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Post by Beruto on Jul 6, 2020 17:32:59 GMT -8
(Mushroom Stalking | 2 Star Mission (4,000 Words Requirement | Requires you to complete 'Carrot Hunting')- The Pilaf Corporation is looking for individuals who specialize in ki detection to sign a paid non disclosure contract to find which of the Giant Mushroom Trees has been tampered with and is absorbing the spiritual energy of those who live around it, and more troubling for the Pilaf Corporation's Bottom Line, the health of the Mushroom Forest's Mushroom Trees. Find the mutant mushroom before it can mutilate more lives, and if you can- find out who caused the Mushroom to mutate via tampering, anyways. Rewards: Mushroom of Might)
"Nope, this would be a first for me. I thought stuff this strange only happened in comic books." Beruto replied to the blonde haired boy. "Nice to meet you Achido, I'm Beruto." And with that the trio were hard at work, identifying, pulling carrots and saving their hapless prisoners from their mini-fied fates. Not actually being able to sense the Ki from the suspect carrots, Beruto was going to have either of the other two teens double check his findings. Luckily though the third young man whom Beruto hadn't been introduced to seemed intent on doing the majority of the blood hound work himself, leaving Achido and he to help the unfortunate inhabitants of the carrots to escape the capsules hidden inside. by the time lunch time rolled around, the fields were cleared of possessed carrots and their former inhabitants were recuperating on the porch of the local farm house.
"Hey guys that was great, went a lot faster than I thought." the red haired teen beamed. "You guys want to come back to my place for lunch? I grill a mean steak. Oh hey, we could go on the internet too and see if the Pilaf people have any more jobs. Between the three of us I bet we could smash them in no time." Beruto stated, offering his new acquaintances and hopefully new friends, lunch and a bit of respite. His mobile home was parked in one of the outer most parking lots around Pilaf Land, not the most picturesque of spots for lunch, but then again being a mobile home, Beruto could always move if need be.
Beruto Word Count: 270.
Beruto Total Word Count: 270.
Mission Word Count: 270.
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Post by Nase on Jul 8, 2020 11:08:10 GMT -8
The tallest of the three men, Nase picked up his jacket again and put it back on as he saw Achido and the new Beruto behind him. He heard the redhead of the two talking to the teenager wearing the gi, and he cocked his head over to them. "Hey, didn't see you there. You said your names were Beruto and Achido?"Brushing himself off for the last time, he turned around fully and faced the two of them. "Well, my name is Nase. Stuff like this sure is weird, huh? This is actually pretty new to me as I usually don't have the ability to sense ki at this level."Realizing that this probably means that he had gotten stronger, internally he began celebrating how far he had come power-wise and how he was sure he has at least doubled his power level since that day. He was celebrating so much that he almost didn't hear Beruto offering for them a break over by his trailer. Patting his stomach, he looked back towards Beruto and smiled slightly. "Sure, I don't think I've eaten anything in a good hour."He walked to follow Beruto there, but on the way felt a strange aura coming from the eastern side of the land. Instinctively turning to the source, Nase became confused as he didn't see any large evil creature that he was expecting. Instead, all he was a large, mushroom-like tree far in the distance from where they were. He looked at it for a second before joining the boy to his mobile home. "Huh. That's weird."
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Post by Achido on Jul 8, 2020 15:57:26 GMT -8
Once the three of them finished pulling the Carrots and helping people escape from said carrots, the redheaded teen asked if Achido and Nase were interested in joining him for lunch. Food always sounded good to Achido, so he instinctively nodded his head at the sound of someone offering to make any type of meal. Before Achido could respond, Nase Turned around and spoke to both of them. "Yes, Achido is the name! Nase, huh? Nice to meet you. As for all this stuff? Yeah, it is pretty weird. I could never imagine people being stuck inside carrots like that." He replied to Nase, then glanced over to Beruto.
