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Post by Zeroskills-Zenshu Nightbreaker on Sept 5, 2023 13:02:09 GMT -5
As Zenshu and Kika leave there new cave home and head towards the city to find some work they can hear Brandy shout "GOOD LUCK!!!" From inside the cave. Making their way into the city Kika asks Zenshu "What type of job are we looking for? anything in particular?" Zenshu shakes his head an says "Really id just be happy to find anything at this point we to be honest we are out of solars and we can use the training as well we need to stay fresh for combat." They make it to the entrance of the city as they enter the city they can see it is quiet lively today they continue down the main street in search of a quest board where they can pick up some work. In the center of town there is a fountain that has a large wooden sign that says in bold letters QUEST AND ASSISTANCE. They walk up to the sign it has a bunch of papers with different requests on them glancing over most of them Zenshu sees a couple for someone needing help finding their lost pet, a few that needed help gathering crops in a farmers field. Some that were asking for an escort to another city, then he sees them 3 quests for monster hunting or removal... Kika screams "This one this one this one master we need to do this one pointing at one of the requests." Zenshu turns to look at the request that Kika is talking about the request reads "Help wanted in the extermination of wolves that have been attacking a farm 8 miles north of the city, you keep what you kill and need to show that you have completed the quest by presenting evidence of the job." Zenshu rips off the paper an says to Kika "This one looks perfect for us we should set out today to the farm and speak with the farmer for more details and then figure out a strategy from there" Kika nods and they both turn to head out of town making their way north to see the farmer about his request, as they are walking along the road Zenshu notices the beautiful scenery around them and wondered if his father had ever been to the isles. They spot wild grown fruit trees off in the distance along the path they are traveling so Zenshu says to Kika "How about a break and a snack we have about 4 more miles until we reach the farm?" Kika excited to rest she wasn't one for walking long distances ran ahead to find the perfect spot to rest, Zenshu gets closer to where Kika ran and seen her laying in the grass with the sun beating on her was it the rest an snack she wanted or just to take a nap. Zenshu quickly climbs the tree and throws down about 2 dozen large apple like fruit he'd never seen them so large they looked and felt like apples for sure, he jumped out of the tree and picked one of the fruits up taking his dagger out he cut into one of the fruits. This defiantly was not an apple the smell was sweeter almost like a peach an the tase was of citrus one that Zenshu has not experienced before he rather liked it a lot an was happy he had picked so many, he ate about 3 or 4 of them while Kika had slept under the tree half her body still in the sunlight. Zemshu knew this was because most half-dragons loved to bake themselves in the sun their bodies took in the heat to add more energy for them to utilize, Zenshu on the other hand was different than most he preferred the cold it seemed to help him to slow things down and process what is going on around him for as long as he could remember his master would tell him how strange he was from other half-dragons he has known.
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Post by Zeroskills-Zenshu Nightbreaker on Sept 5, 2023 16:55:43 GMT -5
Zenshu had fallen asleep himself waking to the sun beating on him and a bird singing in his face, he sat up in the grass rubbed his eyes and then woke Kika who didnt really want to wake. She finally woke up and ate a few of the fruit they both stood up and continued on there way to the farm. They finally made it just before sun down Zenshu would have liked to make it there sooner but the nap felt nice and refreshing. Zenshu and Kika proceeded to walk up to the small house in the middle of the farm knocking at the door they waited for someone to answer, after few minutes the door opened and a young girl answered said "Hello sir how can I help you?" Zenshu was about to answer when he heard a mans voice softly behind her "Who is it Marie? what do they want?" she replied "I dont know papa I was just asking that." Zenshu finally spoke "Good evening young lady I am Zenshu Nightbreaker I have here a request to get rid of some wolves that have been attacking your livestock, Is your mother or father able to talk with us and give us more information with this matter?" with a big smile on her face the girls cheerfully said "Papa Papa finally someone has answered your request, my mama is out tending to the the animals an papa is in bed healing after he tried to scare off the wolves himself." Zenshu and Kika looked at each other then back at the girl Kika spoke "May we come in and speak with you sir? I also have some healing materials that I could use on you to hopefully speed up your recovery." The man responded with a cough "Yes that will be fine my wife should be back soon thank you so much for answering our request." Kika began to check the mans wounds and reapplying bandages to them it looked like a couple bite and scratches on his legs and abdomen, Zenshu started asking for more information on the wolves he started with introducing himself "Good evening sir I am not sure if you heard I am Zenshu Nightbreaker my apprentice Kika and I