The Kafia, Part 1

Those of you who know me personally might have heard of something called "the Kafia," a crime ring composed of deceitful crabs with me calling the shots. Today, the Kafia went down its hit list and Bugbear Strongman was up first. Despite attempting to negotiate on peaceful terms, this guy decided to put up a fight. Unfortunately, he fled before we could get our goods, and Snippy got lost in the tunnels pursuing him.





We stopped at a local Moblin to ask if he had seen the fleeing bastard, but he gave us the gibberish above. After stopping to decipher the riddle, we realized that the vowels were missing:

Nosy people. Get out of here! I busy now!

Unfortunately for him, Snippy was in a bad mood, and we promptly broke some knee caps, leaving him to think twice about giving us cryptic riddles.





















Next on the list was a Goblin who owed us some money after we lent her a certain Great Axe. Like most women, she (Goblin names with the -ox suffix are female; -ix for male) did not show up for her date, so we spent the next two hours tracking her down. She tried to put up a fight, but Snippy distracted her while I clubbed her from behind. Unfortunately, she was not carrying the Great Axe we were looking for, but we got some money from her nonetheless. We left shortly after, leaving her a note saying she had a few days to cough the axe up.




















After that, we were going after one of our own. A former Kafia member named Aquarius had gone AWOL and even joined a rival gang. Snippy knew the rogue's turf well, so we called for some reinforcements to put him out of his misery. After a brief brawl with many casualties on our side, we crushed the rebel and left him for dead. Remember kids, no one escapes the Kafia!















Stories aside, Kearick needed help leveling his Greatsword skill, so he invited us to yet another meripo. While I was there, I got to parse myself against an Adaberk WAR, but unfortunately, the numbers were against me because I had to pull monsters for the party. I will need to work on obtaining a more favorable parse against heavy DDs soon; I cannot have anything staining the Kafia's reputation.
















Here is the incriminating evidence -- hide it well!















*EDIT* I found a picture of Snippy leaping to attack her foe from the meripo above. Yep, she is one crazy Crab alright. 



Notes:
a) "AWOL" is a military term for "Absence Without Official Leave." It refers to an enlisted soldier being absent from his or her post but not necessarily with the intention of desertion.