Adventure Guild (Open)

[pekoyama]

     "Good! I wondered around alone for long enough, it will be nice." Gumi commented. She was very curious about what the drunk was spouting about, she had heard of adventure guilds before but had never had time to consider what they were and if she was interested in starting one. She examined the boy, he looked weak and he did not look very smart. But he did have a sword, not to mention it was pretty cool. Perhaps she should ask him...?
     "SO what did you think about that adventure guild thing the man was blabbering about?" she asked him, while giving him a soft nudge. This would help her find out if he was open to the idea of starting one.

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     Teto finally find a secluded alley where she pulled out the small portion of gold. She gritted her teeth, she could of tried to get more from the fat old people. She shoved the gold back in her pocket and quickly tied her drill curls back in a single pony-tail. She needed to go buy some french bread from the attractive merchant/baker down the road. Ah yes, time to lay the moves on her.
     She strolled down the street, looking at her feet as she walked through the crowd to avoid being noticed. She scuffled her way through the people and made it to the doors of the store/bakery. She inhaled the sweet essence of bread baking and various other goods. This time she was sure to woo the woman. She opened the door and the bell dinged, signifying she was here.
     "Hello, Teto! You here for some bread?" The woman said to her with a smile. Teto nodded nervously as she analysed her. The woman had long silver hair which was tied back, dark crimson eyes, a heart-shaped face, and a tall-stature. Not to mention, her boobs were awesome. Ah yes, she was perfect; even if there was sometimes a hint of alcohol on her breath.
     The woman smiled as she pulled a loaf fresh from the oven (using proper heat-protection equipment, of course) and placed it on the counter. Haku went to the back of the kitchen to get a bag for the bread and put the bread in it as she brought it to the front.
"That will be 6 gold coins!" she exclaimed. Teto gaped, that was way to much money for a loaf of bread.
"You have got to be freaking kidding me..." Teto exclaimed. The woman giggled and nodded.
"Yeah, i was kidding. Sorry about that! Just one gold coin!" she replied, handing the bag to Teto.
     Teto gave her a coin and inhaled the warm, sweet aroma protruding from the bag. Ah, so delicious; she couldn't wait to eat this bread.
"Thank you, Haku. By the way..." Teto began. The woman, who is now known as Haku, tilted her head in curiousity.
"What is it?"
"D-did it hurt?"
"Did what hurt?"
"When you fell from heaven, c-cause Haku you are an a-angel...!" Teto stammered. HAku stared at her, wondering if this was some big joke being played on her. Haku assumed it was and gave a big hearty laugh, to show she got the joke. Teto, however, was mortified; was her flirting really that bad?    

[mokachahanrp]

((Reiiii your post was just fine! ><b You expertly brought up a way for Rei to hear about Quest Guilds without someone blatantly telling him! Also, CJ, I'm laughing Teto's awkward and lame flirting attempt. Lovely description, both of youuuuuuuu! I LIVE TO READ THE LONG POSTS SORRY, SORRY SORRY))

"Great! Let's see if anyone knows. Let's see, I need a cloak or something since this tunic won't be enough..." Mugi closed one eye and scratched the back of his head. He began to lose himself inhis thoughts as he mentally creating a checklist. "Hrm... maybe a bag...?"

"SO... what did you think about that adventure guild thing the man was blabbering about?" the young lady asked Mugi, snapping him out of his thoughts.

"Oh? Uhm, hm," Mugi chuckled nervously at the question. He didn't want to sound stupid for being overly excited from the news that could strike him rich. "Seems like something I could check out." He shrugged softly, trying to seem nonchalant and possibly cool. His attempt was ruined, however, as a horse-drawn cart barreled (again, lol) toward the two.

"GIT OUTTA THE WAY!" A rather grumpy man yelled loudly, his right hand holding the reins of his horse and his left moving in a large shooing motion. The man's horse, however, did not acknowledge the two at all and continued it's way. Which was straight towards them.

With an undignified squeal, Mugi jumped upon one foot, looked for a safe way to go, and grabbed the lady's hand and dragged her out of the way. The man continued to shout and shoo and spout profanities at anyone who dared venture in his path. Soon his voice was drowned by the loud clattering of the wooden wheels upon the cobblestone and further still, the hustle and bustle of the city.

"Well," Mugi coughed, after the ordeal. "Uh.. That was scary. We should probably go now. Say.. what was your name?"

[dzetsurp]

"Well," Ruko muttered. "Now what?"

And then she promptly walked into the broad back of a guardsman, who was standing menacingly in the road, glaring at innocent passerby.

"Hey," the man growled. "Watch where you're going, ya bitch."

"More like get your fat ass off the road, ya bastard," Ruko retorted, somewhat annoyed at this man's attitude. She wasn't at all intimidated, being a head taller than the stout guard.

