Runaway Run far far away (job)

A tall blonde haired woman with a willowy frame stood before a job board, looking through possible gigs she might be able to take. She had the distinct fragrance of lavender that fit perfectly with her purple dress. Her jacket was less fitting, a pure black peacoat, but it was classy. And all of this she had bought with not a dime of her own money. She’d had to rob a man back in another town to get the train ticket to here.

And accidentally killed him. Her brief stint with Basilisk Fang had left her a little morally compromised to say the least. But at least they were probably dead now that their fortress blew up. So far as she knew they were inside it when it’d gone up in flames, so it made sense that they’d be dead.

But just in case Akeldama had taken the precaution of wearing sunglasses. Pretty much the only thing she couldn’t change about her appearance was her face and eyes. And if Iris happened to get a look at her eyes… She wouldn’t doubt that he’d be able to recognize her in an instant.

Even having finally bathed and dyed her hair blonde. She’d even cut it short. It felt weird… And likely wouldn’t stay like that for long with as fast as her hair grew. For the millionth time Akeldama really hoped the guild members of Basilisk Fang were dead. She had a feeling that even with all this it might not be enough. Her only chance was if they assumed she had burnt up in the fire.

Ah, a job board for Magnolia. What would there be to do this day, thought the green-haired man wearing his usual suit and fedora. Recently, he hadn't done much other than sit at home and tamper with his magical armoured suit. Suit that was more akin to a robot than it was actual clothing, but none the less not what he was wearing at the moement. Now he was just wearing a fancy suit coat with black slacks and a white shirt, along with the black hat that many new him for. If Desmond was known for anything, it was his laid back personality and his fondness for always looking good.

Seeing a woman, with a magical signature looking at the job board wasn't very shocking to the hunter, since every mage at one point or another took jobs. So, he paid her no heed and looked at the jobs. Scanning. Jobs for fighting some dark mages found nearby... nope. Didn't care about fighting people. Helping fix a gas leak... nope. There are specialists for that kind of thing. None of these jobs seemed at all appealing, until he saw one - hunting a giant, three headed dog. Sounded interesting, hunting down a cerberus. Desmond grabbed that piece of paper, and looked it over, still not paying much mind to the woman next to him.

Akeldama watched as the other man took the job about the dog creature. In her honest opinion she wasn’t sure she’d be able to do that job. It was a B rank and she… She didn’t even know what that was yet.

But this guy looked strong, and he was confident enough to take on such a job without any help at all. Splitting the money would of course make it less for both of them… But it’d be worth it given how large the reward was. All Akeldama would have to do was make it look like she was doing things and that might be enough. Either that or make him pity her enough to give her the money any ways…

She’d decide as she went what kind of guy this one was. “Hey there. My name’s Alise, what’s your name?” She was going by a fake name for now. Just in case.


WC: 421

Desmond looked up once he heard the woman speak to him, and cocked his head to the side while raising an eyebrow. She randomly introduced herself under the name of Alise, and asked Desmond for his. Being a relatively nice person, Desmond took off his hat and bowed, then stood up straight and returned the accessory.

"Hello, Ms. Alise. My name is Desmond. Do you need something of me?"

Desmond folded up the piece of paper that he held in his hands and stored it in his pocket, then leaned up against the request board, looking with a slight interest
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Akeldama felt weird talking to a complete stranger. Half the time it didn’t end up well. But now that she was older maybe there was a better chance that things wouldn’t end up that way. She looked bigger and less of a target… Maybe.

But she knew she wouldn’t be able to take any of these jobs on her own. What Akeldama didn’t know was that technically she was a more powerful mage than Desmond. But that doesn’t matter for much when she did not know how to control it. “Well I saw you were going to take that job… I was kind of looking at it myself. I think it would probably be easier with two people.”

He’d probably be doing most of the work, but it’d be worth trying to hook him into helping her.

WC: 558

Desmond waited for a response, tapping his foot slightly while the woman seemed to do a bit of soul searching, or something of that sort since she just made him wait for a bit before an answer. This was a little irritating, since Desmond was usually quick and to the point with things, and left no time for dawdling. It was how he perfered to get everything done, and it was how he would continue to do things for the rest of his life. So, all she needed to do was just get to the point.

And that point was made, eventually. She seemed doubtful while saying it, but the woman Alise wanted to take the job with Desmond, proclaiming that it'd be easier with 2 people. Desmond's immediate response was going to be a hard "no," since he perferred to work alone, and it would be a harsh blow to his pride if he couldn't take down this beast by himself. That was the whole point of going on a B rank mission! He knew he could defeat higher level creatures than himself! He was Desmond Troy, of course!

However, that hard "no" didn't come. Desmond just stood there with an eyebrow raised, and pulled out the piece of paper that held the job.

"I don't really need much help. But if you really want, it says here that the Cerberus has been spotted along with various smaller, albeit still relatively large, feral dog creatures, most likely overgrown wolves, or its pups. You can take those on, but I implore you not to touch the cerberus itself, Ms. Alice. If you agree to these terms, you can accompany me."

Desmond stored the piece of paper once again, and then turned around, going towards the thicket of woods. He was blatantly showing now that he wasn't going to wait forever for an answer, so he gave her exactly 10 seconds before he started walking, response or otherwise.
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