Session Start: Wed Dec 01 18:01:49 2010
Session Ident: #TLI-town
Session Close: Wed Dec 01 23:49:05 2010
With the Boatwerks up and running, Kain pushed the laborers late into the night, arranging what light and warmth he could without putting all the idle timber at risk. In the midst of it he spied two striking figures waiting outside the tiny and temporary shack of an office he'd set up...06[19:10] < more > I suppose it didn't occur to you that your cozy little fire might be better placed than in the shadow of a six-ton pile of dried fucking tinder..?!" Rose an angry voice above the low drone of a hundred hammers rapping. "Get him out of my sight. Throw him off the docks... chop him up and eat him... do whatever it is you do. Don't let me see him on my Yard again." And as the young man was dragged < next >
01[19:10] <+Kain-BW> < more > off begging and crying, taking the Torian a little too seriously perhaps, Kain would whirl and make his way back up the beach.. toward the neat little one room hut that served as his office for now. He'd blink to see the two unfamiliar figures standing outside of it, Zeph and Alejandra... steel gray gaze roaming them with swift impatience, "Are you with the Imperial Guard, then?"
06[19:15] * +Zeph truned his head slightly then as he heard some yelling going on. He pondered what it was all about, though as he was starting to head off in the direction of the shouting he would have his gaze shifted towards Kain then. He recalled the Torian from the shop the other day, the man being a necromancer. He chuckled lightly at what was asked of him. "No, i was actually someone that was
06[19:15] * +Zeph looking for a job." He gave a quick smile then as he spoke. Giving a glance towards Alejandra then, but he would shift his gaze back towards Kain. "As it seems that you have gotten rid of one worker already."
06[19:17] * +Alejandra notices the teo, then hears one question, simple answer, "not a guard of anything." hears zeph then adds "what he said." shrugs a bit before standing there curious o what spots were open first.
06[19:25] * +Kain-BW He'd frown at their answers, though his impatience would fade a touch... the chance at snaring more skilled laborers something he couldn't just dismiss outright. "Well theres some good news. I've been expecting a liaison from the IG, but I've not been looking forward too it... reassuring armored apes who've never even been out on the water that their boats are going to float..." and he'd give < next >
01[19:25] <+Kain-BW> < more > his head a shake, pressing past the pair to the door of that small shack and stepping inside. "Theres just the one chair, you'll have to fight over it." said simply as he leaned over the single table, examining the detailed blueprint laid out across it. "If you want that idiots job, you've got it, though the pay is fifty coppers a day... I somehow think you'd rather leave that sort of thing to < next >
01[19:25] <+Kain-BW> < more > the peasantry, no...?" asked as he'd take up a stick of chalk, scribble down a few calculations in the margin of that massive vellum design. "So.. what < more >
01[19:26] <+Kain-BW> what can you do?"
06[19:30] * +Alejandra trails into the shack office, one chair she didn't need. she would stand and listen as Kain spoke. "does enchanted cannon balls sound fun.. or perhaps a basic clerk. seems the torian woman at the magic shop insists i have a babysitter, one that wants to call my work worthless and would rather i call to him like a daddy. so.. on that note, i think a job away from that bullshit would
06[19:30] * +Alejandra be better." bluntly stated that she doesn't care for working at a magic shop anymore. willing to learn new skills.
06[19:33] * +Zeph chuckles a bit then as he listens to what Kain says about the Imperial Guards. Funny that such talks twice this night would lead to his feeling of them being the same. Turning then to follow the Torian into the small office. "There is a wall to lean on. The young lady can have the chair." Stepping into the office then and finding the closest wall to rest against. Shoulder coming in
06[19:33] * +Zeph contact with the wall, only to kick one foot slightly so that his ankles would cross, as he brought his arms to cross over his chest. "No, fifty copper a day, does not even come close to filling any of my coin pouches." He sucked in a deep breath, as he was looking for something that did pay a bit more. But as he heard what he could do, he gave a pause a moment then started speaking. "I am
06[19:33] * +Zeph a Master carpenter, Master Mithrilsmith, Master Metal worker. I can add and subtract rather easily. I also know how to build wagons, though i doubt that is something that you are looking for." He lofted a brow then as he listened to Alejandra about her working at the SS, as he had not had any problems such as that since he started.
