Oscar is walking down the road towards a small restaurant called ARLOS located at the southern part of their village, it was owned by a village elder named Oyesis Arlos. And after his death, it was passed down to his daughter Kaya Arlos. And since then she had managed the restaurant perfectly as per the guidelines of her father.
The restaurant had also became the permanent place for Oscar and his friends to met, with Bramble and Calgreis spending most of their time in that hotel, as they live nearer to Arlos. And sometimes they would even help Kaya with her work.
"Hey, Everyone!" Oscar calls out to his friends Bramble Burrowes and Calgreis Barton, both of them were talking to each other sitting in that restaurant.
From outside, Arlos looks like a normal restaurant. Its interior is not too big, making Arlos a restaurant where many people cannot have lunch at the same time.
And their meeting at Arlos had began about 8 years ago when the three of them, Oscar, Bramble and Calgreis, along with Oscar's father went to Arlos, because the three of them were hungry and were trying to find something to eat as that time they came across Oscar's father on their way.
He was on his way to Arlos to meet Oyesis because they were Best Friends. There, the three friends got to know about Oyesis and Oscar's father's friendship, and then later they also talked to Kaya who was about 12 years at that time, 2 years older then the three of them.
As soon as, Oscar enters the restaurant he saw Bramble and Calgreis were sitting at Table no. 6 and were eating something. There were a total of 10 Tables in the restaurant, with 5 on each left and right side all of which were divided by a small barrier between the tables.
When Bramble saw Oscar coming in, he calls out to him, "Hey, Oscar. Come here!" He raises his right hand to call him.
Oscar walks up to the table, to see that Bramble and Calgreis were eating something. There were three plates on the table.
"You guys are eating without me?" Oscar asked.
"Calgreis said that he didn't had his breakfast yet. So we decided to eat something while waiting for you." Bramble replied.
"Hey Oscar, wanna eat something?" Kaya came up to them and asked. She had blonde, straight hair with a very cute face and about little tall than Bramble and shorter than Oscar and Calgreis.
"Yeah definitely." Oscar replied instantly.
"Bro seriously!" Calgreis added.
"Don't worry Calgreis, you know that he loves to eat to much!" Kaya smiled and returns back to the kitchen.
"Move aside! Let me have a seat." Oscar said to Bramble.
Bramble moves in the inner side to Oscar have a seat along him.
After sitting down on the seat, Oscar speaks up, "And I have something to say to you guys!" He was smiling.
"And what's that?" Bramble asked, after having a bite of his meal.
"My father had finally agreed on my decision to go on an Adventure!" Oscar replied.
"Hey, you are finally going to be an Explorer. Huh!" Calgreis exclaimed.
"Yep!" Oscar smiles again.
At that mean time, Kaya returns back to them with two food plate holding them with her both hands.
"What's the matter, why is everyone in joy mood? Huh!" Kaya asked them.
"Obviously it's a matter of joy, Kaya!" Bramble speaks loudly in joy.
"Let me guess…" Kaya added.
Kaya puts both of the food plate on the table in front of Oscar, seeing the food Oscar quickly starts eating, while Kaya had started thinking of the matter by herself for a while and a few seconds later, she came up with some thoughts and replies back.
"Your father had agreed on something, isn't it?" She replies with a smile on her face.
"Hey, you are master thinker Kaya!" Bramble said.
"Is it correct!" Kaya asked back.
"Yeah! That's true. My father had agreed on my decision of going on an adventure by myself!" Oscar said.
"Really?" Kaya was very much happy for him.
"That's a moment of celebration, isn't it!" Calgreis added.
Bramble looks at Kaya's face for a second and then added, "Hey Kaya, do you have forgotten about Oscar's dream? Huh!"
"No, absolutely not!" Kaya replied quickly, "I still remember the day when Oscar first mentioned to me about his dream."
That moment was about 8 years back, about two-three months after Oscar and his friends had met Kaya. They had became very good friends by that time. Often sharing about their daily life stories among themselves.
One same day while talking in the restaurant, sitting by that same table, Table no. 8, the four of them were sitting together talking to each other.
"Hey Kaya, do you have any dream?" Oscar asked him.
"My dream! Do I have a dream?" Kaya speaks up, she turns back to the reception table, she saw her father standing behind the table in front of the kitchen door and giving orders to the cook inside.
"I have a dream of operating the Arlos restaurant and making it a large one." Kaya replied still looking at his father. She then turns back to her friends and again speaks, "Oscar, what's your dream?"
"I want to be an Explorer!" Oscar replies looking at the food plate on the table.
