Chapter 1 - New Horizons

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Apr 21, 2019 4:16 pm
Colin winces at the elbowing. "What? She did mention insurance, so it would not be out of the ordinary for an organisation to provide bonuses for single parents, and I do have a son to take care of," he says as he stares intently back at Kimberly.
Apr 22, 2019 1:28 am
"Ahem, yes any answers you can provide concerning our..... status would be most appreciated." Kimberly says attempting to move the conversation forward away from Colin's scam attempt.
Apr 22, 2019 4:51 pm
Ein fidgets as the hooded small, weird-looking human child is thrust in front of her. "H-h-ha. Um. No, we don't do anything for single parents - that's a personal decision. The insurance covers only jobs, it protects yourself and the guild in event of job failure so the worst case scenario is just not getting paid by the client. That said, any destruction of property or criminal activity is still a problem for you.." Ein keeps rambling about the insurance contract that the guild has, and it quickly becomes clear that the vast majority of it just keeps the guild clear of any wrongdoing -- even though she's doing the best she can to make it sound like it benefits the contractor too. Kimberly is not entirely sure about the laws in the nation, but it sounds awfully rudimentary. Very eye-for-an-eye approach.

"Ok, ok ok. I think we got what the insurance covers," says David as he holds up a hand to stop her verbal regurgitation. "Just tell us if we get different treatment based off our job and levels."

"Oh! Yes, of course! Merchant guild law 24a stipulates that any individual over ten levels in a mercantile-facing position or over fifteen levels in a more... physical job is to be ranked as a Journeyman! You get all sorts of neat benefits, such as..." Ein continues to barf out words. As you parse through her information deluge, you come to understand that any merchant-sounding classes or magical classes such as [Accountant], [Diplomat], or [Mage] can join the guild as a Journeyman at level 10 whereas more combat-oriented classes get Journeyman at Level 15.

The merchant guild ranks are loosely:
- Apprentice (you would start here. Probably 70% of people in the guild are here)
- Journeyman (20% of the guild)
- Artisan (10% of the guild)
- Master (Just one hundred people)
- Guild Leader (Just five people)

"You folks would start as Apprentices unless one of you are of a more advanced level?" she asks the group with a questioning look.
Apr 22, 2019 6:06 pm
Vincent rejoined the others, "Found some jobs for an apprentice warrior, one like the one we came in on, the other as a bouncer." Vincent shrugged, "Bouncer at the blushing drake bar, I guess I won't be falling for the dancers there."
Apr 22, 2019 6:27 pm
OOC:
Sorry bit confused, the original post when we discovered our classes on like page 4 has Kimberly as an "apprentice" class. Is that correct or is she supposed to be a [mage] at apprentice level?
Apr 23, 2019 12:21 am
OOC:

@ Kimberly - correct! Kimberly is an [Apprentice] class. Bit a of a spoiler-ish, but classes aren't set - they can morph and chance, so the [Apprentice] class can become the [Mage] class or [Warrior] could become [CHampion] or [Berskerer] for example!

Apr 23, 2019 1:09 pm
"We’re all in a bit of an odd situation and are all just getting started. Well there’s no more beating around the bush for me, how do I fill the vial?" Kimberly asks as her stomach growls.
Apr 23, 2019 6:51 pm
"All right, you have convinced me, I will sign up," Colin says, "Could you show us how much blood do you need and the best way to fill it?" he asks offering Ein his vial.
[ +- ] Colin's Application Form
OOC:
I wrote some info that Colin would write in his application to give an idea of what truthfull info he would actually provide (which is just his name and race, and rank, mainly because it would be too hard to convince the Guild that he is of higher level.)
Apr 25, 2019 7:41 pm
"Just take this vial here and get it to me by the end of today," says Ein handing a vial over to each of the party members. She shortly hands over a small razor.

Eun looks at the razor dubiously before poking herself on her pinky, dripping a few drops of blood into the offered vial. Once the vial had just a pinky's worth of blood, Ein stops her saying, "That's enough!" David copies her and does the same.
OOC:

Assuming you guys complete the form, fill the vial, or take the vial to be filled later.
Once Ein takes in the forms, she does a cursory glance over them before offering a quick nod. "Everything looks to be in order. I'll send this up the line. In the meantime, pick out any contract that catches your eye."
OOC:
Going back to whatever contracts you mentioned before -- are you guys looking to take on a contract as a group or individually? I can go either way.
Eun stands up first and steps over to the contract board, where she pulls a sheet of parchment. Holding it up, it says: Library Assistant - Miscreants moving scrolls and books out of order. Help reorganizing needed.. "This might be a good start? Books could be a useful way to learn more about.... everything within bothering people too much."

David nods and then says, "Court scribe could be useful too. Whatever language this is, it seems like they write the same as us so I could do that too."

Littered on the board are a number of contracts, such as:
- Adventure's Guild Scheduler
- Lombard Banking - Buying/Selling curiosities
- Post Office - Mail Organizing
- Various caravan guard roles

There's a few stranger requests too:
- Willing test subject needed for completely legitimate (and safe!!!!) magical experiments
- Single Drake looking for girlfriend
- Double your money with this one trick that [Merchants] don't want you to know!
OOC:

Colin would remember that "marketing" didn't seem to be a thing in the marketplace, as everybody had stands and stalls that looked largely the same.
Apr 25, 2019 7:51 pm
Vincent takes down the magical experiment one.

"Hmmm that looks promising."
Apr 25, 2019 11:24 pm
Looking over what Vincent points out Kimberly hesitates and says "Vince, I don't think that's a good idea. That seems unpredictable. I think we need to go to Lombard Banking before we split, get some money, split it and those that want to go their own way can."

"Then I'll come back and get one of these other jobs, as long as I can keep Vince from getting himself killed." She thinks to herself. "Not that I'd really care, but any familiarity in this world is worth something." The last sentence echos in her mind, as if it wasn't quite what she meant but a practiced response.

"Colin, perhaps you can take a look at this world's first get rich quick scheme? Seems to be up your alley." She offers with a smirk.
Apr 26, 2019 4:09 pm
"Ah, you wound me," Colin says overdramatically as he puts his hand on his chest. "I was merely asking for a beter deal and you assume that I, Colin the Stone, would stoop to the level of the most basic and obvious scamming scheme!" he continues, "I thought better of you and didn't offer you to date a lonely drake. He might've even liked you and it would be by far the easiest job to perform. But I thought 'No, she is better than that', apparently, I was wrong." He shakes his head disappointingly.

And then, suddenly, he drops the dramatic act, "I will check it out though," he says in his normal manner, "But only after we will meet our friend Reggadrof Yenom at the Lombard Banking and see if he indeed has a job offering for us." He leans closer to Kimberly and whispers to her, "Let's not announce to everyone that we are going to get some money, you never know who is listening, woudn't want to get robbed right after we get our coin."
Apr 26, 2019 4:34 pm
"Hmmm it said it was safe and legitimate but sure. I will go with you all to the bank first. I was just thinking what if it was like that Captain America Experiment, I might be able to help you all out more if I was like that."

He follows the others bringing the vial along.
May 1, 2019 1:35 am
OOC:
With that it seems like we've moved on to the bank?

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You can also add Dice highlighting rules by adding (this particular rule will highlight nat 1s and nat 20s)

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