"What sort of trade skills do you offer? I know that your Guild is a Crafting Guild, and not a trade faction. I’ve been watching the items come up on the Clan listings lately. But I can’t tell what you’re using to make them."
"Well, we have blacksmiths, tailors, Inscriptionists, Runecrafters, sculptors and others. As a Druid, Miss Amie can make wooden items easily, so she can do well in more than one of the groups.
But if she has a passion for fashion, we can arrange for her to work with Lady Rae at the clothing shop that the Guild runs."
Amie shook her head. The spider lady was scary.
Even if she was fashion inclined, that was not the sort of spot that she wanted to work. Shop? Sure. But not work.
"What about carving? I like to make pretty things out of wood."
Cara smiled. "Oh, you’ll get along well with our Lycans. They like to make things of wood and bone as well, and they’ve got lots of druids. Now, if you’d like to have your mother review the work contract, we can get started."
"Why have my mom review it?"
"So that she doesn’t tear it out of your hands. I can see her already getting anxious."
Karl laughed at the pair as he handed the three mothers, plus all three girls a standard copy of the employment contract, plus a loan agreement, in case they wanted skills like Amie had received.
The parents looked it over, and reluctantly agreed that it was a good deal for the kids.
They had come in to trade a resource they had found on a mission for equipment, and somehow they had been recruited into the Darklight Host.
The concept didn’t quite compute to the mothers, but they suspected that it had much more to do with the fact that they had attracted the attention of the Chaos Badger than anything that was actually in the skills or potential of the girls themselves.
None of them were anything special. Basic classes, mediocre grades, no particular accomplishments.
The fact that they were only finally getting their first rare grade items after graduation was not because their families were poor, they simply hadn’t shown any signs of potential or ambition that would need it, so their families hadn’t wanted to spend the money unnecessarily.
And that was a form of motivation on their own.
Wanting more stuff so you could do bigger things and accomplish more, but not having any accomplishments to justify your family spending on you was a tough spot.
So, they were looking at Cara like a gift sent to help them out.
"Alright, we can agree to these terms. Girls, ask the nice Guild Leader for something that will help you advance your skills. If you can get an Epic Grade Class upgrade after you fill your skill tree, you can pay it off early without all the extra work," one of the mages’ mothers explained.
"Well, we both wanted Elementals. So, if you know an Elemental Golem type ability, we will take that on credit, and join Amie at the shop until we’ve paid it off."
"Of course. Just give me a moment, and I will arrange the perfect Elemental Summoning spell for the pair of you. The element will likely depend on your specialties and affinity, but the basics will be solid."
The parents waited patiently as they assumed Karl was searching the Guild’s storage for the books.

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