Chapter 10: Oddballs, and Odd jobs
Even if they're not entirely by my own choosing I like the names the cast has been given.
Blank: I have a few complaints about mine dood
How so? Your name was without a doubt in the random name generator, it is a legit name just like all the others. Enjoy!
Guild: Early Morning.
Walker dragged his broken, and beaten body through the foliage, and into the front door of his abode where several of his members had already begun to drag themselves towards the dining hall earlier than expected.
"Walker~ you know you don't have to beat yourself up if you want me to spit on you. I can take care of that fetish of yours whenever you please" Elfie dryly said as she rubbed the sleep off her messy bed hair covered face.
"...If I weren't so pissed off at somebody else right now...I would have said some really offensive things to you right now...go prepare breakfast" Walker groaned.
They went inside the dining hall.
"You look positively beaten! What on Earth happened?" Kimberly asked sounding reasonably worried.
"I fell off a tree..." Walker said as he was about to rub a sore spot on his spine with his left hand until he discovered that his left arm was also broken.
"I remember falling off trees when I was in training. Ah~ memories, my teacher always had my favorite chocolate bars to heal myself up" Milky said.
"Falling off high places is of no concern to me. As I recalled one training session, the first thing they did to test our armor was to tie us up, and shove us down a steep rocky hill. Needless to say I'm wearing the very same armor that went through that ordeal, and I didn't even have to repair it...I on the other hand suffered several broken bones, and went into a coma" Aegis said.
"...I'm so glad I'm a ghost all of a sudden" Limbo said as she phased through a wall that seperated the room to the kitchen.
"Your stories do not make me feel any better" Walker said.
"I still recommend my services" Elfie said.
Walker did not respond as she sat down a nearby seat at their long table, those in the room with him did so as well.
"So you don't want to be healed...n-not because you want to, just because you need it of course" Elfie quickly said.
"*Sigh* if I'm gonna face her, I don't want her to see how badly injured she got me, so yes I would appreciate it" Walker grumbled.
"Well I don't know about that, I think that look suits you better. Did you give yourself a black eye just for little old me?" A teasing voice suddenly spoke out.
They turned around towards the double doors to see a Gunslinger class carrying a still sleeping Berry Melon in her arms.
"You no good, skunk sniffing, slower than molasses son of a-*ack*! Could you have at least waited for me to finish my insult?" Walker exclaimed as Elfie decided right then, and there to cure Walker's injuries with her healing spit.
"Those injuries could have gotten infected by the time you would have finished" Elfie said.
"That takes days!" Walker reminded.
"Exactly" Elfie said.
"*Giggle* looks like you bagged yourself a winner there Walker" Sasha teased as she moved towards the table, and gently placed Berry Melon on it.
"Do you know know this ruffian?" Kimberly asked.
"'Course I do, he, and I go way~ back, between you me, and anyone listening. We've been friends since before we even started our training. He was so gullible when he was a kid, and even now I see" Sasha said.
"Would you cut that out! I've been through more than enough ordeals to get over that" Walker said.
"Then you haven't been through enough partner 'cause I still got you" Sasha reminded.
"I really hate that smirk on your face...the one you always keep twenty four seven" Walker said.
"I missed you too, now can you treat me to some information why, our little Gunslinger Eliza turned into an even littler Red Mage?" Sasha asked.
"First off, she calls herself Berry Melon now, and secondly she reincarnated into a Red Mage as soon as she got into that Evil school she visited" Walker answered.
"So she goes by Berry Melon now...That explains why she didn't respond when I shouted Eliza" Sasha said.
"I think there's another reason for that" Milky said.
"Walker! Where are your manners? Aren't ya gonna introduce me to your friends?" Sasha asked
"My manners where none-existent from the very beginning, but if you must know then so be it. Our Thief class over there is Milky" Walker began.
"My skills are so vast, I can even swipe the pants off someone without them realizing!" Milky boasted.
"Well I wouldn't actually call what I'm wearing pants, or shorts for that matter sugar" Sasha said turning around, and bending over slightly.
"Okay, utterly pointless there Sasha, but whatever...our Archer who somehow made herself hot tea while we were talking is Kimberly" Walker continued
"Doesn't she remind of you of that time you tried archery, and sucked royally?" Sasha said.
"Oh? I did not hear that correctly, did you say Walker actually performed archery, and he failed entirely?" Kimberly asked now very interested.
"I finally forgot about that until you brought it up..." Walker grumbled.
"Ya should have seen him! The first, all the way up to his last time he couldn't hit the broadside of a barn!" Sasha said unable to contain her laughter.
"I must know more about this, perhaps you, and I could share a moment of each others time during afternoon tea?" Kimberly asked.
"I'd love to" Sasha agreed.
"I am not to be used for your joke fodder Sasha, not again!" Walker argued
"Well keep going! I'm liking this more, and more!" Sasha said.
The double doors open revealing several more members.
