Waiting for his cousin to arrive, Shichiro decided to check out the perimeter to make sure nothing out of the ordinary happened while he was waiting. Doing a quick patrol, he saw nothing he could consider suspicious so he just went back to the center of the merchant camp in order to wait for his cousin like he originally planned to. Placing his hands into his pockets, he kicked a pebble out of his way and proceeded to wait a bit longer for him. As he did so, he made sure to keep a vigilant eye out for any suspicious person that may or may not bring harm to the merchants.
Mercantile Support: Support for Reiner (Keita)
Mon May 24, 2021 4:03 pm
Waiting for his cousin to arrive, Shichiro decided to check out the perimeter to make sure nothing out of the ordinary happened while he was waiting. Doing a quick patrol, he saw nothing he could consider suspicious so he just went back to the center of the merchant camp in order to wait for his cousin like he originally planned to. Placing his hands into his pockets, he kicked a pebble out of his way and proceeded to wait a bit longer for him. As he did so, he made sure to keep a vigilant eye out for any suspicious person that may or may not bring harm to the merchants.
Mon May 24, 2021 5:12 pm
Keitta needed to be vigilant, and he was as he made his way towards the meeting spot, a small spot in the middle of nowhere where the merchants had set up camp. As Keita made his way there, he noticed a person that was very out of place, his cousin Shichiro. Keita waved him down in the distance before meeting up with him. "Heya Shichiro, I wasn't told where we're taking these guys, which way are we going?" Keita would ask when he got closer.
Mon May 24, 2021 5:22 pm
Shichiro just shook his head and then responded, "Nah, we aren't going anywhere this time. The objective is here. Seeing as this is a time of turmoil, the merchants figured it would be best to try and sell their wares between the five opposing parties. They're currently neutral but Reiner figured, if he assisted them anyway, regardless of their opinion, he could potentially change their minds and gain favor. They were hesitant at first but now, it seems they are just gonna set up camp and try to sell their wares anyways. They normally hire their own kind of mercenaries so we're essentially doing this job for free this time around. Well, more specifically, Reiner. We're getting paid for this of course," Shichiro said, chuckling.
He wasn't capable of doing things for free unless it was something happening spur of the moment that he might get rewarded for later.
Mon May 24, 2021 5:35 pm
Keita nodded along before responding. "Ahh I see, so we just have to sit here to guard the merchants instead of baby sitting them to their destination. This is better I think, as this ios even less likely to get attacked and robbed than on the road, as we have had time to set up defenses and there is essentially nowhere for any enemies to suddenly jump out at us." Keita weighed in with his opinion. The addition of mages attacking them muddied things a bit, but simple traveling merchants like these should not attract the attention of mages, right?
Mon May 24, 2021 5:48 pm
Mon May 24, 2021 6:32 pm
Keita then voiced his opinions on the matter to his cousin, after letting him finish up what he was going to say. "Hmm, I didn't really think of that point. I was more hung up on how Reiner was garnering support with this move, not quite making money. I really should be thinking about that though, it is incredibly important for me right now, haha." Keita chuckled responding to the first bit. "Still, making ourselves seem better than these people will be difficult without anything happening." Keita then responded to the rest, unsure as to how the request should proceed.
Mon May 24, 2021 6:43 pm
Tue May 25, 2021 9:54 pm
Keita could see the merit in keeping one's nose out of the political side of things and only focusing on making money, but they you might run into a situation where no one really cared if you died. Poking your nose in a bit and helping out the right person through the actions could get yourself a powerful backer in the future, making other major forces have to think twice before making a move against you. "I see, well I hope that we succeed and I get to see one of these fancy weapons you can make later on. I'll also hope for some sort of discount." Keita said, chuckling as he did so.
Tue May 25, 2021 11:01 pm
It seems like only one of the personal guards that had been hired by the merchants took any kind of damage. Other than that, it was time to get into action. Fastening his bruiser's gauntlet, he figured it was time for him to do his job. "Hey Keita, I guess it's time to earn our keep now. Even though these are normal bandits, it seems the normal guards are just as incompetent," Shichiro had said with a smirk. He then decided it was time for him to walk over towards the bandit.
Wed May 26, 2021 3:49 pm
"Yeah, hopefully I'll be strong enough soon to be able to actually compete with you someday." Keita said, before going in the opposite direction towards a lone bandit, as he was not quite skilled enough to take multiple people on at the same time, Small black spheres the size of soft balls floated around Keita as he walked towards the lone bandit, before the bandit seemed a bit panicked and rushed him with a saber. The man was trying to avoid the wisps, but there wasn't much space to maneuver around, and so was hit, throwing his aim off before Keita used that and some leverage top throw him over his shoulder onto the ground.
Wed May 26, 2021 5:34 pm
As they saw Shichiro lunging towards them, the bandits had drawn their weapons in preparation to fight. After meeting with the three of them head on, Shichiro had made quick work of the three before, typing the four of them up and heading back to the center of the camp. Shichiro made sure to see if the guard they had struck down was okay in which he was fine other than a scar. He'd then walk back to Keita and have a conversation of the events that transpired until they were no longer needed for guard duty.
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Thu May 27, 2021 1:15 am
He was only confident in doing so because some of the caravan guards ran over towards those two as well, and Keita essentially rounded one of them up on his own and started top one versus one them while the caravan guards flanked and harassed the other one until he was taken out of commission. It was pretty easy to take the remaining bandit down, as he was still wary of the magic and thought that Keita was going to do a take down maneuver, which was easy to feint into a punch to the throat. It was going to be an interesting walk back talking to Shichiro because of this.
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