have come to answer your wolf request, first can you tell me about how many wolves there are? Second do you know from witch direction they come from? and third how often do they attack?" Kika told the man "Whoever has been taking care of your wounds has rather good experience in the healing arts I'd day you should recover within the next 3 or 4 days." the man began to speak to them "I am Dorven a farmer my wife Rose has been the one taking care of me and that is Marie our daughter, we have owned this land for many years passed down through my family. My wife has some teachings in healing arts her mother was the local healer for her village. To answer your questions the first there is a pack of about 8 wolves that have been attacking our livestock, they come aver 3 days almost like clockwork usually its at dusk when we are starting to bring our livestock in for the night. As for the direction they come from is to the west from the forest about 3 miles away they are. I would also like to warn you as I did not mention this in the request afraid that no one would come, but I must be honest with you now the leader of the pack is a dire wolf he does not always come with the others on to our farm but he is the one who controls the others." Zenshu now had the information he needed an with the newly found information about the dire wolf now felt this may be harder than he thought it would Kika asked Dorven "When was the last time these wolves attacked?" at that moment the door opened abruptly and a shorter half elf woman walked in. Dorven said "Ah Rose you made it back safe, this is Sir Zenshu and his apprentice Kika they have come to take care of the wolves for us, turning to Zenshu and Kika now As for when the last attack happened it was just yesterday that was also when I had received my injuries. Now I will tell you now we do not have much to offer in money but like to paper says you get to keep whatever you kill or find during your time here." Zenshu nods to Dorven and says "So we have a day to plan our attack or counter attack with these wolves, we thank you for this information Kika and I will be leaving now we will set up a camp to to the southwest of your house we shall return when we have completed your request." an with this Zenshu and Kika set out to the southwest of the far they were about a mile and a half from the farmers house and about a mile and a half from the forest edge. Zenshu began to set up their camp Kika began to make them something to eat. Zenshu was lost in thought as he was setting up the tent for them to sleep in.... <~ So we have 7 wolves and 1 dire wolf we defiantly need to get them separated some how, the famer said the dire wolf usually stays back and wont attack what if I used my shadow hiding while at the edge of the forest and wait for the pack to pass once they do and the dire wolf is alone I can come out of my hiding and hit it with a surprise attack. while I am doing this I can have Kika try to pick off the other wolves with he magic she should be able to handle that~> Zenshu finished up putting the tent together and turned to Kika who had just finished dinner as they sat by the fire eating Zenshu explained his plan to Kika who at first was apprehensive of the situation but as she took her last bit of food she could smell it in the air. A change in the weather was coming she could smell the rain in the clouds heading their direction she also remembered that they passed a pond about a half mile back on there way to this location, once she realized this she had an idea... She could use her ice spikes and throw them at the wolves to get the wolve to follow her towards the pond and when they do this she will cast breath water and swirling vortex at the same time to suck down all of the wolves and continue throwing the ice spikes at them while they are trapped in the vortex. She was quite happy about this plan and explained it to Zenshu both of them agreed that is what they will do Zenshu didn't know who would have the more difficult fight ahead of them, and with this they crawled in to the tent and got into their bedrolls to quickly fall asleep.
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Post by Zeroskills-Zenshu Nightbreaker on Sept 7, 2023 12:46:06 GMT -5
The day had come for Zenshu and Kika to rid this farm of these wolves they packed up all their belongings and his them in a near by bush. The rain had started in hard it was around 5 pm when Zenshu heard the first howl form the wolf pack he quickly ran to the edge of the forest to and used his Shadow Hiding, they both know with the rain it would make it harder for the wolves to catch their scent so this was the perfect day to strike. Kika was standing about 100 yards away from the forest in wait for the pack to emerge in range for her Ice Spikes, with the rain fall she had more water to work with and could cast a lot more ice spikes which is a huge advantage for them. Another howl and Zenshu could now hear the wolves running through the forest they ran right past him to hungry and focused on getting to the farm to feed, once they were out in the open in range for Kika she began casting her ice spikes as she ran towards the pond the 3 of the wolves took direct hits to the head instantly killing them this angered the other 5 a loud howl by the one in front an they started at top speed towards Kika she was at the edge of the pond at this point turning and casting another set of ice spiked at the pack of wolves hitting only 1 of them this time this time it was not a critical hit but slowed the wolf as the ice broke off inside of it an continued