Duty Session 157: 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

Shiruba
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Shiruba is standing patiently at the designated meeting point for engaging the Duty to hunt Goblins that have harassing the area with traps and ambushes. She's already sent a few Silver Sword members out to patrol the perimeter to make sure the adventuring party doesn't have any unneeded interruptions. Or the enemy get unexpected reinforcements. These Goblins have not yet gotten caught up in the corrupted forests farther north with their other kin, so its best to deal with them before they do so.
Schneider
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Schneider shows up for the goblin hunting, since he's been driven back from the advanced scouting he was originally tasked with. Hopefully stopping them here will weaken them overall. He nods a greeting and lets the breeze blow back his long hair dramatically. "This is starting to become a big deal," he agrees. "Hopefully we can prevent it from becoming too big."
Rylen
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It actually isn't common for Rylen to find himself in this part of the world, but as of late, he has had to do a lot of traveling. Supplies were needed, from anywhere he can get them. In this case, the Hunters Guild seems to be offering good coin for this particular quest, so that was reason enough to invest some time in it.

The Beastmaster approaches, offering a lazy salute and one of his usual charismatic smiles to those gathered. "Seems like a good day for running a quest." He's dressed in his usual hunting gear, with a trenchcoat over a sleeveless vest. "I just hope the Hunters Guild keeps to their end of the bargain, as we could use some more coin for supplies up in Ninetails."
Merek
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    Merek puts on the dark attire he often wears, with the silver-white decorations upon it. He then adjusts the sword along his back, while he takes the time to nod along to Shiruba. "Alright, let's see what we can do," he notes, while he takes a moment to check the beltcape while he finds a potion.
Setsuna
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    A whistling tune would announce Setsuna's presence as he seems to be in no hurry , just casually strolling along to meet up with the others. His whistling though, it's...well it's bad. Perhaps it is due to not having skills in anything musical, perhaps the system simply can not give you what you never had, either way there is a obvious lack of tune. The human doesn't seem to notice tough. Walking up to the others he nods a greeting and takes note of the new faces but then seems to still be looking for someone. " I really thought our silver ranked slayer pal would show up to this. I mean you can't really be the goblin slayer if you let goblins go unslayed."
Akatsuki
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    One moment she wasn't there.
    The next instant, Akatsuki appears, perched in a crouch on a low hanging tree branch, one hand holding to the branch beneath her while the other rests lightly on the hilt of her sheathed kodachi.
    "I've come about the goblins." She says matter of factly. Straight to the point. Clipped. Efficient.
Estelle
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The vixen is swishing her tails as she waits, silver eyes scanning the plains around them. "Twilight will be upon us soon," she notes absently, "which could complicate things as the darkness encroaches." Her tone, however, says she doesn't see that as the worst outcome. Still, she shakes off her mood before too long, turning to nod to Shiruba, Setsuna, and Merek. Though, after a moment, Schneider gets an almost hesitant one; all faces she's seen before. "But, I have an auspicious feeling about it all. There are a number of us gathered, and I don't doubt we have a talent for any situation we may find ourselves in across the gathering."

Still, Estelle turns her gaze back towards the horizon, considering the height of the sun thoughtfully.
Miho
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Miho was out of the forge, somehow. This was goods she needed to get out more. This was good for the Salamander as she could live in her damn forge if it came o it. She would be forming up with the group and gives Merek a glare for a moment. She then looks to Akatsuki for a moment.

"Yes we have to deal with them as soon as we can we can't let this go on near our city like this."

She glances over to Estelle for a moment and nods. 5R
"Same to you."
Shiruba
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Shiruba nods to Estelle. "Excellent," she agrees as she draws her bow. "Most Landers and traders don't travel at night so they won't be expecting a hit on their turf so close to the twilight, but we've still got enough light to work by if we keep on task." With that said the wolfgirl takes the lead and heads into the fields before them.

