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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jon Potter" data-source="post: 1248419" data-attributes="member: 2323">[PLAIN][Drealond #6] The Price of Doing Business[/PLAIN]This man was clearly not someone that Draelond would have been keen on entering into business negotiations with under almost any circumstances. But his options were drastically limited. He knew so little about the ground on which he stood, he clearly needed assistance of some sort... He was, however, very wary of the price the curious stranger would seek for his guidance."Your help is very clearly the kind of help I need, and perhaps the only help I may find, but allow me to clear my concerns if you will," Draelond said to the bounty hunter. "If you are so willing to break your contract with those that have sent you after me, how will I know that you will honor your word to me? What assurance do I have that you are not leading me directly into their clutches?"He realized even as he heard the words leaving his own mouth that he was not in a strong bargaining position. He knew he would have to take the offer, and he needed the answer to the ultimate question. Before the stranger could answer any of his questions, he added, "I must know, what currency do you require in return for your services?"The bounty hunter laughed again and waved his hand dismissively. "And just what currency do you think you've got to offer, warrior?" he asked. "You're dead! You've got no currency to tempt me with. Leastwise nothing that I want."Draelond squinted at him and the man gave another little dismissive wave. "Oh, lighten up, warrior. All I mean is that as an unclaimed soul you are your own currency, but I don't like doing business with the creatures that deal in such tender.""So why are you helping me?" Draelond asked and the man sighed."I'm helping my friends in the Brotherhood; you just happen to be benefiting from the situation," the bounty hunter said. "They asked me to bring back a willing soul - one who wasn't destined for the Lower Planes. That's not as easy a task as you'd think; unlike you, most of those want to go on to their eternal reward.""You're in the right place at the right time, warrior," the man went on. "But I'm not forcing you to go back with me. I'll be happy to take you to the Cyois-ghalfung grove and collect my bounty. There are always other souls and one of them is bound to want to return to the Prime. Of course, I'd be real surprised if the druids wanted you to return to the mortal coil, so you might want to consider that before you make your decision.""And speaking of which," the bounty hunter concluded. "What's it going to be? I don't like hanging around Purgatorium in one spot for too long. It invites all the wrong kind of attention. So give me your answer, one way or the other, and we'll get moving."</blockquote>

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