#debukefarmhold

"Remember, the anchor is the goal... "

"How do we move a tree?"

"the magic our employers gave us"

"They'll probably carve her into a sceptre, and make her a loyal servant "

He chitters.

And bolts up to the surface of the habitat.

DAMN, it's bright!

And there is a troll looking very bored, nearby .A childling, clearly left here to watch over them, but he's so bored he's tempted to do homework

NMR EBG takes a few laps around the habitat, squeaking.

"What?" the boy looks around "What are you doing topside? Ain't safe. We got hawks"

He does several hops, thunders with his hind feet, and squeaks.

"Hold on a sec, hold on a sec" The boy huffs "If I wre a pooka Ah'd make a joke about someone down a well" he takes his hated English Textbook (When's he gonna need English, really?) and rips out the first page, the one with the credits and copyright chanting "We don't need no education, we don't need no thought control- Hey, Dreaming, let me talk to this mole..."

looks like the kid is a fan of ancient music

And suddenly, MM EBG feels a spark of glamour

"Now, what's the matter?" The Kid says, having willowhispered him! He can answer!

"Get your Chief. Threat to the farm. Fae, Kith, not sure of which or if Sidhe, tunneling up from underneath. There's a tree they are targeting. GO."

"Miss Evergreen? SOME BEACH" He says and breaks into a run

And NMR EBG dashes back down, wheezing slightly, to NMR-CC.

"They're coming..." NMR CC says

She shivers

He backs up to her, buck-toothed maw nashing and ready to defend.

"We.. we need to try to counterweave... get back to our old forms..."

that's when the pick breaks through the earth in the tunnel less than two meters away

"Dig! Out!" he spins, nosing her to the wall so she can start tunneling out.

"They don't want us, the farm is aware, now GO."

She snaps at him, SHE is queen, how dare he... but no, he's right... "Come with" She starts to tunnel out

He turns again, facing away from her but with his choppers ready to defend them. He follows her, but backwards, their tushes connected.

"Mmmmph" She says between deep digs.

As the enemies rise up "Where the hell are we? This isn't the surface."

he can see the first one, not a nocker, no, wait, this is a Wichtel

He -wants- to hiss, but he swallows it down and just stays with NMR-CC as she digs them away.

He carries a pick, behind him comes a nocker

NMR-EBG can't -see- very well, but he tries to remember and categorize the smells and sounds.

the female nocker blinks "What the furk? is that .. it is, a naked mole rat" She says blinking behind her goggles "Furking flibbits, I think it's a mated pair... oh I'm catching them for my collection. What are they doing out of africa?"

"Faster, Dearest, Faster.....!" he yortles.

"I'm trying, the soil's soft enough but there's..."

Another voice, a redcap "I could use a meal..."

He spins around and joins NMR-CC in chewing their way out, or at least, away. They'll never survive an Iowa March in the open.

"Shut the fuck up both of you" The Wichtel says "Mission one, use magic to steal their Kubera. Mission two, find that troll that seems to have sold out, and capture him or kill him... but mostly we get out. Stop playing with those..whatever they are... and let's hit top side while we can"

He gets them a few inches more, then spins to watch.

(the intruders)

The nocker reaches for the Queen "It'll just take a sec..." Even as CC thanks to his help is almost through

And NMR-EBG leaps at the reaching hand to chew it off, and buy NMR-CC time.

"YOWCH furking..."

The wichtel hisses, "stupid fuck shut up.."

Of course, the nocker has reason to curse, damn teeth right on the soft part of the hand

It's a fierce little wrinkly thing....

It bounces and hisses, pent up fury escaping like a steam kettle.

"Damn thing is like a fanged penis!"

The redcap snorts and breaking through the too tiny tunnels, sunlight pours down "I'll kill..."