Later on Day 10 and I've decided to roll a Druid! Wait, what?
M'kay so… I'm not entirely sure how we got onto that specific topic but apparently Jack and a few of his ol' adventuring buddies would sneak out of Gilneas and go on random adventures around Silverpine forest. Wut?
No seriously how? I thought the King's word was law?
"Oh no, tis." Jack had told me, huge ass smirk to boot too.
"So how'd you do it? Wait no, why did you do it?" I had to ask. This was Jack of cripes sake's, like… He's the most unassuming guy… And he didn't tell me, he just gave me this little shit-eating grin that mocked my very existence… :(
But that then brought us to this next part of the conversation, turns out it was Jack and two of his buddies that would do the sneaking of the out: Jack, who was a hunter of all things, a warrior and a druid.
A druid? I had given him this half confused/skeptical, half hopeful that he'd continue his story.
He did continue… Just not in the way I expected:
"I spent a lot of time with them, the druid (who will remain nameless) especially. We…" Now he was starting to get a little chocked up, oh God no. Please tell me that I think happened next didn't actually happen! Please! "She taught me a few things. One of those things being able to identify different magical users. Mages, shamans, druids and the like."
I guess he took my silence as encouragement to keep going, "You and she have the same… aura I suppose. Tame but wild. Always moving, always changing. Like the wilds of nature…"
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold up. Me? A druid? That—that's impossible! I mean, sure I guess, I do care more about the health Azeroth than the health of my own world (ouch) but still. Me! A druid!
It's kind of fitting I suppose… Since most of my character's I've rolled have been druids… And Worgen… With the exception of my baby orc hunter and zombie warlock (that I've stopped playing but that's beside the point) but… Yeah, druids mostly.
But it doesn't stop there, oh no.
"I wanted to bring this up with you before, but I wanted to wait and see how you were settling in."
Well… That's quite sweet of him.
"I think you should begin your Druidic training."
Um… Really? I mean I don't think I have what it takes. Look at me. And yes, I told him this. Not that deterred him in anyway.
"You do have what it takes Rae. I know you do and… and there will come a time, when neither I nor anyone you could consider a friend will be there to help you. You will have to face that danger on your own but with training you at least have a fighting chance."
Well, when you put it that way… That sound's rather ominous though. Does he… Does he know somehow? Whoa.
No. I'm not doing this tonight. I decided to speak with Celestine of the Harvest tomorrow. Just to see what she does and what it's like.
I wonder if it's too late to convince Jack to take me to the Hunter trainer instead?