6 6. Workshop 2

So we tried to explain how each Link app works and looked up the quests. We were unanimous in that the games and dungeons we will look it up when we don't found anything new in the wildness and have a better grasp of the weapons we chose. And our destination still end up in the workshop to acquire the must skills.

Tomas: 'So this are the three lists? There is basically one for everything.'

Mike: 'That's the gist of it. So the lists are:

Must: herbalist, miner, woodcutter, butcher, sailor, fisher, hunter, camper, beast-rider and first-aid.

Basic: scout, merchant, video-maker, alchemist, carpenter, blacksmith chef, tailor and artist.

Extra: Farmer, jeweller, seer, vehicle-maker, repair & maintenance, designer, 3D perspective, accessories, wine-maker, Pastry & desserts, bone-smith, architect, locksmith, talisman-maker, musician, dancer, sculptor, painter, drawing, writer and pharmacist.

It would be nice to get most of them or at least the ones that are useful as I don't think I will not start singing anytime soon.'

Zack: 'That would really be fun to see, hahaha'

Mike: 'So you don't want to be able to stand tomorrow?' in a suggestive tone.

Zack: 'Chee, so now I can't make fun of you?' in a joking manner.

Mike: 'I think you made sufficient fun of me for today.' Said in a teasing tone. 'Let's start! Tomas you should go to the butcher workshop before it starts to pack up.'

Tomas: 'Okay, were are you going then?'

Zack: 'We might start with the beast-rider skill, as we will be there for some time, so you can catch up.'

Tomas: 'By the way, how I learn to butcher without game to cut?'

Mike: 'There is a virtual simulator at the end of the workshop.'

Tomas: 'Nice! Bye.' As he leaves for the butcher workshop.

Mike: 'So you want to start with beast-riding?'

Zack: 'Yes, it would be fun. I have never tried horse riding so I am a complete beginner at it.'

Mike: 'Then I would have to teach you. That would be fun.'

Zack: 'So are you going to help me or to get fun out of me when I fall?'

Mike: 'Of course it would be both!'

So they went to the beast-riding workshop in the simulator part and Mike really kept his word, since he taught Zack the best he could and at the same time he had the best time ever laughing. Just as they finished Tomas appeared and finished the riding part in less than a minute.

Zack: 'So you already knew how to ride an animal?'

Tomas: 'Yes, I went horse riding as a kid with my family as they said it was a must-know, and since it's quite similar to a horse it was quite easy. What I don't understand is how come you took up so much time?'

Mike: 'Oh, I got it in the first minute but Zack was so bad at it that he kept falling off in every 2 meters hahaha.'

Zack: 'Well, it was my first time. There were no helping it.' Said pouting.

Mike: 'But is quite similar to horse riding and when I learned I only fell off once and that was because I was distracted.'

Zack: 'Well, can we go to the next one quickly.' In an impatient tone to get out of the current conversation.

Tomas: 'So how about we go to camping first?'

Zack: 'Let's go!' in an impatient tone to make sure Mike doesn't mention beast-riding anymore as he drags him outside.

Mike: 'Okay, okay. We lost a lot of time here anyway.'

The next stop in camper went quite quick as all of them had some experience.

They went smoothly from the hunter workshop to the woodcutter, from the miner one to the first-aid workshop. So they only had left the herbalist, the fisher and the sailor.

Zack: 'So let's go to the herbalism, it would be the quickest as the other two will be more demanding.'

Mike: 'That would be a nice idea.'

Tomas: 'What's demanding about fishing? You only have to throw the bait and wait with the fishing rod.'

Zack: 'That's the problem, you have to dive and kill a fish with a spear.'

Tomas: 'What!!! Fishing without a fishing rod? Now that would be challenging and insane!'

Mike: 'And you better learn well since afterwards we are going fishing in the wildness.'

Tomas: 'Now that you mention you said something about a river for the evening.'

Zack: 'Yes, we will try to fish in a river. So I suppose that would be easier than in a lake.'

Tomas: 'Then let's go to the herbalism first.' As soon as they arrived and saw that the test was an actually paper test. 'Are they crazy? They want us to remember every herb?'

Zack: 'Not exactly, have you not looked at the test? You have to separate between toxic and non-toxic, afterwards you have to separate the ones you can eat directly. It's for your survivability so you don't get poisoned when you try to harvest one.'

Tomas: 'Now that you mention you are right, but how you distinguish between them?'

Mike: 'Oh, that's easy do you see behind the leaves some have spots and some not? The ones with spots are poisonous. Afterwards, the ones who have fruits are edible as well as the ones with white or red flowers.'

Tomas: 'That's a lot much easier! Let's finish so we can go fishing.'

Zack: 'I would recommend starting sailing a boat as fishing won't be as easy.'

Mike: 'That's okay by me.'

Tomas: 'Okay then let's finish them.'

So thanks to the tips that Mike explained, herbalism went quite smooth.

Afterwards as they went to the sailor workshop even though they finished quite quickly, they took quite some time in it. So before the end of the afternoon they kept themselves in the fishing workshop as it was quite more challenging as they thought, but at snack time they finally finished.

Mike: 'So we said to go fishing but wouldn't we need a swimming suit and river flip flops as well as a towel?'

Zack: 'So what is the difference in river flip flops and the normal ones?'

Mike: 'The river ones are tied to your foot so they don't fall off and have thicker sole under your foot. Instead the normal ones you can even lose them by walking in the beach.'

Zack: 'So let's go to the Light tower to complete the first job quest and buy what we need.'

Tomas: 'Do you know if all the fruit outside is edible?'

Mike: 'I don't think so, but most of them are. Why?'

Tomas: 'I'm hungry and I still have some fruits in my space storage.'

Zack: 'You only have to open the fruit section of the materials in the library and ask to look for the fruit you have in your hand and it will tell you.'

Tomas: 'That's so much convenient.' As he searched for the first fruit he found and start eating afterwards.

When they arrived at the Light tower they put the hand in the tower and said 'I want to complete all quests I ended'(the 1st quest of professions that was acquiring all jobs of the must list = 1.000coins). Afterwards they bought a basic swimming suit_5coins, river flip-flops_5coins and a towel_5coins as well a second dagger_15coins in Mike and Zack case as they know all too well how useful can be when you are in a pinch. So in the end it cost them 30coins.

Mike & Zack: 100coins + 1000coins (job quest) - 30coins (swimming suit, river flip-flops, towel, dagger) = 1070coins

Tomas: 0coins + 1000coins (job quest) - 15coins (swimming suit, river flip-flops, towel) = 985coins

So they finally went to the wildness as a team for the first time. And decided to with the "who picks it, keeps it" rule when it comes to materials as not to get in a bad mood to distributing afterwards. Meanwhile they had fruit as a snack.

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ZACK

Main weapon: short sword x2

Second weapon: spear

Support weapon: dagger x2, one handed sword, pickaxe

Extras: water sack, boat, swimming suit, river flip-flops, towel

MIKE

Main weapon: machete

Second weapon: spear

Support weapon: kunai x5, dagger x2, pickaxe

Extras: water sack, monocle, swimming suit, river flip-flops, towel

TOMAS

Main weapon: spear

Second weapon: bow, arrow quiver x5 (50arrows x quiver)

Support weapon: dagger, machete

Extras: water sack, swimming suit, river flip-flops, towel