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[RAM]

Teleport to a garden.

[Ultimuh]

Do as they say. Just head up those stairs into the garden. Enough messing around.. For now.

[Glass]

Do as they say. Just head up those stairs into the garden. Enough messing around.. For now.

+1

[scourge728]

carve cat pictures into the walls as you go

[MadMonkey]

Do as they say. Just head up those stairs into the garden. Enough messing around.. For now.

You follow GBM up the stairs. It is a narrow staircase that wraps around to the east and then goes up for 13 z levels. At one point it passes through a cluster of pretty purple crystals. You want to engrave images of cats but you no longer have a tool and you suspect Doren would not stand for it anyways.



GBM says, "Dis is the old Cityshanks. It was sealed off for 150 years until we rediscovered it. Urist The Great's sculpture garden is our current project. King Feb doesn't like it very much but he mostly ignores us."

Doren, "The dwarves like our exotic alcohol to much to stop our operation."

The staircase ends in a narrow tunnel. Several archways are bricked off on either side. You follow the tunnel to an arcade overlooking a sculpture garden somewhere near the top of the mountain.



There are a variety of outdoor crops growing in the corners. An elf woman is busy etching a crappy drawing of an elf and cheese. Another elf is sitting with a large doggo. A dwarf paces nearby a rose-gold sculpture of a plump helmet.



As you walk down the steps into the garden the blond elf notices you. Her eyes seem to light up and she stops engraving to speak exceptionally fast.

"Oh, Doren! Who is your little friend? He is so cute! I have never met a living breathing Kobold before. Oh Nature. I am SOOOO Excited."

Doren interjects, "Aweme, please. This is my prisoner not my friend."

"Can I pet your prisoner? HE IS SO ADORABLE! LOOK AT HIS EARS! Wait. That's not very nice. You can't just make people your prisoner like that. What is going on?"

Meanwhile, GBM has approached the other strangers.



"I hef a new plan."

[Ultimuh]

Hold on.. Did we just kill someone's doggy? This.. Might not go so well..

[Starver]

Something tells me that the doggy is the Fortresses, and these people, while in the Fortress, aren't entirely in accord with it.

While keeping an ear open to the inevitably forthcoming exposition, practice being a kobold. It seems that being a kobold is something these people might want, and being something they want helps us survive and maybe even thrive, at least until it does not. So dodge-sneak-roll around, whilst not actually threatening to escape. Just to lower their guard and pander to their prejudices and (at least in the elf's case) emotions.

And take the time to D/S/R around the people and things in this garden to better understand what kind of situation we're in. Who (and what) is dangerous, what (and who) is precious. And if there is anything that isn't nailed down (or planted) that we might consider 'liberating', take a note. Anything that obviously is nailed down (like the statue), make a show of 'being a kobold' and humorously try-but-fail to pick up as briefly pass, so they don't realise that you're this close to grabbing something else.

[Fish Preferred]

Everyone knows bees make buttloads of honey out of nothing. Stuff some live bees in your inventory to bring home and start your own bee colony!

Anything that obviously is nailed down (like the statue), make a show of 'being a kobold' and humorously try-but-fail to pick up as briefly pass, so they don't realise that you're this close to grabbing something else.

+1 and go for the giant fork.

[MrLurkety]

Hold on.. Did we just kill someone's doggy? This.. Might not go so well..

I doubt it's dead; just knocked unconscious, I would guess.

Everyone knows bees make buttloads of honey out of nothing. Stuff some live bees in your inventory to bring home and start your own bee colony!

Anything that obviously is nailed down (like the statue), make a show of 'being a kobold' and humorously try-but-fail to pick up as briefly pass, so they don't realise that you're this close to grabbing something else.

+1 and go for the giant fork.

+1 to this.

[Glass]

Just be kinda overwhelmed and confused at what's going on.
In an adorable fashion, of course.

[Rethi-Eli]

worf worf grawr bite elf

[Glass]

worf worf grawr bite elf

No, bad voice!

[Ultimuh]

worf worf grawr bite elf

No, bad voice!

Bad indeed!

[MadMonkey]

Hold on.. Did we just kill someone's doggy? This.. Might not go so well..

I doubt it's dead; just knocked unconscious, I would guess.

Everyone knows bees make buttloads of honey out of nothing. Stuff some live bees in your inventory to bring home and start your own bee colony!

Anything that obviously is nailed down (like the statue), make a show of 'being a kobold' and humorously try-but-fail to pick up as briefly pass, so they don't realise that you're this close to grabbing something else.

+1 and go for the giant fork.

+1 to this.

"This is Craig."

"That is such a beautiful name!" Aweme says which gets a laugh from Doren.

You do some dodgerolls and look for improvised weapons while Aweme follows you around. You get a sudden urge to bite her which is weird because she seems nice. The others are busy whispering to each other so you try to nab a loose brick. It is too heavy so you try and find something more practical. The fork in the plump helmet statue is shiny and you want it.



"- and Craig disables traps, that's where you come in Bembul.", you overhear GBM say. The male dwarf grunts.

You start to get tired and notice a nice sharp rock at your feet! You hide it in your bag.



You attempt to capture some bees but they are too fast for you. You feel it would probably be easier to just go to the market and buy some honey at this point.

The other elf woman and her dog have been staring at you. She says, "That sounds do-able. I might have to train a new pupper but it shouldn't take long."

"Aweme, engrave us quick map please. There are still some parts of plan we hef to figure out and we can't take any risks. We don't want comrades to get hurt." GBM says. Aweme starts etching away at a smooth part of the wall enthusiastically.



He uses your dagger to point out parts of the map as it takes shape. "We are here.", he says and he points at the mountain thing. Aweme etches what looks like "#Oα8√▲ (Γ$)". Unfortunately, You cannot read. "Put the Corps of Siege Engineers down here. Now Craig, the dwarves in Cityshanks weel keel you on sight. We don't want that so make sure you stay close. We are The Gears of Decency. We may be able to protect you but you weel hef to help us with our QUEST."

[RAM]

Engrave an image of kitties and doggoes.

Bark menacingly at the plump helmet statue.