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[color=#05EDFF][center][h2]“Some days you tame the Tiger. Other days it has you for lunch." ~ Tug McGraw [/h2][/center][/color]

	Letting out a low rumble, Adrevz looked over at Cynthia and clearly said something to the other merfolk, the words strange and rather growly seeing as they left from a very non-humanoid mouth. While she was strong, Cynthia was stronger still and if she wasn't able to break down the door, she would need the other woman to do so, hopefully she would agree. Then again, she had no reason not to, just as she had no reason to do so either.

	Cynthia nodded in response. "Kitty wants me to knock the door down," she translated as she swam forward. She rolled up her sleeves and dug her heels into the ground for some leverage before slamming her shoulder into its side, easily breaking the door off its hinges. "She loosened it," Cynthia replied with a smug grin.

	A cross between a rawr and a laugh escaped the beast as she shook her head in disbelief at what Cynthia had said. There was a few more rumbles of Adrevz thanking Cynthia for her assistance, pleased that the door was now out of the way. However, now they had to deal with any potential traps that may have been triggered. To thank the woman again, the Druid rubbed her huge head against the other Merfolk, a low rumble in her chest, Cynthia was the only one allowed to pet her without losing her hand.

	Cynthia scratched the massive nose gently as she looked about the loot. "Anything look interesting to you all? The gold certainly looks shiny enough from here."

	Adrevz let out a low rumble when her father passed her, grabbing a necklace she had noticed and found rather interesting. She had no way of telling him directly of her interest, so she nudged Cynthia, asking her to do that for her before she sat down, blocking the view inside with her massive frame from anyone else.

	So, the room was open. The 'daughter' of the Beholder pressed on ahead, followed closely by the betentacled creature whose eyes darted all across the room, judging any and all items that stood out of the pile of treasure. Jill had listed them quite well, but the Wizard also noted a few scrolls sticking out. The necklace struck him as odd, quite similar to one of Fireballs he had seen much more often, but now with beads of many different colours. He would need to look into this. He scooped that up with one tentacle and gathered up the scrolls with the rest, starting an attempt to decipher the scripture contained by them.

	[color=pink]“Hey, hey, hey. No blocking kobolds from a shiny prize,”[/color] Askia telepathically stated to Adrevz, following Dyn closely behind to get to the loot store. In fact she had to stop and admire the view as her natural greed began to kick in.[color=pink] “Oh yes, this will do nicely,”[/color] she stated aloud before her eyes were gazed upon Cynthia, [color=pink]“But not as nicely as you, dearest Cynthia.”[/color] Askia let out a light chuckle before going to inspect the gold with greedy eyes.

	Adrevz let out a low growl to the Kobold, doing her best to inform the creature not to get too greedy as there were those who put the effort into opening the room for the others. Of course, Koan and Noriam would miss out, but they were to enraptured with one another for her to really care.

	Cynthia was in the middle of translating the kitty's wishes to Dyn as Askia ... complimented? her. "You all seem pretty comfortable around gold coins," she replied as Askia's attention turned to her one true shiny love. "If you wouldn't mind me grabbing a few of those gold bars for my trouble, I would appreciate it. After all, I did find this kitty for you."

	Adrevz nodded her head in agreement, before giving Askia another warning growl as it pertained to her greed. She had no way to tell the Kobold to allow the four within to split the coins evenly, so she looked over at Cynthia with a pleading look. Sure, the Kobold could speak to the Druid, but the Druid had no means of doing so unless Askia took the time to actually try to understand her.

	Dyn momentarily dedicated three eyes to looking over at Cynthia and... Askia. The kobold had decided to yet tag along. If it was Jill's will, he would have to tolerate this creature for longer than he would care. However, that didn't mean he needed to make it pleasant for the newcomer.

	The merwoman would share Dyn's daughters request to have the necklace once he was done, to which he more or less answered with the twitch of one corner of his mouth. He didn't necessarily fully condone to the idea, but since it was his Adrevz who was asking... before a verbal answer could be given, the matter turned to money and Cynthia proposed she would have some of the gold bars.