"Don't think I'll let you off 'cuz you're a woman!"

The man pulled a club from his belt, quite ready to wave it threateningly in front of Ruko's face, but Ruko took it as an actual attempt for a fight and quickly positioned her arms in a defensive position before her face and let out a sharp low kick, which connected quite solidly with her opponent's shin.

"Ow, what?" The man stumbled in shock and pain. "What the hell?"

The two began an ungraceful tussle in the dirt road, much to the amusement to the pedestrian citizens, who hooted and jeered and formed a circle around the fighters. After about ten minutes, Ruko was shuffling away from the scene, nursing bruises, cuts, and a wounded ego while the guard yelled insults at her retreating back.

"This sucks," Ruko groaned, kicking an offending dirt clod on the road. "Stupid cheater using the weight of his god damned armour. Would have won in a normal fist fight."

"Oh my!"

Ruko glanced up sharply at a much smaller girl standing in front of her, her hands covering her mouth, which was open in surprise.

"You look terrible," the girl said sympathetically, clutching a stick.

"Thanks," Ruko replied dryly. She tried to make her way around the girl.

"Wait, wait, wait," she squeaked, stepping in Ruko's path. "Let me help you with all those injuries!"

Ruko insisted that she was fine; she didn't really want to spend the money on a healing when she would heal eventually by herself, but the girl shook her head and insisted that she would fix up Ruko's cuts, free of charge, forcing Ruko to grudgingly allow the strange girl to help.

"I'm Kokone," the girl said, as she held her staff in the air, eyes closed in concentration. "I recently got fired from my hospital job--not because of malpractice or anything," she quickly added as Ruko made ready to high-tail it. "I can't really take particularly bloody injuries so they said I was useless and let me go."

As Kokone set to work, Ruko eyed her weird garb; it was covered in thorns and spikes, not something one would expect of a healer.

"What the hell are you wearing?" Ruko asked so very tactfully.

"C-clothes?"

"No, the spiky shit."

"O-oh. It's because to heal one's injuries and interfere with Fate is a sin. I wear these to punish myself for using my ability to change the course of their Destiny by prolonging their lives and fixing their pains. Does that make sense?"

"Yes," Ruko lied. Aelmoor people were clearly not right in the head. "Well, since you're out of a job, why don't you hang out with me?"

"I'm sorry?"

"Well, I just got here," Ruko said, rubbing the back of her head, quite pleased with how much better it felt to be fully healed. "So I don't have a job yet. Why don't you stick around with me so we can, ya know, live and work together, or something."

Kokone was tickled by this invitation. She would have a new roommate? How positively delightful! She beamed and thanked Ruko over and over again until she put her hand up and silenced her.

"Don't thank me," Ruko said gruffly. "It's just to help me out so I'll have a place to live. Plus, uh, payback for clearing these up." Ruko gestured vaguely at where her previous injuries were.

"Alright, then. I won't thank you," Kokone said happily. "Now why don't we get a loaf of bread to eat for lunch? There's a good bakery near my, I mean, our house!"

The two unlikely friends set off to a certain store where a certain silver-haired baker and drill-haired thief were currently engaging in not-so-smooth flirting.

[pekoyama]

     "Hmmm..." Gumi said in response. As she was about to speak up about the idea of them starting a guild the cart came gushing through. Much to Gumi's surprise, the cute boy had grabbed her hand and pulled her out of harm's way.
"Oh gosh..." Gumi gushed, looking at his hand holding her's, "Thank you for getting me out of the way! I could of gotten injured!" She decided it would be rude to pull her hand away from his so she would wait until he pulled away first.
     "Oh? My name? It is Gumi! What is your name, if I may ask?" she said. She looked at him with a smile, the author clearly trying to make Gumi develop a one-sided crush on Mugi in every goddamn roieplay. His eyes sparkled like emerald and his hair sparkled like emeralds as well; the author continuously made metaphors trying to persuade readers that Gumi did in fact like this fucking nerd. This was going to be hard to do, I mean come on, who would like a fucking nerd like that boy (Mugi). Yes, how lovely; young love in young adult fanfiction at it's finest.

     Back to the real love story, Haku was still laughing her ass off at the "joke" Teto had played on her. While on the other hand, Teto was sobbing while going out the door with her bread (which was becoming rather soggy).
"Oh woe is me..." Teto cried. Haku also cried, because she was laughing at Teto. As soon as Haku contained herself she noticed Teto was gone.
"Oops, must of laughed too long. She probably got bored and left."

((So sorry I didn't reply sooner and when I did reply it is just stupid filler crap. I have been sewing all day))

[mokachahanrp]

((I'M LAUGHING CJ but there's nothing to apologize for, as I was doing a lot of other things and didn't notice whatever time gap there was, lol. And it's not filler, it's roleplay.

