@Jangel13 Sorry to say, but I'm not really interested in this anymore. I was thinking about posting but it already feels like a chore, so since I'm meh about it, I'll be taking my leave.
To everyone who's spoken to Lexie, assume she went scouting and wandered too far. Also, sorry for any inconvenience.
“Thanks for the story, Elder, it was an interesting one,” she offered him a clouse-mothed smile. She memorized the info about the gods, and thought about it. Given Kir’s ability to copy weapons, and some of the hobgoblins’ actions, magic was obviously possible. So, maybe gods existed too. Or maybe they were just powerful (maybe also dead) beings who liked being worshipped.
Which Lexie wasn’t opposed to the concept of deities or worshipping them, as long as she got something useful out of doing so. The one that interested her the most was Duvelna, the goddess of death and night. She supposed she could ask about her or worshipping in general sometime later.
For now, Lexie grabbed one of the hides at his feet and wrapped it around herself like a skirt. Well, it was more of a furry toga if anything, but it’d keep her warm and unexposed.
She returned to her sisters. Aya was talking about a new plan for her traps. “An ambush and a trap? Sounds good to me,” she said. “As for the weapon, pick whatever you like,” she shrugged.
Suddenly and in the middle of their conversation, one of their brothers came back inside, a rabbit’s horn and hide in his arms. He shoved the items at Aya and began dragging her away. “Hey!” Lexie shouted at the abrupt goblin brother. Before she could do much but step forward, Kir already got involved, confronting Argos by bonking him on the head and insulting him.
Well, at least that got his intention. Lexie sighed, and walked over. “Do what you like, but if you want to involve others, you should ask before just dragging them away, you know,” she pointed out to Argos.
After he left, she turned to her sisters. “I don’t know if we’re a good match with that guy, though he could probably come in handy in some way,” she said, shrugging once more. “For now…it’s time to head out, huh?” she asked, and glanced towards the gobs before heading towards the open exit. At the church’s door, she waited for her sisters, but also looked outside. She went just a few steps further, enough to be able to observe what was going on in the vicinity.
Some of her siblings were already out there, chasing rabbits nearby. There was grass, there were bushes and trees, and she assumed there were rabbits there somewhere too. Lexie hoped the others weren’t so loud that they’d already scared the rabbits away. If they had, she and her sisters might have to head further away from the church. If they could, she’d much prefer to find their prey as near as possible. As such, Lexie looked closely around, noting what was where and who was where. She thought about where the rabbits might hide if they wanted to do so and about where and how she could hide to surprise and catch or intercept them.
Finishes her talk with gramps. Takes one rabbit hide from gramps' stash and ties it around herself. Goes to speak to Aya and Kir about hunting. Offers a grumbling advice to Argos. Suggests to the sisters that they should go outside. Goes to the church’s door and takes a few steps outside. Looks around, trying to get a scope of the land and the positions of any visible gobs and rabbits. Considers where good hiding spots might be.
When Hoshio grabbed his bow and quiver, Maria questioned his lack of effort at a disguise. He looked her up and down, and nodded once. “You do look appropriately tourist-y and nonthreatening,” he stated matter-of-factly. “However, the two of us don’t have to go so far; we can just pretend to be martial artists, ya know. Kyudo and Iaido aren’t so rare around here,” he shrugged. Of course, it was still a bit odd, but most people weren’t willing to question a ‘practice’ weapon too much. And for those who did, Hoshio did in fact have a membership card for the nearest archery.
Mai then showed that she’d been thinking ahead, and had got a charm that could detect devils. Should have thought of that myself, Hoshio smiled wryly. He didn’t show the slight embarrassment he felt, though.
“Oh, awesome, Mai. Thanks,” Hoshio nodded approvingly and in gratitude to his coworker. The aforementioned bell rung once, and the hunter immediately tensed, then forcefully relaxed. In that moment, however, he’d switched to work mode, and he was already gazing up at the shrine. “Let’s go,” he stated. Maria had not even waited for his order, and had just rushed ahead. This time, Hoshio did not mind so much.
