Toko Parker's Story

The morning dew tells that last night's air was cool and moist. Everything seemed normal in a tree housing neighbourhood in Clearwood until a thunder like sound was heard, attracting some curious inhabitants. Toko, the sheriff was also one of the curious creature. When he turned a corner, his eyes widened in surprise to see a white furry dragon the size of a small house hanging on a large tree, hunting tree lambs that were kept as livestock kept in a pen.

“Everyone get back to your houses! Quick!” The sheriff told everyone that was there

There are many varieties of lambs in Daughtris. The tree lambs are round shaped lambs that have the abilities to climb sideways on trees which are why they are mostly found in Clearwood region. These furry creatures breed fast, easily multiplying their numbers. They are a great source of protein and milk which is why their produce is sold in the entire Daughtris.

There are also many varieties of dragons in Daughtris. Some are intelligent and able to talk and live as the humans do but not this white furry dragon. It is a wild animal that hunts to eat. Most dragons have horns on their head. If their horns are broken, they don’t stray far from their homes and only eats fruits nearby, saving people from losing their livestock. The horns may grow back in a weeks, months, or years, up to what kind of dragon it is.

The dragon has finished eating its meal for the day. It leaned its head back and sprayed blue fire to the sky, as a gesture that it was full and may come again later to feed again. With a stroke of its wings, it was up in the air. Another few strokes and it was gone.

“Sonava bitch!” The sheriff cursed out loud. “A few mothers placed their hands on their children's ears, shaking their heads at the sheriff. “Ops… sorry bout that” He apologized and tilted his hat to them “I’m going to have to call a hunter to get rid of that dragon…” He explained to them before walking back to his tree house

A hunter is needed to break the dragon’s horn or else it’s going to come back. Toko just knew who to call. He picked up his cell phone that he placed on the corner table of his bedroom and started texting. One last press of the cell phone and a short text message was sent to Aiden Thinsule.

Aiden had stopped his bike and parked it, resting in the parking area. So far, he had no luck in finding any jobs. He sighed and ran his fingers through his hair, not really knowing what to do now. There were no jobs in the areas he had been in, but he was running out of gas. He didn't have the money right now to fill the tank back up, and he estimated he had a little more than enough to get back home. Looked like he wouldn't be buying groceries tonight.

That was about the time that he felt his phone vibrate in the pocket of his jeans. He quickly pulled it out, hoping it would be a job. His hopes were answered. It was a text from Toko, the sheriff of Clearwood. Apparently there was some pesky dragon issue over there. Aiden did the calculations in his head. He had just enough gas to get there. Hopefully someone would be able to pay him some amount of money, or even just give him gas. Anything would be nice, really. Beggars can't be choosers, after all.

With that, Aiden started the motorcycle up again to a roar and sped down the streets and to the highways. Within a few hours, he had made it to Clearwood, where the morning was just beginning to break. He made his way over to Toko. "Do you have any sort of supplies for me, sheriff?" He asked, seeing as he hadn't brought any weapons with him. He could see that the dragon had already done lots of damage, so they had no time to waste.

It has been a day passed since the dragon incident. Toko was watching the tree sheeps in their pen. Until a familiar voice was heard. "Do you have any sort of supplies for me, sheriff?"

Toko turned around and saw Aiden. Toko was smiling but not a lot of people would notice the changes of his doggy lips when he did.

"Aiden! So nice of you to drop by and end us of the dragon problem" Toko said to Aiden. He paused for a second before asking "what supplies do you need, my pal?"

Alica woke up to the sound of something dripping. When she finally found where the sound was coming from she found it was her faucet, and there was something in the sink! Whatever the something was it had broken the window and broken the faucet. The animal didn't look strong enough to break a window so it seemed as if the animal had had some help. "Well I guess I'll have to call a handyman to fix the window and the faucet and see about getting rid of whatever that is. What a great way to start off my day." She said turning to leave the bathroom. Then as she thought about it she closed the door and put a chair in front of it to keep the whatever it was in the bathroom. Then went to call Toko. Hopefully he would be able to tell her someone who could fix her bathroom and maybe even take a look at her car since nobody could find what was wrong with it. She quickly dialed Toko and waited hoping he would pick up. "Pick up your flipping phone you pain!" Alica said to nobody.