to freeze it. By this time Zenshu was able to see the dire wolf slowly making its way towards the forest edge, Zenshu waited patiently for the right time to strike he couldn't see what was going on with Kika at this time but he knew she would have things under control as this was the perfect environment for her abilities Kika rand into the water the wolves vastly approaching she cast her water breath water spell and then waited as the remaining the last 5 wolves made it to the pond and quickly ran in after Kika, she had been slowly making her way to the opposite side of the pond as to draw them all in. Once the final one had entered the water she made it to the other side of the pond and immediately cast her Swirling Vortex to draw them all in and pull them under she watched as all 5 wolves got pulled into the center of the pond under the water swirling in circles unable to break the current. Kika jumped into action and started casting back to back ice spikes into the pond using to rain to make multiple spikes at a time. The dire wolf had see this happening and was about to take off towards Kika when Zenshu jumped out of the tree with dagger in one had and claws at the ready to grab hold of the dire wolf as so he could get multiple stabs in with his dagger before it had time to react. The dire wolf had very quick reflexes and moved just enough that Zenshu's claws weren't able to imbed into the skin of the wolf he was only able to grab it fur enough to pull himself in close to get two deep stabs with his dagger one into the back of the wolf slicing down the side the other into the ribs of the wolf. They were good hits but not good enough the wolf whipped its head and body around grabbing Zenshu by the arm an throwing him, Zenshu now with a bite on his left arm was able to use his cats grace skill to catch himself and alter his balance quickly going on the defensive. The dire wolf ready to attack ran at Zenshu full speed jaws open wide to tear into Zenshu where ever it could clamp down, with swift thinking an years of training Zenshu decided to run towards the wolf an just before the dire wolf was in range Zenshu dropped to his knees sliding in the the mud the wolf ran right over him when the wolf was directly over him. Zenshy plunged his dagger deep into the wolves chest his other hand claws fully dug into the other side of the wolves chest, he bagan to thrust his horns into the neck of the wolf, the dire wolf let out a roaring howl it was loud enough for Kika to look in Zenshu's direction in fear he had been beaten all but one of the wolves in the pond had been defeated but as Kika took her eyes off of the pond the wolf managed to make its way out and lunged at Kika from the water. Kika was barely able to notice the wolf and put her forearm up to block the wolf it clamped down on her forearm biting with all its might Kika let out a scream from the pain falling onto her back the wolf was now gnawing at her left arm Kika in so much pain placed her right hand on the chest of the wolf an was barely able to cast a final ice spike directly into the chest of the wolf she used up the last of her mana in order to do this the wolf cried out and fell over limp on the ground the large ice spike still in the wolfs chest Kika sat up looking at the pond an counted 1,2,3,4, 5 next to me and 3 more on the hill that makes 8 she did it she managed to take out the pack alone something she didnt think she would be able to do but Zenshu believed in her abilities. Looking up to the tree line Kika scanned for Zensu and the dire wolf by this time it was to dark to see anything she was to far to make out anything. She made it to her feet an began to walk towards where she last knew Zenshu was, Zenshu still under the dire wolf dagger on one side of the wolfs chest and his claws in the other side he plunged his horns into the neck of the dire wolf about 5 times then to make sure he finished off the wolf he bit down with his fangs deep into the wolfs neck and twisting his head to rip out its throat. The dire wolf fell on top of him dead he was to warn out to move it from atop him his arm aching with pain an also his waist for some reason was hurting him he could feel blood leaking out of his side. By this time Kika made it to him moving as fast as she could screaming out to Zenshu "MASTER ARE YOU ALIVE DID YOU WIN?" getiing to where the dire wolf was laying on top of him she could hear him softly under the wolf "Kika quick help me push this beast off of me." Kika placed her right had on the wolf and started pushing at the same time the Zenshu was pushing able to move the wolf enough to roll out from under it, looking down at Zanshu Kika gasped and quickly pulled out some bandages it turns out that as Zenshu was under the wolf it managed to dig its claws into Zenshu's side causing a deep gash in his abdomen. Kika helped Zenshu up looking at each other they smile in victory both suffering wounds but that was expected with this request, exhausted Zenshu and Kika dress their wounds as best as they were able for the moment applying some of the healing herbs that Brandy had given them back at the hideout. They sat next to the dead body of the dire wolf and Zenshu passed out from exhaustion Kika stayed awake to watch over him from further harm the rain began to clear up an the moon was now large in the night sky illuminating the area it was about 1 or 2 in the morning at this point and Kika scanned the battlefield all of the wolves had been killed they were a great team. She waited for Zenshu to get his rest and then she would sleep while Zenshu was awake.
