- Job Description:
- Job Name: Sky High
Job Rank: C-Rank
Job Requirements: Max people 3 and needs 20 posts of 250 words.
Job Location: Phoenix Mountains
Job Description: Two travelers are trying to get to the either side of the Phoenix Mountains. They do not know their way over the mountains. If you choose to accept this job you are to escort them over the mountains to the other side. This trips will take several days and nights so make sure that they do not get injured and if they are any treatments will be taken from your pay. Same goes for any of their equipment and items that the pair are carrying.
Enemies:
Weak:
Critters 2x- These tend to steal small things, preferably shiny. They will also steal food. They range from 3 inches tall to make 1 foot. Each takes C-Rank damage to defeat.
Normal:
Avalanches- You want to make sure you steer clear of these. They will take items and people with them. Hopefully if you are caught in one you can find everything afterwards.
Strong:
Vulcan 3x- These monsters will target women and take them away. They also cause lots of damage in pairs or on their own. Each takes 2 hits of C-Rank damage to defeat.
Boss:
Bandits 5x- Bandits roam the mountains hoping to snag items from people who venture up there. Each of them will take two hits or B-Rank damage to defeat.
Reward: 6k Jewels
Creator: Alyia
Grey clouds covered most of the skies, only a few patches of blue hinting at the fact that it was noon, pillars of sunlight shining down out of those holes in the woolen carpet to illuminate the land below. Or at least parts of it. For the larger part, the sky was overcast, creating a somewhat grim mood for one who paid attention to the weather in such a way. For others, with a more practical and straightforward mindset, it was just a sign that the day would be colder, and that they would have to be wary for rain and possibly even snow.
At the foot of the mountains, on the northeastern side, a small group of people was preparing themselves for the trip ahead. The weather wasn't perfect, but schedules and jobs rarely allowed such a thing to call for a delay. The trip was one that would take several days and nights, and seeing how two of the travelers in question were in something of a hurry not even a single day of wasted time could be afforded. These two were the ones looking somewhat uncomfortable, looking up at the tall and imposing fortresses of stone and earth that rose up in front of them. The Phoenix Mountains were a large mountain range, formed out of the kind of mountain that would try to hinder any kind of travel as best it could. The sides were rocky and treacherous, causing a single sound to already be enough to provoke an avalanche if one didn't watch out. In the begging the slopes would make things easier, but afterwards the only path left would be mountain trails, thin and windy as they sneaked their way around and in between the large monuments that dominated the landscape. And as the altitude increased the temperature would decrease. An inexperienced traveler could very easily fall prey to it, surprised by just how could the day could become even if they were well below the snowline.
Even if they were in a hurry, this trip was not one that one could just risk being hasty with. If they didn't watch their step, if they weren't prepared, they would only hasten to a terrible fate.
The travelers looked around at one of the two mages they had hired to help guide them through this treacherous landscape. The mage in question was one who was very familiar with the Phoenix Mountains. In fact, her own home village was located in one of the many valleys hidden behind stone and earth, a place only known to the merchants which visited from time to time for trade, and the ones who left their home to seek fame and fortune in the wide world outside of this mountain range. She had accepted this job because she was quite sure that there were not many other mages who were quite as suited for it. Even if they had traveled here before, not many of them would have lived up there in the shadow of the peaks for nearly twenty years before leaving home. She was also looking up at those mountains, but rather than trying to steel her resolve and attempting to conquer her uncertainty she was busy scanning the path before them, trying to find the best route to take. She had lived in the Phoenix Mountains for as long as she had been a child, but that didn't mean she knew the entire landscape like the back of her hand. The best she could do here was use that familiarity and experience to find the best path.
Although of course she'd also have to deal with the fact that these travelers weren't too comfortable around her. So far as ability to safely get people through the mountains was concerned, Akeya was a good choice. However these travelers were the ones that would be paying her at the end, but they were already giving her uneasy glances. Or rather, they were sneaking glances at her large draconic wings, folded up on her back, and the long tapered reptilian tail swaying slightly behind her, both wings and tail covered in midnight blue scales. They looked at her hands and feet, covered in more delicate scales of the same colour, and the short but still obviously sharp claws that had replaced her nails. One of them also was somewhat distracted by her female figure, but other than that they were too busy trying to convince themselves that they would be safe with this half dragon, whose eyes they could only feel but not see, as they had been hidden behind a blindfold which failed to protect them from the weight of her gaze when it fell upon them.
Akeya would be the one leading this expedition, but the other mage would be having the important task of making sure the travelers would follow Akeya without hesitation, keeping them happy and calm so they wouldn't make a mistake that could get all four of them killed. Akeya could lead the way, but she would never be able to make others feel at ease. It was simply a skill which she did not possess, which in some ways she had willingly thrown away when she accepted the dragon blood from her ancestors. But if the travelers weren't calm they could panic at a crucial moment, especially if they encountered one of the more dangerous creatures which inhabited the Phoenix Mountains. And if they panicked their first instinct would most likely be to run away without knowing where to go, and doing such a thing in such a dangerous place was a good way to quickly meet the end of your life. If they were calm they were more likely to trust the two mages to do their job of keeping the travelers safe, and if they were happy they would be more generous with their rewards once they reached the other side of the Phoenix Mountains.
They were nearly done preparing, the only thing left to do was to get moving before the day had grown so old that they would no longer be able to cover enough ground at the beginning. The beginning was the easiest part of the entire trip, so it was best to try and get as far as possible before they would have to come to a halt for the night. Her draconic part was from a dragon of shadows and darkness, so the half dragon from Blue Pegasus would actually prefer moving at night, but doing so when she had to keep an eye on two completely normal humans, and possibly another human mage as well, was not possible.
"Let's get moving."