The grass gets long quickly and Shiruba stops after a few meters in, partially hidden amongst the grass save for the bright silver of her tail and icy blue shade of her hair. "This is exactly the kind of obstructed environment they'd hide traps in, be careful." Even as she warns the rest of the party she's fiddling with the relic device on her arm to try and fine tune it's scanning operations.
Schneider
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Schneider says to Setsuna, "Hopefully this isn't something that requires a silver-ranked adventurer." If it is, Schneider is in way over his head. He returns Estelle's nod, more confident than hers. Almost cluelessly confident. He is pretty new, after all.

When the party's progress is halted by the presence of traps, he winces, because while he's confident, he's not actually particularly skilled, and so he'll watch carefully for traps, but he gets caught by more than a few deadfalls and punji sticks. Bet he's wishing for a silver-ranked adventurer now! He does find a bunch of traps, sure. By stepping in them.
Merek
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    Merek looks to the field while he seems to consider it, nodding a little bit to Shiruba. "Alright, let's see what we can do," he notes, while he begins to work along the field, evading any traps that are in the place. Eventually, he would make it to the next area, and nods along to the party, pointing at least the traps that he saw to the party, at least a safe path.
Akatsuki
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    Akatsuki... Vanishes from the tree she's up in. Only to appear in another branch a short distance away.
    "Hold it." She suddenly declares, before tapping her fingers to the center of her palm.
    In an instant a shuriken appears in her grasp and she tosses it... At the ground.
    With a SNAP the trap goes off, and she proceeds to repeat the process for several more, setting them off with thrown implements as she spots them, to help make a traversible path for the others.
Rylen
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Goblins aren't something that Rylen happens to be terribly familiar with. They don't tend to inhabit the Isle of Beginnings of the areas of Ninetails that he's spent much of his time in. So, even with the foreknowledge that this place might be trapped, he doesn't quite know what to expect. "So maybe pitfalls, or rope-snares or..."

And that's when something snaps shut right on his leg. Luckily, part of the mechanism is rusted so it doesn't impact him with full force, but it is enough that the Pooka has to stiffle a sound of both surprise and pain. Clearing his throat, he leans down, using his strength to pry apart what must have been a smaller version of a bear-trap. "How did they even get a hold of one of these..." He grunts, pulling his foot free, and then limping behind some of the others, deciding that they might be better at spotting the sort of traps that are hidden here.
Setsuna
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    The ninja in the tree catches Setsuna's attention with the quick , to the point phrase about being here for the goblins. "Must have forgotten bubble gum, " he says to himself before falling in line. It appears however that despite his verbal poke at the comment Setsuna comes to rely on Akatsuki's path making as he follows behind , edging around a few traps that the size difference didn't account for. One point his foot strikes something and its only by his quick thinking, or luck, does he move out of the way before a dart hits a rock behind where he was standing. "Well to be fair if this is all they have to stop us, I think they may be in trouble," he states as if tempting fates of what is to come.
Miho
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Miho falls in behind Shiruba as they head in.

"Good thinking, we hit them whren they would not expect it."

She would take a moment as one clawed foot would end up setting down on what could be a traop, shge moves quickly evading falling into a shallow punjap bit as she gets back.

"Watch your step there's traps all over the place!"
Estelle
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Traps are not Estelle's specialty. Especially not searching for them in the tall grasses. Still, she makes her way through the grass carefully - and she gives grateful nods to those clearing the way, like Akatsuki. Still, by luck or providence, she manages not to actually trigger anything as she moves through, tails swishing behind her. Even as, once or twice, something goes off nearby as her passage disturbs them. Blades scything through grass, boards popping up to nail the air with rusty metal, or snaps and creaks as more subtle things grasp at nothing.

"... Hm. I wonder what kind of force they were expecting to follow them?"
Shiruba
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Shiruba uses her scanning relic to navigate through the field, it pointing out several traps for her to avoid. It doesn't register holes in the ground as a trap, but the clever hunter sees that one for herself and jumps over the pit, noting it for future adjustment. A few people search, several just maneuver their way, a few find traps the dungeon honored method of tripping it so others can avoid it. Over all the party does a great job getting by the obstacle.

"They're raiders," Shiruba explains to Estelle as the group moves on. "They could have anything from caravan guards to irrate Adventurers trying to chase them down. Goblins may be filthy and annoying but they're one of the more innately clever humanoid Monster species."

