21 Correcting Oversights & Picking Quests (2/2)
[Sure! Do you mind if I mull over the stories today, and pray to you at another time to share them with you?] She asked me. I smiled, though she didn't know that, and I politely responded to her.
[Absolutely! I am looking forward to hearing those stories.] I responded, happy that she was sharing with me her folkloric tales.
[Great! Thank you Cosecha, I hope you have a wonderful day. I'll pray to you soon.] She replied, sounding quite energetic. I could tell the little goblin probably have things to do and people to see.
Not long after I finished this mental discussion I went out and made my way over to Isadora's desk.
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A number of different papers were laid in front of me. Each of them was a different quest-request form. They ran the gamut.
Some of them asked about hunting down wild animals. Others asked for help retrieving rare items, and those were the ones I felt the most like doing. But others still promised rewards in exchange for labor.
”Yesterday I did healing quests... and the day before that I did quests that involved retrieving rare items...” I mused, recalling the events of my first two days of life.
”I want to continue to do new things, and part of that means that I continue to diversify the sorts of quests that I do.” I told myself, speaking internally and debating what to do from here.
The truth was that a part of me enjoyed combat. That same part of me was curious about taking on a hunting quest. I didn't doubt my ability to successfully accomplish the quest if that was what I chose to do, but I didn't want to go out and hunt.
”I wish there were a way I could train my combat abilities against willing opponents. If there were I'd feel fine engaging in combat.” I mentally muttered, complaining to no one about the conundrum I found myself in.
”I should be diversifying my skills and if I were to do that then I guess I should select a quest that allows me to gain new experiences. If not hunting that's probably one of the day-laborer jobs.” I realized, my thoughts taking on a life of their own.
After I spent a few more moments mulling over what to do, a familiar voice chimed in with a suggestion. [If you want to gain combat skills, experience, and work towards gaining influence over combat domains, you should just hunt. But if you want to build your experience with agriculture, labor, and the advanced skills needed to successfully run a settlement, just stay here and work as a day laborer somewhere.] The system suggested, its voice coming into my mind out of the blue.
[And before you ask, I didn't hear you but it doesn't take a genius to figure out what's going through your mind.] The entity expressed, almost laughing as it did so. I chuckled in response to this, and nodded in understanding.
”This is really tough...” I said in the safety of my own mind. But ultimately my reluctance to hurt things, especially to mark them down as enemies just because a quest form said too, made me opt for the other option.
I grabbed one of the quest-request forms. It was one that involved something called ”Alchemy” and the quest-giver wrote down that they'd explain how it all worked once I arrived at their little shop. I nodded at Isadora and began my early-morning walk out of the Silver Xana and towards the quest-givers location.
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When I left the Silver Xana I was surprised to see that the early morning sky wasn't crystal clear and beautifully blue. Instead, the sky that greeted me was cloudy, and the clouds that blocked my view of the sky were fat with soon-to-be-raindrops. They loomed menacingly overhead, and I felt my face fall as I studied them.
”Damn, it's gonna be rainy today.” I said aloud, cursing at the sky. I sighed and began my walk towards today's place of employment. As I did so, I tried to look on the bright side: at least I'd probably be indoors.