♥ A Travailing Salesman

[Jin Saito]

In a secluded area of the market place, there was shabby both set up with sings that it had been torn and raised many times. It was built with pine shafts and draped over with a tan cloth with tears and dust captured in some of the creases, including some of the yellow sand from the desert to the west. The salesman was a skinny shirtless man with head garb styled to hide his face, for this man was dealing in delicate merchandise. His children were considered the highest quality around, but you had to be quick to get one. He would show up once a year to every town, setting up shop in the dead of night, and leaving the next. There was no telling when he would come, or how long he would even stay.

Today, the merchant had new merchandise on display; a young boy who had just became a Dorei. He looked pretty healthy, and had just turned 10. The merchant had just picked him up in the town over and was egger to sell him at an overpriced rate, since he found that some of his customers preferred Dorei that they could train themselves.

The boy had his hands cuffed together in the front, like all the children, and was chained by his ankle to a post away from the other children, the clothes he had as a noble boy still on his back, as merchants weren't allowed to take away personal belongings. There were a few other noble children in the bunch, but it was evident by how the clothing were worn or outgrown, that they had been Dorei's for a while. There was no telling how many owners or merchants they have been through, but it was obvious with the new child, since his clothing looked like new with a little dirt packed in.

Jin stood in his little area, looking at the brace around his ankle and quietly sobbing. He new his father hated his guts, but he'd never thought that the man would stoop this low. He had one hand in his other and was digging his nails into his flesh, hopping the pain would wake him up from this dream that seemed so real to him.

[Shino Hayashi]

Shino Casually walked up to amber from his home in Ranegixitchakn like he did every week or so to get supplies for his little home underground. Shino always loved the trips because he got away from the nagging and the hatred between his fellow outlaws. Yes Shino was an outlaw but he was the worst kind of outlaw that you can be in Amber, A murderer.

One fateful night in July, Shino was walking to his house, in the good neighborhood of Amber, when a priest lured him inside his church during a dreadful rainstorm. Shino, who was sometimes gullible, looked at the priest with no thought of what lied ahead of him. After the priest had lured him into the church, began fondling him on his crotch. Shino astounded by what was happening to him, by a priest, grabbed his dagger his father whom he can no longer recall, and stabbed the priest in the throat. Shino was seen doing this by a passing villager and was soon being chased by the amber police, which was mostly brutal child raping abusers themselves.

Shino ran as far as to Ranegixitchakn and was greeted by a man cloaked in black, who led him into the eye of the sandstorm that brewed around Ranegixitchakn 24/7. The police, not having a guide to follow, gave up and went back yelling "Not another fucking Outlaw". Shino now knew that were he was, was a good place to be at the moment. Shino learned to live as a scavenger and took from the rich, gave to himself though unlike robin hood.

Shino was casually walking past the old abandoned market place like he had millions of other times to stay hidden from patrol, saw a faint shadow creep into an empty booth. But Shino knew that it wasn't only one person because he had seen little shadows following it. Right off the bat of his head he knew that it had been a seller.

"I wonder what's selling around this time of year" he said walking up to the booth casually not to make a noise to stir the people inside. Shino tapped on the booth using a rhythm so that the people inside would know that it wasn't a patrolman. "Hey what you selling" he asked from around the corner. Shino stepped to the corner to find the famous shirtless man who sold the finest children in amber. "well it is an honor" he said to the merchant bowing slightly to show off his cockiness. "Think I might buy one of these brats" he said looking around at the children.

One child in particular caught his eye. "it was the one secluded from the others who looked brand new and in better shape then he had seen any Dorei. "how much is this one" he said looking at the boy who was digging into his flesh. "Hey hey hey, don't do that, you damage the property there" he said slapping the boys hands away. Shino pulled off the boys shirt and pulled down his pants to see him closer.

[Jin Saito]

((Why didn't you put all that in your characters history? I would suggest to go do that.))

