Bishop hummed a little rhythm as his feet met with the cobblestone path, realizing that he would have to make a personal vow to stop repeating the term "It's really quite amazing" or he'd start to sound like an NPC from the oasis itself, but he allowed himself a little more time for self indulgence. His steps were overtly heavy, sort of like little kicks to affirm how real it felt, in fact this game might be quite dangerous if not for the HUD mercifully reminding him that he had not been transported to an alternative dimension. As he edged ever closer to the town he started to pass by other engrossed players, some being a bunch of friends taking an extended detour while others were still trapped by the landscape that they had been greeted by. Bishop made a little chuckle every time he saw one, the smiles everyone wore was rather intoxicating.

The town was, unsurprisingly, bustling with all kinds of characters transforming the likely quite lakeside town into a commotion big enough to rival cities twice the size. "Oho more giddy people, Ah!" He spied a shop-looking-thing not too far from the entrance, immediately making a bee-line for it despite being unaware if the game had even given him an ounce of currency to begin with. A well built woman draped in simple, but colorful garments stood by the front counter, whom Bishop promptly greeted with "Why hello good lady", which she immediately responded with "Please feel free to browse our wares!" which seemed to trigger a menu to drop down the right half of his vision. For a moment he silently scanned the list before hollowly murmuring "Merchant's Renowns, Noble Renowns...." He could see his own personal level in the top opposite corner, immediately prompting a childish scowl, "Not even a Merchant's, oh how cruel!" The NPC simply stared at him with her set small smile, "Bah never mind then, I'll be back soon enough~" and he turned back to the hearty crowds.

Though, now that he thought about it, said crowd seem to be focused somewhere further in the crowds, convinced that the rest of the shops would only inflict him with greater despair, bishop started off further down the main road. Sure enough as he continued further down the road he came across a much larger collection of players who had, for some reason, all gathered to a very specific spot by the side of the road with a steady stream of players both entering and leaving the crowd. On approach the reason soon become clear, within the crown, though spaced from the players by a few feet, stood a man saddling a very large rucksack and clad in mostly brown colours, a merchant if ever he'd seen one. "Hmm, I wonder if perhaps..." Bishop approached the merchant, who immediately turned to him as he stood at the front of the crowd. "Ah you there! I'm sorry but we're rushed for time and could use all the help we can get to get this working" "I don't mind, what's this about." "Ah! The village would be very grateful for your help, you see we're holding a local festival to herald this wonderful occasion, but we're a little understaffed to meet the deadline, here please take these nails to the village blacksmith, boy am I glad to have spied a fresh outsider!" Bishop glanced around to the other players with a little grin as the NPC finished. At the same time a little notification popped up on his HUD, and another telling him of a new key item in his inventory "Oooh first quest!, 'kay I'll get this little errand done!" he saluted the merchant before whirling around, once again, to trace back his steps

"I didn't mean to pay her another visit this soon" he chimed along the way