// starter for @indentedheartner
"We have gotten reports that a child stowaway has run off into the forest. For their safety, we request your help to bring them back to Astera"
---- Ah, right, that was the other request that the higher ups had asked of him. He heard the commotion of the event while he was at the canteen earlier in the day- a child having somehow snuck onto one of the argosy ships coming to the New World during its supply run. Said child also ran off into the Ancient Forest upon being discovered, and now the commission was sending hunters that were available every so often to go out and try to find him.
Frosting was one of those hunters.
Well, at least, it was more like he only joined the effort due to the fact he was already heading to the forest. Maybe they were hoping that he, as a younger hunter, wouldn't scare off the other; seeing as they could be in a similar age range? ... He wasn't sure.
Originally, he came to look for some elder dragon tracks- having split up the searches with his assigned partner in separate locales to cover more ground. With a bowgun slung over his shoulder he sighs, walking through the thick greenery and shoving plants out of his face as he treaded down the familiar paths and under the large trees. Honestly, where would he hide if he were a small(er) child in a really, really big forest that had potentially dangerous monsters lurking about? Probably anywhere- considering how much greenery made up the forest. There were a lot of places someone small could squeeze into.
. . . It wasn't like finding that kid was his main goal anyway.
He crouches down by some peculiar gashes in the dirt in a small clearing that he spotted, running his hand over them thoughtfully. Guess he'll look around this area for now. The sooner he collects enough evidence for the researchers, the sooner he can consider getting a late snack once he returned.