"Are here's someone to weigh down the mood. Sasha meet Lloyd, Lloyd...Sasha" Walker said
"Howdy!" Sasha cheerfully greeted.
Lloyd sighed to himself, dropping his head low as he wiped fresh tears from his face from an obvious repeated nightmare.
"Nice ta meet you!" Sasha went on happily.
"Im my waking hour I am all alone~
Inside my thoughts a miserable zone~
A new voice loudly heard~
Silence flying away like a bird~" Lloyd mumbled.
"...I can rhyme words too
But I think you're pretty neat
Is my haiku cool?" Sasha said
"...Acceptable" Lloyd said.
"This isn't gonna be repeatable is it?" Walker asked himself.
"Well go on, keep going" Sasha implored.
"Well one of our newest members would be Limbo over there" Walker continued.
"I use to be a super model before I became a ghost" Limbo announced.
"I can totally see it!" Sasha said.
"Really?" Limbo asked hopeful.
"Ah~ no" Sasha said flat out.
"Over there we have Aegis, also new" Walker went on.
"Can you really say that after being open for only a few days? Regardless I see yet another long range individual has joined our ranks" Aegis said.
Sasha's curiosity got the better of her, and she got closer to Aegis examining the heavy suit he was wearing all while knocking, and tapping at it several times.
"Is there a problem?" Aegis asked.
"What's with all the scrap iron?" Sasha asked.
"It is not scrap iron! It is smelted metal made into a full body armor" Aegis corrected.
"Armor? What is this armor that you speak of?" Sasha asked with genuine confusion.
"It's something smart people use to keep themselves from getting injured in a fight" Aegis explained.
"Oh I get it! He's wearing a 'cowards fleece' as we use to call it back home ain't that right Walker?" Sasha said.
"Don't get him pissed off at me. Let's move on-" Walker began.
At this point Elfie was poking Walker's hat from behind him in an attempt to bring attention to herself.
"...Oh yeah! We have a Prinny, his name is Blank..." Walker remembered.
"Cool" Sasha said.
Elfie continued to prod Walker's hat, occasionally playing with the two holes in them until the double doors opened revealing more of the guild.
"You two finally awake, and ready? Sasha our Magic Knight Firefly" Walker continued.
"W-w-who is she, h-how did she get in here without us knowing!" Firefly nervously asked.
"Curse of lousy security!" Peach Basket answered.
"I knew there was something I forgot to tell Blank to do" Walker said.
"Hm~...I don't like competition" Sasha said.
"Uh...what?" Firefly said dumbfounded.
"Eliza was bad enough...I thought seeing her like as a Red Mage would have been a relief, but now I see you...my bust won't lose to yours" Sasha declares.
"I really have no control over that actually" Firefly awkwardly said.
At this point Elfie really wanted to have her say with Sasha, and Walker took notice.
"Alright, alright stop messing up my hat! Sasha...met Peach Basket!" Walker declared, soon after was being lightly pummeled by Elfie in an angry fit.
"You went so far as to hire a Shaman? My if I didn't know better I think you actually wanted to crush your dreams" Sasha said.
"We've established this already, it's a 'life's goal' get it right!" Walker argued.
"Well she is kinda cute, come here little one" Sasha said picking Peach Basket up like a child. Her paternal instincts which at first appeared nonexistent now beginning to bud.
"Peach Basket feels confused" Peach Basket declared
"How old are you?" Sasha cheerfully asked.
"She spent dozens of years dead until I accidentally payed for her revival so who knows" Walker explained.
"Peach Basket feels hunger! Need food!" Peach Basket cried out, flailing about in Sasha's arms
"Please give her some food!" Firefly quickly exclaimed.
"You better be in the kitchen cooking up some grub Blank!" Walker called out.
"C-coming dood!" Blank was heard shouting from outside.
"Well while we wait, why don't you get things started" Walker said looking at Elfie.
Elfie pointed at herself, and then at Sasha.
"Oh right I suppose I shou-hey! It's another new member of our group you should meet" Walker suddenly said.
Misha tiptoed towards the hall through the open double doors, Blank dashing quickly behind it, passing it, and rushed towards the kitchen to begin cooking.
"That Prinny that just ran through here was Blank, and this Catsaber's name is Misha apparently" Walker said.
Elfie grew only more irritable as she continued to prod Walker in retaliation.
"Hey there cutie, want to sit on my lap today?" Sasha offered.
"Mew! Meow, meow!" Misha responded.
Translation: ("Ah~ excellent, another harlot to add to my collection, I welcome you as your superior, and master!)
"Such a sweetheart isn't she?" Sasha asked
"I wouldn't notice seeing as how I wouldn't care-w-what the-!" Walker was saying until he was suddenly jumped on by Elfie.
Clinging to Walker's back she took attention seeking to a new level by pressing as much of her body as possible against Walker's while gently moving up, and down, and blowing softly in his ear.
