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Post by Hano Wako on Nov 1, 2022 16:35:16 GMT -5
Ever since he was just a little kit learning about the world he had wanted to join The Consortium and the elite ranks of the alchemists and merchants that called it home. The Hano Tanuki had been known for their sake and mercantilism and it was something that was heavily ingrained in him from a young age, so much so that he was nothing like some of the more traditional shapeshifting Tanuki or Warriors of the other Tanuki clans that inhabited the many forests of the Crescent Isles.
When he had received his letter of interest and the tasks at hand he jumped at the bit to do as instructed so that one day he could fulfill his destiny as the greatest merchant and alchemist that ever lived. The money he would make from such a life was so tantalizing that he began drooling as he thought of it, whilst he waited for his assigned partner to arrive at the predetermined location they were to explore for something called, Lantern Lights.
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Post by Plague on Nov 2, 2022 23:41:03 GMT -5
The Golden Consortium, a place of rich snobby elitist who horded the wonderful knowledge of alchemy. Plague absolutely hated them, and on several occasions had sent death threats to their higher ups. Time after time she had been denied entry, rich pricks refusing to let a young girl off the street join them. It was a rather frustrating endeavor, after working so hard to get this far, the things she wanted to learn were right their, but still so out of reach, stashed away by the consortium.
That was not going to stop her though, for if they would not allow her to join, she would take someone else's place. so after weeks of trailing guild hopefuls, Plague gad finally managed to locate a women about her age who was trying out for the guild. Not wanting to miss the chance, the young street urchin slit the woman's throat, stashed her body and assumed her identity. One Miss Lovelock, a young aspiring alchemist with top marks from the Arcane Academy.
After assuming the woman's identity, Plague set out to complete the task needed to finally earn a place in the consortium. The first ask was to retrieve a Lantern Light, a strange bulbous plant that glowed and illuminated the dark forest. Making her way towards the forest was rather easy, and the lanterns were also rather easy to find, as several of them rested high in the trees. All she would have to do was scale the tree, collect the plant and head home.
But as she entered a clearing, getting ready to climb, she suddenly noticed a strange raccoon like creature just standing there. Plague had her normal attire own, a set of dingy and muddy leathers, a makeshift doctors mask on and a dark hood pulled over it. Either one of the two individuals here would have looked odd to an outsider. She herself was rather intrigued by this creature. What was it? Why was it here?
"Umm excuse me little dog thing, I have a job to do, could you please just scurry away, you know, scoot scoot""
She wasnt sure if the thing could even understand her, she was just trying to get it to go away so that she could go back to her business in peace.
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Post by Hano Wako on Nov 7, 2022 15:23:02 GMT -5
As he waited there for the partner he was supposed to partake in this portion of his entrance exam into the Consortium he couldn't help but notice the eeriness of the forest proper. His highly trained ears alerted him to all noises of scurrying and other animals in the distance, making him feel both at home and creeped out by the forest proper. He knew only one thing, he had no intention to stick around for too long here, he would do the job and high tail it civilization as fast as he could or at least that was the plan!
As he waited however what he was graced by was the sight of a peculiar woman or so he thought by the form beneath their clothing, their mask however was jarring somewhat as he didn't see doctor's masks all to often unless a plague or mass death was a foot, something he hadn't seen or heard of in quite awhile. That meant one of two things to him, either this person was peculiar or it was meant to stifle chemical smells to which that meant this was his assigned partner from the consortium. Going out on a limb and choosing the later he spoke as she mentioned having a job to do, "Oh! You must be my partner then eh? 'ere to do the entrance exam so to speak for the Consortium then? You good at climbin'? If not I can do that part as long as you play look out, this place gives me the creeps a little...", he has a heavily accented voice and sounded like a used cart salesman or mobster through and through.
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Post by Plague on Nov 9, 2022 21:36:06 GMT -5
She had to refrain from busting out laughing as the furry creature began to speak, in a much more sophisticated way than her own speech. It was a very funny thing to watch for her, a small animal wearing peoples clothing and speaking very proper. But as he spoke she quickly realized that she needed to get her act together. Apparently this man was the partner of the woman she was impersonating, having been paired up with each other to complete this task. What was she supposed to do now? What if she blew her cover, would this creature tell on her?
No, she had to push those thoughts away, and focus on the task at hand. If he believed her to be his partner, than she would play along. Giving the man a slight nod, she spoke in a soft tone, a tad muffled by the fabric on her face.
"Well Mr....Umm yeah, if you want to do the climbing that would be just fine. I uhhh, will stand guard here and keep a look out. "
The young girl tried to throw her voice, mimicking his speech patterns in the attempt to blend in. All of these Guild types were the same, rich, stuck up snobs who liked to waive their privilege around. She hated them all, but for now she needed to keep up the charade. If she wanted to gather the secrets of the Consortium, she needed to get in, and for that to happen, she needed to convince this man to help her finish the exam.
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Post by Hano Wako on Nov 14, 2022 10:11:32 GMT -5
He watched her as she talked much the same as a familiar looking for cues. He found that it usually helped more then hindered if he seemed attentive and invested in the person he was dealing with, which typically meant that it made his life easier in the long run and that was the most important thing to him. He had absolutely no desire to make anything more difficult then it needed to be, ever. Life was about making money, getting rich, and then dying fat and happy. Anything else along the way was a distraction at best and that was good enough for him to decide that he had no interest in partaking in the outside distractions if at all possible.
"Fine by me! Gotta put these claws to use sometimes, natural gifts amirite?", a chuckle like laugh left his maw as he stretched a little and began to move along the forest path towards what seemed to be a break in the thicket ahead. Looking back he spoke again, "So why are you interested in the Consortium eh? One of those Erudite types in it for the Alchemy or trying to get rich and make something of yourself? I for one want to be the richest, fattest Tanuki one day! Kekekeke! Live a life far removed from all the bullshit out there ya know?", he tried to remain with perceived eye contact until he spoke about the state of the world to which he adopted a thousand yard stare for a moment out into the west of them, clearly looking towards the Crescent Isles.
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Post by Plague on Jan 7, 2023 7:44:03 GMT -5
As the furry little Tanuki man scurried up the tree, Plague turned her back to the man and scanned the area, making sure nothing crazy jumped out or disturbed them. This was going to be a pretty easy job it seemed, and the other guild initiate was rather eager to do all the heavy lifting. A few moments into the climb, the creature known as Hano started to probe her, asking her why she was interested in the guild. He spoke of getting rich and living a happy life, neither of which Plague had any concern for. In truth she could not really share why she wanted to join the guild, this guy seemed like the one to rat someone like her out.
Her true goals were to steal all the information the guild had to offer, learn its secrets and then turn them into weapons against the crown. But no matter how passionate she was about her cause, people always acted like she was crazy for her beliefs. So instead she lied to the man, told him something simple just to get his nose out of her business. She was quick to complete this quest and move on.
"Uhh, yeah you know, money, riches, fancy.....things. All that stuff"
It was an obvious lie muffled beneath her gas mask. She was horrible with social interactions and often used the mask to hide her true emotions. Luckily with this man high in the tree and distracted by his task, it would have been hard to pick up on her ruse.
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