The moment Zal sees the goblin: *Insert Kill Bill Sirens*

Once Zal caught sight of the goblin, the rest of Gord's words all but fell on completely deaf ears when it came to the ranger. Yet as much as his grip tightened on the spear in hand during the intervening moments, mentions of a 'ghost' confuses him just long enough to glance at the others as if asking 'You heard that too?' But even if reminded or belatedly told more details about their encounter with the "hippie", Zal would still turn away with his face scrunched up from a mixture of confusion, frustration, and broiling anger.

"This-" He pauses again, closed his eyes for a moment, took a breath, and then finally looked to glare up at the goblin. "What about other Gobs? They still 'round too? Or just you here? 'And don't try and play us like some ditz hanging 'bout Freddy's. Or was you running around with a light earlier, giving us the run around!?"

"No light." the goblin replies. "that be tha ghost." he tells you. 
'It be in Klarg's room an' it's angry with goblins, keeps us out. Treause in Klarg room too, so me think that ghost wants you ta take treasure." 
He pauses. 

In the silence, the waterfall can be heard. It echoes down through the tunnel. 

"This ghost that you're talking about, have you seen it? What does it look like?" Eddie begins to ask frantically. "Is he tall? Does he wear armour? Does he kind of look a bit like this guy here?"

"Gord no see" the goblin tells you. "Heard it and saw tha light. Gord went ta see and tha light chased him out. Gord asked it "Why you chase Gord?" an' all it said was "the others" in a spooky voice so Gord run."
Gord stopped then continues.
"You show up an' light leave there so Gord think it want you to have treasure." 

Kae seems a bit frustrated, whether at the situation or the goblin is hard to tell. "To be fair, you'd be angry with goblins too, if you were him. But whatever." She whispers over to Zalos. "Do you wanna, like, handcuff him? Do you have handcuffs? I mean, we haven't seen him do any crime. But he was probably consorting with Klarg. But I guess the cops would have taken him in if they thought that. But it kinda looks like the cops were never here at all." She rubs her temples in confusion. "I dunno, I guess use your better judgement and make a call so we can go check out this ghost treasure. We take too long, it might disappear or something. You never know with ghosts."

@leapingmountain: Before he answers Kae, Zalos would like to Insight the goblin in trying to see if he's lying about a ghost or making stuff up. So here goes: 10.

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@leapingmountain: Before he answers Kae, Zalos would like to Insight the goblin in trying to see if he's lying about a ghost or making stuff up. So here goes: 10.

 

 Gord seems to be telling the truth as far as you can tell.

Gord blinks.
"Gord has told you what he knows." he says. "Gord know no more. You do what you want."
With that, the goblin turns and dashes away using his Disengage ability. and runs down the side of the tunnel that has not been explored yet.

DM:
The goblin has left you with questions and choices.
He hinted that there is treasure about, though you are not entirely sure what he is referring to.
You do know that you have seen a light in Klarg's room and Gord seems to have seen the "same" light. 
According to Gord, he was chased away from the cavern but you have not experienced the same. 
Why a ghost would be hanging about in a cavern or why all the police tape and evidence that the police were even there has been removed are questions you may or may not want to pursue. 
In the end, it is your choice of what to do next. 

"I mean what if, kinda, maybe, sorta, that ghost really is Sully and he really does want us to have whatever treasure there is in Klarg's room. I mean we would be doing him a disservice if we don't take it am I right?" Eddie comments after Gord has run away.

"I for one think we should find this treasure and then maybe follow that path the goblin ran down to see what else we can find."

"Sounds like a plan, Eds. We pop back there, and you two can rustle around some more to try to find whatever treasure there may or may not be. I'd assist, but I've got a little thing I've been working on that could help more than just my eyes, and I kinda gotta charge it for a while before it can do anything. Any objections, Zal?"

If nobody disagrees, Kae will lead everybody back to Klarg's room. Once there, she'll take out a pair of purple shades with a bit of gadgetry around the frames and start holding it up in the air, presumably while the boys look around for the treasure and/or investigate the book that Zalos found.

Ritually casting detect magic for 10 minutes and 6 seconds.

Left as he was with more questions than answers, which only served to consume more of his focus at that, Zal is a second too slow in calling out for Gord to wait, causing half-spoken words to turn into a curse! "Couso' Sully never struck me as one to give a damn 'bout some dip shit's treasure." Zal stated flatly without looking away from where the goblin ran off. "But... there's a lot of legit weirdness going on here -- least of all the fact the gobbos are even freaking still here! So, I... In for a copper, I guess. Let's back to the room. But 'fore that, there's something 'I' need to do real quick."