Jin had been continuing to scratch and dig at his hand when he saw a figure form to the booth from the corner of his eye. He heard the man question about the merchandise, and began to tense up a bit more, just wanting to wake up.

The salesman grinned widely when his first costumer appeared for the day, the sun bouncing off of his white teeth, making them appear to glow. The man returned the other mans bow out of respect, bowing deep. "No, the honor is mine to see such a fine fellow today." he said, attempting wean his new costumer in. "Go ahead, make your pick," He spread his arms out as to display the Dorei Shi he had to offer. "My children are of top quality, hand picked by your's truly. They are well fed and exercised." He laughed in his head with glee as his eyes fallowed the man to his new merchandise.

Jin glared at the man when he slapped his hands, interrupting something he was beginning to find somewhat entertaining, at least it was something to pass the time. His face became flushed white with a mixture of embarrassment and anger as the man looked at his body that had been concealed form clothing, and his heart began to pound. He was afraid of being bought by this man, at the same time as not being bought by him. He wasn't sure when his intentions were for him, but whatever it was, he was sure there would alway be someone else who would do something worse.

The salesman came up to the boy and put his hand on his head and spoke to the man. "Are you sure you want this one? He's a runaway, and I just got him yesterday." He ruffled the boys hair and removed his hand from the boys head.

[Shino Hayashi]

Shino looked at the merchant with a frown. If he was going to get this little boy, he would have to act like he didn't want him. "Well he looks a little banged up, and he doesn't have a tan" He said laughing inside himself. Shino would play the man in order to get him. "Well I just don't know, how much are you selling the boy for" he said looking at the boys ass, pulling the cheeks apart to reveal his butt hole. Shino only had about three hundred pounds on him, and he had to go get food and whatnot. Shino knew the prices that these merchants sold boys, it was a bitch to pay. Not only that but this man was no slouch, he was well known and respected, and if he was going to con this merchant out of his little precious boy, he would have to play it cool. Cooler than he had ever played it before.

"If your going to sell him at least buy him some decent clothes I mean come on, a wealthy man like you should be able to spare a couple pound in order to make them look presentable" he said. Shino knew that this merchant was a well known Idol for his selling strategies and didn't want to piss him off so he added wealthy in it to make him cool down after insulting him. "You are the most gifted merchant I know, but your children today are looking poor" he said. "And the other ones look even worse so I am choosing your only worthy child". Shino backed off a bit and went over to the merchant, to try and make sure he didn't push past his limit, were ever it might be. "look man I'll make you a deal. 250 pounds for this runt and I'll throw in an extra 25 pounds cuz I respect what you do" he said looking at the man inquisitively.

[Jinx Saviyon]

The salesman listened to all of Shino's comments towards him, but didn't care what he had to say; he was not the one who chose the child's wardrobe in the first place. He had seen many good hagglers in his travels, and man different forms of it. The form this man was using seemed to be reverse psychology, which he found wasn't very common among these parts. In fact, seeing these rarely practiced forms of haggling had a tendency to entertain the man, and that could leave him in a good mood on occasions.

The man looked at the man with a sharp gleam when he mentioned the price he was willing to pay for his new child. "Oh, surly you don't think a life worth so little?" He placed his hand on the boys head again, "This is a living creature here, and sure he's not tan but..." Jinx grabbed the boy's wings and spread them out to their full span of about 3-4 feet. "It's not everywhere you find a hybrid such as this."

The man rolled the situation around in his head for a moment, considering what he should do. His new and Dorei Shota were always sold at the same price, and his other Dorei Shi were half the price of that. He would normally have been making a little extra if the Dorei had any non-human attributes. But there was nobody other then this man in site, and he was determined to make a sell today. "I'll make you a deal. Seeing as this child has signs of physical abuse, and had probably been emotionally scared, I'll give you a discount." He shock his head and examine the child, "You're probably right, he's that that great of quality. I'll give him to you for 500 pounds, an I'll even throw in some restraints." He pulled out various chains and cuffed out of a box and let them fall to the ground before him.

