[center][img]http://txt-dynamic.cdn.1001fonts.net/txt/dHRmLjcyLjRhODI0NS5RWE5vLjAA/parseltongue.regular.png[/img][/center] [h3]~The cavern~[/h3] [hr] [color=598527]"Well, it's a pleasure to meet you Danny, Reoth."[/color] Ash replied to the wisps introduction, after swallowing down some more goblin. [color=598527]"While I thank you for the offer, I don't think we need more Mana crystals right at the moment."[/color] She turned back to the other lizard, thinking for a few moments. They were getting to be a rather large party, weren't they? Two pixies, a wisp, three lizards...hmm, at least they seemed more manageable than the previous little group she had formed. Well, it couldn't hurt to have more hands and all to help...and more people around to work so she didn't have too. [color=598527]"Feel free, I can't eat these two by myself."[/color] Ash finally responded in a practical sounding manner after a few seconds. [color=598527]"Always good to have a few more hands around to help."[/color] Turning her attention back to Naji...well quite honestly, Ash had no idea what he was going on about. Tavern? Narrative contrivance? Insight check? None of that made any sense at all to her. The lizard would have frowned, had her mouth been capable of making such an expression. Instead she settled for tilting her head and giving Naji an odd look. Scott seemed to have some idea what he was going on about, but she hadn't a clue. [color=598527]"I...don't know exactly what you're talking about Naji."[/color] He seemed fine though, so she wouldn't press the issue. Scott seemed a little better after they reassured him nothing was wrong, though he still seemed cautious and a little upset. [color=598527]"But Scott...just make sure to try and do better next time? That's all any of us can do in such a scenario."[/color] Not that she was used to having to really try. When it came to her academic subjects she never had a tough time of it. [color=598527]"But anyways, we should get moving. I don't like being out in the open like - Ardur?"[/color] Before she could finish that sentence, a familiar voice made itself known. [color=598527]"I told you before, I am [i]not[/i] your steed, pixie."[/color] She irritably replied, but otherwise kept quiet as the other pixie spoke. Skirmish? Bonfire? Oh good lord no! No no no! That put a major halt on her own plans! Why for all things logical and sane would they attack the goblins!? Two group of reborn people, too? Were [i]all[/i] of them just brain dead and pathetic wastes of air? As Ardur kept speaking, Ash's own mood continued to sour. What of the goblin she had befriended? It was a high chance she was the same as them, given the circumstances. She hoped that goblin was all right, at least. She held a claw over her nose. Ah, why did she reincarnate? The sweet release of death would be better than putting up with [i]this[/i]. [color=598527]"...and this is why I hate humans."[/color] Ash replied in a cold grumble to Ardur. [color=598527]"Wasteful, selfish, and pathetic. Out of all the routes you could have approached the goblins, why choose violence!? Oh don't get me wrong I'm prepared to fight for my life and freedom. I will never let anyone other than myself dictate my life ever again, but this is just absolutely [i]pathetic.[/i]"[/color] She hissed again. [color=598527]"I even befriended one of them! I could have convinced them we could work together, even if for a little while. Share resources! Learn magic from that Crispy! But no, no, you short-sighted fools chose slaughter over potential co-operation! Violence should be a [i]last[/i] resort, not the first!"[/color] Panting lightly, Ash realized she was suddenly quite tired and that her little rant was being wasted in the pixie. From having to take these two goblins down, using the overwork skill and this bit of bad news...bah, she was tired. She wanted to quite honestly, blast Ardur in the face with a ball of venom. [color=598527]"...I'm wasting my breath, like always aren't I? What a disappointment."[/color] She grumbled, calming herself and turning away from Ardur. [color=598527]"I don't know why I was expecting anything different from people. Go help your allies, then, Ardur. I could care less what happens. I'll live regardless. I don't plan to die a pathetic death in this life."[/color] She cast a glance at the others gathered to see their reactions before turning her head back down the path to her little camp. It didn't matter, in the end, did it? [color=598527]"My camp isn't far from here, for those interested. Out of sight of the goblins so we should be safe there, at least until those fools finish their fighting."[/color] She began walking and would return regardless of what anyone else did, though she made sure to hiss loudly at Colchain and give him a threatening 'follow' order' [hider=Inventory] [i]Throat Pouch:[/i] - 1x Mana crystal - 1x healing stone - 3x empty slots. [i]Rawhide Backpack[/i] - 5 slots [/hider] [hider=Current party] Dominated Fanged Lizard - Colchain [/hider]