On the horizen is a small wooden building, a shack where someone of low class might live. When you get closer, you realize it is not someone's home, but a bunker guarded by one large moblin and two Goriyas along its side. They are all you can see, and you never know if there are more inside. All are armed with spears that look like they could hurt pretty bad.

Alpha slowly glances over the bunker that he's accidently stumbled across. "A Moblin...haven't seen one of them in ages..." he mutters to himself. He silently notes the two Goriyas that stand alongside the Moblin, then turns and walks away from the building. 'If I intend to fight them, I'll be needing some help...'

Julian looks down his sandy summit. The sand smacking his robes in temperment. His vision is captured by a small sheikah below. In his anxiousness to meet this sheikah he stumbles and slides down the sandy hill. He skids to a stop next to Alpha, a wave of sand shooting forth as he ceases to slide.

His eyes are captured by the distant image of a bunker guarded by a few menacing creatures. He examines all aspects of the haven.

"Quite the citadel, don't you think? No doubt to hold something of value. What do you suggest we do...Alpha." Julian says, his eyes locked onto the strong hold.

'Thank Farore; I go to find help and instead help is sent to me.' Alpha turns back to the bunker. "Well, I intend to slaughter those beasts and find out what is inside the building. No doubt it's valuable in someone's eyes, otherwise they wouldn't have a Moblin." This last word comes out with a degree of pain, as if it triggers something in Alpha's memories. He shakes his head, clearing it and forcing away the recollections he wants to avoid. "I'd say first things first. See if we can take out those Goriyas; then we can deal with the Moblin together." He turns back to look towards the distant castle where he would have been heading. "Of course, if you can think of someone else who may be willing to help us, I wouldn't mind it at all. We could probably use their assistance. And then we could slaughter the beasts."

"Heh, and divide the treasures further; I think not. I will take one goriya and you take the other, then we'll join up to fight the moblin as you said before. But to make sure the moblin doesn't interfere I want to try something. I think you'll get a real laugh if it works."

Julian lays down on the ground in a sort of sniper position. His staff lines up with his target. His eye quivers slightly as it aligns itself on the chest of the over weight moblin.

"Polymorph!"

A red aura begins to radiate from the crook of the staff. It's glow brightening into a carmen ball of psi. The low hum of the energy sounds a deathly tune and with a blaring whistle the orb shoots off. The high pitch wailing hurtling towards the armed moblin in a bright crimson bullet of firey light.

"I have never actually hit something with this shot but with the size of that moblin; I doubt that he'll dodge it." Julian says with a grin. "Now, head for the goriya on the left. Who ever is inside that bunker is in for a rude surprise."

"Trying to leave me out of the fun, eh?"

Victor was at Julian's side, intently watching the crimson sphere fly towards its target. "They can never just talk," he thought. "Always with the 'Strike first, ask questions later' attitude." He sighed: "As long as I'm here, I might as well help..."

"Well, this playground is big enough for the two of us..."

Then, seeing Alpha, he smiles wider:

"Well, three of us, I guess."

Taking a second to assess the situation, Victor realized the simple tactic just as Julian stated it. Knowing that Julian must have been quicker to realize, he took no credit.

"Julian's strategy has no evident flaws, Alpha; why don't you take the left, and I'll take the right?"

Then, turning to Julian:

"You can check out the bunker once the moblin is disbanded and we've distracted the Goryias. How 'bout it?"

"Sounds good to me!" Alpha replies as he leaps upward. Cape flying behind him, he rushes at the Goriya, staff in hand. But as he prepares to strike, he begins to wonder if maybe he should've made sure that the Moblin was actually hit before flying in...

Julian nods quickly to the bard's proposal and sprints off in the direction of the moblin, staff in hand. His footsteps, rythimcal, beat upon the soft sand as he passes by his polymorph spell; it's radiance smiling as he breaks ahead. He leaps into the air, grin gleaming as he flips over the large moblin; The crook grabing hold of the Moblin's neck in an attempt to keep him from dodging the incoming ball of magic. His feet dig into the sand as he struggles to keep the moblin from breaking free. His hands tighten into the rim of his staff and begin to bleed as the splinters tear into his indigo skin, tainting it with red. Julian's teeth clench together as he pulls harder on the moblin's thick neck and wraps his left leg around the moblin's to further halter any movement.

"Why aren't you fighting Victor! Make sure that goriya doesn't interfere with my battle! Hurry!" Julian yells out at the distant bard, his voice angry as he watches the bard's stone like features.

"Fine, fine, I'm going..."

And Victor was off, running parallel to Alpha towards the second Goryia. He ran at full speed, his robe whipping behind him; his feet leaving light indentations in the sand.

When he was within range of the Goryia, Victor pulled out a new addition to his small arsenal- a simple boomerang. He gripped it tightly in his hand before letting it fly. He watched as it sliced through the hot desert air, causing sand to rise in small clouds from the ground. He had launched the boomerang low, hoping to knock the Goryia off its feet, or at least do some damage before Victor had to fight it in close quarters.

Speaking of close quarters, shortly after releasing the boomerang, Victor had pulled out his trusty dagger. Holding it in a ready postition, he continued to run towards his target. It would only be a matter of time before he and the Goryia were locked in combat...

Denning in his black robe, approches slowly, at first he sees Alpha, then Julian, but lastly he sees Victor, a pained look is upon his face.
"Hm, a fight? Very well, let me show you true power!"
Denning launches at the Goryia that Alpha is near.

I am freezing time for now. This will be the first mini-quest to use the actual stats system. Sorry for the wait. I am slow in the head so it is taking me longer than I want to understand the system.

Julian hold the Moblin at bay. The spell hits him dead on, and the Moblin is transformed into an aimless Cucco.

Because Alpha and the Goriya have the same AGI, they are going to have a roll off. Alpha first, Goriya second, highest # wins. Alpha 12, Goriya 11 (ooh, close one)

The Goriya jabs at Alpha with his spear, but Alpha is too fast for him. He swings his staff and it hits the Goriya. The DEF of the Goriya happens to be 10. Alpha gets a roll of 20 + 4 for his AGI and +1 for STR. The Goriya take the hit of 9 DMG, bringing it from 25 down to 16 HP.

Victor throws his boomerang. STR 2, AGI 3, and a roll of 5, resulting in 10 against the total defense of 10 for the Goriya. The rule for that is going to be that the Goriya takes half the damage. It is now down to 22 HP.

"Ha, ha! Glad to see that my spell casting has improved. Take a gander Alpha while your fighting; I'm off to see the bunker."

Julian quickly drops the feathered fiend on the hot sand and spurts off to the entrance as he attempts to enter as quickly as possible.

"The others better hurry up. I don't want to be stuck with a mob" Julian says silently as he glances back one last time at the fighters behind him as he is about to enter the bunker.

Victor is happy to see his boomerang hit it's mark, and he keeps running as he picks up the weapon. Permanently putting it away for the duration of the fight, he takes his dagger and shoves it towards the Goryia's chest. The metal glints happily in the sun, as if eager to take some blood...

Alpha laughs to himself as the blow smacks the Goriya. "Things are looking up," he says to himself as he aims another blow of his staff at the monster.