<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/z284SRZ.jpg)</div><br/>Nephie was up late that day, as she usually was. Partly, it was due to her tendency, as a goblin, to be somewhat nocturnal, but mostly, it was due to laziness. Or, as she would have put it, a well deserved rest. Her various hidden stores of provisions had, after all, lasted her all through winter, with a comfortable surplus, though a lot of that was due to Viola's help in preparing them so that they wouldn't spoil. This meant that she could take it relatively easy and let her usual prey recover for a while. That and try to see what fun could be had around the village. Or what trouble she could get into, depending on one's point of view. And there was some interesting trouble brewing these days, it seemed. Her large ears caught rumours easily and those led her to the note pinned to the village post. Bandits and rangers, royal elves and rewards. Now, that seemed like a nice bit of trouble to get into, she thought to herself as she chewed on a snatched bit of smoked fish, and she wasn't unaccustomed to hunting bandits. But this was obviously bigger than the rabble she usually had to contend with. As much as she would like to monopolize that reward, she would need others to watch her back. And she knew just who to ask.<br/><br/>"Mella!", Nephie called out as she entered the Donkey, her usual performance spot and their usual plot and plan their joint adventures. The few times when they bothered to plan, at least. More often it was where they came after an adventure to celebrate their triumphs. Or to celebrate their defeats. "Come over here, I've got something to talk about!", she added as she climbed up on a chair. To stand, of course, there weren't nearly enough people her size in the village for her to expect most furniture to accommodate her.  Not that she paid it much though, not generally and especially not at this moment. She had the spark in her voice and in her eyes that said that she was thinking of something that someone, somewhere, would be sure to regret.