The Treasure Hunter went about his quests with a lightning pace, pausing only for a second outside a bar as he noticed two female player characters conversing. Preferring to be established before he made any friends, Xio went about his business. I mean, after all, who's gonna deliver this armload of potions to the NPC that was going to teach him mercantile? These potions might be important.<br/><br/>"Hell, given this stupid game, I'm sure they are important..." His mumbling had an unexpected impact when a nearby player overheard them. The stout Giant was clearly a warrior class of some sort. Judging from his gear, the character couldn't have been made too long ago. That was a plus. The three Giant warriors behind him also punching their knuckles together, bot so much.<br/><br/>"What'd you say about me?" The Giant leaned down and looked closely at Xio's face, which gave an all too real sense of the mammoth warrior's size. "D'you just call me and the mates stupid?" His thick index finger bumped into Xio's chest, knocking the thin Human back a step. "Well? Did ya?"<br/><br/>The Giant's Cockney accent was actually funnier than it was intimidating, but he did have three "mates" that seemed to be just as strong, so maybe this was a good time for retreat. The gunslinger backed away from the Giants slowly, his face showing no emotion at all. "You misheard me. I was insulting the game, not you and your, er... 'mates'. My apologies. I'll speak more clearly next time." The treasure hunter backed away til he passed a small gap between buildings and bolted down the alley, leaving the much slower characters to give chase to him.<br/><br/>He could only assume that discharging his gun before they attacked would flag him as a criminal, and that would be bad. So, instead of fighting now, he decided to give them the slip, using his elusive skills from being an adventurer to distract and evade his foes. Eventually, he gave them the slip, and with some consultation with his map, he was back on the way to the quest drop site.<br/><br/>After finishing his last tutorial quest, the treasure hunter was given a box of equipment that set him up for low level adventure, including a leather dust coat and a cosmetic hat. All he needed now was a brass badge, and he'd look like some grizzled sheriff in one of those tv westerns. Maybe he'd pick one up when they started rolling out cosmetics later on. He also received a basic pair of pistols, slightly better than his starter gear, "Sweet. Bout time I get some class duds. Now on to the show. Look out grind, here I come..." Xio walked off toward the edge of town, eager to try out his new gear on some cannon fodder.