06[19:42] * +Kain-BW He'd blink at Alejandra, eyes narrowing on her uncertainly... who's balls did she intend to enchant..? Perhaps he'd simply misheard. "Personal troubles with past employers isn't exactly an applicable skill... and a clerk might be helpful, but isn't something I need at the moment. There may come a time when paperwork gains a foothold here, but for now this place builds Ships, and that is < next >
01[19:42] <+Kain-BW> < more > all. Have you any other skills? Experience at sea, or in logistics?" He'd look back to Zeph then, nodding. "You I can certainly use. Have you ever built a house?" strange question, as the Torian dusted the chalk off of his hands. < end >
06[19:45] * +Alejandra hears the verdict "that answers that. thanks for your time though." and steps out of the office. all she currently knew was enchanting. any luck of learning anything new was looking downright slim to none. another night at the magic shop and the crap there.
06[19:46] * +Zeph listens then as he looked over to Alejandra, hearing that what she had asked for there perhaps was no postion for her. Though as he caught Kain looking back towards him, out of the corner of his eye he then shifted his attention over to the Torian. "Yes, i have. Been a few years, but it's not something that you forget all to easily." Rolling his shoulder slightly, as he would shift
06[19:46] * +Zeph the way he was standing a bit. "Though if you do hire me, it will only be able to be part time. As i work at The Works and well you seen me at the SS the other day. So, i am not wanting to spread myself too thin for the time."
06[19:54] * +Dalahlaleeah Booted feet crunched over the frozen ground, picking their way over icy patches as the tiny sylvan headed for the docks and where she fully expected Kain to be. At least it was somewhat close to the tower, meant she didn’t have as far to walk - and made getting the dinner packed into the basket easier to get to him still hot. Of course, figuring out exactly where he was, well that
06[19:54] * +Dalahlaleeah was a bit harder. It had her steps slowing down, eyes shifting around before taking the easy way out, a soft whisper given while fingers moved through the familiar motions to cast the spell, words carried swiftly to his ear. ‘I have dinner for you A`maelamin.’
06[19:57] * +Kain-BW He'd blink, head tilting to one side as Alejandra turned to leave the little office, before shoulders would shrug and he'd rasp "I suppose it does." in answer as the door closed behind her. "Girl gives up easy. Too bad, that." He'd mumble, before going about the task of carefully rolling up that blueprint... revealing that there was another beneath it. "The only permanent position I need < next >
01[19:57] <+Kain-BW> < more > filled is a part-time job as my assistant, to fill in for me as Overseer when I'm otherwise engaged. This requires that you know a fair deal about every job being done on the yard, to the point that you could do it yourself, if necessary. It is my, and thus would be your job to make sure construction goes as smoothly, and as swiftly as possible. This is something both you and I must consider. If < next >
01[19:57] <+Kain-BW> < more > that seems too much responsibility, I have a dire need of freelance carpenters." Hearing Dalah's voice, he'd take up that rolled blueprint and leave that l < more >
03[19:57] * +Alejandra (
joniekinca@4b09f05a.dsl.peoril.3e6fd2e2.net.hmsk) has left #TLI-town
01[19:58] <+Kain-BW> little office once more, "Walk with me." he'd urge, before he'd start toward the entrance to the shipyard.
06[20:02] * +Zeph looked over his shoulder for a bit as he seen the Torian woman walking away. Nodding then, "Yes, it seems that she does." His attention was then shifted back towards Kain as he would listen to him for the time. Musing over what had been said about the job, he had been in postions where before he had run a few thing. "That does not sound like too much responsibility. And i do think
06[20:02] * +Zeph that i would be able to do the job. Though if needed, i could do some carpentry work. I have no problems with working on nearly anything that needs help with." Nodding then, "Of course." Pushing up from the wall then, as he would find both his feet firmly upon the ground and walking off a few pins and needles in the one that had been pressing against the others ankle. As his foot had fallen
06[20:02] * +Zeph asleep for slightly, and there was need of walking as it was.
