Hollow Hunting (Stella/Daniel)

Hollow Hunting was a simple task asked of lower ranked members of the Vandenreich on occasion to not only insure the safety of the Earth's denizens, but also to improve the skills of the lower ranking members. For someone like Daniel who had never fought anyone or even combated a Hollow in his life the mission being handed to him seemed daunting. Yet, it was oddly exciting for him. This was something he actually had wanted to do since he had spoken to Stella about it a while back, the idea of getting some training, and perhaps getting a bit stronger was ideal for him. Still, doing this alone with no practical combat experience meant he would be putting himself at great risk to complete the mission. Sure, he was allowed to bring one person with him as a tag along, but he barely knew anyone here. People like Litotto were too busy and probably too high ranked to be bothered with things like that. So he only knew one other person who would possibly be ideal to go with him on a mission to subjugate some Hollows.

So, he asked around for where he could find Stella in the City of Lights, and hoped that maybe she would be willing to go kill some Hollows with him. It took a while to traverse the City and then upon arrival at what was suppose to be her home, he would knock on her front door, and hope that she was home. If not, he would have to go out on his own to fight the Hollows, and he didn't know if he would make it out of that without taking some serious damage. She could also say no, but he had brought some expensive chocolates to 'sweeten' the pot a bit. Then again she could be allergic or even hate chocolate. He panicked a bit at the realization that he hadn't taken that into consideration.

"Please be home...and please say yes..."

Daniel murmured to himself as he tapped his foot impatiently and with a bit of anxiety.

She was home, that was a good thing! But in his haste to get someone to back him up on this Hollow hunt he had forgotten that it was still extremely early in the morning, much to early for someone to come by, let alone unannounced.

"Sorry for bothering you this early in the morning, but I couldn't think of anyone else who could help me out."

He said as he fumbled through his satchel, dropping a few silver cylinders and a couple books on marksmanship in the process, and procured the expensive chocolates he had bought earlier. They were top of the line, at least that is what he had been told when he had purchased them, and now more than ever he needed them. They weren't just a way to buy her help now, but an apology for bothering her breakfast and intruding on her private life.

"Expensive chocolates, I hear they are all the craze among the ladies in the City of Lights, and I had originally bought them as a way to garner some good will in hopes you would help me with my problem...well not really a problem, more like a...well I guess it is a problem."

He sighed, picking up the dropped contents as he did so, and trying his best to regain his composure as to not come off as an idiot. The books and cylinders returned to the satchel, Daniel would return to asking her for help.

"I've been tasked with putting down a few Hollows as part of a mission that newer recruits are given to improve their skills and I have no skill when it comes to killing Hollows. I am all theory and no practice, so to speak, and I was wondering if you would help me out by insuring I don't embarrass myself by dying on my first mission."

Daniel said with an apologetic smile on his face as he rubbed the back of his head awkwardly.

"Unless you are busy? I can try to fly this one solo, but I would feel safer if I had someone with experience helping me out here, and you are the only one I could think of who could."

"Yeah, I'm fine waiting and tha..."

Before he could even finish his sentence, Stella had already gone back into the house, and was more than likely preparing for the mission in some capacity. Daniel looked down at the chocolates that he was holding and then back to the door before he began to mutter to himself.

"Now what am I gonna do with this chocolate? Maybe send it home to mom? Nah, she doesn't like chocolate..."

He would go through a mental check list of all the ladies he knew, coming to the realization that he had just blown cash on an item that probably nobody would want, and letting out a deep sigh as he would stow it back into his satchel. This time making sure to not drop anything of importance on the floor in the process.

"I wonder if she lives alone here? It is definitely a step up over living in the barracks, but I don't mind it too much..."

He kept talking to himself as he patiently awaited her return.

She returned quickly and right on time to see Daniel put the last book in his satchel. He nodded his head and then readjusted his uniform a bit, the sound of a few cylinders colliding somewhere hidden in his uniform could be heard, and then he gave her a smile.

"Yeah and I'm sorry for bothering you last minute about this. We've got a flight to catch and some Hollows to kill none the less."

He said as he started walking toward the airport where a flight had already been chartered to deposit them near a small town that was dealing with a particular Hollow outbreak.

It was a small charter plane, nothing fancy, and definitely something anyone could afford if they properly saved up to do so. Daniel had rented the plane and a capable pilot to make it easier to reach their destination as the island they were to visit wasn't too far off, but far enough to be a bit too far for boat transportation without it taking more than an hour.

"I don't think it will come to that. I prefer flying over traveling by sea and since this attack took place on a remote island, I wanted to make sure we could arrive swiftly, and safely. Though if you want to text Natasha, I don't mind."

He said as he started walking on board, greeting the pilot as he did so, and also rummaging through his satchel, and procuring a rather weird looking gauntlet with an eerie glowing gem in the middle. He didn't know what to expect, so he decided that equipping the gauntlet early would be in his best interest, and did so with little hesitation, feeding a silver cylinder into the ammunition slot as he sat down. He held on tightly to his satchel and smiled at Stella.

"After all, want to make sure people know where you are at right? I know I don't have anyone who would really care if I went missing, but I'm sure there are some people who would really miss you if you were gone."