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With introductions out of the way, the adventurers had scattered across Swynport, collecting whatever supplies they needed. Those searching for food had been disheartened - after the incident with the omega cramp, the guild's kitchen had completely shutdown. They were worried that there might have been a case of food poisoning. Searching the streets for any food was a futile effort - all of the vendors had taken the day off to prepare for the festival. As a result, those who hadn't eaten before Wren was practically removed from existence had to make do with whatever supplies were on the cart.

Surprisingly, the general store and the armament shops were still open. Most likely due to the owners being extremely old and hating festivals. Everyone quickly did what they needed and hopped onto the carts (or, in the case of Laurence's group, met up again at the guild and left together).

Shipwreck
Alex, Korgath, Liv/itus, Ahnci
@Conscripts@Tominas@Chasers115@Hawlin



The path to the shipwreck was uneventful. Leonore didn't speak to anyone during the trip. Rather, she intentionally ignored everyone else. The cart, pulled by a single steer, was extremely simple. It looked to be rather light, made from wood and resembling a simple platform with two wheels on it. If you didn't know any better, you would say that this baby was made for speed and handling. Funnily enough, to even get the thing to move, Korgath had to sit on one side, while everyone else sat on the other side. Luckily for those who didn't eat, the cart had some rations on it. Some stale bread and shredded jerky mixed with tallow and berries. It wasn't much, but it was something.

Luckily, things began to be much more interesting when the shipwreck breached the horizon. The sun reflected off the water, revealing two things: half of the boat was on the shore. The other half had vanished. It may have been swept underwater, but there was no concrete evidence of it being underwater. However, there was no treasure in sight. Instead, the sand appeared to be littered with strange footprints. Even without a close investigation, you could easily tell that these prints weren't human. In fact, half of them seemed to be from boxes being dragged across the sand. The prints seemed to lead north across the sand to a rocky bluff that looked over the water.

Leonore was obviously unimpressed. In fact, the entire trip to the coast had left her feeling disgusted. She hated cows - something obvious by the constant scowl trying not to smell the farm animal "Off," she had commanded the others, "go investigate the ship, or whatever." Rather than the shipwreck, she appeared to be more interested in getting it all over with.

Burrow Destruction
Irene, Yuel, Derrien
@Etranger@NobodiesHero@Bluetommy



For those heading off to destroy burrows, their walk outside the town had revealed two things - numerous corpses of livestock and enough cheap rusted weapons to outfit the world's worst military. Laurence, who had been carrying a bag of supplies he had acquired from Rolf, had lead the way to the first burrow, stopped to speak. "This is a small burrow. There should only be one exit, seeing how the hole is about one-goblin sized," he said while he dug through his bag, "if you'd like, I could teach you how to deal with these small goblin burrows. Or, you know, you could try on your own and get murdered by glorified rats wielding broken weapons."

It would appear that Laurence had some experience dealing with goblins. At least, judging by his bitter tone. Laurence had pulled out a torch and a vial of thick tar rather quickly. He began to shake the vial, almost as if he expected them to answer with them requesting that he teaches them the ropes.

Medicine Delivery
Diana, Clara, Lumi, Granoda, Grisia
@Nightknight@Hammerman@kkbird123@AdmrlStalfos19@Spanner



The start of the trip was a disaster. Nobody had questioned Noelle driving the carriage. Once they had left the city, Noelle managed to fall asleep at the wheel. The two horses drawing the carriage had run off the dirt path, slamming the carriage between two trees. The front was extremely dented and the front wheels seemed to wiggle as the carriage moved. Lumi had taken the reins and a valuable lesson was learned that day.

Even with all of the problems, the party still pushed forwards. However, as they grew closer to the village, a thick fog seemed to roll in. Without any warning, it quickly enveloped them. This was no ordinary fog. The village was nowhere near any large body of water. All in the matter of three minutes, the adventurers were unable to see more than five meters ahead of them. They could only follow the road.

Noelle, of course, was comfortably asleep. She had stolen all of the blankets in the cart and had a fabric cocoon keeping out the frigid fog.
@NobodiesHero New IC post. Note that posting here is not required. Next GM post will be from Saturday to Monday. Mission will actually start at that point.

Groups are
Shipwreck: Alex, Korgath, Liv/Vitus, Ahnci
Escort: Diana, Clara, Grisia, Lumi, Granoda
Burrows: Irene, Yuel, Derrien
As the adventurers filled their groups and conversed, Maya had scrawled a small note on Noelle's mission. She was worried about this. All three of these missions were on such a short notice. She couldn't help but think that these young adventurers were going to take on missions that they barely knew anything about. Of course, that caring thought was slashed as soon as she heard the word "sexy" come from Yuel's mouth.

Maya despised that nickname. It made her feel as though she was being denigrated - belittled - by Yuel. Despite this, Maya didn't outwardly show any change. She remained the smiling and caring receptionist that she always was. "Hold on Yuel. If you're willing for any mission, we should let the others choose first," Maya said.

