Duty Session 92: Goblin Scouts in the Field

A porcelain quest has been offered to the Hunters Guild. There's reports of Goblin Scouts in the Eastal Free League region, close to the ruins of a place called 'Shibuya'. The region is largely open fields, with a lot of tall weeds. But there's old roads in the region that still carry some people who go to that region to gather some special herbs that can't be found anywhere else. The request requires the disposal of these goblins.

Difficulty:    Moderate
Rec. Party:    3+
Rewards:       1
World Rewards: None

Wisteria
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    Wisteria has convinced friends new and old to spend time at the Osen, but to make the trip not JUST going to the bath house. So she swung by the Hunters Guild and snagged a quest. After getting the quest token she announces. "Okay who wants to go clear out a goblin nest?" she asks in a bright cheery tone. The tall white bunny with ragged razor triangles for teeth smiling at the other Adventurers that she didn't drag along by pure force of wheedling.
Vertina
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Vertina raises an arm and bends the other one over her head to grab that arm and twist her body a few times to stretch. "The bath was great, but now I'm definately ready for some more action."
Hisame
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Surprised she's on time, after doing some last minute experimentation with... fun surprises for later. Hisame calls out, "Heeeey" as she makes her way over, doing last minute checks on her vials, pouches and then the straps of her armor. Finished off with some pats, then a slap in that order. She ignores the ominous creaking leather sound. "So. Work it is."
Miho
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Short, Salamander more than a bit of bounce, Blue hair and looking a bit like some kind of Samurai would sum up how Miho is as she joins in on the party. She seems in good spirit, as for weapons? There's quiver on her back and a Katana at her hips. Her tail thumps a bit as the woman looks at the rest of the party.

"Hey I'm Miho Mithrilscale."

She'll then formally bow and then say.

"Good to meet all of you." While she's not tiny by Japanese standard by Lander standards she's small at only five-two.
Prophylaxis
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Goblins may not be as universally despised in this particular fictional world, but they're still mean little critters who need to be ERADICATED FROM THE FACE OF THE PLANET. Or at least who deserve to get their teeth kicked in and their stolen stuff stolen back.

"Goblins, huh?" A certain physician says from near the Hunter's Guild's reception counter. "Sure, I could be game. More loot can never be a bad thing, right? And it'll be a nice change of scenery."

"Prophylaxis," Prophylaxis introduces himself with a slight nod, "I look forward to working with everyone."
Mizuki
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    The onsen WAS relaxing. And as long as they're in Carmina Gadelica, there's no shortage of quests... "I was actually thinking of checking in on the rat quest since people say it keeps changing, but..." Mizuki shrugs. "If folks need the practice. Last time, we needed basic combat competency, and searching and tracking skills."

    She turns to Prophy as the doctor shows up. "Hey, Prophy! How's it goin'?" And to Hisame and Miho. "Mizuki, pleased to meet you!" She extends a hand to shake.

    She was starting to feel short in this crowd. At least with Miho around she's not the only one!
Hisame
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Hisame works her shoulders a few times, shifting her scythe from one shoulder to the other in the process. "I did that the other day with some people. It's uh... rats. Lots of them. Take something to counter that smell."

Shuddering at the memory of that rather distinct smell, she raises her hand, "Hisame by the way. Uh, that's my name I mean."
Wisteria
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    Wisteria smiles and has to restrain her self from just smooshing Miho for being smol and adorable. "Wana know the best part, if we do some quests here, it might get late enough that Mizuki-chi will let us hit the bath again before we take the run back home." she grins at Vert and gives her a side hug before bouncing on her bunny toes. "OKay so, to goblins. Hope everyone packed lunch and walking shoes it's a hike every time." she says starting for the door. "I'm Wisteria for everyone who hasn't met me, nice to meet you all. I'm an Odyssian Knight. Oh keep your eye out for anything weird when we get to the monster nest let me know if you see any glitches or strange behavior thanks!"
Prophylaxis
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"I rather like rats, myself," Prophylaxis admits with a chuckle. "I always used to feel bad whenever we were in the lab and... Oh, nevermind. Mizuki, it's nice to see you again. I see your arm has reattached itself nicely!"

