> Release it in exchange for gossipYou order the shrub to release the kobold, and are about the ask it the latest news (unable to travel around much yourself, being a dryad, you mostly rely on others to bring gossip to you), when he suddenly starts babbling, letting loose a veritable torrent of words.
"Oh is terrible! Terrible! Stole sock from dwarves now dwarves are cutting down entire forest with fancy axes to find me and take back sock! Flashy flashy choppy choppy down fall trees! Wanted to use sock to impress girlfriend terrible terrible she will be sad when all trees gone she likes treeclimbing waaah! Plantgirl must help me pleasepleaseplease yes?!"
...what? You're not completely sure but you think you caught the words "the dwarves are cutting down the entire forest" in there. Horseapples! You're part of the forest! You don't want to get cut down! Damn dwarves! The kobold is right, this
is terrible! You need to do something!
Willow's voice lilts over, "What's the matter? That kobold sounds awfully agitated doesn't it? Has it forgotten its name or something silly like not?"
"Hey! Have not forgotten name for
days now! Am smartest kobold in tribe!"
Sometimes you wonder how the kobolds manage to produce those rare, very rare, Grandmaster Thieves of theirs, that can actually understand those fiendish dwarven traps.
What do you do?
> Assure the kobold that the dwarves are not coming after him for the stolen sock, probably. Dwarves can be strange at times, but surely not even they would cut down an entire forest to find a single sock... right? Actually, on second thought, yes they would, if even half the horror stories about that blighted race are true.
> Ask the kobold what the *shudder*
elves are doing about this. They'd never stand for this sort of blatant violation of their sacred tree quotas.
> Inform your sisters about what's going on and brainstorm a solution
> Take action! (Specify what)