"O-okay! Okay! Stop it, stop it! I'll introduce you, just get off!" Walker exclaimed quickly finding himself enjoying it despite his best efforts to resist such deprave feelings.
"Pervert" Kimberly was heard saying.
"Shut your face!" Walker exclaimed loudly.
Elfie eventually released Walker with a victorious smirk.
"Is it just me, or does she know a little too much about making a man feel good...for a Healer I mean" Sasha said.
"Reincarnated from a Empusa, this is Elfie who cannot, or more likely will not speak to anyone unless they introduce themselves first" Walker said as he wiped the sweat off his face.
"Oh, I see what you were doing Walker...saving the best for last were you, she must have put some sort spell over you other than heal" Sasha teased.
"Just tell her your name so she can help prepare the food" Walker said.
"My name's Sasha, and I liked what you did to him there, you gotta show me some of those moves" Sasha said.
"I am so glad we can finally have a moment to talk to one another, but I'm afraid I can't teach you what I know. Most of my skills as an Empusa are either long forgotten, or impossible for a Healer's body to do, I only carry small snippets of taunts now" Elfie explained.
"That's a mighty darn shame, but what can you do right? Nice to meet ya still!" Sasha said.
"It's a pleasure to meet you as well, now I must assist with the cooking so if you'll excuse me" Elfie said bowing slightly before heading towards the kitchen.
"Peach Basket still in melon ladies arms! Peach Basket want to run, and curse!" Peach Basket declared as she continued to struggle in Sasha's grip.
"Okay little one, there you go" Sasha said finally releasing Peach Basket.
"Sasha, why did you place Berry Melon on the table where we put our food?" Milky asked.
"Because the floor would be uncomfortable" Sasha answered.
"They are both flat, and made of wood, I fail to see the difference" Aegis said.
"We'll need to put food on this table, what would we do if Berry Melon is still asleep on it?" Milky asked.
"I have an idea! I read about it in a magazine on human world restaurants" Sasha said.
"Please don't make me regret this...what is it?" Walker asked.
"Well in some special places hidden just outside of the public eye, there are restaurants that serve food on other people's bodies! Sort of like a living table, we'll just put most of our food on her, and eat like that" Sasha said.
"(What kind of magazine was she reading?)" Walker wondered.
"Let's start! First things first we gotta strip off that dress, and leave her in her undergarments" Sasha began as she grabbed the bottom of Berry Melon's dress, and began to pull it upwards.
"I didn't give the order to do that!" Walker shouted, quickly bringing Sasha's action to an end.
"Oh! Well then we'll just wake her up" Sasha said.
"Easier said than done" Walker said relieved that Sasha immediately stopped before things went too far.
"Have you tried this..." Sasha began.
She took her left, and right pointing fingers, and began to suck on them, insuring that they were heavily coated in her saliva. The process taking much longer than it should have, as she would occasionally sneak glances at Walker to ensure he was watching her.
"Today Sasha!" Walker said not feeling anything other than impatience.
Sasha shrugged it off, and moved her soaked fingers onto both sides of Berry Melon's ears, and pressed them both inside her ears simultaneously. The result was instant, Berry Melon quickly sat upright swatting away at what she thought were baby slimy eels trying to have their way with her ears.
"Morning sunshine" Sasha greeted.
"E~w~" Berry Melon groaned as she felt her ears where still wet with what she thought was eel slime.
"No you're suppose to say morning back" Sasha corrected.
"I already said that!" Elfie was heard shouting
"B-but there's eel slime all over my ears, my cute, adorable, demon ears~" Berry Melon complained.
"No, no, no that wasn't eel slime that was...yeah it was eel slime" Sasha said.
"You're messed up" Walker muttered.
"Wait a second...Sasha! It's you! Long time no see!" Berry Melon quickly exclaimed as she realized who was talking.
"I got your letter, and came as soon as possible" Sasha said giving Berry Melon a thumbs up.
"Oh~ this is gonna be so much fun, and-...why am I on the dining room table?" Berry Melon asked.
"You were carried here" Firefly answered.
"Yes, we needed you awake so we can strip you down to your lingerie, have you lay on the table face up, and eat food off of you as if you were a table" Sasha said.
"We're not doing that!" Walker shouted angrily.
"Geez caring about your sister a little much?" Sasha teased.
"Don't start with me woman!" Walker argued.
"Geez you're still so stubborn I see" Sasha said
"I see you're still as annoying as ever" Walker grumbled
"*giggle* it's like the good old times again!" Berry Melon cheered.
"...You could sit down on a chair you know" Walker reminded.
"So I'm not gonna-" Berry Melon said.
"No" Walker said flat out.
Berry Melon took a seat in one of the empty chairs.
"Smell food! Coming soon! Cursed with waiting! Hate it, hate it!" Peach Basket exclaimed.
"Maybe I should assist in preparing desert?" Aegis said.
