I have a feeling this is what is meant when they say "a call to adventure".
I was stopping in a small town to rest up with my compatriots when we stumbled across a quad of fellow adventurers, who recommended we join them on a journey to rid the area of a bandit presence. (One of these adventurers was the shapeshifter was the from the Ryneyes case who owed me 50 gold, coincidentally the payout for the job.) Upon arriving at our location, Veras and the shapeshifter scouted ahead and laid in wait, the shifter infiltrating the small fortress. From there I attempted to persuade/intimidate the bandit presence into evacuating, but the leader was a stubborn prideful man whom refused to listen to reason, however, it was not all bad, as it provided the opportunity to observe the adventurers at work, who made quick work of the bandits. I managed to convince the three survivors to surrender, while the rest of the crew entered a dungeon underneath the fortress, and I lingered back. Some might consider it cowardice, but I have no reason to subject myself to the memories of those dank gnomish mines.
On our return, Vergil Ashlock, one of my new companions, recognized the presence of the abyss in the area, which activates only curiosity within me. I am finishing this as we are being summoned to the local magistrate, hopefully to investigate that peculiar phenomenon