Why a Goblin?

Taking in my surroundings as I followed behind Jaba, this forest is quite dense isn’t it, trees, trees, and more trees. Just trees as far as you can see, with overgrown bushes, wild grass all over the place, this is a forest in the truest sense of the word, and with the sun shining through the tree line, and the sound of the wind rustling the leaves, along with the sounds of some type of bird chirping a merry tune, it creates a serene atmosphere. So serene in fact, I can definitely picture myself building a nice little hammock and rocking away to sleep, but before I could get lost in another fantasy of mine, Jaba abruptly yanked me down beside him behind a bush, that I didn’t even notice him get behind in the first place.

C’mon Jaba can’t we be a little gentler here?! A Goblin’s got a name you know! And as if somehow reading my mind Jaba said.

“Rick...quiet...hunt...now…” said Jaba as he pointed at something beyond the bush we were hiding behind. So I quickly nodded at him and looked to see what it was, Oh...It’s nothing but a rabbit! But why does it have a black horn on its forehead? You’d think the fact that I was a Goblin would be a constant reminder that I’m in another world where monsters are obviously REAL!

I’m a damn Goblin for pete's sake!!

It was also at this point that I realized that Jaba’s and even my own stone spear wasn’t made with stone after all, but the horn of this rabbit instead. Anyway! Now that we’ve gotten that out the way, it’s time to see how Jaba’s going to hunt this little horned dude.

While Rick looked on intensively, Jaba quietly emerged from the bush they were hiding behind then slowly approached the rabbit until he was about forty-five feet away from it. It was at this point that the creature turned around and bared its teeth at Jaba in a menacing manner. The only thing Jaba did in response was to stand his ground patiently with his spear in hand. Then without notice, the rabbit suddenly charged straight at Jaba! In a matter of seconds, the rabbit closed the distance between them and just as he was a few feet away from Jaba he leaped up straight at him, with his horn looking more dangerous than ever heading straight for Jaba’s head! Then at a speed too quick for the rabbit to keep up with, Jaba sidestepped the leaping rabbit and in one fluid motion, while the rabbit was still in mid-air, Jaba slapped him down back to the ground with his spear and immediately pierced him in the head, ending his life. He then picked up his kill and walked back to the bush where he was met with an ecstatic Rick, who showered him praise which surprisingly to himself, made him feel good.

“Jaba, I don’t know what I was expecting from a hunt, but that was amazing! The way you jumped to the side and whacked the rabbit was crazy! I hope you don’t expect me to do that for my first time, though.”

“Good...don’t...worry...Jaba help.”

“I don’t know how you plan on helping but I’ll trust you for now Jaba.”

“Good...lets...go.”

And with that, we strolled farther into the forest, till we came upon another horned rabbit, and as soon as I saw it, I started sweating nervously. I mean I’ve never even been in a fistfight before, how am I gonna do that crazy looking sidestep thing!’

“Jaba, what am I supposed to do? I don’t know how to fight!”

“Stand...in front...of...rabbit...then...rabbit...charge...then...hear me.”

“Wow, first of all, that's the most words I’ve heard you say so far, secondly If I’m understanding this right, are you telling me you're going to let me know the right time to do the sidestep thingy?”

“Yes”

“You know I don’t like this idea right? If I’m even a little bit too slow, I'll get skewered, you know that right?”

“Yes...take spear...now...go.”

“Guess it can’t be helped. I’ll trust you Jaba!”

Even though I said I’ll trust him, I’m still sweating profusely as I approach my potential death.Turns out Goblins can really sweat!

Now at what I think is the same distance that Jaba was at for the first one, I stopped walking and just as I did so, I could see the rabbit behave just like the first one. It turned around and bared its little teeth at me like I was its most hated enemy, and it couldn't wait to get rid of me. I stood my ground like Jaba did, albeit with a little shaking, then BOOM! The rabbit began its rapid dash towards me; I could just barely follow it with my eyes and before I knew it, the little thing was about to leap off the ground and that's when everything seemed to slow down for me. Is this how I die? Is my short Goblin life about to flash before my eyes?!

“NOW!”

Startling me out of my little imminent death trance was Jaba’s cue, I then tried to jump to the side as fast as I could and to my surprise I fricken did it! By a Goblin’s hair! But before I could revel in true happiness, Jaba yelled at me again to hit so I did just that, BAM! Now to stab and finish it for good. Haha YES!! I got my first kill and most of all I’m still alive!! I can do this! Actually..now that I think about it, even though I got some help from Jaba, that wasn’t very hard at all…I guess maybe my Goblin capabilities are better than I thought they would be? Can never go wrong with gang green. Ah, here comes Jaba to surely praise me for my efforts.

“Good...job...next time...focus”

“Yeah you're right Jaba, but now what? Do we just continue to hunt like this?”

“Hunt...more...rabbits”

So just like that, we continued to go around hunting the horned rabbits left and right, with Jaba and me taking turns for each one. I eventually got to a point where I no longer needed an audio cue from Jaba, though some rabbits did manage to escape after I did the sidestep dodge thing and was too slow with my slash, it seems they weren’t keen on drawn out fights. Anyway after hunting the last rabbit, we made our way home with our spoils, and then I immediately took a look at my status.