<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=101924.msg4443330#msg4443330">Quote from: Inerrant Lust on 31-03-2011, 01:40:42</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>Ellen</strong><br/><br/>The former adventurer looked on, wide-eyed in alarm. He opened one of his drawers and buried his hand in it as the ghost spoke.<br/><br/>"As good as can be." He remarked, gently removing his hand from the drawer and shutting it closed, "Being dead's a... dangerous thing to be in this business. I'm sure you saw that last guy. His kind have a... special interest in folks in your situation."<br/><br/>"And most people haven't ever seen an... undead, pardon the term, that wasn't trying to kill them... Myself included." He muttered.<br/><br/>He looked off in the distance, brooding over the situation as he relaxed his hostile demeanor, "I know of a guy whose looking for someone to help him guard his airship. Says he's a cartographer, trying to map the borders of those old kingdoms out east. Said he doesn't know what he'll find out there but he wants to make sure he doesn't get attacked by a Roc or something. You'll be paid by the day. The trip should be two to three weeks, barring any complications. In such an event, you're entitled to overtime."<br/><br/>He reached into the drawer again, hesitantly, but pulled out a scroll this time with the details of the contract.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>"If it helps,"  Ellen commented, when the man brought up the tendency for undead to be hostile to the living.  "My uncle also isn't the one who's a Paladin."<br/><br/>And indeed, that did seem to help...  Or maybe he was just calming down on his own?  Either way, the shock of revealing herself for what she was seemed to have put him into a more open frame of mind, and after a little while, he finally began to outline a job for her.  It wasn't much, guard duty for an airship that had been chartered by some map-maker, but the pay sounded decent, and it would be steady wages for a couple of weeks, with overtime if they ran into any trouble...<br/><br/>When he pulled out the scroll detailing the contract, Ellen didn't make the mistake of getting up to go get it.  He was probably still a little on-edge as it was, and depending on what else was in that drawer...  Well, she didn't need to do anything else to make him nervous.<br/><br/>Instead, she simply used her Telekinesis, levitating the scroll up and over to herself, if he offered it out to her.  She made sure to read over the terms of the contract thoroughly, as well.  It wouldn't do to be surprised by any hidden clauses, after all.