Farm Fortune - RPLOG
From Rusted Promises
Participants
Date
19/4/477
Log
The day is nice and clear today, and the farms smell of upsprung flora. Workers can be seen going to and fro about their business, and in the middle of a crossroads stand a serpent. She looks at a piece of paper and smiles as she stretches, waiting for her requested help to arrive, humming gently to herself. She eyes a squirkik, who in turn eyes her from time to time, a silent battle of will and the occasional spark in the air offering a glimpse into her mindset.
Cassidy doesn't take long at all to get on the scene. She missed out on finding shiny things last time, and she wasn't about to have a repeat issue of that, even if she had to kill someone! Hopefully she wouldn't. But either way, she responded to the call of treasure, all done up in her battle garb, but leaving her cowl and mask pulled down. "Are we looking for anything in particular?" She asks with a little wave as she approaches the serpent, a soft smile on her face.
A treasure hunt! That certainly sounded like a lot of fun to Cedric. It had been a while since he'd gone on a good treasure hunt. He couldn't resist, and had made his way from Firmament down to the farm to find out more about the job. Upon arriving at the farm, he spotted the familiar serpent at the crossroads, and began his approach casually towards her with a wave. "Hello! I heard you were looking for some assistance!" he exclaims happily in greeting.
Glein isn't far behind Cedric, figuring he'd tag along. After all, everything he'd been seeing so far, he was gonna need coin to get his buearu set up, and who knows, a treasure hunt could likely provide some good amount of start-up funding to at teh very least get the right location. That is, if those particpating were earning a portion of the earnings. If not, well, it'd be a good chance to see who else was joining and maybe build connections and contacts with them.
A flick of Flora's tails, and she rides in on her golem like usual, her ears twitching a tad. "Flora... Flora isn't sure about this, but it's better than doing nothing, yes yes. And maybe it'll be fun, yes."
Matthews humms gently as he makes his way shortly behind Flora, his usual fair of clothing replaced by medium thickness leather and a black leather jacket. His bow slung upon his back and almost comically enough, a parasoul tucked below his arm as his right hand straightens his hair. "Trust me, it'll be fun... Besides, you cannot stay in the lab all day. Well, you could, but it'd be a tad bit unhealthy I think M'lady."
While not a treasure hunter in the traditional sense, Kaelli was always on the lookout for new and interesting things. As such, the pale feline arrived at the farm in battle garb. Today, that consisted of heavy fullplate, a massive tower shield and a spear on hand. Humming a jaunty little tune, the feline made her way to the gathering and hefted her spear briefly in greeting to those she knew.
Bite stands staring for a few moments, apparently lost in though, but when Cassidy and Cedric speak to her she jumps in place, the squirkik lighting aflame. The creature runs around a bit, finaly darting off away from its attackers. The serpent who caused this turns and smiles to the arriving group, looking them over. "Hello sssweeties, it's nice to see you all. And hello Miss Flora!" The serpent lets everyone get in closer and hisses "So, a farmer died a few days ago. It's not a big surprise, but he had no Kin. What he did have, was a treasure, and I have a map! It's buried somewhere beneath his property! I'd like help so it doesn't take me all day to find it, will you help me sssweeties?"
Cassidy folds her arms and glances around at the others before nodding. "Sure, why not. I'm not the diggiest person, but I'm pretty okay at finding things, I like to think. Strange that he has a treasure map of the farm! I half expect it to be like... A dead loved one that he had buried."
Cedric waves to the other beings who've gathered before he gives Bite a dubious glance, his eyes wandering towards the map for a moment. "Seems awful... distasteful to go searching for a dead man's treasure while his body's not even cold yet." he says, although his tone sounds a bit more like teasing than actual displeasure with the idea. "But if he has no next of kin to inherit... we might as well take a look, yeah? I'm in." he adds, grinning brightly to the serpent. He does rather like the idea of treasure, even if the acquisition of said treasure might be a touch on the ghastly side...
Thinking on the matter a moment, Glein shrugs. "Not much else I got going on, and who knows, might be worthwhile for us, and the deceased." He says, nodding. He had his weapons on under his cloak, but no need to point that out. If this was just an old man's little secret, there'd be no need for fighting. If it was more, well, they'd find out as they looked.
"Flora could be in the lab all day just fine... Flora also works on other things, though. Flora has been thinking on a new golem-design, yes. And Flora's getting hungry again," she mumbles, shrugging lightly, before looking towards Bite. "Does... Is miss Bite sure we should be doing this?" she finally asks, her head canted a tad to the side
Matthews chuckles gently as she adjusts the parasoul under his arm before giving a bow to those present, smirking as Flora speaks. "Fair enough, but a little extra side event never hurt really... And what do you mean you're hungry? It hasn't been that long since lunch... None the less, I can make a grilled chicken for you when we get back to the manor M'lady." He clears his throat for a moment before looking to Bite and them with a smile. "Treasure? Do we have any indication what it is, and if you know of it how many others do as well Ma'am?"
"Farmer's treasure?" the tigress murmured aloud, musing over the thought and the prospect of digging across farm land. She'd need a good, long soak tonight. "Well! This could be fun." Glancing around the area, her tail swished in approval at being out of doors. Looking over, the feline's mismatched eyes widened slightly as she caught sight of Matthews and a small smile tugged at her lips as she recognized the man from Flora's sketch. It was good that the other tigress had located her friend. To that end, Kaelli paused a moment to incline her head in a polite greeting to Flora before she refocused her attention on Bite. "Was the farmer..ah..a friend? Con..dol..ences if they were." Having a bit of trouble on her pronunciation, the woman's accent made the longer word a bit sharp as she took her time with the syllables.
Bite nods to Kaelli."Yes, but I knew it was coming for a while. He gave me the map, if he told anyone else I might be a little cross but considering he told me I have every right to go and take his most prized posession, if only to keep it safe when someone tries to get that place for themselves, it was a really nice farm." she hisses and grins. "SO! We should be doing this before it gets dark!" she announces and leads the way over towards a rather standard farmers house, with a neatly cared for bit of land just behind it. There is a lone horse within a confined pin, who Bite frowns at. "Sssweeties I'm going to divy out a little bit of help to all of you and put you in a few areas to look, while I tend to Tum-Tum, I hope, and then I'll join you. I don't know how long they've been stuck there all alone, someone was supposed to come get him he said."
Cassidy rubs her chin and points towards one of the x's and glances around to try to recognize where it might be in the real world. "I think I'll go looking for this one!" With without further hesitation, she sets off at a hasty pace, looking for a shovel as she goes. If worst comes to worst, she won't hesitate to use her hands.
