Women In Need [Job/Hohotaro]

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Solomon was finally on his way towards Magno, he would have been there far earlier if he did not decided to hop off ship right as he saw the plains and if he decided not to help the loggers earlier remove their snake issues, but it did happen to give him some extra coin for his Journey, he was excited to be able to see a new area with new types of people and new creatures. So far he loved the scenery of the plains with the vast openings of grass and farm land.

He would be traveling towards the direction of the ship that he ditched earlier, not really knowing what direction he was going, but he assumed that the ship would be taking the quickest route to Magno so as long as he walked in the same direction he would be fine. But as he traveled forwards towards what he thought would be Magno he happened to see in the distance more men they varied in age but they all carried spears. It kind of reminded him of home as their most common weapon would be the spear. Solomon was not too sure what the men were doing, but they had seemed to notice him and would travel towards him, they didn't seem to be hostile, but there did seem to be some sort of issue.

After the men had gotten closer Solomon could easily see some of them were hurt, "How did so many of you get hurt?" Solomon would ask as they arrived, the men looked to the ground before one of them stepped forward, he was just a young lad but he said, "The Slavers, ... the slavers came and took my mother..." One of the older men would then gently push him back and would step forward, "Six women from our tribe has been taken by the slavers, do you know where we could find them?... We must get them back." Solomon looked at the man, and looked to the others behind him, he could see that some of them struggled to even walk and he himself looked beaten and bruised. "You and your men should go no where other then home to rest and heal.." he paused for a moment before he decided fully, ".. I will find your women and return them to you, just heal and have some sort of payment prepared, what ever you can put together."

Some of the men were furious but the others calmed them as they all knew that they could not handle battle once more, and the first time they could not deal with it either. After moments of discussing with one another they agreed to allow the man help them, even though Solomon planned on helping whether they agreed or not. They discussed the possible places that the slavers could have taken the women and how many their was and what they used to attack them, afterwards the men would make their way back to their tribe and Solomon would begin his search.

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Hohotaro is currently lost aimlessly travelling above the great plains. He was supposed to travel with a caravan group back from Magnosdatd. It was supposed to be just one journey up to the place where the ferry to the gate are located. But unfortunately for Hohotaro fate is just not on his side. While he was sleeping inside the wagon the caravan was attacked and he woke up too late. He just witnessed as the bandits are just killing the final caravan member. In rage Hohotaro blacked out and by the time he regained consciousness there is just destruction around him in about 30m radius.

"Hah, I wish I haven't killed those horses accidentally." Hohotaro sighed, as he wipe his sweat off his brows.

Hohotaro founds a village just on the Horizon. Reinvigorated, Hohotaro raced straight towards it as fast as his Imuchakk legs can take him. As he draws closer to the village he is starting to have feeling that something was off. He arrived and as he feared the village was attacked, his hopes of finding sanctuary here vanished.

He looked around the village and he saw men battered and bloody. He thought it's a little weird that he's not seeing any female at all. Well maybe some old women here and there but females, no females at all!

Making sure no one can see him he enters one of the huts and rummage some food and water and maybe taking some valuables when he can. He rummage from hut to hut taking any food that he can and something small that have value he put it all inside a sack that he also got from the huts.

"Welp, sucks to be them, it's a waste for all these food and jewelries though, might as well I put it to good use." Hohotaro snickers as he discreetly take everything he can.

When Hohotaro thought he had enough, he heads out towards the exit of the village. Just by the exit he saw the remaining villagers looking really weak and an Imuchakk man covered with golden tattoo. By the looks of the carnage inside the village and the lack of blood on the Imuchakk, Hohotaro deduced that he was not the one responsible for the attack.

Hohotaro straps his loot on his back like a pack and putting his best distressed look Hohotaro run toward the group of people talking. "By the Rukh! What happened here? I was just passing by and see the whole village murdered! The murderers probably even stole everything they can from the huts! The nerve of people nowadays!"

Hohotaro changed his expression to that of anger "Brother!" Hohotaro puts his hand on the Imuchakk's shoulder. "Let us avenge these people. It's just the right thing to do!"


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As Solomon began to move away from the tribesmen he happened to hear "Brother!" behind him, he ignored it thinking it was one of the men speaking to each other but as he then felt a hand on his should he would turn to view another Imu who was quite young, he looked at the boy who wore the common garbs of most Imu tribes, and noticed the boy carried a rampaging unicorn weapon, "Odd" he said out loud as he thought it too be uncommon for a boy of his age to carry one already. But he would look to the boys face and address him properly even though he found it quite odd to be called brother, especially since the death of his step father. "Quite odd seeing another Imu here, how are you ... brother." He would hesitate before saying brother finding it very odd to say.

