Mission: Rattle

[Kender Bard]

Pandora whistled as she and Darin came to the appointed house at the appointed time. "Swanky."

A servant had been set to wait for them and at their arrival, he fetched her mistress. She came out and smiled brightly at Darin, ignoring Pandora. "There you are! You're just in time. He's inside, waiting to meet you. I feel bad leaving him all alone, but we are going to be making a rather political visit in Talen'sul and it's hard to be diplomatic when he's around..."

Pandora just smirks, and figures that asshattery must run in the family.

[Devon]

Darin smiled at the noble woman and took look at her home. "Very nice place you have here." As she talked further about what she was going to do he got curious, "Well who exactly are you leaving behind while you go on your business? Have there been people coming after my client?"

[Kender Bard]

"Not so much, no, he's just very precious to us," the woman drawled.

Pandora narrowed her eyes a little. "Well, let's see him."

"This way!" the woman chirped, and went back inside, going up a flight of stairs. Pandora followed, and then stopped in her tracks as she found the room they were led to was.. a baby room.

A chubby little baby boy sat on the floor, playing with blocks.

[Devon]

Darin blinked slowly from behind Pandora as he took in the room and it's cargo. "I-" he started, but paused. "I'm going to be guarding your son? A child...this little baby boy." He didn't hate kids, but he wasn't used to being around them either.

[Kender Bard]

"Not my son," the woman said quickly. "My sister's. But yes, he is the darling of our family, so I wanted only the best."

Pandora muttered something about glorified babysitters under her breath.

[Devon]

Darin stares at the kid for a while before breaking down and just sighing in defeat. "So we just have to stay here and watch the kid for a week. Thats all there is to the job." It wasn't his usual sword swinging, fire blazing kind of job, but he was damn sure this would be an adventure all of its own.

[Kender Bard]

The woman nodded, smiling brightly. "Yes. His name is Sir William." She leaned over, fussing over her nephew who just cooed and giggled.

Pandora shook her head, but was smiling as she did so.

"We will give you half payment now and half upon our return, agreed?"

[Devon]

Darin smiled for the hell of it, he didn't want to show how uncomfortable he was with the job. "Sure thats fine. I'm sure me and Sir William will get along just fine."

[Kender Bard]

"Good!" The woman disappeared, coming back with a sack hefty with gold, which she handed over. "Here you are, that is your first half of payment." She gave William another little kiss on his head before leaving to join with her family.

Once she heard the door slam, Pandora burst out laughing, which caused the baby to look up with a startled expression.

[Devon]

Darin handed the bag of gold to Pandora and went to sit down in a chair in William's room. "I don't see whats so funny," he muttered as he watched the kid play around.

[Kender Bard]

Pandora dropped the sack near the door - they could always put it away later. This was their house for now. She flopped down on the floor near William and watched as the child looked at her owlishly. "Just that I bet you were hoping for something dangerous and exciting instead of domestic duty. I know you had to keep a straight face for the client, but just imagining what you were thinking..." She went into another fit of giggles.

[Devon]

Darin grumbled mostly because she was right. "Yeah she said I'd be protecting someone. I at least thought I'd be fighting some group of bandits or something. I've never really been around kids Pandora, but now we have to look out for this one for two weeks."

[Kender Bard]

"Kids can be nice," she commented, lying with surprising ease as the kid began to poke and prod at her, tried to touch one of her fangs. "Yeah they can be real brats, but I don't know.." She trailed off, blushing suddenly.

[Devon]

Darin watches Pandora for a moment as she interacted with William. "You like kids Pandora?" he asked.

[Kender Bard]

"I didn't used to," she admitted, sitting up before the inquisitive tyke could poke too much around her mouth and eyes. William gave a little whine of protest and went back to his blocks. "But I guess I've been looking at them in a new light the past couple years."