Chapter 5
Saachi and Sandstorm return to Val Harber to see the smithy set up with the big build wyveiran from earlier that help the dual blade hunter pulling her up on the ferry already working on some weapons for two hunters. The guildmarm was trying to get the quest board down but she was a little short to reach the hook that latches its close. She stood on her tippy toes getting the hook off as the board can swinging down. It would get the guildmarm if she did not fall on her rear end, there were already three town folk that were waiting to fill in a quest so she can make money for the caravan since the hunter before her cost them nearly everything they had. The Caravaner walk up to the hunter and her palico "Kindred hunter you return safely, I know you would get it done." he said with a hardy laugh as he padded on her back. He hands a paper to her, she seen it was a flyer with a drawing of her with eyebrows look nice than the ones she had, she cocked an eyebrow at him that he was handing out flyers. "Kindred Hunter make sure you talk to The Man. He can make a new set of armour and weapons with the Great Jaggi material that you got and size you so the armour will fit better. " he said pulling the armour up a little lifting off of her body than walking away to find himself a Cook and a Merchant for the caravan.
She rolled the flyer up to put it in her item pouch. Heading over to the smithy where she sees two hunters walking away very pleased with the craftsmanship of a female's hunter Iron bow and a Male's hunter Rathios longsword that was crafted by The Man. He was keeping all the coals hot so he could forge more weapons and armour. When he has sown the caravans logo on the overside armour that was made for a male hunter was being worn by Saachi. "Let's size you up..." he paused knowing that 'Kindred Hunter' was a nickname she got from the Caravaner when they first met each other. "Sorry that I don't know your name, kindred hunter." He was not big on talking much. He grabbed the fabric measuring tape to see she was having trouble with the clips in the back again since the armour was oversize and not for a female hunter to wear.
"I'm Saachi." She said to give a small sigh since she was having issues with the cheat armour clips on the back again.
The Man walked up behind her asking, "Need a hand?" She gives a small nod to home then he easily unclipping with a gloved hand making it fall off of her. Lowering her head she did not know why she had an issue with the darn clips. The Man had seen her head lower so he lifted her head so she was looking to the wyvairan. "It's a fault clipse." He turned around so she finished taking the rest of the oversize armour off so she was in her underwear again. It took around 45 mins for her to be sized so the armour will fit better on her, The Man started to craft armour just for her. After getting a few catcalls that she got from some of the male hunters that walk by seeing her in her underwear. The Man handed her a deep blue long sleeve shirt with white going down her inner arm down her side, and another white strip was going on the outside of her sleeve. White lines going down the front and back of the shirt. There were some pants as well matching with the deep blue colour of the long sleeve, there with the two white lines matching up with the two white lines in the front and back of the shirt running just below her hips. Slipping around the black with a white trim belt through the belt loops.
Fastening the buckling she sees The Man hand her the boots. The white low heel boots when passed her ankles, she put on the thin orange padding onto her legs. She fastened the lag belts on holding the orange padding up to her theis lasing up the back of the lags. Grabbing the chest armour to slip her arms through the loops of the armour. Having the straps resting on her shoulders, going downlinking up with the straps that ran aside her ribs to have an attachment to another belt that runs around her mid-torsel fastened it up. Slipping on the haft leg cheaps to lasing the little lase it had.
She tries on a light cream colour silk scarf around her neck, letting hanging down as it covering some of the chest plate to put the jacket on with it's having no sleeves but it had a shoulder armour on the right side will the left one had the caravan logo on it with a sleeve-like attachment to it. The shoulder armour was clipped on with a strap that she fastened around her upper arm. She fastened a heavier duty version of the belt that she had on her waist letting rest on her hips. Having the same fabric of the jacket hanging by a deep blue fabric with a red trim where the fabrics meet, being tightly fastened onto the heavy-duty belt from five leather rings. She put on another belt but this one had three leather slots for her to place some screaming or flash booms into it, with it clamping onto a strong fabric holding three small heavy-duty throwing blades about the size of her palm of her hand. Her red item pouch set rate behind her left side with a black-tipped feather being held by a red and light blue beading that held it to the metal snap with silver design on it. She slipped the brown glove that leased up halfway up her arm where a red bend was behind her elbows covered her elbows and tightly holding the middle of her upper arm with the white fabric around it with three more slots to hold screaming or flash booms. She slipped her left hand tho the upper arm armour sliding it to place to slip the lower arm armour on next letting it comfortable on her lower arm.
