Chapter 16: Chapter 16: Oaths

Chapter 16: Oaths

Walking through the barrage of looks from folks at the tables and behind the counters and desks was, well, not too bad actually as there were really only about 10 people, so 20 eyes, so… yeah, I still felt super self conscious.

Why!?! Why was I feeling so self conscious then? They meant nothing to me, or did they? Fellow beings? I just locked my eyes on Bluebird’s shoulders and followed them to a door with a “GM” carved into the door and blindly followed inside.

My brain feels all over the place, sometimes everything feels clear and understood but at others I feel like I’m swimming in feelings that are like wiggly things I can’t fully grasp. Eels, maybe?

We entered a room with a desk and a chair in one corner, a smooth slab like the panel by the door at the Pillow and Pie was set into it. Most of the rest of the room taken up with a large table surrounded by chairs of various heights and a pair of couches, bookshelves and an odd series of metal pipes with nozzles and taps. Come to think of it, many of the chairs in the front room also had various heights. ‘Hmm, I’m rather tall and Dominick is quite small, I wonder if sizes vary that much in general.’

“Grab a chair and bring it over to my desk, it’ll be easier if we have the System display at hand for some things.”

Finding a chair where the seat was at a comfortable height only took a few seconds, and I joined Bluebird at their desk.

Before sitting, I held out the bundle that I was still hauling around. “What about this?”

“Just set it aside for now, we can sort it out later. Let’s talk first.” Shrugging, I set it aside.

Once seated I decided to do the only thing I could think of to protect myself from potential problems, though it might cause others. “Bluebird, I’m going to do something that may be considered rude, I hope you can forgive me if it is.” They just raised an eyebrow before I continued speaking in a normal tone, “System Query: Is there any requirement for a Guild Representative to not cause harm to an unaffiliated system user?”

 

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