"Explorer?" Calgreis added. He was sitting next to Oscar.
"Yeah! I always have wanted to be an Explorer and wants to find out the Horizon Orb with my own team members!" Oscar added.
"But do you know that it won't be easy to find the Orb." Kaya added.
"I know!" Oscar smiled again looking at the three, "I don't even like easy ways of achieving anything."
Again at the present day while the three friends were talking with each other, Kaya was still looking at Oscar. Kaya was worry and happy at the same time for him.
"Hey guys. Why don't you also join me on this adventure, as my right hand and left hand." Oscar added.
Both Bramble and Calgreis looks at each other's face, and then Calgreis turns to Oscar and said, "Oscar, thanks for asking but you know that three of us has different dream's!"
"I see!" Oscar replied.
"Hey, Oscar. Are you?" Calgreis gets worried.
"Nah! Don't mind, I know that it won't be possible for both of you to achieve your dream if you stay with me!" Oscar said, "And I don't want both of you to sacrifice your dream just for myself."
Kaya, Bramble and Calgreis were looking at Oscar, they were impressed by his thoughts. Suddenly, Oscar stands up from his seat and starts walking out of the restaurant.
"Oscar where are you going?" Kaya asked him.
Oscar turns around and replied, "To prepare for my departure!" He smiles again and before leaving he again says, "Don't sacrifice your dreams!" And then he leaves for his house to prepare for his departure.
After a day of packaging and preparation, Oscar Price finally set off on his journey, the very next day. Before departing he went in front of his father and said, "Father, I am leaving!"
He was sitting on his chair and reading a book, when Oscar came up to him. He puts down the book on the nearby table and stands up looking at Oscar he said, "Be safe! And try to help peoples whoever you met on your way!"
"Don't worry about that!" Oscar smiles again.
"I am worried about your dumb decisions! Idiot!"
"I will let my team members to make the decisions!" Oscar was again smiling carelessly.
"Really?" His father asked, he then suddenly hits Oscar on his head. As the same way a parent would do over their kid's dumb decisions.
"What the hell was that for?" Oscar asks putting his right hand over his head.
"The Captain of any team makes the decision, not the other members!"
"I know that, dad!" Oscar replied.
"This is the only reason, why I don't want to let you go on that adventure by yourself."
"Time for me to leave now!" Oscar said, he carried up his bag from the floor and starts walking out of his house. His father followed him to outside.
His friends Kaya, Bramble and Calgreis were also waiting outside his house to say the final bye to Oscar. They were sure that they won't be able to see each other for many years now. The three of them were very emotional, Kaya was crying, Bramble and Calgreis' parents were also there outside Oscar's house.
Oscar walks up to the three and said, "We will definitely meet again in the future!"
Bramble and Calgreis both quickly hugged him, Kaya was watching them. Oscar then turns to Kaya and said to her, "I wish that your dream come true someday!"
"And I wish your dream may also fulfill someday!" Kaya said.
After that heart warming good-bye by everyone, Oscar finally leaves towards achieving his dream.
Leaving his home village, Oscar had been traveling alone through the rolling mountains and dense forests of the countryside. The village was located at the western side of a mountain range called Korsky Mountains. He had a long way to go before he reached the first location, where he could hope of finding the first member for his team.
"Man, I am very much hungry!" Oscar says to himself walking down through the plain lands. He had brought about food for three days but because of rain he had to stay in a cave for two days in the forest.
"When will I reach the next town?" He again speaks to himself.
After two more days of travelling, Oscar has finally arrived in a small town called Eliliya. The town has a population of about 1000 peoples, all living happily. It was a charming place, with cobblestone streets and half-timbered houses.
After roaming around the town, Oscar made his way to the local bar cum restaurant near the main entrance of the town, where he hoped to find some information about potential team members. The name of that bar cum restaurant was 'Necamura', it was written on the sign board outside over the main door.
As he entered the restaurant, Oscar spotted a young boy looks like the same age as of Oscar, he was sitting at a table near by the main counter, sipping a glass of orange juice. Oscar walks up to the boy, standing next to him Oscar kept looking at the boy. The boy looked up and caught Oscar's eye, and Oscar couldn't help but notice the spark of curiosity in his gaze.
"Hey may I join you?" Oscar asked, nodding towards the empty chair across the table.
The boy shook his head and said, "Why not?" Oscar sat down bringing that chair near to him.
"I'm Oscar Price," he said, extending his hand.
"I'm Arin Bold," the boy replied, shaking Oscar's hand.