To Prove D&D Exists for Echolon

"Not just a human, but humans and hin and a furling ... your rescuers have returned to further liberate you!"

"Humans is nasty, villainous, no good scum!" 

You hear another voice say, "Hey man, you know like, maybe he's like the guy that came by before you know, uh....like you know?"

"Let's get on with this.  We are, or at least I am, interested in lotions, balms, powders or what have you to treat some burns ... as well as a place to get off our feet a little.  We figure we can't at least re-avail ourselves of your stead for the latter.  In trade we can probably come up with some military grade gear that may assist you with your ongoing ... whatever it is you do here when we're not coming by.  May we approach unmolested to continue negotiations?"

OOC: Sorry, every time I hear the word negotiate...

OOC: Well, I mean, Tommary's probably saying all that with a grip around one of their his hand crossbows.

“Of course we have cookies, I have Santa’s magic cookie plate.”

"And dude, like somebody said they like, have cookies you know?"

"K, Toots, we're gonna send you out first with a cookie offering.  We got your back."

Toots quickly casts detect thoughts and proceeds cautiously. “Hulloo…” Toots calls out. “…I’m comin’ down the pipe. Don’t shoot me. Okay?” With that Toots walks down the tunnel towards the Gobbos.

PS- If necessary, (Persuasion: 27) 

Toots picks up the thoughts of the familiar gobbos.

"You see man, like that's a little girl, not like a human, dude..."

The door at the end of the rotator opens and you see Fritz and Max.

OOC: Apologies for falling off the earth unannounced for a bit.  The weekend was busier than I anticipated.  Lessee...

IC:
on the way to Fritz's gang...

Ilyara pulled Rosso aside as Tommary led the way back to the Poop Chute, speaking quietly.  "Oiy, so...we got a ruse goin' on.  These goblin folk?  They think Tallboots there is a furling like me, 'cept curst into human form by a super jealous ex-girlfriend.  They hate humans, shoot 'em on sight.  They were ordered to by th' dickhead what built this place, but they're mostly just goombas.  If you got any way to disguise how human you are, now'd be a great time to bust it out, elsewise we're gonna have to come up with a banger of a lie to sell 'em on you as well as Tallboots.  Just...lemme know before we get there, kay?"

“Hey Fritz, hey Max. It’s me, Toots. ‘Member?”

OOC: Maybe Rosso and Tommary can lean into the "they all look alike thing" and just sorta sway back and forth, Toots can tell the goblins they must be seeing double because of the gas leak, and convince them there's a gas leak causing them to finally clear out.  Then Fort Sazarac gets established.

IC: message to Toots, "when you get them talking see if they know anything about them etheral crystals our side employer mentioned in passing."

As Toots approaches the Goblins she pulls Santa’s cookie plate out to the ready.

"See?! Look man, it's the little girl again and she like brought us cookies!"

You see a smiling Fritz come towards you with a wary Max near the door.

As Toots and the Goblins near each other she holds up the plate and clearly says “HO, HO, HO”  watching three fresh cookies materialize on the plate. “There ya go, one for each of you. How’ve you been Fritz? Max?”

“Where’s your friend, weren’t there three of you before?”

"Whoa dude, like thanks man!" Fritz picks up a cookie and munches it.

Max yells. "What kind it is?! if it gots nuts, I don't want it! Nuts give me gas!"

"Relax man, it's like oatmeal."

Frowning, Max walks down the cylinder of burnt stink, and takes a cookie. He bites it and snarls, "I hate oatmeal! It's delicious!"  and he goes back to his post near the door.

Toots, not being sure exactly what to say to that condition I use on and says: “You remember my friends. Well, it turns out that we found another furling who’s been ensorcelled to look hairless and tall.” (Deception: 14) 🤞