"No one's stopping you" Walker reminded.
"Do it~" Berry Melon moaned in a begging tone.
"Let me try, and get this clear...we have free reign to do whatever we please so long as we're on one of your assignments?" Aegis asked.
"That's the gist of it, yes" Walker said.
"Okay, just wanted to make sure...you must be new to this whole 'leading' position I assume" Aegis said.
"I haven't noticed seeing as how I've been working practically all day since I joined up." Milky said.
"We'll have a slow day eventually" Firefly assured.
"Personally I don't mind, it would be tiresome to have to take orders too often in a day" Kimberly said.
"Peach Basket use time! Make curse dolls for pack!" Peach Basket exclaimed.
"Now this is new, why on Earth would you go, and do such a foolhardy thing like that?" Walker asked.
"Ooah~ Peach Basket forgot curse dolls were surprise" Peach Basket muttered.
"Then why would you tell me...unless you don't see me as part of the group...*sigh* I should have expected this" Lloyd said.
"Food's ready!" Elfie called out as she came in holding several plates of food with Blank carrying several more with difficulty.
"Another tasty morning dish" Milky said.
"Who doesn't love hash browns with thick cut ham, and egg sandwiches on biscuits with fruit on the side?" Elfie said unintentionally specific.
"You could hold the sissy fruit, I'll just chow down on the rest of your dish right here" Walker quickly said.
Along with the rest of the team everyone began eating their given meal, even Blank was allowed to sit along side them, seeing as how no-one actually cared.
"You know what we need?" Berry Melon suddenly asked.
"Yes?" Walker said.
"Background music" Berry Melon suggested.
"For what purpose?" Kimberly asked.
"Well you know, to bring our conversations to a whole new level of fun" Berry Melon said.
"I like that, every comedy skit has got to have some lively background music playing to bring it to life" Sasha said.
"We're not a comedy group" Aegis reminded.
"I can only imagine what sort of music will be playing once I speak" Lloyd said.
"Jungle drums! I want jungle drums! Loud, matches curse chants! Everyone can play!" Peach Basket purposed.
"This restaurant is old, but it's not that old, there's a room next to the kitchen that has a sound system that connects to this room only" Walker revealed.
"Why would you tell us that?" Milky asked.
"Sasha here will stick her nose where it doesn't belong, and will discover that place eventually. I just wanted to beat her to it for once" Walker answered.
"Way to take the fun out of it" Sasha complained.
"It feels good to win" Walker said.
"Wait I'm lost here, are you suggesting that we should have background music for when we discuss matters here?" Limbo asked.
"What? No it's too distracting, besides how will we ever hear ourselves speak through such noise?" Walker said.
"Well make it real subtle that's how" Sasha said.
"We won't blast the music on max volume, but to a point where we can barely hear over out chats" Elfie said.
"Not you too" Walker said.
"Don't most of our conversations usual have one, or more of us shouting, wouldn't volume control adequately ensure we can hear ourselves, and the music when we shout, or whisper suddenly?" Aegis said.
"Don't tell me you're getting into this idea too!" Walker said unbelieving
"I'm sorry, but do we even have music?" Firefly asked.
"That's stuff is more valuable than gold! We don't even have a music salesman here either" Walker explained.
"Well it would be nice if there were some background music in these times." Berry Melon mumbled.
"Is this how we're going to spend our morning conversation?" Walker wondered out loud.
"Alright let's talk about your feelings Walker" Sasha said.
"So as I was saying the background music agenda will be put on hold, for now just use your imaginations." Walker quickly said.
"I suppose having a poor income would have us reach that conclusion" Limbo said.
"I would assist you in purchasing music, but there is still so much tea to purchase, so little time to drink it though" Kimberly said.
"Spoken like a true greedy rich girl" Walker said.
"I prefer the term noblewoman thank you" Kimberly said.
"Shaman! Call Peach Basket Shaman!" Peach Basket assured.
"Yeah, yeah we know that" Walker assured.
"Peach Basket wants no confusion" Peach Basket said.
"Logical reasoning, didn't think you savages had any" Aegis said.
"Ooah! Peach Basket not savage! Peach Basket likes dirt! Meat! Shouting curses! Not savage!" Peach Basket angrily retorted.
"Her grammar is awful, can somebody please translate that into something understandable?" Kimberly said.
"I believe she meant to say that she may like getting dirty, eating raw meat, and blatantly acting out with reckless abandon. She is not a savage, that is to say she does control herself sometimes, or at least at tolerable levels." Lloyd said.
"Blue sad Mage right! Understand Peach Basket!" Peach Basket said.
"*Sigh* I suppose so...but I don't feel any better" Lloyd said.
A knock on on the front door stopped their conversation.
"A visitor, client, or an enemy returning?" Elfie said.
"I'll answer it this time, prepare the Prinny just in case" Walker said.
