un: sweet lily of the hidden valley - handwritten

[bearshermark]

Haltham says we're going to need another 50,000 or 60,000 more coins for a smuggler, travel fees, rations, and papers, and because now there's more of us. They haven't figured out where we're heading after this or how long we'll be here. It's a little frustrating. I guess the regions of this world must have a lot of border security. He also said the weather is unusually bad for this time of year, so that makes things more difficult.

But I'm not going to be able to go into town much now that I have someone that stands out a lot following me around everywhere, so it'll be hard to make more money to put toward that fund. But I am going to make myself useful and help with everything that needs done around the farm. I think it's important to work together as much as we can, so if anyone could use an extra set of hands or two with anything, please let me know.

P.S. Don't mind Hendrik too much. He only looks intimidating.

-Eleven

Comments

un: silhouette among silk spreads

[foxable]

Oh - who's Hendrick? Does he need help blending in?

Stealth magic takes a lot more components, but--

Wait-

60,000 coins?? Like- are we talking like loonies here or like... gold...

Oh god that is so much money... oh god, maybe I am going to have to get a job...

[bearshermark]

Gold coins. It is a lot, though not as much as we've raised before. Still, we had goods to sell and..

[A bank heist]

Well, I'm not sure the same methods can be applied this time. You could probably make decent money thralling, though- or your version of it.

For Hendrik... he's a proud knight that took issue hiding himself beneath a cloak so I don't know that he'd take kindly to any sort of disguise. It would probably cost more than it's worth in components anyway. I appreciate the offer though.

[foxable]

A knight?

Like - are we talking like Sir Ian Mckellan or are we talking like Sir Galahad-actually-a-knight-in-armour knight? That's awesome??

And yeah, I've been wondering about the thralling, but um - I'm not really used to working publicly? Like, with you guys it's different, yeah? We're all stuck together regardless of what we want, so we're basically family, right? You don't get to choose your family. But working out in public is - ah - well it just gets more attention than I'd like.

[ A pause. ]

Though maybe I could work through someone here? Does the uh - what the fuck is his name - Mingyu told me - wait, no, he said he didn't have a name - does the Merchant listen in on this channel ever? Maybe I should message him. Or, um, you know, our host. The um, the Madam. Or whatever you call them... Is that rude? I can't tell if that's rude or not. What should I call her? Ma'am?

Anyway what I'm trying to say is that maybe I could like, do the actual enchanting, but someone who's actually from here could be, um, the front?

I feel like I'm in a mafia movie, I can't decide if this is awesome or terrible.

[bearshermark]

[He laughs, charmed. Fox sounds as uncomfortable as he'd been when he first arrived]

I wouldn't advise talking to Bloodbonnet- he's not likely to be helpful. Anyway, Haltham seems to take messages for him first, and I haven't heard back from him directly. I guess he decided to let his invisible actions speak for him. You can probably be sure he listens in sometimes.

I would volunteer to run for you- I'm pretty plain-looking on my own- but Hendrik is a really tall knight in actual armor and he won't let me go unaccompanied. You could probably find someone though.