How in the world had it come to this? A question the young Neko idly asked herself as she wandered into Olly's cake shop, a pleasant scent drifting through the air. Arriving at the kitchen she found the owner of the store, clearly occupied with baking a ton of pastries. "Wow, he's almost as dedicated to his work as I am with the hunt..."

Musing out loud the Neko's words were quickly overheard by the baker who noticed her and addressed her with a rushed voice. "Ah, there you are, the adventurer who came to do the courier work, right?" Wait what, courier work? Before she could even provide him with a proper answer Olly started to explain things further. I got ten places that still need deliveries today, the addresses are on the paper sheet next to the boxes." Looking at the direction he gestured at she could see the collection of boxes containing the cupcakes that were mentioned before. "Don't be afraid to do it on multiple trips, because if you ruin any of the cupcakes it's your pay being docked!"

Wait what, she was going to be delivering cupcakes? Fine, but he'd better pay her well enough so that she could order a box of them for herself! Letting out a long sigh Y'shtola scooped up a box into her hands and grabbing the paper sheet started to follow the directions listed in the address.

Fortunately for her the first one was directed to a small house down the street the cake shop was located at, and after a short ringing of the bell an elderly lady came, not only to thank her for the delivery but also to tell her that she reminded her of a cat called Taffy? Was she seriously just comparing her to a DOMESTIC CAT?! Trying her best to not get into a moment of rage the Neko groaned as she returned to the cake shop.

The things she was doing, all for the sake of cupcakes... The second box of cupcakes seemingly would prove to be a more interesting challenge, for  a hungry dog challenged her over the ownership of the box and after giving it a nice old kick she quickly returned to the trip for delivering the cupcakes. Indeed, the second box was delivered shortly after the encounter with the dog, leaving only eight more to go.

It appeared that things were running smoothly in her favor, the little back and forth between the shop and the destination becoming almost trivial due to her daily hunts in the wild. However, as she made her way along the streets toward the fifth box's destination that Y'shtola had a weird feeling as if something or someone was watching her, and despite her attempt to look around she found no sign of the source behind the suspicious feeling! No, it appeared that for the time being her only choice would be to remain focused on her delivery job... But at least the end result would be worth it!

WC: 506/1000

And yet it appeared the one responsible for the peculiar feeling wouldn't keep her waiting for long. Right around the time she was delivering the final box Y'shtola noticed a figure moving under the cover of darkness, his sudden charge at her deftly avoided by a backwards leap as she landed on a nearby fence, a careful lowering of her hand leaving the box on the rooftop of the nearby house while she eyed the ambusher with clear suspicion in her eyes. "Who are you?!" Yet her demand for his identity was ignored as the man growled at her and swept with a arm toward her leg, a nimble hop and a backwards swing of her leg kicking the man's face straight against the fence while she adopted a combative stance.

"Give up those cupcakes and nobody will get hurt!" Wait, did he seriously try to rob her over a box of cupcakes? Sure, they seemed really delicious but to think that one would commit a robbery over them... Humans certainly were weird beings. Groaning softly as the man dashed toward her Y'shtola swiftly stepped sideways, a fist flinging toward the side of the man's stomach, the feeling making him groan softly but yet his desire for the cupcakes proved to be superior as he tried to desperately sweep an arm at her. Nonetheless, the wild swing was simply way too slow to reach her, a downwards shifting of her body following along with a violent spin of her leg, the attack hitting the man cleanly in the side of his body and making him stagger slightly. "Give it---" Yet Y'shtola's patience had ran out, raising a hand as suddenly a sharp claw emerged over her knuckle and she glared at the man. "If you continue up this farce I will tear you to shreds and feed your remains to the fish."

This ominous warning made the poor man terrified enough, a little yelp escaping from him as he scurried away. It was rather fortunate that this was the last box she needed to deliver, for when she returned to the cake shop it was almost closing time, but at least her work was about to be rewarded. Olly had seemingly heard of how satisfied each person was with the delivery, and while her attitude could have used some work the cakes were in a flawless state, giving him more than enough reason to include a small box of cupcakes as a bonus to her payment. Of course, Y'shtola could barely contain her excitement, and as soon as she obtained the jewels from the job she rushed outside and started to wolf down one of the cupcakes, a sheepish grin emerging on her lips. Gods, they weren't exaggerating when they said that those cupcakes were amazing. But either way, her work here was done, and now she would be able to return back to the inn and enjoy a well-deserved rest...

Still, before going back she wanted to enjoy another cupcake... surely nobody would complain if she returned to the inn a little bit late, right?

WC: 516/1000
Total WC: 1022/1000