Gutelos examined the contents of his purse while idly pulling out a small piece of lettuce and prodding Zoomy, the pale green slug, with it.
Come on yer bugger, eat it up, then yer'll grow big an' strong an' fast, he said to his protege.
It's lookin' like I might be joinin' yer in yer lettucey treat if we don't get some money comin' in soon. Gutelos sighs and gets to his feet, and looks around.
There's nowt miuch goin' on round 'ere. Let's 'ave a look down by t'docks, shall we? He scoops up Zoomy and sticks him back in his purse (the same one as the coins - Zoomy seems to like the metallic clink, though shopkeepers don't always like the stickiness of his coins) and heads over to the seashore.
As a rule, Gutelos isn't that fond of the open water - while a necessity for drinking, in the mines a lot of water all at once signified danger and death, especially when it was rushing through the tunnels, destroying miner and equipment both, but he'd heard that there was some work to be found here. He'd then found a hoary old sailor willing to take him on, at least as far as some encampment or other, and pay him too! Of course, he'd have to crawl in the bowels of the ship after rats, but there's worse work. Probably.
Coming up on deck for a breath of "fresh" air - as fresh as it gets here by the docks, anyway - he sees a small group of likely looking types - you can see they're accustomed to adventure and whatever the fates throw at them, not least because they aren't covered in tattoos, with three teeth amongst them, and with at least one limb missing each, proving themselves not to be sailors. Though Gutelos does admit that he may be over-identifying sailors with their stereotypes. Taking a chance, he waves down at the group.
A'right chucks, don't suppose yer know of anyone 'irin' some itinerant wotsits on the other end o' this voyage, eh? he asks the most likely looking amenable fellow, a young human with the air of the Tower about him.
">OOC: Hi Moyreau, hope you don't mind me joing you! Also, Psybermagi, do we get chance to spend our few ill-gotten gains too? Could do with a few bits and pieces, like some trapping tools for one thing.
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