Destiny's Tears: Zykovian's Sidetrack

[Rystil Arden]

"Well, they just had a lot of pliable metals around that worked well as scrolls on their homeworld, I guess, rather than excess animals to skin or trees to cut down for paper."

(OOC: That's true. Though 1000 credits is not a shabby bounty at all. Even at the inflated Eldiz food price, that feeds you for an entire year (and that's assuming you don't get the 2000). And on the other hand, the Praetorian woman is simultaneously considered a much easier bounty than Alire and also less important. Mojiin killings, while concerning, are less concerning to the authorities than Alire's doings--heck, if it had been a Valsian killing the Mojiin instead of a Praetor, the bounty would have actually been lower: It's the Praetorians who are the main financiers )

 

[Keia]

"Ah yes, mineral rich worlds and all of that, I guess," Zykovian offered. Accepting the scrolls and stowing them in his pack, Zykovian looked around a bit, offering small talk for a bit.

OOC: Understood, considering that the bounties are usually placed after constablary and/or military forces failure to discover the criminal (meaning that the one's they're already paying can't do the job), used think that the benefits would be better. Then again, that 1,000 credits was already at least 100 credits less because of the fees involved for Zykovian (add to that the 225 credits he paid out in the hunt and he's not making enough on a dangerous and life-threatening mission to live off of (room and meals and upkeep).

Regardless, he's down to just under 5,100 credits again . . . making his buying power rather limited for any item . . . considering a +1 sword would be more than 4000 credits.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*After a bit more talk, Zykovian has the scrolls he needs. He can begin to study them on the ship, probably.*

(OOC: That's true, but what you will typically see is 'bounty bidding'. First they try to get it for free from the guards. If that fails, they put up a bounty. If bounty hunters can't bring back the bounty head for that price, the price will eventually rise until it hopefully catches the attention of someone who can do the job and hits the right level of pay for the risk involved or else gets too high for them to be willing to pay any more no matter what. They pay what it's worth to them, which may not be proportional to the actual danger at first until it rises up there over time. Then again, it isn't clear that Zykovian is even outmatched by this woman--when he caught her, she fled rather than staying to fight Certainly unless she is significantly more powerful than she has displayed so far, he would have no trouble if he brought some of the other characters along too.

As for purchases, he won't be able to pick up any big items yet, probably, although he's still doing pretty well for a 3rd-level character Certainly none of the others in the group, save the Mojiin who got a big loan from Zyk, were able to buy any new items yet )

 

[Keia]

*Zykovian will wander through the Ward stopping at familiar shops along the way. He is interested in getting a potion of universal solvent, then heading over to his associate in the Cleric's Ward to get a couple of potions of healing.*

OOC: Admittedly he's doing rather decent for a normal third . His expenses are higher than a normal third as well. I htink I need to take the Wealthy feat or something . If I had the full 10,000 credits that would have been better. As for trouble with the 'Praetorian', if Zykovian brought others along, many of them would expect to be compensated for their help, etc., netting him even less.

OOC2: In the main thread, is Lyveria staying with Zykovian or in her own room. Also, will Molpe ever divulge her clue about Zykovian's father and the mystery behind what happened (thought I would tickle that a bit )

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Faith Ward--Cleric's sounds too much like Clerk's )

*Zykovian is able to purchase the solvent and two healing potions for 330 credits.*

(OOC: He could always turn in Alire, and the two Mojiin didn't spend most of the cash, so he might get it back )

(OOC2: Lyveria is easy to please. She's fine either way. If they wanted to share a room, then they definitely should take one of the medium ones instead of the tiny two

As to Molpe, she has no reason to suspect that she has a clue as to Zykovian's mysterious past so far, particularly since Zykovian didn't mention the names to her, but also because she seems to have a terrible memory (or at least BS did). She left a poor impoverished family in the Labourer's Ward hanging after promising to visit them, for instance, and she forgot several other names that came up. Don't worry, though--more clues should come Zyk's way eventually )

 

[Keia]

OOC: Sorry for being away. I'm effectively computerless for the next couple of days and the last couple of days. New software here at work make it difficult to get on and my computer in the basement at home is quarantined due to a bee infestation in my Chimney (stranger than fiction I swear). Apparently a majot hive decided to take root in my chimney - the exterminator estimated between 10-14 thousand bees. They've been sprayed for today but the nest is completely blocking the chimney flue and the potential for carbon monoxide posioning is too high at the moment until that is all cleared away. Should be back to normal by Thursday at the latest. Sorry again.

*Tucking away the potions, Zykovian headed over to the business that held his lease for his flat . . . time to extend the lease . . . and perhaps arrange some security or a sublet for the short term.*

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Wow! That's un-bee-lievable )

*Zykovian reaches the business offices of the Enterprise Consortium, where he can work on extending the lease. The man behind the counter asks his name and then pulls out his files.*

"Ah, your lease expires today. Are you looking to renew it then?"

 

[Keia]

"Yes, I believe so, though I won't be residing in it for the next week or so," Zykovian offered. "I've signed on for a spelljamming crew though I expect stops back her for a bit every so often. Perhaps something smaller in the same area . . . or some other arrangement can be made. I've got an open mind on the subject."

OOC: Adding to everything else . . . a court supeona for my work and an order to get a report done - for a client that didn't pay . . . just great! Very busy!!! (like a bee - though they're all dead now, reportedly).

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Well, obviously yours is open right now, so we could have you pay right now and you could keep it and not worry about moving all your things. We don't have anything else open nearby right now, but I can give you a few dates when other people's leases expire so you could come back and see if you can snatch one of those--actually, if you don't renew yours by the end of the day, I have several people who are looking into it."

(OOC: Yikes!)

 

[Keia]

Zykovian smiled, it wasn't as if he didn't expect to hear that . . . it was salesmanship at the very least and the truth at the very most. "The odds of me being here on the specific days that other leases would be expected to be up would be remote," Zykovian offered. He pondered the comment of others being interested in his flat, and asked, "Would it be possible to share the flat with someone for the time being? I currently am the only one living in it and it is a lot of space for just one person . . . ."


OOC: Isn't it?