"Well, here we are. orchid city just like the map had told me. I have to admit, this isn't what I was expecting to see at all. This place looks as if it should be abandoned but it's not. Well, since we'll be stationed in this city for the time being, I guess it'll be in our best interest to find some work to pass the time and maybe even make some connections or something. What do you guys think about this situation," Shichiro had asked them in the end. His companion had remained silent of course throughout this speech as it was currently on the verge of falling asleep so his question and suggestion was more aimed towards his two Knights.
Pest Control [Keita/Seika]
Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:31 pm
"Well, here we are. orchid city just like the map had told me. I have to admit, this isn't what I was expecting to see at all. This place looks as if it should be abandoned but it's not. Well, since we'll be stationed in this city for the time being, I guess it'll be in our best interest to find some work to pass the time and maybe even make some connections or something. What do you guys think about this situation," Shichiro had asked them in the end. His companion had remained silent of course throughout this speech as it was currently on the verge of falling asleep so his question and suggestion was more aimed towards his two Knights.
Thu Jun 17, 2021 5:05 pm
Stepping up from his quarters on the air ship, the Apprentice would rise up through the levels of the airship before leaving along side Shichiro and Keita, glancing about some more, he could see they weren't too far from the west gate, maybe half a click or so away to be exact. Rolling his shoulders, he'd look over at his superior and partner, "We could check in with the local guild while we're here. See if there's any persons of interest in the area?" He'd look to see how the both of them would take his suggestion even as he himself shrugged at the thought.
Thu Jun 17, 2021 6:07 pm
Keita followed Shichiro's lead as he ushered them out of the air ship and into the town proper, and then asked them their takes on what they should do in the town. "I'm willing to go to the local guild and pick up a guild request. Always nice to do something good, plus we'll probably get to tour the new place." Keita said, agreeing with Seika on his idea to head to the local guild to get our bearings. Although this place looked a little worse for wear, it was at least pleasant if you enjoyed plants and the outdoors, which Keita did.
Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:00 pm
Eventually, he'd come across a neutral guild building that seemingly had quite a bit of work to do and not enough members to do it so they had higher able bodied mages and adventurers to help offload the work. Walking into the building and then the counter where there was an attendant, Shichiro had asked "Hey, are there any odd jobs that the three of us might be able to take on? Something entry level please as it's our first time in this city and we'd like to use this as an opportunity to get to know this area," Shichiro had said, hoping for something easy.
Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:12 pm
Once again falling in step with Shichiro, he'd sit his hands in the front pockets of his orange jumpsuit, his head swiveling about as he walked alongside Keita, his orange eyes taking in the various sights around him before tilting his head and regarding his partner Keita with a side glance, "So what happened to you for the last mission? I figured you were also stationed under Ser Shichiro?" It was a valid question in all honesty. They were Apprentice Knights underneath the Kingsguard, as such they were tasked with following his orders and accompanying him on most of his missions to gain knowledge and power under a superior. It was also expected of them to follow the man into the Department of War, but it wasn't necessarily a given. Sometimes Apprentices went into different departments.
Whether or not his question was answered didn't matter as they would arrive at the local guild within thirty minutes. Seika would watch Shichiro take charge and request information for any quests that the guild clearly couldn't handle at the time. Keeping his thoughts and opinions to himself, he'd wisely watch from the side until they were given their marching orders, or until Keita responded to him.
Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:43 pm
"I was most likely doing another request at the time. I'm not particularly assigned to Shichiro or anything, so I was looking for other requests to help out the people." Keita said in all honesty. He was still low ranked in the guild, so he did not have a whole lot of leeway in terms of the things he did, but he liked to take requests that helped random people. After this small conversation, it seemed that Shichiro was finished with selecting a mission for the three of them, and so it was about time they went out and did it. Keita was curious as to the contents of the request they were about to do.
Thu Jun 17, 2021 8:57 pm
Unfortunately, they had a large pest problem that involved giant rats. The rats were the size of dogs and quite vicious. If not careful, they could take down even the most seasoned adventures and mages alike. There was also a side objective of any valuables that are discovered by the party be returned to the new owner as they were basically considered his property. Shichiro couldn't say he liked the sound of that last part and in his head made an excuse of 'how it doesn't work that way'. He figured he'd just pocket the goods and split them among his team should they come across anything valuable. He’d then hand the paper over to the other two to see what they make of this request.