"P-prepare the prinny what does he mean by that dood?" Blank nervously said
He got his answer when Aegis grabbed him by the skull.
"Any hostile will be treated with a preemptive strike I presume" Aegis said.
"You mean you had no idea dood!" Prinny cried out.
Walker casually walked towards the door, and opened it like it was no big deal though everyone else stopped eating, and rushed just behind the opened double doors while staying in the dining room. He opened the door, and greeting him was a Masked Hero Class.
"Have you opened your eyes, and saw the men behind the curtain?" The Masked Hero asked.
"Is that how you say hello?" Walker asked.
"Ah, I am getting ahead of myself, my work as an...activist. Yeah let's go with that, has me confusing my conversation with my calling out towards the political propaganda that has brainwashed many demons" the Masked Hero said.
"I pay no mind to any of that bull, but is there a reason for you knocking at my door?" Walker asked.
"I am in need of assistants, I wish to hire several of your members for an occupy movement I am currently in the process of making" the Masked Hero explained.
"By which you mean..." Walker said
"I have just started" the Masked hero admitted.
"Why do you care what happens here, isn't this a little too small time to be making any movement at all?" Walker asked.
"Does a demon become Overlord over night? Do the trees bear fruit the minute they are planted?" The Masked Hero countered.
"Alright, alright you got me there, but just who the hell are you?" Walker asked.
"We are incognito, we are myriad, we do not absolved, we do not dis-remember, you'll see us coming" The masked hero almost chanted as if he had memorized, and repeated those same words again, and again.
"That's nice...but I'm not calling you 'incognito', that's just stupid. Wait here, I still have my father's old hat he used to pick out my name from a number of names he kept within it." Walker said.
"Is this part of the customer treatment?" The Masked Hero said.
"You chose us, so I'll go easy on you, and let you pick out from a range of random names from my hat. In the meantime go introduce yourself to the rest of the guild so you can decide who to take with you" Walker invited.
"Very well, I am glad you are allowing me in your home. It is a relief that as the 99 percent we can depend on one another to fight the spoiled 1 percent." The Masked Hero said.
"Even 99 percent of the Netherworld won't stand a chance against the 1 percent Overlord, just wait at the hall. I'll be right back" Walker said.
Walker left to fetch a second hat he keeps in his room, in a closet somewhere while their Masked Hero Client entered the guild.
"Welcome, we'd love to hear more about your mission for us" Elfie said.
"I'll be brief, and provide as little as possible, I don't want to reveal my identity, or else my association with my...well let's just say we need to keep everything about each other secret so we can pull off the things we do." The Masked Hero said.
"So what are you gonna have us do exactly?" Kimberly asked.
"Nothing illegal of course, but important for awareness nonetheless" the Masked Hero said.
"There's something illegal here?" Milky asked out loud.
"The point is, we are all living under a false pretense created by the higher ups to keep us ignorant of the truth. We need to wake up, and expose the corporations of all their greedy destruction of the world!" The Masked Hero said.
"But we already destroy our world just fine by ourselves" Aegis explained.
"There is no real corporation is there?" Milky asked.
"Well there's the Rosen Queen Shop, but we've put up with their overpriced inventory for several millennium." Elfie answered.
"I believe you are mistaking human issues with demon ones...all we need to worry about is who, or what will kill us in a battle" Kimberly said.
"You don't understand, they are everywhere, listening to everything. They keep themselves hidden, but not entirely for it is easier to simply cover the people's eyes then to vanish. What I want is volunteers to join me in an occupy movement I have arranged at the Assembly building where the local senators are located." The Masked Hero revealed.
"So we just go there, and...wait?" Lloyd said.
"Boring job is boring! Peach Basket wants to curse! Can I curse assembly?" Peach Basket asked.
"Hey guys some mail came through the slot on the door..." Walker called out.
"Why didn't you get them?" Elfie asked.
"That's not my job...*Sigh* fine whatever..." Walker reluctantly said.
"So did you bring the hat?" The Masked Hero asked.
"I can't believe you're so reluctant to even do this, you know I was only joking right?" Walker said.
"Whatever keeps my true identity a secret. So long as I know my true self that is all that concerns me, now let me look at the hat." The Masked Hero said.
"Well okay here it is...it still has all the other names he put into it that could have been mine. This is actually the first time I'll be looking over them" Walker admitted.
"This must be a very emotional experience for you Walker, if you want a chest to rest your head in I'm always available" Sasha invited.
"What I meant was, this is my first time looking through this because I didn't care about it from the very beginning" Walker reiterated.
"*Ahem* shall we get started?" The Masked Hero asked.
"Go ahead" Walker said extending his second hat towards the Masked hero.
The Masked hero dug into the hat shuffling inside it for a bit until he grabbed a folded slip of paper. He unfolded it, and read the first name outloud.
"Bright Boy..." The Masked Hero read.
"Did I mention my father was drunk during the time he was writing the names down?" Walker suddenly said.