Speak of the little devils, a band of Goblins was just on their way out to check the traps before nightfall. But the Adventurers are right in their path, and by the way the Goblins panic and hustle to draw their weapons, were right in this not being a time they would expect to be sieged. "Get them before they can warn their clan!" Shiruba snaps, even as she's getting her bow up and drawn ready.
Schneider
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Schneider finally falls in behind Akatsuki as she leads the way before he hurts himself too badly. Things are going well as the party proceeds, stumbling on the small goblin party out to check their traps. As Shiruba calls for the goblins to be dispatched before they can give the alarm, Schneider incants, "Slayer, slayer, dark thunder of Balmor!" He shouts the final syllables, "Bal Volt!" and a snap of magical energy whips out, taking a goblin from behind.
Estelle
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"Scutum, shield of the skies, I bear you now to protect my allies," comes the softly-intoned chant of the Astrologian, as she weaves her magic. "A bulwark of stellar might, to guard in the darkest night."

A veil of starlight shimmers into being around the party, offering them a steadfast protection in the coming conflict; allowing them to be a bit more bold and sure in their own assaults, even as Estelle plays it carefully - studying the group for wounds despite her work, and weaving in a little bit extra here and there. A glimmer of light on a cutting edge, a little /push/ as someone moves aside or lunges... tiny boons, doled out as needed, to put everyone in their ordained position.
Rylen
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Rylen seems only too happy to leave the trail of traps behind, perhaps because of the lingering glow of damage that remains on his ankle. It feels a little too real to him, enough so that he pauses for a moment to rub at the area, murmuring to himself, "It's not real, lad. Keep moving."

It's at that point that they stumble on a group of goblins. "Well, look like we found what we're looking for." He reaches forward, cracking his knuckles before slamming one foot down onto the ground, sending up a rock from the ground below. Striking it with his fist, he sends it right towards the face of one of the goblins, knocking them backwards with a very satisfying *THUD*.
Merek
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    Merek looks to the gathering that are the goblin raiders, then he draws the sword to swing into the field, with a swing of his weapon to sweep into a few of them, then he nods while he assists the party.
Akatsuki
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    After traversing the trapped field, Akatsuki... Vanishes again. She just keeps doing that. That's her thing, as the Assassin disappears from view and into stealth mode.
    It's no sooner than the goblins appear and start to panic and draw their weapons that the ninja appears again... Hanging in the air above the lot of them, for just a beat.

    "Fatal Ambush!" She declares, kodachi glowing an ominous red...

    As she lands right on top of a goblin and brings it down with her weight, ramming her blade into its neck for an extreme amount of DPS.
    Quick. Neat. Efficient. And about as cool looking as an Assassin's Creed High Profile Assassination attack.
Setsuna
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    Setsuna raises his staff, a strang howl heard in the wind, as the necromancer begins to cast, "Spirits of those who haven fallen. I command your aid, slay them, add them to your ranks. " Wisps of magical energy, which if you squint you may be able to see a face in, travel to the goblins taking one down as if it was just tackled by a whole party. The necromancer would usher the spirits along to the next one only to see the others have taken themm all down. "Looks like you only get to add one new soul to your ranks," he comments, chiding the spirits for working to slow.
Miho
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Miho says "Yeah I heard the Goblins in the tower have picked up new tricks so watch it."

She doesn't talk about the reports of what the goblins in that cave did. She would look to the rest of the party for a moment. 5R
"Right after him."

Miho draws a bow and takes a shot, but it goes wide, she doesn't give up. She'll start chasing after the the Goblin.

"Get back here you green little JERK!"
Shiruba
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Shiruba fires one of her electric arrows, the goblin spasming before collapsing and pixelating. Rylen throws rocks to smash one, and scatter others. Only for them to turn into Merek's sweeping sword or the magical forces unleashed by Setsuna, while Estelle makes sure the party is protected from their feeble attempt at fighting back before dying.

An arrow misses the group leader just barely, and he's quick to turn and run from the angry Salamander!... only to be dead center of Akatsuki's airborne assassination, ending his retreat right then and there. They've prevented the main group from getting out a warning immeadiately.