While speaking to Yuel, Alexander had suddenly appeared in front of her. Alexander had held up his hand as if to receive the paper. Maya was instantly taken aback. She didn't expect him to be like that. In fact, she didn't even know why he was there. He just appeared, not even saying a word. It was incedibly awkward. He must had stood there for at least an eternity. At least, that's what it felt like for Maya. She looked down at her papers. She quickly picked one up and put it into Alexander's hand. By some miracle, it was the quest that he wanted - goods recovery.

After subtly nudging Alexander to go wait by Leonore, Diana had chosen to help the sick. As quickly as Diana appeared, she had left to prepare. Maya liked this attitude. It made things go by much more easily than it would have.

The odd one, Ahnciel, had asked to join. Maya quickly went to deny his request, but bit her tongue as she realized that he was the only one who had known where the ship was. "I suppose that, as a one time thing, we can allow you to come along," Maya said to Ahnciel before turning to Leonore, "and make sure he doesn't get hurt."

Leonore rolled her eyes. After all, guarding others was Leonore's least favourite job.

Despite Clara speaking to Noelle, Noelle was dead silent. In fact, she didn't even respond. Not even a cursory glance. Oddly enough, the large blade on Noelle's back had managed to move to be firmly planted on the hard-oak floor. Noelle's head was already resting on the guard, her eyes barely open. She had managed to fall asleep.

As Liv had chosen to recover some supplies, she acted as a perfect segue for the large Orc to introduce himself. Maya didn't reconize him, so, while the large orc was embarassed by his kitty-wolf's actions. Maya decided that she needed to help him. "Well Hardy, it's great to have such a strong man as yourself to help. And your wolf Hardy Jr. seems to be such a sweetheart! Good luck on the mission!" She had sweetly said.

Laurence, however, was much less receptive to introductions. Upon seeing Irene curtsy, he snapped back at her. "Don't be so polite. This isn't some thing to be proud of. This is dirty work." Laurence, be it by his mission or the politeness of this woman, was extraordinarily cold. Moreso than his regular self.

Granoda had placed the letter on the reception desk. Maya, keeping it a secret to herself, was actually surprised she could reach that high. "Of course, I'll mail it out this evening," Maya had said before leaning over the counter to whisper to Granoda, "But, as for the teacher bit, I think we both know how it's going to end up if you get some... recruits. But this is important. Don't tell the others but... delivering this medicine is bad news. This was all kept hush, not a soul should know have known about it, but we've been getting some threats about delivering the medicine. So, as a special mission for you, I would like you to protect everyone who's heading to the village."

Almost as if a curse, the first bad thing happened. Grisia's introduction had awoken Noelle. Almost instantly, Noelle panicked. She quickly let go of her sword. It clambered to the ground, letting out a loud clang as the sword laid flat. "I'm awake, I'm awake, I'm awake!" Noelle exasperated in a panic. She quickly held her heart. That terrified her. It took a while, but she had managed to control her ragged breathing. Almost instantly, her paniked expression had turned to an blank face. Expressionless, calm, and collected. She was pretending that her shock never happened.

Derrien had volunteered to go wherever was needed. Which was nice, in fact. Laurence had been largely ignored, save for Irene wanting to be beautiful (and get coin).

However, not everything was sunshine and rainbows. Wren, as a result of eating his food too quickly, had succumbed to severe cramps. He almost instantly dropped to the ground, clutching his stomach. Rather quickly, a man came from the bar, picking up Wren and carrying him outside before he could yarf all over the good rugs. Maya had a look on her face. It was unable to be described. However, upon seeing it, every one of the adventurers knew that they should not talk about this moment ever again.

"Well. You folks have 3 hours to prepare. Yuel, Derrien, head out with Laurence to help destroy some burrows. The two carts to head out is just outside. Get to it when you're all ready. Laurence, Yuel, Derrien, and Irene: You guys are on foot. Good luck! And Lumi! Don't think I don't see you twiddling your thumbs over there. You're going to the village with Noelle!"
So, due to not having enough time to actually write decent posts, I'll be removing my character from the RP. Sorry.


No worries. Good luck with whatever you do next.
@NobodiesHero@Emeraldlane@Chasers115

IC came early. Don't feel rushed to post. It's just introductions and choosing a mission.
Swymport was bustling. After all, it was their busiest time of year. Just before the summer festival when all of the neighboring cities and towns visited. The streets were filled up to the brim with people preparing. With stalls being put up and decorations being hung, it livened the streets. For those who lived in Swymport, this festival marked the founding of the town. Though, nobody cared about that. For the majority of the town, it marked three days of relaxation and partying. Surprisingly, the guild hall was an entire different story.