Aiden looked around at the damage done to the city around him, thinking about the supplies he would need. "Well, a gun, a large amount of netting, maybe like the kind they use in those large fishing boats, some rope, a sick and dying animal, preferably livestock, and perhaps a sword of some kind." Aiden already had a plan formulating in his mind as to what would happen with this dragon, should everything go according to plan. "Oh, and I need some sort of large wooded area near here to do all of this in." He planned to trap the dragon and kill it, since this type reproduced rather quickly and wouldn't be missed.

"Guns, ropes, sword and livestock are easy to find but we are going to have to substitute those fishing net with silk net. It's strength is quite the same as Avory's fishing net so I guess it would serve its purpose" Toko explained.

It only took Toko a few minutes to prepare the things needed. He placed them all in a black bag with dimension spell imbued on it. The outside of the bag looks small but the space inside is big enough to fit everything.

"Here. You can find everything inside" he said, holding the bag for Aiden to take. "Last I saw the dragon, it was heading east"

Suddenly, a ringing sound could be heard. "oh sorry. Phone" Toko apologized before taking his phone from under his dimension imbued hat. "Hello?"

"Toko. I need a handyman at my place stat. Something snuck into my house last night. I'll pay better the sooner the job is done. And yes I did just wake up don't judge me." Alica said into the phone while walking around the kitchen trying to decide what to eat.

"What?!" Toko said a little annoyed "What the hell are you calling me for?! The sheriff is not someone you call when you need a handyman, Alica" He questioned and explained while trying to calm himself down. "I'll call and send the handyman for you just this one time but next time, call one yourself"

Alicia's voice turned simpering sweet. "My Toko, that's quite a bit of anger there. Please know that if I knew any handymen or knew anyone who might know some I would have called them but seeing as you are one of the only people I know in this town I called you. So once I have the handyman's number I won't have to call you for a handyman." Alicia replied her voice dripping with honey.

Aiden took the bag from Tomorrow, but before he could reply in thanks, the sheriff's phone rang. Aiden simply nodded his head at the sheriff and began to walk east. There was a fairly nice sized wooded area, the type he had been looking for. And it seemed there were no houses around, so no one would be hurt in the process. Aiden took the bag and began to empty it's contents. He began to diligently work at the trap he had planned, climbing into the trees to tie the net between two of them. The net seemed to be sturdy enough, as the sheriff had said. He then crippled the poor animal, being sure that it wasn't in a way that was painful, and laid it on the ground way in front of the trees with the net. The dragon would need to begin it's decent to the ground before the animal, so if his calculations were correct, it would become trapped in the net. Aiden took the gun and sword, then hid in some bushes, lying in wait for the mighty beast.

"you can ask the handyman for his number when he reaches your house. I'm kinda busy right now so I'll talk to you later" Toko said before ending the call. He looked around and Aiden was already gone. "guess he don't need my help hunting the dragon" Toko muttered before calling the handyman for Alica.

A while later, a knock could be heard coming from Alica's front door. Outside was a dwarf handyman, waiting for her to get the door.

Aiden leapt up at the sound of the trap being triggered. He would have limited time before the dragon figured out a way to escape. The trap wasn't really one meant to last long. He just needed it to get the job started. Aiden sprinted to the site of the trap, seeing the dragon entangled with the net on the ground. He took out the gun he had asked for, pointed it at the dragon's head, and shot.

Ping!

As he feared it might, the dragon had a few protective scales around it's head. Most dragons do, but some get theirs ripped off in some accident. Unfortunately, this did not seem to be the case with this one. But he had planned for this, as every good hunter did. Aiden drew the sword he had asked for, approached the dragon, and began attempting to tear the scales off with the blade. The dragon was thrashing, and this made the job all that more difficult, but eventually Aiden managed to finish the task. He then put the gun to his shoulder again. It was a small, and mobile, target. Naturally, the first few times he attempted the shot, he missed. However, finally, on the second to last bullet, he hit his mark and the dragon fell. He ten went to the animal and put it out of its misery, apologizing to its corpse for having to put it through that.

