A young man, seemingly in his late teens with blond hair that nearly covered his eyes, was extremely bored and excessively tired. He looked around for a place to drop the deku wood he was lugging around. He was about to just toss it aside when he spied a goron with a broken wagon. He approached the goron and said: "Here. You can have my wood."

The Goron squeals with delight, "Oh, thank you verrry much frriend! Herrre, please accept membership into the Gorrro-Gorrro Carrrtel as my thanks. You can now use the Carrravans to trrravel to other points on ourrr trrrade rrroutes!"

As he fits the wood into the correct spot, and prepares to leave, the axel snaps once more. "Drrrat!" he groans.

Kuro has earned one TP.

Aiden saw the trouble and stopped, always in the mood to learn something, and help of course. She let out a squeak. A goron! Well... A goron in need of help. She knew just where the wood he seeked was and jabbering away in Ancient went to find it. He looked nothing like expected, but what DID he feel like?

Later...

Aiden ran into a near by wall, too excited by the thought of seeing the goron again to watch where she was headed. Without reacting she walked away from the badly placed wall and straight to the goron, the bundle in her arms. "Here ya go Mr. Rock'n Roll. You guys do roll, right? Or is that just a myth. I mean, you can't believe everything you hear, can ye?"

The Goron squeals with delight, "Oh, thank you verrry much frriend! Herrre, please accept membership into the Gorrro-Gorrro Carrrtel as my thanks. You can now use the Carrravans to trrravel to other points on ourrr trrrade rrroutes!"

As he fits the wood into the correct spot, and prepares to leave, the axel snaps once more. "Drrrat!" he groans.

Aiden has earned one TP.

Narrator wrote:<img src="images/npcs/dekuscrub.gif" align="right">A Deku Scrub bounces about aimlessly, as the crowds pass around him, unaware of this od spectacle. Suddenly, the Deku Scrub begins to squeak loudly, "COME TO THE THICKET IN THE DEKU WOODS, WHERE WE ARE HAVING A SPECIAL ONE-TIME SUPER-SALE ON ALL DEKU-CRAFTED PRODUCTS. PLUS, YOU CAN MEET THE GREAT DEKU TREE, HOW CAN YOU RESIST?!"

The crowd shoots the Scrub a few looks and it quitely slinks away dejectedly.

Another Deku, who happened to help out at that shop in the Thicket, made his way in and around the crowd, trying to get to his friend, when he heard the wailing Goron. He rolled his eyes and approached the humanoid rock, bouncing a Deku Bundle in the palm of his hand. "Look, Mister, if you weren't so lazy, you could go to my friend's shop in the Thicket, which is only 2 days away, and get a freaking life supply of Deku Bundles! It would be far better for the community if you did these pointless errands on your own instead of wailing your throat out into a hollow molten rock for passing adventurers and travelers to do this babysitting for you. How long have you been here anyway? I've walked these streets before to visit my friend, and you're a common sight to see. Isn't it humiliating?"

He stares at the hopeless rock in front of him thoughtfully, then comes up with an idea! "I've got it! Every time you've ever tried to slap that thing onto that wagon of yours, it breaks under your weight! Here, let me put it on in a DEKU FASHION!" He proudly untied the Deku Bundle, and climbed up the wheel of the wagon like he was climbing a tree, and fitted the Deku sticks into the places he found most appropriate. The sticks fit in perfectly (which didn't surprise him at all), and he got a Deku string and attempted to reach around belly of the wagon, and tie the Deku not around this worthless piece of Deku wood wasted. Then he was stuck - he was so small, he couldn't reach the other side of the wagon while still holding his end of the Deku string. When he reached out too far, the string collapsed, and he was dangling off of it, with an uncomfortable mass of nots keeping him off the ground, like a noose should he have had a neck. He became a cursing, screaming mouse, blaming the piece of string for all of his life problems between Deku swears and other gibberish nonsense in his racial high-pitched voice. Among his exclamations, some Common words such as, "Stupid," "Dumb," "Stinking," and, "Piece of," were heard. By now, a handful of citizens had gathered around the pessimist Deku, for either amusement or just plain confusion.

"Daddy, why isn't the Shrub in the circus this year?"

"What did that Human child just call me?!" yelled the Deku, only now realizing that he was being watched by a bunch of people. And I was the one who told the Goron to not humiliate himself he thought with disappointment. He glared over at the Goron. "YOU..." He could have said, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be here hopelessly trying to help you! I blame you for all of this! I hate you!" But instead it only came out as an offer for help. Instead, another Deku came out from the crowd with a Deku Dagger and cut the string. The bundles of wood fell to the ground along with the Deku himself with a loud squeak and a crash.

"Diehe?!"

"Foui! Trying to make people laugh again? After that one time in the Thicket I thought that would be the last try -"

"Diehe, that is the last reminder I need... Now send these pests off before I make the boss fire you!"

Diehe didn't bother to mention that he was a manager and Foui was just recently employed BY him. "Alright, everyone, off to your business." The people reluctantly left the Deku be.