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Post by Zeroskills-Zenshu Nightbreaker on Sept 7, 2023 16:32:33 GMT -5
Bloodied and in pain Zenshu wakes at daybreak to see Kika still watching over them he looks at her and thanks her an tells her to get some rest. He gets up slowly to go gather there belongings and start getting the wolves out of the pond so they can skin them for their pelts. He then has a great thought he would go to the farmers house to see if they have a cart he may use to move the dead bodies of the wolves, moving as swiftly as he can he makes it to the farm house in under an hour knocking at the door he hears the little girl ask who it was a he responded Sir Zenshu Nightbreaker are your parents here. With that the door opens and its Dorven standing at the door Zenshu quickly explains what happened and asks if they have a cart that he can use the farmer gladly agrees and says I have something better he then shows Zenshu where to find his wagon to use an ox already attached. Zenshu thanks the farmer and tells him he will be back by nightfall grabbing the reigns to the wagon he sets off to gather the wolves and Kika who by now is fast asleep and will not likely want to be woken up, as Zenshu arrives where the dead wolves are the sun has completely risen in the sky he can now see the damage they had caused during the night it was a bloody mess of dead wolves scattered. He parks the wagon near the pond and starts to gather the wolves from the pond one by one slowly as to not cause his wounds to bleed to much as he gets the first one to the edge of the pond he hears a noise. He quickly turns to see Kika and the farmers wife standing by the wagon the farmers wife then says " I came to help you all get things loaded into the wagon I'd say you 2 did a damn good job last night", Kika then starts in with "mmmm no sleep all night and now I have to do more work" fairly upset Zenshu looks up at here and shakes his head "Look I'd much rather be sleeping an resting as well, once we get these wolves loaded you can sleep as long as you'd like." Kika smiled and agreed between the 3 of them they loaded up the 8 regular wolves and then drove the cart to the forest edge and once they got there the 3 of them could finally see the damage Zenshu had done to the dire wolf, still shocked at how he was able to best this beast alone they climbed down from the wagon and it took all three of them to get the body into the wagon it was by far the heaviest of all the beasts. Finally able to get it onto the wagon and they all climbed up as well and headed back to the farmers house to show that they defeated the pack of wolves including the dire wolf. They made it back to the house where the farmer and his wife offered for Zenshu and Kika to stay for awhile until their wounds were healed. Zenshu offered 3 of the wolves as payment for their stay the famer agreed as they could use the meat for food and the hides they could sell or use around the house for blankets or clothing whatever his wife wanted to make out of them. The rest of the meats from the other wolve was broken down and packed into containers Zenshu separated into two different containers one to keep the other to sell once they got back to town, Kika had taking the teeth from the wolves and made necklaces out of them she was able to make 12 of them and she made a special one for Zenshu she took the claws and the fangs from the dire wolf and made him a special necklace out of them there was enough for her to make 2 necklace out of them she gave them both to Zenshu.
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Post by Zeroskills-Zenshu Nightbreaker on Sept 7, 2023 16:49:49 GMT -5
A couple days had went by Zenshu an Kika were healed up now they had made a new friend ship with the farmers and their daughter, Kika had given Marie one of the necklaces she completely adored it and them the farmers thanked Zenhu and Kika and they thanked the farmers as well for their hospitality. Zenshu and Kika were able to break down the wolves to get the meat, bones, and hides easier for travel they began heading back to the city the request complete and it took then the better part of the day to get back it was about 3 pm by the time they walked into the city. It was at this time that Zenshu decided to keep what they got from the quest an when they needed money they could sell the items as needed. Zenshu figured they could use the wolf hides to make cloaks out of for the three of them <Zenshu, Kika, and Brandy> of course Zenshu's would be made of the dire wolf hide. They turned away from the town and headed to their cave hideout, once they got there Zenshu shouted to let Brandy know they were back as to not startle her it had been about a week and a half since they had left. Walking into the first cave Zenshu couldnt see anything it was dark he walked over and lit the candle for some like he and Kika places there spoils down near there bedroom door Kika immediately went into the room and grabbed her bathing supplies she ran back out of the cave and Zenshu could hear her splash into the water knowing she wanted to get clean before she went to sleep. Zenshu unpacked the meat into their make shift freezer that had been made of stone and Kika would renew the ice in the stone container to preserve food in. he then took out the pelts and hung them up in one of the storage caves and Kika came back into the cave looked at Zenshu and said "Dont forget that promise I get to sleep as long as I want." an with that she went into the room closed the door and fell asleep Zenshu then snuck in as to not wake her to get his bathing stuff so that he can clean off as well he went out of the cave jumped in the water and cleaned himself when he was done he went into the cave and fell asleep in the common area with the matching necklace in his hand. He woke late in the night to Brandy shaking him she said "Finally your back I thought something might have happened to you two, I see you got a few new injuries I'm glad your back safe now go to your room and sleep."
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