4.6.25 - The Kingdum of Threeofdum and the Tri-Horned Banana pt 5

Chihero knew her task was going to be close to impossible. She didnt know if there were any villages here, or any inhabitants at all. She was hoping for other crashed ships or at worst a pocket of minerals to mine inhopes of creating some items.

The outlook was bleak but she had to put up a good front for the crew and the first time travellers. She walked and walked along the beach in search of crashed ships but what she saw suprised her.

A  group of zsealmen fishing and gathering in the beach. She decided not to approach them and wait for them to go to their village to see if they are hostile or not. To see if they have prisoners or not as she might need to go back if she has to fight the zsealmen!

After watching the zsealmen fish and gather for half the day, they finally  began to move and led her back to their village which was a beautiful sea side shanty village. Little stores and medicine huts and traders, it was a bustling sea side village! No prisoners and what seems to be a Cantonian ship crash landed and used as the village center, there was bound to be spareparts. This seemed to be connected to an even bigger port city as they had non-zsealmen in the village, trading and dealing in the  shops.

Chihero put on a seaside robe to blend in and walked the streets, inquiring about a ship builder or access to the leader of the village and she found where both are. Apaprently due to some zsharkmen attempting to attack the village, they have taken a precious convoy ship from the zsealmen village chief who used it for trade and she needed assistance getting it back and is willing to pay anything for it. Even fresh water and spare parts!

While searching for the elder, Chihero found food stands having quite the selection of food. There were grilled yellow root with blended spices topped of with some ashen root spice. She thought how there must be locations near by where she can get these roots for the trip back. She has been eating her rationed meals at a significant rate due to the heat and travel. 

She made it to the top of the hill passed the drujas statues and their temples. Passed the food stations and well torch lit establishments. She found herself near the ship that resembled the popular cantonian ship type, the island mainframe. Built on whalelords the now deceased corpse is wrapped around the massive ship.

The Island Frame - FORTR355 

A travel and hospitality style Z Frame that takes the masses to the upper echelon of Canton to where they need to be, outfitted with all the amenities any needs for Zslip-Zstream travel.

Chihero makes her way into the building and it shocks her how primitive they have rendered the famed Z-Frame in to a well cluttered room filled with beach side goods and flair.

She searches slowly by not causing attention and pretending to he a cleaner of the establishment. She realized her robe was the same as the workers that were handling the maintenance of the large sea room. 

By listening and working her way up the Frame, Chihero realizes the elder is a bobcatian! She walks up to her and introduces her self.

Chiehro: i am but a ship builder, will you hear my plea oh great elder?

Elder Xuy - the mystics have promised us a hero in our moment of need. Are you that hero?

Chihero: i am no hero. My name is Chihero although. I believe I am here to help your village. But I will need adequate returns.

Elder Xuy: years we have waited and we need not wait longer. We have what you need. Water and spare parts, all will be given if you rid of the zsharkmen!

Chihero bowed and held the Elders plea. They required their trade route be saved from the zsharkmen and to retrieve their convoy ship as that will be where the spare parts will come from.

This left Chihero no choice. She agreed to find and speak with the zsharkmen to have them stop or face her in battle!

Chimera found them holding up the north trade route as the elder explained. There were no more than 9 zsharkmen holding up the route.

She went up to them and said " I am not here to fight, I will listen to you and negotiate with the zsealmen to hear you out"

The main leader as it seemed spoke to Chihero, "we want our city back, well disrupt and starve these szealmen until we get it back"

Chihero: you are hurting average people! You must go and speak to them. Is there not someway i can get you to speak to them?

Mawntow replied with a snarl, "you? If you can defeat me Mawntow in a duel. This is how zsharkmen settle things. No szealmen has beaten us yet they direct us! We want to rule!"

Chihero: then we must fight. If I win we will speak with elder Xuy and you will bring the convoy ship back to the city. 

They nodded and both disappeared and showed up in the air, they punch and clash, harsh shark skin against her metallic cat paws bouncing off her buttons. Then she uses a mind glyph and her claws detached and heated up slicing the zsharkman. 

She then used zunkido to punch and kick the flinching zsharkmen, landing desive blows to his stomach. Then with another glyph she changes it to electric sticky claws and clamps to the zsharkman and hit him with his weakness! A strong electric current!

Booooooommmm

The zsharkmen was blown up and sizzling with his crew shaking in their zshark boots.

They had no choice but to bring Chihero back to the village with the ship and stop their trade route disruptio.

Luckily for them, chihero negotiated for them and got them a job as the villages muscle! They're now able to be the village saviors and help everyday zsealmen or zsharkmen or whoever chooses to call the city Zsheal their home.

Chihero was able to get help back to the ship with the convoy ship as it's first job back from confiscation. They get her spare parts, food and spices and water to bring back to the ship!