The sound of fighting did draw some attention though, as an outcast armored goblin comes stomping up, bigger and meaner looking that the normal ranks as he clenches spike-clad fists and growls with violent intent!
Schneider
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When the last of the goblins are slain, Schneider looks around to the group with a confident smirk. "So far, so good," he says glibly. But it's then that the armored goblin makes an entrance, and soon it's a fight for survival. And no wonder this one survived, he's tough as nails! Schneider incants another "Bal Volt!" and hurls raw magical energy at the goblin, casting as quickly as he can to whittle down the goblin's health, which begins to fall preceptitiously.
Merek
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    Merek looks to the goblin, then he nods while he takes a moment to shift his weapon forward, beginning to advance upon the enemy. With that in mind, he begins sweeping along into them with swinging, then he sheaths the weapon while he nods.
Rylen
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Just as his thrown rocks topple over the scouts, Rylen hesitates when an armored goblin who looks to be far more repared than the others makes themselevs known. He attempts to duplicate the earier movement, summoning up another rock and kicking outward, slamming it towards the enemy, but... it strikes the goblin's armored arm and is thrown to the side.

"Huh... an actual smart one, this time." He seems surprised at this, perhaps because goblins don't come across as being the most intelligent of creatures. With enough other allies moving into the fray, he decides to hold off on continuing the attack, lest the redirected projectiles be turned on his friends.
Estelle
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The fights are close enough together that the vixen can keep Scutum's Guard up, even as the new foe stomps over towards them. "He may seem mighty, but be not afraid; the stars watch over us, and provide us aid." It isn't a chant, by any means. She's just... in the moment, going with the celestial flow. And, since everyone still has her buffs - it's time to move on to something else. She takes a deep breath, and then looses it as... a song.

"Song of my soul, my voice is dead;
Die though, unsung, as tears unshed
Shall dry and die in
    Lost Carcosa."

The melody is haunting, a sussurus murmuring along with her, as she calls upon the Dark Betwixt instead of the stars themselves - an aura of ill-fortune and and sapped strength wrapping around the goblin.
Setsuna
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    "So thats where the smell was coming from, " Setsuna jokes as he looks at the goblin warrior now standing before them. As the others move in Setsuna goes to work with a more supportive option. " Let the thorns sting and the vines bind as they curse you for all time. " The shadows under Setsuna come to life as they spread out towards the goblin. Upon touching the goblin's shadow everyone could see the thorn like pattern appearing across the Goblins body, his movement slowing as if he was fighting the vines themselves.
Miho
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So things keep going and they are hutning that gobling. The goblin is ruinning as the Angry Salamander keeps hunting him. She does not give up she does not relent aand she'll end up attacking again. She fires off another shot at the goblin. She just keeps chasing after them.

"Oh you want some? Then it's on now!"
Akatsuki
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    No sooner than the goblin beneath her dissolves into red pixels, Akatsuki rolls aside.
    There's a bigger, nastier, meaner goblin emerging now that they've made enough noise.
    Akatsuki waits.
    She could lunge in and deal out another high DPS blow, certainly. But in a situation like this teamwork will prove to be more effective than her usual loner nature. So she gives the others a chance first; letting Estelle wear the beast down with that haunting song and for Setsuna to bind it in place, before she lunges-- and rolls herself behind the armored goblin.

    "Stealth Blade!"

    This attack is simple, but powerful... Because it's a literal backstab attack.
Shiruba
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The armored goblin, already an outcast and bitter survivor, shows no fear in just charging right into the attacks. He smashes the rock away with his arm, pebbles plinking off his armor, even as arrows get stuck in it. Magic bolts hammer him again and again, as does Merek's sword strikes ringing against armor. It's chipping down his health steadily but there's no stopping him. Until thorns and vines spring up to wrap around his legs and waist. The dark forces directed by the astrological vixen start to seep into his body, causing a delay in his swing that's just enough for Shiruba to sling herself away from what could of been a brutal blow with her earth magic. Angerly he growls and starts to pull free from the thorns... only to collapse face forward as the minija ninjas him in the back literally!

