OZ the gatherer, Volcanic volume

by oz78

Where initially writing about OZ, I had no intentions of actually continuing the story. Ideas kept popping up and there I decided to write a sequel. Where the general plot is already in my head, I'm still trying to find a better way to present it. As before, do drop me a message, be it a comment or critic of what I have written and of ways I may improve upon the story. Thank you.

1. Chapter 1

"Why is it so *bleep*ing hot?!" the leather clad hunter yells at a Felyne.
"Nyaa?" the cream colored Felyne responds, "Stupid hunter" It thought to itself.
"For felvine's sake it's the Volcanic regions, of course it's hot here!"
Pawing inside it's brand new barrel, the felyne produces a blue piece of meat which it offered the grumpy hunter.
The hunter snatches the meat with his free hand and is ready to chow down on it, only to notice a farmiliar smell coming from his blue food.
"What are you trying to do? Dope me and rob me blind!?" The hunter berates the Felyne.

The meat is raw and seasoned with a rather potent herb called a sleep herb, a single stalk's worth of this herb easily puts the largest of creatures to restful slumber. As such, it is often mistakened to be a normally consumed recipe, the cool meat which was both refreshing and sustaining.

The hunter angerily throws the meat on the ground, glowering at his felyne companion.
"WHY? Chump sent you to help me, not mock me!"
Grumbling, the hunter pulled out a bottle of clear fluid from his own pack and drank it hungrily.
Tapping on the emptied bottle with a scowl on his face, the hunter continues to scold his felyne companion.
"Cool drinks cost Zennies, I'm here to make zennies, not spend more you stupid felyne!"
"Nyaa" the Felyne responds,keeping it's cool
"No need to get all riled up over this stupid hunter" it thought to itself "His logic is flawed, it's not like my meat are free! Penny pincher!"

Something shiny caught the felyne's eye and it ignores the irritable hunter, scampering on all fours to a formation of rocks.

"Hey wait up! You're not getting near a good mineral pocket without my inspection!" The hunter calls out as he catches up to the felyne.
As the hunter nears the mineral formation, the felyne has already found a nice piece of coal.
The hunter boots the felyne to it's fours.
"NYAA!" the felyne retorts as it gets back on it's feet, annoyed by the hunter.
"Stupid felyne, who said you can get ahead of me like that? Don't you Know who I am? I am OZ the gatherer extraordinaire, best in Moga village and some say in Loclac!"
The hunter shoves the felyne aside and inspects the minerals before greedily chopping away at it with his mega pickaxe.
"I have a name you fool!" the felyne hisses at OZ, his contracted hunter"I'm not stupid like you are!"
OZ paid no heed to the felyne's meowing, it had been a relatively bountiful day and the hunter had just filled an order for his new client.
Checking his list, all he needs to get now is the Powderstone which Chump has requested him to get.

Oz grins at himself, it was his lucky day. The Nitroshrooms are easy to find today, and scatterfish didnt give him too much trouble when he was fishing earlier.
The last mineral pocket had some nice firecell stones which will fetch a good sum in the market.
"this calls for a celebration!" he exclaims, pinching some red powder from a small pouch, he sprinkles it evenly on a piece of well done meat from his pack.
The Felyne eyed his meal hungrily, it's been hours since they departed from Loclac and the felyne can hardly recall what he had for breakfast.
The leather clad hunter notices his felyne companion's hungry stare and tries to shoo it away, his attempt futile and he tore a piece for his partner.