Turquoise Town
curiouzkatt: Halu! Halu! Sorry I took so long, I'm catching up with old friends during the sem break, so there. Anyway, to the reviewers:
ilovesaiyukithemost – sure I'll review your fic! I apologize for the delay. I just type when ideas start to flow, and it's kinda hard when you have an extra hyper kitty around pouncing at everything. /swt anyway, I hope you enjoy this one too!
saph-am – lil sis! So genki as ever. The bicyle was a dead giveaway wasn't it? (smiley) thanks for the idea about the limited players at a time. (smiley!) Well, I really haven't thought of the levels, but I think I'm putting the max on 99, and I haven't thought of Yanyan's level yet… I'll give it more thought. Nyehehehe… the idea? I was just drinking milk, eating bread with guava butter, depressed, then /ic /! The idea was formed. This is more than the gameboy format… /gg Like I said, if depression persists because of you-know-what-and-who, I'll finish this fic this sem break. READ ON!
Chapter Three: Get Me Outta Here!
"Wait, you mean we have to buy our own weapons?" Gojyo asked incredulously as they walked through the quiet streets of Turquoise. There were people about, but none of them spoke. Actually, everyone looked like statues or mannequins. Sanzo and Hakkai seemed to be figuring something out, but they weren't telling yet.
"You already have your summon weapons with you, but you just don't have the level for them yet," Yanshao said, cycling alongside the walking foursome. "We just have to make do with weapons you can handle as newbies."
"Like what?" he wasn't liking the sound of this at all. He watched as the boy mulled the thought over. "Well?"
"I started with a dagger," Yanshao began while avoiding a hole in the road. "But you have the option of using a club, your fists, or a tamed and trained animal that you have captured. But you need a level to get a… pet…"
"Mou, this is too complicated…" Goku whined as his stomach grumbled for the umpteenth time that day. "Harahetta…"
Yanshao was starting to feel sorry for the boy, but she didn't know what to do either. The staple things they sold here were usually candy, or protein bars for pets. There were potions, but those were for pets, too. She sighed then looked up for Blacksmith Joe's store. Seeing it, she made her bike disappear again then waved to the others. "We're here!"
Upon entering the shop, the usual option scroll appeared and Yanshao took charge of the transaction in front of the stoic mannequin Joe. He really didn't talk much. She scanned the available items, and only found few options for the foursome. "It seems they only have daggers, clubs, bows and arrows… and Sanzo's paper fan."
The four guys sweatdropped. "That doesn't leave us with much."
Yanshao shrugged. "It's the basic. Deal with it for now." She turned back to the option scroll. She chose the best basic bow and arrows for Hakkai, a club for Goku, daggers for Gojyo and a dagger and the paperfan for Sanzo. She had half the mind to keep it, but she knew it wouldn't do her any good. Well, she'd have a collector's dream item, but she wouldn't see Sanzo in action without it. She dealt it to them one by one, but Sanzo returned the dagger, saying he didn't need it. But he kept the fan in his sleeve.
It got Yanyan's curiosity. "Where'd you keep it?" she asked, peering under Sanzo's sleeve, but it wasn't there. "How'd you do that?"
This pissed off Sanzo and she was awarded with a bump on the head with the paper fan. "Don't touch me."
Yanyan touched her head, then mumbled how stingy he was.
"That's a special paper fan you know." Said a voice that was unfamiliar to all of them. They turned to the stoic Blacksmith Joe who was forever leaning on his countertop.
"What do you mean by special?" Yanyan asked, looking at Joe intently, and curiously.
"Special, in a sense that it just came last night, along with some odd items," Joe explained. "Choose the option scroll for special items." Yanyan did as she was told, and they found all of Sanzo's items listed there. "It's odd, because they're specially built for one job class."
"Lemme guess, the Monk job class," Yanyan said, scanning the items and their prices. "These cost at least sixty thousand yenis!"
"That's because they're oddly special," Joe explained. Yanyan noted that he kept using the word "oddly". "They're all slotted and specially leveled."
First, oddly, now special. Hmmm…. Yanyan skimmed the items, showing the descriptions for each.
- Spirit ascending gun (20,000 yenis) – special gun for exterminating demons or those with demonic powers. Powerless against holy beings.
Job class: Monk.
Level: 30. Slotted.
- Bullets (10,000 yenis) – specifically for spirit ascending gun. These multiply indefinitely once used.
Slotted. (Huh? How can bullets be slotted?)
- Reading glasses (3,000 yenis) – for those with poor eyesight.
Job class: all.
Level: none specified.
