"Oh that won't be necessary. I have some emergency cash stored away here in the village just in case something like this happens, I think I'll be fine. Although... I came straight here after arriving in town, so I suppose I have no way of paying for these drinks. I would appreciate some assistance there, if you don't mind," he asked, somewhat sheepishly, just as he finished off his second glass of water. Oliver, who had migrated over towards Syna and the scrub after deciding that their conversation was more interesting than the rest of the chatter he'd been eavesdropping, let out an audible scoff at this request.

"Woah, slow down there, big spender. Do you really expect this young lady to pay for two whole glasses of water all by herself? Ridiculous," he interjected, rather sarcastically. The scrub shot him a rather unamused glance before tapping his glass against the bar a few times. Oliver sighed and poured him some more water. "Make that [i]three[/i] glasses of water, oof. Let's see..." Oliver trailed off, counting on his fingers and rubbing his chin thoughtfully, as if this bar tab calculation was some complex equation with a hundred variables. "...I'm no mathematician, but I believe that comes out to a whopping one rupee, if it's not too much trouble for you, Ms. Moneybags," he finished, turning towards Syna to collect the hefty sum. Mumbling under his breath about paying the bills and other such matters, he wandered off to deal with the other customers upon pocketing the single rupee.

[indent][b]Syna paid out one rupee. Fuck, dude![/b][/indent]

"Hmm. That Subrosian. His name is Atticus, he wears a tattered blue cloak and carries a strange boomerang with a red jewel in it. A nice fellow and rather charming but I get the feeling that he's never quite telling me the truth... well, that may just be the suspicious nature of us scrubs," he chuckled. Scrubs, especially business scrubs, were known to be very defensive and wary of the other races, although one rarely becomes a successful merchant without looking out for number one. "He's a very good trail guide and he charges almost nothing for his services, which makes me trust him even less to be quite honest. I've traveled with him at least a dozen times and he seems to know the Highlands very well," he added.

"If he's in town right now, you're probably gonna find him hanging around the stables by the eastern gate. That's where most people looking to head to Lynna City depart from, so he'll probably be out there offering his services. The eastern gate's right outside this bar, you couldn't miss it if you tried," finished the scrub, taking another sip from his glass. "That's all I know about the guy. What makes you so interested in him? I thought you weren't traveling to Lynna City."