[QUEST] By Daytime

[masked_stalker]

Party: Judas and all the other cool kids!
Location: Blessenwood!
Time: Not by moonlight! Let's say sometime after the crack of noon when some people wake up!
Reason: Sightings of a strange monster have concerned some of the townspeople...and Judas, for that matter.
Warnings: Maybe not violence this time. Just one more disturbing monster. Hilarity

Comments

Hope you won't mind?

[peaceful_flame]

[Ruca was in the guild building as some people come in. Hesitantly he approached them to ask what was the matter, at first receiving some stares, but after a moment the situation was explained to him. He frowned at the mentioning of the monster and it didn’t took him long to offer his help, but the people were somewhat unconvinced that he can be of any help at all. Ruca couldn’t blame them though - he didn’t look like someone who could actually fight (despite that heavy sword he was carrying around), but he manage to convince them after a longer moment and was told to look for a person in the mask.

Once he got to the town square he noticed someone that matched the description and so he timidly approached him.]

E-excuse me...

Not at all:} Ruca's one of the cool kids!

[masked_stalker]

[...And one quick glance was all it took for Judas to have seen enough. The boy seemed rather meek, a quality that didn't normally bode well for a fighter. Judas might have mistaken him for a civilian if he had been blind enough not to take notice of that broadsword. This must have been one of the Ad Libitum members. As long as he didn't tremble on the battlefield, Judas coudln't have cared less how shy the boy was. It was a temporary alliance formed out of necessity, that was all.]

[However, Judas would have lied if he had said the timidness had not bothered him. There seemed to be a trend of people who were intimidated by, if not afraid of him. Was it the mask? Fear of a hidden face or the inanimate object that covered it was absurd. Was Martel that desperate, he wondered off hand.]

You're from Ad Libitum? [He interjected in an attempt to cut the conversation shorter. Simple yes/no questions seemed to be the most effective in this case.]

<3

[peaceful_flame]

[Ruca wasn’t exactly scared of the masked person nor that skeletal mask, he was just timid in general, especially since he was talking to a rather suspicious looking stranger.]

Y-yes. [He answered the question nearly instantly.] ... My name is Ruca Milda. [He introduced himself after a moment.] I’ve heard about the monster from the townspeople...

[After saying this he fell silent, wondering a bit about the stranger. Who was he? Why was he hiding his face? Pondering if he should even ask any questions Ruca just simply stood there waiting for the masked person to say something first.]

[masked_stalker]

[An introduction. Judas didn't feel especially compelled to give out his own name, but it was inevitable if they were going to work together. However, before he said anything, Ruca had continued, causing the shady swordsman to remain silent and listen to his party member.]

And did they ask you to help?

[Judas knew better than to underestimate an enemy for trivial reasons, but he taken notice of the sorts of quests that could be used to test a recruited member's competence. He lacked the will (and, as he had discovered in Hope Town, patience and/or compromised sanity) to babysit one of those sorts of members. As long as Ruca's hesitance was restricted to conversation, he would tolerate it.]