Continue to the guildhall

Shiloh is curious, but ultimately decides to push the encounter from his mind. He arrives at the guildhall, a three story building with a clerk’s desk and a bulletin board with quests on the first floor, after a five minute walk. “Hello adventurer! Welcome to the guildhall! How may I help you?”

The clerk is a human woman, standing at five foot four with long straight brown hair and brown eyes. Her fair skin is lightly freckled around her cheeks and her lips are pouty and full. She wears a simple brown tunic and a long skirt (though Shiloh cannot tell exactly how long it is since there is a counter in the way) with a dark green apron over it. She looks to be in her late teens, and hints of baby fat still fill out her face. Her breasts are big enough to fill someone’s hands and she has nice child bearing hips.

Shiloh smiles as he makes his way towards the counter. The guildhall is empty, and judging by the number of keys on the rack behind her it looks like not many adventurers are in town. “I’m not actually an adventurer yet, but I was hoping to become one.”

She smiles politely. “In that case, I will need you to fill out a quick form detailing your name and place of residence if applicable so we can create a guild badge for you. There is also a small one gold fee.”

Shiloh winces. He has no money to speak of. “Is there another way I can make a payment?”

She frowns. “I’m afraid I’m not really allowed to approve of trades, sir.”

“I have information! Useful information that I think could be useful. Something the guild could use.” “Sir…”

“It doesn’t have to be a trade! The guild surely takes consultants, right? Consultants they pay? How about I give the guild some information and get paid, and I use that to pay for this? See, not a trade!”

She pauses, mulling it over in her head. “I’d have to see this information for myself. To know that it is worth that much…”

Shiloh rummages in his bag, pulling out his Monster Manual. The girl watches with curiosity as he thumbs through the pages, looking for something of use. Some piece of information that would be useful and not obvious to give. Finally he stops, perking up. “I can tell the guild what spells Oni typically know, and how often you can expect them to be able to use them!”

The clerk blinks. “Really? I mean, sorry, but that seems…”

She knows it would be useful information, definitely worth more than a single gold, but Shiloh can tell she is still unsure. How can she know that the information is true? And is she really in a position to make this decision?

“You can ask your superior to speak with me if you want.”

“No, no, I’m the only one here right now…”

There has to be something Shiloh can do to convince her, right?