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Information Arick’s shop is movable, and he sets up shop within one of the cities in Magesc. That is where you have found him today. His shop is just inside one of the main cities on either Serenia or Soudul (you choose).

You have found your way to Peddler’s Rock. A traveling shop for everything, including some things not quite legal. A tall and burly Dovaa greets you as you come in and asks if you have a moment to spare.



Jun seemed to freeze in place when the large Dovaa seemed to not only spot him but actually called out to him. He lifted his wide, purple eyes to stare up at him as he asked if he could have a word with him. Instantly Jun was nodding his head, seeing no harm in listening to what he had to say. If he were to say no or run away he would seem rude after all. As the man started to talk about the trouble he was in, trouble that he couldn't tend to his he couldn't leave his shop, and Jun listened to all of it carefully before the man was suddenly asking him if he could lend a hand.

Glancing over his shoulder for a moment at the apothecary and then back again he nodded his head, "Yeah, I think I can." He murmured, so long as it didn't take long he should be able to help, right? Besides, given that the big man seemed to be in trouble it wouldn't be very nice of him to refuse. He wanted to help people like his mother helped people, this was his chance to do just that!



Go to Task One



"A letter." He murmured, nodding his head, "Alright! I will see if I can find it!" Jun said, giving the big Dovaa a smile before he turned on his heel to trot off down the path that had been indicated to him in search of the letter.

As he reached the doors to the apothecary much to his surprised it opened up to reveal his mother holding a bag. She looked down at him, her eyes going quite wide, before she reached down to pluck a couple of leaves from his hair, "I take it that you didn't stand still like I asked." She said with a bit of a sighing sound, she had really hoped that he would behave himself and stay outside the doors to the shop but at the same time she supposed that would be hoping for a miracle. Given everything going on around him it would likely be difficult for such a curious child to actually sit still, especially in a place that he'd never been before, "Come on then, it's time to go home." She said, turning around, before she took a few steps forward... only to realize that the boy wasn't following her, "Eh? Junjie, come, it's time to go home."

The boy shifted in place for a moment, seeming to think on something very hard, before he shook his head, "I... I can't yet! I want to help Mister Arick!" He said, motioning to the big Dovaa that was manning the shop across from where the two of them were standing, "He gave me an important errand to run, asking me to find and letter and... and I couldn't but he is gonna let me make up for that by finding some pearly scales, apparently something called an Oralrik have them but I can also find them along the banks of any of the lakes. We have one North of where we live so I could go there and get them, then bring them back here for him." He said in a rush, his voice and the look in his eyes an earnest one. He wanted to make it up to the man, to find these scales for him since he was unable to find the letter. He would always feel bad about that, the first time an adult that wasn't his mother asked him to do something and he'd failed! He wouldn't fail a second time.

The woman shifted the large bag she was carrying from one arm to the other, giving a bit of a sigh. She really wanted to tell him 'no', to take his hand and drag him home with her if that was what she had to do... but could she really do that? Already it seemed that he was sneaking off when her back was turned, wandering off their property in fact, playing with strangers, getting in trouble with Drakein. She would rather that he stayed safe but he might very well continue to run off on his own, without telling her where he was going, if she didn't loosen her hold just a little. The last thing she wanted was for him to run away for good, the idea was a frightening one. After a long moment the woman gave a sigh, shaking her head, "You are growing up far to quickly on me, my little Junjie." She murmured to him, ruffling his hair before they continued along, "I will walk with you until the fork in the road. One path heads back to our village, the other one will bring you to the lake. You can go, get the pearly scales, and then hurry back to Arick. I want to go with you, I really do, but it's important I get these herbs home, brew them into tea, and make sure that my patient drinks it." Lien was so terribly reluctant to do this, not wanting to allow her son to go anywhere alone, but he seemed to be so insistent, making her think he might very well go on his own and end up lost.

She gave sigh before she started to lay out the ground rules that would go along with this errand that her son was wanting to go on, "You must promise that you will keep your cloak on, don't let anyone too close, don't let your wings be seen, don't linger too long, stay away from the Oralrik they are dangerous, and don't..."

"Mom!" Junjie cried, looking up at her with wide eyes, "I understand, I have to be careful and I will! I won't let anyone learn any of my secrets, I won't swing sticks at anymore dangerous monsters, I will just run to the lake, find the scales, and then go back to Arick. Once I drop them off, if that is all he has for me to do, I will come home." He said, giving a nod of his head. He was pretty sure that if she was allowed to keep listing things that he wasn't supposed to do that she would likely continue on until they reached the fork in the road that she had been talking about. He knew everything that he was and wasn't supposed to do by heart, he'd heard it almost daily. As such he would make sure to be careful so that he could find the pearly scales for Arick and hopefully make up for the fact that he was unable to find his letter.

Lien nodded her head slowly, "Ahhh... alright." She murmured, looking more then a little worried about all of it. She didn't like the idea of leaving her son all on his own, she wanted to hold onto his hand, keep him close, keep him safe, but she was going to allow this. Of course as she got to the fork in the road she found herself rethinking the entire idea. It was one thing to say that she was going to let him go to the lake on his own and it was a whole other thing to allow him to do so himself. She found herself starring down the path that would lead to the lake and looked down at her son, "Are you sure about this?" She asked of him.

Junjie nodded his head, "I am! I will see you soon, Mom, alright?" He said, smiling up her. He took a hurried step forward, giving his mother a hug, before he turned and hurried down the path that was going to take him to the lake and to the pearly scales that were to be found to be found there. This was so exciting! To be allowed to run this errand all on his own, to help Arick to replenish his stock of pearly scales.

