Thomas POV:
When I opened my eyes I was surrounded by darkness. There was no light to speak of, only the fuzzy blackness, reality evaporated. A dozy calm clouded my mind, preventing me from panicking. I vaguely wondered where I was, dim voices in the back of my head shouting under the blanket of white noise and silence.
I wanted to drift away, be hugged by this hard blackness- wait hard? I tried to shake the fog in my head. I vaguely recalled what happened, who I was, what I am. I was still confused. Why am I trapped in this oh so comfortable cage?
crack.
Startled, I looked around, finding a slight sliver of light. Immediately instincts I didn't know I had made me violently punch, kick and headbutt this cage. more cracks sounded, and finally I was free, light cascading all around me, my eyes unaccustomed to this new sensation. I sat down to collect myself, the goo surrounding me spilling out.
Slowly my surroundings revealed themselves to me, dark walls decorated by neon green and blue crystals in a stalactite and stalagmite pattern, with mushrooms and moss growing everywhere, water dripping somewhere with a hollow drip. I looked down at myself, wondering what I would see, and sure enough a younger version of the body we had designed back at the God of Anarchy's realm. Wait, was it their own realm, or a different plane of existence? Damn, I should have asked.
I looked like I was straight out of a Lord of the Rings movie, like a green Golem with red waves from my hands and feet to my neck, overlapping and intersecting to create a pattern that would have shocked tattooists. the extra muscle definition did little to hide the famous pot belly and the emaciated limbs of a goblin.
"THOMAS!!!!" A collective yell sounded in my head, startling me once again. I then realised all of the others had been trying to talk to me while I was getting acclimated.
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"Sorry guys, inside that… egg? Wait, goblins lay eggs? How is that possible? Ah, irrelevant Thomas, I had this state of nirvana in there. Sorry." I sheepishly rubbed my bald, green head, long pointed ears twitching in embarrassment.
I heard a sigh come from Veronica, a grunt from Anthony and a squeal of excitement from Felix, no doubt about the egg laying aspect of goblins.
"Well, you should snap out of your reverie Thomas, or we'll vote for Anthony to take over, look around you, you idiot!" Veronica was so mean sometimes.
Looking around I finally noticed other egg shells, the blue contrasting with the deep black of the cave floor. getting to my feet, I scanned the room, realising my eyes were equally as good at seeing in light as in darkness. all different goblins with different shades of green crouched in the shadows of the cave, looking around with a snarl, their canines protruding out of their mouths.
"Hey uh, Thomas, you know Anthony can step in at any time okay? I know you're good at survival, but right now it looks like you either fight or die." Felix whispered this, his nervous energy making adrenaline rush into my veins as all fogginess cleared out of my head, my mind working overdrive.
"No, I think I got this guys. I know we were born a few minutes ago, but look at them. they're like wild animals. I can say confidently and with absolute certainty I can beat every single one of these one on one, even two on one. What could go wrong?"
As these dangerous words were uttered, a large, burly goblin strode into the light. I hadn't seen him in my first sweep of the cave. bulging muscles, a broken nose and a crude wooden club all made me regret my words instantly. I could hear manic laughter in my head, the pressure must have got to Felix. I sighed.
ding!
[New Quest:
Survive the encounter with the bully of the goblin hatchlings
0/16 goblins killed
Rewards will be calculated after completion.]
Well, I guess there's no chance of running away, huh? The bully stared at me, the only goblin not cowering in fear. Grunts conveyed to me the rage he was feeling as he, with a speed that didn't match his size, ran towards me.
Well shit.