Fri Jun 18, 2021 12:55 am
Nodding back to the young lad, he'd turn his attention back to the inquiring Shichiro as the man was handed a quest sheet and read over the details himself before he handed them the sheet as well. Seika would take the sheet and look it over, an eyebrow cocking at the details before a small scowl would cross his face. While yes, he would have the chance to immolate things, rats were always pesky creatures, no matter how large or small they were. He had almost wanted to complain that killing the rodents would be a waste of time, but they were here to complete jobs anyway, so he handed the sheet off to Keita and gave Shichiro a look. "When do we head off?"
Fri Jun 18, 2021 3:41 am
Soon, a request was given, and the piece of paper with the details was passed around, and when Keita got the paper, he glanced at it before wondering if he was going to be able to do anything again this time. His magic was good against animals, but rats were known to actually be somewhat intelligent and so he was unsure of the efficacy of his wisps this time, although he would give it a shot. He was fairly decent with his body itself, so it wasn't like he was absolutely helpless, but providing nothing more than a distraction when these two could burn enemies to the ground was... at least he hoped that they could control the flames a bit. Keita nodded and waited to follow the two to their destination.
Fri Jun 18, 2021 8:59 am
He didn't want to risk blindly going to the building and getting lost on his way back to the neutral guild's headquarters. After a brief walk, the four of them managed to arrive at some shabby looking skyscraper of a building. Shichiro had to admit, this was the first time he had seen a building so tall. The three of them were supposed to clear out all the rats in a building this large? This was going to take some time and effort. Not to mention there was the side objective of collecting valuables to give to the new owner. He had no intention of doing so however as he believed in finders keepers and most likely would be paid less than the items were actually worth anyhow.
Fri Jun 18, 2021 3:34 pm
Stepping out of the near darkness of the alleys, the trio would come out into blindingly bright plaza filled with the sounds of laughter and merriment greeting them. Getting used to the sense of sight again after using his right hand as a visit, he was greeted with the sight of a dilapidated tower. The tower itself looked to be about fifty years old and hadn't been properly taken care of since it was erected.
Taking in all the sights, Seika would garner a glance at his two compatriots and wonder idly what they thought of the locale. It wasn't that bad in his opinion. Sure the building could definitely use some work, but nothing a team of mages could do in a day, day and a half tops. Of course he'd rather burn the whole bitch down but that's just him.
Fri Jun 18, 2021 7:28 pm
They got to the front of the large building in a few minutes of walking, and it was about time that they went in. The plaza that they were in was fairly packed, and Keita wondered why, but not enough to actually ask anyone, as he was on the job. Looking at the other two, he felt like the first floor, at least the lobby of the building, would not have any of the monstrous rats in there, as it was a bit too close to the plaza full of people, and they would most likely be giving it a wide birth if they could see the rats roaming around, and so Keita thought it was safe enough to open the lobby door and pop in first.
Fri Jun 18, 2021 8:26 pm
"Alright guys, here we are. This seems like a lot of work. So how should we go about doing this? Luckily there's no time limit so we can take our time since it doesn't seem like this was ever gonna be finished in a day, or even a month. So, should we split up and each take a floor or should we stay together and take our time with it? Also, side note, we're keeping whatever we find that's valuable. Let's call it a "finder's fee." It's clear the person hiring us is quite crooked so we might as well help ourselves to whatever we find ourselves," Shichiro said, a sneer growing across his face.
Fri Jun 18, 2021 9:45 pm
Sucking at his teeth, he'd turn back to his superior officer and listen to the man's options for handling this mission. Looking about, he reckoned that if they each took a floor or even half a floor it would probably make the entire process go by so much faster. So with that in mind, he'd hold up a hand, producing a small flame before speaking, "Definitely should take a floor each. While we may have as much time as we want, I'd rather not have all of us all in the same area if we're going to be doing crowd control. I don't know about either of you, but I tend to burn everything in an area when I'm trying to remove pests."
Fri Jun 18, 2021 10:18 pm
Shichiro said that they were keeping anything that they found valuable, calling it a finder's fee, but there was nothing around here that seemed valuable, and he wondered if anything could possibly even be called valuable, as this looked somewhat like an office building, so maybe some sort of old paintings on the wall or something. Keita shrugged, and then listened to Seika saying that they should start by taking a floor each because he liked to burn things. Was this building going to survive a large amount of fire? "I mean alright, I'll just take the second floor then, see you guys up there." Keita would say as he walked towards the stairs.
