Abyss 101 || Julius & Dia
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The edges of her lips pulled into a mild smile as he confirmed his station and she nodded, “It would seem we will be in close proximity to one another. I work in the biology department and we are mere labs apart. If you need anything during your first few weeks my office isn’t too far from where you will be located.”
The hall widened, opening office space filled with series of desks and artificers at work; observing and appraising artifacts of varying size, “The appraisal and selling of artifacts are unsurprisingly some of the highest paying jobs for those working with the adventurer’s guild. It’s the reason people come here after all. Between the call of the abyss and the opportunities it’s not hard to see why people are here.”
She sighed heavily, “Unfortunately we’re also slightly understaffed on the research division. Everyone wants to get rich off found ancient goods, no one wants to study the composition of rock samples and translate texts of ancients from within the tribe.” Dia looked at Julius sideways, “Don’t show proficiency in one of the other jobs we need. They will drop so much more on you. Trust me.”
The phrase highest paying jobs snagged on Julius’s brain like a sharp corner catching on and ripping a run in one’s tights— his head snapping to obedient attention like a dog who’d just heard the word treat. He hung on her every word at that point, no need to push the details forcibly into his memory. It’s the reason people come here after all.
Didn’t he know it. “What a shame. I can’t say that I’m surprised, however,” he replied gently, picking his words very carefully. “The call of the abyss, you said? What a poignant way of putting it. Very— poetic.♡”
He continued to nod as she continued, thanking his roommates mentally for having had the good sense to go into the adventurer division, after all. He, of course, had favored applying to the branch that didn’t necessarily mean he need physically go out and explore, something that he could provide help with without committing to the danger and exhaustion of adventure— but that didn’t mean he couldn’t be tempted with some part time, to hear his superior explain it as potentially as lucrative as they’d hoped it would be.
“I’ll remember that,” he added, grinning. It honestly wouldn’t be hard to not show proficiency in many areas other than the one he’d been hired to, however. Julius couldn’t quite call himself humble, but even he knew that his skill set was rather specific. And limited.
“How do you like working here, doctor?” he ventured, tearing his eyes away from the employees sorting through artifacts nearby. “Do you find it as fulfilling and exciting as the adventurers must?”












