[center][color=darkgreen][h3]Linkle[/h3][/color]

[color=darkgreen][b] Level 5[/b][/color] - (26/50) + 2

[color=darkgreen][b]Location:[/b][/color] Lumbridge
[color=darkgreen][b]Word Count: 901  [/b][/color][/center]
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Linkle waved to everybody as she set off to make the delivery to Mina. Along the way they passed by the Guild Hall, and sure as clockwork the chorus of "[i]cukoo cukoo[/i]" started back up again as Linkle was spotted by her faithful fowls. Except, if anything, the clamor was louder this time after spotting Linkle in the company of another bird. She held her finger up to her lips and shooshed them, waving her hand down to try and keep them from jumping the fence. "It's not what you think!" she shouted at them, but that did nothing to stop the glares of dozens of little red eyes from following the party down the street.

As they approached the restaurant Linkle glanced nervously between it and the Chocobo, thankful that they would be leaving it outside so as not to cause any misunderstandings. She happily dumped the eclectic collection of wild vegetables and spices from her spider shield onto the waiting tray of one of Mina's employees, placing the thing back on her back as she watched them bounce away to the back. She was even more happy when Mina said that they wouldn't have to be butchering any chocobo's today, straight up hugging her, then Euden, then the Chochobo once they made it back outside. Only when sufficient love was shown to everyone around her did she lift her face from its fuzzy yellow feathers did she stop to consider Eudens question. "Well, the only thing I had left on my grocery list was Tropius Bananas and I figure I can snipe those right off their necks if we could find some." She said earnestly as she started walking. "But if your up for it we could go a little farther. We were actually looking for someone for the shopkeeper when we stumbled on the lake, so we could head out...wow, which direction was it? More east? I'd have to check the-"

Linkle trailed off as she saw something. Michael, Franklin, and the Kid came strolling out of the local shop carrying some valuables and looking pretty pleased with themselves. "Hold that thought. Hey guys!" she called out, leading the boy over to them.

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Linkle beamed in amazement at how things had worked out. A puzzle filled temple? She would have been useless, and worst of all redundant. If they had ended up going where she'd wanted to, Euden, Gran, and Mr. Nick would all probably be dead. 

That right there? That was destiny when it was working properly.

Just as she was pivoting to maybe riding out and helping the other half of their group out said group rolled in hauling an entire ton of ore, meat, and spices. "What did you guys do?" she asked, staring in awe at just the cart Bowser had been hauling. Even better than that Peach had turned up with the missing ingredient, meaning that there wasn't really a reason for her to ride out anymore and that dinner was officially on. Linkle looked on as the chef handed out the additional prizes, the three mysterious loot boxes, and Linkle felt her spirit dampen slightly a she realized that she hadn't actually made any progress toward her goal today. But only slightly. Everyone had made it back safely, though the turtle wizard seemed to be running his own errands right now. She couldn't feel bad about that.

She turned to Euden, smiled, shrugged, and said. "You want to go to a party?"

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The energy in the guild hall, where everyone had seemed to gravitate in the wake of all these quest being done was electric. Between the chatter, the guild marm trying her best to sort the cards and rewards, and the guildmaster putting in an appearance it really did feel like a party. Linkle of course had to get a front row seat when that guy was speaking, pulling Euden along to the front as the man made his proclamation that the F Rank hunt was officially open to them. She couldn't help but cheer, throwing her arms in the air. Today had been great so far. They'd clear challenges like no one's business and it seems like most everyone had made a new friend, even the gunslinger seemed to be hanging around with some other guy. With a group of heros like this what could some monster do?

Still, something bothered her. From her position right at the front she could see the guild marm leave one of the quest cards aside. She quirked an eyebrow and picked it up. It was the one for the guy that wanted to fight people, this Ryu. Had nobody done this one yet? A wandering warrior, given out spirits as prizes. She wondered just how much he knew about the world they'd all found themselves in. Maybe he'd seen some of the things she was looking for.

"Looks like I'll have to miss the start of dinner." she said, more to herself than anything. She turned to Euden. "Because I bragged that we'd be doing [i]all[/i] these quests. Do you know which of these people is Ryu?"

Linkle would wait patiently to get her share of the fishman reward before approaching him, of course. After all, if she was going to be fighting anyway she may as well break in some new boots while she was at it. 


[hider=For Linkle]You have acquired:
[b][url=https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/darkestdungeon_gamepedia/e/e7/Inv_trinket-heavy_boots.png?version=09d6a815086ccc1229b78494d0e295c2]Heavy Boots[/url][/b]
Thick, armored boots. They lower one's speed when worn, though not when in one's inventory. However, they also make it much harder to forcefully move the wearer, reduce all incoming damage by one-fifth, and deliver a mean stomp.[/hider]