[Shino Hayashi]

Shino looked at the man, trying to figure out how he had seen through his comments and seen through his scheme. Shino listened to the man's offer and took into account that the boy was a hybrid. What in the hell could this man catch a hybrid. "Well hybrids aren't common you say" he said looking at the man's eyes as if he were trying to look into his soul. "Well I guess that I'm a rare one to". Shino stepped outside, still in view of the merchant so he would be able to see. Shino's wings flew out to their full extension and his tail flung out of his pants. "I'm a dragon-vampire hybrid" he said, his eyes glowing red. Shino folded his wings back into his jacket and he stuffed his tail back into his pants before stepping back into the booth.

"I don't have five hundred pounds on me at the moment, but I think I could make you a deal" he said itching the sand from his hair. "I am a thief, and a murderer to every town I have been to, and I don't think that they are too fond of me anyways so..." Shino trailed off as if to taunt him into listening harder. "I will steal from a few people and see if I can't give you that full 500 pounds you want so much. You see, in this new light of information on the hybrid child, I am in conclusion that I really need to buy this one" he said. Shino didn't know what had come over him. He felt as if he was compelled to buy this child.

[Jinx Saviyon]

Jinx ginned under his shawl when the man revealed his hidden attributes. He liked this man, and respected him for being so brave as to reveal himself. Especially if the man was really such a fugitive as he claimed, it would be dangerous to let others see anything distinguishing. The salesman also had some traits that would distinguish him, though he wasn't about to lose his reputation over it. Some of his Dorei Shi were obtained illegally, and it would be a shame if someone let his identity slip.

The merchant listened to the mans proposal clearly. "Feel free to do that, I'm scheduled to leave in about 12 hours though. Come back by then and I'll sell you this child." This man was much more intelligent then his other devoted customer's that he's had before, and he liked that. Normally they would ask for a loan if they didn't have the money to pay. Of course, he would give them a loan, but if he wasn't payed off they next time he would come to town, he would take the child back, with the added joy of knocking someone off.

[Shino Hayashi]

Shino walked outside, and it began. His flesh tore and his bones broke to form a bigger, faster hunter. Shino growled from the pain as his flesh turned to scales and his tail elongated along with his wings. He then flied off to find a town to pillage. For some odd reason Shino felt compelled to do it in this fashion because of the chance of being caught, and they would never suspect a dragon to be able to change into a human.

[Jinx Saviyon]

The salesman watched with a smug smirk on his face as the man flew off in his true form, not really caring at this point if he sold anything or not. Seeing this man was enough entertainment to cure any one like himself off of boredom and but them in a good mood. He looked at his new merchandise with a smirk. "What did you think of that one? You think he can pull it off?" He keeled behind the boy and pulled his pants and underwear back up, then adjusted the boy's shirt so that he was just as clothed as when he got him. The boy merely gave him a look of distrust. "You don't have to talk to me if you don't want to." He gave the boy a hug then went back to his chair, waiting for anyone to pass by.

[Shino Hayashi]

Shino felt the wind against his wings as he flew back to the spot he was originally and transformed back. Shino could only transform once every 10 months and he had saving up that transformation to kill a camp of murderers who took camp west of Amber, but he felt as if the little boy was important and that he needed him. Shino felt a bond between them, not just because they were both hybrids but because he saw himself in the boy.

Shino walked back into the booth to find the merchant there waiting for him as he had said he would with his little prize. Shino walked up to the merchant and placed a sack with 500 pounds in it. "There, just like I said, I have brought to you the money" he said panting from exhaustion. Shino went over to the boy and petted his hair. "Your going to like it with me" he said grinning so that he would frighten the boy. Fear was the only way he was going to be able to make the boy understand, and make the boy learn about how life is. "Would you mind unlocking my little boy please, I have some five finger discounting to do in the food market" he said, still petting the boys head. "What is your name" he asked the boy, smirking at his new purchase.