Retainer Ad-Venture Contest (EU) - Entry Thread

[Reianera]

When I depart on a venture I sometimes, ok I usually do something else. Most of the time I just wander Eorzea and make what bards are best at. Songs, poetry, legends about the heroes of our realm. Once at Ishgards plaza as I was singing the Foe requiem a party of adventurers stopped by and listened to it. Ok it were only two.
“The foe standing before us,
Jibing at the fragile minds,
Spreading terror and misery.
Waking up fear and suffering.
We have to stand tall
We can not falter
For lives were already lost
Only a painful memory lingers
Our spirit won’t be broken,
our will won’t be crushed.
For we are not alone
Many nameless heroes made The OATH
Devoting their all, stirring up the passion
Taking on the dangerous path.
To push toward that one dream
To be freed from the chains of tormenting fate.
The paths will be linked!
A bond will be created!
For just this one battle
Heroes will be brought together!
No effort will be lost in vain.
They’ll protect what’s dear to them
They’ll fight so that our realm sees the sun rise once again
In those times of ruling dark
And at the end, legends will be told, about they strife
In which they swords crossed the fates flam.”
“Only singing or deeds too?”asked derisively one of them, a big Roe in shiny armor. Why does his equip shine so much? Who cares maybe he just has the hobby to polish it every second of his free time, and looking at it he has too much of it. Anyway they waited ‘till I end my song, so I should listen to what they want, even if it is only mockery.
“Not answering? So that means you only sit around and do nothing.” his lala friend added.
“Words mean nothing, as only actions may talk. Do your actions talk for you?” Why do I start this? Why do I never learn? Oh look the roe is getting red and mad, how cute... Only because of this? Really? “So you saying I do nothing but talk?!!! You ... ” when he is angry he looks like an oversized baby. “What a great vocabulary mister, will there be more, so that even someone as me understands such great mind as yours?” The roe charged madly at me and ended ten feet before me. He probably didn’t thought that ice can be slippery. People around who watched the whole drama started to laugh. That didn’t make the roe very happy. He stood up and charged as fast as he could from the plaza. And when I came home. THE VENTURE! MY LIFE IS OVER! I FORGOT! Wait maybe I have a solution. Maybe masters chocobo is in the Stable. I run to it. No, why is he not here! Maybe I still have a chance! I looked through the hay and there was it! My salvation! A chocobo feather for my master.


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Characters name: Rei Nihil;
World Name: Ragnarok;
Prize Choice: Scarf of Wondrous Wit

[Emin]

"Another day, same business as usual, go grab some junk for the boss, huh"

Some words used to describe Isak could be 'Unhappy', 'Annoyed', ....'Dejected', dejected was a good fit. The boss trains him up as a miner, and a damn good one at that. Gathering the rarest metals and gems in no time, scouring the land for materials fetching amazing prices at any market. At first the reactions were great, but that soon wound down. Now his objective was "Go and grab me anything". Quick ventures, the easiest, the fastest, the most boring of ventures. Isak liked challenges, and he wasn't gonna get one.

So today, Isak decided to make one.

The Shroud was the destination. Isak hadn't been there in a while and for good reason, half the place was a living deathtrap. The sylphlands had those mushroom-addled creatures, Camp Tranquil was surrounded by morbols, and there was no way he was going anywhere near Haukke again, he'd learned his lesson with that one. East shroud seemed good, where there were valued mining spots, but rare enough to maybe have something hidden in them.

Soon enough Isak was pushing his way through thick and spiky undergrowth, avoiding beasts and boars, looking around for anything rocky. Nothing. Not a single big rock. He'd obviously chosen the wrong direction or something, so, feeling bitter Isak twisted himself in the brambles turning back the way he came when he heard noises. Not normal forest ambience, but something more...violent. A fight. All common sense would point to leaving, not poking his nose in and staying safe. But pure determination to actually get something valuable overpowered this. He forged ahead towards the commotion.

The sight was a strange one indeed, a clearing surrounded by what only could be described as a weak wall of thorns, pink mist hanging in the air, odd music playing from nobody knows where...and moogles. Lots of moogles. Facing off against them in what could only be described as a huge brawl was 8 adventurers, the usual party for taking down something huge! They were locked in combat with each other, equal numbers of moogles and heroes battling it out in this forest clearing in the middle of nowhere. Isak's eyes were drawn to a moogle several times any other's size, wearing an odd crown and waving a staff around that was emitting bursts of light.
"Ah, the king of the moogles?" Isak mused to himself. As soon as the king hit the floor they scrambled over one another to get to something first, something Isak couldn't see from his vantage point. Boy, were they desperate to get to it! When they all suddenly disappeared he finally understood: The Exit. But...They'd left a small metal treasure chest by the portal, untouched, unopened, barely LOOKED at.

Moments later Isak was standing at the ringing bell holding a pink shaded pop-up book emitting a jolly tune. Boss loot had to be worth something, right?


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Character name: Emin Thonal
World Name: Ultros
Prize Choice: Scarf of Wondrous Wit

(Cutting this down to under 500 words was hard)