"It's close...maybe if it was Bright Man, then it'll be better, next..." the Masked Hero said reshuffling, and pulling out a second folded paper.
"So?" Walker asked.
"This Game Sucks...?" The Masked Hero said.
"I never did ask my father what else he was doing while writing the names..." Walker said
"Mr. Gentle Heart..." the Masked Hero said reading a third paper.
"Th-that one keep that one-*giggle*" Sasha cried out loud.
"It's not really fitting...hm~...Wyticatorz?" The Masked Hero said reading a fourth paper.
"Isn't that the name of some extinct species?" Milky asked.
"If it's not it sure sounds like it" Limbo said.
"Meow!" Misha responded
Translation: (I how dare these cretins insult the ancient of most ancient demigod)
"I know it does sound silly doesn't it Misha?" Berry Melon said
"...Detroit?" The Masked Hero read out loud.
"That fifth one sounds very weak...I beat anyone, or anything named Detroit will fall to our demon might" Aegis said.
"Fair enough, how about...Error?" The Masked Hero said.
"Do you have any idea how stupid you'll sound if you introduced yourself with that name?" Kimberly scolded.
"I am Error...good point next up is...Nicolas Gage" the Masked Hero said.
"Did me, and Eliza already took the only normal ones?" Walker asked.
"I really like that name, but there's something slightly off about it, that makes me say otherwise. It's a shame too it's so close to what I'm looking for" the Masked Hero said.
"I agree, but it could be your best option" Firefly said.
"Let's just wait, and see...Gonzaemon" the Masked Hero said out loud reading the eight entry.
"I think he mixed the names Gonzales, and Daemon then fused them together like that" Walker admitted.
"Take two good names to make one horrendous? I suppose he must have been drunk" Limbo said.
"He was also drunk when he was deciding on which one to choose" Walker admitted.
"Why are your parents so intoxicated when deciding such an important decision as your names?" Kimberly wondered out lout.
"It's tradition for Gunners to get drunk during a difficult life changing choice, I can remember some of my decisions..." Walker said.
Walker's Past Choices 1! Mac, or PC
"...I-I don't even know what the hell these box thingies are!" Walker slurred in a drunken stupor.
He then shot both computers, and passed out on the floor.
Walker's Past Choices 2! Ipod, or Zune
"Play music!" Walker ordered drunk out of his mind.
The Ipod did not respond to the order.
"Stupid gizmo!" Walker shouted, and then proceeded to toss the Ipod into a nearby lava pit.
"Why do you have so many buttons!" Walker demanded to know as he looked at the Zune, his drunken eyes deceiving him.
The Zune refused to comment.
"Wise guy eh? I'll show you!" Walker announced.
Walker kicked at the Zune with his heels like a hacky sack, and after kicking it fairly high into the air, Walker shot 6 shots into it. When it fell it only had a single bullet hole, though Walker would have went on to rant that he had shot through the same bullet hole rather than missing the other five if he had not passed out before it touched the ground.
Back to the Guild
"I never regret a single one of my decisions" Walker said.
"I think I've decided" the Mask Hero said.
"What's the name?" Walker asked.
"Phoenix...born with my eyes closed, but now reborn to see the world around me" Then now named Masked Hero said.
"Alright fine we'll call you that, but there's another issue here. Seems like these three letters I have are also job requests." Walker said.
"Busy day..." Elfie said.
"Good I say, we'll split into teams then, Phoenix you get to decide who goes with you, but I'm gonna need at least three on each of these jobs" Walker said.
"Fair enough, in that case I will take...the Blue Skull, the Shaman, and the Magic Knight" Phoenix said.
"Any particular reason?" Berry Melon asked.
"...None that I can think of" Phoenix said
"Alright I'm just gonna read the first one here, *ahem*" Walker began. "After seeing many of you fight yesterday I feel like I can be helped after all. I would like to borrow some of your member to help me out of a pickle, I promise to explain everything when we meet at my place, the directions are right below this paper, please respond soon" Walker read.
"Sounds like a bodyguard assignment, send me, and whoever you wish" Aegis said.
"Fair enough, Aegis you'll tag along with...Sasha, and Misha" Walker said.
"You're first job aren't you excited Misha?" Berry Melon asked.
"Meow, meow, meow!" Misha responded excitedly.
Translation: (I won't promise to bring your friends back alive, I'll desert them if the odds are not in my favor)
"I thought we would have gone together Walker, you're not getting out of this prank free you know, sleep with one eye open" Sasha warned.
"Next letter!" Walker said quite loudly. "As a demon, it is weird enough to socialize with others despite the obvious strength in numbers. Unfortunately it seems as if I am the worst of the worst for I find myself without an army like your Guild has recently been observed. I will pay for advice on how to acquire allies. I will meet you at the Empusa Fountain" Walker said.
"Advice...hmhm sounds like my kind of thing" Elfie said.