Fri Jun 18, 2021 10:36 pm
If everything was settled and agreed upon, Shichiro would look at the map once more in order to find the staircase before heading down a corridor with his companion. As he walked away, he'd instruct his companion to take the floor below him so the work would move significantly faster. Exterminating rats shouldn't be too big of a deal for Lily to handle with his sword, even without transforming into his battle mode. Placing his hands into his pockets, Shichiro found the staircase entrance, entered it and went down one flight. He'd separated with his companion Lily who went down an extra flight.
Sat Jun 19, 2021 5:00 am
The flame grew in intensity as a magic circle appeared behind it, startling the rodents within. The small creatures quickly began to move, hoping to avoid the sudden threat to their domicile, but it was too late as the flame grew brighter and brighter before an intense flash of light illuminated the room. Once the light had died to down, there was nothing that remained except for the steel frames and legs of the chairs and the walls themselves. Everything else had been incinerated instantly in a flash of heat, light and wind.
Peeking back into the now silent room, Seika would trudge inside quietly, pushing aside the smoldering door to see if there were any valuables that had withstood his prominence flare.
Sun Jun 20, 2021 12:35 am
Keita thought about it, and he was immediately worried, and so he summoned a couple of wisps to wander around him and guard him when he walked around. He then finally got to the stairwell off to the south side of the building, and he looked into the stairwell, and under the stairwell there was some sort of large creature gnawing on something that looked like a bone. The rat creatures were far more hideous than he originally thought they were going to be, and so he immediately sent his wisps to go and attack it. While the wisps did very poor damage to things, it was still damage from magic, so it was useful in taking down these weak creatures.
Sun Jun 20, 2021 1:08 am
Walking further into the room, he sees what seems to be a corpse being feasted on by large, vicious looking rats. Thankfully, it was the corpse of a human but another large rat they were cannibalizing. Thankfully, he didn't have to make some strange report about rats eating somebody's missing spouse or child or something along those lines. Eventually, the rats had turned and noticed Shichiro's presence, not that he was being stealthy about it. Turning around, the rats growled and hissed as if they were having their territory encroached upon. This was true but he didn't have time for this. Lifting both arms, Shichiro began to fire a flurry of arcane bolts at the three of them. At the same time, the rats had attempted to leap at him but they weren't really aware of the concept of magic so it only proved to skewer themselves on the bolts.
Sun Jun 20, 2021 1:37 am
Continuing down the hallway for a bit longer, he'd come up upon yet another room, this one wasn't nearly as filled as the last one had been. While there was still an obscenely large amount of critters in the room, it wasn't so many that he'd have to prominence flare the shit to oblivion. Gathering his hands up in front of himself, he began to fire off Rapid's left and right, catching the rodents as they scurried about with extreme prejudice.
Sun Jun 20, 2021 1:45 am
He immediately saw three more rat creatures that were roaming around, and one of them immediately screeched as soon as it saw him, and started rushing him. He was ready for this however, and had his wisps jump on it. The other two also got startled and started to head his way, the first of which was taken out with a chunk of rebar that was exposed from one of the supports of the building, and so two of them were dispatched immediately.
Sun Jun 20, 2021 1:51 am
Surveying his surroundings a bit more, Panther Lily had found a vault in one of the room's closets. It was locked but it had been quite worn out. Judging from the amount of time spent here, it would be an easy feat for Lily to just simply break it open with the swing of his sword and so that's what he did. Collecting the contents of the vault, he had begun to return to his companion. At the same time Shichiro had also been returning to the first floor to reunite with his Rune Knight team members after checking out the rest of basement floor one for more rats. Eventually, they would all meet up and return to the neutral guild in order to report the job being done, though Shichiro would keep the content of the vault and share it with his team members.
[Exit.]
Sun Jun 20, 2021 2:04 am
Coughing to himself as he inhaled the smallest bit of ash, Seika continued to search through the remains of the room, actually locating one or two trinkets of assumed value that he simply pocketed. As Shichiro had said, this was their finders fee. His search would inevitably net him about five of these trinkets before he felt that he had searched enough before he finally headed out of the door and began to head towards the front. While his section wasn't all the way done, clearing two rooms and taking the time to deposit his loot was more than enough reason to head back and get situated for the next day. Plus they hadn't even stopped at the barracks so he was kind of loaded up on stuff to carry.
[Exit]
Sun Jun 20, 2021 2:30 am
The third rat charged him just like the previous ones, and he knew that the rat was going to lunge at him when he got close, so Keita leaned back, using the rebar he had in his hand as a support, and so the rat skewered itself on the rebar. Keita had finished up and went back to the lobby area to find that he was the last one to finish up his room, and simply left with the two for now.
[EXIT]
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