Squish Squish HOORAY!

Keeping Fierve in Check

Squish Squish HOORAY!
Level 2
XP & 250 Gold
The local village near Fierve is requesting assistance with ridding them of pesky Slimes that cause Havoc in the village! Killing about 5 should help!

ACCEPT?

Yes or NO

The loyal Rudolf had arrived in a small village in Fierve as per the orders of Elrinith. Rudolf didn't especially care that his orders directed him into a separate country, nor did he care that the villagers were eyeing him with disdain and uncertainty. He was doing a particularly adequate job of ignoring them while searching for the target of his mission.

His mission, according to the long and tedious explanation that was provided to him by Elrinith, was to complete missions from the guild in the outskirts of Fierve, improving the impression of the Wind faction there. Rudolf arrived at the adventurer's guild and quickly grabbed a low-level mission that requested the killing of slimes within the village.

He quietly checked his equipment and clothing and abilities to prepare for the mission. He wore a pair of vans with black cargo pants. A white long sleeve shirt adorned his top, with one blue sleeve. He wore a small bag on his top with one health potion in it. He's got his one-handed sword sheathed on his left hip.

With that, he's ready to go complete the mission and makes his way out the door.

Meguumin was nervous but saw a few others as she walked towards the outskirts of town with her equipment in tow. She wore her usual garb, a half kimono styled dress and high heel boots. Her hair was done up in a messy bun. The mission was to defeat these slimes and she was coming up on the first one for the day. The small blue creature bounced around and looked very content with just hanging out right outside the town. 

"Looks like this is gonna be sad."

She did not enjoy killing creatures but this was for her own survival so she had to do this to be able to afford her own living. Meguumin drew her bow and on her back her quiver seemed to have never ending arrows. It was weird when this "Real Life" felt like a game. She noticed it here and there but the pain and suffering she would feel is real. She once cut her finger and saw her health drain a tiny bit but even that small cut felt like it would when she was back on Earth. 

Meguumin drew her bow and let loose a quick arrow at the small blue creature. The arrow shot right through it and punctured a hole through it. She half expected it to just evaporate and a small xp symbol appear over it. This was not the case. The creature screeched and retched over in pain. The poor thing. She was not prepared for how gruesome killing something could be. In fact she felt sick to her stomach.

She looked away and decided to put it out of its misery with a final arrow. It was sad. She didn't understand why this place felt like a game but was sick and demented when it could choose to be pg-13.

It didn't matter that an individual had already arrived at the point of concern. She had begun killing a slime with particular disdain. Rudolf caught himself judging her revulsion slightly before moving on to his own mission. His faintly cringing face returned to its typical expressionless mien, hopefully before anyone noticed.

Rudy didn't care that another had arrived, his mission would continue unabated. He cared little for the arrival of an anomaly. He had no reason to approach her, or even acknowledge her presence. So, in an effort to... not draw the attention of this individual, he worked his way around the outside of the space.

He approached a slime, and unsheathed his sword, and quickly dashed towards it, using his left hand to ignite the creature with blue fire. The creature hissed and screeched before quickly melting into a small puddle on the floor. Rudolf knelt next to the former slime and jabbed the core of the slime with his sword just to be sure it was dead.

"Weak..."

He muttered, disappointed. He was only level two according to his stat sheet. Were these creatures really so unfortunate that they could be killed by a level two hero? Rudy knew he wasn't strong. He silently criticized the creature for a few more moments before moving on. He had four more slimes to kill before he could go home.

Through the corner of her eye Meguumin spotted another individual. He had a sword in hand and quickly dispatched a slime with a blue flame. She focused in on him and with her HUD saw that he was also an adventurer. In fact she was surprised but she could see his name, level and classes. He was a Warrior Primary and Elementalist Secondary. "Interesting" she thought to herself. His name Rudolph shown right above his level. Would it be strange for her to go and introduce herself? 

As she pondered what to do she saw a blue slime behind him. In a reflex she shot the poor blue blob and it exploded with a screech. It was loud enough to where Rudolph could probably hear it. As it exploded Meguumin was reminded of her disgust for dispatching creatures and slightly wretched at the action she just took. Although it was meant to protect him.

That means it was 2 down. Meguumin approached the adventurer and immediately bowed her head.

"I'm sorry! I thought it was going to get you!"

The one thing about Meguumin is that she was very straightforward but cute. Her bangs hung over her head as she bowed and went back into a standing position. She awaited his response for killing the slime so close to him. Meguumin could have even hit him if she wasn't careful.

He'd failed. Miserably and utterly, Rudy had buggered the entire operation. In his efforts to remain unnoticed, he'd drawn her attention completely in his direction. Now that she'd spoken to him, he decided to focus his efforts on a new task. Pretending as if he wasn't unremittingly despondent at being noticed.

Unfortunately, he failed at that too. Tragedy was written all over his face. The crestfallen young hero had the sort of expression you'd expect from an individual watching Mufasa attempt to save his child from a rampaging herd of wildebeest. Perhaps if he showed disinterest in her, he'd ruin a first impression and she'd avoid him too.

"Ahem... It's fine."

He said, quickly turning away and returning to his task. It didn't matter that their fated meeting was perhaps entirely awkward for both of them. His renewed focus brought his attention to the slime he was meant to be killing. He rushed towards the nearest slime a few meters away and slashed downward with both hands.

The moderately more potent attack left a slight imprint on the ground where the formerly thriving slime hissed and died gruesomely. The grisly sight seemed to have little or no effect on the boy, who quickly prepared to move onto the next slime.