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[Robot Parade Leader]

Taking the middle door, staying ground level, you proceed through and find a grand room with the perimeter floor raised about a foot higher near the walls. Those raised areas have lock boxes and seats around very thin arrow slits that open and close with a small level by each, to keep them being used from the outside. 10 total.

The center features a large table with a large chest on each end and bench seating, as well as 10 couches off to either side that could easily double as guard sleeping stations, if there were guards.... You see several built in chests for storage, all seemingly locked at present, or at least there are keyholes in each....

The room itself is made of the same stone as the rest, and it seemingly gives a deep man's voice you can't locate the source of,

"Who are you, why are you here?"

You see no one and the stern but only potentially threatening voice seems to pose it's questions fairly matter-of-factly as though it almost might not care about the answer. There is a certain, somewhat haunting quality about the seemingly disembodied voice. Throlu takes a step back from you, and does what it seems he does rather well, hide (or begin to).

Additionally, there is a large front door similar to the back one you came in from the outside. You imagine it leads outside.

Meanwhile you sit there mounted on the boar in this room with the seemingly disembodied voice. Your boar took a slight step to the front and then a sidestep upon hearing the voice but seems to not like it all that much. As of yet the boar doesn't show any other reaction to this.

What do you do?

[MidnightJaguar]

Say I am Gob. who are you?

[femmelf]

One eye on the exits, particularly the one we just came in and hopefully can get one of in a hurry if we have to.

"I am Gob. Not from here. Got lost wandered into Plovin's lands. Trying to leave Plovin's lands. Trying to find other Goblins."

[Robot Parade Leader]

The voice continues, somewhat disgruntled, but at least kind of trying not to show it entirely,

"You brought a pig, into my tower...."

There is a silence after that statement, implying an answer would be desired by the voice, whom you still don't see. Meanwhile the boar sniffs the floor somewhat near the carpet.

[MidnightJaguar]

Move our boar out of the tower before there is an accident. Have him go out the front door it's faster.

[helmacon]

"Yes, he is nice pig is not? Unfortunately, i'll have to take him with me when i go." We stop to think for a moment. "Gob can find you own pig though, You want own pig?"

[DolosusDoleus]

"Yes, he is nice pig is not? Unfortunately, i'll have to take him with me when i go." We stop to think for a moment. "Gob can find you own pig though, You want own pig?"

+1 This. All of this.

[Robot Parade Leader]

(Honestly, I can just hear moms everywhere saying they just knew it about bringing the pig inside.... )

You seemingly are resolved to move the boar outside. You do that and come back to silence.

What do you do?

[femmelf]

OOC I bet the boar fails to see the problem.



IC: Ask the voice who it is again and where we are

[Robot Parade Leader]

(OOC: Ok, that made me laugh. That but with tusks, is the boar).

The voice answers,

"If you are against Plovin, then maybe we are allies. Once, he mistook us for his slaves; now, we take his guards' lives. Maybe we can help each other, you getting home and you getting us our home?

We do have other goblins here, if that might help you decide."

What do you do?

[MidnightJaguar]

Accept their offer.

[vkiNm]

Assert authority over other goblins. For we are Gob Knighter. The noblest of all goblins!

Which happened to contain just one Goblin so far.

[nomoetoe]

Accept their offer.

+1 Yes, this.

[Robot Parade Leader]

"Perhaps that will be acceptable," the voice calls out, and then disappears. After a moment of awkward silence, you hear a door open in the entryway you first came through from the rear.

Then a figure appears through the door you entered. He is an older human. Twice your height, slender, surprisingly well trimmed beard, close cropped hair, all white. He seems at ease and calmly strolls towards you slightly, stopping within 15 ft of you.

"You'll understand if we don't trust you entirely immediately, coming here uninvited. You're alive, because no Zuffen would willing be near anyone Plovin likes, and will stop hiding eventually, when ready. Mostly it's a matter of feeling safe for them, hard in this place with the bounty on their heads.

This room has a certain feature of course. The people who built it long ago thought someone might take over the ground level, or try, so there are murder holes where you can fire down from the ceiling. That's why I'm not afraid, and why the Zuffen here should feel safe and able to tell me if this goblin can be trusted or not. He can't hurt us without being shot repeatedly himself. It's as safe as ever it can be here."

Throlu comes out calmly and states simply and easily, "He saved my life."

The old man turns to the newly revealed Throlu, "And you're sure he isn't a trap. I know he doesn't have the slave mark, so he may well not be from here, but are you sure he's not a spy or loyal to Plovin somehow?"

Throlu states, "He has no love for Plovin. I saw him kill 2 orcs and 3 slave hunters with that club. He could've easily turned me in for the bounty. He didn't."

The old human considers this for some small time before saying, "Maybe you could be our ally. If you'll work for us in helping against Plovin, then we might be able to get you to other goblins if that's what you want. You might be given rest, shelter, safety, food, yes we even have one of your termite mounds here, if you do. Take from Plovin; give to us."

He looks at you wondering what if anything your answer might be. The air is slightly heavy under his gaze.

What do you do?

[MidnightJaguar]

Agree. Say that we in exchange we will need to keep our boar.