The Good Doctor packs away a handful of ominous-looking bottles into a small leather satchel. "Alright, lead the way. A little bit of a hike never hurt anyone, right?"
Mizuki
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    Mizuki-chi will LET us? "I'm not your mom." Mizuki chimes in. At the mention of walking shoes she looks down at her and Wisteria's legs. She nods to Prophy, "Yeah, your potion made it pop right back into existence." She clenches and unclenches her right hand a few times. "Yeah, hikes are pretty alright in the magical land where we're always in shape and there are no mosquitos or allergies."
Vertina
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Vertina blinks a couple of times at Miho. "That's a distinct look." Then shrugs. "But all the help we can get, the better." She laughs at the exchange between Wisteria and Mizuki, giving the fangbun a brief hug back before letting go, and huphuping back and forth a few times on her feet. "Also a Knight. And no hike is going to slow me down!... Wait. Goblins sometimes like traps, don't they? I recall that being one of their themes."

She pulls a pair of well worn boots from her inventory, and puts them on via the menu options. "I probably don't want to be barefoot for this, scaly shins or not."
Miho
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Miho says "Goblins not Oni I'm afraid."

She notes, her tail swishing a bit as she seems to be eager and get going.

"Rats? Oh? There is a nice girl working at the inn I'm staying in. Who used to practically live down there. The mosquitos are the size of /Ravens/."

She doesn't seem worried about this with Goblins.

"Sure they can be but let us keep alert. I wear footwear for a reason there's stuff scales or not I don't want to step in. The only thing lower than rats are RMTs."
Wisteria
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    Wisteria leads the long way out to where the goblins have been reported. "Ooh yah it's one of those for sure." she says to V "There were a ton of nasty little traps last time." she says as she looks out at the grass and throws a rock setting off a trap with a loud SNAP. "See what I mean?" she says.
Vertina
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"Yeah, that is what I thought," Vertina remarks with a wince as the thrown rock sets off a trap. "Well, this will be interesting." And with that, she just runs off into the long grass. The traps can't be seen but the *snap* *snap* can be heard as she darts left and right past them.

When she gets to the end of the field she stops and turns to wave a hand in the air. "See, that wasn't so har--ack!" The Salamander suddenly drops from view despite her height, followed by a grunt. "Stupid pit!" She was almost clear, but a moment of cockiness got the better of her.

It'll take her a moment to climb back out.
Mizuki
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    Mizuki sighs. "This again..." She picks her way through the tall grass, setting off traps with sticks or rocks as she passes them. Wincing whenever she hears one of the others set one off...
Miho
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Miho does not do so well on the grass traps she is trying to pay attention, however she does not go so well. She attempts to leap clear of the danger but it does not go so well. She ends up the sound of something snapping, and she gets a plant of wood to the face, thankfully the goblins messed up and it's spikes are not on the right side but poor Miho has a face full of board. As she pulls away the poor Salamander would have this disturbing wireframe in place of her face for a little bit. She is trying to walk it off like it's nothing, but her tail gives away she's PISSED.
Prophylaxis
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Maybe it's just a lifetime spent evading hideously unfair traps, maybe it's the sheer reaction-speed imparted by a career spent carefully making sure that you don't knock *anything* off the counter-top... Or maybe it's just a Cait Sith's natural agility...!

Regardless of what the reason is, Prophylaxis seems to have a much better time of evading the worst of the traps. The one time a pit opens underneath him, he bounds away like a wild beast scrambling out of a bathtub. "Indeed," he says to Mizuki, sighing softly. "Looks like we should probably take it slow. Rushing might mean a bad sprain... Or worse!"
Hisame
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Hisame isn't having a great time of not triggering traps as she tries to set them off with her scythe's handle. Battered by various flip traps, scrapes scratches and most annoyingly, a broken vial that leaks something foul smelling down her uniform. Guessing by the piitting in her armor and the speed in which she hurriedly tore a rag free and scrubbed it off, it was probably one of her special cocktails.
Wisteria
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    Wistiera sighs "Alright, lets see if we can't get this done." she says and starts her usual shuffle run through the grass. Her zeta knocking traps out of the way, her Caerbannog reflexes sending her over and under slashing traps and spiked boards. Just before she comes out of the grass there is a loud clatter and then Wist breaks free of the grass tangled in a wire and a bunch of hollow metal junk. "OKay who sold them wire?" she says "I swear this was rigged with rope last time and didn't see it."

    She's far from the only one having trouble this time... perhaps the goblins learned somehow from the last time, or any number of other adventurer groups. How that works when they clear the nest out is anyones guess.

