The Fate Of All Things

Series 1:Book 1: The Fate of the Foolish

*Zeck and James stand next to each other in a coalition outpost at the bounty board looking at the same request that reads "Extremely dangerous, Very High Reward"*

ZD/JL-High reward and low chance of survival? Perfect!

JL-Woah, slow your role Dragon boy, this job is mine

ZD-Listen fool, I may be a dragon, but I am no boy, I...

JL-Oh sorry, Dragon girl

ZD-Alright you poor excuse for a human, if you intend to test my patience it won't go well for you!

JL-Well nothing ever does, so I might as well have some fun while things go wrong

ZD-You really are a fool, I doubt you even have a team big enough to do the job

JL-Oh, it requires eight? Damn, I've only got four.

ZD-Well normally my team has eight, but four of us are off on another mission.

JL-So why don't we team up and do this job, split the reward?

ZD-Why would I ever want to work with you?

JL-Because to you I'm expendable, they just need eight people registered, eight people don't have to return. If me and my team aren't skilled enough to keep up then we'll die and you get the whole reward.

ZD-You know what, that doesn't sound too bad

JL-Me and my team dying? What are you a freak?

ZD-I meant the idea as a whole, where either you'll help, or you'll die, either way I get to do the job, and in some cases I get more reward

JL-Well, I'm going to gather my team, we should meet up in the courtyard in half an hour and we can go from there

ZD-Sounds good

*James returns to Wink and Dezrex on a bench*

JL-Hey guys, where's Koe?

DR-Getting his fortune told over there

JL-Of course he only does this when I get us a job

DR-We got a job?

JL-Ya, hold on. Koe! Let's go! We've got somewhere to go!

KO-I just finished up here anyways, so what's the job?

JL-We've got to kill a greater elemental that's been causing trouble by Li'Ar

SW-There's no way the Coalition would send four people to kill a greater elemental

DR-Jim did you make up teammates to get tougher jobs again?

JL-No, I learned my lesson last time, it's not worth the paperwork applying fake people at the Coalition

KO-Well I've got a good feeling about this mission, the fortune teller told me that I will accomplish what I was meant to do in life soon

JL-You actually believe in that fate garbage?

KO-Well ya, Fate gives me hope, it helps me believe I won't miss out on the perfect girl

JL-So you're too lazy to look for the right girl?

KO-No, I just have faith that if I'm meant to find her I'll find her naturally

SW-Fate is the only way to explain the vast coincidental nature of life, Our fate is determined by Aeo, The goddess of life.

JL-Raider, don't tell me you believe in that crap too, you're the logical one