Completed The Hunter and the Ghost

[Roderick]

The boy seemed to find Roderick's rambling vaguely amusing. "Kimi, back." he muttered to the girl, who pouted and wandered back over to her floating box and sat down on top, "I'm not looking for a fight. I'm just extremely bored. Would you have anything that can help?" the boy asked, sounding like he found the whole situation amusing, like you find a pair of children bickering funny. Rod didn't like that, but he didn't say anything. He took another sip of ale. This stuff's actually pretty awful. "I don't know, what gets strange little boys going?" he adjusted his grip on his mug "How about you go up to a Knight and insult his mother and see what happens? Ought to be interesting. Not a great idea, 'course, but then I am a little drunk right now."

[Shiyami]

"I don't know, what gets strange little boys going?" "How about you go up to a Knight and insult his mother and see what happens? Ought to be interesting. Not a great idea, 'course, but then I am a little drunk right now."

Shiyami laughed at the man's question and suggestion. "Not up for getting into some major brawl with the Knights. Also, I'm older than you, I believe.", he said, all the while still smiling. Suddenly getting an idea, Shiyami smirked. "Say, do you hunt?", he asked, hinting at a challenge.

[Roderick]

"Not up for getting into some major brawl with the Knights" Good idea "Also, I'm older than you, I believe." this boy, who seemed to be saying he wasn't a boy, smiled as he spoke. Something occurred to him and the boy-thing smirked "Say, do you hunt?", there was a hint of a challenge in the question. Why do I get the feeling we're not talking about animals? "Yes, I hunt." Roderick said cautiously, not sure where this was leading, "I go out into the woods with my bow and catch whatever I come across." He wished he had it with him right now. Using it wouldn't have been a good idea, but he still would have liked to have it on hand in any case. Wandering around fully armed didn't seem like a great idea; the Knight's might assume he wanted to cause trouble. Instead he had left his bow at home, along with his pack and most of his other things. He had his clothes, cloak, dagger, and two gold mizas; he never left his apartment with all of his money on hand - the less money he had on hand the less he would be tempted to spend.

[Shiyami]

"I go out into the woods with my bow and catch whatever I come across."

Shiyami smiled a devious smiled, rubbing his hands together. If he just outright asked this man his idea, he would probably get rejected. Time for a little hook. "How about, we have a little challenge of the sorts? This challenge would be related to hunting. That is your expertise, is it not?", Shiyami taunted. He was setting out the bait, and was hoping for the bite. "I mean, you said you hunt. So....perhaps this would be good for both of us? Unless you don't believe that you are competent enough?". There, the bait was now fully set.

[Roderick]

The boy smiled deviously and rubbed his hands together, "How about we have a little challenge of sorts? This challenge would be related to hunting. That is your expertise, is it not?" there was a taunt there, asking for Roderick to react, "I mean, you said you hunt. So...perhaps this would be good for both of us? Unless you don't believe that you are competent enough?" Roderick felt a tinge of what Wade must have felt during their own challenge; wanting to prove your skill. He'd never considered himself prideful, but just then the boy's words scraped at a bad nerve. "I can handle myself." he took another drink from his mug "What did you have in mind?"

[Shiyami]

"I can handle myself." he took another drink from his mug "What did you have in mind?"

Shiyami smirked at the mans response. It seemed most of the living were still filled with the hot blood of some random barbarian brute. Thinking for a short moment, Shiyami smiled yet again. "Oh, I don't know. I'm tired of hunting the same old things, again and again. Do you know where we could find a more dangerous prize?", Shiyami asked, before realizing something. "We haven't introduced ourselves no, have we? My name is Shiyami, this little one beside me is Kimi.", he added after his challenge.

[Roderick]

"Oh, I don't know. I'm tired of hunting the same old things, again and again. Do you know where we could find a more dangerous prize?" the boy stopped to think for a moment "We haven't introduced ourselves, have we? My name is Shiyami, this little one beside me is Kimi." "Rodrick" the hunter said, nodding at Kimi on her box. He spared no pleasantries with Shiyami. Still half a mug left. I could walk away from him and finish it somewhere else. Somewhere far away. So why don't I? Not pride - he knew that now. It wasn't pride that kept him rooted to his seat, not the feeling of how he would look if he fled from Shiyami. Morbid curiosity about the thing sitting near him stopped him from leaving.

[Shiyami]

Shiyami sighed again, when the man didn't answer. So how 'bout my challenge of the sorts? Want to find some big game?", he asked, in an attempt to keep the conversation going. He hoped the man would take him up on his offer, otherwise the boredom would return. However, it seemed this wasn't going to get either of them anywhere, if this man didn't respond. Sighing yet again, he decided that if this man didn't want to respond, he would throw something at him, to gauge his reaction time.

[Roderick]

Shiyami sighed again and said "So how 'bout my challenge of the sorts? Want to find some big game?" he sighed again when he received no answer, though considering the hunter was in the middle of taking a swig of ale that shouldn't have been surprising. Roderick swallowed and nodded "We can find some big game to hunt." he moved his head in the girl's direction "She comin' with us on that floating box of yours?"

[Shiyami]

"We can find some big game to hunt.""She comin' with us on that floating box of yours?"

Shiyami rubbed his hands together when the man answered positively. He didn't have to waste his energy throwing anything as of this moment, AND he got an excuse to go hunting. Hearing The man's question, Shiyami didn't even give time to think, before he waved his hand in a motion that seemed to say 'Meh'. "Even if I tell her not to come, hunting generally doesn't merit enough danger for her to hide in the city.", was his bland answer, before continuing Ina more excited tone, "So, what have you got in mind for a nice catch?".