Val Habar: Gathering Hall
"How long was I out?" I asked in dismay
"I dunno, I didn't keep track." He replied nonchalantly
"Well hello there, cliche breaker." I muttered
"Never said that was my name, mister." He said. "Oh yeah, I run the Val Habar Armory, stop by when you get a chance. Changing the subject, you don't have any broken bones but you have a major bite scar."
"Well better than I thought it would be at least." I got up and dusted my pants. "See you 'round."
"Oh wait!" he shouted out to me "You forgot to tell your name."
"Well just call me Hunter." I said
"Either way, I usually call people 'Huntah' like in my catch phrase 'BAM! Suit up, Huntah!'" Everyone in the Gathering hall gave him awkward looks. "Ok. Its out of place when im not at shop but you get the gist. See ya!"
Val Habar
What I saw outside of the Gathering Hall was a bustling desert marketplace, Val Habar, First I checked out the market, there were lots of goods, like monster info books, Barrel Bomb S', Herbs, and all that stuff you need in early questing. Ammo is plentiful, but I don't plan on using bowguns. I bought binoculars for observing. Then there was the Street Cook, He went a bit too far on telling me how to simply order a meal. Then the Wycoon. He was moping about the trade routes being down due to monster damage.
BANG! BANG!
The Gathering Halls gong rang out clear as day, then everybody started fleeing into their houses "Dah'ren Mohran!" I heard someone shout over the commotion. I dashed forward to the harbor and took out the binoculars I bought for just about the rest of my zenny. "Holy S*** that things huge!" Then I saw the sandskiff next to it, "Oh crap!" I looked around and saw four other sandskiffs coming in, Cannons fired and Ballista Binders shot. Then I noticed how close it was to Val Habar and staggered back when the Dah'ren Mohran kicked up dust, I blocked my eyes until the dust died down and saw it falling, the roar it gave, moaning in pain. Was really loud. I covered my ears and watched as it sunk into the sand. When the sandskiffs arrived, an aged man walked off the skiff, and after him, was a hunter, in his undies. I am not kidding he was in his undies. I watched as the hunter gave the man his hat, somehow he got ahold of it. I watched as he yanked the hat out of the hunters hands and dug inside to pull out a golden scale-like object, looked at it for a little while then put it back in. "I don't want to interrupt but i just wanna say... that was F***ing awesome!" I said excited
"Uh, well we helped but I don't think we did much to it, all we did was a bunch of cannonballs and a hunting gong but thats really it." The almost naked hunter said
"Who cares! I watched the whole thing! Well on a topic, I just became a hunter and well... Great Jaggi almost broke my legs, could've torn 'em right outta their sockets. Not something me or the guild wanted so i was taken straight outta there, well after getting knocked unconscious of course, leather armor isn't protecting me right? i need better armor but everything on sale is at one defense. It sucks, well at least you brought a smithy with you, the armory isn't really that good. Don't tell him i said that."
"Well." The man in the hat said, "Me and The Man, he's over there running the smithy, are looking for some company and we needed a cook, a merchant, and a hunter."
"Two is better than one right!" I asked him "Please?"
"He is right when he said that." the hunter said
"Well I wasn't planning on two but sometimes, just sometimes, life decides to be nice for once. Take all opportunities you can, and besides, I know you won't take no as an answer. Oh I believe I forgot to formally introduce myself, I am the Caravaneer of the only caravan worthy of a Capital C. Me, The Man, and the Guildmarm have been going around trying to find out the secrets to this Article." he said as he showed us the object in his hat. "Many have joined, and later left, Now we need a cook and a merchant, but right now, I need to see if your truly worthy to be here in the Capital C caravan, I'll send you on two simple quests, first, i want you two to fetch me a Well-Done Steak, or more specifically, Aptonoth steak, well a Rare Steak will do but anyone can agree that its best well-done. File in with the Guildmarm and she'll get you set up, as in deliver the supplies and get you out of there, with the help of Felynes of course. The quest gate is over by the Gathering Hall, Thats where you'll be heading out"
"Oh, what does it cost to upgrade my Elite Blade?" I asked
"Thats not my job, ask The Man that question."
