The first contracts were signed shortly after sunrise.
Sage sat behind a long table inside one of the Grand Guild Hall's conference rooms while applicants entered in groups according to department, reviewed their terms and either signed or walked away.
The System recorded every completed contract immediately, but Sage still insisted on physical copies being prepared and archived.
Salaries, responsibilities, probation periods, confidentiality clauses, disciplinary rules and promotion procedures were written clearly enough that nobody could later claim they'd misunderstood what employment meant.
Some candidates negotiated. A few rejected their offers. Most signed. By the time the first group left carrying employee identification cards bearing the Adventurer Guild emblem, another group was already waiting outside.
