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mercenary jobs #4 — open to all
Who: Anyone interested in taking some mercenary jobs via Aranea Highwind's offerings. This log is focused on Wyver and can be found on job boards across the city as well as personal handwaved texts.
What: Mercenary posting!
When: N/A
Where: N/A
Warning(s): Happy Holidays, y'all!
What: Mercenary posting!
When: N/A
Where: N/A
Warning(s): Happy Holidays, y'all!
Thank you for stopping by to check out this month's job postings for Highwind Hires — a freelance mercenary group!
JOB #1 — MERCY KILL?
You actually were hired for a bountiful delivery quest: move a cart of medicine from one outpost to the other. However, there seems to be something that catches your eye on your trek closer to Wyver — a rather large, sickly dragon laying on the side of the road. There seems to be a plethora of arrows in its wings and legs, preventing it from flying. The poor thing looks like it has been dragging itself for miles without help.
It's small enough to move with two people, but you'll need to choose whether you abandon the medicine crates in the back of your cart or put the poor thing out of its misery.
OUTCOMES:
- ABANDON THE MEDICINE, SAVE THE DRAGON — You have to pay 300 Silver for the lost medicine, which will eventually be looted from. However, there will be someone from the DIPA — Dragon Insurance Protection Agency that will be called to examine the beast and care for it. The dragon has a long road to recovery, but it will survive.
- MERCY KILL THE DRAGON — You will leave a body, deliver the medicine for 300 Silver.
JOB #2 — SECRET SHOPPER
The elderly grandmother of one of the richest families in Olympia is looking for a special gift for her husband for their anniversary. She enlists a team of shoppers to wander the streets on a holiday known as Black Day — the premiere shopping day of the year. Shops are lined up, deals are sent out in parchments — it's up to you to find some of the items on her list.
The struggle is simple: finding the items and getting out of the stores unscathed.
OUTCOMES:
- MIRROR OF OLD will earn you 500 Silver if acquired. This item is one of a kind. It is said the mirror allows you to have fresh, crisp memories revived in its reflective glass.
- RECORDER OF TRUTH is a small flute with an obnoxious noise. However, playing it allows anyone who hears to feel truthful for a short amount of time. This will earn 200 Silver.
- AXE OF THE BLOODIED is an heirloom that has been in and out of shops for decades. It seems there is a fearful curse placed upon whomever purchases it, one that causes the owner to go mad. This makes it highly coveted among nobles who want to add it to their collection. 500 Silver is earned with purchase.
JOB #3 — REDBONE
A butcher shop in Olympia is seeking hunters and mercenary to hunt down Turo in preperation for the unified gala between Olympia and Wyver. You are to provide your own means of transportation and return within two dead Turo. You will be paid 230 Silver for each and get a portion of the meats. Due to the contract the butcher has put out, the usual place for hunting in Murkwell is a little sparse, so you must venture deeper. Rumor has it, the Turo are fond of Radiating Blossom...
OUTCOMES:
- For one, you will not only be given half the sum, but you will receive no extra food.
- If you successfully hunt both, you will find your pockets lined per the offering above. In addition to the meat, the butcher will offer his best recollection of valuable hunting spots in the area.
JOB #4 — TEST SUBJECTS
The shaman in Wyver are looking to pay heavily for a new strand of "Clarity Potion" (truth serum). Aranea puts the quest up on a local job board in hopes to get two subjects at a time to test out the serum under a closed experiment. Whomever volunteers with this will spend the evening under close watch at a small 1 bedroom section of the temple and subject to the truth for the first 6 hours. Around 3 in the morning (if still awake), characters will feel anger, lashing out and needing to be heavily talked down.
OUTCOME:
- Characters will be awarded 540 Silver each for their cooperation.
Have fun! If you have any questions, feel free to PM me! These are all loosely based on your choices, so feel free to go wild with them. The outcomes only are indication of what the jobs would offer. If you're interested in having your character offer a job in the future, please let me know!
Aranea Highwind will ICly be contacting characters and offering them jobs based off the assumption she will receive 30% of the cut.
You actually were hired for a bountiful delivery quest: move a cart of medicine from one outpost to the other. However, there seems to be something that catches your eye on your trek closer to Wyver — a rather large, sickly dragon laying on the side of the road. There seems to be a plethora of arrows in its wings and legs, preventing it from flying. The poor thing looks like it has been dragging itself for miles without help.
It's small enough to move with two people, but you'll need to choose whether you abandon the medicine crates in the back of your cart or put the poor thing out of its misery.
OUTCOMES:
- ABANDON THE MEDICINE, SAVE THE DRAGON — You have to pay 300 Silver for the lost medicine, which will eventually be looted from. However, there will be someone from the DIPA — Dragon Insurance Protection Agency that will be called to examine the beast and care for it. The dragon has a long road to recovery, but it will survive.
- MERCY KILL THE DRAGON — You will leave a body, deliver the medicine for 300 Silver.
The elderly grandmother of one of the richest families in Olympia is looking for a special gift for her husband for their anniversary. She enlists a team of shoppers to wander the streets on a holiday known as Black Day — the premiere shopping day of the year. Shops are lined up, deals are sent out in parchments — it's up to you to find some of the items on her list.
The struggle is simple: finding the items and getting out of the stores unscathed.
OUTCOMES:
- MIRROR OF OLD will earn you 500 Silver if acquired. This item is one of a kind. It is said the mirror allows you to have fresh, crisp memories revived in its reflective glass.