Teamwork is such a wonderful thing.

Shiruba dusts herself off from her evasive maneuvers. "They've been arriving quickly. There must be a nest nearby." The wolfgirl huntress gets on the move again, cautiously and alert as she starts looking for footprints and stomped down grass in whatever direction the Goblins came from. "If we can find it we can put a major hole in their numbers."
Schneider
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Schneider whews as the big goblin is dispatched. He looks around, thinks to himself, and nods about searcing for a goblin cave. It's a good idea, but it's more easiluy said than done. Schneider is, it seems, not a particularly keen observer of detail, and in general doesn't spot anything until one of the other party members points it out first. That's okay, he'll just follow along and hope one of the other party members finds the nest Shiruba mentions.
Merek
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    Merek does try with assisting the tracking, though there's not a lot he can do with that. He nods along to the party, "I'm not that great with the tracking," he notes, then he follows along with anyone else that's about.
Setsuna
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    Setsuna nods his head as he looks at the dead goblin, " A nest yes we should find it. " Setsuna begins to search and look for tracks. Thats what anyone would do in these situations , they'd look for tracks to help lead them back to the nest. Now then if only Setsuna had an idea on what a goblin's track looked like. It should be obvious but it's like the system intentionally obscures them without the right skills spec'd. He looks around at the others , " Sooo anyone got any idea?"
Rylen
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"Look for tracks, any signs of coming and going. Bent over grasses, maybe?" Under normal circumstanecs, Rylen is quite the skilled tracker, but he sits himself down on a rock and begins to rub at his injured ankle again. Perhaps there was some kind of poison on the trap he'd walked into, because the wound seems to be giving him quite a bit of trouble at the moment.

"Sorry. I'll be up in a second." He explains, "I should probably invest in getting some calf boots, something that offers a little more defense." As a martial artist, his armor is usually kept light and to the bare minimum, but that doesn't seem to be that great with goblins as a foe.
Estelle
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    The vixen lets the Guard fade, now that combat seems to have truly ended. She breathes in and out, as the last nods of her melody spiral outward. "... I'm not great with tracking either, but I can cover distances, at least, and look around for any more obvious signs. Guide those with proper skill in the right direction with hints and clues."

"Oh swift and majestic Pegasus, steed of myth, guide my steps with eagerness and carry me forthwith." There's a gale at Estelle's back, and she skims across the terrain as she darts around, taking a circling pattern around the party and calling out whenever she finds broken sticks or other signs of something else's passage. The cushion of air beneath her feet keeps her from disturbing them too much, too, which will likely be a boon to the actrual trackers amongst them.
Miho
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The armored goblin, charges. Okay so it's not a coward like most goblins are. That's actually a problem still the assault is under way and the lone wolf falls to the group effort against them. Wiuth that out of the way now they have an issue to look for where the goblin they were hunting got to. she lucks out and finds signs of the goblins passage.

"This way."
Akatsuki
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    As soon as the armored goblin falls, Akatsuki sheathes her kodachi. But now comes a new issue. There are still more goblins to be found in the area aren't there?
    The ninja takes to a crouch on the ground, fingertips brushing over the dirt and dust as she narrows her eyes.
    "She's right." Miho starts finding the path while Akatsuki scoots ahead to scout while keeping an eye out for tracks and helping discern the right way.
Shiruba
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Akatsuki, Miho and Shiruba take the lead on the scouting effort, and with some swiftwind assistance from Estelle manage to home in on the trail the goblins have been taking to tend to their traps and back to what looks like it could be an earthly outcropping in the depths of the field.

But before the group can investigate farther an arrow whizzes past the most obvious target, being the fox with the floating steps. With how close it -barely- misses her ears it was clearly intended to miss as a warning shot. Though her clearly magical nature may draw more unwanted attention as more goblins arrive to assist and seem to be directed in taking out magic users first.

Shiruba ducks down into the grass partway, trying to lay low and take a few minutes to put together something more strategic than rushing the enemy en masse. "That archer is their leader... But don't focus entirely on him and let those supporters surround us! Cover our flanks... Akatsuki, now would really be the time to do your Assassin thing if you can find the oppritunity..."