Mugi had already let go of Gumi's hand to rub the back of his head (it became clear that he did this often) and he plucked at the edge of his frayed tunic.

"Oh, uhm, me? My name is Mugi," he replied awkwardly. "It's a pleasure!" He had introduced himself earlier, but at the time the girl was still recovering from the crash and the crowd was too loud. ((Just setting it up in case anyone goes back to read and gets confused, sorry omg

The conversation, interrupted by the earlier commotion, found itself shriveling in the awkwardest of awkward silences. Which was amazing, as the city itself was loud and there was no actual silence. "So, uhm, Quest Guil--" Hold on, that wasn't what they were supposed to be talking about. "Those travelling supplies, huh?"

[dzetsurp]

"What's that chick's problem?"

"Now, now, that's rude," said Kokone reproachfully. "Can't you see she's crying? Let's see what's wrong with her."

"But the bread--"

"We'll get the bread after. I want to know if she's hurt!"

Kokone ran towards Teto, who was exiting the bakery in tears. Despite being unsure with whether or not the girl was sick or injured, she already was gripping her staff in preparation. In her haste, however she tripped, and Ruko winced at the drops of blood the healer left behind in the dirt.

"Must suck to be clumsy with that retarded outfit," Ruko sighed, following after her rushing friend.

Intercepting the drill-curled lass, Kokone gave the kindest, gentlest look she could muster (which was nearly angelic) and asked her if she was alright.

[pekoyama]

     Teto tipped her fedora  to the woman asking about her well being. Her tears became softer as her voice became deeper and she became, well, larger. A neck beard grew on her.
"Friendzoned again..." she whispered to the woman.

     Gumi smacked herself. That was such a silly thing to say, he had introduced himself earlier. Ugh... She perked up when he said adventure guild but when he swiftly returned to the topic mentioned before-hand she remembered what she was there for. Though it would be easier to accomplish with a guild, it would be fastest alone.
"Oh yeah! Should we go looking for places that sell supplies?" Gumi asked.

[dzetsurp]

Ruko grabbed Kokone's shoulders and pulled her away from Teto as quickly as she could.

"Get away from her," she shouted, panicked. "She's turned into a douchebag brony!"

The two girls scrambled away, quickly as they could, screaming in fear, entering the nearest building, being the bakery. Panting, they leaned against the door before they glanced up and found themselves in their original destination. Pretending the earlier encounter had not occurred, they sauntered to the counter to the pretty, silver-haired baker.

"Can we have a loaf of bread?" Kokone asked.

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"You're right, you're right! Let's ask for directions!" Mugi chimed, turning to the closest person who happened to be walking by. The victim turned out to be a man with long purple hair in a ponytail, wearing strange oriental robe-like clothing. Mugi ignored how foreign his clothing seemed to look and ran over. "Excuse me, do you know where travelers like us can purchase supplies?"

"Sorry," came the man's reply as he scratched his cheek. "I only come here to sell wares, so I don't know this place well." Despite this, he pointed down the road. "There is a general store down that way to the left, I believe, so maybe you can find something there."

"Did you hear that, Gumi?" Mugi gasped excitedly, "Let's go there!" And with that, the duo parted ways with the man and headed to the general store.

[pekoyama]

     Haku looked at the two women who entered her bakery/general store (hint hint). She offered them a kind smile as they approached her. Haku leaned on the counter separating her from them and acknowledging their question.
"Hmm... I don't think we have any bread, ya know, in this bakery. Why would there be bread in a bakery?" Haku hooted, the sarcasm figuritively  dripping from her voice.
     "I am just teasing, girls." Haku said, "But I don't have any fresh from the oven, but I think there is some good loaves in the back. " SHe got off the counter and headed towards the back. She looked through the containers and most of the bread had gone stale.
"Crap..." Haku hissed. She could possibly make some rather quickly, but she hadn't used magic in years. But she didn't want to disappoint the customers. Haku sighed and with a swift hand movement a loaf of bread appeared. It was slightly warm, but not super hot like the ones from the oven.
    She brought it to the front and smiled as she placed it on the counter. Haku quickly grabbed a paper bag and stuffed the loaf into it, she then brought it over to them.
"That will be two gold coins!" she said. Business sure was picking up today! There must be a lot of travelers.

      Gumi nodded in agreement and strolled along with Mugi. She observed the city as they walked. The cobblestone path was everywhere, treet vendors were sprawled about, women in tight corsets enticed men on the corners. On the horizon there was a field of purple and yellow flowers. She should definitely go pick some once she got her supplies. She clutched her bag of gold coins tightly, to avoid someone trying to steal hers as Mugi's had.