"Yes, but have you ever advised on how to encourage others to join your cause?" Walker said.
"How hard can it be, look at you" Elfie said.
"You're right...fine Elfie, me, and Berry Melon will be going on this one, it sounds rather dull compared to fighting, but I got try new things right?" Walker said.
"Yay we might not die!" Berry Melon said.
"Yes, it'll be just peachy" Elfie said
"Limbo, Kimberly, and Milky you'll be in charge of this one" Walker assured. "It just reads...I'm bored be my new playmates, follow the smell of cookies" Walker read.
"...I'm scared" Milky admitted.
"Lucky! Lucky the lot of ya!" Berry Melon shouted to the heavens
"Don't be, it's gonna be fine, I'm sure there's a logical reason for such a...you know what we'll walk you towards the place, and we'll pick you up as soon as possible" Walker said.
"I'll be able to send an S.O.S since I can escape fairly easily, I am a ghost after all" Limbo said.
"You don't have to repeat that we already know" Kimberly said.
"Blank will finish his chores around here as well as acting guard for the base. Anything broken will be coming out of your savings" Walker warned.
"Yes sir, dood!" Blank obeyed.
"If that's all settled then let's head out." Walker said
With their plates empty, and their stomachs full the Guild left their hall, and headed towards town.
"Anyone want to switch jobs with anyone?" Milky asked.
"Doesn't my order mean anything to you guys?" Walker said disappointed.
"I think she's concerned about her assignment" Elfie said.
"It's not fair that only Limbo can escape, how am I suppose to get out?" Milky asked.
"...You're a thief! You're suppose to already know an escape plan" Walker reminded.
"W-what if by the time I come up with one it's already too late?" Milky asked.
"I think you are overreacting quite a bit. We just sit down, talk play her little games, receive our compensation, then vacate the home" Kimberly said.
"Maybe..." Milky said.
"Aegis how do you feel about your job?" Walker asked.
"Won't be my hardest, maybe not my easiest, and though I did say I wouldn't mind working with others I still prefer to work alone" Aegis explained.
"Should have realized this would be inevitable once you joined us" Elfie commented.
"I assumed I would be standing guard at the front door for the rest of the day, as you can plainly see my armor was not made for traveling back, and forth through missions" Aegis said.
"We wouldn't know" Sasha said.
"Of course not..." Aegis realized.
"The pain reminds me that I'm alive" Lloyd confessed.
"Curses do the same! Maybe curse you too?" Peach Basket offered.
"Do it after we've split, I don't want to catch any of Lloyd's curse" Walker said.
"Ooah! Not how curse works! My curses different for different demons!" Peach Basket angrily explained
"Okay, okay don't get your...wait a minute...you are wearing one, right?...you are so not..." Walker said the discovery hitting him like a kick to the groin.
"Oh, don't be so perverted Walker she does too...no wait...she doesn't..." Sasha said the realization striking her like a bolt of lightning.
"Wha~?" Peach Basket said very confused.
"Are you two surprised? I knew from the beginning" Elfie said
"Change in subject?" Berry Melon squeaked.
"When the senators see us they will discover just how determined we are for change, and will force to atone for their corrupt deeds, and settle for a less corrupt, but still demon like change" Phoenix said.
"You...you are definitely off, but since you're paying I won't complain, how long have you been fighting...the men behind the curtain?" Elfie asked.
"For quite a while now, I made my voice heard through many parts of the Netherworld, but knowing the truth...sometimes it feels more like a curse" Phoenix said.
"Peach Basket approves!" Peach Basket cheerfully declared.
"Good for you Phoenix!" Berry Melon added.
"...I take it nothing is taken seriously here" Phoenix said.
"I try man...I try so hard to do so, but in the end it doesn't it always ends in their favor" Walker said.
"Come on Walker we don't want you to not have fun. You should join us...join us, join us" Elfie began chanting.
"You joined my guild so I could join you...there's a word for this somewhere, it's at the tip of my tongue" Walker said
"Stupid?" Sasha said.
"Good one, but not it" Walker said.
"Meow!" Misha suddenly exclaimed
Translation: (I'm starting to think you lot are far beyond what I believe was the epitamy of uselessness. Wait a second...my god! They got me into doing their service without my consent so what does that make me!)
Misha are you alright, you're staggering back, and forth, and grabbing your adorable little head" Berry Melon asked.
"Meow! Meow, meow, meow! Meow!" Misha excitedly shouted.
Translation: (They didn't even try, the Gunner just said I was going somewhere, and I am doing so without anyone forcing me too! They haven't converted to my cult either! I have failed thee dark one!)
"Walker, Misha is acting strange" Berry Melon reported as she saw Misha waving back, and forth as she, or quite possibly, and even more like 'he' walked
"It's just first mission jitters it'll get over it" Walker assured.
"So..." Elfie muttered close to Sasha.
"Yes..." Sasha said leaning close.
