Seedy Exchange [Open]

[Skulking Shinzu]

[Enter with Hiraishin]

Zuruel appeared back in the Land of Fire in a flicker of light. Upon realising that he was still missing a certain variety of seed, he decided to leave Lady behind in Mo and return to the region alone in search for it. Naturally, there was only one type of seed that could draw his attention away from the elixir he was working on. Saddilia. Flaring his nostrils, Zuruel sniffed around the air in search for a trail that might lead him to what he wanted. Having found the nuts before, there was no way he could miss their unique earthy scent.

[Ishin]

Ishin was wandering in the forest for a while in search of the secret path leading to the mountain pass. He was trying to make a new map for his village to help the guards anticipate any surprised attacks. In any case he was getting close to it, just a little bit more and maybe he would find it. The good teacher had to pass through some thorny bushes to reach his destination when he saw a light flash.

"Wooaa!" he stepped on a branch and tripped right into the thorns. "Ahhh!" he was stuck, the man tried to wiggle out but to no avail. "Heeelp! Anyone?" the shouting was quite loud, he believed the flash had to be from someone. Hopefully not anything, anything sinister at that. Ishin usually had such bad luck that even a bandersnatch appearing on top of his head was not impossible.

Incidentally he was just handling some sadillia a few hours ago, putting them inside a new pot to keep them aired. Surely some residue was still on him, Zuruel would most likely be able to sniff him out.

[Skulking Shinzu]

Zuruel heard some sort of creature crushing a branch beneath its foot with his enhanced sense of hearing. Seconds later, he heard the figure fall into more plant life before eventually, calling out for help. “That’s no animal…” He thought to himself. Stroking his chin, he headed towards the direction of the screams. “Well, well, well. Ishin.” Zuruel smiled at the sight of the familiar face. If that wasn’t enough cause for celebration, the familiar scent on Ishin certainly was.

“Need a hand?” Zuruel extended his arm towards Ishin and used it to lift him up and away from the thorns. This close up, Zuruel couldn’t help but flare his nostrils once more and catch another whiff of several Saddilia nuts. The scent seemed to be clinging to Ishin, which suggested he had a ton on him; or at least did at some point in time. “Those thorns could have scratched you up real good. If I didn’t save you, your scratches might have ended up becoming infected. You’d probably end up with a amputated limb or two.” The Kedoin grinned. “No need to thank me – although, is that the scent of Saddilia on you? Know where I can get my hands on three nuts?”

[Ishin]

Ishin got scratched as he was trying to wiggle away to no avail. The thing was that this thing was only roses and nothing dangerous. "Ohhhhh?" he realized someone peeked at him. "Is that you?" it was the assassin, of all the people this guy was here? Ishin often fantasized about this guy just casually walking up to someone and stabbing them to death. The thought was horrid but Zuruel was serving Mo well.

The man has been given a hand which he definitely took up, a little more and those scratches would have been too irritating. "Thank you master assassin. Zuruel was it?" Ishin had good manners as usual. "Ah, getting amputated would leave a bad taste, surely you jest. Hahaha" it was a possibility he has not considered. "Yes, indeed. You have a keen sense of smell." just how did he know?

"Three you say?" he stoke his chin, he did have more so why not give. "Well you are in luck, as a thanks I will give you three. Just have to wait for a bit here and you can have them." he of course would need to go get them from his cauldron.

[Skulking Shinzu]

“That was easy…” Zuruel blinked. Not wishing to look at gift horse in the mouth, the Kedoin remained quiet and kept his comments to himself as Ishin agreed to handover several seeds. As the boy fetched them, Zuruel made sure to always remain hovering quite close to him in case he was planning on any quick escapes. Surely it couldn’t be that easy. The duo were both allies of Mo, but due to his harsh upbringing, Zuruel couldn’t believe that anyone could be that kind. He could only assume Ishin had some sort of ulterior motive.

“Does this mean I owe you? What do you want in exchange for the seeds?” Zuruel squinted his eyes as he waited for a response. No one would hand over something so valuable and rare that easily. “Say… You have that giant pet bird right? You better not be planning on making me wash its feathers or trim its talons.” Zuruel could probably do the later fairly easily with his new sword, although not without spooking the bird and likely ending up pecked or thrashed around by its giant wings. Either way, the Kedoin could only hope that Ishin would ask for a non-avian related favour.

