Post by Wryce on Jan 20, 2024 23:50:51 GMT -5
The bright scorching sun, the hot wind blowing against him. No matter how unusual this work day was, Wryce was not prepared for this. He had taken a special request at work, a delivery way outside of his usual sector. Since he was a martial artist and a master of the Sky Dance technique, his boss offered him the chance to train and work at the same time by fulfilling this request, with a nice bonus attached to it. The task was easy enough as he only had to bring the parcel at the written location.
Easier said than done. After two hours of flying around, drenched in sweat from the arid climate and clearly lacking any hydration source, Wryce had come to the realization that the address in question simply did not exist. At first, he didn’t believe his gps, thinking the map had not been updated on his device just yet, but circling around the arid wasteland and finding nothing resembling a house or any kind of habitation gradually made him realize what a fool he was.
He landed on the ground, feeling the heat from the soil even through his shoes. Thinking about his options, he had little choice left but to go back to Central City empty-handed and kiss his bonus goodbye. A shame, really, but he wouldn’t risk dehydration by sticking around any longer. Speaking of which, he was getting rather thirsty.
Tumbleweed passed by and the sound of a gunshot surprised him, his instincts kicking in. Turning around, he managed to grab the bullet, the heat coming from it forcing a “Yeowch!” out of him as he dropped it. More importantly, someone had just attacked him.
“Who are you? What do you want? That’s not gonna work on me, pal, so I suggest you drop it and show yourself.”
Was he the target? Was it a case of “wrong place at the wrong time”? He wasn’t too nervous as his ki training granted him a considerable advantage over conventional weaponry, but the fact that someone was attacking him for no reason was enough to shake him a little, to say the least.