Hey Velora, what do you think of this farm? I’m getting kind of excited to see it.’
[It should be interesting.]
‘Ah man is that it? Just interesting?’
[Yes.]
‘Booo.’
And so, while following Lagi, Rick and of course Velora, headed towards the eastern side of the Nameless Forest. The walk was a bit farther than Rick expected as they had already been moving east for about 30 minutes before he finally heard his fellow Goblins.
“Wait, how many do we have?”
“We have 7 of them now. 4 males and 3 females.”
“Okay that should be good enough until we make it bigger!”
“I can’t to show the chief!”
It was Wala and Dran talking to each other of course. The masterminds behind this whole thing. The ‘thing’ in this situation being the first stages of a farm they planned to expand on. One of the many projects they had discussed in the short time since Rick last saw them.
“Oh…this is amazing…”
With Wala and Dran engaged in conversations and everyone else from the prospective Royal Guards, to Tars and Dal and their respective squads, to Jaba, Kida, Sigi, and Zargi. Everyone was busy doing one thing or the other as they helped bring the farm to fruition, so no one noticed immediately when both Lagi and Rick approached.
Of course, they were all surprised when they heard him speak.
“Chief! When did you get here?!”
“I just got here Wala. Wow you guys really did amazing…I honestly didn’t know what I expected to see...but this is great! Please explain how you guys managed to keep the rabbits in the pen! Matter fact tell me everything!!”
Losing out in excitement levels for a moment, Wala froze for a second before responding with her usual vigor.
“…Right this way Chief!!”
‘Velora this is amazing…they really built a rabbit farm! Look at the torches! Well, they’re just sticks on fire that people are walking around with but still! And the fences for the pen! How did they even tie everything together? We don’t have any string...only sinew. Plus, I don’t think we had enough left over for all of this.’
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What Rick was looking at was a clearing that had been cleared of trees that now held a small circular pen made of what appeared to branches from the nearby trees. One branch was planted in the ground, while two more were connecting it to another branch planted a short distance away.
[They did a wonderful job but pay attention to Wala so you can actually learn what’s going on.]
‘Oh, ah yeah your right.’
“…So, we figured out that if you break the horns on the rabbits, they become extremely docile! It’s kind of hard to catch them and keep them alive in time to break their harms without hurting them or getting ourselves hurt in the process, but we have managed to catch seven of them!”
“How did you guys even figure that out??”
“Ah it was me Chief…I was out hunting, and I accidentally struck the horn of a rabbit from the side and when it snapped off the rabbit just sat there. It didn’t try to run away, it just sat there. I went to pick it up, and it didn’t attack me or anything. It was then I remembered you wanted to start a rabbit farm or something like that, so I took it back to Wala and Dran and told them about your plans and what I found. Which led to this.”
“Tars that’s really good because I honestly had no idea how we were going to actually trap the rabbits without them running around trying stab us.”
“Thank you Chief.”
“Well, we paused our other plans to make this happen so I’m glad you like it.”
“Of course, I don’t just like its Dran, I love it! Though how did you guys manage to tie the fence together?”
“Oh, it’s not tied together its nailed together! We broke off little splinters from the rabbit horns and used some of the pieces to nail the wood together! It’s not actually sturdy enough to handle a lot of pressure so we will need to make it better later, but it will work for now!”
“Ohh you guys are really smart. But this is good, now we just need to figure out what they eat, and dedicate people to watch and care for them, oh and to guard the farm…but it’s kind of far from the cave…I guess whoever isn’t on duty can place a couple Goblins here as well? Yeah, that will work until we have more Goblins.”
So, Rick and the others talked about the farm and plans for the near future, with Wala and Dran explaining all the things they had planned to help develop the tribe, with Rick of course proving a lot of input since he had the final say. At some point, Geedi and her team left after their help wasn’t needed anymore. Her seriousness was evident because she didn’t try to speak to Rick the entire time he was there.
Of course, while all of this was happening, a certain team was still making their way towards a certain Goblin.
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POV Rogu
“From this point on we are in uncharted territory. Our information does not extend far enough to have detailed information about the areas beyond. Our only landmarks are that mountain in the distance, and the massive forest that sits beneath it. Both of which lie in the direction we are heading in.
“It is expected that these forests are filled to the brim with beasts. Though we do not know their strengths. Remain focused and be ready to act at moment’s notice.”
After receiving various nods of acknowledgement Rogu and the team set out from the high grass they had been resting in.
Before them lay a wide-open grassland, with grass reaching up to 4ft in height. They moved quickly, yet carefully through the grass for miles on end. There were times when something would jump out of them but to their high states of alertness, the threat was always quickly dealt with.
They traveled through that terrain, through valleys, over hills, through swaps, and many many forests.
They traveled like this for months, until the mountains weren’t distant images anymore. They had reached the Nameless Forest.
The northern part of the Nameless Forest.