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"How does one end up joining the Seekers?" You ask. "Also, I suppose they get help from other adventures in their quests, right?"
"Of course!" Brass nods. "The goal of the guild, really, it isn't to isolate themselves from the rest of the world. Anybody can apply. First you sign up to become an aspiring member, and then you have to do quests along another member of the guild so they can teach you the guidelines for dealing with old artefacts and magic. Nothing stops you from doing other jobs on your own, though. And that's often the case, since quests that demand the particular expertise of a Seeker aren't always available. I was a bit of an exception in that regard, since I started being an adventurer because I was also an aspiring Seeker. But anyway, once you and your mentor decide that you are ready, you will be sent to perform a job that you'll do under the supervision of a higher-ranked Seeker to test your abilities without bias, and if you succeed you become a full-fledged member of the seekers."
"I see." You nod. "Do you know what your final test will be?"
"N-no, not yet." The unicorn looks pensively at her hooves. "Tomorrow, I have to leave Meadowburg to meet Crow Heart at Starpoint Keep, and she'll be my examinator. That's all I know at the moment. I'm excited, but also a bit anxious to tell you the truth."
"You? Anxious?" You show her a smirk. "I didn't expect that from a pony that grew 6 inches taller on a whim and wasn't fazed 1 bit by it."
"Oh, well, when you deal with old magic stuff, you have to be prepared for anything." Brass Compass shrugs. "I've seen my parents come back with weird physical changes more than once after interacting with unidentified spells. One day my father came back blue. Like, completely, solid blue. From the tip of his hooves the pupil of his eyes, and we all just found it was funny. The next day he would prank our guests by standing still in front of a blue wall, or played the tickling terror as we went at the beach the day after. Another time it's my mother that had an extra pair of legs, or a third eye on another occasion, and we all treated that like good fun. Really, I've seen a lot of transformations already. The worst was when my mother was completely disintegrated."
"Excuse me… disintegrated??" You do a double take. "Like…"
"Her physical body was ripped from reality, to be a little more technical." Brass nods, still smiling. "For a whole month she was just a voice coming from a soul gem before the guild found a way to restore her body. But even like that she remained positive, and even joked about how it was a good excuse to let my father carry all the bags and write all the reports. So, you see, a few more inches of height? That's barely worth mentioning I say."
Brass Compass Chuckles "You're gonna have to find something better if you want to surprise me, Hearty."
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>>42378436
>>42378478
"How does one end up joining the Seekers?" You ask. "Also, I suppose they get help from other adventures in their quests, right?"
"Of course!" Brass nods. "The goal of the guild, really, it isn't to isolate themselves from the rest of the world. Anybody can apply. First you sign up to become an aspiring member, and then you have to do quests along another member of the guild so they can teach you the guidelines for dealing with old artefacts and magic. Nothing stops you from doing other jobs on your own, though. And that's often the case, since quests that demand the particular expertise of a Seeker aren't always available. I was a bit of an exception in that regard, since I started being an adventurer because I was also an aspiring Seeker. But anyway, once you and your mentor decide that you are ready, you will be sent to perform a job that you'll do under the supervision of a higher-ranked Seeker to test your abilities without bias, and if you succeed you become a full-fledged member of the seekers."
"I see." You nod. "Do you know what your final test will be?"
"N-no, not yet." The unicorn looks pensively at her hooves. "Tomorrow, I have to leave Meadowburg to meet Crow Heart at Starpoint Keep, and she'll be my examinator. That's all I know at the moment. I'm excited, but also a bit anxious to tell you the truth."
"You? Anxious?" You show her a smirk. "I didn't expect that from a pony that grew 6 inches taller on a whim and wasn't fazed 1 bit by it."
"Oh, well, when you deal with old magic stuff, you have to be prepared for anything." Brass Compass shrugs. "I've seen my parents come back with weird physical changes more than once after interacting with unidentified spells. One day my father came back blue. Like, completely, solid blue. From the tip of his hooves the pupil of his eyes, and we all just found it was funny. The next day he would prank our guests by standing still in front of a blue wall, or played the tickling terror as we went at the beach the day after. Another time it's my mother that had an extra pair of legs, or a third eye on another occasion, and we all treated that like good fun. Really, I've seen a lot of transformations already. The worst was when my mother was completely disintegrated."
"Excuse me… disintegrated??" You do a double take. "Like…"
"Her physical body was ripped from reality, to be a little more technical." Brass nods, still smiling. "For a whole month she was just a voice coming from a soul gem before the guild found a way to restore her body. But even like that she remained positive, and even joked about how it was a good excuse to let my father carry all the bags and write all the reports. So, you see, a few more inches of height? That's barely worth mentioning I say."
Brass Compass Chuckles "You're gonna have to find something better if you want to surprise me, Hearty."
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