Achido did not forget that the redheaded teen invited them over for lunch, but he was excited to get some good food in his belly, so he answered him right after responding to Nase. "Lunch sounds amazing! I haven’t eaten since this morning." He said to them, as he held his stomach with his left arm. The thought of that steak alone made his mouth water and his mind to drift off into a daydream of sorts.
Achido quickly broke free from the trance, as Beruto and Nase began to walk off together. The blonde teen ran a few steps to catch up, then began to walk beside the brown haired Tuffle. Just as Nase spoke up, Achido looked to him with concern. "You felt that too, huh?" He asked, as they came to the RV Beruto owned.
Word Count: 259 Total Word Count: -- Total Mission Word Count: 794
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Post by Beruto on Jul 11, 2020 8:32:43 GMT -8
Starting off towards his mobile home, Beruto cheerily led the way as the brown haired young man introduced himself and both accepted his invitation to lunch. Indeed, he had started walking even before either of the two had replied, assuming they would accept and was not disappointed. "Nice to meet you Nase. You're not kidding, about as weird as weird can get." the red head replied, turning about and tipping an imaginary hat as he walked backwards a few steps, slowing up enough for his companions to fall into stride with him. "You guys are going to love my steak. I picked up some teriyaki sauce on my way here. The stuff is magic." Beruto continued to beam, turning to face the right away and resume their walk back to his RV. He was all set to go on babbling about the virtues of his newly discovered magic meat sauce when both Achido and Nase fell strangely silent. A glance at both of them told the shirtless teen that something was up and both of the young men confirmed it when first Nase spoke up about it and then Achido elaborated enough for Beruto to understand that they must of detected something strange. His own Ki sense was ever elusive, so the red haired boy hadn't felt, sensed or otherwise noticed a thing. There was no reason to let them know he was essentially Ki deaf, so Beruto played along, although it was obvious he hadn't sensed the same.
"Oh? What'd you pick up? Sorry I was too busy gabbing. I tend to just switch my radar right off when I'm excited." he explained, playing on the fact that he was indeed a bit of a motor mouth at time.
Beruto Word Count: 290.
Beruto Total: 560.
Mission Word Count: 1084.
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Post by Nase on Jul 16, 2020 19:52:52 GMT -8
"Uh..."Nase shook his head for a moment before continuing past the both of them a little faster than before. "It's... nothing. I thought I sensed something, but there's nothing there."What on earth even was that? Was his body capable of malfunctioning? He wasn't sure, but he was certain he felt the pressure of a great force ahead of him... but nothing was there? Trying to ignore it, he walked onwards. Hoping that teriyaki would take his mind off it, he continued on calmly. As he continued, he began to notice some of the trees in the area looked withered and sickly for some reason. Branches would droop, or even break off as they continued and some of the people weren't doing that well either. Hm... That seems... off.Reaching the fabled mobile home Beruto lives in, Nase couldn't keep his cool for much longer. "Oh, what on earth is this?!"Large, veiny roots were sticking out of the ground near his mobile home and were pulsing a strange red-purplish through them. Though it didn't break anything, it was obvious that when the roots came out of the ground, they had lifted the RV off the ground and pushed it over to the side in the process. The roots continued to pulse and throb as Nase looked at it in horror. Looking at the others as if to as if to ask if they saw it too, he took a step back and spoke to Beruto shakily. "I don't suppose that was there when you got here?""H-Hey! You three!" Behind the three contracted brawlers, a sweating Pilaf-employee ran over to them, completely out of breath. "Y-You have to help us! T-there is something strange going on here!" Exchanging terror for anger, the confused Nase side-eyed the younger employee. "We can see that! Can you tell us what's happening?"As he yelled out, the giant roots behind the mobile home began to start shaking and... uprooting?! The roots ripped through the asphalt and dirt around it with no visible effort as they extended forward through the parking lot Beruto had parked in. Stretching out further, they lifted up into the air and finally stopped after the red-haired muscle boi's RV finished shaking. Now thoroughly worried, Nase stood in shock as the employee finally caught his breath. "Y-you see the issue we've been having. Also, people have been feeling sick near the Mushroom forest and my boss said that he needed you guys to help with it." Now panting again due to his explanation taking too long, the worker saw Nase look at him with a tilted head before looking in the direction of Achido and Beruto. "Guess the food will have to wait until the job's finished, huh?'Shaking his head, he walked to the employee and nodded to the doubled over young adult. "We'll find out what's going on with the people and the tress. It's alright now."Winding up an arm, he turned to the others and nodded. "Well, let's get going then."