    She looks up "Ooh right... stupid traps are here to warn these guys." she sighs as she works her way out of her tangle of 'alarm bells'. "Well.. at least this is a pretty strait forward fight."
Vertina
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Vertina gets partway out of the pit when she stops and looks up to see a trio of Goblins closing in around it. "Oh, is that how it's going to be?" She heaves herself up to the edge and stands up, towering over all three of them. Crosses her arms. "Sure you don't want to rethink that?"

Apparently they do, as the one holding a large bone and, not being able to reach her head, shoves it into her stomach instead. "Ow! Why you little!" She snaps out her foot at him, but he quickly backs up and uses his lack of height to duck under it. Then the other two unarmed goblins tackle her while she's not balanced, and all three go tumbling back into the pit.

Several minutes pass as the scuffling can be heard more than seen, before Vertina finally escapes the pit again by using one of the goblins to footstool jump off of.
Prophylaxis
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"Selling supplies to monsters...?" It could be profitable. It could be very profitable. Not only would you be able to sell traps and other materials to a bunch of intelligent monsters, you'd then be able to sell restoratives and counter-traps to the adventurers who go after them. By fuelling and profiting from the ensuing arms race, one could become a very wealthy merchant indeed...!

"Who would do such a thing! That sounds /terribly/ unscrupulous!" Says the guy who looks like half of his potions are possibly poison. "Besides, it's more likely they just... figured it out on their own. But that's a little worrying too. Are they getting smarter...?"

Prophylaxis falls into deep thought... As a forward scouting party of goblins, alerted by all their traps going off, suddenly appear out of the tall grass! He gives their barbaric, gutteral warcry a brief look of consideration before hurling a wave of flame... right into said tall grass.

It catches fire. The goblins inside catch fire. This is possibly a warcrime? Prophylaxis doesn't seem to mind, they're just goblins after all.
Hisame
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A squad of enemies is something of a favorite of hers at this point. Cracking her neck left, then right, she breaks into the grin and gestures to the nearest goblin, "Hold still a minute" before charging headlong in like a proper tank. I mean what tank doesn't revel in a mosh pit right?

Shoulder tackling the goblin out of the way, now partially surrounded by her own actions, she brandishes the scythe, spinning it from one hand to the other and then lashing in a wide crescent around herr, the angle clearly calculated to catch a counter attack by a goblin at the end. This continues on the return slash, using the curve of the blade and the handle to catch and deflect attacks. At one point even hooking a goblin against the blade and yanking him forward into a downward punch. With the blade pulling the other way. She hasn't broken out any of her potions yet at least. That's good, right?
Miho
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Miho says "Don't look at me, I only deal with civilized Landers and Adventurers."

She makes a face which is distuirbing given the wireframing ahasn't faded away just yet. She will end up readying her Katana and will fall upon the Goblin scout she's looking very angry. Worse she looks kinda draconic too with just how angry given she is a Salamander. She hacks and slashes her way though the goblin that come before her.

"You greenie are going to pay for that!"
Mizuki
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    "Sold them wire? What kind of wire do they even have the technology to make here? Although, I guess you'd need strings for string instruments, and pianos and harpsichords... wonder how they made those..." Mizuki wonders, as traps are discussed.

    And then... the goblins show up! Mizuki switches to her battle gear -- a midnight purple ninja gi and long red scarf -- and draws her daggers, and charges in! Blowing a puff of flame in one goblin's face to distract it as she closes in and slits its throat, then kicking its body into another one, pouncing and shanking it while it's down, then raking her hindclaws across one trying to charge her from behind, kipping up, spinning, and stabbing it as it reels in pain... she takes down all goblins that approach her with similar swift and brutal techniques! It seems these goblins are indeed mooks, or she just keeps rolling high on damage!
Wisteria
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    Wisteria is busy untangling herself for most of the fight, and when Vert gets out of the pit she shakes her head, a few quick runes drawn in the air and she stomps burrying the three goblins in the pit and making sure the trap won't catch any unwarry landers.

    Wisteria checks on everyone before moving on further. "OOh... man there always seems to be one." she says at the armored goblin. "I swear nothing is worse than a single goblin... they go all smart and start arming up." she says resting her hand on her katana.
Hisame
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Hisame finishes off the last of the goblins around her, looking almost disappointed. That's when she spots the big one. She's already done something of a battlecry though and instead, she just charges straight at it, scythe trailing behind her, only for her to try and boot the goblin off-balance only to hook the scythe in from behind.