Aiden made his way back to the town and found Toko, the sherif. He strode over to him and handed him the bag with all the supplies in it. "The corpse is in the forest down that way." He said, pointing to the direction in which he came. "I didn't mangle the body, so the parts of the dragon can be used by the people if they wish."

"You killed it?!" Toko questioned in shock "you could've just broke one of its horn and it would stop bothering the neighbourhood" pausing for a second before sighing and continued "but I guess what's done is done". "I guess the usual payment would suffice, right?" Toko questioned while looking around then to the sky. "The sun is almost setting. You should stay at the inn for the night. I'll pay for the room"

Aiden was slightly irritated now, it seemed the sheriff was ungrateful. "You know what? Forget it! Forget you! You wanted me to ge rid of it, I did! It's never going to bother the town again, that's what you asked for!" Aiden felt his body begin to shudder and his eyes turned a light yellow color. "It isn't like those things don't reproduce quickly enough! It's one goddamn dragon Toko!" Aiden felt his nails begin to grow to a point, and he closed his eyes and began to take deep breaths. He knew he needed to get control of himself. He slowly opened his eyes once more and they were back to the normal brown color they always were, and the shaking in his body stopped. "You know what Toko? I don't need anything from you."

Aiden was just about to turn and walk away when a man bumped into him. He turned and there were two fairly handsome men behind him. "Uh, can I help you?"

"What? What is up with the sudden anger?" Toko muttered confusion.

"Sorry, wasn't paying attention to where I was going" Trish apologized.

In reflex, Lionel checked the blonde guy out. Their height seems to be the same but the blonde seems to be younger with a softer clean looking face and a well built body. In that moment, A feeling of attraction appeared in Lionel for the blonde.

Lionel watched Trish for a moment before turning his head back to the blonde. "you a native here?" Lionel questioned, starting a conversation between them.

Aiden shook his head at Toko. "I'll talk to you about it later, sheriff." He said to him in a slightly annoyed tone of voice. After that, he turned toward the two attractive men. Both had darker hair and a strong face, and they were both attractive. Though, Aiden had to admit that the paler one attracted him more than the other. "It's alright, don't worry about it." Aiden said to the tanner of the two men. He then directed his attention to the other man when he asked a question. "Nah. I come from Pruwas. D'you come from here?" He asked, his Australian twang coming out in his voice.

Toko left and headed towards Alica's house to check up on her. If Aiden wants to get paid, he would have to find the dog-kind beast-man later.

"Ah~" Lionel sounded amused. A flirting smile curved on his lips "you and I are from the same region" Lionel told the blonde.

Trish gave a friendly smile, constantly changing gaze from Lionel and the blonde. "I'm Trish" he introduced himself, giving the blonde a casual salute

"Lionel" Lionel introduced himself to the blonde.

While waiting for the blonde to respond, Lionel made a cigarette appear on his palm out of nowhere using a dimension spell and placed it between his lips. He covered the cigarette from the wind with his left hand and lighted it with blue flame that rose from the tip of his right hand index finger, pointing up to the cigarette.

It was already night. The dwarf handymen had left a couple of hours ago after finishing the job and getting payed by Alica. A knock was coming from Alica’s front door. A moment later a voice was heard.

“Alica” Toko called “It’s me, Toko”

Alica heard knocking on her door and some yelling. Alica waited hoping they would just leave. No such luck, it was Toko and he would bang on the door until dawn. So she got up and went to the door. "What?" Alica said. "Do you want me to say thank you for sending the handyman? Well thank you. Now you can leave and I can get back to what I was doing." Alica said with extreme annoyance. She did not want to be bothered, it was late and she was still trying to figure out how she had made that glass appear. Alica hadn't been able to make anything else appear since then. She had checked on the glass many times to see if it really was there and to make sure it wasn't going to disappear.

Toko wasn't feeling great after the Aiden incident. The hard work he does for the village are unappreciated and everyone seems so ungrateful.

"Could you people be a little nicer to me?" Toko growled "I'd bite your ass off".

He went in to Alica’s house, not waiting for an invitation. In this stressed moment, he did not care if he was being rude as everyone else wasn’t treating him with respect.

“Did the handyman fix whatever was broken?” Toko asked while looking around, trying hard to be polite while suppressing his anger and frustration.