The Paragon of Virtue
Oak Town had always been interesting to Jin. The history certainly was fantastic, and he found everything interesting in terms of learning. That said, he was not here to sight-see. He had a mission, and a hectic one at that. Some wizard, or rather, a few wizards wandering into town every now and again and attacking others without quarter. The Bringer of Death, as he was wont to do, called for their heads. The Paragon, however, wished for a better, more peaceful solution. The two, as always, were at odds. Jin sighed nonetheless. The request notice had mentioned that the mages would regularly show up at 12:30, but they would occasionally show up at other times to be unpredictable. Jin thought to wait for them at the time they always showed up at, but he nonetheless figured that he could arrive to Oak Town early and investigate around.
He arrived three hours prior to the usual time that the insane wizards would show up, getting in some early morning shopping and learning what he could about the town. It was far from perfect, but Oak Town was quiet enough. Every person he passed he examined to see if any of the wizards were hiding amongst the people, but it did not seem to be so. The town seemed unusually busy for such an early morning, though he considered that it could absolutely be due to people wanting to get their daily shopping in before the daily attack occurred on the town.
This early in the morning, there seemed to be absolutely nothing wrong with the town. People were shopping, birds were chirping, cafes were filled, and nothing seemed to be wrong on a quick examination. Of course, looking closely, that sentiment changed. A fakeness seemed to be set over the town, there were marks of destruction lightly hidden or simply ignored, guards seemed more on edge, not all was well.
Of course, the most glaring difference of the lot was the people filing out of the market almost in unison as the time approached 12:30. Market stalls closed, cafes emptied, residents whispered to tourists as they shuffled out of the marketplace, even some of the experienced-looking guards left as the bells tolled noon. What had, just fifteen minutes prior, been a bustling, lively town market was now completely barren. An eerie silence settled over the marketplace. Only Jin and two guards remained. The two guards spoke to each other casually, ignoring Jin aside from a quick glance and a shrug. They did not seem to care that Jin was there, or they simply did not wish to mention anything because of the scythe on his back. All of a sudden, one of the guards sighed and motioned for his coworker to stand at attention. Jin turned towards the entrance to the town, seeing the wizards who were accosting the town.
Oak Town had always been interesting to Jin. The history certainly was fantastic, and he found everything interesting in terms of learning. That said, he was not here to sight-see. He had a mission, and a hectic one at that. Some wizard, or rather, a few wizards wandering into town every now and again and attacking others without quarter. The Bringer of Death, as he was wont to do, called for their heads. The Paragon, however, wished for a better, more peaceful solution. The two, as always, were at odds. Jin sighed nonetheless. The request notice had mentioned that the mages would regularly show up at 12:30, but they would occasionally show up at other times to be unpredictable. Jin thought to wait for them at the time they always showed up at, but he nonetheless figured that he could arrive to Oak Town early and investigate around.
He arrived three hours prior to the usual time that the insane wizards would show up, getting in some early morning shopping and learning what he could about the town. It was far from perfect, but Oak Town was quiet enough. Every person he passed he examined to see if any of the wizards were hiding amongst the people, but it did not seem to be so. The town seemed unusually busy for such an early morning, though he considered that it could absolutely be due to people wanting to get their daily shopping in before the daily attack occurred on the town.
This early in the morning, there seemed to be absolutely nothing wrong with the town. People were shopping, birds were chirping, cafes were filled, and nothing seemed to be wrong on a quick examination. Of course, looking closely, that sentiment changed. A fakeness seemed to be set over the town, there were marks of destruction lightly hidden or simply ignored, guards seemed more on edge, not all was well.
Of course, the most glaring difference of the lot was the people filing out of the market almost in unison as the time approached 12:30. Market stalls closed, cafes emptied, residents whispered to tourists as they shuffled out of the marketplace, even some of the experienced-looking guards left as the bells tolled noon. What had, just fifteen minutes prior, been a bustling, lively town market was now completely barren. An eerie silence settled over the marketplace. Only Jin and two guards remained. The two guards spoke to each other casually, ignoring Jin aside from a quick glance and a shrug. They did not seem to care that Jin was there, or they simply did not wish to mention anything because of the scythe on his back. All of a sudden, one of the guards sighed and motioned for his coworker to stand at attention. Jin turned towards the entrance to the town, seeing the wizards who were accosting the town.
