Slowly, as slow as I possibly can, hearing the growling sound of a sleeping beast, I inch my head toward the left.
Trying not to show much panic in my eyes. This guy is gigantic.
I act like Annie as my eyes meets balrow I lift both of my hands up, my grip crushing on my spear as I do a very slow, extremely slow gesture that tell him to put the trap down.
He look at me, still unable to see the inside because of his position.
But seeing me mouth "put it down" instead of whispering, he slowly bend down and close the door, making sure no sound leave this fucking rotten wood.
Balrow take his sweet sweet time as we three, the ones that saw the mons-! That saw growler, stare inside just hoping that he doesn't decide to get off his nap time, right now.
All of our eyes stay glued on the scene as the fucking trap slow down in it's decend before finally covering the hole, leaving us in the dark.
We need to get the fuck away from here.
Should I whisper?
I don't know if that's wise with this under but....but moving around the dark room like a blind and hoping to find everyone before whispering in their ears to move. Just kind of sound like a way for us to make even more sound.
I move away from the latch and try to go in the middle of where I saw everyone in our group when I'm here I whisper.
"don't make any sound, and walk out, no formation, just make no sound, regroup in the safe room"
After saying that, my spear dissapear from my hands, too noisy.
Not giving anyone a second glance I walk away, I can hear some starting to move, stumbling on someone, probably Jenna, I grab her and gently push her forward, away from here before continuing my solo road.
Time is so fucking slow when you try not to make any sound, I feel like I'm far away and I'm being paranoid right now.
I resist my urge to stop being a paranoid fucker away and keep moving, I keep walking until I reach the light.
Jenna is just beside me, we nod at each other and as I stop, she stop.
I lean against the wall and refuse to talk, even if that's probably safe.
Annie is the next one that come back, seeing the mood, she don't talk and wait with us, barlow is next, a simple nod and we're back to waiting, malfoy is the last one, when he come I turn around and start moving toward the same zone.
I don't mantain a formation, I just move as quickly toward the safe zone as possible, looking behind may be worth it, but I don't do it.
No one talk until we're back in the zone, I sigh loudly and just go sit on my bad, more like lie down.
"Everyone got the notification?" Annie ask and Jenna answer "Yes, didn't see it though" "this shit was bigger than a house I swear" Annie keep up the talk, she's exaggerating...a bit, as malfoy come in front of me, barlow just sit on his bed silently and stare at the open door.
This door is a problem, should we barricade it?
What was the binary shit again too?
Jenna point at the door as she throw her bow on her bed "won't it close?" "Dunno, wait a sec" Annie go see the door and try to close it...
And I say try because there is absolutely no seem, it's not a door anymore it's just a hole, we can't close this shit.
"Nothing?" Jenna ask "I can't even start to guess how we're supposed to close that" Annie say before adding "barricade?"
We pretty much all look around "with what, our bed?" Annie shrug as an answer to my 'question' and barlow speak up too now "the goblins may come"
Yeah, that's a problem, that's why we're talking about baricading this shit, Annie ask another question "actually, would a barricade work against the green monster?"
Malfoy turn his head at her and say "I truly doubt it would."
Beds barricade wouldn't stop me, so this guy?
Jenna sit down on her bed and Annie walk around still proposing solutions "what if, we just ignored it? That's an additional mission isn't it?"
Jenna answer her "it said he was guarding them, if we kill them all, who say he won't just come barging here?"
I look at the door? Can he enter here? Perhaps if he squeeze himself I gues-! "Let's kill him"
Malfoy whisper.
At me.
I stare at him and quickly realize that the other are still talking together, to find a solution, figure out if we should not bother the monster, and just overall rest, malfoy spoke to me, and only me, he came to my bed, and whispered.
I whisper back "You want to kill him?"
"Yes"
Behind us Jenna say "we're waiting for the sun to come down now?"
I glance at them for a while before answering malfoy "Why?" "Your plan will work, he waste away by sleeping and drinking, big or not he won't survive a sword and a spear in the throat in the middle of the night."
I can still hear the group talking behind "I'm up to let the big guy waste away and just kill the goblins"
"sounds like the best option"
Before I can speak again, malfoy continue "You and I, no need for them, we can take him alone"
I like his enthusiasm but that's only enthusiasm, if we don't need to kill the guy, we don't need too, I think I know why he's only trying to convince me to kill him and not the others.
"It will work" barlow voice indicate me that they probably figured out that ignoring the additional mission is safer.
And it definetly is, why the hell does he want to kill the guy? Is this some kind of pride shit?
Don't involve me in your shit malfoy, pride doesn't matter when your head can litterally get crushed down into pulp.
He keep staring at me.
"Guys?" Annie try to get our attention, I can feel their stare on us.
Malfoy don't say anything else, he just stare at me as if that would make me change opinion, I don't know what kind of impression he has of me but I'm not the kind of guy that will risk my life for something as dumb as pride.
Is there a misunderstanding between us or?
That's litterally doing the opposite of the smart thing.
I want to ask more, why? But something is telling me that speaking out loud of this issue, when malfoy came to me, alone, silently, is not a great idea for the whole group cohesion thing.
Perhaps more information about his desire, and why he wants to go on the offensive may make me change my mind, but right now, it just won't.
Realistically, what could he say that would make me change my mind? Pride bullshit? I already talked about that, and this won't do.
Additional rewards?
I mean, I guess that can be useful, but we have no idea what it could be, perhaps it's a weapon?
But one we don't know how to use, some food would be great to reassure our dwindling food source but we saw the goblins eat some shit, those same things may be edible for us too.
Apart from that there isn't anything that could make me ch...
It could be a refiller.
I look at malfoy, both of us.
If I kill him first and I get the refiller I could just say some shit like finder keeper, or even better, if it pop up in my inventory I can say I didn't got shit.
I could get bullets.
Without no one knowing I have a gun.
Sounds like I'm reinforcing this misunderstanding.
Whatever it even is.
Getting up in a sitting position, I stare at the three others and as Annie look at me, a question showing on her face, I roll my jaw a bit, and figure out how I'll bring them the news.
Perhaps with the food possibility? Let's keep the goblin food theory a secret.
I cough to free my throat, and stare at annie, then I glance at Jenna she looks like she figured out that I'll say something.
She's leaning forward her elbows resting on her thighs. Balrow is looking at me with his usual face, and that's by ignoring malfoy reaction to my sentence that I speak.
"We're going to kill the big guy."