"Artivus! Why in the ever loving fuck am I in a damn hole?"

"I honestly couldn't guess, but if I had to make a conjecture, we all fell in these holes when your dipshit of a crewman smacked that being with a frying pan."

"OI! Are the rest of you all stuck in one of these pits too?"

"Klax isn't in hole bossman, should Klax go get ropes for bossman and everyone else?"

Sigh "Yes Klax, go get the ropes and get everyone out of these holes. But leave Yomie in hers til last, her and her fucking frying pan could have nearly been the end of us."

"Okay bossman, Klax go get rope now."

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"Bossman. Scary person who came from circle is starting to move. What Klax do?"

"Get Artivus first, and double time. Who knows what that being will do once its back on its feet."

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The first thing to come to my senses is a scurry of feet and the groaning of a voice. opening my eyes and slowly rising to my feet i see that i wasn't mistaken and that a goblin from one of the strategy games i throughly enjoy is desperately holding onto a rope thats draped over one of the many newly formed pits scattered around me haphazardly, almost as if they are where each one of the people who were holding weapons were standing.

Hurrying over to help the goblin i notice him look over his shoulder at me.

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"NOOOOOO! Klax no want to die. But Klax be strong and pull up nice elf to fight off scary person."

"Klax i just want to help." i speak out to him, right as i get near him. looking him over i notice him shivering, his clothes rapidly drenching in sweat. and his eyes firmly pressed shut.

"Klax no wanna die. Klax no wanna die. please no kill Klax, Klax is good goblin. Klax just wanna feed Klax pet..." He sobs before looking back at me shocked. "You help Klax? You help Klax pull up nice elf so Klax can go home and feed Klax pet?"

"Yes Klax," i reply to him as i grab the rope. "I'll help you pull up the nice elf."

Pulling roughly on the rope with the help of Klax i watch as the blue robed figure reaches the top of the hole and climbs out. dusting himself off he directs at me before bowing, "My apologies, would i have known you could speak our language i would have reached out to you. My name is Artivus Laurelia."

Staring at him with a sense of shock i reply, "But up until i woke up from getting hit in the back of the head with something i couldnt make heads or tails of what you were saying."

"ARTIVUS! What in the seven holy ones is going on up there?! And why hasnt Klax came and pulled me out yet?!" I hear from one of the pits a several meters away.

"Klax go run along now and pull up York." Artivus says to Klax. Turning to me, "My apologies one again, but we need to have a sit down once we get this whole situation settled." Heading over to the hole that the voice was coming from he yells down into it as Klax throws the rope over the edge, "Well first off York, it appears that a person came out of that magical formation, and said person is friendly. He helped Klax pull me up."

"your telling me," York says as he crests over the edge ofrr the pit and stand up, "that that being or person or whatever," He points at me, "is friendly?"

"Quite so York." Replies Artivus. "Now lets get the rest of your crew out of these pits and have a nice little sit down with our new friend here." turning to me, "My apologies once again kind one. I seem to have forgotten my manners. May i have your name?"

Smirking and holding out my hand i reply, "Name's Jericho Thompson. Now lets get the rest of this so called crew out of these pits."