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Post by Achido on Jul 18, 2020 17:59:03 GMT -8
With the three of them heading to the RV to enjoy a nice lunch together, Achido noticed the trees and bushes around them seemed a bit drained, almost as if they were dying. This was not right and it indeed gave the blonde teen a sense of something strange just up ahead from where they currently were. As Beruto mentioned the food and Teriyaki sauce, he looked over to the redhead and smiled faintly. "That does sounds really good right now, but I have a bad fe-" He was cut off, as Nase was surprised with what he was seeing.
Achido looked to the nasty looking root, examining it and trying to see what the heck it was, but he made sure to keep his distance. "Odd.." He announced, but the roots began to rip out from the ground, causing the RV to be pushed aside in the process. Lucky enough for Achido, he was just a few feet from getting slammed by the monstrous vehicle. "That was too close for comfort!" He yelled out, while stepping back away from the chaos.
Just a few seconds later, one of the employees of Pilaf-Land ran over and quickly explained to them that something weird was going on around the Mushroom Forest. Achido looked to the younger adult curiously, wondering who or what had caused all this to happen. The blonde teen had never seen anything like this in his entire life, causing him to be even more curious to what it was. Either way, he looked to Beruto, then to Nase as he spoke up. "Yeah, I think it is best that we move on and find out what is going on here, then we can get some food in our stomach when this is settled." He responded to Nase’s words.
Achido took the first steps away from the RV and toward the forest. The martial artist stopped right before entering the forest, looking over his shoulder to Nase and Beruto. "There is something in here, I can sense it. But it is faint and hard to track. Do you both sense it too, or am I going crazy?" He said to them, before putting his attention back on the Mushroom Forest. If there was something causing all these trees and people to become sick, Achido felt that it was now up to him and his new friends to somehow reverse the effects of all this.
Word Count: 425 Total Word Count: 684 Total Mission Word Count: 2,017
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Post by Beruto on Jul 21, 2020 14:01:43 GMT -8
Continuing along towards the parking lot where he'd last left his rolling domicile, Beruto walked with the other two young men, wondering what it was that they had apparently sensed. The brown haired one, Nase, tried to play it off as nothing but he was less than convincing. Likewise the blonde boy, Achido shifted the topic back to looking forward to lunch, but couldn't even complete the sentence before their collective weird-O-meters were pegged off of the scale. Drawing to a halt as they entered what should have been an asphalt parking lot, completely barren of anything even resembling plant life, Beruto and company were confronted with the image of a large, pulsing root system which had not only erupted through the parking lot tarmac, but had also lifted and slid the red haired teen's RV several feet to the side, almost tipping it over in the process.
"Oh come on! What the hell is this?!" the shirtless boy grumbled aloud upon seeing his nearly up ended home, perched precariously on only three of it's six tires, with the other three lifted clear off of the ground by the pulsing root wedged underneath the multi ton vehicle. Continuing to grumble and use some very unkind language within the confines of his own mind, Beruto continued a few steps closer to the RV while Nase asked him if he'd intentionally parked on the unholy growth.
"No, this was all open asphalt when I got here." the boy replied, stopping himself from answering with a response from his smart ass side, which would have gone along the lines of 'Yeah, I always like to park on top of plant geysers.' "Ok, I take back what I said earlier... This is definitely weirder." he added just before the park employee came running up. Almost in unison the other two young men came to the same conclusion, much to Beruto's dismay, Lunch was canceled. Granted it would be hard trying to cook with his home perched at a near thirty degree angle, not to mention the sickened people outside really cut down on the atmosphere. He considered asking them to wait until he could at least pull the hefty vehicle off of the root and move it to safety, perhaps along with a few bystanders as well, but both of the other boys were already starting towards the woods, Achido commented that he could sense something specifically in that direction. With no way of his own to confirm what the blonde boy was sensing, Beruto had little choice but to tag along. He only hoped though that what ever it was which was causing this monstrous growth, could be dealt with by punching it in it's face, otherwise he didn't know what help he could be.
