~Setting: After Ezekiel's long journey to Jaya Island, He decided to take some time to enjoy The Ten Heavens of The World in particularly he wants to enjoy The Long Long Safari. The Long Long Safari is known for its exotic looking animals, and the fact of all the animals have been moved there. The Safari is a no poaching zone, but the rumors have been talking about some poachers that have been sneaking into the lands to gather up some of the more rare animals in the Safari.

The Long Long Safari was packed today as Ezekiel made his way through the crowded areas of shops, restaurants, and even a couple pubs just outside the large gates to the Safari. Ezekiel had decided to wear a simple part of beige pants with a pair of dark colored boots. He wore a simple button-up shirt with his quiver of normal arrows, his hunter's knife on his back, and his knife strapped to his thigh. The crowds that surrounded the beast tamer on all sides were mostly kids, families, and young adults waiting to see all the unique animals to the Islands. The Beast Shaman made his way down the streets until he found the unique pub that he had heard so much about.

The red haired individual gazed up at the smallish pub with a simple painted sign "Max's Joint" hanging just above the door. "This is where the banned posters are." Ezekiel thought as he walked through the doors to find a banned persons board. The safari had run into some trouble with poachers lately, and they seemed to be getting back into the area to continue their work. This brought on a little idea in the Revolutionary soldiers mind. He was going to help the Safari out a bit by taking outage packers for them, he was even planning on taming some beasts in the safari to aid him in his upcoming adventures.

The Beast Tamer gazed around the pub with his unique opposite colored eyes to find a quiet table in the back that was easily visible from the door, and He could easily keep an eye on that very same door as well. Upon taking his seat, Ezekiel took off his quiver and bow to place against the wall next to his chair while he kept his knife firmly strapped to his right thigh for an easy access. A barmaid quickly approached him, "What shall I get you today, sir?" She gave off a sweet and soft smile that almost seemed to warm the room around everyone. She had been taking the order of all the people within the pub, which was an amazing feat in itself! The Beast Tamer simply responded with a beer and quietly awaited her to bring it to his table.

Not even a minute passed before the barmaid brought him his beer back, he wasn't waiting for anyone or anything. Ezekiel just had a plan to gather some intel on the typical hunting grounds for the various poachers that the Safari has been dealing with. The pub seemed to be filled with numerous workers and employees of the Long Long Safari either off work or on some sort of break. "Who would let their employees drink before or even after work in the park?" Ezekiel thought as he sipped his beer while glancing around from person to person to try and read the various individuals coming and going in the bar. Hopefully, he would finally meet some people that seemed good enough to actually talk too.


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Max's Joint was a decent little place in the vastness of the Long Long Safari. The employees seemed decent as well. Everyone was laughing, drinking, and having a grand old time. Ezekiel kept his eyes moving from person to person until they come to rest on an older man, who just entered the bar. The gentlemen hesitated briefly before walking towards the bar and ordering a stiff drink of some sort. He seemed normal until Ezekiel took notice to a couple of the other employees making nervous glances over at the gentlemen before dipping out of the bar again. Ezekiel's mind went directly to the conclusion that they were obviously playing hookie from work and dipped when the gentlemen came in. "Looks like I found the manager." He quickly downed the rest of his drink, grabbed his items from against the wall, and made his way across the bar towards the older gentlemen to see if he was the man he had come in looking for.

Sitting down next to the older gentlemen and placing his items next to him, he raised his hand for another round for himself and the older gentlemen. "Excuse me, sir. Do you happen to know about these poachers that are banned from the park? I heard that they were looking for someone to help with the problem." Ezekiel's voice came off unaggressive and more gentle than anything. He hoped to catch the Manager a bit off guard. Maybe he could be the ray of hope for this obviously depressed man before him. He drained his shot glass, tapped the bar for a refill, and turned to look Ezekiel. "We don't know much about them. No names, nothing on backstory, or anything like that. All we got is a calling card." The gentlemen reached into his front pocket of his shirt to pull out a solid black card with a owl symbol itched on it.

The symbol was associated with an organization that Ezekiel had met a long time ago on the Island with the Shamans. They were known to be a huge black market organizations with ties in Exotic Animal Trade and the Poaching of said animals for their pricey trophies. A slight chuckle escaped his lips before Ezekiel took the card and placed it in his pocket. "I can take care of the poachers for you, but you have to pay for this. They are apart of a pretty dark organization. Small frys, of course. But they will cost ya." Ezekiel finished his shot in a single gulp before tapping the bar again for one more round for him and the manager. "You can call my Manager Kim, kid. You got yourself a deal." He turned back to look at the mirror in the bar. Ezekiel didn't wanna press the man for more details, like where they were last seen. But he knew how he would hunt down the beasts of the Safari. He would do it at night or in the early morning.

After finishing his last drink, Ezekiel turned the glass over on the bar to signal he was finished. "Well Manager Kim, I need a bit more information. Can you give me a general location to where the men will be located? I figure they will hunt at night or early in the morning. It would be the easiest way to easily hunt the prey." Ezekiel stood up from his chair as Kim pulled another piece of paper and gave it to The Shaman. Giving a slight nod as his took the paper, Ezekiel exited the bar back not the streets of the Safari. He knew the location. He just had to stay in the park until after hours now, and he knew exactly where to do that at!

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