The tapping at the window of Allister’s inn room window grew progressively louder as he stirred in his rented bed. The grey morning light shined around the silhouette of Winston, his long time animal companion and friend, as he flapped his wings and chirped at Allisters beginning to move. Winston was a beautiful falcon whos feathers were a mixture of purple, on his back covering down to his tail, and white, which began above his eyes and ended at his feet where the purple and white began to blend together.<br/><br/>“Ughhhh… Go away. I’m still tired.” Allister said as he rolled over and away from the window. “Do you remember how late it was when I got back to town? Cause it was preeetty late.”<br/><br/>Chirping away, the bird began pecking the window in steady rhythm, trying, and succeeding, to annoy his human friend.<br/><br/>Something told Allister that Winston was not planning on relenting. He rolled back over and made eye contact with the bird. “You’re hungry and too lazy to go get it yourself aren’t you?<br/><br/>There was an awkward moment of silence as both man and bird stared at each other. “… Squawk.”<br/><br/>“You annoy me sometimes.” He kicked the blankets off of himself. “Fiiiine. I’ll meet you downstairs in 20 minutes and we can figure out the plan from here.” He started walking to the bathing area to do his dailies. “Go make sure Lurik is awake.”<br/><br/>As he walked into the bathroom he thought back and reviewed the capture of his latest bounty, and he had to admit, this one gave him a good run for his money. Some of the towns and villages a little farther south from Gandara had some rumors of a highwayman located on the roads that connected north and south, so he thought he would come and investigate. As it turned out he decided to rob a pretty wealthy merchant. Said merchant set up the bounty and it took Allister 4 days to track him down to his hideout in the hills a little west of Gandara.<br/>Allister set up a trap but his bounty didn’t come into the ambush in the way he expected and thoughts got a little hairy, coming to a gun fight and eventually ending in an all out brawl. As he showered Allister touched the bruise on his jaw from where the bandit slugged him solidly right before he managed to knock him out and hog tie the tenacious bastard. Allister smiled as the water ran over him, it was pretty damn fun.<br/><br/>As Allister prepared for the day, Winston flapped his way over to a hollowed out building that has since been used as a makeshift stable for beings staying at the inn. With how much Allister made from his bounty, he didn’t mind spending giving Lurik a little bit of luxury. People bustled about the morning lit street as Winston landed at one of the open windows of the stable and hopped inside to find Lurik sprawled oh his back about the floor of his pen. He landed on Lurik’s stomach and pecked his large reptilian belly and chirped. Lurik began stirring and suddenly and playfully swiped at the feathery creature as he rumbled lightly into the quiet morning air. Winston flew and sat up on the window sill and chirped again as the lizard stood and stretched his muscular limbs, and when Winston was content knowing Lurik was awake he flew back to meet his master.<br/><br/>Allister got dressed and began making his way to the downstairs diner of the inn he had stayed at, all of his bounty hunting gear in a large canvas military bag that had one strap he threw over his shoulder. Wit was pretty busy this morning, many of the towns folk were trying to stay warm on this particularly cold day, and the bartender seemed to be busy at the moment. Allister decided he would wait to order food and check on his animal companions.