The frogman seemed a bit confused at first, but when Tialyn didn't draw her blade, and instead began talking, his posture changed slightly.  From aggressive to a more defensive posture.  Those large bulbous eyes, wet and slick as translucent eyelids blinked down over them, seemed to scan the elf's form.  Taking in her sweaty mud covered form, he let out a long and deep<strong>"Frrroooooaaaaaaaak"</strong>and shifted his spear to a less aggressive posture, slightly less aggressive.  Shifting his weight back slightly, Tialyn could see how his wide webbed feet let him navigate the swampy marshy ground without sinking in and getting stuck the way she did.<br/><br/><strong>"You want help?  Man no help.  Man like troll.  FRRRROOOAAAKKKKKK!  Lies.  Man hurts Frogloks.  Trolls hurts Frogloks.  Why you man ask help?" </strong>The creature's voice was deep and wet, burbling up from it's slick rubbery neck like the sounds of swamp gas breaking the surface of a muddy pond.  It was quite unpleasant in Tialyn's ears, but it was probably better then getting stabbed with that crude but effective looking stone spear.<strong>"What you man ask help?  Gives gives?  I take mans back to Guk.  You work mines.  Slave instead?  Gruhhhhuuurrruuuuk." </strong>That last croak came with a widening of it's mouth as if it seemed pleased with the idea.<strong> "Unless mans gives Rah-rahk-urk something.  Trades?  Man gives,  Rah-rahk-urk helps.  No gives?  Then stabs." </strong><br/><br/>The slimy froglock gestured with the stone spear towards her again, as if to illustrate the point.  The creature, despite it's monstrous and disgusting appearance, sound, and smell, seemed intelligent enough to at least grasp the conversation.  It's broken speech was more a factor of not knowing the right words then any lack of smarts.  Still it was a bit of a victory that Tialyn had managed to steer the conversation this far and not immediately find herself in combat with the creature.<br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Character sheet</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="floatright"><div align="center"><em>click to enlarge<br/>(https://i.imgur.com/EiCJ46W.jpg)<br/>Tialyn Luxora</em></div></div><br/><br/><strong>Character:</strong> Tialyn Luxora<br/><br/><strong>Score:</strong> 1<br/><strong>Heat:</strong> 5<br/><strong>Hero/Whore:</strong> 0/0<br/><br/><strong>RL Name:</strong> Callie Liddle<br/><br/><strong>RL Age:</strong> 20<br/><br/><strong>Mental Strength:</strong> 5<br/><strong>Mental Agility:</strong> 5<br/><strong>Mental Discipline:</strong> 2<br/><br/><strong>Advantages:</strong><br/><br/>i) Intuition - Our heroine might not be book-smart, but she has a knack for figuring things out. ("This is the end that shoots bullets, right?") Beginners sometimes get lucky, after all...And sometimes, on the virtual battlefield, a good guess is better than all the knowledge in the world! <br/><br/>ii) Attractive - No two ways about it...Our heroine's *hot*. She's not just a babe virtually, she's hot IRL too...Which makes her very popular indeed, on both fronts. (The fans seem to love it, and who can blame them?)<br/><br/>iii) Minor Celebrity - Streamer - Callie already has built a decent following on her stream.nn page.  She's going to have a fan base that's going to cheer her on and try to help her in game as supporters instead of going in as an unknown.<br/><br/><br/><strong>Flaws:<br/></strong><br/>i) Vain - It's hard to be a streamer without being just a *bit* of an attention whore. And our girl has it *bad*. She just loves the adulation of her fans...And she's oh-so-willing to do what it takes to keep them interesting. (This isn't just showing off - She's more likely to take risks, even when they'd work against her.)<br/><br/>ii) Trouble Magnet - It happens. If there's a one-in-a-million chance that something could go wrong...It *will*, and she'll probably be right at the heart of it. Things just keep getting drawn to her, one way or another. <br/><br/>iii) Livestreaming - The world is watching her, not just in game, but also her real life as she goes through this lewd quest.  Any failures to her heat rating are going to more severe, as people are seeing that failure on two fronts. <br/><br/><br/><strong>Fetishes:<br/></strong><br/>i) The Gross / Ugly<br/>ii) The Undead<br/>iii) Goblinoids<br/><br/></div></div>