He would look over the plains then back to the boy, it was hard to consider him a adult but he did carry the unicorn as a weapon. "I'm not about what is wrong or what is right, but I will find the women as they will pay me for... It is just I would have to locate them first, the head east from what the men stated but how far and how fast I am unsure of." He looked to the small "man" and extended his hand, "I am Solomon, I have yet to accept my tribe name and yourself?... And what are you doing in these parts?"
He would begin to survey and walk across the plains as he talked to the man, eventually stop to call over the man to point out wagon trails he had found.

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Hohotaro looked at where Solomon was pointing. "I see this here are clearly wagon trails. Looks relatively new we must hurry if we want to use this to track them. Based on the depth of this, they are carrying a heavy load so they will be slower than normal, they must have gotten a huge haul from that village... that or the village women are on the heavy side hehe." Hohotaro grins laughs at his own joke and poke Solomon with his elbow. "Am I right?"

As Hohotaro leads the way east following the tracks he started talking to Solomon.

"Anyway Solomon right? Can I call you Mon? I'll call you Mon." Hohotaro continues talking. "My tribe named me Hohotaro." Hohotaro pats his hook swords by his side. "I can see how you've been staring at it, don't worry I've got this by pure chance so I don't even know if I deserved it or not haha." Hohotaro forced out a laugh.

"By the way I didn't expect to see an Imu out here. Have you heard about the Dungeon that raised near Balbadd? That's where I am headed." Hohotaro stares out in the distance with his hand on the back of his head. "How about you? What's your story? Why are you out here wandering the plains Mon? If you don't have any plans you can come with me. Just a thought..."

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Solomon found Hohotaro joke to be somewhat funny but he ignored it as he replied about his weapon, "If you had made it this far you probably deserve to wield it anyway.. if not perhaps by the time you make it back you will...... And I would prefer Sol rather then Mon that or King the thought of Mon in his head annoyed him somewhat. Continuing east as he spoke, "A dungeon?... No I have not, I'm only here through random travels to see what the world has to offer and I was somewhat interested in learning the wizardry of Magno." He would consider the offer of traveling with the man but before he could reply he quieted and got Hohotaro to do the same as a camp was now in site.

From where they were he could only see one man which was probably a slave warden which stood nearby the wagon they had found the tracks from earlier which most likely held the women to guard them. He could not see any other men oddly though and there was no possible way the nomads lost to only one man. He would point in a direction to Hohotaro to tell him that they should move to the east to see if they could spot anything more. After moving they would see from where they were prior the wagon cover the view of a campfire with another 3 men around it, "I think we should just walk up, its not like we are the only men in the plains and they shouldn't attempt to make a slave of everyone at least I don't think they would, then what we could do is just attack them while they are already in close proximity."

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Hohotaro stands up cracks his knuckles and stretches his legs. "So I'll take the guy by the wagon first right. And yeah Mon I agree but why walk when we can do this." Hohotaro hops up and down two times and crouched down in a running stance. After a few seconds of preparation he charges towards the Warden by the wagon in four quick bounds.

The warden heard Hohotaro coming with his loud steps almost cracking the ground. The warden lifts his heavy cleaver on top of his head and chops down towards Hohotaro hoping to cut him in half. Hohotaro lifts his hand and in one fluid motion deflects the attack slightly and turn to the left letting the warden's attack go down just centimeters away from his face and using the momentum of the turning motion he brought up his leg and does a roundhouse kick towards the warden.

Though the warden saw this coming and tries to parry the force from the attack was too much for him. His guard breaks and he was thrown towards the other three that was sitting by the campfire.

Hohotaro waves and shouts at Solomon. "Your turn!" As he points toward the three warden by the fire.

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It did not go as Solomon had planned at all, but he then began to run at the three wardens by the camp fire, he would draw his axe as he ran at the three wardens and they would have there cleavers at the ready as well. As he came in front of the first warden Solomon would use a Basic Attack by swinging his axe horizontally for his face which would then be parried by a Basic Parry then the warden would then attempt to kick Solomon for C-Tier Damage, he would collide into the abdominal of Solomon but noticed that he would be smiling as he used Fortress Wall Stance by planting both his feet into the ground at a speed of 20m/s taking a stance with his arms out flexing his chest and abdomen.

Solomon laughed as the man did no damage and you could tell from the wardens face he was intimidated by such a thing. Solomon would then slip in behind the man and using Castle Toss grab the warden at 20m/s he then would toss the warden 10m behind him into another warden which was making his way for Solomon, this would deal C-tier damage to the warden thrown.
He would then stand and look to the warden beside him which stood in shock, hesitating before he began to throw a basic attack which Solomon would grab the mans face with Wardens Grasp interrupting the attack as he began to squeeze as he said ignoring the other warden behind him, "You shouldn't have stolen those women.." The situation reminded him of how Noir shared that she was a slave in the past, and he did not wish for anything like that to happen to he ever again, without realizing it he crushed the mans head to tightly leaving his body limp as he held it up. He would trust with great hesitation that the boy would have his back, or at least try to as he did refer to him as brother earlier and he did carry a rampaging unicorn weapon of his own, just like Solomons Axe.

