Allen watched Kobolds and Humans swarm into his shrine room, a robed Kobold looked around the room and cast a spell, the feed to his compiler winked out and by the time he created a new feeder it was all over.
"Did this, they will be severely punished", the robed figure hissed and Allen guessed what he missed, when they left one of the Kobolds stayed behind and started dusting the pedastels around the room.
"How you doin" Allen sent out an auditory pickup line in Draconian, the Kobold raised its head and gripped the duster with both hands shivering.
"Who is it?" The creature asked in a broken voice, "I'll tell headmaster Staffson you are bullying me"
Allen couldn't find words so he just laughed in his head and then sent out "hahahaha staffson haha good one bahahaha"
Turning with the duster held like a sword with two hands the Kobold didn't seem to get the joke, "please just leave me alone" it pleaded in a voice that almost broke Allens' crystal heart.
"I'm sorry" he sent, "I won't hurt you", the compiler interface was not helping in any way, especially because it wouldn't convey tones and feelings, just a flat voice chanting the words.
Knowing there was a better way Allen sought furiously through his discarded notes and texts filling his vision with them again, when he finally found the right object it was already dark outside and the fearful Kobold nowhere in sight.
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He searched for it all around the temple and city when an alarm told him his ticker shifted its timing again and he returned his visualizer back to his shrine just in time to see a group of 4 Kobolds and 3 Humans push the little duster inside the room and flee after barring the door from the outside.
The little Kobold, now that Allen compared it to others, was banging on the doors furiously before collapsing in front of it facing the crystal that glowed floating above the central shrine.
Using his newly defined auditory tool allen said "don't worry" which made the creature jump up and lean against the door, "I won't hurt you" allen added.
"Wh who are you?" The Kobold asked timidly, "why are you doing this to me?".
"Are you a player" Allen's interest peaked at such a behavior, "or an NPC?"
This seemed to make the thing angry "I am not a feral", it shouted, "my maternal ancestor is JewelSetter"
"I remember her" Allen remarked after thinking, "solid build with a hardset commercial potency", this seemed to jar the creature, "is the Conclave still around then?"
"What joke is this" Duster, as Allen dubbed it, shouted, "what rock have you been living under?" It asked.
Gaffawing at the uninteded pun Allen caught his metaphorical breath, "I am the rock" he finally answered.
"Well mister Rock" Duster stood up, "I really need to go so if you know a way out I would appreciate it if you could lead me there", it said.
"Oh I know a way out" Allen finally said, "my name is Allen", he sighed "please come see me again" he defined the object barring the door in his compiler and deleted it, making the doors swing open and Duster to fall out to the hallway.