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In what universe is any of this considered serious?

Yopine Quietclock The deep gnome rolled to freedom as Yontu allowed. She'd been blindsided entirely by the dog's approach, but now she was on her feet and moving more gracefully. Disheveled and dirty, but with a happier expression than she might have worn a moment ago. In comparison to the Bugbear's claws, even this beast's mouth seemed friendly. "Okay, okay. Yontu?" Her quick hands came up with a stick. This was scraped along the ground once or twice before being lobbed in the general direction of Ragz. "Not sure what that means, but it sound like a fine enough name to me."

"The air split with an audible shriek as the chunk of wood soared away until it struck the trunk of a tree, where it shattered with an enormous boom." She was standing next to that. Way below Torben's line of sight. In the process of handing him another log. I'm sticking with yes she was exactly in so much awe that she missed the announcement. Fortunately, Yontu didn't miss her.

Nah, black fur and knives all the way!

Yopine Quietclock The deep gnome was still staring in awe at the trajectory the log had taken, mouth slightly agape. Images of how easily that could have been her thrown instead of the log passed through Yopine's mind. Would the massive brute even notice the weight difference? Would he even notice the weight, period? "No probl..." Was all the farther she could get after handing off the next wooden victim. Suddenly going down in a clatter of black fur and knives, Yontu found not just Yopine's hands occupied. Her mind was many, many yards away where birds still complained about the improvised missile when the leap came for her at last.

Well, yeah. And made it. Best I can do at this point is go 'waagh!' in a clatter of knives and black fur. The moment has landed, and I'm pretty happy with it.

Yopine is good with finally facing the slobbering.

Not if the word is DRAGON!!!! - would Torben be more open to answering questions now that he's been given some agency of his own? Or would it be best to back off for a bit?

I'm gonna guess no after Torben's post... Kind of want GM confirmation that it actually was a log that the Bugbear hurled. "After a long beat, he added, more quietly, wasn't there a deep gnome here a minute ago?"

I want to know if the abomination might be the death they're supposed to witness, but I'm not sure if I should ask.

Sorry about that -- I can pull or adjust my post if you'd rather have Ragz stepping in.

Sorry, I just couldn't stand to see an innocent monster being pummeled like that. Brutal...

Yopine Quietclock Yopine shook her head with a slow sadness at what was happening to Torben. They were all so starved for answers that it had become a feeding frenzy. They were good questions, all of them, and needed to be answered. The Bugbear wasn't going to be able to help anyone if he was being overwhelmed by the sudden attention. "It's okay." She tried to tell him, moving to help gather the wood he'd been splitting. Any pieces that had escaped those monstrous hands were picked up and organized in a convenient stack. "Don't worry about them. Just focus on one thing for a minute." She handed Torben an untouched piece that could use some reduction before being useful. "Do what you can do in the moment. They're not in charge of you, and you don't owe us anything. You've already helped just be being here. So thank you for that. Do you need any help from me?"

I see him as sensible with an appropriate level of sarcasm, not silly. And it does have a very natural feel. I think you're doing fine.