Now she kind of wishes they had that Goblin Slayer guy with them, but they'll make do with the teamwork that's come through for them so far!
Schneider
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Schneider hurls fire at this goblin, but the fire is sucked down with no effect. Seems the goblin has some sort of immunity! So, Schneider takes his sword out to deal with this goblin. He's no great warrior, but he's at least capable, and he fences capably, if not with great elan the way Miho does. Popping a cooldown, his fencing picks up a couple notches, and he goes from being pretty good to quite dangerous, his blade cutting red slashes in the goblin with every blow. The real benefit is his defensive skill, keeping him a step ahead, barely, of the counter-attack at all times, his swordstrokes unanswered as he cuts the scout and his minions.
Merek
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    Merek sweeps along through the fields of that rain of arrows, with a little sweep of the weapon to swing into the enemies which he would be coming upon. Then he takes a moment to assist the party as well.
Rylen
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After his moment of recovery, Rylen seems to be able to jump back into the fray against this last challenger. "I'll try to keep some of them distracted. See if you can get to the leader in the mean time." His movements shift, a bit of static electricity flickering along his feet as he moves from one martial arts stance to the next.

It allows him to pull up a number of different rocks, shooting them off at the various support goblins in order to draw their attention towards him. Once he has their attention, well... it's a matter of avoiding their attacks using that enhanced speed while the others try to address the archer.
Setsuna
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    The human looks at the goblin leaders, he had just the thing for this situation. " I summon the dead to fight my enemies... ," magic circle check, magical words check, arrow being loosed and interupting Setsuna's spell casting check. Thats exactly how things went as Setsuna feels the pain of the arrow streaky past his leg and he drops in pain. "Damn it, they are playing dirty."
Estelle
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The warning shot is taken into account - but the fox still tries to contribute, despite that. Her magic is all she has to assist the others. That that means she's drawing aggro... Well. She can only trust her reflexes, and the efforts of the others. "Perseus, oh Perseus, hero cast to heaven's vault; grant us your blessing in this assault." Her chant rings out, swirling around the group... but, of course, that attracts Attention. "Thrice-King and child of the gods," and there's a hiss as an arrow blossoms in her thigh, punching through the cloth of her robe in a line of angry red.

"... p-please, I beg, increase our odds." The spell fizzles, swirling here and there in eddies of astral power, instead of empowering people directly.
Akatsuki
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    No sooner than they had started working on finding the goblin den... The ranger stands in their path. With his team of backup goblins and the downpour of arrows sailing at the party... Akatsuki remains stone cold calm.
    "On it." She says simply as soon as Shiruba gives the order.
    Darting through the hail of arrow rain, ducking, tumbling, rolling, and weaving, she takes a vaulting leap once in range and...

    "Assassinate!"

    It's a simple, lethal, declaration of intent as she brings herself down on the goblin ranger, kodachi flashing menacingly in her hand as she bears down in a swift, violent cut, utilizing every ounce of the ninja's finesse to deal out a vicious all-or-nothing deadly blow.
Miho
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Things are far from over Miho knows this, they cut their path though these goblins. Finally they come on the last one she listen to Shiruba and noids she want to get up close but well? There's totally a ninja in the party. She'll do her best to give them some cover. She'll ready a skill as she make reay to fire off a shot.

"BURST SHOT!"

There's a glow from the arrow she currently had notched and she sent it flying right for the goblin.
Shiruba
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At first it seems like the Goblin Archer and his crew might have things locked down, as they force Estelle and Setsuna to keep their heads down and limit how much they can assist the party. But when Rylen starts using Earth and Air magic to fling rocks into their ranks their attention is shifted to trying to coral him in.

Once their focus is split Schneider and Merek can move in to prevent flanking efforts, cutting down the goblins that get in their way. It's a slow fight of attrition, but the Adventuers are steadily pushing their way ahead of the goblins and forcing them back, breaking them away from supporting the Goblin Archer leading them.

