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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KenHood" data-source="post: 4702656" data-attributes="member: 4413">"I can't even count how many things are wrong with your statement.""No. Actually, I can count them, but I don't want to do so.""First, you weren't at the original meeting with the client, so how could you know what was said?" "Second, at the original meeting, our client stated that she hoped for our discretion, which is not same thing as requiring discretion.""Third, burning houses down does not raise questions like, 'Who is your client?' It raises questions like 'Where is the fire brigade?' or 'Do you have any marshmallows?'""Fourth, you're working for Doddoddod. We never get bonuses. EVER. (Other than the bonuses we provide for ourselves.)""Fifth, if something bad happens, it reflects on Doddoddod, not us. Furthermore, he's such a nutcase about his 'reputation' that he pays through the nose to sweep anything unpleasant under rug--like that time Woe bedded the daughter, wife, and sister of the ambassador of the Kingdom of Jade, at the same time, while visiting Doddoddod for a divination about how faithful his wife was! Did you see that one in the papers? Nope!""Sixth, when people hire mercenaries, they don't hire 'nice' mercenaries. They hire bad-***, burn-down-the-village-and-loot-the-church hardcases that don't blink an eye at drowning cats and chopping down schoolhouses.""Seventh... Dude. Dude! DUUUUUUDE! You're working for Doddoddod! We could walk back right now and say that we never found Arnest--or better yet, chop the finger off some hobo and say that it used to belong to Arnest, but 'So sorry! He's dead now!' and the old fart would harumph, mumble something about a good job, and go eat a gallon of iced cream sprinkled with pixie dust. If we fail, he just sees us as a bunch of 'fixer-uppers' anyway and will only give us second-, third-, and fourth-chances to help our self-esteem."Palindrome looks down at his hand. Oddly enough, it has seven fingers."Hmm. I guess I did count them.""Look, Atrocious, I can only surmise that you were hired to keep an eye on me, as was almost everyone else in this party in one form or another, at one time or another." "Heck, I even drafted the note that Dudduddud uses to hire the people to keep an eye on me! (It was probably the version that mentioned his foul-mouthed apprentice and humble mode of dress or some such. I was the one that SUGGESTED that line because he was too blasted lazy to come up with one himself!)""But they realized--as I'm sure you eventually will--that they've got a pretty good gig, where they don't have to do much of anything, have next to no serious responsibilities or accountability, and can (literally) get away with murder. So, sit back, man. Enjoy the ride. It don't get no better than this."</blockquote>

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