Kharo/Stories
Alk and Nimbus are tasked with capturing a beast that's been rummaging through the local garbage. Instead, they discover a small child, who claims she wants to expand her "pack." After escorting her back to the guild, it's decided she will travel with Alk and company.
Alk: ...So you need us to capture it and bring it back here?
Guild Staff: Yes. It's been diving through the clients' trash, making a mess of the place. Think you're up to catching this beasty?
Nimbus: Sheesh. Can't even protect their garbage?
Guild Staff: Haha... Well, they ARE about to hire two of the most combat-ready custodians we employ.
Alk: It's fine. We'll do it.
Nimbus: Hmph... They couldn't even be bothered to get us any useful info.
Alk: Do you think an obvious trap like this would really work?
Nimbus: The more obvious the better. We don't want some innocent bystander to miss it. Catch my drift?
Alk: Yikes. Yeah, I get it now.
Nimbus: Tch. If we only knew WHAT we were huntin', I could've just tracked its scent. This is a waste of time.
???: EEEEEP!
Alk: Sounds like we caught something!
Kharo: Why would you do something so mean, you meanies?! Get me out... GET ME OUT!
Nimbus: Maybe it wasn't obvious enough.
Nimbus: So she isn't exactly a beast, but...
Alk: Our mission was to capture whatever was disturbing the garbage and bring it back to the guild, so... she's all yours.
Guild Staff: Very well then.
Guild Staff: Could I get your name then, er, Miss?
Kharo: Kharo!
Guild Staff: And where do you come from, Miss Kharo?
Kharo: Mountains!
Alk: That's uh, rather vague, don't you think?
Nimbus: Heh-heh. I like her style.
Guild Staff: And what did you come to Palpebra for?
Kharo: To start my own pack!
Guild Staff: A pack?
Kharo: I'm all grown up now! That means I have to leave home and start my own pack!
Guild Staff: ... I'm sorry, but what kind of pack are you hoping to assemble, exactly?
Kharo: Mama's a wolf! She found me and raised me as one of her own! She's the biggest wolf in the pack!
Kharo: I don't have a papa though.
Guild Staff: I see. What do you make of this, Nimbus?
Nimbus: Nothin' we haven't seen before.
Guild Staff: I see. Thank you.
Kharo: I wanna form a pack! Where can I find members?
Guild Staff: There are plenty of strong, capable adventurers right here at the guild.
Guild Staff: In fact, if you join right now, I'd be glad to introduce you to them.
Alk: Talk about a silver tongue.
Kharo: Okay, sign me up!
Guild Staff: Excellent. Please fill out this form here with your home address and any dependents you may have, your insurance provider, and sign right here on the bottom line.
Nimbus: H-hey, are you okay?!
Kharo: H-head... hurts... So hot... Fwaaaugh...
Nimbus: She's burning up.
Alk: I think that may have been a bit too much for her to handle.Here, I'll fill it out for her.
Alk: Okay, just sign your name here and you should be all set!
Kharo: Wow... You're big brain! You should join my pack!
Kharo: You too, fuzzy one! Nice and strong!
Guild Staff: So you've taken an interest in these two, have you? Very well, I'll register you with Alk and the others.
Alk: Uh... Do we I get a say in this?
Guild Staff: She may very well have come from the Kaleidoscope.
Guild Staff: And that's your crew's specialty, isn't it?
Nimbus: You can't just throw everyone who crawls out of the Kaleidoscope to us, you know.
Kharo: Yay! New pack!
Alk and Nimbus recruit Albert and Claw to help form a pack for Kharo's birthday. She's overjoyed in the moment, but when she awakens the next day she discovers the extra members are gone. Believing it was a dream, she recounts the experience to Alk and Nimbus.
Alk: Your birthday?
Kharo: Yep! Mama said she found me on a hot day!
Kharo: It's getting hot lately, so it's almost my birthday!
Alk: Not one for details, are you?
Alk: In any case, everyone should get something on their birthday. What would you like for your birthday?
Kharo: Another member for the pack! The more, the merrier!
Nimbus: I knew she'd say something like that.
Alk: Guess our crew's not cutting it, huh?
Kharo: Mama's pack had way, WAY more wolves!
Kharo: I wanna whole bunch of members, just like Mama did!
Alk: Considering how many of us are in Starview, that's pretty impressive.
Alk: Hmm... Where could we find someone for her?
Nimbus: You don't HAVE to humor her, you know.
Nimbus: I mean, this sounds like more trouble than it's worth.
Nimbus: Why don't you just tell her to ask for something else?
Kharo: Huh?
Kharo: Where am I? Alk? Nimbus?!
Alk: Hey, you. You're finally awake.
Nimbus: Your new companions are waiting for you.
Kharo: New friends?!
Kharo: Fwaaah! You're all my friends?
Claw: You betcha! And startin' today, we're part of the Kharo pack!
Kharo: Is this a dream? Where did you all come from?!
Albert: This is no dream, Kharo. As newly anointed members of your pack, we ask you to guide us... O, Pack Leader.
Feline: Three cheers for Kharo!
Canid: We'll follow you to the ends of the world, every world!
Kharo: The ends of the world... Okay, everybody! Just follow my lead!
Claw: Looks like she tuckered herself out.
Albert: Was that good, Alk?
Alk: You guys nailed it! Thanks a bunch.
Nimbus: Sorry for asking such a silly favor.
Claw: No worries! I love group exercises like this, yeah? It was no biggie.
Albert: Agreed. I'd be glad to help out again anytime.
Kharo: Mngh... Follow me... everybody... I'm the pack... leader...
Kharo: ...Buh?
Alk: Rise and shine, Kharo. We made you a special birthday breakfast!
Kharo: Alk! Nimbus! Where... where's my pack?
Alk: Pack? We're right here.
Kharo: No, not you—
Nimbus: You must've been dreamin' or somethin'.
Kharo: So it was a dream...
Alk: Was it a nice dream?
Kharo: Yeah! It was sooo much fun! Lemme tell you about it!
Light: 'Morning.
Nimbus: You know... I think we might've just found ourselves a new pack member.