- RECORDER OF TRUTH is a small flute with an obnoxious noise. However, playing it allows anyone who hears to feel truthful for a short amount of time. This will earn 200 Silver.
- AXE OF THE BLOODIED is an heirloom that has been in and out of shops for decades. It seems there is a fearful curse placed upon whomever purchases it, one that causes the owner to go mad. This makes it highly coveted among nobles who want to add it to their collection. 500 Silver is earned with purchase.
A butcher shop in Olympia is seeking hunters and mercenary to hunt down Turo in preperation for the unified gala between Olympia and Wyver. You are to provide your own means of transportation and return within two dead Turo. You will be paid 230 Silver for each and get a portion of the meats. Due to the contract the butcher has put out, the usual place for hunting in Murkwell is a little sparse, so you must venture deeper. Rumor has it, the Turo are fond of Radiating Blossom...
OUTCOMES:
- For one, you will not only be given half the sum, but you will receive no extra food.
- If you successfully hunt both, you will find your pockets lined per the offering above. In addition to the meat, the butcher will offer his best recollection of valuable hunting spots in the area.
The shaman in Wyver are looking to pay heavily for a new strand of "Clarity Potion" (truth serum). Aranea puts the quest up on a local job board in hopes to get two subjects at a time to test out the serum under a closed experiment. Whomever volunteers with this will spend the evening under close watch at a small 1 bedroom section of the temple and subject to the truth for the first 6 hours. Around 3 in the morning (if still awake), characters will feel anger, lashing out and needing to be heavily talked down.
OUTCOME:
- Characters will be awarded 540 Silver each for their cooperation.
Have fun! If you have any questions, feel free to PM me! These are all loosely based on your choices, so feel free to go wild with them. The outcomes only are indication of what the jobs would offer. If you're interested in having your character offer a job in the future, please let me know!
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Potions of what? No-dead dragons?
[Sorry, Rikku. Jessica was from a place that didn't deal with potions or magic or... stuff like that.]
Don't dragons heal or something? Some magical lizard hoo-doo?
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Well, healing potions. You know, the kind the moogles make out of shards and gems.
[…Though, apparently she doesn't know. Honestly, what kind of world doesn't have potions? He shrugs at her question – it's not like he knows that much about dragons himself.]
I think, if it knew some kind of Regen or Cure spells, it would have long used it.
[So no magical lizard hoo-doo.]
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[Now she was more distracted by her companion than the quietly groaning dragon.]
What the fuck is a regen spell? Or a cure... look, never mind. Let's just say 'no' to all of the above. What you see is what you get, buddy.
[Well, not entirely true, but she wasn't going to tell him that just yet.]
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I'll explain later.
[And maybe even throw in a demonstration of– well maybe not what Cure is supposed to look like, but at least the next best thing he's capable of. But before he can do that, he's going to have to remove those arrows.
He turns back to the dragon.]
Sorry, this is definitely going to hurt.
[Then he pulls out the first arrow, grimacing at just how deep it is embedded into the dragon's flank. Whoever shot it down, definitely had one hell of a bow (though definitely no aim, considering that they missed all the vital points).]
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Continue.
[See? She could be helpful.]
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[Riku sounds a little distracted, but none the less grateful as he starts to systematically remove the rest of the arrows.
He ducks when the dragon groans, then twitches with its wings; apparently it isn't that keen on the help, only thinking about how much is hurting now, rather than that it might hurt less once those arrows are gone. Meanwhile, Riku mutters.]
Never thought I'd ever wish I knew status spells.
[Being capable of sending the beast to sleep sure would be helpful in this situation. Maybe he should ask… someone to show him more magic at some point.]
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[Welcome to Jessica Jones, Riku. Expect no sympathy.]
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Right.
[He sends her kind of a dubious look though… she sure doesn't look like the type that can actually punch out a dragon, wounded or otherwise.
A few minutes later, he pulls out the final arrow though.]
I think that was the last of them.
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The last arrow being pulled out had the dragon making a sort of moaning grumble sound, body shuddering before it seemed to slump in place.]
Shit. Did you kill it? Is it dead?
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Riku carefully presses his ear against the dragon's chest, listening closely.]
No, it still got a heartbeat.
[Though, all things considered it's probably not going to take long until the dragon does die… so Riku pulls back and takes a deep breath. He can do this... okay maybe he can't heal the dragon properly, but he can at least help a little; he's gotten good enough so that the spell won't blow up in their faces.
…He thinks.
He curls his fingers a little, concentrating as he whispers:]
Heal.
[And sure enough, a green magic swirls up and down like fresh leaves in the wind around himself and the dragon, the puncture wounds not closing entirely… but at least the dragon's breath grows stronger again.]
That should help it for the moment at least.
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[Yeah, she'd seen the green light and watched a few of the holes start to sort of close, then she moved back from where she'd been near his tail.]
Okay, fine. So now it's not dying. Or dead. That's good. But... am I the only one that feels bad leaving it here? There's other things out here and it's basically a lizard dinner for anything that comes across it.
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He takes a step back from the dragon, frowning faintly.]
You are right… we can't leave it here. Maybe there's some kind of shelter nearby that we can drag it to.
[He figures with maybe a little help from the dragon itself they can get it off the street and into safety, and then alert someone who actually has the capabilities to help the dragon once they are back in the city.]
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[This was the part that was going to suck. She called him weird, but she was just as unusual in her own way, even in her own world.]
Look, how about you stay here with the cart and I'll... I don't know. Find some place to put it.