"Honestly, Quint, I've never felt the Guild was my ideal place, but after my parents disappeared, I needed some way to earn a living, quickly -- and there aren't a lot of jobs for someone with my skills outside the Guild."

"I find it hard to believe," Quint said, "that you cannot come up with a way to make clink as a freelancer with the options at your disposal. You 'ave any idea what berks'll pay for the simplest of spells?"

"For the spells I have?  Apportation and Haste might be worth something, occasionally."

"Any spell 'as a market," Quint said. "But what were you intendin' when you studied alla this? About yer future? If you've truly no practical skills useful for earnin' a livin', did you just plan on livin' offa yer folks for the resta your life?"

OOC: i thought oly, ardenas, and the goblin left on their own, quint stayed behind at the tavern to wait for rigo...what exactly has happened? because everything has just turned into a quagmire for me.

Agreed... I believe Oly, Ardens and Lepkur are all under the Guild.

ooc: Quint accompanied you.

In reply to Quint (msg # 567):

Occ Chye could have also quickly followed them to collect pay before returning to the docks. Hilerno is also with the others, getting paid by Lepkur.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 568):

Lepkur unlocks his quarters with three keys and a whispered word. Inside are shelves with several heavy ledgers, and some iron lockboxes that are chained to the stone wall. Some have glowing hasps, others seem to have meteoric iron locks, and the walls around the room seem to be pierced with holes on many levels. The floor seems to be set with pressure plates, and there look to be a few openings in the ceiling above.

"I wouldn't touch anything if I was you. Now let me cash you out.
Zeelzeel will see yas for sometin extra."

OOC: *face-palm*

Hilerno also went with Lepkur to the Guild, no?

Yes.

In reply to Hilerno Orison (msg # 571):

Lepkur opens a small cash box, after using two more keys and doing something fiddly with the side of the box. He counts out several silver pieces and a small stack of copper into a stack, and repeats the process several times. He makes a notation in one of the ledgers and, after
dropping each stack into a small linen bags, passes the bags of coins to
each of you.


OCC: this corresponds to the ammounts mentioned in Awards and Treasure.

Dankz Lepkur... any dime you needz sumpin' juz led me know.

"I thank you as well, and second Oly's sentiment."

Turning aside to speak quietly to Quint, "To be honest, I wasn't thinking about my future as such when I entered the Gathering Chi Academy.  My parents encouraged me to follow my talents as, in his turn, did Master Albreth -- and my magical talent begins and ends with Movement spells.  I'm not super-smart like many mages, though, so I have to work pretty hard to develop skill in magic.

"To me, the magic is a small enhancement -- at need, I can make myself faster, for a short while, walk up a wall, float in the air, or lock or unlock a door if it's not protected from magic.  These just add to what I can do with my chi and skills.

"In the end, I suppose I'm best qualified to be a sort of mercenary -- that seems to be where most folk with my skills find work."

"I thank you, Lepkur," Hilerno nods, earnest. "Need I do anything more for guild membership? Or is this that?"

In reply to Hilerno Orison (msg # 576):

"That tin brooch McCain gave you, and yer name in the rolls is the primary to it. You wanna pass through without checking that zwielander
Is a little extra"


Occ you now have the 1 point perk, guild member. Having "no hassles" with weapo s ins another point, but you need to earn more.

"We done, then? 'S gettin' a bit late."

OOC: did you say the rest of us just got that perk, "no hassles" as part awards and treasure?

In reply to Chye Isuel (msg # 579):

Re check, I seemed to have left Chye out on that post.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 580):

"Look, what yas did for goblins in this burg won't be forgot. Keep
youur eyes open, though, cause some orcs won't forget it either. Now that this bizness is settled, I can get back to making book. This big move on
the underground is gonna change things, open up exploration and what not,
But some of what's underneath might want ting to stay like they is. I hear
reposts of Slorn in unusual numbers, and Oly, you know dis cult is up ta
something. I know you all just got paid, and you wanna get yer load on,
just be ready for something tomorrow."

Don' care aboud no load.... I'll be ready.

[Chye counts his pay, pleased. If he could join Sakemoko's household, he could get lodgings and food there and his two bowls of food from the guild, as well. He would only have to pay for his drinks and snacks. the common room wasn't too bad, if he hung his hammock by a window, rather than sleep on the floor. The farts and stink of unwashed bodies packed in wasn't something he could get used to. Yes he was trying to move on up, to the dockside. To a deluxe apartment, in the sky. move-movin' on up. Chye'll try, to finally get his piece of the pie.]

 "おす!! やった!!"
  "Osu!! Yatta!!" Chye gives his now fattened pouch a toss, and puts it back around his neck, tucking into his inner shirt.

"I'll keep an eye open, certainly -- especially for Khrosh and company.  That bunch seems like the sort who carry a grudge to extremes..."

Quint doesn't seem particularly worried. "Guild can handle it, no worries. If the orcs start a row wif us, they'll discover how quickly we can end it, aye?"