"Walker chose to go with me on his job" Elfie said.
"So?" Sasha said.
"Nothing at all, how are you?" Elfie asked.
"Oh just thinking...thinking how you're as blind as a bat you are with your eyes closed" Sasha teased.
"I see with my mind's eye" Elfie said.
"See what? Behind your eyelids?" Sasha asked.
"Well that, and well I may, or may not secretly open my eyes when no one is looking" Elfie said.
"Keeping secrets like that won't bring our team attack percentage up" Sasha reminded.
"Oh you!" Elfie playfully teased as she gripped her waist.
"Yes me!" Sasha said doing the same.
In that moment they became instant best friends.
"Ooo~" Limbo moaned.
He was ignored.
"...Ooo~" Limbo repeated.
"What are you doing?" Kimberly at last asked.
"Just working on my howling" Limbo answered.
"Well do it someplace else" Kimberly ordered.
"A-are you scared?" Limbo hopefully asked.
"No annoyed, I can't stand ghosts, not out of fear, but because I cannot tolerate them staring at me for long periods of time." Kimberly answered.
"...Ooo~" Limbo moaned with more vigor.
"Stop that this instant!" Kimberly said.
"Ooo?" Limbo moaned
"Stop!" Kimberly ordered yet again.
"Ooo~" Limbo moaned in a more depressed tone.
"Walker~ make Limbo stop moaning at me!" Kimberly whined.
"Any more rukus back there, and I'm turning this trip around, and then none of us get paid" Walker warned.
"So how's life treating you as a Red Mage Eliza?" Sasha asked.
"It's Berry Melon now!" Berry Melon reminded.
"Sorry, kind of forget, silly me" Sasha admitted.
"It's been fun actually, I feel happier for some reason. Can't really see through a crowd though, I feel like I have to walk more steps than the rest of the group, but at least the back strains I use to feel are completely gone" Berry Melon said.
"So how's magic treating you?" Sasha asked.
"Turns out I'm very combustible" Berry Melon revealed.
"...Cool" Sasha said
"There's the town, we'll follow baby Milky to his mission" Walker said.
"I'm not a baby!...hey! You used 'he' instead of she!" Milky cried out.
"You should be more concern with your assignment Milky" Walker said.
"Now the letter said to follow the smell of cookies, our teams elite sniffing unit should lead the way from here" Elfie said.
"...We don't have one" Walker reminded.
"Nonsense! Peach Basket, Misha, you two are up" Elfie said.
"Peach Basket begin smelling right away!" Peach Basket declared.
"Why are you sniffing me all of a sudden search the damn town!" Walker said shoving Peach Basket away from him.
"Meow~" Peach Basket muttered.
Translation: (Is this the end of me, have I really fallen so deeply, and so suddenly? What will the others think? I may have to reincarnate to hide my shame...)
"Misha! Hello are you listening? Go with Peach Basket, and lead us to the smell of cookies" Walker ordered
Misha wordlessly nodded it's head.
Upon entering the town the duo went to work sniffing out for any batch of fresh cookies, eventually turning up a lead.
"*Sniff, sniff*! Chocolate~ Peach Basket found!" Peach Basket called out.
Misha wordlessly pointed in the direction Peach Basket was skipping.
"We found our mark, follow that Shaman!" Berry Melon declared.
Following their bloodhound of a Shaman the team were lead to what appeared to be a house decorated by badly drawn drawings on construction paper taped to the wall. The house itself resembling the standard home for most demons living in town, but the random drawings did make it stand out, and yet it seemed as if no demon cared. The drawings were comprised of bad sketches of what appears to be several demon classes, ripped coloring book pages where the artist colored outside the lines, and doodles of other miscellaneous items such as swords, cake, birds, and even boats.
"How did we not notice this place earlier...it's on the left side of the single road, it's a short distance from the Rosen Queen stores...was it really so in place, despite the out of place drawings?" Elfie wondered.
"Don't ask me I just moved here...well Milky this is where you, Kimberly, and Limbo go off to do your job, good luck, and remember to bring back the HL" Walker said as he motioned the rest of the team to leave them.
"...You knock first Kimberly" Milky said.
"Why on Earth should I do such a peasant task as that?" Kimberly asked.
"I have no arms" Limbo reminded.
"...I can swipe your clothes before you can blink." Milky revealed.
"And I'm sure you can...very well I shall knock on the door, but you, and Limbo shall accompany me...from behind...and out of arms reach. (Oh~, why did Walker partner me up with two of my least favorite demons?)" Kimberly thought to herself.
End of Chapter
I am working on meeting some request, but the story can't just take a sharp left turn to introduce a requested character right away, but I am working on it, and you should see results in later chapters. There is also something else that I wish to do that pertains to them having multiple tasks at once, but at the moment their numbers are too little to make it work as fantastical as I want it to be so it's currently on hold. Thanks for the reviews, support, and your patience!