[Ishin]

For Ishin had no use for the sadillia, he could offer a few to people. But true, they usually fetched a good price so he can't blame the assassin. He stroke his hollow chin "Nono, you don't owe me anything. Hmmmm,maybe you could do two more good deeds. You know, one for each sadillia." Ishin did not even need any more so to speak.

Speaking of Ayahan, the bird was just flying somewhere around the village. He would just whistle and waited for her to come pick her up. "Ahha, you mean Ayahan? You will see her soon but the idea of you trimming her feathers did sound like a good idea." the bird has not taken a shower in a long time. Maybe Zuruel could give one to her, considering it was really easy to do. The only thing Zuruel would have to do, was sit on her saddle and hold on for real.

The bird liked to dive head-on into the cold freezing lake while someone was saddled, Ishin hated that. After a while the giant Ziz landed some ways from both people. "Want to come with me?" Zuruel was free to come however he would have to endure the cold lake. Of course Ishin did not tell the assassin that. If Zuruel saddled up, they would fly up to the peek where Ishin had his secret laboratory.

Only Ayahan was able to get up there, unless you knew how to also fly and could predict the winds just as well. Zuruel would enter a large building on the edge of a cliff. "There we go." Ishin opened the doors to his storage, there he walked to a cauldron. This place was so high that it was a natural refrigerator. He took three doses and handed the contents to the assassin. "Here are three."

[Skulking Shinzu]

“Two good deeds? I guess I can donate some money to Mo’s treasury… Maybe even hunt for some new recruits.” Zuruel stroked his chin. It had been a while since he had performed any Mo-related activities other than training with the soldiers. Still, he couldn’t quite believe if Ishin was joking or not. To the Kedoin, deals were as binding as promises in blood. To ensure Ishin didn’t have any tricks up his sleeve, Zuruel planned on returning after the exchange and completing the promised two good deeds as quickly as possible before he could accidentally find himself in any weird messes.

“How is Ayahan around fire? Ever heard of those haircuts with Fire Jutsu? I could probably do something similar.” Sadly, Zuruel didn’t quite know any Water Jutsu yet – but he always wondered if he could do anything interesting with it. Perhaps combining water and fire to form steam. “Why not.” Zuruel dashed up the giant avian beast’s side utilising his Chakra before gripping tightly onto the saddle. Thanks to his physical prowess, holding on wasn’t much of an issue. The real problem was the dive bomb into the lake. Caught off guard, the Kedoin ended up with water pooling in his lungs and he breathed in far more of the liquid than planned. Luckily for him, with a quick shift of his cells, he managed to empty the liquid in his lungs with a quick sneeze. In this same action, he also increased his body temperature to fight off the cold of the lake. In a second, he’d go from freezing to perfectly comfortable.

“A lab? Is this where you spend all your time hiding?” Zuruel glanced around. He only ever saw Ishin in the middle of random adventures. He also wondered where the boy stayed. So focused on the surroundings, Zuruel almost missed the cauldron Ishin reached into. Luckily, his enhanced sense of smell couldn’t miss the items when they were so openly exposed to the air. With a glimmer in his eyes, he walked over to Ishin and pocketed the items in his cloak after sealing them away in an air-tight container. “You have my gratitude. Two good deeds right? Well, you seem to have everything covered with your lab here, but still. If you need anything alchemy related consider me your guy.” With a quick wave of his hand, Zuruel vanished with a flicker of light and returned to Lady’s side in Mo.

[Exit]

[Ishin]

"Fire haircut?" that almost gave Ishin a hear-attack. "Actually, I think she would be ok with it." he would not risk it himself but maybe she would. "Well, she can give you a date whenever she turns back to human." he said after he gave the assassin his doses. "Ah yes, this place is really nice and quiet for studying." he then sneezes hard. "Ah I should get changed." he clumsily walked away to get dried and change his clothes. In the meantime the assassin would whisk away. Ishin decided to just continue his search for a rare wild plant.

{Exit}