With a sharp tug, she meets the advance with her armored knee, using her own momentum to turn herself facing the enemy. Maybe even spinning the gobling around to present his back to them.
Vertina
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Vertina dusts herself off after getting out of the pit, smirking as Wisteria collapses it on the goblins behind her before they can get out as well. "Thanks, bun." She shrugs the moment off and moves on. They can only go forward, after all! No need to linger on missteps.

The good news is they come across only a single goblin.... The bad news is one goblin tends to be smarter without the mob mentality and has actually armored himself. "Ah, finally, a real challenge!" Hisame runs in first as a tank should, and when she realizes what the girl is going for grins in a way that may be a bit predatory. She waits for the goblin to get his back turned then dashes in. She runs up behind the fiend, jumps, and whips around midair to slam a spinning kick into the back of the goblin's nogging. "HIYAAAAAH!"

She backflips away from the blow, landing in a backwards roll to get out of the way of others' attacks. Even with a helmet on that strike should of been enough to leave his head ringing and disoriented.
Mizuki
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    A group is easily dispatched, Wisteria expresses concern when they encounter a single goblin. "Inverse ninja law? This is a game, not a movie. Also, you've got a single ninja right here!" Mizuki leaps in, blinding with fire and slicing with a dagger, but there's the sound of her dagger striking steel and the goblin elbows her in the gut and slices across her, although the positioning prevents him from using a full-power swing, there's still a streak of glowing red light across her body and a small chunk of her healthbar drains away.

    "Agh! Guess I have to actually try..." she leaps back, letting others draw aggro first as she circles around him, then leaping in from behind when the goblin is distracted, sliding a dagger between the armor pieces and then dropping into the stance for the Flower Cut sword arte, charging her remaining dagger with earth magic to cut the goblin, armor be damned!
Prophylaxis
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Do Goblins wear magic-resistant armor? It sure as heck seems like they do. Illuminated briefly by the glow of flame and the flashing electric-blue of hurled lightning bolts, Prophylaxis stares agog at a goblin who is... Distinctly unamused and terribly unharmed by the elemental onslaught. "Man, if these things would actually leave corpses behind, it'd be /so cool/ to pull their armor off and study it--"

"But this is a game after all, I guess. So..."

So, while the thing is preoccupied with getting stabbed by a bunch of extremely jumpy warrior-types, Prophylaxis instead busies himself with...

Waving his staff like an ouendan's glorious flag-banner, "You got this, ladies! Gobble that gob! Murder that mug! Oo-rah!"
Miho
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There is another goblin here an armoured one it looks to be fairly heavily armoured for one too. Miho doesn't move into range, her Katana remains sheathed. She will however take the bow off her back and draw an arrow. She'll line up the shot and let it fly going for a vulnerable point following it up quickly with several more shots. This little dragon lady certainly does not have a standard setup for her class. Then again it looks like she's going full-on Samurai.
Wisteria
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    Wisteria watches as everyone starts to go in for the kill. She takes her stance and makes with one of her world (okay maybe just local area... maybe just friends and family) famous iaitsu strikes. She draws her katana black light gathered around the edge. She slashes out... and apparently made a tall girl mistake. As the black blade of energy shoots right over the head of the goblin, and by the time she's off cooldown for another ranged strike like that.. everyone has beaten it into the ground. "Well... uhm.. Good work everyone." she says and sighs "Now... we have to find the nest. This was a real pain last time." she offers "It's like stupid hidden."
Vertina
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"Don't feel bad," Vertina calls reassuringly to Wisteria. "I did that earlier with a kick." Well technically the goblin ducked, but her height made it easier for him to do so, so same difference as far as she is concerned in trying to comfort her friend.

Though at the mention of having to search for the monster nest she cocks her head back with a groan. "This is the worst part of monster hunting." She goes rummaging about, but she's not going to have much luck at finding anything. At least nothing fresh enough to signal anything. "Is this one of those quests where the objective never spawns in the same spot?"
Mizuki
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    "I told everyone we needed tracking and searching skill, and noone said anything! Fortunately, I've got Searching." She flicks her ears for emphasis. "Now, let's just get above the battlefield..." She drops into a squat stance, then thusts one hand up, and LEAPS as the stone pillar forms under her, leaping high into the air.