Soon after, screams could be heard. “Dammit,” Hoshio swore, and hurried up the stairs. By the time he arrived at the temple, Maria was already swinging her blazing weapon and knocking zombified civilians around. “Good going, but try not to burn down the shrine!” he shouted, hoping he’d be heard.
Hoshio swiftly notched the first arrow, and started to rain missiles down upon the swarm of monsters and rocks. He did frown at the infected people; there was no way all of those had been up here for the devil to change. So, where’d the leader get them? Did it lead them there or had it brought them there otherwise? He didn’t know, but he’d take care of as many of the little guys, the rocks they carried, and the scattered rocks as he could.
He’d noted the scales – a snake devil’s shed skin – but it was dormant for now, so he left it alone. Hoshio did find this whole thing odd though. Again, it seemed like two or more types of devils might be working together, and he wasn’t sure how much of it was a coincidence. Either they’d all come on their own because of the rocks, or perhaps some had already chosen to organize to get the rocks together? The latter option would be especially dangerous for the DHA, so Hoshio made a mental note to alert the higher ups of the possibility of devils cooperating.
Would you ladies like argos to help? His skull can force enemies into a confrontation thereby eliminating the problem of a target simply running away. He could literally direct the enemy to your traps
Lexie wants to try ambushing at least one rabbit on her own. If they fail afterwards in the trapping attemps, help could be good. But this also brings to mind the following question: how is xp upon a kill distributed? Does everyone participating in it get the xp?
Do me a favor and all 3 of you and knowledge of the 3 to your characters. This is something the elder hobs have as well because I'll explain what the shrines represent
@Shovel Ah, dang, I forgot you had Kris talking to Aya. Assume that if she doesn't have a weapon, Lexie would have said to get one to her too (I'll edit the post too to mention her).
Kir reacted unexpectedly strongly to her off hand idea, and Lexie got the impression that this was one very possessive goblin. Still, her magic skill was incredibly useful, so it’d be better to cooperate. Besides, she could always just get more material, and hadn’t had much of a stake on those things her older siblings her brought anyway. “Yeah, ok. I’m alright with just the horn for now anyways,” she soothed the fellow gob. “And I’ll keep in mind to look at the plants; that’s a good idea,” she commented.
Her conversation with Gird went well, though he wasn’t sure about the skills. “I see...spiders for silk, and maybe the bats for night vision,” she muttered. “Thanks, older brother,” she nodded at him in farewell.
Lexie then migrated back closer to her sisters, just in time to hear Aya suggest setting traps. “You do have a good point; the predators are probably too much for us to handle right now. But if the rabbits can survive, so can we,” she assured. “I think setting some traps could be helpful, but we can’t rely just on that, because we don’t know if we’ll get anything. So, maybe hunt some with weapons – an ambush would work, I think. After we see what it’s like out there, we can find where the rabbits live, and set a trap or two near their homes. Add some good bait to that, and it’d be good to go,” she opined.
When Kir said she was ready, Lexie agreed. “I am too.” She glanced at her sisters; Kir had plenty of items, the taller Izzy had got a whole skull from Kir, then Aya and Krishna, neither of whom had anything yet.
“Hey, you should at least take up a stick or something,” she recommended to Aya and Kris, the weapon-less gobs.
Recently, another hobgoblin had brought a veritable treasure pile of stuff, though he’d dropped it all near grandpa. As such, Lexie went along with Kir to the elder, and waited while they conversed. When there was time to interject, she did so. “Elder, can we take some of that too?” she questioned, pointing to the pile of rabbit bones and pelts at his feet.
Reassures Kir that she won’t take the materials Kir had claimed for herself. Finished the conversation with Gird by thanking him. Goes to speak to Aya (and the other sisters) about hunting. Proclaims to be ready, suggests Aya and Krishna get a weapon. Goes to gramps with Kir; listens to their conversation about gods and asks if the things Skrik had laid next to grandpa are for the younger goblins as well.
Oh I thought that gird had taken you with him to see the bats@ReusableSword am I mistaken?
Very much so. For one, I never wrote that she went anywhere. For another, neither did Reusable - even if they had, it's not as if a RPer controls anyone but their own character.
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