Chapter 6 first job
This is the job board?
On the wall is a list of Jobs the guild has to offer. Bodyguard duty, bounty hunting, scavenging missions, monster hunting, and the occasional military work.
At least it won't get boring right? So anna, what do you think we should do first? With you by my side we won't fail.
Hate to break it to you now but the power you saw me display earlier was just temporary.
What are you talking about he says clearly worried.
All that power is what I saved while trapped in that statue, but I used it up. You see trickster powers are like muscles, the more you use it the stronger they are.
Same in reverse, the less you use them the weaker they are. Right now I only have one percent of my original strength.
Oh.......well we're screwed aren't we?
Not necessarily. I still have all my years of experience and various strategies, I'm far from helpless.
Whoopie.
What's with the attitude? I thought you wanted my help?
That was when I thought you were strong, now your weak and useless.
Heh, we'll see. Now, I think we should try something simple, maybe this monster hunting?
It says hunt 3 boulderdillos. I have no idea what that is.
Oh, you see when the nukes were dropped a rare virus was unleased into the air, mutating the wildlife and fauna.
Well, let's hope it's nit a trickster animal that was mutated.
Wait, animals are tricksters too?
Yep, dealt with them on a regular basis back then. Great for target practice just don't let them get close, =wild trickster animals have the worst smelling breaths/
Well what are we waiting for? time is money.
Not everything is about money.
EVERYTHING is about money. Money makes the world go round, money gets you power, money gets you women.
Money also corrupts you if your not careful.
Relax, it's just an object.
Tell that to all the rich men who went to war with their peasants throughout history.
Let's just go.
Leaving the city and going into the swaps of Florida, the two make their way west, toward the boulderdillo's habitat until finally they come across a large plain.
Are we there yet?
Yes. finally yes, you can shut up.
And I'm guessing that's a boulderdillo.
A few meters away was a huge armadillio like creature the size of a house. My first thought was how to kill it, and how many ways to kill it.
Tatsuya on the other hand clearly was still having trouble controlling his emotions, since he won't stop shaking.
A few words of encouragement ought to help.
Hey Tatsuya, I'm letting you kill the first one.
What?! Why?
You wanted me to teach you to be a trickster? Well I see the perfect opponent.
No way, that is one of the strongest animals out there.
Tatsuya, what did I tell you about tricksters? They win through trickery and deceit. It doesn't matter how strong your opponent is, only whether or not you can outsmart him.
I've calculated 5 ways you could beat that boulderdillo with your boomerangs.
Really?
Really. But first, lesson time. To start with, what are your powers?
I can control boomerangs with my mind and make them harder then normal.
That's it?
Yeah.
What about your secondary ability?
There's a secondary ability?
All tricksters have a secondary ability to assist their primary ability. For example, I can slow down time for 5 seconds.
So that wasn't just me delirious from my injuries?
No. You see you and me are what's called an ammo type trickster. We have limited psychokinetic powers to move only one type of object in the whole world. But we can't make more of it which is why we are called ammo type. Since we have a limited supply.
There are 3 other types of tricksters. There is the body type trickster, which has the ability to manipulate their bodies in strange ways.
There's the reality tricksters, which can make powerful illusions or bend reality itself.
Then there's my favorite, the rule type tricksters. Which force you to fight a certain way, lest you face terrible consequences.
That's a lot of tricksters.
I haven't even gotten to the transformations.
Transformations? Does that mean I can go super saiyan?
I have no idea what that is.
Gasp, your not human. There isn't a being alive who doesn't know what that is. Your are not of this world.
Focus, I'm trying to find out what your secondary ability is and fighting that thing is the best way to find out. Don't worry, if it looks like your going to die I'll step in to help. Now go!
Fine. I'll go kill the monster, for the money!
And Tatsuya begins as he normally does, by throwing his boomerangs.
Remember to keep calm and focus. Focus is very important to tricksters and without them we are powerless.
I can focus just fine.
If you truly focused you would take that thing down in one shot. I know their hide is tough but hitting the belly or head should do it.
I can do it.
Behind you.
The boulderdillo got into ball form and started rolling at Tatsuya, and he started running away.
For crying out loud, how are you supposed to win if you run away. Last time I check the job was kill the boulderdillo not run like a baby.
Screw you! You try fighting this thing.
And rob you of the fun? No thanks. I think I'll just read my bible while you figure out your secondary ability.
If I make it through this, I'm definitely killing that woman. Now focus, secondary ability, what could it be.
Focus,focus,focus! What could it be?
Better hurry or it will kill you.
Kill me? Am I going to die? I already made peace with dying but that was before hope came into my life again. Anna came and beat up the wastelanders who have been bullying me for years.
Then beat up the homeless hunters that were bothering me. Now she's telling me I have a secondary ability and the only way I'm going to win is to activate it. Come on, hurry!
As the monster got closer, desperation set in, and like before Tatsuya was about to let his emotions run wild.
But a small little voice in his head reminded him what Anna said, don't let your emotions run wild, stay calm and collected.
So he did, he calmed down, focused entirely on killing the boulderdillo. When he opened hsi eyes and looked he saw different colored spots on the monsters.
Using his boomerang he hit the red one and the boulderdillo lost it's balance and got out of it's ball form, unable to stop it hit it's head hard, killing it instantly.
Great work tatsuya, anna says while clapping.
You killed it.
I killed it.
2 more boulderdillos showed up, ready to kill them but anna took out a pistol and shot twice. Once the bullets were close to the monsters she controlled them to move through their eyes into their brains, killing them instantly.
And that, is how it's done.
