Dunman<em>does</em>in fact pause when Aspen and Nyssa talked about their company.<strong>"Oh <em>ho</em>, so <em>you're</em> the ones that scroll tube was for! Wait right there,"</strong>he tapped their table and made his way through one of the doors in the back of the taproom. A few moments later he comes back out carrying what appears to be a stack of wooden plates, with a ragged, broken-off section of shelving on the bottom. he sets this... sculpture? on one of the empty stools at your table.<br/><br/>All of you can see what this is now; a scroll tube that has somehow been fused to, and through, a stack of plates and the shelving beneath them, which has been cut away to free the whole thing. In small gold lettering at the top of the scroll tube is "A C Q U I S I T I O N S I N C O R P O R A T E D." You suddenly feel glad to have taken the land route rather than letting Nargobel teleport you...<strong>"Mail's here,"</strong>Dunman announced with a sardonic smirk.<br/><br/>When Nyssa produced her forms, Dunman's russet brows creased together. He took the paper, scanning over it. He harrumphs softly, peering over the top of the papers.<strong>"This Omin Drahn of yours sounds like a real cheapskate. But, always happy to get the word out about the Tankard. Seems fair to me. But, I'll have m'wife have a look at everything, she manages the money, y'know."</strong>He gave Nyssa a wink.<br/><br/>While he goes over that, the four of you are free to open and go through the contents of the scroll case. inside are copies of your contracts with AcqInc, fine print and all (no smudging!) denoting that each of you is a member in good standing of Acquisitions Incorporated, and holds 20% of an exclusive license to represent Acquisitions Incorporated in the Cormyrean Heartlands (excepting Arabel and Immersea).<br/>There are also five tightly-rolled scrolls of fine parchment, the sort you might expect to be used for spell scrolls. when unrolled, text<em>appears</em>on them, in a short, stiff hand, very functional, sort of the handwriting version of courier font. Each scroll describes a particular role for the party, to be taken by one member.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Cartographer</div><div class="spoiler_body"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;">Makes maps. But also keeps track of important people, places, and things. Expected to be the "knowledge hub" for the party in matters not pertaining to legal issues (though that is a plus.) Is expected to inform head office of new discoveries and potential avenues of profit that the party itself cannot follow up on.</span></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Hoardsperson</div><div class="spoiler_body"> <span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;">Maintains party gear, equipment, and stocks, keeps track of coin and merchandise. Has final say in allotment or sale of magical items, and gains the decisionist's "two votes" when the party decides what jobs to take. Is also in charge of promotional materials and events.</span> </div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Decisionist</div><div class="spoiler_body"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;">The "tiebreaker" of the party. Their role is that whenever the party votes, the decisionist gets two votes instead of one on an topic not superseded by another role (you don't get to outvote the Hoardsperson on who gets magic items, for instance). you get the feeling that these roles assume an even number of members...</span></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Documancer</div><div class="spoiler_body"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;">The Documancer handles the Acquisitions, Incorporated proprietary stationary, manages contracts with third parties, and represents the party in legal conflicts. They are in charge of communications with the head office and other franchisees</span></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Sentimentarian / Empathicator</div><div class="spoiler_body"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;">This document can't seem to decide what this particular role is called; this might explain the word "EXPERIMENTAL" stenciled in the header. This party roll is meant to manage the well-being of their party and allies; physical, emotional, psychic, spiritual, and social. They're the "party support," so to speak. Apparently they are also meant to represent the party in social and religious (though not legal) issues, taking the role of "party face"</span></div></div><br/>As the text of each scroll finishes filling itself out before your eyes, there's a "PING!" noise an an inked quill appears along with a signature line for you to fill out.<br/><br/>In the bottom of the scroll tube are also five small silver lapel pins depicting a winged apple with the acquisitions incorporated logo, and below them, a small paper bag containing complimentary honey-roated peanuts. The peanuts are stale.