He tries to rally them back into order with some shouting and cussing, most of it imcomprehensible since Monsters don't use the same swears players do. But his barking of commands is interrupted by Miho countering his archer skills with her own, forcing him back and off his footing. A goblin bruiser charges at her to stop Miho from firing again... only to stop dead in his tracks after the whistle of an arrow fired at near supersonic speed by Shiruba headshots through his skull.

The enemy archer seems to realize his crew is losing the fight, and starts to back awa--"GWAH!"-- is all he gets out as Akatsuki calls out her technique, and her weapon claims his life before he has a chance to react to being cut down.

Once the fighting stops Shirbua digs out her map of the region around Shibuya to make some marks on it. "After that grueling trek I don't want to risk venturing into an actual Monster Nest if that is one, but I'm going to mark it's location for later extermination."
Merek
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    Merek walks along to the next area, nodding a bit to Shiruba while he takes a moment to find a nice place to settle in. "Alright, well it looks like that was won," he notes. The man looks a little bit like he's tired.
Schneider
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After the fight with the goblin ranger, Schneider breathes a long sigh and looks to the others, taking a moment to mentally reset and get his thoughts back in order. "So far, so good," he repeats, a bit more pertinent after the trials we've all faced. "And I've still got my moneymaker prepped." Schneider's GUNZENRO spell -is- pretty butch, and he seems eager to use it. "Wait, we're done?" he wonders.
Miho
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Soon the fight is over, sure she'd done this before, however? It was needed to keep this place cleared the heck out. Goblins were not much of an issue to an Adventurer but if they hit a small lander villiage? It would be badm, she would suspect. She relaxe sa the fiths' over and opens up her inventoy to pull out a flask of water which she downs.

"Looks like it." She notes to Schneider.
F "We should head back to town and get something to eat after a workout like this!"
Rylen
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When the last of the goblins falls, Rylen can't help but give a laugh of victory, raising his hand up. He is breathing a little faster than normal, if only because of having to dodge so many enemy attacks. He lowers his arm again, then looks to the others, "Think I learned a thing or two that might help me present some guidance to the newbies in Crescent Moon." He puts on a charismatic grin, "Like watching where you step."

He watches Shiruba mark on the map, giving her a nod before he approaches, trying to get a look at the map while he can. "If this is it, then at least we know where there's likely more of them."
Estelle
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"This was just to deal with the scouts, not their source." The fox reminds Schneider, even as she settles in to patch herself up... and then moves to check around everyone else, dealing with any lingering wounds or effects from along the way - like, say, a wounded leg someone might've picked up earlier and not called for help with. "Does anyone need a bit of patching up, after that chaos? As the stars bloom across the heavens, I can only channel their boons more easily."

"... also, it seems my read was right. This was a most auspicious outing, even if it did have its bumps here and there. You were wonderful party members."
Akatsuki
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    With the ranger felled, Akatsuki slowly stands herself up, sheathing her kodachi. A slow stretch of her arms over her head and the ninja's job is done here.
    "Finished." She says matter of factly.
Setsuna
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    After the goblins are killed off, the necromancer has a seat where he stands and looks at the wound on his leg. " Damn things, their arrows hurt." He stands up leaning on his staff. " So then we are done right, this isn't just the calm before the storm?" He looks to the others as they seem to inadvertantly answer his question. "Ok so what now?"
Shiruba
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"A Monster Nest is not to be taken lightly. They can contain members much stronger than even uncommon field monsters in addition to greater numbers in presence." Shiruba replies to Schneider. It's not scolding, simply informing a less experienced player so they don't get into needless trouble. She lets Rylen and anyone else look at the map, because sharing information is better than hording it. "We'll want a full raiding party at full strength... and we're not. Victorious, but they made us work for it. I will make sure this gets reported to the Hunter's Guild."

She nods, rolling the map up once done and tucking it away. Grins as Miho speaks her other language. "That sounds like an excellent idea!"
Schneider
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Schneider nods as Miho confirms we're done, and he ahhs to Estelle, "Just the scouts, right. Well, if we take out the scouts, they're blind, or something, yeah? That's a good thing, too." He nods to Shiruba about a nest being much more dangerous. "I'm ready to take them on," he claims.