Tau's scent lingers a while like a liberally perfumed man after leaving the room it takes a while for his scent to dissappear. Tau had to control himself thou he is ready for a fight. He would prefer sometime to prepare think of a trick or too. She can't be very fast being that big but she need only caught once or twice for him to die at her hands. With those gold painted nails. She is looks cold yet inviting a dark cave with bear inside in the middle of of a blizzard.
Tau sits down on the green floor fabric once more plate and cup in hand, sips on the cup looking at her. Looking for any weakness. "Aye you probably could do such a thing but I promise you. Your entire band will be burn to ashes before you. If you ever did such thing. Let's see how much you enjoy wine when it turns to ash in your mouth." Tau couldn't help himself, he is trying at least he made a conditional threat which doesn't really make a difference to anyone but himself.
Jades' soldiers are joined by the blood fists a rag tag collection of fighters, warriors and gatherers. Jade eyeing them over chuckles.
"This is your mighty band, this is what you have called me over to serve. I doubt you can even meet a single demand of mine why would I consider. Why should I even consider your words about your words." says Jade. Like any goblin she has sense and what she felt just now was nothing short of death. All her strength had left. While her men moved she was frozen stiff. It was just that is scent is strong it actually caused her to see her death. When he looked into his eyes it was like she was out at sea being swam around by sharks.
She has never been so scared in her whole. He made her believe in that moment that his words werent just for bluster. Jade tries to take a sip of wine to control herself. She drops it because it tasted dull, like sand. No what shocked and caused to drop the glass was that like most creature with a good sense of smell it was overpowered by Tau's scent and made her taste dull making it appear that Tau had turned her wine to ash. Thou she didn't know this to her that glass for a spilt second had ash. She was sure of it.
Hold her mouth in shock, Tau says, "There are many things that happen before a fight. Sometime a Goblin like myself must fight from the moment they meet the other." He is trying to deal her a psychology blow he knows something has her rattled but he can't pin point for sure so he generalizes hoping to catch her up and use it to his advantage.
Jade would leave right now but she can't her legs won't move. She is panicking as a hob goblin no one has ever challenged her before like this. Even with Dimitri it wasn't like his, he used his physical strength. Her she is losing a mental game mainly because no one has ever forced her into this position. Being the strongest one in the room most times has gotten her, her way most of her life.
"Stop, fine... I yeild just give the cure to the poison." Jade has convinced herself she has been poisoned. Her mind scrambling to find a cause to justify her trembling legs, the awful taste of the wine and the unsettling version of her death she just had. It settled on poison.
Tau smirks he remembers making a similar assumption when he was confronted at school by a teacher for cheating, he was sure Injabulo had told on him since that made the most sense to him. Later he found it was because he copied the errors too that he was caught but by then him and Injabulo had already fought.
"You have to kiss my ring and swear to serve or you can just die." He let's just the briefest scent of anticipation laced with blood lust like he wants her to say no. Jade smells this looks into those devil red eyes bright as light by some hell fire. She stammers bringing herself closer to him
Kissing his ring," I don't know what to say, what are the words tell me the words."
Tau thinks he knows some promise that will bind her but he doesn't want to feel like she is a constricted. This is because he knows when he was told not to do something he would find another to piss off his Gaurdian. He is pretty sure she would, because he would too.
"Just say swear that our fortunes are linked if I go down so will you. If you go up so will I. That way we can just work together I have something that might have something very special for you. Besides the cure." Tau plants that last bit as a remind of the situation she is in. He can't let her regain even a single moment as that might lead to a physical fight his mind already working towards the future. Soon they will leave this place. With her Roverband he can have all of not most of his gone by the end of the week.
Jade says while still lips to his ring, "From this I vow that our fortunes are bound. We are as one and without separation." Tau is surprised he didn't know she was a summoned like him. The line she just used is from a light he used to read called Unity.
Tau then moves back to his seat. "Please ask them to leave Jade we have a few more things to discuss."
She only clicks her tongue and they all scramble faster than when she was in danger. She moves closer.
"Please give me the cure now." says Jade, her eyes wide and full of worry. Her voice sweeter than toffee. Tau moves back she is really eye catching but alas he has decided. Then a thought occurs to him.
"Don't kill me when I tell," on purpose he scent fear and a lot of hope. It's an odd smell like knowing being lost in the woods then smelling smoke. Tau continues, "its not a poison that I gave you its just a dose of one Diana's purifies." Tau doesn't go into detail otherwise his lie will be caught out. The reason for choosing Diana is because the best lies have a hint of truth. "she is an alchemist and beluved that rather than poison you we could have convinced you with one of her potions." Diana might be a great lier but he is. Everything he has said is true. Diana has been looking for way to expand her trade of potions and she does have a purifying potion that she say has many undesirable side effects however after you feel and look much better.
Jade finally agrees and sits back.
[Unique Quest complete]
[100% completion]
[3/3 leader defeated]
[You are now a boss!]
[Reward: Ancient Goblin Mound]
[Additional Reward: Reproductive slime]
Tau smacks himself this place is really full of wonder. He knows that Diana has a pet Hybrid Gnoll that she is yet to hatch they could make an army of Gnolls. 'I will make and army of Gnoll's'. Jade is watching him smile at himself a little confused. She tries to pick at the food reconsider and puts it back down.
He got the additional reward for a resolving without fighting but their was an additional higher reward if he did it without cohesion thou that only got said after he was done with the mission. Normally he would say that a Goblin can only fix something by fighting it even a leak. Now thounthe times they are a changing and he plans to change right with them.
"I wanted find out what Talent you have since your obviously an advance body." Tau says, Jade is hesitant to talk about it since she doesn't trust anyone but she quickly remembers sh eis now in the Emerald Horde.
"I will tell you if you make me a leader." Jade says regaining a bit of her former confidence. She is usually a hard bargainer never giving in because she is stronger.
Tau shakes his head drinking a large gulp at her instant furious reaction. "It not what you think, you are of course important so we can't just have as a normal member however. I am not directly involved on who she let's into her band. I'm sure she will love but still it's better if I speak to the leaders first so that they understand how special you are." says Tau.
She thinks a while, the reason she is not eery made is because she has bee tricked before hell she has tricked others before. It was her fault that she jumped to the wrong conclusion not that she will admit that to Tau but to herself of course she is no slouch and is in charge of Roverband.
"I have the talent Beastmaster's it allows me control a pack of animals. Thou at the moment they have to be the same kind and only up to twenty. Currently I have twelve hyneas under my control." says Jade beaming with pride at that she worked hard for those her pride and joy is the Hynea queen who is her strongest and finest.
"So they are like just for pulling or can you do other things with them." Asks Tau already hoping against all hope they can fight.
"Of course how do you think we grew so big so quickly. They are horses that hunt their own food and sometimes brings us food. They smart and know command plus with my talent I get stronger as they do."
"You said your limit is twenty right? What would happen if you gave me one." asks Tau if they can hunt hyneas then the move will be much quicker and they will double in power.
Jade thinks on this it never occurred to her to give one of hynea's to the another. The thought clicks something for her, what little color she flashing away from her, "Dimitri you bastard"...