Escort on a Train [Job]

job info:

Lekuna was at it again. She had taken it upon herself just to keep taking up jobs for the sake of her guild, and she was going to let nobody get in her way. That being said, she would take the jobs on alone if she could. Going on jobs with colorful mages from other guilds was fine and all, but if she didn’t need them to get the job done, she figured it would be quicker to do it without them. Upon looking at the watch she always carries around, she realized that once again, she was right on time. Lekuna didn’t quite know why she looked at the old thing even though she knew that it was pretty much synced up to her internal clock at this point, but she guessed that it was just a habit she had developed of the course of her receiving it and now.

The job today was to escort some man on a train. It sounded very easy, in theory, but even D ranked jobs had a little bit of a catch to them. Whether it be listening to stories that most people find to be boring and uninteresting while remaining seemingly interested to very rude charity hosts, they always had some catch. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t higher frankly overqualified mages to do their work. That very catch happened to be that the client’s husband had a disgustingly crippling fear of the railroad… for some reason. Hey, she wouldn’t judge him, but that was a very silly kind of fear in her mind. Maybe he gets a bad case of motion sickness. Maybe his mother died while on a train, who knows. But, the bottom line was that he had a job interview to get to and a train was really the only way to get there. Of course, there was always flying, but Lekuna had no spells like that.

”Thank you for taking up this job Ms. I don’t know what comes over me, but the mere sight of a train makes me want to run as fast as I can in the opposite direction. So, I have to warn you, when we get close you had better do something because I can run very fast when it’s away from something I fear so much” he said as he came out of his home and down the few steps leading down from the front door. ”Don’t worry, I’ll make sure you get there” were her only words before she gestured for him to follow. ”There it is, there’s the train. Now try to-” she began, but upon the mere site of the train, he began to run as fast as his legs would take him in the opposite direction. I don’t have time for this… But at least he gave me a warning. I should’ve listened .

Lekuna took no time to dash after him, following him as best as she could as he ran quite fast. If I didn’t know any better, I would’ve said he had speed magic. If he did, I’m sure he would’ve run to his job interview she had the side thought while running and jumping over piles of fruit that the man knocked down in order to try and evade her. Though he ran fast, she was still a not-so battle hardened mage and was catching up slowly but surely. She wasn’t the only one who was chasing after him, as all the vendors he had wronged wanted a piece of him as well. It’ll be trouble if they catch him before I do. I need to speed up she thought as she picked her speed up and ran at a full sprint, hoping to catch him before she tired out.

”Gotcha!” the mage exclaimed as she grabbed him from behind, her arms wrapped around his waist and both their bodies hitting the ground. ”Please don’t do it! It isn’t worth it! Don’t make me go on that death trap! he begged and pleaded while the vendors began to cheer. Lekuna raised an elbow and brought it down on the back of his head, much to everyone’s delight. ”Thanks miss!” ”That’ll teach him!” ”Haha, you really got him!” All sorts of cheers came from around her as she bowed slightly and carried the unconscious body towards the train. ”Remember that Eclipse Soul mages aren’t as bad as we’re made out to be, good day” she said while the train doors closed to all the men and women who cheered her on. With a sigh, she gently dropped the body in a booth seat and sat down. All those people really did exhaust her, but not as much as the running did really. She was about to die out before catching him, and only her leap at the end really saved her client. At least the job was done now and she was glad she didn’t have to return to get her pay, as the nice lady paid her in advance.