Taking in a long Deku breath - so long that a ball of snot/saliva bubbled over his nose/mouth, then he exhales and it swatted at the road - he turned back to the Goron as if nothing happened. "There. Take it and use it... wisely..."

OOC: I don't see any god-moding, so I think I'm safe. At last, some comic relief in my life.

The Goron squeals with delight, "Oh, thank you verrry much frriend! Herrre, please accept membership into the Gorrro-Gorrro Carrrtel as my thanks. You can now use the Carrravans to trrravel to other points on ourrr trrrade rrroutes!"

As he fits the wood into the correct spot, and prepares to leave, the axel snaps once more. "Drrrat!" he groans.

King has earned one TP.

"Honorary Goron, I have been traveling, learning the lay of the land and such and I have happened to stumble across a certain specimen of wood that you seek. Now, as I was about to part with it I held back and decided to keep it. Perhaps fate has led me here to give you this bundle. so here you are." Skaar said as he turned away and left.

The Goron squeals with delight, "Oh, thank you verrry much frriend! Herrre, please accept membership into the Gorrro-Gorrro Carrrtel as my thanks. You can now use the Carrravans to trrravel to other points on ourrr trrrade rrroutes!"

As he fits the wood into the correct spot, and prepares to leave, the axel snaps once more. "Drrrat!" he groans.

Skaar has earned one TP.

As sukotsutsu joins the scene he noticed the goron and what he needed. A bundle of wood. Sukotsutsu walked over toward the goron and said "If it is wood you need here you go." Sukotsutsu then pulled out the wood from a bag hidden within his cloak.

The Goron squeals with delight, "Oh, thank you verrry much frriend! Herrre, please accept membership into the Gorrro-Gorrro Carrrtel as my thanks. You can now use the Carrravans to trrravel to other points on ourrr trrrade rrroutes!"

As he fits the wood into the correct spot, and prepares to leave, the axel snaps once more. "Drrrat!" he groans.

Sukotsutsu has earned one TP.

Shiro saw the whining Goron that was looking amiss. He noticed the wagon and that it was broke. "This might do the fix," He said tossing some deku wood at the goron.

The Goron squeals with delight, "Oh, thank you verrry much frriend! Herrre, please accept membership into the Gorrro-Gorrro Carrrtel as my thanks. You can now use the Carrravans to trrravel to other points on ourrr trrrade rrroutes!"

As he fits the wood into the correct spot, and prepares to leave, the axel snaps once more. "Drrrat!" he groans.

Shiro has earned one TP.

Narrator wrote:Quest: A Caravaneer's Quandary

<img src="images/npcs/goronmerchant1.gif" align="right">A Goron Merchant looks amiss as he sits in the middle of the Town Square, muttering quitely to himself, "Ohhh... the Boss is gonna kill me..."

Seeing you walk up to him, he perks up a bit. "Hey!" he exclaims, "you look like one of those new able-bodied adventurrrerrrs flocking to Norrrth Castle. I need a favorrr... the axle on my wagon brrroke, and now my carrravan is stopped. To get it rrrepairrred I need some Superrr Strrrong Deku Wood from the Thicket east of herrre.

"If you can get me some, I'll make you an honorrrarrry memberrr of the Gorrro-Gorrro Carrrtel and give you access to the Carrravans Quarrrterrr, which offerrrs quick trrransporrrt to both Rrraurrru and Rrruto Town! Plus we have a Bomb Shop! How can you rrresist?"

ragnarok came upon this fellow as he travelled around the castle, and breathed a laugh at this goron fellow. it was like seeing a warrior that couldnt like a sword, or a clown that couldnt make a joke. a goron, famous for their strength and devotion to ther work couldnt roll over to the thicket which was a longer journey for any other hyrulean being to take. weak.

but there was one trait that this rock didnt lack which every other Earth Folk had; he was stupid. offering anyone such a thing as that membership for that errand was folly. anyone could use it for the wrong reasons...

well this was going to be just too easy. ragnarok went behind the wagon, and took a piece off making sure that it wouldn't fall over and handed it to the goron. "here u go. i found that there was some in town. here u go."

He smirked as he took the membership card from the goron, and departed, laughing in hiimself as the caravan fell apart from where he had taken the piece... but appearing like it was the same as every other time itd fallen over. free membership was his...

The Goron squeals with delight, "Oh, thank you verrry much frriend! Herrre, please accept membership into the Gorrro-Gorrro Carrrtel as my thanks. You can now use the Carrravans to trrravel to other points on ourrr trrrade rrroutes!"

As he fits the wood into the correct spot, and prepares to leave, the axel snaps once more. "Drrrat!" he groans.

Ragnarok has earned one TP.

Walking back from the Thicket Theusi thought.. "Oh I hope I get into the Goro Goro Cartel!" Theusi got to town square and went to find the Goron and said "Hey heres your deku wood...hope thats the kind you wanted!"