Jake

The sky was covered by a ceiling of glass or clear plastic, but thanks to the various shapes of nodes, chords, turrets and doors one could tell that there was a giant space ship above the World’s surface. One individual that could tell was a young man that was in his late teens. He was malnourished to the point he was stunted in growth looking more like a child than an adult. But, he was an adult none the less.

His eyes were behind a pair of yellow lenses goggles with a blue band. Like flames his red hair flew with the wind that blew through the tresses. His skin the color of sand that was like the beach. Wearing a black scarf around his shoulders and neck he looked from the sky to the city ahead of him. On his brown shorts were three belts that had several pouches on them. His right arm had strapped to it a forearm guard and worn on the hand was a black glove with red metal plates on the knuckles and lined the finger sleeves. His right bicep had a small strap with a pouch attached to it. The pouch was closed thanks to its silver snaps.

The lad then said to himself trying to encourage himself after hearing the sky groan with the opening of one of the ship’s many doors, “Easy Jake, it’s just a bot or a new tower being deployed. Nothing you haven’t seen before.”

Jake moved his brown boot clad feet onto the arid ground. He moved towards large city in the distance. He walked by old ruins where silver giants moved by small towers that linked to the ship that covered the sky. He was careful to avoid them and noticed tents where humans and monsters alike would be either repairing or healing.

After another hour of walking Jake got out of the desert and arrived at the city. The city was surrounding one of the ship’s towers, only this one was more fortified and had bots constantly flying around it. The city looked tiny compared to the tower that could be seen just outside the gate from a few miles away.

Jake walked up to the gate where a Giant Ant Hill was visible. Giant Ants stood at the gate with human guards both men and women. Jake looked at the only guard with tome as he said pulling out of his pants pocket with his left hand, “Ma’am here are my papers, I’m here to be an adventurer.”

The tall blonde with green eyes looked at him with a huff, “Yeah, you and every other idiot.”

The blonde took the papers and the pleasured by a dildo pumped by her tail purple haired succubus floating beside her said with a smile, “Don’t listen to her, she’s just jealous that her itty bitty titty committee membership card prevents her being paired up with a monster.”

The blonde guard barked at the succubus, “SHUT IT, Carolelle.”

The blonde guard then said to him after looking at Jake’s papers, “It says here that your class is merchant?”

Nodding Jake replied as the wind finally stopping swinging his scarf, “Yeah, I can stall a bot or bribe them into giving me one of their parts. I once conned a bot into giving me it’s undamaged powercore.”

The blonde guard scoffed, “Impossible everyone knows that a bot would be non functional without it’s powercore and would protect it with its life.”

Jake grinned as he reached into his back belt’s biggest pouch. He pulled out a red glass lantern looking device with a gear at the top. Jake watched at the guard starred at it in wonder as she said gasping, “Wow.”

Jake shrugged his shoulders, “Although ever since then, the bots have updated their operating system to not be conned by Human 10-1-11-5. It was a great day though when I figured out that they could be conned. That’s what got me onto the idea of becoming a merchant. I’m not like a dealer or a shopkeeper, I’m in a unique skill level of retailers everywhere. Sure, some people may be able to call themselves merchants, but they are laughable. It is my dream to redefine the common knowledge of merchant into a class that can be equal among the rogues, guardians, knights, clerics, wizards and other classes.”

Carolelle smiled as she tittered, “Well you are aware that you’ll have to plead your case to the monsters at the entrance. They will be looking to be impressed by your class’s skill. If they aren’t then they’ll put an aura on you to be one of the town’s man whores.”

Jake nodded as he said to her and looking at the blonde guard after he was done talking, “Well, I know that I can impress them. Now, if you’ll permit me access.”

Tossing back her hair the blonde guard said to him giving him back his papers, “Be my guest, but you’ll just be another man dildo soon enough.”

The smaller gate that was big enough for a single person was opened. Jake walked through with his powercore put away and his papers stuffed back in his short’s pocket. Looking at the city Jake saw centaurs walked their customers or husbands who groped their breasts. He saw carts pulled by regular beasts of burden and he watched as succubi and angels flew the high in the city. Just north of him was the giant tower where adventurers went to slay bots of the ship that covered the sky.

Jake arrived at the wall where several adventures and monsters were gathered. He knew that he would need some bot parts to sell to get enough gold to buy a room at the inn. But, first he had to get a monster.

Walking up was as Dhampir with red eyes and brown hair. She wore the out fit of a skin showing mage. She said to him with a grin, “You’re new. So, what class are you?”

Off to the side was a Sphinx that was watching Jake. She had deep tanned skin with long wavy auburn hair. Her purple eyes looked him over as if discerning something. She wore an out fit that was a purple tank top with had heart cut out on it that let her breasts hang out. Revealing the pink bra that held them and showed her true E cup sized breasts. Her short many layered lilac skirt flapped with her swinging tail.

She saw the Dhampir lose her spine as she gave over a small coin bag. A smile graced her lips as the sphinx walked over to him. She tapped his shoulder as she said to him with a purr, “Want to be my partner?”

Jake grinned as he replied to her putting out his left hand, “Sure.”

The sphinx introduced herself, “My name is Tara.”