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Hohotaro was mesmerized by the majestic form of Solomon and brutish way of fighting. He saw the wardens trying to cut Solomon but he just strike a pose and smiles while his nipples go up and down rhythmically. Hohotaro stares at Solomon's nipples and time seems to slow down. Up and down, up and down, up and down. He didn't even notice too much that Solomon was juicing a warden's head just with his bare hands.

Hohotaro snapped out of the trance when he saw the last Warden brings up his sword to attack Solomon on the back. Quickly Hohotaro rushes forward as fast as he can in big leaps and places himself in between Solomon and the Warden. Hohotaro lifts his hand in preperation for the incoming attack.

"Don't worry there big guy I've got your back"

Hohotaro forces the Warden's sword to the side with his hands away from Solomon. He then plants his shoulder on the wardens stomach and with the strength of his legs lift up the warden a few centimeters of the ground rendering him off balanced. Hohotaro pulls both his hand towards his stomach and lifts his right leg for a step. Then using the leverage from his legs Hohotaro drives both his hand on the Warden's midsection throwing him back and landing flat on his back.

"Well that's, that, good job there big guy. Specially the head gripping thing." Hohotaro mimics Solomon's Warden's grasp on an invisible head. "It was brutal! Though you have to eat with that hand eww.. brain matters"  Hohotaro shivers at the thought of the warden's brain mixing with his food.

"Anyway should we do what we came here for? Let's untie these damsels and bring them back to the tribe." Hohotaro lifts the flap of the wagon and greets the captives. "Hello there ladies! Your saviors have arrived!" Hohotaro tries to show his brightest smile yet.

He saw the captured women and as he feared they are composed mostly of middle aged wives of the tribesmen. Hohotaro slowly back away and pats Solomon's shoulder.

"I forgot that I have a betrothed back in Imuchakk I will leave these ladies to you." Hohotaro lies as he have his fist clench and with his best melancholic face as he stares at the sky.

Hohotaro thoughts to himself. "I guess "young" is a matter of perspective..."

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Solomon was quite content that Hohotaro covered him, he had not had anyone do that in some time, as Hohotaro mimic'd what Solomon had down prior he would say, "Thanks, nice attack youself." He would then pat him as he finished saying this, secretly wiping most of the head mass onto the back of his shoulder.

Right as Hohotaro opened the flaps of the wagon Solomon laughed as he noticed he was not interested in any of them, but Solomon would put on his act almost acting like a completely different person skillfully calming the women down using his experience being a male escort and would have them remain in the wagon as he would fetch nearby horses to draw the wagon back to the tribesmen. He did happen to notice one of the women in the back was slightly younger and quite beautiful, he looked back to Hohotaro then to the girl and shrugged, he decided it was probably for the best that he didn't mention anything.

They would be seen returning by the other tribesmen and you could see that there faces were ecstatic as they greeted them back, Solomon would ask for his pay and one of the tribesmen would bring a sac filled with some goods. "This will do" he said as he received it, it might not have been much but Solomon still saw this as being paid. He would then look to Hohotaro, "So what do you know of this dungeon you spoke of earlier?... And I shall gladly go with you." They would chat among the tribesmen for some time before leaving.

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[Solomon Exits]

Hohotaro tries to scratch his back as they travel back to the tribe, for some reason it itches like mad. He also noticed that Solomon have a way with the ladies even acting like a completely different person when he talked to them.

"The way you handle those old wives are like a pro." Hohotaro gave solomon the look of amazement and somewhat pity because he have to deal with the homely middle aged old women. "It would seem that you can even be paid to do that! Haha!" Hohotaro laughs. "Maybe I could use someone with that type of skill in my Company..." Hohotaro ponders...

When they returned to the tribe and unload the wives from the wagon, Hohotaro managed to notice one beautiful young woman with the crowd. He have no idea how he missed that but there she is. Hohotaro was snapped away from his day dreaming about this young girl when the tribe handed them their rewards.

It was just a pack of things and oddities that Hohotaro doesn't see as valuable. He had a better haul earlier when he was out rummaging while everybody is unconscious.

"I'm sorry this is all we can offer you, we thought we have more but the bandits must have stolen more than our women." one tribe member apologizes sincerely.

Hohotaro gallantly refused the payment saying "I have no use for material goods, as long as I know your wives are safe it's enough payment for me." And he winks at the beautiful young woman.

Hohotaro talked to Solomon about going to the dungeon and he agrees to come with him. Hohotaro is on one side excited that he would have help making the dungeon relatively easier but on the other side anxious because now he have to split the treasure. Anyway Hohotaro thinks that he would cross that bridge when they get there.

They would stay awhile and chat with the tribesmen before leaving. But all Hohotaro did was flirt with the young woman.

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[Exit]