Choose to Search for the Nocturnal Spikes

Success Rolled a 47

11-99: Success! You find 2 of them. You may give all 2 to Arick or nothing at all.

After a bit of investigating, which was a lot of him asking questions of any of the pretty, rainbow colored Orderites that he could catch up with, Junjie was able to learn that the only way to get to Souldul was to take a ferry that left at specific times each day. It was an interesting thing indeed, he'd never gotten to take a ferry ride before! Oh man, this was going to be great! After leaving a note behind with Arick, just in case his mother came looking for him, he was off to take a boat to Souldul. The entire ride there he starring over the edge of the boat, eyes wide, trying to take in everything at once, marveling over the look of the boat, the way that they were surrounded on all sides by water, the various creatures he could see moving under the surface. He was going to have to thank Arick for this opportunity once he got back from Soudul. Were it not for the massive Dovaa asking for his help he wouldn't have been able to see any of the things that he'd seen so far today. He found himself wondering idly if he'd be so lucky as to see some of the people who lived in Souldul but wasn't sure if he wanted to. If his mother was wary of them perhaps he should be too?

The most important thing about this leg of his journey was to make sure that his wings behaved. Even if they did decide to pop up he wasn't going to flap them, not at all, and that way he might keep from getting into too much trouble. He had heard that the Orderite and their dark enemies the Oblivionites didn't get along, as such it was best that he didn't get spotted by them. If they recogized him as having Orderite blood flowing through his veins he might very well be seen as an invading enemy or something. The very last thing he wanted was to upset them when all he was really after were some spikes off of the Riistäjä and nothing more... not that he wanted to fight one of them. No, his plan was to go to the forest, search around, and then find spikes that were just laying around on the ground. Unlike with the scales he only needed two spikes so this task should be a lot easier then finding the scales. The worst part of this one being that he had to take a ferry to Souldul and back, something that was bound to eat up a lot of time.

Speaking of eating the boy leaned against the edge of the boat, digging into his pocket, and took out some dried rations. Munching on one of them he continued on with watching the ocean, unsure when he might be back here again. Best to make the most of every moment of this adventure he told himself. Even once he was done with his meal he continued to stare, all the way until Souldul came into view and then instead of starring out over the water he starred at the dark continent instead. It was dark and shadowy, comprised of all sorts of black, dark gray, and dark purple, making it seemed like quite the intimidating area. Nevertheless he had a task given to him and he would do his best to make sure that he was able to bring back the spikes that Arick had asked for.

The moment the ferry came to a stop he was rushing over to the ramp that led down to solid ground, careful not to bump into anyone else that was wanting off, and he hurried down the stairs. The moment his feet touched ground he realized he had no idea where he was or where he was going, as such he was quick to turn to one of the ferrymen to ask for directions. Once he was pointed in the right direction of the nearest forest he was off at a dead run, wanting to get there and back swiftly so that he would hopefully be lucky enough to be able to catch the very next ferry. It really all depended on how difficult the forest was to find and in turn how difficult the spikes were to find.

Upon reaching the forest he found himself pacing at the edge of it. It was dark, creepy, and intimidating, he was also quite certain he could hear something howling from within. Did he really want to do this? He was sure that he could run back even now instead of delving into the dark recesses of this place in search of spikes that he may or may not find that belonged to a beast that he had no knowledge of. Did he really want to do this? The answer was a firm 'no' but he had come this far and he meant to keep going, even if he didn't want to. He had told Arick that he would do this, that he would try to find him the spikes, and he meant to do just that! Drawing in a deep breath to steady his faltering nerves he took one step into the forest, then another, and another. To get to where he was going he would need to take it one step at a time, he couldn't rush, not wanting anything scary to spot him. In fact he would do his best not to let anything at all see him, having a feeling that even the critters in this place were likely terrifying!

It wasn't long before he spotted what he'd come for, or at least one of them, and he hurried forward to scoop up the the large, darkly colored spike, "Huh." Seemed as though everything in this area was rather dark in color, weren't they? As he inspected the spike he couldn't help but to compare it to the more pretty colored pearly scales that he found, finding he much preferred the former item to the latter one, "Mmm... I will think about that later." He told himself, tucking the spike away so that he could concentrate on finding the second one. He didn't want to be in this dark, scary place any longer then he had to be. Just a quick mission in and out, nothing more! Half the blood that he carried in his veins was that of the enemy of the people that lived in Souldul, as such he didn't want to linger.

The searched continued. He looked high and low, not sure if the Riistäjä beast could climb trees or not, and he realized he should probably have asked Arick a little about them before he came this far. No matter though, the first spike had been laying on the ground so surely the second one would be on the ground as well? Maybe they were ground dwelling creatures after all. He couldn't be certain though since he knew nothing about them, that was just an assumption on his part. When he finally did find the second spike he had to lift his hands up to cover his mouth to smother then giggles that were trying to escape from him. The spike was stuck in a tree, the various marks on the tree and the lost spike making it look as though the beast had been rubbing itself against the base of the tree, maybe due to an itch. Reaching out he took hold of the spike and gave it a tug, pulling it free from the tree.

He inspected it a moment, making sure that it was in as good of condition as the first one had been, before he tucked it away into his pocket, "Time to go." He told himself, deciding that if the beast was able to make such a mess of a tree just by using it as a scratching post that it wasn't something that he wanted to mess. Instead he would leave the Riistäjä to go about their business and he would go about his, the most important part being getting back to the ferry with a quickness.