Traxx says to the Old Goblin "We were sent down here to scout the area for habitability, not to fight. Honestly we had no idea you were even in here. Can I ask, what is this place and why are you here?"

{OOC: What Traxx says is technically all truth.)

(Koohe is having a sweet dream about a flying puppy dragon that makes stories real)

"We call this the Citadel; we have made this our home for generations."

(With time, Koohe and Ginko awaken.)

"Why are you all in this room? This appears to be a safe haven. Are you hiding here?" 

"We live and work here. Only those brave and strong enough to defend themselves venture from one of these sanctuaries. While goblins control much of the Citadel, there are other, monstrous things that lurk its halls."

Koohe awakens slowly rubbing her eyes, and squinting from pain.  She looks up to see a gnome and an elderly goblin chatting amiably, an assortment of little goblins giggling at a dancing...is that a bugbear? She groans and scoots herself over to a nearby wall to sit upright and lean back against it.  As she does this she sees Ginko on the floor next to her.  "Ginko!" She nudges him gently to wake him, noting his obvious injuries.  She looks him over quickly to confirm he is now resting and not in jeapordy. "Ginko, wake up!  I've hurt my head, I need your help.  Nothing looks right."

Ginko wakes up, a bit more hostile than Koohe. The first thing he does is casts Primal Savagery to make his teeth longer. Then he looks at Koohe to make sure she's not bleeding from her head since she said she hurt it.

OOC: Would it be medicine or investigation to check her head out?

D20 Roll -> 11
+0 for Investigation
+2 for Medicine

(Medicine I think, haha.)

Koohe, relieved to see Ginko awaken, but startled at the appearance of his fangs, seeks to calm him some.  "I must have hit my head when I fell, there is a dancing bear and Traxx is talking to a goblin.  Tell me what you see, this can't be right. " She rubs her head and attempts to stand but fails and leans back against the wall and squeezes her eyes shut. "Are you ok?  You were hit pretty hard too."

Traxx see's his companions coming to. "Excuse me but I need to check on my friends. Please excuse me" Traxx rushes over to Koohe and Ginko. "Ginko put your fangs away. These are elderly and children." Traxx says with authority." I talked them down. We are outnumbered and they are actually kinda nice. So you two be nice until we can get out of here" Traxx looks back and forth between Ginko and Koohe and adds "Please? Oh and don't mention the prisoners or the patrols we have encountered. We are exploring, only. Okay?"

"But hit Koohe" He will stay sitting next to Koohe and cast Cure Wounds on Koohe to help her out -> 8 life gained.

Koohe is visibly returning to her full health. “It’s ok, I was being sneaky, and this is their home.  Traxx is a good leader, I trust him. We should follow his request.” She looks directly at Ginko, “They did not let me die, and you, my friend have saved me from my injuries. How are you?  Can you heal yourself too?” She nods to Traxx that she will follow his instructions and looks back to Ginko to see how he’s feeling.  

Turns out Ginko can heal himself too so he will! Cure Wounds -> 5 health regained.

"Traxx, what did the leader say?  I'm sorry I started that out so badly, " Koohe says remorsefully standing up and dusting off her red robe.  She gathers up her daggers, re-sheathes them and turns her attention to Traxx.  

Traxx tells Koohe: "You have nothing to be sorry about and neither of you did anything wrong. They told me that this is called the Citadel and that this has been their home for generations" Traxx thinks a moment and then tells Koohe: "We cant tell them why we were really sent here. We do not have an army with us. So we have to figure out what to do and get a message back to the Lady. Fast." Then Traxx gets a paniced look on his face "And we need to do it even faster before the goblin that escaped us reports back. What do you and Ginko want to do?"

Ginko looks around the room "Ginko no see door. Only one exit. Leave them here find gob. Kill. No problem."

/e He says this in Draconic, probably because his head hurts a little bit.

Koohe nods quickly, "Yes!  Thats a perfect plan.  Easiest for us to leave."  She then looks over to Traxx in all his Gnomishness and realizes that she responded in Draconic as well out of habit.  "We should leave, respect their space, we've already overstayed.  Traxx, Ginko lets go back and find another place. " She squints at him encouraging him to go along.  

 Deception 9 if needed for the Goblins.  

You take your leave of the goblin warren; you are now back in the dragon altar chamber. After that strangely positive experience with the goblins, you are all doing a lot of thinking, and feel like you have maybe grown a bit as kobolds / gnomes. (Congratulations, go on up to level 2!)

There are still many things to be attended to: you have found a site that would be suitable as a home for a significant portion of your tribe, if it were unoccupied; the halflings are still trailing you hoping for a way home; and there's the question of what that metallic key you got from the mouth of the dragon statue does.

(thank you most awesome DM!! For me its adding cunning action and hp)   

"That goblin Traxx, we have to find him before he warns the others or should we leave and let them think we really did go away? Maybe the Lady has sent news back?"

(OOC Would it be reasonable to leave?  We probably need food/water and the Halflings should be taken home.  Maybe we could regear there? Maybe we could also find out more about this key - that Traxx is holding I believe.)

Replying in draconic "Ginko and Koohe that is a great idea. Lets get out of here. Make our way back and regroup."

Once safely inside the dragon alter chamber.

"Phew that was a close one. Ok, lets get our halfling friends to safety and see if the Lady sent word. We should head back to the entrance."