Today was a wonderful day! I got to go on my first mission as a fully fledged member of The HTML Wanderpus! Krieg, Quet, Midnight and myself were chosen to go and find some boxes that may or may not have been stolen. We were dropped off on the shores of Salt and Sand and quickly got to work. Krieg led us forward into the desert and we stumbled upon a town. This town was not on any of our maps and seemed to be in the process of starting up.
There we are, on a cliff overlooking the town that shouldn't be here, and Midnight beseeches the shadows to see if he can sense our boxes. After a bit he senses that the boxes are indeed somewhere in that town. We all decide that we are going into the town so I pass out some kites that I brought and tell them all to follow me! I jump off the cliff and fly into the town! I bet we looked super cool!
We landed in the center of the town and are greeted by some of the locals wearing funny hats. They tell us that this is the town of M.O.P. Now it is very important to note that this is the town of M.O.P and not MOP. They get real mad if you say that the town name is MOP. So we tell them that we are looking for some boxes and the guys with funny hats challenge the crew to some games of skill so that we can compete for the boxes. The team with the most wins gets the boxes! So we accept the challenge! They didn't stand a chance!
The first challenge is beast taming! Well too bad for them we have a certified beast hunter in Midnight! I was sure that Midnight could calm any beast but we never had the chance to see his skills as the Alpaca they were planning on wrangling went into a rampage and ran off! So the first game ended in a draw.
The second challenge was a show of physical strength! I stepped up to the plate as I thought that I would have the best chance given Quet's... fragile(?) nature. And I didn't want Krieg to dirty his nice looking suit. So I enter the ring and size up my opponent. A centaur-lady four times the size of me! I knew it would be a hard battle but I was ready to give it my all for the crew! We go back and forth for a bit and then she picks me up and tries to throw me out of the ring! She must have miscalculated or something because she totally didn't put me out of the ring. So I jump around to get to the center of the ring and pushed my opponent out of the ring! Score one for the crew! I won a bag of gold coins for my trouble.
The next challenge is a simple duel. Quet accepts this challenge and faces off against the Owl guy. First round ends in a draw as there was not a telling blow that hit either contestant. The owl guy then tries to convince Quet to give up but Quet refuses and they go another round. This time the owl guy shoots Quets gun and blows it up! The owl guy wins this contest.
So the final contest that decides everything comes down to a poker game between Krieg and the leader of the other group. I grew tired of watching the game that took hours to finish but in the end it seemed as though Krieg pulled out the win. Score one for the Crew!
Since we won the most challenges we go to collect our prize. Our prize being the boxes we were sent here to get in the first place. We end up in a warehouse and as we go to collect the boxes, The leader accuses Krieg of cheating! Well I don't believe that one bit! Before we can really dispute they open fire! Luckily they were lousy shots because i do not think that they hit anyone.
And as if the gunfire wasn't enough, the rampaging Alpaca burst through the wall destroying some of the boxes and throwing everyone around! Midnight covered our exit as we grabbed the last box and ran! We saw Officer Akhana riding some motorcycles so we hopped on board and made good our escape.
All in all, I would call the first mission a great success! I cant wait for the next one!