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[color=salmon]Word Count: 730 (+1 exp)
[u]Level[/u]: 1 - [u]Total EXP[/u]: 1/10
[b]Location:[/b] Coral Highlands, Land of Adventure[/color][/center]
	There was a noticeable pep in the Cadet's step as he made is way from the Guild Hall, a copy of the quest posting in hand. [i]Capture wigglers[/i], a classic! Not to mention, finally something he was familiar with. It didn't matter that someone else had already accepted the quest, he was just happy to take it - not to mention maybe they could split the reward! Or, he could finish it if this mystery other person failed. 
	He'd been weirdly calm since whatever happened... well, [i]happened.[/i] In fact, most people hadn't seemed to care at all. The same went for Ace Cadet of course. He had spent the last few days doing whatever odd jobs he could find, building up his zenny stash from scratch. He wasn't usually a hoarder of wealth, but he needed to hold on to it until he could find a proper blacksmith that wouldn't give him a weird look when he dumped a pile of scales, bones, and internal organs on their table and said "make me a suit of armor from this, please!"
	Really, he was so pleased today he hadn't even been bummed that the lovely Guildmarm had completely ignored him yet again. When he spotted that quest in the Coral Highlands, he absolutely jumped at the chance - and so, now found himself in the strange, aquatic looking environment. He spent a few minutes just basking in the sunlit areas of the place before getting to work. [i]Wigglers... wigglers... The quest says South but I should remember exactly where...[/i] He scratched his head, staring at the quest posting. South. Really specific. Now that he looked more closely at the words, it mentioned a net. Agh, his slinger! He didn't have it. He was so eager to get out to the area he hadn't bothered to bring anything with him. His master would be so disappointed. Still, it was just some wiggler catching. He could probably just grab them with his bag. Stealth wasn't exactly his forte, but he'd be damned if he messed up a quest like this!

	Ace Cadet moved on, headed South, sticking to the edges of the cliffs and peering down to spot anything of interest. Sometimes, there was a nasty smell that drifted up from the Rotten Vale directly below the area, but that wasn't the case now. The Vale probably wasn't even physically here, in this world. At least not yet. Eventually, the sound of someone's voice reached the Cadet's ears. The other quest taker, maybe? Curious, he jogged a little further ahead and peered down the cliff at the source of the noise. A human dressed in some pretty interesting clothes, with some kind of big bird-thing... and a Tzitzi-Ya-Ku! Score! Surely even the most inexperienced blacksmith could make something out of a proper monster! The Cadet grinned to himself and was about to jump down when he noticed the stranger approach the bird wyvern with something in his hand. That [i]definitely[/i] wasn't the way to get a monster to eat some drugged meat.

	Wait a minute. Those clothes, the weird way he was acting, his total lack of (visible) weapon... this guy... he was...!

	[i]...a total newb![/i]

	Ace Cadet held a hand up to his mouth to stifle his laughter. Yeah, this amateur was just asking to cart. He shouldn't laugh though, everyone had to start somewhere - hell, even he was a pretty poor excuse for a hunter before the Ace Hunters took him in. Something else came to his mind too: were there even felynes around to save hunters in the midst of battle? He thought back over the last few days, trying to remember if he'd seen any. He didn't think he had, besides the chef. Without those brave cats to run out into the fray and dump injured hunters onto their carts to bring them to safety, the danger-level of even weak monsters jumped up pretty high. [i]I better help out then![/i] Cadet thought, standing up straight and making sure all his gear was properly attached, preparing to jump from the cliff.

	[color=salmon][i]"Hey!"[/i][/color] Cadet called out to the man below, trying to get his attention. [color=salmon]"I'd cover my eyes, if I were you!"[/color] With that, the young hunter jumped from the cliff, rolling his body as soon as he landed and brandishing his weapon on the Tzitzi-Ya-Ku's flank.