~[@Restalaan] (YNG & DIT), [@13org] (ADA & FYR), [@ShwiggityShwah], [@Rezod92], [@Stern Algorithm]~

[quote=Kira Gigas][color=a187be]"I mean, I don't think you're gonna find much enlightenment working as a guild member, but to each their own, I guess. Name's Kira. Nice to meet you. We could always have more people, right guys?"[/color][/quote]

"[color=steelblue]I disagree, Lady Kira. Enlightenment is just as often found in unlikely places as in typical ones.[/color]" Sir Reed politely retorted.

[quote=Vivian Altissima][color=f49ac2]"So, what's new in Ortus? Actually, where is Ortus?"[/color][/quote]

[quote=Sylvia Altissima][color=bc8dbf]"Please excuse my sister. We were about to have a light breakfast. It's not much, but you're welcome to join us if you'd like while we wait for the Guildmaster,"[/color][/quote]

"[color=steelblue]Thank you for the offer, Lady Sylvia, but I have already broken my fast. As for Lady Vivian's questions...[/color]" Sir Reed then looked to the pink-haired sister. "[color=steelblue]Ortus is pretty far away from here. We will have to cross a lot of borders just to reach its most far-flung village. As for what's new... well, we're still at war with The Order and its allies but it's a stalemate last I heard. Meanwhile, I did hear rumors of an undead region wanting to be part of Ortus.[/color]"

"[color=steelblue]Speaking of undead, were you the ones that abandoned that horde of Zombies near Pravar?[/color]" The Ortusian knight asked. "[color=steelblue]They could've been slaughtered had the Order spotted them. I had to lead them to the safety of the mountains, delaying my arrival here.[/color]"

[quote=Yang Bethlehem]"It shall be up to Guildmaster Bart to consider thy request, sir knight."[/quote]

[quote=Freyr][color=8dc73f]"Freyr, pleased to meet you, Sir Reed."[/color][/quote]

"[color=steelblue]A pleasure to meet you too, Sir Freyr.[/color]" Sir Reed slightly tilted his head at [u]Freyr[/u], though. "[color=steelblue]You are a... Wererabbit? A male Wererabbit?[/color]" Before [u]Freyr[/u] could respond, Reed quickly moved on from it to address the passive, almost cold, greeting he got from [u]Yang[/u].

"[color=steelblue]I-Is she normally like that? Or is this some sort of hazing or initiation?[/color]" Reed asked [u]Freyr[/u], not wanting to deal with the suspicious [u]Yang[/u] just yet. "[color=steelblue]Her fiery appearance belies a cold demeanor, it seems.[/color]"

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[u]Kira[/u] soon located Bart and brought him up to speed about the aspiring Sir Reed. Bart had everyone assembled outside to meet the Ortusian knight. "[color=f26522]So you would like to join us, Sir Reed? We could always use more people in the guild so I would like for you to be with us.[/color]" But then he added. "[color=f26522]But I'd like to hear about what the others say about this.[/color]"

"I think he's alright." Neil was the first to answer.

"[color=lavender]I, too, would be in favor of him joining the Guild.[/color]" Talia said.

"[color=royalblue]He's good in my book, but what's with the sudden vetting process?[/color]" Haley questioned the sudden appearance of the vote. "[color=royalblue]You accepted people willy-nilly back then, didn't you?[/color]"

"[color=f26522]Some recent... got me thinking that I should involve the rest of the guild in its decisions more.[/color]" Bart replied, not breaking eye contact with Sir Reed.

Haley said nothing in response. Not satisfied with the answer but not willing to ask further.