    "I think I see something that way!" She points.
Prophylaxis
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"It's not my fault that I don't have amazing ninja skills! Tracking and Searching are for rogues, not for mages, you know? Ugh...!" And yet, there Prophylaxis goes, dodging skillfully over gnarled roots and through narrow passages like a masterful acrobat. Is physical agility another one of those things that they teach you in Ordinary Country Doctor School!?

Maybe. It sure as hell isn't anything you get taught in Ordinary City Med School, unless you're the truly special kind of overachiever who is also pursuing Olympic-grade athletics to go along with their PhD.

"I think I see something too," he calls out, hopping onto an otherwise unassuming cliff face. "Looks like there's a cave up here. Perfect place to hide if you were a goblin, don't you think?
Wisteria
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    Wisteria smiles sheepishly, it's hard to tell but Mizuki can likely call it out. That sheepish smile is after all filled with razor death for all things around her. "Well thanks for that Mizukichi... Caerbannog are visual and hearing hunters... I don't do tracks and searching is well I mean look... if it isn't in a dungeon I'm not really built for it." she says going along with the group.

    When finally she spots the Ranger and the first arrow sailing in. "See... this is what I mean... you get a single goblin who spends time alone and they go and learn things like archery." she says drawing her sword.
Miho
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The Armoured goblin is dispatched without any mercy. Not that it would give her or her party any in return.

"Hold on I think I see something."

She bends over to get a better look and she finds that there are signs of where the Goblins have gone. It doesn't take them too long to find the Ranger. When the Goblin reveals itself? She'll jump in sword in hand and will end up intercepting several arrows just cutting them out of the air.

"Do you think you can win you pathic Goblin?! Strike it down!"
Vertina
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"Yeah, and usually trouble finds me before I ever have to search for it!" Vertina calls back to Mizuki jokingly. Though when the cat woman launchs herself into the air even the tall Salamander has to lean back a bit to watch her. "Now -that- is a vertical." Hmm. She needs to work on that technique with her Earth channeling.

An arrow whistles past, stirring her back out of the contemplation. "Oh this little buggers have several tricks now don't they?" She snorts a bit of smoke out of her nose as she thumps a booted foot on the ground like she was cleaning off cleats. "LET'S DO THIS!" She sprints up behind Miho, taking advantage of the smaller Salamander chopping arrows out of the air for some protection to get herself up to speed, before veering to the side to run past her.

But it doesn't stop there. Vertina continues to zig and zag from side to side, making herself a very elusive target for the archers to struggle with. At the same time, if someone looked closely, they would notice the dirt and rock being kicked up by her feet isn't scattering like it normally would. Instead it churns together between her feet, bouncing back and forth with her movements the same way a soccer player 'dribbles' the ball while running down the pitch. It's not until the end that she skids to a stop, catching the dirt ball with her foot to lob it into the air. "Time to bring this game to a close..." She leaps into the air with a twist, actually spinning around twice to get the momentum she needs.

"GAIA STRIKER!"

Her foot collides with the ball of earth so hard it's audible as it is sent HURTLING at the boss!
Mizuki
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    "So use that caerbannog sight! Use that twitchy little nose and whiskers!" Mizuki urges Wis, when an arrow flies by. "Well, that's one way to find 'im..."

    Mizuki starts running towards the goblin. When the goblin shoots, she jukes with supernatural speed thanks to wind magic and keeps running!

    As she approaches the goblins' cave, she starts water hand signs while taking a deep breath and then spitting a fireball into the cave, which explodes as water surges at her feet and she goes into a slide, slipping under goblins' swings while slicing at their ankles with her daggers!
Prophylaxis
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"Ah, rabbits are cute, aren't they?" Prophylaxis siiiighs as Mizuki extols the many virtues of caerbannog biology. "Those little noses are so adorable, especially when they're begging you for a snack. And they're so soft and fluffy you just want to pet them all day! You know, I wonder if Caerbannogs will flop over when they feel safe and secure, too? Rabbits are great, I guess is what I'm getting a--"

An arrow screams through the space previously occupied by Prophylaxis' head. Lightning-fast reflexes coupled with a sudden prone-fall has him just barely manage to avoid getting his cranium cored out like an apple. "Ugh! What a rude goblin, attacking a man while he's got buns on the brain! Why, I aught to teach him a lesson--"

He barely gets to say or /do/ anything before another volley of arrows plinks against the stone where his torso had been only moments before. "Damnit, I'm not even a tank! Why is it so focused on trying to kill /me!?/ Does it just not like rabbits!?"

