It could be something small like they were invited by this crew to do some work but in reality all you did was guard their base camp or wound up running errands all day. It could be something as simple as rumors circulating what bigger crew you might join or will you stay on your own or find  a group of others at your own experience and start something new. The work you did for one of the other organizations in the pocket realm etc. It might not be earth shattering but stuff that might get discussed in idle gossip.