melodiesoflife | Mooglehunt

Characters: James Kidd (Mary Read) and the Heroes she's approached about her Assassin's Guild
Where: Trano Golsaucia
When: Begins November 6th and hopefully ends by the 9th
Summary: The information that Mary has gathered has lead her to believe that the fugitive moogle Artemicion has been spotted in Trano Golsaucia. She's decided to take a small group to take him in herself.
OOC notes: This log is semi closed to people who Kidd has had CR with. However the first prompt will be open and if you want to try to come on board please contact me via plurk or message. Even so, she wants to keep party size limited so to not spook her quarry. OOC post here: link

Largely this will be a first proper mission for her guild's pc trainee's. Information on the Artimicion will be supplied by the mods as they're able to help us out. Beyond that this is sneakytime fun. I'll handle any npcs that we interact with. I believe the best way to do it would be for each player to pick which location and date they will be searching an area during the trip, covering the 7th and 8th. On the 9th a move will be made and hopefully the moogle will be captured.

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On the 5th, letters go out to a few particular Heroes, and not through the normal Mognet channels. Instead they are dropped off quickly and quietly, though a keen eye may still spot the hooded moogle jumping from hiding place to perching point as she goes about her deliveries.

The letter reads:

Dear Friends,

Ever since the vanishing of Palitutu I have been reaching out to various contacts that I could make around the world, trying to find out what I can about her movements. While the Tarutaru has remained elusive, there seem to have been sightings of a particular moogle that I would like to investigate and I'd appreciate your assistance.

Please meet me at the Eagle Eye pub tomorrow so that we may discuss matters.

Yours,
James Kidd

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

From Saori's understanding, visitors to Trano Glosaucia are here to have fun and sometimes make big gil fast. After all, having some gil in your pocket can give you a big advantage and she was sure Artemicion was aware of that.

Since the Casino was being covered, Saori went for the next big gil maker. The closest thing to the Chocobo races back home were the horse races but she never did pay attention to those. As she entered, she looked up at the boards where the chocobos' names were listed and the chances. Well, the minimum bet wasn't too much so she figured why not.

There was man in his forties or so, collecting bets. Before it was her turn, she loosened up her assassin's uniform just enough to reveal some skin. "I'd like to bet on this one," she pointed to the name of the Chocobo. It did seem to have a decent chance given the odds. "Oh and I do have a favor to ask," she slipped out some extra gil from a pouch she pulled from her cleavage. She hated pulling off cheesy fanservice but she had to make it worth his while.

"If you or your coworkers happen to see an old moogle with glasses around her, could you let me know? I'm afraid he owes our family a lot of gil and Daddy's running out of patience with him."

[The old sack of gil from the cleavage trick is indeed a classic. The man can't help but watch as she does so and stammers a bit as the money clinks into his palm]

Ah...sure...I mean there's a few moogles who wear glasses so can you be more specific...ah....Miss?

[Oh crap. Right. Best not to use her actual name in case their target got wind of Heroes looking for him.]

Inari. Haruka Inari is my name. You know I think I have a drawing of the moogle. Now hang on...

[Saori winced mentally. She honestly wanted to avoid using the Inari name, her goddess name, in this world but it was the first thing that came to mind. She figured Artemicion wouldn't be able to remember every single detail of every Hero here so maybe it would be alright.

She tugged at her jacket as she "innocently" looked for it. Might as well play it up some more with the fanservice until she did pull out the drawing of him. Though any more fidgeting the clothes might reveal a little too much if she wasn't careful. Seriously, the police wouldn't notice a copy of Artemicion's wanted poster had the illustration cut out. She unfolded the piece of paper and leaned ever so closer to the man as she gave it to him.]

Here you go. Sorry for the wait. By the way, how hard is it get into to these races? My baby brother's been begging to join one for ages. It's all he ever talks about.

[The man's attention continues to follow her as she fidgets around. He doesn't leer but he is distracted and it might do her well that the name Inari is quickly forgotten as he was just trying to feign politeness. She isn't the first dame to ever come up here and try to use her feminine wiles to try to get an edge, but at least this one didn't seem to be trying to get money out of him.

Taking the picture he looks it over and frowns, eyes glancing down once before going back to the image.]

Hmmm, maybe. Not sure though. I think I remember someone asking about placing bets for the blitz tournament but I told him to get lost. He mumbled something about a moogle when he left. Wasn't really paying attention to him though.

[He grunts and sits back, checking the ongoing race reports.]

If you have a bird of your own you might be able to enter the amateur races. Otherwise you need a sponsor. Or wait until there's an open tryout in the amateur leagues.

The blitz arena, hmm? Thank you very much. I'll be sure to check there later then.

[Well she supposed that arena would be much easier for him to hide in compared to here. At least that's what she saw from the guidebooks she read on the flight over.

She gives him a few more gil to further emphasize her appreciation. Information is far more valuable than gil in this case. Besides, even if she did lose her bet in the race, it wouldn't hurt her wallet much.]

Hmm that might be a problem then. I'll have to find a chocobo first.

[The gil is graciously accepted, but the man gives a bit of a shrug.]

You can see if they have a spare bird for you to use. I ain't stoppin ya. Just don't wanna get yer hopes up.

I see. I'll keep that in mind. Thank you for your time.

[She's let these poor gamblers behind wait long enough. So it's time for her to duck out and find herself a seat in the crowd. ]

[There's no sign of Artimicion in the crowd, but the races are enjoyable at least. It's very difficult to tell at the start which birds are faster or have better stamina. There also seem to be some birds that are swift, but then lose the races by taking turns a bit too wide or getting distracted by something.

It seems Chocobo Racing is not a simple sport.]

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