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Date Posted: 21:47:53 09/27/00 Wed
Author: GM Xane
Author Host/IP: NoHost / 145.44.66.64
Subject: The goblin fight continues

Al'Thaes' attempt is succesful. As his large blade makes the swing the half giant's arm directed it to, there's a brief sound of iron hitting iron as the goblin parries the slash, but Al'Thaes' thrust comes as a surprise to the wolf rider and he crashes to the ground, his hands grasping powerlessly at his stomach from which red blood now pours. The wolf he was riding steps back a few paces and looks around in confusion, not sure what to do now that it's rider is no longer there.
Al'Thaes had quickly withdrawn his blade from the goblin's abdomen, to ready himself for any other possible attackers and not a moment too soon. No sooner is his blade clear of the goblin's body or the huge half giant sees the second goblin rider swinging his blade at Al'Thaes' left side. He only just manages to get his shield in position on time and there is only a brief, light contact between the shield and the goblin's blade, which still leaves a scratch on the surface.
Small as they may be, goblins are also quick, and before Al'Thaes can even complete the turn to properly face his adversary, the goblin has already bent forward to take a swing at Al'Thaes' now unprotected leg of stance.

Meanwhile, Krinin, who saw his teacher get into trouble reached Enoya's attacker and jumps him from behind, knocking him from his wolf. The canine barks in surprise as human and goblin fall to the ground and growls in Krinin's direction as it takes a step sideways.
The goblin yells angrily at Krinin in an unfamiliar language and attempts to push the tip of his sword into Krinin's chest. Krinin luckily spots the danger just in time and grabs the goblin's sword arm with both hands, trying to push the weapon away from him. Although he uses every muscle in his body, the goblin appears the be stronger and the tip of the sword begins to move towards Krinin's chest slowly, centimeter by centimeter.

Enoya uses the confusion to make for her sword, which was flung away a few feet.

Baraka sat in the tree and watched the melee below both nervous and excitedly.
As he sees the wolf rider coming up on Krinin from behind, he instinctively begins to bark, not realizing that this would focus the attention on him. And sure enough, the goblin looks up at the treeline and sees Baraka sitting in the tree, barking at him. With no visible effort, he changes his wolf's course and heads straight for Baraka and (as of yet unknowingly) Aldrai.
As the wolf rider approaches Baraka's tree, he draws a small dagger from his belt, which he throws up at the hourani the second his mount comes to a halt. Baraka quickly ducks away and the dagger whizzes by his face, missing it by no more than an inch. It flies upward for another 15 feet where it embeds itself in a branch, high above the hourani's head.
As Baraka peeks down, he sees the goblin has produced another dagger and is preparing to throw it as well.

Aldrai, sitting in the tree next to Baraka's, sees the battle below unfold with terror. Though Tukatula is now free of his goblin attacker, he's still struggling to subdue the wolf and the blood slowly staining his shoulder convinces the young woman that he's hurt pretty badly.
Then her gaze drifts over to the young Krinin and her breath gets caught in her throat as she sees the struggle for the sword unfold.
Then she suddenly hears the sound of a small blade embedding itself in wood next to her and she sees that the goblin attacker that'd first been going after Krinin now was standing virtually underneath her tree. His back is turned to her however and one look at Baraka tells her that the hourani could very well use a hand as well.
She rubs her hands together nervously. What should she do?

Down at the battle scene, Tukatula slowly gets back to his feet, tugging at his polearm with all his might. The wolf's jaws seem welded together however and the animal does not budge but instead pulls even more franticly at the polearm, threatening to pull it out of Tukatula's hand.
However, as Tukatula begins to kick at the dog's head, the animal seems to lose some of it's determination and a well placed kick to the animal's nose sends the wolf running away, yelping in pain. It stops about a hundred feet from Tukatula where it stays and begins to observe the battle scene with mild interest, having appearantly forgotten about Tukatula.
A rough ten feet away from Tukatula, the hooded goblin pushes his heels into his wolf's flanks and the animal spurts forward, soon leaving the strange swarm of flies that hovers in the middle of the battlefield. Once he's clear of the fly swarm, the hooded goblin begins rubbing his hands together and Tukatula can see his lips moving, speaking soft words he cannot hear.
The brief sound of iron clashing catches Tukatula's attention and he sees the man that saved his life courageously fighting his goblin attacker.
Behind the goblin, another one of the humans that was with the giant is attempting to sneek up on the goblin and catch him off guard. A short rusty sword is clenched in his fist.
Then suddenly a few things happen at the same time.
First, Tukatula's attention is drawn back to the hooded goblin, who suddenly lets out a sharp, high pitched yell. Then, the man who tried to sneek up on the goblin attacking his companion begins to scream. A radiant, yellow aura forms around him and suddenly Tukatula sees smoke coming up from the man's clothes.
The man falls to the ground, screaming and kicking his legs in senseless panic and the smoke becomes more intense. It appears the man is being roasted alive.

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