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A cold and bitter wind hit his back and unintentionally caused him to shiver in his vantage point. His cloak and attire did little, if any, to protect him from the chills of the wilderness. But he refused to turn back now, he had been here even before the sun rose. Setting up the bait, masking his scent, and covering his own tracks before waiting patiently for his mark to appear with his bow on hand. His sole focus was on the ambient sounds of the area; from the sound of the winder wind blowing through, to the faint sounds that birds and distant beasts produced occasionally. Those two sounds were the only thing he heard...that is until he heard the sound of crunching snow.

Oscar slowly turned his head to look at what caused the aberrant sound. He saw his intended prey. A rather fuzzy looking rabbit with almost pure white fur. This was it. The culmination of his efforts. He held his breath, not wanting the rabbit to notice his presence by the smell of his breath, and nocked an arrow. The rabbit hopped cautiously towards the small pile of berries, pausing in intervals to spot for dangers. As it closed in for its apparently easy meal, an arrow embedded itself in the small mammal's neck. It struggled slightly as it realized the danger but it was too late for it to run, in seconds the small creature laid still atop a small patch of reddening snow.

Finally moving from his position, Oscar hopped down the he had been standing on for hours and let out a content sigh as he approached the rabbit's still body. Crouching down he retrieves his arrow and wipes clean the blood from the metal tip before returning it to the quiver. He then grasps his hind legs and uses his trusty machete to begin skinning and cleaning the animal in preparation to be sold at the local butcher shop. As per routine that his mentor had taught him, Oscar leaves behind an offering to Kur-Inuus. Particularly the rabbit's head, paws, and innards as his offering. The walk back to the city from the reserve was uneventful, but he was just glad that he had finished earlier than expected. He was more excited on the questing he was going to do afterwards. 

Hunting the critter was one thing, haggling for a better price at the butcher was another. [color=orange]"26 copper."[/color] Oscar offers the butcher. [b]"No deal Oscar. 22 copper."[/b] The ranger groans slightly. [color=orange]"C'mon I already skinned and gutted the rabbit for you."[/color] [b]"And I appreciate that but, if I buy it off you for 26 copper, I'll just barely break even. I have a wife and kid to support. You're killing me here."[/b] Oscar stares at the man before raising his hands in defeat. [color=orange]"Fine. Fine. 24 copper and I'll skin the next one I bring in. Deal?"[/color] He then extends his gloved hand across the counter. The butcher contemplates on the offer and after a brief moment and grasps the other man's hand and shakes it. [b]"Deal."[/b] He then takes out the agreed upon amount of money and hands it over to Oscar. The ranger takes the coins and puts them in his money pouch before giving the butcher a wide smile and takes off his hat and gives the butcher a bow of gratitude. [color=orange]"Many thanks, ser butcher."[/color] The butcher in turn gives Oscar a dry chuckle. [b]"Ha. Ha. Just don't forget the deal, ok?"[/b] Oscar just nods to him as he leaves the shop. Now with his task done, he heads off to the central plaza of the city.

On the way there he grabs some loose snow from the ground and uses it to clean off the blood and bits of guts off his gloves, in hopes that it would clean the smell of blood off them. Finally reaching the hustle and bustling plaza he makes his way to the quest board to look for some quests or maybe even parties that would need a ranger in their team. From the corner of his eye he notices a familiar face along with a not so familiar face talking to him. [color=orange]"Hey, Renault! It's me, Oscar!"[/color] He greeted the magic user with a wave and a smile on his face. Approaching closer he got a better look at the person talking to him. An extremely tall and heavily armored individual looking like she could bench press a cow for fun. Admittedly she was intimidating to the shorter man, but none the less he looks to the towering figure and takes off his hat as he introduces himself. [color=orange]"Hello. My name is Oscar, a somewhat infrequent member of Renault's party. I am a ranger by the way. Well, none the less. Nice to meet you."[/color] He completes his introduction before putting on his hat atop his head again. Hopefully he could join Renault's party again for a quest. If not maybe he and this new person could help him find another party to join up with.

[@OwO][@GreenGoat]


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[*]Bow +1
[*]Quiver (20 arrows)
[*]Trusty Machete
[*]Hunting Attire and Cloak
[*]Wide Brimmed Hat
[*]Coin Pouch (8 sp, 24 cp)
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