Sandstorm came running to the smithy from the wagon she is calling home to see the next piece of the armour for her left arm on the ground, grabbing it off the ground to jump up on the counter that the armour was laying on. Handing the armour to her, she softly tokes it from her palico partner petting his head with her bare hand since he was not wearing his helmet. Undoing the small haft belt that attaches to the armour for her elbow. Getting it in place she lay her arm down to buckle it together, lifting her arm she banding and twisting her arm making sure that she can move with the comforter making it a little more tightening. Grabbed the glove chaps slipping the right one fitting snog feeling the small rope on her middle finger holding it. The left one was snog to the lower arm armour but this one had a soft leather glove leaving the fingers open for the small rope. She sees The Man place a holster for her hunting knife next to the helmet that he adjusted for her, that it will fit her head a little bit better. She sheathed her hunting knife into the red holster and wrapped the long red-brown leather strap around the top of the holster and the outside of her right lower leg. The Man started to measure Sandstorm since he had his palico armour off. Not taking his eyes off The Man notices some Great Jaggi and Jaggi parts she got from the hunt. " If you leave some of the parts with me, that I can design some armour and weapons for you."
She nodded and leaving some of the parts on the counter neatly next to them before she left, putting the newly fitted helmet on letting her long hair fall over the back of the helmet so the two large feathers showing in the back again will guards on the ears and running down the jawline. Covering the two markings on her forehead leavening the one below her eyes uncovered. As she walked out from the shade in the smithy she seen the street cook walking back to the small air kitchen from the guildmarm beside the quest board where the guildmarm was hangup the new quest. She was going to take to a lady that looks upset but the Street Cook waived her to come over. As she got closer to the feline he started to talk." Ya hello there hunter, do you think you can help me out? My delivery boy got attacked by a Seltas on his way here and now he is too scared to come. Can you hunt the Seltas so he can come with meowy goods? I fill a request for a quest with your Guildmarm." He said with a purring was he talked whipping up food for the hunger hunters to leave for their quest.
"I will look into right now." She told him as she gives a smile to him so she made it to the quest board to look for it. After a few minutes she found it, to hunt a Seltas and the subquest was to break its horn. Tugging it off the board so she can hand it to The Guildmarm, so she can get the rest of the paperwork to fill out.
The guildmarm grabbed the quest paper to see what Saachi will be hunting. "Oh you hunting a Seltas. Make sure your safe out there, they like to attack very quickly." She warned Saachi as she heads back to the smithy to see the plans The Man had finished drawing up. With what the guild gives to her after the last hunt and the parts she carved, she was able to get the Great Jaggi weapon. The blade was forged from very strong metal and some of the Great Jaggi's claws making the metal stronger and when it is sharpened it can cut through the stronger hides. Some of the Great Jaggi's hides were stretched on the sword between the blade to the handle with three of its small spicks was place on the top sword. The handle was made from the same metal as the blade but its gripping was the soft hide for the smaller jaggis making it quite comfy to hold in her left hand.
The shield had the hide cross the front bolted into the metal with three claws coming out at the top of the shield with the middle one larger than the other two rate next to it. The back of the shield had a wide belt attached to the shield. She swung the sword and the sound of it cutting through air was pleasing to hear it. She sheathed her new sword onto her lower back and stripping on the shield to her right arm. "This is great, thank you." She told him as she gives him a small smile, The Man gives a nod back to her just for her when she sees the guildmarm was trying to get her attention, she quickly moved up to the guildmarm to see what she what to say.
"Oh, Doodle I just heard that is another hunter in the Ancestral Steppe. So you may run into them on your hunt. It must be fun hunting in a group." She said lost in her thoughts that she almost missed Saachi was leaving, quickly wave goodbye so she can get a good meal before heading out on this hunt. "Good luck Doodle." She called out.
Sandstorm was following right behind her as she made her way to the table as quickly as possible. As she took her seat he jumped onto the stool next to her to see her looking a little upset. " what's eating you purrtner?" He asked her, pawing at her right arm which was shieldless since hunters are asked to leave their weapons on the weapon stand next to the table.
She jumped a little being snapped back to realism from her lost thoughts. She turned to see Sandstorm staring at her like she was going to tell him. She let out a soft sigh knowing it was silly that she have against working with other hunters but she feels it is best for her to hunt solo so no-one else meets the same fate as her mentor. But with her hunter's code is the only way she will hunt with others. "I'm fine just lost in my thoughts." She faced the Street Cook and ordered the chief special and a pailco beef bun. As the Street Cook finished cooking the meal he slid the tray over to Saachi stopping rate in front of her then slid the palico beef bun over to the waiting palico. Sandstorm's eyes widened when the beef bun stopped in front of him wasting, no time he eats the beef bun so quickly sending prices of it around. Saachi watch gives a soft chuckle before digging into her meal. Feeling full she got up to pay for the meals, then she puts her shield back on, sheathing her sword before walking to the airships to head out. Sandstorm placed his lance onto his back to follow closely behind her, nearly nicking her heels with his lance.