Beruto Word Count: 462.
Beruto Total: 1022.
Mission Word Count: 2479.
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Post by Nase on Jul 23, 2020 19:21:15 GMT -8
Running through a large amusement park with a large jacket dragging behind him wasn't the greatest way of travel, but hey. He needed that paycheck. Fighting through crowds of people, Nase trudged through the population in the same direction that the root seemed to come from, but still couldn't seem to find where the issue was coming from. That was until he felt the presence of energy he originally sensed as they went to Beruto's vehicle. Looking in its direction again, he saw a forest of mushroom trees off in the distance. Not having the time to question what the hell a Mushroom Tree is, Nase remembered seeing one specific large one that the energy seemed to come off of. "There!"Realizing that he wouldn't be able to get out of the area he was in, as more and more people started to try and enter the Ferris Wheel he happened to be next to. Sighing to himself, he summoned his green aura around himself before looking up into the air. All the people around him, shocked and slightly blown back by the sudden power boost, pushed into the people around him as Nase pushed a lot of his power into his legs. "Ah, screw it!"Launching himself upwards through the sky, Nase paused for a moment before zooming towards his target, just happy to be finally able to move freely. "Look, Mommy! A superhero!"Streaking through the sky, the green light flew towards the strange group of trees and as he landed in front of it, Nase found out the issue that the employee was telling him about. The trees in the front were slightly leaning over and the colour of them was starting to grey out. In fact, as he took a step, a branch fell off and almost landed on him. Looking around he also saw a few people walking around the area and Nase was horrified with what he saw. There was a woman there walking with her child, and they both walking as if they were zombies. The mother was stumbling around, unable to even lift her head, and her child was almost fully unconscious. Everyone nearby was like that as well, which made Nase even more worried as is. "Agh, we need to evacuate this place before people get too sick."Rushing over to the parent and her child, Nase quickly took both of them under an arm and flew them out of the area, hopefully taking them out of range of effect. Boosting back, Nase continued this action Looking around, Nase repeated this for two more people then landed again, now sweating from the effort. Now looking around for the source of the illness, until he found another of the vein-like roots in the forest. "I found another root!"Pondering for a moment on what to do about it, he came up with an idea that he wasn't too sure ofLook around at the others, he raised his arm in a flat position and a short ki blade appeared over it. With a swift motion, Nase cute straight through the root, causing the excess of the plant to rot and shrink in what seemed to be an instant. Looking around, Nase noticed that the trees around him started to... heal? "Huh, that worked. Hey guys, if you break the roots, the aura weakens!"Standing up, he stood akimbo with his blade arm out, glancing over to where the root lead and after walking over there, saw an enormous hunk of a mushroom tree that seemed like the tallest out of all of the trees. I guess they should have expected this. Now what to do with it was the problem. Nase thought about chopping it in the stem, but that seemed way too easy. Besides, if he went along with that and it dropped, that would probably cause a lot of property damage, or Worse... kill somebody. Thinking it over, Nase slowly went to poke the wide and tall tree with his non-bladed hand to see what would happen. In almost an instant, a strange tentacle quickly swiped at Nase's head, sending him flying back and causing his ki blade to dissipate as he tumbled back. "Sunova-"Slowly lifting his head from the ground, the forcibly sat Nase yelled out to the group as more tentacles started appearing in front of him. "Bad news, guys. The damn mushroom's awake. And it looks cranky."
