Leigh waited at the base camp for his partner that was assigned by the guild, he'd taken up his first proper quest from the Guild to hunt a pack of Jaggie when he was told that he'd be assigned a partner to help with the quest. Originally the news had disappointed Leigh, who was eager to show what he could do, but as he dwelled on the thought he came to trust the guilds judgement. He didn't want to end up as another newbie hunter turning into Jaggie food after all.

With his large iron lance at rest on his back, the young Hunter checked over his old and warn gear to ensure there weren't any obvious imperfections in his defence. Satisfied he turned to his surroundings, the Ancestrial Steppe base camp was quite lavish in terms of scenery. A beautiful waterfall nestled near by with plenty of fish, useful shrubbery could no doubt be found near by as the soil vegetation was rich and lively. In the distance Leigh could see a pack of Aptonoth grazing in between frequent checks of their surrounding.

Ren a newbie hunter carrying his light bowgun which he found to be way heavier than expected walked towards the base camp of A.Steppe noticing his partner waiting for someone as he was quite a bit late since he as he usually would forgot where he was going.
before walking towards his partner at the base camp he looked at his quest paper which he was holding upside down

he approached his partner still holding the quest information upside down looking at the current surroundings and then started to ask his partner rudely forgetting to introduce himself "hey... uh... do you know what this quest information paper says?" noticeably his backpack was open and everything spilled out which were mostly meats and bullets but no sign of healing items even a set of armor as he started to speak to his new partner

Leigh let out a hearty laugh as the scene unfolded before him. Quickly moving to his partner side to give him a hand, Leigh couldn't help but take note of some of the items. Leigh corrected the alignment of the quest paper before speaking loudly. "It says to clear out a large number of Jaggie in the Ancestral Steppe, roughly twenty in number. That means you're the guy I've been waiting for, I'm Leigh Vile!" Leigh stated loudly with a smile.

Usually he'd be a bit annoyed at a partners incompetence, but he was too excited to get the quest under way and finally start his career as a proper hunter, the realisation had served to suppress his usually calm nature. "Couldn't help but notice you didn't have any potions, well if you're feeling weak give me a shout! I've got quite a few." Leigh spoke after helping his yet to be named partner pack their backpack up.

Eagerly Leigh marched over to the blue supply chest next to the base camp tent. Kicking it open he said, "I was told we could open this baby up when we both had arrived." Sifting through the goodies Leigh got his hands on two maps, handing one to his partner he unrolled the parchment and looked at the overview of the Ancestral Steppe. "Where do you think we should start?" Leigh asked optimistically.

Quickly taking one of the maps and looking it closely remembering the advice his mentor gave him "you see this area?" he says to his partner pointing one location of the map "this is where the jaggies lair would be or least the great jaggi's lair if were lucky we wont find him though he usually isnt around this time of the year" as he realises he didnt introduce himself properly "oh right i forgot to tell you my name... my name is Ren Yoshigama call me Ren, looking forward to working with you" as he offered a handshake after intoducing himself

Ren walked to chest and noticed the large amount of first aid meds "i'll gladly take these... unless you need these more than i do?" he says before picking up most of them as he looks behind him noticing most of his items were on the ground and quickly picks up alot of it "aw man i forgot my healing items again i spend my entire savings preparing too" he gets up and loads up his normal bullets before looking at the map again "We are headed towards Area 4" he points forwards towards where area 4 is supposed to be ready to charge in

"A great Jaggie?" Leigh mused to himself. The idea seemed a bit reckless, but there were two of them after all, and if things got bad they could always leg it. Hearing Ren introduce himself put Leigh at ease a little, he was going to start calling Ren 'Guy', Leigh returned Ren's handshake firmly before moving on.

"Naah, take them. I stocked up on med supplies before I left." Leigh stated. Picking some of the remaining items for himself from the chest, Leigh stretched his legs and arms as Ren pointed in the direction of their destination. Leigh eyed Ren cautiously, he wasn't yet aware of his new partners capabilities, but the reverse was true too.

Marching through the open fields Leigh found himself checking his map often, the Ancestral Steppe was more amazing and vibrant than he had first thought. The duo had reached the field marked '2' on their map when they were encountered by some Melynx, thinking them to be simple Felyne Leigh excitedly waved to the creatures, hoping to get some clues as to the Jaggies recent happenings.