"Oh." I walked over to The Man, "What is required to upgrade my Elite Blade?"
"It might be kind of expensive but i'll go over the details." The Man told me. "It needs three Machalite Ore, five Iron Ore, two Monster Fluid, and 1100 zenny. There is a book right on the tool rack your standing next to. It will show you whats needed for these weapons. Here, I'll let you keep it, I've already memorized everything."
"Um, Thanks?"
"No need to thank me."
"Ok." I walked back to the others, the hunter was now wearing Derring Armor with a Bone Staff, A type of Insect Glaive.
"So, We all ready?" he asked me with determination in his smile. "The Caravaneer started calling me Kindred Hunter. Making you sound a lot more inferior.
"Nice to know you're already treating me as an equal, don't see a rivalry coming up any time soon."
"I hope we don't become rivals."
"Maybe I can start calling you Kindred Hunter as well, I mean, we don't know eachothers names for petes sake." We started walking over to Guildmarm
"Hi! you guys must be the new guys the Caravaneer told me about!" Guildmarm said excited "Oh, I know! I'll call you..." she pointed at the other hunter "Doodle 1 and you..." she pointed at me. "Doodle 2!"
"..."
*Snicker*
"HAHAHAHAHA! Oh my god you have got to be kidding me that sounded SO wrong!" I shouted
"Those names sound like perverted jokes! HAHAHAHA!" The Kindred Hunter laughed
"What? My hobby is drawing!" Guildmarm complained.
"Well thats a lot better than what we thought it meant." the Kindred Hunter said
"Whatever, you know what were here for."
"Yep! you're here for Steak Your Ground, don't worry, there is a portable spit in the supplies. Duplicated for your own good! See you!"
"Ok, lets go!" We headed to the quest gate.
Ancestral Steppe: Base Camp
"So the First-aid meds, then the Rations, then the Mini Whetstones, and a Portable Spit each." I said "Onwards!"
Ancestral Steppe: Area 1
"There are the Aptonoth" I said "Come on!" I took out my Binoculars and hid in the tall grass "Ok, We'll catch them off guard. Or just plain go in for the kill." I wondered "Hmm... maybe you could use that Kinsect? It might make one flinch, then we could attack."
"These things are timid, maybe we could corner them in Area 3?" The Kindred Hunter suggested
"Lets do it." So we started walking towards the Aptonoth, The one that was lying down saw us first, then got up and alerted the other two. Then they fled to Area 3.
Ancestral Steppe: Area 3
We chased the Aptonoth down to Area 3
"Let's do this." We caught the Aptonoth in a place where they couldn't flee, then we attacked, when they were dead, we took everything, every ounce of meat and bone. Nothing else really useful but its just fine "These bags are probably made out of dyed Purple Rubbery Hides, nothing could be stretchier." I said as we walked to base camp, an Aptonoths worth of meat and bones each in a bag. My items in a pouch I held on my belt
Ancestral Steppe: Base Camp
"This is probably a months worth of steak. It'll be night before were done cooking! Its already noon!"
Eight Hours Pass...
"Well, dusk is better than night time but we'd better deliver the steak and get home.
Quest Complete
-Rewards-
60 zenny, 0 caravan points, 1 Well-Done Steak, 2 Mystery Bones, 1 Worm, 2 Huskberries, 3 Whetstones
-Rewards sent to Item Box-
-Items Gathered-
63 Well-Done Steaks and 32 Monster Bone S.
-53 Well-Done Steaks and 32 Monster Bone S sent to Item Box-
-Chapter End-
-Current Item Pouch-
10 Potions, 5 Energy Drinks, 5 Hot Drinks, 5 Cool Drinks, 20 Whetstones, 5 Paintballs, 5 Iron Pickaxes, 5 Bug Nets, and 10 Well-Done Steaks.
Well how did it go? I just thought it was funny to put the emphasis on the "Kindred Hunters" Underwear. I also put my feelings on the Guildmarm calling you "Doodle". First quest! At least, for the "Kindred Hunter" that is. I don't want to make this totally exact to the game, so the only thing that is even close to the same is the cutscenes and some of the dialouge.