Late Evening, 2nd day of the 3rd Week of Autumn Rising - Near the town of Snowguard<br/><br/><strong>The concept of moving silently appeals to many races. Wood Elves are known to glide through the forest barely making a sound. Many other races have at least a sub group of folks willing to learn how to move without making a sound. This art is however, severely diminished amongst the goblins, and so it was amongst one group of several making their way towards the town as stealthily as possible (which for goblins, isn't very possible)<br/><br/><em>"I don't like this. The man-things have dwarves guarding them. I don't like dwarves."</em> one goblin (Snik-Snak) declared softly.<br/><br/><em>"Don't like man-things either."</em> replied Gorestab.<br/><br/><em>"But the man-things have food. That is why we're going in and taking it."</em> declared Gitbiter (the leader of this group of goblins)<br/><br/>The mission was supposed to be easy. This group, along with several others, was to raid the town's food supplies (especially the grainary, which had been filled from the recent harvest), and carry away as much as they could.. but this group was distracted as it got near the grainary.<br/><br/><em>"That a cow!"</em> exclaimed Huntdar, upon spotting the creature, sleeping standing up. <em>"We should kill it, meat's better then any yucky grain"</em><br/><br/><em>"But boss told us to get grain!"</em> Gitbiter whined, seeing his authority questioned<br/><br/><em>"Boss likes meat too! We just kill cow, come back and take grains too. Boss be extra happy with us!"</em> Huntdar continued.<br/><br/><em>"I no think that's a cow. Cow no have horns."</em>, Snik-Snak worried.<br/><br/><em>"No, definitely cow, it cow-shaped, have tail like cow, big like cow." </em>exclaimed Gorestab.<br/><br/><em>"I not like this, I wait out side."</em> Snik-Snak declared as he decided to wait OUTSIDE the pasture.<br/><br/><em>"Fine, but you no get meat then!"</em> Gitbiter decided as the pack of goblins snuck into the enclave, rusted swords and spears at the ready."<br/><br/>That's when the "cow" caught the scent of the goblins. Well, it was kinda a cow. It considered itself the leader of the cows. It didn't like goblins, and it especially didn't like goblins with weapons advancing upon it, likely to turn it into hamburger.<br/><br/>And you know the saying. "Mess with the bull, you get the horns."<br/><br/>It snorted, and as the goblins approached, charged the nearest one, goring it, and tossing it over its head, where it landed in a bloody heap.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><em>"AHHHH!!!! DEMON COW! RUN!"</em></span> shouted the various goblins as it scrambled toward the fence, and supposed safety.<br/><br/>One of the reasons fences work to keep bulls in is because they don't think they can get through it, even though they could in extenuating circumstances.. like say, while chasing a shrieking goblin at full speed, not even seeing the fence until the bull had left it in splinters behind them.<br/><br/>Snik-Snak heard the sounds of the town's waking up to the commotion of the screaming goblin and angry bull (well, those who weren't still awake over at the Melting Maiden) started to edge his way back to the far off mountains from which he had came. <em>"Don't think Boss is going to be happy about this.. Snik-Snak will go back and tell him..."</em><br/><br/>With that, Snik-Snak started running, because he knew that the rest of the goblins were about to meet some angry dwarves and other man-thing types, and soon a bull could be the least of their problems...</strong>