Candy Below Sea Level

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Name: Ghoul hunt
Rank: C
IIC Length: ----
Difficulty: ----
Description: There has been a recent increase in the number of attacks perpetrated by hags and other forms of undead all around the world. Hunt these foul creatures down and show them that they can't do as they please that there are still those who will rise against their vile acts.
Objective: Hunt down and kill a ghoul.

Reward: 38,500 Ryo

Current Debt: 154,000

#1

Candy 60

Man she was quiet. Richard was starting to feel the compulsive need to fill the void with sound, but at this point was at a loss. He'd run out of things for the most part to talk about earlier with the chuunins, so their friend now was a real test of his conversation skills. A test he was failing. Oh well. Maybe something would try to kill them again, that would shake things up again for a bit.

The terrain was starting to level out under their feet, but it was still very uneven overhead. Plenty of places for nasties to lay in waiting. Plus the odd boulder here and there, maybe what looked like a couple of caves. Good spot, all told, if you were looking for trouble from nature.

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[Starnaess]

post 1

Galadriel and Richard kept walking , silence as their only companion. The longer they walked the longer the path downward seemed to get until the pair reached what seemed to be the netrance to a cave. "You scared , red man?" said Galadriel with a smirk on her face - she would then point toward the cave "Im going in, feel free to run". Unsheathing her sword once more Galadriel entered the cave and began exploring it slowly and carefully, she did not want to get ambushed in s uch a place."

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#2

Candy 61

"Of course I am. But I've been afraid since I set foot in that stinking swamp up there. And you'd be a fool not to be. You wouldn't want your friends to think you foolish, would you? Let me let you in on a little secret - fearlessness is the same thing as carelessness, but that doesn't mean you have to let your fear control you. In proper doses, in the right situation, fear keeps you alive. That's not just some arcane warrior wisdom either, it's biology.

"Fear floods your body with adrenaline, which increases the heart rate and blood flow. Your muscles are provided immense amounts of oxygen-rich blood. You run faster, hit harder, feel less pain. Tightened blood vessels can actually reduce bleeding, for a time. That can be the difference between a fight where you die, or a fight where you win. Or at least escape.

"Of course, that's an acute response, probably won't come up outside of battle. And it's exhausting when it wears off, so you have to make it count. Persistent, low-level fear, knowing you're actively walking into the lion's den so to speak, mostly just amounts to a heightened awareness of your senses and surroundings. Caution, alertness, preparedness. Either way, as long as you know how manage it, it's more to your advantage than your detriment."

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[Starnaess]

post 2

The red man started to go off and babble about stuff that clearly did not interest Galadriel. As if there was a switch to her auditory sense, she seemed to have clicked the button thatspecifically said "Richard's voice". Ignoring the man she simply kept walking deeper and deeper into the cave until something caught her attention. Rising her righthand in a closed fist  she would attempt to signal richad to halt his movements - hoping that he would recognize such a sign.

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#3

Candy 2 (-60 from trade center)

She was tuning him out. God dammit. He finally had a moment where he could actually offer up some of what he'd learned to someone who could sorely benefit from it, and she WASN'T LISTENING.

But it seemed he was all she wasn't listening to, for some sound caught her attention, and she signalled a halt. He crouched to her level, and whispered.

"What have you noticed?"

[Starnaess]

post 3

Galadriel would briefly turn her head toward Richard and would then use the same hand that she had used to halt him, to point his vision toward a ghoul not too far from their position. The beast seemed to be leaning on something, munching it with voracity. Galadriel's hand would quickly go over the handle of her sword and as slowly and stealthly as possible she would get closer to a nearby wall in order to cover her position. Peeking from its side she would then try to keep track of the ghoul's movements.

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#4

Candy 3

"Eating. I saw this before, back in the forest. It was a slightly different creature, but...the meal. It's probably...still alive."

He drew his rapier half out of its scabbard, so that he could draw it more quickly if the need arose, and readied his crook. Most likelu, the small one would be able to rend it in a single stroke like the last one, but he wasn't about to get jumped like the first time again if it somehow got past her.

[Starnaess]

post 4

She grabbed a nearby rock, the biggest one she could manage to lift  and hold in one hand. Throwing it against the opposite side of the cavern would draw the creature's attention from whatever he was eating. The beast turned, slowly, and in a beastly manner using both legs and arms it would run toard the sound. "Now" whispered  Galadriel while drawing her sword out of its scabbard. She then began to charge the creature through his blind spot in hope richard would follow her.

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#5

Candy 13 (end of mission and boss rarity)

She rushed in. Richard followed after, flanking her. She had created a distraction for him to capitalize on. He cut the beast as hit turned to face them, a rising slash as his rapier left its scabbard. Though a shallow cut caused only by the blade's tip, it shrieked with suprise. His blade continued to dance, flickering and feinting before claiming its eyes with a sideways swipe.

In that movement, he was spinning around behind, and clobbered the blinded monster with his crook before kicking it away. It stumbled, flailing blindly toward his companion.

"Finish them both!"

[Starnaess]

Post 5 mission completed

A single step, a single stab. The sword would pierce through the flesh of the monster with no effort,cutting his hard and putting an end to its life.The creature fell in between the two with a loud thud that  resonated throughout the entirety of the cave. And now the only sound that was left was the heavy breathing of the ghoul's victim, apparently still alive. Galadriel headed over the mutilated corpse, who was bleeding profusely all over the place. She spoke no words, nor did her face show any emotions. She q uickly turned in the opposite direction and headed outside "Our job is done here"

80k owed to Bank I

80k owed to main account.

33 candies to be added to tokens

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Richard sighed. She was a willful one, and not ready to live the way he did, learning everything he could from everywhere and everyone he could. Not yet. He'd have to report this later to her chuunin mentors later. At least she was good in a fight.

He finished off the Ghoul's victim himself when she left. He was already dead, his body just hadn't figured that out yet. That will to survive, so like his own, was both impressive...and tragic.


"Reposer en paix," he said to nobody in particular as he left, sheathing his rapier and pulling down the tip of his hat.

Currently owed: 212,500 ryo

[Skulking Shinzu]

Mission complete! Keep a note of the Ryo. Will add later (on my phone atm).

Edit: Ryo given out. No more Ryo owed.