The Thrice-Blessed IC

[Ridai]

Teeka, done playing with the glitter, squints over to Shiver and Sìle. "What you wheespy-wheespy about? Murder Mare no steely preetty Sheele from Teeka!"

The ogres do not have anything of interest, their possessions crude. Teeka looks up at Shiver in confusion. "Why Teeka een charge?"

Returning through the tunnel, past the side cave they arrived in in the first place, Sìle goes "Hm." He touches the stone of the wall. "This is a boulder, crudely made to look like part of the wall."

Teeka's eyebrows go up. "So that where stupeed Hark keep goodees!"

Going further, it only takes a short time until they curve around into a lit small cave. A male goblin, by all his decorations probably Hark, is flanked by two female goblins, most likely a mixture of bodyguard and concubine, all three laughing at the sight of seven giant rats devouring the corpse of a middle-aged human man. Also in the cave is an alcove, where many simple weapons made for humans have been thrown.

Shiver's frame blocks most of the entrance, making it impossible for any creature to get past her (unless they are particularly nimble like Teeka). The boss sees the tall woman and shouts in his foul tongue, to sic his bodyguards and the rats on her. Shiver feels Sìle against her back. "Excuse me," he says, before reaching around Shiver and letting more glitter explode in the cave, promptly covering and blinding every single goblin and rat in the cave. "Their deaths are a foregone conclusion, may as well make them go quickly."

Teeka, seeing Hark, is still for a moment, then before Shiver can even act, she darts forward, between Shiver's legs, going straight for Hark, caution be damned. She stabs him viciously, even biting out his throat, making him sputter and gurgle, while other goblins, Snigbat included, seem to be on their way to their boss' cave. The bodyguards and rats flail around blindly, alarmed by the death throes of their boss, but also... intimidated.

(After the previous goblin fights, and the ogre fight, it's pretty clear even the kind of stronger goblin boss would have been no challenge at all. Shiver's "turn". The two goblin bodyguards and the rats are easy kills for Shiver, if she decides to. Shiver's plan of installing Teeka is still possible, with the right approach, and if Shiver can convince Teeka.)