Zalos doesn't wait agreement to his request before continuing his way back outside the cave and thensome by another fifteen or so. But if all went well with nothing ambushing him outside, he lets out a sharp whistle to call Cornchip back to his side. "C'mon girl. Seems we're gonna be in there for a while." He says as soon as he sees the pup... assuming she responded at all. But if she had done just that, he'd motion for her to follow him back inside the cave, and then link back up with the others to head back to Klarg's room. However, instead of immediate doing more looking around, Zal instead finally takes out the book he found last time to have a look inside.

The party, led by Kae makes their way back to the cavern where Sully and eventually Klarg, were killed. 
The rush of the waterfall in the next room echoes in this room, making talking at a normal volume slightly difficult.
Cornchip follows along being playful and "Yipping" on occasion as she explores the surroundings. 

Kae:
After rummaging through her pack and pockets she finds the right tools for the job and spends 10 minutes making the proper adjustments to her Purple Spectacles. 
Finally finished she puts the "magic shades" on and looks around the room.
She sees a faint glimmer of blue light coming from the south wall, where all the bags, boxes, and letters are piled.

Zal:
Zal finds a place to take a seat, scratches his wolf pup's head then pulls out the ledger he found.
The book is written by someone with very fine and precise penmanship, almost like Zal's mom's.
It does not take him long to figure out this ledger was used to keep track of goods taken by Klarg and his gang and shipped to various local small towns.
A couple of words stand out to Zal.
Several shipments have been made to a small town called "Phandalin". 
(You can roll a History check to see how much you know about it)
The second is "Redbrand". When you first read it you are sure that you have heard it before. A couple more minutes of thinking about it and you recall your mom used to talk about it, or them rather. 
(Again, roll a History check to see how much you recall)

Eddie: 
Eddie stands guard as the others are engaged in activities. (Assuming)
Roll a Perception check, please. 

Good assumption. If Kae and Zal are both searching the room Eddie would pull out his bow and try to ensure there are no unexpected visitors.

Perception: 13

"Looks like they're finally working, guys. Let's see what there is..." Kae puts on the shades. They look like fairly normal aviator sunglasses, except for the fairly thick frame lined with gadgetry. "Oo! There's something!" She heads over to the south end of the room, rummaging through the various intercepted parcels in an attempt to find the source of the magical emanation. "I think it's gonna be something good. I'm feeling lucky."

Oooh~ Don't mind if I do! Though that penalty to the check will make this dubious!

History for Phandalin: 7.

History for Redbrand & Mother's sayings: 1.

By the time Zal is finished reading, the half-elf's face seemed permanently locked on a scowl as he scratched at his head. "Hmph! Guess that's what I get for trying to keep my nose out of things. But now...." He mutters before closing up the book having read as much as he thought needed, and slipping it away once more. "... Sorry Doll. Ya found something? Awesome, uhm... let me know if ya need help over there. " He says to Kae while absentmindedly petting Cornchip to relieve a bit of stress. "Say, uh... slick, er, Eddie wasn't it? Knowing anything 'bout Phandalin? Or Redbrands?" He asks, sounding casual but watched Eddie closely for any reaction to the name.

Eddie:
Over the waterfall, Eddie catches a faint sound coming from the tunnel. He is not sure what it is.

Kae:
Kae moves over to the pile of packages. She, seeing a magical light, moves a few boxes and finds a large box that has a corner of the lid open. Inside she finds a smaller glowing box. Looking the box over she finds a shipping tage.
Magic Milo's Miracle Cures
2100 Main Street
Phandalin, Ohio

The box itself is still sealed but it is glowing.

Zal:
Nothing comes to mind on both subjects though Zal is sure he has heard of both. 
Cornchip rolls over and wants her belly rubbed.

"Guys I can hear something up the tunnel but I'm not sure what it is. Stay on your guard JIC".

Eddie says as he draws an arrow and nocks it to his bow string, readying himself for whatever may come down the tunnel.

"We'll stay ready, Eds. Thanks for keeping an eye out. But anyways, looks like there's some treasure here. And it's from that same Phandalin town, too. No time like the present!" Kae puts the glowing box where everybody (or at least Zalos) can see it, then takes out her knife and cuts off the tape, opening the parcel to reveal the surely magical contents within.

"You little rascal." Zal mutters as he rubs at Corchip's belly at least for a bit, before looking sharply up to Eddie. "Sounds like the butt munch gang found their nerves. Aight, CC. Know the drill." The half-elf looks back down to the pupper, clicks his tongue twice, then gestures to the bed, ordering Cornchip to hide there as he himself stood up and ready himself.

"...Hn. I wouldn't call stolen goods treasure per say. But... better in our hands than there's. Make sure to grab anything else of use." He further urges Kae after at least getting a glimpse of the contents of her box. He then makes for the entryway of the chamber and stood ready to pop off at the first signs of trouble.