Or could it be simply that it wants to murder mages especially? Either way, for the time being at least, Prophylaxis is able to stay one step ahead of the archergob's skillful aim, but he can only dance for so long! He's a wizard, not a dancer!
Hisame
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Hisame had absolutely no luck in hunting down any sort of thing, that's not usually her goal, not that she didn't give it a good try. Luckily the others found it and are in the process of introducing the goblins to the modern marvel of fire. There's an arrow flying towards her back, caught out of the corner of her eye in the reflection of her scythe's blade, she twists it back and down to deflect it off of the arrow. She barks out at the Goblin, "It's rude to interrupt!" and fishes a vial filled with something dark, swirling and probably awful smelling. Something of a failed experiment if prompted later about it, but it does work as a convenient way to get someone's attention as she pelts the Goblin in the head with it, the concoction spilling out in a hail of glass and awfulness. She's of course following it up with a charge to keep it's attention, what with it shooting at the squishies and all.
Wisteria
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    Dodging the arrows comming in Wisteria takes herself off the 'must be murdered first' list by drawing her sword rather than delving into wave arts. Of course the blade glows a vicious black. "Bunnies are ...." she starts off sounding super excited then catches herself "Ther're okay I guess." nope she isn't a crazy bunny girl no not at all... she only chose to be a Caerbannog werefang... who even thinks to roll their monster race till they get a bunny?

    As V's ball of rock smashes into the goblin, Wisteria shuffle runs past and slashes from down low to up high with a flare of dark magic smashing into the goblin boss. When all the magic and arrows clear, there is just a glittering of sparkling white pearls drifting into the sky. No blood and guts here, just derezzing and loot... only there is no loot. "Don't worry guys." she says "That's the nest cleared out, last time it didn't have any loot either. We get paid when we drop the completed quest token back at the Hunters Guild." she says. A twirl of her wrist sending her blade in a circle ment to fling unshed blood before returning the sword to is scabard.
Mizuki
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    Mizuki stands and sheathes her daggers dramatically as the goblins burst into polygons. Nodding at Wis's comment about the loot, then looking over the party to check their HP bars. "Everyone alright?"
Prophylaxis
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By some miracle (and frantic flailing around into increasingly more absurd poses), Prophylaxis *is* in fact alright. "Just about," he answers back, carefully trying to ignore how many times he nearly found himself turned into a pincushion by a way-too-accurate goblin. "Not exactly my best showing, but I guess I can't complain too much..."

He's not dead after all, and his worst injuries are limited to his pride and a few scratches from where he'd had to duck into awkward dodge-rolls.

But he didn't get to throw even a single attack during that entire engagement! And these girls were all hurling around super awesome physical-magical combinations. He should be ashamed of himself!!

...

Oh well! At least they won in the end. "Funds are going to be useful one way or another anyway. But since it looks like we've got a bit of a break until then, I do have a stash of healing potions ready to go. No tea, though. Somehow I can brew potions but I can't brew tea."
Miho
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Miho looks around at this point her eyes darting left and right.

"I am fine."

She thinks for a moment and then looks about once more her eyes narrowing.

"Doesn't look like anything's here but us. Keep alert we have no idea what else could be lurking."

She'll take a moment to drink from a gourd and the seem to be ready to move on.
Vertina
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"Whooo!" Vertina pumps fists in the air as the goblin archer goes down from the team's efforts. "That's the kind of thrill I'm talking about!" This wasn't a Tower mission but it was challenging and exhiliratingly exciting and that's what she's here for. She doesn't even notice there isn't immeadiately loot until it's pointed out. "Oh. That's convenient. No worrying about boobytrapped chests or such. Thanks Mizuki, I'm fine. That pit tumble was the only real roughing up I got."

"I can brew tea!.. But don't have anything to do so with me." She shrugs a little. Pulls a flask from her inventory. "I do have fruit juice though. Fermenting it into something stronger takes so long without advanced techniques," she sort of pouts.
Hisame
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Taking a moment to glance around, then shrugging. The scythe disappears as she stashes it away, brushes herself off and checks for any other leaking chemicals, chemical burns, arrows stuck in her armor, the usual thing a tank would need to worry about. "What brought up the thing about the bunnies anyway? I think.. I missed that part."

