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<blockquote data-quote="Gray Shade" data-source="post: 2645527" data-attributes="member: 32340"><p><strong>A Proposal for a Delve</strong></p><p></p><p>With a nod, I sprinkled dust over any wet ink on the page to dry it and, once dry, rolled it up and put the rest of my utensils away.</p><p></p><p>The 'gentleman' as my good liege called him gave me a most discourteous look, which it was my pleasure to return blankly, as my station dictates. He then seemed at a quandary. Blatantly and publicly shamed and just as blatantly unused to such treatment. His views and attire, however unsuitable to my master's tastes, were obviously points of pride at whatever court he was used to entreating.</p><p></p><p>Finally, though, he sat. As he made himself comfortable, I poured him a tumbler of brandy to warm him. He took it without courteous acknowledgement. He did not look at me again through the conversation, and instead focused on Dongle's eyes. <span style="color: sienna">"Mmm,"</span> he grumbled deep in his throat as if still hesititant. But then spilled forth his story in his gritty and mucus-drenched tone, <span style="color: sienna">"Call it what you will, but I have a dungeon that is in need of clearing. I have recently purchased a keep of considerable age. Along with this keep comes, of course, the sublayers and typical secret passages and what-nots with which you are so familiar. I have already ordered twenty of my men to clear it, but none have been so competent or honorable to return alive. Return some of them have, but only as the walking dead. In any case, it both grieves me and relieves me to come to you with this problem. Relieves me because of your reputation, which all but guarantees your success in emptying the dungeon, but grieves me because of the cost I am sure you will ask. I will be blunt: I want everything living in that dungeon dead and everything already dead destroyed. I want every trap, device and curse disabled, removed, and dispelled. Once this is done, our dealings will be at an end and we will no longer need to humor one another's disagreeable dispositions.</span></p><p><span style="color: sienna"></span></p><p><span style="color: sienna">"All loot, as I understand is par for the job, will be yours to keep as payment. However, you are NOT to move to any of the upper levels of the keep. These I have already explored and they are quite acceptable to me as is. I presume I will not have to repeat this order.</span></p><p><span style="color: sienna"></span></p><p><span style="color: sienna">"I can and will provide all the information I have on the dungeon to facilitate your swift and total success. If you require further payment, mention it now, as I will not be held to any after-the-affair demands."</span> He then drank the brandy in one sharp flip of the wrist. The amber leaked on the corner of his mouth and as I reached for a napkin, he wiped at it with the back of his arm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gray Shade, post: 2645527, member: 32340"] [b]A Proposal for a Delve[/b] With a nod, I sprinkled dust over any wet ink on the page to dry it and, once dry, rolled it up and put the rest of my utensils away. The 'gentleman' as my good liege called him gave me a most discourteous look, which it was my pleasure to return blankly, as my station dictates. He then seemed at a quandary. Blatantly and publicly shamed and just as blatantly unused to such treatment. His views and attire, however unsuitable to my master's tastes, were obviously points of pride at whatever court he was used to entreating. Finally, though, he sat. As he made himself comfortable, I poured him a tumbler of brandy to warm him. He took it without courteous acknowledgement. He did not look at me again through the conversation, and instead focused on Dongle's eyes. [color=sienna]"Mmm,"[/color] he grumbled deep in his throat as if still hesititant. But then spilled forth his story in his gritty and mucus-drenched tone, [color=sienna]"Call it what you will, but I have a dungeon that is in need of clearing. I have recently purchased a keep of considerable age. Along with this keep comes, of course, the sublayers and typical secret passages and what-nots with which you are so familiar. I have already ordered twenty of my men to clear it, but none have been so competent or honorable to return alive. Return some of them have, but only as the walking dead. In any case, it both grieves me and relieves me to come to you with this problem. Relieves me because of your reputation, which all but guarantees your success in emptying the dungeon, but grieves me because of the cost I am sure you will ask. I will be blunt: I want everything living in that dungeon dead and everything already dead destroyed. I want every trap, device and curse disabled, removed, and dispelled. Once this is done, our dealings will be at an end and we will no longer need to humor one another's disagreeable dispositions. "All loot, as I understand is par for the job, will be yours to keep as payment. However, you are NOT to move to any of the upper levels of the keep. These I have already explored and they are quite acceptable to me as is. I presume I will not have to repeat this order. "I can and will provide all the information I have on the dungeon to facilitate your swift and total success. If you require further payment, mention it now, as I will not be held to any after-the-affair demands."[/color] He then drank the brandy in one sharp flip of the wrist. The amber leaked on the corner of his mouth and as I reached for a napkin, he wiped at it with the back of his arm. [/QUOTE]
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