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Post by Achido on Jul 25, 2020 16:48:36 GMT -8
Achido was rather surprised to see Nase run off like he did, but it must have been for a good reason, so the blonde teen looked to Beruto before speaking up. "Let’s get the heck out of here. If your RV is damaged, we will come back for it and I will personally help fix it. Now, let’s go see what is causing all this." He announced to the redhead, before darting off in the same direction as Nase. It was a short sprint because Achido saw Nase fly off just before he could catch up to him.
The blonde teen looked behind to see if Beruto was following. "Can you fly? If not, grab my hand." He called out with his right hand extended for Beruto to grab a hold of. Whether or not he did so, Achido launched from the ground and flew off into the distance. He did not care if anyone had seen him because there were lives at risk and something had to be done about this mystery.
As the group landed in front of the dreary looking trees, Nase was the first to spot out several different people who seemed to be very ill or dying. Whatever it was, Achido knew that this situation was only getting worse, and that they would have to work as a team in order to figure out whatever was going on here. "This isn’t right. Beruto, come with me, I am going to dig a little deeper into this mystery." He called out to the red headed teen, as he stepped forward into the wooded area.
Seeing the brown haired tuffle make his way through the forest, Achido followed quickly to help aid him in whatever was to come. When Nase sliced the root and spoke up, the blonde teen was rather surprised with what he was seeing. It was something the human had not witnessed before, but it had to be dealt with. "What in the..." He stopped himself from continuing, as he saw Nase approach what looked like a very large mushroom, taller than the rest of the trees around the area.
When Nase poked the tree with his free hand, a tentacle ripped up from the ground and slapped the man away to the ground. Achido quickly ran over to his fallen friend to see if he was okay. "You shouldn’t be charging in like that, we need to work together. I don’t know how to control my ki other than to fly, so I can only fight back physically." He said to him, while pulling out a dynocapsule and popping it into the air. A bo-staff came out from the small capsule, but the blonde teen caught it with his right hand and smiled a bit. "Let’s do this!" He said in a very excited tone of voice.
Word Count: 502 Total Word Count: 1,186 Total Mission Word Count: 3,754
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Post by Beruto on Jul 31, 2020 16:16:30 GMT -8
Starting to follow after the brown haired teen, Beruto was just as surprised, if not a little dismayed that Nase took off without them. Quite literally, the other boy lofted himself into the air like a green, glowing rocket and took off. Never one to entertain the thought of flying, even so much that he had never bothered to track down the optional wings for his RV, Beruto's apprehension at Achido's offer to take him aloft was quite evident in the red haired boy's features. "Yyyyyeah... I don't think so. You guys have fun with that. I'll see if I can get the Eagle off of that root and then follow along." Beruto offered as an alternative instead of accepting his blonde companion's offer to fly. With that, the red haired teen turned his attention back to his vehicle while Achido took off to join Nase. Thankfully there hadn't been any actual damage to the rolling domicile apart from some scuffed side walls. It was as he was returning to the recreational vehicle and opening up the storage compartment to retrieve the towing chains and harness, that the shirtless boy hit upon the idea of sawing the root apart with the chains if he couldn't drag the RV off without damaging it.
This happened to be the case, as although the force which had pushed the vehicle up and off of it's wheels had been gradual and relatively gentle, the act of pulling the RV off of the root would almost certainly result in the three tires on the elevated side coming crashing down onto the pavement with enough force to rupture them. Opting instead for the more gentle option of chopping the invasive root to pieces with his towing chains, Beruto trussed himself up in the towing harness and instead of attaching the hooks on the ends of the chains to the front bumper of the RV, begin to spin the heavy lengths of steel like a pair of deadly whips. Then putting his impressive physique to use with his improvised gardening tools, the shirtless red head set about smashing the root into chunks of flying fungus.
CRASH! WHACK! SMASH! SQUISH!
In minutes the RV was free and Beruto was behind the wheel, driving off in the same direction he'd last seen Nase and Achido headed in.
Word Count: 388. Beruto Total Word Count: 1410. Total Mission Word Count: 4142.
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Post by Nase on Aug 5, 2020 16:14:30 GMT -8
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