Mission 18 [action]

[redhairedknight]

[Early in the morning, around the time that the sun starts to rise, Erza can be seen heading for the beach with a cart trailing behind her.  On the cart is a large quantity of meat, along with a good-sized number of dead insects.  She's carrying a ridiculously large fishing rod over her shoulder, much larger than what would be necessary to catch a regular fish.  The line is closer to a steel cable in thickness than a normal fishing line - she's greatly overestimating both the size and ferocity of Luceti's fish.  Thankfully, she brought a smaller back-up fishing rod just in case.  Also, a harpoon.  She likes to be prepared for anything.

Once she makes it to the beach, she'll spend most of the daylight hours there, getting increasingly frustrated and much easier to bother as a result.  Fishing is frustrating normally, and when one expects a much larger catch than what one gets, it's even worse.]

Comments

[scarletspeedstr.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, haven't you heard?

[Okay so he is totally messing with her but still, it's all in good fun, right?]

A giant white whale that eats people if they're not careful. It took this guy's arm and stuff, true story.

[redhairedknight.livejournal.com]

[Unfortunately for Erza, she takes almost everything seriously.]

I've never heard of a whale that eats people before... This is exactly the sort of challenge that I need!

[scarletspeedstr.livejournal.com]

It's definitely a challenge. There was this one guy who, like, dedicated his whole life to chasing it down. I think it ate him or something, though?

[Hey, it's not like he really remembers how the story went from when he studied it back in high school.]

But it can pull boats down underwater to get at the people and stuff like that. It's pretty dangerous if you ask me, and if you think about it, it's gotta be pretty smart too.

[redhairedknight.livejournal.com]

Well, I suppose it would have to be pretty smart, if it attacked ships. There aren't a whole lot of creatures who do that, from what I've heard.

So what about the person who died chasing it? How did he try to catch it or kill it?