A Human Adventurer is collecting Kobold eggs, carefully putting them into a lined basket. They are attacked, defending themselves and avoiding harming the eggs. They explain about the danger to the eggs, and continue to gather them to get them to safety. -- Anon Guest
Litefinger had learned well. One being can change the world with two kind hands. Those kind hands had stolen a basket, foraged a lot of wool from the thornbushes, and were now lifting eggs from a Kobold nest.
Litefinger hadn't quite learned all of the lessons of Wraithvine. Such as asking permission or warning the concerned parties.
They spotted her when the number of eggs remaining was down to seventeen. The Kobold guard wasn't that bright, and messed up counting things above twenty. Sometimes, they messed up counting things up to twenty. But seventeen was the crux of it. Now they looked up. Now they noticed the basket on her arm.
"Hey!" ...and now they rang an alarm. "Kill the Human! Save the eggs!"
"I'm right above your eggs, numbnut!" Litefinger protested, "You kill me up here, they all go squish!"
Others, at least, recognised the stalemate. They stood, weapons ready, watching for an opportunity.
"You come down safe, then we kill you," argued one.
Litefinger said, "No way! Look. I'm not threatening your babies, okay? I'm saving them. There's a band of Adventurers going after Grymfang's hoard, and it's likely going to go pants. I don't want any collateral damage so... this is an evacuation. See?" She offered them a view of the basket. Each egg tucked inside with paranoid levels of care.
"You sure it goes pants?"
"They have a lot of fireball and thunder-wave spells prepared."
"You come down safe, we not kill you," said the spokesKobold. "Next time, come in peace, warn people."
"But that takes time," whined Litefinger. "And negotiation skills. And diplomacy. I am not good at diplomacy."
"Obviously," muttered one of the Kobolds.
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