Re: Hi-didly-ho neighboreenos!|Sensatia

[Kender Bard]

Pandora escorted her boys along with her husband to the Beyer residence. "You two boys behave yourselves."

"We've got some toys there from last time to play with," Seth said. Though those toys would probably lose their interest in a very short matter of time.

Pandora rolled her eyes. "Ven will be watching you." She held out her arm towards Seth, letting her serpent companion slither down her arm and rest around the boy's neck carefully. Her informant in place, she knocked at the door.

Sashi answered, smiling happily when she saw the family. "Hello everyone! Come on in." She opened the door wider. "How are you all doing?"

[Devon]

Sawyer smirked and looked to his brother. "We always behave mom," he said gently touching Ven's head.

"Of course you do, and I'm the King of Caelium," Darin said, rubbing his sons on their heads. Looking to the door he smiled and winked to Sashi. "Hey there, we're doing good. Where is that husband of yours?"

[Kender Bard]

"He's inside, cleaning up Kaisila from her meal," Sashi chuckled.

Seth waved to Sashi before heading off to another part of the house. He'd been over enough times to know where the best places to play out of sight were.

"What brings you all over?" Sashi asked curiously. "And do you want anything to eat or drink?"

[Devon]

Sawyer waved as well and ran off behind his brother to play.

"A drink would be nice," Darin answered. "Pandora and I came over to talk if you and Lukas don't mind that is."

[Kender Bard]

"No, I don't mind at all," Sashi replied. She disappeared into the kitchen, emerging with two glasses of wine, handing one to each of them and with Lukas coming behind him. She took a seat and gestured that the pair do the same. "Now what was it you wanted to talk about?"

[Devon]

Darin took the wine graciously and glanced at Pandora, unsure at how to start this exactly. "When you first moved here, my wife and I being the honestly nosy people we are...we did a little checking around to learn more about you. So I made a trip to Ilyamen and got in touch with some old guard friends of mine."

Darin glanced at his wife again. "You have the more delicate tongue...you tell it."

[Kender Bard]

Sashi remained quiet, listening and growing wary.

"We heard rumors," Pandora said, trying to be as tactful as possible. "Your abrupt leave was quite a mystery and there was a number of suggested reasons. We heard tale that you two were hunted and so fled to Sensatia."

Sashi was very tense. "You shouldn't have pried," she said in a low, soft voice; not threatening but not happy either.

[Devon]

Darin sighed and placed his drink down in front of him. "I know and for that I'm sorry, but as I said Pandora and I can be nosy. We used to be mercenaries, after I quit the Ilyamen guard I took a job trying to catch a murderer and met her. We partnered up, traveled around and eventually settled down when she got pregnant with the boys," he explained.

"We never allied with the guild because we didn't like the idea of working under someone else, but as crazy as this sounds we both miss the job. We'd like you to help us take over the guild you left behind."

[Kender Bard]

"Take over!?"

Pandora rolled her eyes. "Oh Darin..."

Sashi frowned at both. "You two have both shown yourselves to be good and trustworthy folk but you can't just waltz into the guild and claim captain. Nobody will stand for it."

"What do you propose we do then?" Pandora asked.

"Join," Sashi said. "Work your way up. I placed Vali in charge because I'd known her for a while and she proved very capable and competent at leading, though I hear she has little love from the men."

"You know us," Pandora pointed out. "So name us the new guild leaders."

Sashi gave an exasperated sigh. "It doesn't work like that. You're strangers to everyone there."

[Devon]

"I told you I was bad at not being blunt Pandora," Darin said to her. Looking to Sashi he added, "I'm handsome, but foolish. Anyway, I'm sure we could take down anyone thats in the guild, but that doesn't make for a good working relationship," he explained.

"So is there maybe a way we could challenge the current guild leader after we join?" he asked her.

[Kender Bard]

Sashi shook her head. "No, no, you need to join and work your way up. At the very least, you need to submit yourselves as normal guild members for a while and then we'll see. Maybe I can give you a boost up in ranks."

"Hmm," Pandora hummed. "Is that the best that we can do?"

"Unless you want the entire guild trying to kill you for barging in, yes," Sashi said. "Besides, why do you even want to lead? It sucks the joy out of it. You have to concern yourself with accounts and maintenance and all that other boring junk."

[Devon]

"Because I really hate having a boss," Darin put it simply. "You can always assign someone else to do the accounts and maintenance. Not everyone who joins a guild is exactly cut out for that work, you just find that person and see if they're good at the boring part," he explained.

"Haha," he laughed nudging Pandora a bit. With a big smile he said, "See Sashi, I'm making management decisions already."

[Kender Bard]

She gave a firm shake of her head. "If you won't join and rise up legitimately to rank, then you'll have to try and take it by force... and there's a good chance you won't hold it no matter how good you think you are. Or if you do, you'll be a fraction of the strength you were. You'll have to kill most of the guild and bribe the rest with most of the coffers. And there's good people there; friends. I'll be obliged to warn them."

Pandora made a sound of disgust at the options.

"Or you could start your own," Sashi said. "Lord Melissan did after he decided mercenaries should have a higher standard of morals than I did. Last I heard, he was doing well enough for himself."

[Devon]

"We wouldn't want to takeover through bloodshed, there is little point to that. I meant a friendly challenge through competition. I see no reason people wouldn't be open to that idea," Darin corrected.

"But I can understand what you're saying about starting our own guild. It wouldn't be hard here on the outskirts of Sensatia, hire a Mind or two to deliver the missions. It could very well work. We just miss the business and since you were in the guild we figured you'd be the best person to ask about going back to mercenary work."

[Kender Bard]

Sashi's eyes almost gleamed. "Well perhaps I wouldn't need to miss it quite so much... If you start a guild here then I might be inclined to assist. If you'd have me."

"It'd be a piss poor guild with two," Pandora admitted. "But what about Kaisila?"

"What about Sawyer and Seth?" Sashi countered.

"Our boys are used to one of us gallivanting off somewhere," Pandora said. "Usually him." She eyed Darin. "And they're getting older fast. Another two years or so and they'll be old enough to begin learning the trade in earnest. Your daughter's still a babe though."

Sashi glanced back at Lukas. "We could take turns too, couldn't we?"