dial h for hire [video]

[unweave]

[ The feed picks up with a slight buzz of static. The visuals over the network focus on a waist-up shot of Aranea who isn't looking too hot. Not only is her face bruised (healing black eye, slightly swollen nose and busted lip), but there is a bandage pack poking out from under her top. ]

Don't want to waste anyone's time — there's enough stupid messages coming across this every day and I don't want to add to it.

My names Aranea Highwind and I'm recruiting for a mercenary group — odd jobs, monster hunts, personal protection, and the like. I'm willing to give a large cut on jobs I get in, bordering 65%. Tough sons of a bitches please apply and those looking for their problems to be solved? I'm your gal.

[ I mean, even now she's confident with a sly smirk plastered on her face. This is the most blunt ass sales pitch ever? But — ]

You can't trust everyone you meet here, some people will literally stab you. [ She nudges the view to her hip, but rolls her eyes as the camera gets back to her. ] But, there's still people wanting to help out. Why waste your time at that shitty fight club when you can make a difference and get paid for it? Think about it.

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[doggo]

Are the odd jobs in addition to the monster hunts and personal protection?

[unweave]

Yup. If someone's willing to throw coin for it, maybe you'll find yourself building a house or finding missing dogs. Who knows.

[doggo]

Sounds a bit boring when you put it that way. Are we allowed to choose the jobs we take, or are we going to have to take window repair with bounty hunting?

[unweave]

If you don't take a job I offer, someone will. No skin off my nose.

[ That earns a laugh. ]

Cash is cash. The bigger the payout, the bigger the risk, though. I figure that's universal in our worlds — and this one.

[doggo]

Lucky for me that I like quite a lot of risk, then. I wouldn't have to supplement the bigger stuff with the mundane.

I'm Sirius Black. Definitely interested. Guard-work isn't much for me, and the other jobs offered have been even less my style.

[unweave]

Oh, looks like we both saw how shitty the job market here was.

[ Teasing. ]

I'll post jobs on the network for people who want to try the whole mercenary thing out. Can't promise a solid cashout or legitimacy, that's for you to figure out per job.

[doggo]

S'ppose it's not anyone's fault, really. There's a load of us that have just showed up. It's a wonder they had any jobs to offer at all. Even if they were uniformly terrible.

[So he's not disagreeing even if it might have started off sounding like disagreement.]

I think I can manage to determine legitimacy at least. Know a few tricks for getting at that sort of information.

[unweave]

Whatever you gotta do. I take no offense to it.

[ She wants to just get the jobs into people's hands. That's the bottom line. ]

Just know the coin given is final offer. You'll split it if you work in a group.

[doggo]

So work alone if I want to get properly rich. Got it.

[Not that he's actually interested in riches but it's nice to have gold.]

What is it that got you stabbed?

[unweave]

Bad choices while drunk.

[ UGH. ]