1. Hmm, yes, but.. Gareth is just about to rape Anel in Anel's roomthread, so.. *coughs* I'm planning something when Ryan finds out, about the financial side of this. If you want, I can PM you about that. I don't think there is a rush, though.<br/><br/>2. About the client;<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=98330.msg4270020#msg4270020">Quote from: Saerra on 17-02-2011, 05:19:45</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><em>(( The following has not been written by me, but I found it too good to just keep in my Inbox and thought I'd lend Ryan's room for it. This post has been written by crystaltears and is situated a few days before the current time in the rest of the game. ))<br/></em><br/><br/><br/>Darkness hid the intimate details of the city streets throughout most of Ivore. This city proved no different, and still the oppression of the storm that had blown through could be felt even in these small hours before sunrise. The servant made haste to reach his destination, the suit required by his employers perfect in it's appearance save for the wrinkles that wearing it provided. His gloved right hand rested over the left breast pocket of his overcoat. With any luck the darkness would keep him from being seen or recognized on this particular errand. <em>'This is a courier's work.. And to a house of ill repute..'</em><br/><br/>He shook his head in the morning mist and approached the establishment known as the Teahouse, testing the doors. If locked the man waited until such time as they were unlocked to enter. His footsteps carry no hint of the dirt from the road in with him, for as any good butler, the man has wiped clean his shoes. The servant who greets him first exchanges a few words before asking him to wait by the entrance and accepting the expensive vellum envelope which had been carried in the butler's left breast pocket. Unable to help himself, the butler straightens his clothes as he looks into the reflective surface of a highly polished tabletop. <em>'At least it's clean..'</em><br/><br/><div align="center">~*~*~*~</div><br/>Master Ryan's chambers are disturbed only after he has woken, for the butler has said he is instructed to await a direct response or any questions, and thus will not be leaving in a hurry or causing lost business if he is detained. When the Master is known to have been roused a polite knock sounds on his door prior to entry being granted.<br/><br/>The servant of the Teahouse carries in the vellum envelope, beige in color and with a seal of red wax baring a stylized 'H'. "There's a servingman in the entryway, Master. Sent by the young Master Hatch to bring you this and answer any questions you might have." The messenger waits to be dismissed before bowing their way from the room.<br/><br/>A subtle scent of wood - cedar and sandalwood - and perhaps the tiniest bit of lavender still clings to the paper enough to be detected even in the presence of the wax seal. Fine script across the front of the envelope forms the name <em>Lord Ryan Valentine</em>. Breaking the seal reveals equally expensive vellum bearing the elegant script of a hand schooled in penmanship from an early age.<br/><br/><em>Lord Valentine,<br/><br/>I write this with the wish to arrange a visit to the Teahouse. I have heard little but good of the services offered in your establishment and have decided I would like to entertain them myself so I might make my own opinion of the place. I have it on good authority that the name of 'Hatch' is not unknown to you, and thus will offer my identity to you as the son of the late Lord William Hatch. <br/><br/>I would be most appreciative if you would consent to making arrangements for my intended visit, and to that end have sent my personal butler in the deliverance of this correspondence. To him I have entrusted the details of my desires in this matter and expressed my wish that he work with you to make agreeable accommodations for your schedule and my own. He is instructed to receive your response one way or the other, Lord Valentine, though I do hope he returns to me with details regarding your favorable response to this proposition.<br/><br/>Warmest Regards,<br/>Lord Sebastian J. Hatch</em><br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>The Hatch family is known as respectful and paying well.<br/><br/>There are no certain amounts of money described, nor a specific 'coin'.<br/>Individuals do pay a certain sum for their time with a whore, though. This increases if time used increases or if one wanted special services.<br/><br/>Examples;<br/>Gareth is probably going to have to pay an arm and a leg for raping a virginal whore. (Especially with the bidding war still up.)<br/>River is probably going to pay roughly twice the normal rate for his tastes and taking up more time.