It wasn't just busy for the citizens of Swymport, it was also a huge undertaking for adventurers. The sheer amount of logistics and supplies they needed to collect for the festival made no shortage of work. The smell of rewards were in the air, and as a result, most of the adventurers in the guild had journeyed far and wide to collect their share of summer rewards. Save for the drunkards and sheepish low-ranked members, the guild was completely empty. It was rather calm. Much more than usual. That was, at the very least, until a boy had entered, frantically looking for some help.


Prologue: Three's Company



"I get that you're trying to recover your goods ma'am, but we haven't checked to even see if your goods are still there," Maya calmly told Ahnciel, "all of our high-ranked adventurers are out. Not to mention, it's much too risky to send a bunch of new adventurers to check it out. Especially without anyone here to watch them."

As if a sign from god, a party of four adventurers had entered the hall the exact moment Maya had said that. The first adventurer that came in was upright and, for lack of a better term, stuck up. She instantly ignored everyone else in the guild and came forth to the reception desk. A large slam resounded as she smacked a large pile of papers down on the wooden desk.

The second adventurer was much more ambiguous. She seemed to keep a large sword on her back and held a helmet at her hip. She also appeared to be much more friendly than the rest of the party - appearance wise, at least. She took a nice position against the wall and closed her eyes, waiting for her party to be finished.

The third adventurer looked cold. Emotionally uncaring about the world. He didn't look like he would say much or care about anything, so it was a surprise when he made a beeline directly to the bar. Without needing to say a word, the bartender placed a cornucopia of fruit and meat in front of him. In a flash, he began to gobble down the food like no tomorrow.

The final adventurer was the most enigmatic of the group. He was massive, wore a strange armour, carried what seemed to be the corpses of numerous monsters and seemed to, like the rest, ignore everyone else. He went directly to Rolf's desk directly right of the entrance. Without so much as a word, Rolf opened a door to the side of his desk. The final adventurer entered, placed the bodies inside, and left. Still silent, Rolf pulled out a deck of cards and they began to play some sort of esoteric card game.

"Each request completed to perfect specifications. All cadavers have been accounted for and..." the first adventurer said before being interrupted by a hushing Maya.

"Yeah yeah, perfect job Leonore, let me think..." Maya said before getting up. She walked over to the job board and pulled down two pieces of parchment. They were jobs that needed to be completed immediately. She placed them on the table and smiled at Leonore. "Everyone!" Maya yelled out, "we have three jobs to do. None of them are extremely difficult, but they're all urgent. Get all of the C and D ranks you can up here." The drunkards did not move an inch, but a certain group of adventurers who seemed destined for greatness heard the call.

"Also, Noelle," Maya said as the second adventurer opened one eye, "get up here. Laurence too."

Laurence, the adventurer who was eating at the bar, let out a long sigh before slowly ambling towards the desk. Noelle, the adventurer against the wall, briskly walked to the desk.

"Dale," Maya said meekly as she looked at the large and imposing figure playing cards with Rolf, "you can just do you." Dale grunted in response. But Laurence, Leonore, and Noelle are going to teach some newbies the ropes and make sure there are no big accidents." Laurence let out a rather long sigh and Leonore seemed to be extremely peeved at the prospects of teaching newbies. Noelle didn't seem to mind, however.

Maya looked through the two pages. She quickly pulled out a third - empty - and scrawled out a quick title and description. She gave each of the three B-ranked adventurers a mission and began to speak. "Noelle, you're going to escort a horse cart of medicine. No one really knows it's going out, so it's pretty safe. But this is to just make sure it gets there. Laurence, you're going to deal with some goblin burrows. Two of them, if you want to be precise. Get some supplies from Rolf. And Leonore, you're going to find some supplies that crashed. All three of you, get some C and D ranked people to help."

And with that, the adventurers were called to action. Three missions were laid out before them, each one as urgent as the next.
Mission Board


Resource Recovery

A boy says there's a crashed boat with a huge lot of resources. We haven't had time to properly vet this, so be careful. Given to Leonore.

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆ Rank: C
Reward: 5 silver coins per person, a portion of recovered goods.


Burrow Destruction

From the Swynport Guard: It appears that goblins have burrowed close to town. While this is normally taken care of, we are incredibly short on manpower at the moment. Thus, the task is entrusted to you adventurers. See Rolf for some supplies. Given to Lawrence.

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆ Rank: C
Reward: 1 gold coin per person


Medicine Delivery

An outbreak of blight has hit a nearby town. In order to contain it, we need to deliver these medicinal supplies. Head over there as fast as you can. Given to Noelle.

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆ Rank: C
Reward: 8 silver coins per person.
@Emeraldlane He looks good, toss him in to the character tab.

also IC is probably tomorrow. Pushing it up. Don't feel rushed to post. It's fine if it takes a few days.
@Tominas Korgath is good. Put him in the character tab
@NobodiesHero@Chasers115

IC is coming on, most likely, Thursday.
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