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[unweave]

Been a little quiet lately. Like the calm before one big shitstorm. With Wyver and Olympia only playing nice in public, anyone who went to the gala can attest there's still bad blood.

Maybe it's pettiness — politicians tend to be like that.

But, I'm not here to recycle the same shit everyone else is saying. So, I'll be blunt: don't get enchanted with either of them. Use 'em like they use their citizens, stay safe and adjust as much as you can — but getting starry-eyed over your new "home" could get you on the wrong side of conflict.

If you're looking to make cash and toe the morally gray line as much as possible, hit me up. I'm the one responsible for wasting parchment paper for all those jobs in the cities.

Name's Aranea. When you're ready to get off your ass and work, I'm always looking for capable hands.

[ The one in which Aranea puts a recruitment text out, I guess? ]

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[unweave]

[ I WAS HOPING MY WITTINESS WOULD COME BACK AND BITE ME BC OF TECHNICALITIES. Aranea's face scrunches up. ]

Call it whatever you want, it's just a damn color. The only one that matters is red — either a job well done or when you should call it quits.

Shady criminals the royal guards either ignore or don't have time for, sure. I have a few of those.

[centurian]

blood doesn't just come in red, you know.

[ is he trying to be a loser? no. is it something that comes natural to him...

...kinda. ]

see, now we're talking. if you go through the "official" channels, usually you'll find about half the people working there are corrupt or useless.

[ look. he has Feelings about law enforcement. being an ex-cop and all that. ]

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My bad, I'll check my blood privilege.

[ GOD. THIS IS THE WORST. ]

That's how it always is. Thinks "slip through the cracks" and I'm here to make sure they don't get ignored.

You proficient in anything special?

[centurian]

[ he's about to type that it has nothing to do with privilege one way or another, but for perhaps the first time in this conversation, decides to not take the foot-in-face (that was the human saying, right) option. ]

i can get behind that.

sniping's what i'm best at.

[ he'll wait to really brag until he gets an opening. ]

i hate this

[unweave]

Oh, good. Means you hopefully won't miss the broadside of a barn.

Or bear, in this case.

You available this week for some hunting?

im so sorry for him

[centurian]

not even close.

[ he has no idea how big a bear is, but that doesn't really matter. he trusts his aim. ]

why not? i managed to get my rifle last month, so it'll be like shooting a barrel of fish.

[ that was totally the saying he heard James use back home. ]

are you

[unweave]

Then I expect 3 dead bears East of Murkwell Hollow. Job pays 260 Silver. Locals said they're nocturnal and have been slaughtering their livestock. Problem is, the guards haven't sent their extermination crew out for weeks.

You can see where I'm going with this.

well now i am for vanishing for a while

[centurian]

i'm going to take a wild guess and say you don't want me to lure them away with placid music.

[ don't worry, he's good at this. ]

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[unweave]

Nah. No romantic mixtape to get them in the mood. Think I'd pay as well as I do for that type of shit?

[centurian]

depends on what you're into, doesn't it?

but don't worry. as humans like to say, it'll be like "shooting a fish full of barrels.

[ that was the saying Vega used, wasn't it? ]

[unweave]

That's not

Okay we'll go with that.


Shoot all the fish barrels, so long as the job is done.