There's a pause before she asks, "Was he hitting on you?" Pause. Consider. Turn on heel and walk to the others, "So uh, everyone's okay right? I can help with the healing thing too." To prove the point, she opens the pouch hidden away on her back, showing off a few smaller vials of red stuff. "It tastes like burning, but it helps."
Wisteria
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    Wisteria smiles and looks over everyone "Good well that's one less Goblin nest." she says and stretches "Ooh well just talking about bunnies cause I'm a bunny... I duno... were you hitting on me Proph?" she asks tipping her head. She doesn't understand this concept, never has, probably never will, and so it goes over her head unless someone confesses and then she has to shoot them down. "I mean... I just don't really do that kind of thing... I don't really get it." she says "Boys and girls and girls and girls an boys and boys and people and people in general.. it's just weird." she says.
Vertina
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Vertina just puts a hand over her mouth to keep from snickering too much when people bring up flirting with Wisteria. Then ahems softly. "Can we just agree bunnys are great without turning it into something.. awkward?"

She looks at Wisteria, then to Mizuki, and then back to Wisteria. "So, another trip to the osen when we get back? Did kinda work up a sweat."
Prophylaxis
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"I have a bunny IRL," Prophylaxis explains with a long sigh. He must defend his honor and dignity!! "If it came across as hitting on anyone, that wasn't intentional. I just really like buns, you see. In fact, Usagintaros is the latest in a long line of Usagins. The only problem with bunnies is that they don't live for very long, alas. If only we could have focused our scientific efforts on genetic engineering and thereby cured bunnies of their tragic lifespans! Alas, instead we have VRMMOs."

Prophylaxis shakes his head sadly. "Poor Usagin. You carried me through some bad years, good bunny. Rest your soul. At least I still have Kineko from back then...!"

There's a beat as he settles down upon a convenient rock. "I miss my pets. My poor fluffy friends are all alone without me now...! Hopefully they're being well taken care-of until my return."
Hisame
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Hisame gestures back to the area the goblin ranger was and says, "I think it got awkward when that'n shot at us." She glances back and adds, "I probably should have just thrown a knife at him. The uh... taunt seemed overkill in hindsight."

She holds a hand up and says, "I had a pair of pet rats back home. It's why I was kinda mad when people said the girl in the rat quest should get a real pet. They're awesome. And live a really short time- I hope mine're okay." She pauses and shakes her head.

She kicks her heel against the dirt, adjusting her boot and says, "We should start making our way back. I don't know how fast those goblins might send more out. Or respawn, whatever's done here."
Wisteria
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    Wisteria looks sad for a second and then Proph is getting the full on Smooshing treatment. Werefang fluffy hugs that could make a head vanish in an embarassing way. "Yes OSEN OSEN." she says dancing side to side while still smooshing Prophs head into her bunny cleavage. She's being carring and she does eventually let the poor cait breath.
Miho
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Miho looks strangely at Prophlaxis for a moment and just kinda stares at them for a moment. Then pauses about the bunny.

"I rather see life extension applied to people first. Not that pets don't end up as family."

She looks at them real hard for a moment.

"Tame rats a whole other breed from the sorts of dire rats that exist here. The lady's working at the place I'm renting a room at."

She notes as she scoops up her drops.

"Ah good this should help nicely. I have a smithy I need to build and then a Spring Hammer. Good running with all of you."
Mizuki
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    Proph hitting on Wis? Mizuki shakes her head, "Didn't seem like it to me, no." Then everyone's on about their crafting. "Man, I kinda miss being able to craft stuff... it'd be useful now more than ever, too."

    She nods to Vert, "Sure, we may as well treat ourselves while we're here, I guess."

    Prophy explains that he had pet bunnies and Mizuki clasps her hands together. "Oh gosh, I had bunnies as a kid too! Well, one was my parents', really, he was old when I was a kid and died while I was young... the other one got sick soon after I got him..." She looks... not sad exactly, the memories are too distant for her to still be sad about it.

    Mizuki thinks on the other things he's said. "Maybe you should try to catch a bunbun or eclipse in here and keep it as a pet? ...You know, what if we HAVE figured out how to make bunnies live longer. If WE can be removed from our bodies and put inside a computer, couldn't an animal too? Although, I'm not sure an animal would be able to adapt to the virtual world... plus you'd only be able to pet it in VR..."

    She nods to Hisame. "I met someone with a pet rat once, it'd sit on her shoulder and hold food you handed it in its little paws..."
Wisteria
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    Wisteria leads the way back to town of beginings and the Hunters Guild. She turns in the token and passes out the cash. "There we go all done."