Kai stretched his arms above his head with a quiet yawn, arching his back in the process; a failed attempt to reduce the aching in the muscles of his lower back. With a disgruntled sigh he lowered his arms, taking the time to ruffle his spiky, blond hair in the process. The local inn bed had been less than satisfactory, but anything was better than sleeping outdoors on a cold, wet night. Kai carefully reached into the pocket of his long, baggy jeans as he stood up and put them back on, taking out a small piece of paper simultaneously. The words on the paper consisted of information regarding a request for someone to test some soft toys in exchange a rather ludicrous amount of jewels in his opinion, but he wasn’t going to complain about being overpaid for a simple job. His yellow eyes scanned the document, rereading the address, if he was correct the shop was just down the street from the inn.
Kai pulled on his white shirt that was a little tighter than he would have prefered but it did show off his muscular build quite nicely, something he didn’t have too many qualms with. With one last stretch and yawn he made his way out of the room in the inn and down the stairs. There were already a few others up and about, some eating breakfast and others having the first of many drinks for the day. The blond simply walked up with a smirk to the barkeeper to pay his tab for the night, including a meal the evening beforehand and a couple of drinks, nothing too extravagant. While he’d normally having something quirky to stir up trouble, he didn’t exactly feel like it today, besides today was the anniversary, one he’d rather forget about with drinking. Unfortunately for Kai needed money and he couldn’t let an opportunity like this one slip by. So instead he found himself walking towards the location of the local toy store as the crisp sea breeze of the port town brushed against his skin. He arrived well on time and took out a key he had received from the owner the day before to unlock the front door. As he stepped inside he suddenly remembered the owner had also mentioned that he wouldn’t be working alone, however, he had failed to tell Kai who would be joining him or what they looked like.
The blond looked around, the store was in fairly good condition, the shelving even appeared to be recently replaced. He had expected it to be run down, besides a toy shop couldn’t be that lucrative of a business, perhaps the owner had a few tricks up their sleeve for getting people to pay for his products. Kai wondered to himself just how good these plush toys must be as he read a price tag on the closest stuffed teddy bear; 100,000 jewels. His face instantly turned shocked, who would pay such a ridiculous amount, were they really worth it? Well he was in charge of testing them, he would find out soon enough, still he highly doubted that someone would pay such an absurd price for just a stuffed toy.
Kai pulled on his white shirt that was a little tighter than he would have prefered but it did show off his muscular build quite nicely, something he didn’t have too many qualms with. With one last stretch and yawn he made his way out of the room in the inn and down the stairs. There were already a few others up and about, some eating breakfast and others having the first of many drinks for the day. The blond simply walked up with a smirk to the barkeeper to pay his tab for the night, including a meal the evening beforehand and a couple of drinks, nothing too extravagant. While he’d normally having something quirky to stir up trouble, he didn’t exactly feel like it today, besides today was the anniversary, one he’d rather forget about with drinking. Unfortunately for Kai needed money and he couldn’t let an opportunity like this one slip by. So instead he found himself walking towards the location of the local toy store as the crisp sea breeze of the port town brushed against his skin. He arrived well on time and took out a key he had received from the owner the day before to unlock the front door. As he stepped inside he suddenly remembered the owner had also mentioned that he wouldn’t be working alone, however, he had failed to tell Kai who would be joining him or what they looked like.
The blond looked around, the store was in fairly good condition, the shelving even appeared to be recently replaced. He had expected it to be run down, besides a toy shop couldn’t be that lucrative of a business, perhaps the owner had a few tricks up their sleeve for getting people to pay for his products. Kai wondered to himself just how good these plush toys must be as he read a price tag on the closest stuffed teddy bear; 100,000 jewels. His face instantly turned shocked, who would pay such a ridiculous amount, were they really worth it? Well he was in charge of testing them, he would find out soon enough, still he highly doubted that someone would pay such an absurd price for just a stuffed toy.
[WC: 537 | TWC: 537/1500]