Following Stars

The morning sun seemed to rise even earlier than normal for Minjonet as she stirred to try to keep the light out of her eyes and to go back to sleep. But as she tried her best to stay asleep it only seemed to help wake her up from the short rest that she had.

As her eyes slowly started to open she could make out faint shadows in front of her but as her eyes adjusted to the morning she was able to figure out who they belong too. Perched right in front of the window to Minjonet's tiny room was Talon who already seemed to be fully awake and waiting for her to wake up. After a couple of seconds had pasted Talon gave a jarring cry trying his best to wake her up.

"Come on you couldn't have let me sleep for a little bit longer," She pleaded to Talon but he only let out another cry cementing his position. "Uhh," Minjonet moaned as she realized she was not going to win this fight.

Once she was ready with Skycreast secured over her shoulder she left the small cabin on the ship that the captain had graciously let her sleep in for the night. the ship was docked at a port after the events of the previous night with many investigators already coming over the deck trying to figure out how the White Fang got aboard. Minjonet kept quiet as she walked past the investigators as she disembarked from the ship as she already told them what had happened last night.

As Minjonet's feet hit the sold dock Talon swooped down landing on her right pauldron and started to sleep after the night they had. Minjonet tried her best to keep him still as she walked away from the docks into the tiny town that had formed around the dock.

She started to retighten one of the straps that held both Skycrest and one of the quivers on her back when she heard a familiar voice calling her from one of the shacks of to the side.

"Well isn't... it the... huntress of the hour." The Captain exclaimed slurring every second word right before he downed the rest of his drink in his mug.

"Good mourning Captian, Thanks again for letting me sleep on the ship last night," Minjont said as she walked over to the Captain.

"Don't worry about" He exclaimed again waving it off this time, "Hey 'hic' if you ever need a shi...ip to get you somewhere don't hes... hesitate to ask." he calmly said as he had the bartender fill up his mug once more.

As Minjonet got closer to him she could smell the liquor on his breath and all around him. "I might hold you to that, and possibly need to remind you when you sober up," Minjonet answered the drunk Captian with the last part of her response in a hushed tone.

The Captian took a sip from his recently filled mug before placing it down once again onto the bar. "So you 'hic' got a job out 'hic' here or something?" he asked as he swayed on his stool.

"UH... To be perfectly honest I was hoping more to find something when I got here." Minjonet answered.

"Is that so?" The Captian responded as he lowered his mug again. "Well I 'hic' believe I saw a 'hic' job board down that way," he said as he tried to point down the dock towards it only to have his whole arm sway.

"Thanks," Minjonet said as she waved goodbye to the drunken Captian as she headed off towards the town's job board.

As she was walking towards to the board she decided to pull out her Scroll and look through it. She soon arrived on Tanner and Stella's name and contact information on her list. She looked at the names for a bit debating whether or not to contact her friends. But as she looked down at her Scroll her gaze soon narrowed on to Stella's name.

Stella and she had always gotten along better than with Tanner or even Grey for that matter. Her and Stella were as close as family in her opinion but Tanner was still a good friend to her as well even though his antics could get tiresome. She soon tapped on Stella's name as she rose it up to her ear hoping that she could get through to her.

Minjonet kept walking as she waited for the call to connect listening to the ringing from her scroll.

"Minjonet?" Stella's voice suddenly erupted over the line though it was also covered in static

"Yeah, it's me" Minjonet answered in a cheerful tone as she heard her friend, "you wouldn't believe the night I had."

"Sorry, Minjonet ... not coming thro...ugh too clear, Though I could ... the same thing ... to you," Stella said over the line as she faded in and out over the line.

"Yeah, I bet you could say so too, but anyways how are things going for you?" Minjonet asked only too nothing over the line. She quickly looked at her Scroll to see if they were still connected. But she had lost the connection to Stella.

Minjonet tried again to get a hold of her but she could not get through to her a second time. "Darn system, never works when you want it to." She said closing her Scroll and tucking it away inside of her coat as she continued to where the Captian had pointed towards.

Thankfully the captains swaying arm hand pointed to the general area of the board. As neared the sight she could that this wasn't much of an active area. The board was small in comparison to many that she had seen before. On the screen, there were a few jobs that she could see underneath the static that lined the screen from where she was.

As she neared it became easier to read the jobs that were hidden behind the static. But as she feared as she neared the sign most of the jobs that where on the board had already been claimed with only one free job on the board.

Thankfully for Minjonet, it was a search and rescue mission one of the few she really excelled at. And for what she read it seemed simple enough, Retrieve the contents of a supply caravan that was hit while it was on a return trip back to the town.

"Well, it seems simple enough, what do think Talon?" Minjonet asked Talon but as she turned to look at him he was still sleeping on her shoulder.

Minjonet let out a small laugh out as she looked at him still sound asleep from this mourning. But no sooner did she let out her small laugh, she turned back to the board and accepted the job.