+Kain-BW Just as a few idle workers had begun to toss her lurid glances they were forced to scatter by the approach of the Torian, advancing from that odd little office-shack, resembling a roomy outhouse really, with Zeph at his side. "It's not a decision I want to rush, something I'm sure you understand... but then I have five warships to build, and have every intention of seeing at least three of < next >
01[20:13] <+Kain-BW> < more > them floating in that harbor by the time the winter holidays have finished, and thus can't wait too long. Try a bit of freelance work for now. I'll allow a few more applicants in the mean-time. If you outqualify whoever turns up, which is quite likely, the job is yours." a smile offered Dalah to see her there not a few yards away now, the softest wink tossed her way. "How does that < next >
01[20:13] <+Kain-BW> < more > sound?" < end >
+Dalahlaleeah Those glances from workers were not missed but were more or less ignored, she wasn’t too worried about looks from others, nor was she worried about whether she was safe or not. If it was something she could not handle, she knew well that it was something Kain could handle. The shift her eyes off the work being done and the scurry of workers suddenly possessed with the need to look
06[20:18] * +Dalahlaleeah busy had her gaze settling onto the approaching form of the torian, that wink drawing a lopsided smile to those lush lips. A dart of her eyes towards the man with him, memory sparking of that man in the General Store picking out animals. The monkey squirmed around the back of her neck to the other shoulder, head popping out once more to let out another burst of chattering. Feet moved then,
06[20:18] * +Dalahlaleeah heading down the somewhat clear path towards the two men, heavy cloak flaring out around slender leather clad legs.
06[20:19] * +Zeph had thought the officed could have used a bit of work. Perhaps that was something that he could tend to when he would get something of a few bits of free time. Though that was something that was thought about offhandedly. Glancing at the worker for the time, as he would see what they were doing, and how they were doing it. Knowing such skills and having been able to prefect them over
06[20:19] * +Zeph the last twenty years of his life, he did know a thing or two about building things. "Oh, no i can understand that completely. And yes, i would not want you to hire me right away and perhaps someone else come in and they are better qualified than me. That will also give some time to talk with my boss at the Works, and perhaps lower some hours down there." Glancing over to noticed that Dal
06[20:19] * +Zeph was there, though he would turn his gaze back towards Kain. "Just point me in the direction of what you need done in the meantime, and will gather my tools from my home and be here tomorrow."
+Kain-BW He'd nod firmly at that, a smirk touching his lips. "Very well. I am Kain, if I had not already said it. How are you known in the Empire?" strange way to ask for a persons name, though the Torian had his reasons as he offered the man a black gloved hand... delayed in giving him that first asignment only by this one last formality. A glance to Dalah as she approached, gaze roaming to where < next >
01[20:24] <+Kain-BW> < more > her cloak parted around legs trapped up in leather, "Lo', love." offered in a low murmur of greeting. < end >
06[20:30] * +Zeph cants his head to the side as he listened to the man a moment. "No, you have not stated it. But i have heard of you before. Your night of the undead at the inn to be exact. I am Zeph. How am i known?" He mused over the question for a few moments on how to respond to the question. "I am known pretty well. Perhaps not by alot of the younger folks here in town. Are you looking for specific
06[20:30] * +Zeph references?" Curious of the question in it's entirety, as he wondered why it had been asked. A nod would be given to the woman that Kain was now talking to.
06[20:41] * +Kain-BW A little surprising to hear the man knew of him, wondering exactly which 'night of the undead' to which he was refering, as many of his nights there could be called such. He'd shake his head in answer to the man's question, "No, nothing specific. Just the name Nanthalion knows you by is fine." said as his hand slipped out of the mans, and found itself captured up in Dalah's gentle grip < next >
01[20:41] <+Kain-BW> < more > beside him. He was lifting the other between himself and Zeph then, holding that rolled vellum schematic out to him. "This is a partial diagram of an Imperial Dragonship, part of the new line we're producing for the empire. You can see two of them being built over there." And he'd point over the mans shoulder to the scant skeletons of ships in their earliest stages. "They're long ships, and I < next >
01[20:41] <+Kain-BW> < more > need a balustrade for each, finely carved and stable. Work at your own pace... whatever you bring me you'll be more than fairly compensated for. Just bear in mind I'll be needing these designs back eventually... and if you make any effort to copy them or sell them to a foreign nation, the Empire will execute you, quiet and quick. 'National Security' and all that."
Full fathom five thy father lies; of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, but doth suffer a sea- change into something rich and strange. Sea-Nymphs hourly ring his knell: Ding-dong, Hark! Now I hear them, - Ding-dong, Bell.