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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Systole" data-source="post: 6111353" data-attributes="member: 93930">"What j..." the young tiefling begins before transitioning smoothly into a smile.  "Why, yes.  Of course!  Through various channels, I heard about the amazing opportunity you were offering and decided to apply in person.  I was unfortunately detained, as you might have noticed, but I couldn't bear to miss the opportunity to show what I was capable of.  I do apologize for being so forward as to have come on board without an invitation, but I felt confident that I am the perfect candidate to fill the position you have to offer."The captain watches the dock slide farther away.  "Wind's picking up.  You've got maybe a minute and a half to decide whether to hire her or chuck  her overboard and throw her a float.  After that, the currents get iffy for swimmers."Uder seems thoroughly amused by the whole situation.  "I heard ye greet Captain Parsons as ye went by.  Ye know him well, do ye lass?  'Cause he couldn't stop talking about yer skills to the squire, here.  The captain went on and on about how it was a turrible shame ye didn't make it to the interview.  Hells, ye wouldn't believe some of the tales he had about ye.  The squire's eyes near bugged out of his head when he told that one about the ... well, you know."There's a look of terror brief enough that many might miss it, but the tiefling gets it under control almost immediately.  She smiles and nods.  "Well, Captain Parsons is a wonderful guardsman, but he does tend to stretch the truth a bit, I'm afraid.  Let me assure you that that was an isolated incident, and it only happened because circumstances required a decisive, uh, decision.  Also, I had nothing to do with the barrel of lard or the horde of shaved orangutans.  Those were completely out of my control.  So I hope you won't hold any of that against me."<img src="http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii513/pnthffr/phineas_150.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> <img src="http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii513/pnthffr/peet_150a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> <img src="http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii513/pnthffr/uder_150.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />. . Phineas Renlow . . . . . . . Peet (?) . . . . . . Uder Gormengeist .</blockquote>

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