The Dog Whisperer [Mission]

[Insanity within the Falls]

Name: Dog-Sitting
Rank: D
IIC Length: 2 Days (48 Hours)
Difficulty: Easy
Objective: Babysit the old woman’s six dogs for a day.
Description: An elderly woman owns six dogs. Each dog has a specific personality and will not listen to anyone other than the elderly woman. However, she needs to go to hospital for a check-up and needs someone to look after her dogs for a few hours. You are to walk the dogs, feed them and ensure that they do not leave the building at all times. This mission can be done multiple times.
Reward: 3,125 Ryo for a Non-Ninja; 4,000 Ryo for a Ninja.


Walking towards the house of the old lady, Yamato looked at his mission scroll once more. According to this scroll, an old lady had to go to the hospital for a checkup. While she was gone, she needed someone to look after her six dogs. He only had to watch them for a few hours, so it wouldn't be that long of a mission. He had to walk and feed them in her absence. He also had to make sure they didn't leave the building. Huh, it seemed pretty easy to him. How hard could it be?

After a few minutes of walking, Yamato finally arrived at the old lady's house. Knocking on the door to announce his arrival, he waited quietly by the door. Time ticked by as he waited for the door to be answered. It was taking a long time, but the owner was elderly after all. And sure enough, while he was in the midst of thinking, the door opened. He exchanged pleasantries with the old lady and after talking, went inside the house. The old lady in turn left to go get her check up. Closing the door behind him, Yamato stared into the house. It was time for him to serve his village.

The moment Yamato stepped through the kitchen door, he was bombarded by dogs. Seeing as how one of the dogs was quite large, he couldn't stop himself from being pushed to the ground. With a look of grimace on his face, Yamato tried to get off the floor. Sadly it wasn't meant to be. For as he tried to push himself up, the old lady's dogs began to jump on him once more. A vein began to throb on his head as he fought his way off the ground and to his feet. Unbelievable, he was a ninja for god's sake. If he couldn't fend off six pets, how could he hope to fend off an enemy ninja.

As soon as he was on his feet, Yamato stared at the dogs warily. The moment they tried to jump on him, he would dodge. In truth, he was only wary of one of them, the one that was over half his body size. The other dogs were pretty small and he could deal with them nipping at his heels. Luckily their nails weren't that sharp, or else he would have another problem to contend with.

Recalling the information on the mission scroll, Yamato thought about what he needed to do first. The tasks that were given to him were feeding the dogs, walking them, and ensuring that they don't leave the premise. It was only three tasks, how hard could they be?

The first task Yamato decided to do was feed them. Sadly the old lady forgot to mention where the food was, so he would have to find it on his own. Opening and closing various cabinets, he searched up and down for the dog food. It was around this time that he noticed one of the small dogs pawing at a cabinet a little to his left. Walking to where the small dog was, he opened the cabinet, only to see nothing inside. Glancing downwards in confusion, he noticed that the dog who had been pawing at the counter was giving him a smug look. As he glared at the dog in irritation, another vein on his head began to throb. What the hell was wrong with these animals?

Yamato spent the next twenty minutes looking for the dog food in various locations throughout the house. It had taken him quite a while to find the food, and he was not pleased. How the hell had he missed the dog food that was on the counter in the kitchen? He had been in there for like ten minutes! Shaking in head in irritation, Yamato proceeded to feed all of the animals. And of course this wasn't easy too since all of the animals started jumping on him the moment he grabbed the dog food. But thanks to his perseverance, he was finally able to finish feeding them. One task done, two to go.

[Insanity within the Falls]

Taking a couple of deep breaths, Yamato prepared to walk the dogs. He wasn't walking them all at once so he needed to choose which ones to walk. Sure he could walk them one at a time, but that would take way too long. After a few minutes of debating, he finally made his decision.

Yamato would first walk the four smaller dogs that the old lady owned. He would then walk the two bigger ones last. Placing a leash on each of the four dogs, he led them out of the house. Picking a random direction to walk in, Yamato set off.

As he was walking, he was forced to stay constantly wary. If he got lost in thought for even a second, the dogs would either run off, or try to pee on him. Unlucky for them, he was a trained ninja. Being patient and observant came with the job. Yamato passed most of the time by examining the neighborhood the old lady lived in. If he had to summarize where she lived in one word, he would use quaint. The neighborhood just had this warm homey feel to it.

Around fifteen minutes later, all of the smaller dogs had went to the bathroom. Walking back to the house at a brisk pace, Yamato swapped the four smaller dogs with the two bigger ones. He decided to take them down the same path as the smaller ones since he was familiar with it. However the bigger dogs had different plans.

With a hidden burst of strength, the dog to his right bolted in one direction while the biggest dog on the left bolted in the other. The bones in Yamato's arms let out a painful screech as he tried stopping the animals from escaping. As his face slowly turned red, he yanked on both of the leashes with all his strength, causing them to fall back toward him. This was some bullshit. If he wasn't fast enough in yanking the leashes back, his arms could've been pulled out of his sockets. How the hell did the old lady deal with this daily?

The rest of the walk passed by uneventful as the dogs he was walking tried nothing else. They probably understood that if they tried some funny, a painful punishment would be waiting for them. Letting the dogs back in the house, Yamato collapsed on a nearby couch. He could hardly believe how hard this was. Since he had never had any pets before, he never knew how hard it was to won one. He had imagined them to be soft and cuddly when in reality they were the complete opposite.

The remaining hours passed by slowly with the dogs doing random things to annoy him. It happened so much that he began to wonder if they were doing it on purpose. The dog with the brown coat in particular had tripped him over seven times. The first two times could've been coincidence, the others couldn't.

So when the old lady came home from her appointment, Yamato was more than happy to leave her with those hellish hounds. He now had respect for the elderly woman for dealing with that crap on a daily basis. He had thought his life was hard, but if he had to do this everyday, he wouldn't know what to do.

Once he was finished talking with the old lady, Yamato headed toward the tower. He was a little scuffed up, but he didn't care. He just wanted to get his pay and go home.