Chronograph, Thread 3 NPC!!H0BGuyBGqx 2012/09/22 (Sat) 20:57 No. 34987 [Reply] ▼
[X] There’s nothing for you here at the store. Head off to the Human Village and search for kappa at the marketplace.
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Well, it seems like a good idea to start looking for the elusive kappa in the market.
You duly make your shift report to Rinnosuke, who simply nods an acknowledgement in kind.
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Coming up the gates, you see two familiar faces chatting away. As soon as he sees you, the wiry Jiro waves you in without much fuss, whilst his bigger comrade gives you a friendly hail.
“Y’know, I was kinda expecting the miko today,” Jiro smirks, “Guess she’s got no more business with us normal folk, huh big guy?”
“It’s like you’re trying to pick a fight Jiro,” the larger man frowns.
As you pass the gate, you pause for a moment, trying to catch some of their chatter.
“Eh, the fighting, it keeps em on their toes. I mean, what else is there ta do aroun’ here any who?”
Having then noticed you, Jiro turns right the way around, rapping at the gate, “Hey hey hey. Nothing ta see here youk, move it.”
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In any case, you promptly make your way to the market square. Today it seems a slight bit more empty than usual, lacking the usual aroma of street food and some of the more aggressive sales pitches it would on a normal day. And perhaps with good reason; it seems as though the kappa are indeed in town.
Their stall is definitely unmistakable; a hybrid stand/showroom mish-mash is erected in all of its ramshackle glory right in the middle of the square, a rather conspicuous distance between them and the other stalls and stands. It seems as though the owners of the stands, save for one familiar rabbit-girl, have all elected to position a few sandbags across their more vulnerable sides and a few watchmen are standing by in the corner by an umbrella, pails of water at the ready and more than a few bets on when the place is going to be lit up going around.
You make your way over to Reisen, who still seems bored out of her mind at the monotony of being a shopkeep.
“Afternoon Reisen,” you greet, glancing between her and the kappa’s stand, “They take the kappa r
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