Meet other adventurers

Rasa walked across the guild hall, and she stood near the pair of adventurers. They really did seem well equipped; leather and cloth armor, all dyed a dark gray. And on the shoulders—

"Yes?" It was the man who had spoken; pale skin, clean-shaven, hair cut short and neat. Alistair, the clerk had said.

Rasa **** herself to smile. "Hello! I'm, um, Rasa, beginning adventurer. Ress. Probationary. I, um, the clerk said..."

"Probationary?" That was the woman, Verin; even with her hair cut short, they were somehow still easy to tell apart—her face was tanned, narrow, her hair dark brown rather than black. And she was taller. Both were frowning at her.

"R-right," Rasa said. "I, ah. I have to start somewhere! And the guy over there, he recommended—well no, he just mentioned that you might be...willing to have a probationary adventuress tag along..." She trailed off.

The pair stared at each other. Finally Verin sighed, and she shook her head. "You want to bring her along, don't you?"

"Hey," Alistair said. "It wasn't that long ago that I was a probationary adventurer."

"More than a year," Verin said. "Whatever. Come on." She turned and walked to the door.

Rasa looked at her, then back at Verin. He flashed her a smile, and he beckoned with his head. "As she said. Let's see how good you are on a real adventure, adventuress."