- Newspaper (1,000 yenis) – the news changes everyday.
Job class: all.
Level: none specified.
- Map (900 yenis) – for easier navigation for travelers.
Job class: all.
Level: none specified.
- Lighter (900 yenis) – for setting anything aflame or for illumination. Limited to small objects and paper objects.
Job class: all.
Level: none specified.
- Cigarettes (20,000 yenis) – comes in only two brands, Marlboros and Hi-Lites.
Warning: not good for the health. Decreases HP.
Job class: all.
Level: none specified.
Yanyan shrugged and purchased all the items. It would only make her money 2M yenis flat anyway. Finishing the transactions, She dealt the items to Sanzo, except for the gun and bullets. "You might tend to use them when you can't, and it'll just add to your frustration," she explained, then dealt the Hi-Lites and another lighter to Gojyo.
"Ah, sweet, cigarettes!" Gojyo exclaimed. Immediately lighting one stick. He hardly noticed the almost transparent scroll in front of him.
Hey! No smoking in my shop!
The next thing they knew, they were dumped outside the shop.
And stay out!
Yanyan immediately got up and hit Gojyo on the head. "You idiot! He was going to tell us more about the items! Now we won't be able to go back in!"
"Itai!" Gojyo exclaimed. "What do you mean 'can't'? You just have to walk back in and ask!"
"Go ahead and try it," Yanyan said challengingly, waving a hand to the door. Gojyo stood up and tried opening the door, but a transparent scroll appeared in front of him.
Idiots who don't know respect may not enter.
"Ch!"
Hakkai looked at the boy. "But it was only Gojyo who insulted the man. Can't anyone else enter?" Yanshao shook his head.
"We're in one party, so technically, we all insulted him…" Yanyan paused, as an idea came to mind. "Unless…" he immediately made his option scroll appear and looked for the 'leave party' option. Before he selected it, he looked at Hakkai. "Do you know how to work this option scroll?"
"Well, I'll try…" Hakkai said sheepishly. "What do I have to do?"
"Just imagine the option scroll and it will appear," Yanyan instructed him, but when he just blinked, Yanyan explained further. "Picture this appearing in front of you." He pointed at his option scroll. "Can you do that?" Hakkai hesitated for a bit then closed his eyes, then a similar option scroll appeared. Yanyan nodded approvingly. "Now, all you have to do when I come back from inside is to select 'invite' and my name will appear. I will approve it, and we'll be one party again."
Hakkai smiled. "I understand. Good luck, Yanshao-san."
Yanyan was taken aback for a moment. Hakkai was good looking, too. She gave herself a mental slap then selected the 'leave party' option and went back inside the shop. Another option scroll came out.
Welcome to my shop!
Yanyan waved it away and went in front of Joe.
"Hahahahaha…" Joe laughed heartily. "Witty as ever, Yanshao…"
"If I wasn't, I wouldn't have lasted here…" Yanyan answered, grinning at the man's stoic face.
"Sorry about a while ago, it was programmed," Joe said, his voice turned annoyed when the option scroll appeared and a mechanical voice suddenly activated.
I have the best weapons in town! How may I help you?
"Stupid things," Joe grunted.
Yanyan laughed. "So, what's with oddly special and specially odd?"
"Oddly special is you, specially odd are your new friends," Joe said, laughing a bit. "Oddly specially odd, is what's with this town." Yanyan mulled it over. She loved these puzzles. "That's all I can tell you."
"Yeah, but it's very helpful. Thanks, Joe!" Yanyan finally chose the cancel option and she was back outside, immediately invited back into the party in time to hear Goku in mid-whine. She blinked at Hakkai's speed. "That was quick."
Hakkai only smiled. "I'm still trying to figure this out, so…" he laughed sheepishly. "So, where do we go now?"
Yanyan brought out her bike once more and rode it. "We're off for Blue Cave. But along the way, we're going to level up." She paused. "But before that, we have to decide on the party set-up. Only three of us can fight at a time."
"Huh?" Goku blinked at her. "You mean even if I want to fight, I won't be able to?"
"Something like that."
"Mou, first food deprivation, then this," Goku slumped to the ground, sighing heavily.
"It's okay Goku…" Yanyan reassured the other youth. "You'll get your turn. But for now, since I'm the one with the highest level, I have to guide you guys when you fight. So as of the moment, there are two slots open fro those who want to level up first."
"Yosh!" Gojyo pretended to roll up sleeves. "Let's settle this with a good old round of paper-rocks-scissors!"
next chapter: er, I still have no idea. (evil grin) niyahahahaha… keep reading guys n gals!