Audience - Wiš'adel

[holyspirits]

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[holyspirits]

[ what a name. but they nod along because, well, fair. ]

Supply run. I missed the welcome wagon, but I'm guessing the guardians took care of it for you.

[sarkazm]

Depends on what you count as "taking care of it."

[says local woman who argued about eggs.]

Do you have a name, or not?

[holyspirits]

The Q&A and making nice introductions. That thing.

[ they plunk down a moscow mule for her. ]

It's Gabriel.

[sarkazm]

Making nice has never been my favorite.

[she takes a lil sip... and nods approvingly.]

Ooh, it's got a bite. Not bad.

[holyspirits]

Thought that might be more to your taste. [ nice. they are also making their own. ]

Let me guess. You're more of the "do things my way, looking out for number one" type?

[sarkazm]

Got it in one-- not that that's a hard one.

[she doesn't keep it secret whatsoever.]

I wouldn't have made much of a merc if I wasn't!

[holyspirits]

[ they are not stupid, they know what a merc is. ]

Well now that doesn't surprise me either. How long?

[sarkazm]

Lost track of how many years. Pretty much... ever since I picked a knife up?

[holyspirits]

What's the pay on something like that?

[sarkazm]

Enough to survive on-- and fund a couple personal projects of mine. Always write the costs of ammo into your contract, make anyone who screws you over live to regret it, and it's not a bad gig.

[holyspirits]

I'm not exactly a gunsman, so I'll take your word for it. Is your contract, like, indefinite then? Or are we talking multiple contracts for multiple clients?

[sarkazm]

Depends. I've hopped around to higher bidders often enough, buuut... the last one I was on, I figured I'd stick with for a while. No one gets me indefinitely unless I'm deciding when to call it off.

[holyspirits]

So what you're saying is you're actually your own boss, but people pay you anyway. That's... actually kind of smart. What about if it's a job you don't want to do?

[sarkazm]

I don't take it. And if they try to make that into a problem... well, we've been over what happens if anyone gets in the way.

[holyspirits]

Even if the pay's high enough? Something like that wouldn't be tempting?

[sarkazm]

Not if I don't feel like it. You can get around most orders if you try, anyway.

[holyspirits]

Huh. [ just. huh. ] Yeah, I don't think I have what it takes to be a merc. There're some offers you just have to take sometimes.

[sarkazm]

Then you just have to get good at getting what you want in other ways.

Don't get me wrong. I've had assignments I didn't like doing... but what they were paying me? That wasn't what I was getting out of it.

[holyspirits]

Oh? So... what was it? A trade? Information? [ a special third option called revenge? ]

[sarkazm]

A good shot at their leader.

[it's the third option.]

[holyspirits]

[ hah. ]

And how was your aim?

[sarkazm]

Point blank.

And the bitch still managed not to die.

[holyspirits]

Must've been a really strong leader. [ damn. ] So what'd you do?

[sarkazm]

At the time? Got blown through a few fucking walls. I can't believe she made it through that, it was one of my better bombs...

[holyspirits]

I'm going to stick with my original assessment and say I definitely wouldn't be able to do your job.