Swymport was bustling. After all, it was their busiest time of year. Just before the summer festival when all of the neighboring cities and towns visited. The streets were filled up to the brim with people preparing. With stalls being put up and decorations being hung, it livened the streets. For those who lived in Swymport, this festival marked the founding of the town. Though, nobody cared about that. For the majority of the town, it marked three days of relaxation and partying. Surprisingly, the guild hall was an entire different story.

It wasn't just busy for the citizens of Swymport, it was also a huge undertaking for adventurers. The sheer amount of logistics and supplies they needed to collect for the festival made no shortage of work. The smell of rewards were in the air, and as a result, most of the adventurers in the guild had journeyed far and wide to collect their share of summer rewards. Save for the drunkards and sheepish low-ranked members, the guild was completely empty. It was rather calm. Much more than usual. That was, at the very least, until a boy had entered, frantically looking for some help.

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[color=bcbcbc]"I get that you're trying to recover your goods ma'am, but we haven't checked to even see if your goods are still there,"[/color] Maya calmly told Ahnciel, [color=bcbcbc]"all of our high-ranked adventurers are out. Not to mention, it's much too risky to send a bunch of new adventurers to check it out. Especially without anyone here to watch them."[/color]

As if a sign from god, a party of four adventurers had entered the hall the exact moment Maya had said that. The first adventurer that came in was upright and, for lack of a better term, stuck up. She instantly ignored everyone else in the guild and came forth to the reception desk. A large slam resounded as she smacked a large pile of papers down on the wooden desk.

The second adventurer was much more ambiguous. She seemed to keep a large sword on her back and held a helmet at her hip. She also appeared to be much more friendly than the rest of the party - appearance wise, at least. She took a nice position against the wall and closed her eyes, waiting for her party to be finished.

The third adventurer looked cold. Emotionally uncaring about the world. He didn't look like he would say much or care about anything, so it was a surprise when he made a beeline directly to the bar. Without needing to say a word, the bartender placed a cornucopia of fruit and meat in front of him. In a flash, he began to gobble down the food like no tomorrow.

The final adventurer was the most enigmatic of the group. He was massive, wore a strange armour, carried what seemed to be the corpses of numerous monsters and seemed to, like the rest, ignore everyone else. He went directly to Rolf's desk directly right of the entrance. Without so much as a word, Rolf opened a door to the side of his desk. The final adventurer entered, placed the bodies inside, and left. Still silent, Rolf pulled out a deck of cards and they began to play some sort of esoteric card game.

[color=fdaaff]"Each request completed to perfect specifications. All cadavers have been accounted for and..."[/color] the first adventurer said before being interrupted by a hushing Maya.

[color=bcbcbc]"Yeah yeah, perfect job Leonore, let me think..."[/color] Maya said before getting up. She walked over to the job board and pulled down two pieces of parchment. They were jobs that needed to be completed immediately. She placed them on the table and smiled at Leonore. [color=bcbcbc]"Everyone!"[/color] Maya yelled out, [color=bcbcbc]"we have three jobs to do. None of them are extremely difficult, but they're all urgent. Get all of the C and D ranks you can up here."[/color] The drunkards did not move an inch, but a certain group of adventurers who seemed destined for greatness heard the call.

[color=bcbcbc]"Also, Noelle,"[/color] Maya said as the second adventurer opened one eye, [color=bcbcbc]"get up here. Laurence too."[/color]

Laurence, the adventurer who was eating at the bar, let out a long sigh before slowly ambling towards the desk. Noelle, the adventurer against the wall, briskly walked to the desk.

[color=bcbcbc]"Dale,"[/color] Maya said meekly as she looked at the large and imposing figure playing cards with Rolf, [color=bcbcbc]"you can just do you."[/color] Dale grunted in response. [color=bcbcbc]But Laurence, Leonore, and Noelle are going to teach some newbies the ropes and make sure there are no big accidents."[/color] Laurence let out a rather long sigh and Leonore seemed to be extremely peeved at the prospects of teaching newbies. Noelle didn't seem to mind, however. 

Maya looked through the two pages. She quickly pulled out a third - empty - and scrawled out a quick title and description. She gave each of the three B-ranked adventurers a mission and began to speak. [color=bcbcbc]"Noelle, you're going to escort a horse cart of medicine. No one really knows it's going out, so it's pretty safe. But this is to just make sure it gets there. Laurence, you're going to deal with some goblin burrows. Two of them, if you want to be precise. Get some supplies from Rolf. And Leonore, you're going to find some supplies that crashed. All three of you, get some C and D ranked people to help."[/color]

And with that, the adventurers were called to action. Three missions were laid out before them, each one as urgent as the next.