Topic: Hochi's trip home

Hochi Banto

Date: 2012-10-18 03:45 EST
Hochi stood at the bow of the The Odyssey, his newly acquired vessel. It was a beautiful ship, sure it wasn't built by the careful hands of Aja, but he loved it nonetheless. It was 50m in length and held a crew of 25. Had three masts, 10 cannons on either side, and a very large cargo hold. Thanks to the previous owner's occupation, slaver traders. He chuckled to himself thinking about her checking every inch meticulously, writing down upgrades, or improvements that would have to be done all in the name of safety for her crazed adventurer. He missed her so much, it had been a long time since he had stepped foot in Rhydin. So much had happened since then, he wondered how things were going in the shipyard, whether or not if Peanut still played around the docks. He knew Lenny missed that monkey. The beagle was at Hochi's side, time had shown itself on the dog. The two companions had seen their fair share of trouble and death defying exploits. Hochi reached down scratching that sweet spot which made Lenny's eyes close happily. He turned from the bow and headed toward his cabin spotting Martin as he headed over. "Sir, do we have a heading, or should I start the usual procedure and pick a random direction?" Martin grinned, the man needed the rush of adventure much like himself. "Uh, I think we should make a heading toward the Alabaster peninsula, we need to drop off a bit of cargo and crew, if they want off, before we can go home Martin." Hochi smiled, as he brushed past Martin. He opened the ornate mahogany doors going to into the Captain's quarters. His quarters were decorated with a few trophies, one was an ancient orcish war axe. The same axe that nearly took the head of martin. His eyes moved to his map table which was covered in scrolls, books, parchments with strange markings on them, and a smattering of runes. As he walked across the room he passed by the table looking at his charts estimating how long before he would see home again. It would only be a few days. He moved to his bed and flopped down onto it closing his eyes. Lenny laid down in his own bed as the two companions fell asleep.

Hochi Banto

Date: 2012-10-18 13:21 EST
They were unloading six very large crates onto the docks of the harbor. Alabaster peninsula was a major trading post that Hochi enjoyed using. He looked down at his clipboard marking off a few things. "We only need to unload the Lupine Idols, and all of those damn potatoes!" Hochi shouted down into the cargo hold smiling. He was sick of eating potatoes, potato soup, potatoes and cheese, baked potatoes, potato fries. He had had enough of it!

"Sir you want to give all 25 barrels of potatoes or do you want to keep a few?" Stephen, the cook, shouted up from the cargo hold.

"uh, get rid of all but five, thats it though, I want you to cook something without bloody potatoes!"

"But they are so good! I have invented six new dishes because I had to use potatoes."

Hochi shook his head and walked to the port side of the ship. "Martin I want you to go into town and see what we can get for 20 barrels of potatoes. Get some good food or something" Martin nodded handing his own clipboard to another crew member as he headed off.

"Captain Bird."

Hochi turned around and was looking at five of his crew, Roy, Pinky, Sloth, Jake, George. "Yes what is it make it quick we need to get back to work."

Sloth nodded, "uh sir we are probably not going to come with you to Rhydin. The five of us are going to stay here and look for other work."

Hochi frowned, these all had been good men, they had seen so much together. He was saddened by the fact that they were not coming back to Rhydin. "You do understand that I don't know when I am going to be back here. This could be the last we see of each other. If it is, good luck, keep your wits about you and you should survive...even if I'm not there to save you." Hochi beamed a bright smile hiding the fact he didn't want them to leave. They had been through so much, slavers, unknown creatures, poisonous flying orcs, and that was the tip of the iceberg of adventure. "Help us unload and fix up the ship while we are here."

The men nodded and headed off to do their work. Hochi sighed before watching as the first ten barrels of potatoes were being hauled up out of the hold. Lenny was running around the ship happily, he knew what was going on. He walked down the gangplank to the docks to talk to the dock master. "Hi there sir, how are we doing. We have your damn idols for the museum, we got a large amounts of plants for the clinic here. They are gonna have to see which are medicinal and which are not."

The dock master nodded making a few notes on his own clipboard. "how long will you and your crew be staying?"

"Till tomorrow morning, then we will leave. Some of my crew are staying, just 5 that I know of." Hochi looked up at his ship, then back to the dock master. "That alright how much do I owe you to rent this slip?"

The dock master responded crisply, "50 gold. Ill put it on your account Captain Bird." The man turned and walked away waving a dismissive hand. Hochi just shook his head running a hand through his green hair. He wanted to get home tonight but he would rather look rested when he got home so Aja wouldn't worry.