Snippet #2454945

Date: Winter, 35, Y;625 M;6. 4:00 IE.

Andromeda sighed when Aerin mentioned killing rats, it wasn't what she had in mind when he had mentioned making a living. "So what, now I'm an exterminator?" She said, in a bit of a frump.

Aerin looked at the dragoness and smirked. "No little one, it mean's your now a Mercenary, a sword for higher, and if you so choose, an assassin." Aerin said as he looked down at the girl. "And, later on if you learn more skills there will be more things you;ll be able to do." Aerin added on.

*Lore Update:
Jobs: The jobs you can find in a town depend on the skills you know. for instance, if your character knows some fighting skills, they will get Hunting, Mercenary, and other fighting related quests. If they know Alchemy, they could be sent on a herb retrieval quest, or if they knew Smithing, they could be sent on an Ore retrieval quest or something like that. The more skills you learn and level up the more jobs you can get!*

Andromeda smiled when Aerin assured her she wasn't just some exterminator. "Well, I suppose Assassin sounds better than exterminator... Why don't we head over to the grocer?" She said standing up, a little wobbly from the mead, but not overly so.

Andromeda and Aerin would leave the pub and head to the market, finding the grocer at his small shop, where the upstairs doubled as his home, and the basement is where he stored his food. It was a simple wooden house, with a stone basement carved out of the ground.

When Aerin and Andromeda enter they see the shop keeper, a slightly portly man with a blonde bowl cut leaning on the counter holding his head as if stressed or having a headache. Aerin would walk to the counter and say "We heard you need to have some pests taken care of."

The grocer would look up at them and let out a happy sigh "OH, have you come to eradicate those little devils in my storage room? They's been eating so much of my produce, not to mention destroying anything they don't eat! Oh, it's horrible, but if you can get rid of them I'll happily reward you. Please, just go down there and kill them, and please try to save any of my produce you can." The man said as he showed them to the basement door, opening it.

The staircase down was illuminated by dim torchlight, as was the rest of the basement. The squeaks and scratching sounds of the rats were easily heard from the top of the staircase. "Well, let's get going kid." Aerin would say as he headed down the stairs, Andromeda following behind him. The door closed once they were halfway down the stairs, the shopkeeper not wanting any of the rats to get passed the adventurers.

Once in the basement you could see the rats rather easily, as their red eyes seemed to glow in the torchlight, not to mention they were easily the size of most average cats. "Be on your guard and ready your weapon Andromeda, these aren't just rats, these are what most people refer to as 'monsters'". Aerin said as he drew his blade, in anticipation as the rats moved closer as they noticed the adventurers.

*Lore Update:

Monsters: Not all monsters are large scaly things with fangs, wielding clubs and wanting to eat your flesh. Sometimes they can be as simple as a malicious Rat, or even a plant. Don't think just because something looks like a deer, that it won't turn demented and rip into you with it's antlers.

Battle: Battling is simple, you make a post stating what you want your character to do, and the FM will calculate the turn order and then write up a post detailing how that turn went, just remember at the beginning of each battle post you must put your characters HP and MP, written as: (Total) / (Current)*