Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia

5: Waka Chaka!

A delivery truck pulled up at the front of a house. The driver went to the back of the truck, doing an air guitar with headphones in, and picked up a package. He dropped it to do another air guitar, then picked it up to bring it to the house. A goblin came out from behind the bushes and went into the back of the truck.

Goblins have long arms and legs, feline-like ears, yellow eyes, and side burns. The goblin looked around the truck, then at the delivery guy, who was at the front door. The goblin motioned for the other goblins to get into the truck. There were three of them inside and one of them watching the delivery guy. He rang the doorbell and the goblins continued looking through the packages in the truck. One goblin found a marker and drew a mustache on himself.

No one came to the door, so the delivery guy wrote something down on a sticky note, put it on the front door, and started walking toward the truck. The goblin keeping watch started speaking to the others in their goblin language. The three inside quickly tried pushing a box out of the truck. The delivery guy put the package he was holding into the truck. Three of the goblins were hiding behind a package right in front of the delivery guy's feet. One goblin was still in there. The Delivery guy closed the door of the truck, trapping the goblin inside. The truck turned on and the goblin inside managed to open the door to the back of the truck. He fell off onto the road and the truck ran him over. All that was left of him was a puddle of green goo and the marker he used for his mustache. The marker rolled toward one of the goblins and he picked it up, drawing a mustache on him. They growled at the truck that was already gone. "Waka Chaka!" They said. "Waka Chaka!"

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Fire shot at Jim and he dodged it. Arrows shot at him and he deflected them with his sword. "Always be afraid," Blinky told him. "Fear heightens your senses. Fear keeps you alive."

Jim thought he was done, so he stood up straight and leaned against his sword, only to be hit with another arrow, knocking him to the ground. "Arrogance gets you killed," Blinky said.

"Yeah," Jim said. "I'll have to remember that."

"Draal, however, does not fear you," Blinky helped him up. "That will be his weakness, but not you. You'll be wetting your armor. That will be your strength."

More arrows got shot toward Jim, but he deflected them. "Yeah, looking good, Jimbo!" Toby said. "Feel the burn!" he started tapping on his watch. "If Jim's getting fit, I'm getting fit." He showed Aaarrrgghh his watch. "Don't want to be too big."

Aaarrrgghh looked at himself. Toby looked at him and hugged him. "Not that there's anything wrong with being big. But if I'm gonna have Jim's back, I gotta be nimble." He started doing fighting stances and jogging in place. Aaarrrgghh started following his movements. His watched started beeping. "Yeah, baby!" Toby said, showing Aaarrrgghh his phone. "Hit a benchmark. I've run a total of...a hundred feet. Five calories burned. Nice!"

Jim sliced his sword at the dummies held up for him. One shot more arrows at him, which he deflected again. "I think being afraid is the one rule that I-"

He ducked before he got shot with more arrows. "I excel at."

"No, Master Jim," Blinky said. "You must excel at all three. If trolls are ever going to embrace you as a Trollhunter, you must ignore your humanly instincts."

Jim threw his sword at another dummy.

"Do that, and I have no doubt you will defeat Draal," Blinky said.

Draal walked in with another troll and laughed at Jim. "Look," he said. "It's training. Cute."

He walked off with the troll he was with, talking in Trollspeak.