- Job details:
- [7:13:43 PM] Kite Wilhelm: Your word count is 5000 or more
[7:13:46 PM] Kite Wilhelm: Task
[7:22:48 PM] Kite Wilhelm: You are going to a cave in the neutral grounds. A cult of anti mages have gathered and look to attack a local village. While in this cave all magic is nullified as well as magic in items and weapons. Goal discover the hidden weapon the cult members made. The weapon is a seal that can shut down magic in a mage.
[7:23:32 PM] Kite Wilhelm: However The Whole no magic in the cave your character won't be aware of ic until they try to use magic
Part One: The Town
The sun started to rise as Mashyuu and Itsu stepped into the neutral grounds. A land that was said to not have any sort of magical influence to it. Mashyuu had done his best to avoid this place for what he knew was the better part of his life. On his hip was Excalibur and his brown gi was wrapped around his body. "So what did Kite ask you to do? I assume I'm actually needed for this?" Itsu asked and brushed her pinkish hair out of her face to tuck behind her ear. Mashyuu frowned at her and happily nudged the woman. "Come on Itsu, you know I need you on my jobs. I'm nothing without you. Lets see... what was it he said? OH!" Mashyuu smiled happily and ran his hand through his brown hair then walked to a small tree and rested under it. "So. Kite asked me to do a strange thing I suppose. He wanted me to look into a cult that is hiding out around here. Apparently they are creating some sort of super weapon that can nullify magic all together. I don't know if it can actually work but in a world where demons and gods teach mortals magic I don't want to risk this being a real issue. So I figure lets check this shit out now and make sure we don't regret it later." Mashyuu explained and glanced at a cart that was rolling by on the dirt road. Itsu glanced over her shoulder and nodded. "I understand that fear. So lets be sure to get things started.... Do we have any leads?" Mashyuu thought for a moment and shrugged. "Nope,
but this cult has to get members from somewhere.. We should start in that town and see if anyone knows anything." Mashyuu nodded towards a small town that was a little while away. Mashyuu and Itsu half smiled when the God Slayers stomach started to rumble and he held it with a tired look on his face. "Maybe we should start with dinner.
I mean really... We haven't had food since we left for this place. I could really eat." Itsu chuckled under her breath and smiled wide. "Yeah I could eat too. Come on Stone Face, lets grab some breakfast." She helped Mashyuu up and the two traveled down the road. "I ever tell you about the time I was given a gauntlet to destroy evil Demons? That gauntlet was supposed to have orbs that could be locked into it to create special weapons. Turned out that was a false legend. The gauntlets were mass produced to create a sort of cult. I stopped it before it could get off the ground. But I never did find out what the cult was." Mashyuu mentioned while the duo walked into town. The two Wizards found themselves sitting in a small padded booth, one on each side of a small table with a plastic menu in their hands. Small photos of meals were placed on the plastic menu next to the meals name and a short description about the meal next to a price. "Hmmm everything looks so expensive." Mashyuu whispered and glanced at Itsu. She narrowed her eyes at him and pointed at the menu again. "Just pick something that isn't a rock." She shot back at him, making Mashyuu chuckle and sigh.
The pair had a quick meal and watched customers come and go. Something seemed off. Mashyuu watched a pair of men speak silently as if they were hiding something, in fact their speech was so silent that his enhanced hearing couldn't even pick up on what they said. Itsu turned to look over her shoulder at the men then back to Mashyuu, who's glowing blue eyes had locked on their backs at this point. Quickly he dug through his pocket and pulled out a few jewel to pay for their meals and waited for the men to get up. As the two men left the diner Mashyuu slid out of his booth while motioning with his left hand for Itsu to follow. Softly she crept behind Mashyuu and the pair followed the men down the street about twenty feet behind them at any given time. Mashyuu did his best to not let his heavy foot falls echo out on the paved street, luckily he hadn't been wearing shoes so his feet didn't create echos in the ground. The two men turned a corner and headed down a narrow alley, Mashyuu's hand went to his swords hilt and he rounded the corner a moment later. Itsu followed close, not drawing her weapon as she figured the two didn't need blood on their hands here. The blue eyes of the Slayer narrowed when they rounded the corner and saw that the men were gone. "Trap door somewhere..." Mashyuu reasoned and let his hands fall to his side. "Well, I guess we are gonna have to search the area and figure out where they went then huh?" Mashyuu turned back to the corner they rounded and pointed at the ground between the two walls that made the alley and lifted his elbow at a sharp angle. "Earth Gods Stone Wall." He muttered, creating a tall wall of stone to block off the area. "Mash! This place doesn't use magic, we should be careful about using it here." "Itsu, I am. Now if we use it only these guys will no. They are part of that cult. When they got outside they spoke a little louder. Some sort of meet up before they head to their home base is happening around here. So they must have a lacrima or a tunnel or something to take them to wherever it is they meet up." Mashyuu explained. Itsu sighed and nodded her head. "One day, I'm gonna develop those sharp senses too, then we will be on par when it comes to information gathering." She quipped while knocking on the stone walls, wondering what would set off Mashyuu's tremor senses.
WC: 1023