	"Naturally. A labourer is worthy of their reward. A job well done speaks for itself. It is a shame not everyone present can be argued to have said worth in them", Dyn responded, not at all hiding his remaining animosity towards the self-proclaimed would-be hero. With that, his eyes returned to work, the three that had been focused on the conversation now scanning the room and the rest still on the scrolls.

	[color=pink]“On the other hand, dearest Cynthia, you could always give me one of those gold bars and I’ll treat you to such a lavish night of splendor,”[/color] Askia said, her eyes turning toward the merwoman, though her lust was more for the thought of more gold than that of the beautiful woman herself.

	The communicative growl that Adrevz had been giving the Kobold before suddenly turned far more dangerous as those words left it's mouth. The fact that someone would even thing that Cynthia would buy someone's time was completely absurd and enfuriated the huge tiger far beyond reason. Without much warning, Askia soon found herself being lifted in the Tiger's mouth, sharp teeth sinking into scaled flesh as violet eyes showed unmistakable anger at the Kobold's words towards Adrevz long time friend. [atk roll: 20 dmg roll: 15]

	Cynthia laughed at both Askia's proposal and Adrevz's response. "It seems the kitten doesn't approve of your offer, Scales. I'm sorry, but I must decline for now." She gently patted the tiger's side, whispering a few words in Sylvan. "If you really wish to provide me with a 'lavish night of splendor,' you should get the kitty's permission first."

	Dyn wrapped the scrolls up in his tentacles and looked over the necklace one more time before turning a few eyes to face Adrevz. If she wanted it, she might as well have it. He would have a hard time wearing it anyway and she and Jill were the only ones he could fully trust here. But yet again before he had had the chance to weigh in another spectacle took place and Askia was relieved of her need to choose for herself where she stood and where she went. Dyn let out a single amused noise as he began approaching the clown fiesta at the door.

	Cynthia seemed to respond to the kobold creeping up on her with amusement, though Dyn could not understand how she found it in herself to tolerate the scale brain. He held out the necklace for his daughter, the tip of his tentacle still barely curled around it. "Take it, child, if you so will. My attention is required elsewhere", he would promise before swimming up to Jill. He had a few things he needed to speak of.

	"I do not see the value of this kobold. She has been nothing but trouble, from bleeding all over the tavern, vanishing without a trace and returning to ruin our cover and continuously harrying our local guide. But that you already knew, I am sure", he murmured before turning to focus on the valuable items in the room. "There should be some split to this here pile. Cynthia took her part and we should now collect ours, no?"

	[color=pink]“You say that, Beholder, but you have yet to recognize the power of the mind,”[/color] Askia commented, her ego unable to be broken as it instead whipped the Tiger (8 damage), forcing the beast to open her jaw.  As the tigress released her, Askia turned to the tiger and stated clearly through gritted teeth, [color=pink]“Please refrain from doing that again, brat.”[/color]

	Adrevz glared at Askia, shaking her head for a brief moment before snorting. [color=#05EDFF][I]"Do not proposition my best friend as if it is nothing and not expect a retaliation you greedy belly walker,"[/I][/color] the tiger retorted, figuring out that it wouldnt be too difficult to press her thoughts to the lizard, [color=#05EDFF][I]"She may think it funny, but I do not. I find it to be rude and demeaning and that is no way to get anything out of someone you desire."[/I][/color]

[hider=My Hider]

Merfolk Form					Tiger Form
HP: 73/73					HP: 64/89
AC: 19						AC: 17
Initiative: +2					Initiative: +2
Passive Perception: 19			Passive Perception: 19

	Conjuration: none
	Concentration: no
lvl 1: 4/4					lvl 1: 4/4
lvl 2: 2/3					lvl 2: 2/3
lvl 3: 2/3					lvl 3: 2/3
lvl 4: 3/3					lvl 4: 3/3
lvl 5: 2/2					lvl 5: 2/2
	
Gained: 660gp 75sp
	Really cool necklace that tiger wears as Bracelet					
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