"All of that seems doable." Nodding his head seriously, Lucas seemed to consider the aspects of the job that he had some questions of himself, directing them at Tehr in turn, and waiting till he had the answers in turn. Once all seemed settled and decided, he got up and smiled. "Alright, I'll report here tomorrow and we'll move to the construction site then. I'll have my crew assemble outside there ready for work. As soon as the agreed upon sum up-front has exchanged hands, we'll get the work going." He smiled in a calm fashion, bowing briefly and heading on out with Christina then.<br/><br/>Once Tehr was given some peace in the room for himself, there was a short pause before a knock came, and Tera walked in with a serious expression. "A busy day huh?" She asked casually but looking serious. "I got something worth notice. None of the mercenaries in the city are free. All of them have been hired by someone. Every. Last. One." Her tone was serious and her expression tense. "Something is going to be going down soon, but my usual sources all claim ignorance, unable or unwilling to answer me. I'll keep the place safe, but I have to admit, House Saari has approached me as well about acquiring my services. Offering me one and a half time my usual going rate." Her expression still serious, she shook her head. "I apologised to them and told them my contact with you is in effect for a fair while still. They understood that and wished you well on the matter, but refused to answer much either about what is going on." She looked away, before finally pulling out a latter from her glove, setting it down. "When I pressed on it, I was given a letter by one of the daughters of the family, told to deliver it to you directly. I haven't opened it."<br/><br/>As she moved back after setting the letter down on his desk, the door opened downstairs as Christina was allowing their guest out. Tera stood a bit away in the room, watching Tehr. Dressed in her leathers, a sword at her side and a bow on her back, she looked ready for combat. Not as tightly body-following as the Queen's guard wore, it still accentuated the curve of her body quite well.<br/><br/>The letter itself was a brief bit of writing, without signature.<br/><br/><em>House Dale has, upon hearing they failed the bid for the harbor, been up to a rush of activity. Various messengers have set out, and they've hired a fair share of cut-throats and thieves as of late, and without your warning to our house, we'd be facing the situation with warehouses unaware as well. We did our part in trying to find out more, but all we could come up with is that it seems that two weeks from now something is bound to happen. <br/><br/>We came to this day due to the fact the contracts being signed reach out a little further than that, but also a fair share of people requested to arrive have been given the order to report in Londinium by the end of the 12th day from now, or they'll receive reduced pay, or none if they take more than fourteen. <br/><br/>I hope you will be careful as well. We have come to acquire all those bodyguards and mercenaries we trust to respect their contracts. We were not aware of whether Tera was staying at your side out of her personal interest or a contract, so we approached her.</em><br/><br/>The letter was dated on this same day still, and the seal pressed in the paper was certainly the house Saari's own insignia. "On that note..." Tera reached to her pocket, pulling out something else. "A masked man in a robe came by earlier, by carriage. You were ... ah, entertaining. I took the visitor's gift to wait for you but seeing as you were busy, I held it for now." The book she held out was covered in scarlet leather, without insignias on its covers, though after opening it, the contents were plain to see.<br/><br/>Illustrations of hand movements, pronounciation markings in words, and descriptions of ingredients or focus, the book seemed to hold a number of more erotic sorcery uses within it, along with an note amidst the weathered, faded pages.<em>"Seeing as a particular book is back on the shelf, I took the liberty of finding an 'older copy' for you to study. I have more work for you if you have the time, sometime. In the meanwhile, decipher these old scriptures.<br/><br/>-Archmage"</em><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Figure the old book doesn't have straight up spells but a lot of material about them, allowing Tehr to work on gaining more of the erotic sorcery at some point, even without the book from the library.</div></div>