fooling me. I'm wise beyond my years; allot of those i know say, so it's a bit hopeless to use fluent common on me then come over here and play stupid." she said, but in a teasing manner, lightheartedly to jest around then began to chuckle.

[hr]
The young elf girl came over to Auron with a pitcher and an empty glass in her hands. She set the glass down on the table and poured the ale into it, then set the pitcher on the table along side of it. "Free rounds on the goblin/gnome over ere'" she said, gesturing to Edna who had just let out a little laugh.

 

[Anti-American Eagle]

Kane drank from the bottle as he sat, it burned as it poured down his throat and a low boil of pure rage formed at the back of his mind. He shook it out as events unfolded around him in the tavern, the goblin, the mute, the insane halfling, the bounty hunter, and the herbalist (/apothecary/alchemist). What did he know about her again... she was important, she was apparently wealthy, and she was goblinoid. The first two were commonly combined but the third with either of them was a little odd.

He payed it no more attention and took another swig from the bottle, it burned as it poured down his throat...

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"Free rounds on the goblin/gnome over ere'." The elf serving girl said as she brought over a pitcher of ale and a empty glass to Auron, filling it up as she gestured over to the hybrid of Goblin and Gnome in question. Auron took a small sip of the ale to test its flavour, then leaned back in his seat.

"Really now? Well isn't that interesting, shall have to find out how she made enough money to afford such a unlimited supply of alcohol and other such spirits. Speaking of, would you kindly give the remainder of this pitcher to someone who is a bit more of a compulsive drinker? I'm not one to down spirits on a frequent basis. Also, here you go." Auron said as he dropped a few coins on the table.

"For that useful bit of information you just gave." Auron then added with a slight smile as he took another sip.

 

[mcpop9]

"Gladly, and thanks." said the elf girl and gave Auron a little wink with a smirk. She took the pitcher and walked over to mistling. She placed it on the table and looked down at the little fella. "Curtesy of that man over there." she said, then gestured over to Auron. "He seems nice, i'm sure you two would get along well." she said sincerely, then walked off and over to Kane.
"You're a new face around these parts. Anything i could get for you hun?" she asked, leaning against the table.

 

[Athol]

He'd been sitting quietly the past little while, watching the other patrons, and getting progressively drunker. As the band paused for a moment to refresh themselves, a thought struck him. Slowly hauling himself to his feet, he weaved his way through the inn until he was standing before them.

"Gentlemen." He said bowing slightly. "Would it be possible for a poor huntsman to make an unusual request?" "Well, you're a nice lookin' fella, but you're not my type." One of the Halflings responded, causing everyone to laugh. Still chuckling, Victor shot back. "I may have been out in the bush for awhile, but I'm not that desperate." After the latest bout of laughter died down he went on. "You see, I'd like you to play a song, I used to hear it from time to time when I was in Silverfoot, but I never found out what it was called." "Hum us a bit of it if you can and we'll see what we can do." Another Halfling replied.

When the band began playing again, instead of the high-spirited stuff they'd been playing before, the song was more sombre. While they played Victor took the floor in front of them, and in a baritone that was surprising for a man his small stature, he started to sing.

Vaiyo A-O
Vaiyo A-O
A Hom Va Ya Ray
Vaiyo A-Rah Jerhume Brunnen G
Vaiyo A-O
A Hom Va Ya Ray
Vaiyo A-Rah Jerhume Brunnen G
Vaiyo A-O
A Hom Va Ya Ray
Vaiyo A-Rah Jerhume Brunnen G
Vaiyo A-Rah Jerhume Brunnen G

Spoiler: OOC

 

[mcpop9]

completely overlooking the oddness, witch the gnoblin seemed to take in stride. "Well, i have abit of a skin condition, caused by a potion. i really can't be out for long lest i start to hurt. They're critically important for a cure and i'd like to ensure that they get back to me. Hence such the high value on them." Edna said to the Eloc.