Leigh's response was a swift charge as the Melynx rushed at the Hunter, two of them went for Leigh while a third charged after Ren. Unprepared for the attack, Leigh took a heavy hit from a Melynx, knocking the young hunter onto his butt. "What the... THAT BASTARD STOLE MY POTIONS!" Leigh shouted in anger as he picked himself up. Leigh drew his mighty Lance with two hands as the other Melynx charged him. Swinging his mighty iron spike horizontally, Leigh slammed the on coming Melynx, sending the creature whimpering off to his right. Drawing his shield, Leigh took his charging stance and raced after the fleeing Melynx that had stolen his potions.

noticing the mylynx taking off with the potion he quickly took his Bowgun and carefully watched the mylynx evade the attack "too slow!" he yelled firing a couple of shots at the melynx as he walks towards Leigh "you should be more careful around melynx i know they look like felyne but honestly... took a closer look at their black fur" as he still looked around for other dangers or other melynx "my mentor told me to always watch your surroundings especially when wielding a bowgun... us gunners dont have much protection you know"

he took back the potions from the melynx and gave them back to Leigh when the coast was clear "here it dropped these... they are yours i presume?" hearing the howls of jaggi somewhere in the distance "i hear them... we must be close" he says loading some more powerful bullets "though of those howls seems a bit... off" he adds after loading the bullets walking slowly towards the destination he set for the 2 of them

"M-eh-lynx?" Leigh mused to himself after taking his potions back. 'Oh right! How could I forget!' Leigh thought to himself. He'd come across a Melynx here or there in the past, but they weren't usually so up front about their theft, the ones he met instead stole out of your pocket by charging a tonne of coin for crappy goods, probably goods they've stolen off hunters!

Together they approached the area Ren had pointed out, from afar Leigh stopped to assess the situation. He turned to Ren, "There are quite a lot of Jaggie there! It's hard to see them properly from here, but some of them look pretty big. Got any plans?" Leigh asked. His excitement was starting to fade as his calm nature started to kick in, he couldn't let himself get carried away like he did with the Melynx, other wise he might end up with a Jaggie claw stuck in his back.

"Ideas? why do you think i came here with all the raw meat?" Ren answered his partner "the plan is that i throw out bait to spread out the packs and then we take care of the smaller packs... sound good?" he asked his partner before taking out the meat out of his bag "in this situation it might be the best option after all"

Using raw meat was a classic hunter trick, but Leigh never thought of using it to split up a big group before. "Sounds good! I'll charge one of the most isolated groups the moment they start to gather!" Leigh said confidently. He drew his lance and shield from his back and pulled the trigger, sending the lance springing out to it's full length in a quick burst as it locked in place. Leigh prepared himself for the coming battle.

"alright i'll provide cover from behind" he threw the meat baiting the jaggi to 2 corners far enough that the other jaggi wouldn't notice the fighting "alright everything is set..." he said as he pulled out his bowgun loaded with pierce rounds "just be careful you dont attract the great jaggi i heard one earlier... but i brought a bunch of sleep rounds with me for that scenario"

"Right!" Leigh said hyping himself up as he charged towards one of the crowds. Pushing all his momentum into his lance Leigh rushed a crowd of Jaggi, the force of his thrust dragged him whole body forward while his feet remained stern, dragging along the ground. Several of the Jaggi had dodged the attack, but two were hit, one taking the full force of the blow landed several feet away. Quickly, Leigh shifted his footing as several of the Jaggi left high into the air, diving at him with their claws bared but before they found contact, Leigh swung his mighty lance in a wide horizontal arc, sending the mid-air Jaggi crashing to the ground, the blow was weak but at least it stopped their jump attack.

Leigh brought up his shield to meet the Jaggi charging at him on foot, they moved too fast for him to get another swing out and so Leigh kept his shield up and bashed a the creatures to keep them from dog piling him, his shield did next to no damage, maybe a bruise, but at least it kept them back a little.

Taking shots at the jaggi using basic shots to not waste his valuable ammunition he takes aim at the many jaggi "you alright over there" he asked as he noticed the intense fight his partner was having

often reloading his rounds he takes the chance to fire at the jaggi that are confronting his partner from behind "watch your back partner your shield doesnt cover your back you know" as he was about to get attacked by a jaggi he swings his bowgun at the jaggi jumping at him "pretty sure im not supposed to swing this!" as he was forced to use his bowgun as a blunt weapon for a short period of time.

after a tiresome fight taking out almost all the jaggi Ren heard that howl again "y-you're kidding me..." he said to Leigh "IT WASN'T A GREAT! ITS A QURAPECO!?!" he yelled as he noticed the large bird wyvern in front of him... "i-is that why it sounded so off!?" his voice sounded to sound less calm and more panicky