<strong>Aeryn Sunlight<br/>With Eshalu and a young Con Man in training<br/>Finally getting to the local Magna Sophia Chapterhouse</strong><br/><br/>Resisting the urge to keep a grip on the scruff of the young weasel's neck,  Aeryn didn't start to relax until safe refuge was in sight.  Safer refuge, anyway.  If this was a step up, she shuddered to think what the old House had been like.<br/><br/>But what to do about the wanna-be sharpster?  She smiled slightly at Eshalu, then turned a much colder smile on the steet urchin.<br/><br/>"Young man, my name is Aeryn Sunlight.  That name doesn't mean anything to you, or here in this place.  But it will.  I am the worst anemy you could ever have over the long haul,  or I could be your best friend  on the days after you pull your shenanigans on the wrong person and are running for your life."  The boy was adorable in his way.  That half-starved cornered rat look?  She had to fight the urge to smooth down his hair.<br/><br/>"You said part of your con was to act like we got you in trouble.  Trouble with who?  A gang?  In this area?  I do not want any trouble from the locals to befall my Sisters.  So."  A hand reached into her shirt, delved into a small purse, came out, opened to show a small silver coin.  Sixpence, half a shilling.<br/><br/>Almost a week's pay for honest work.<br/><br/>"You wanted more.  Here it is.  Far more than you expected.  I want to meet your Gang boss."  The Naturalist didn't look much like a scholar right now, not in her eyes.  Her eyes were as hard as the crystal lenses of the narrow spectacles perched low on her nose.  "The real boss of this area."  Very careful not to say the words 'Guildmaster of Thieves'.  In a garrison town on the edge of nowhere under the tight control the army wanted to have here, a Guild presence was the last thing the Dominion wanted.  But they had to be  here.  For the same reasons Magna Sophia was here:  A new land, new horizons, new wealth.<br/><br/>She placed the coin in his hand, closed his fist about it.  "Go.  Now.  But one thing..." and now her teeth were showing in what only a fool would have taken for a smile. "You will be at the meeting.  I will turn and leave at once if you are not there.  If anything goes wrong, anything at all, Eshalu,"  She nodded at the elven ranger "will be happy to kill you first.'  She placed another object in his other hand, a small medallion made of soapstone.  "This could be a very profitable association for you, young man.  Show that to the gate guards at the House, they will fiind me quickly.  Gve me plenty of warning about the time and place of the meeting, nothing rushed, we want to be ready."<br/><br/>She turned on her heel without another word, took Eshalu's hand and walked quickly to the door of the Chapterhouse, her free hand moving in a floating gesture, and they were admitted at once.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">OK, I think <strong>rapport</strong> is the way to go, Aeryn is being truthful, andnot really trying to browbeat the kid - Using the boost Knows He's Outmatched will ahve that effect,though.<br/><br/>Welcome to the Elliquiy Dice Server Healergirl! Please follow the instructions below.<br/> Your user ID is 25515 | View your rolls | View rolls made to you | Make a roll | View recent rolls<br/>Roll Result: Healergirl rolled: 4d6<br/>Comment: <br/>Result: 4, 4, 2, 4, <br/>Total: 14<br/>Nuts, bad roll, one minus, canceled by rapport skill, <strong>2</strong> success for the Boost.  I don't think his <strong>Obviously Duplicitious</strong> aspect can be used against him to get his cooperationonce he is out of sight.  So I will burn one fate to use my<strong> That Devious Bitch </strong> aspect to help convince him he is well and truly caught in my web.  I want this kid for a future underworld contact in town (whether there is actually a TG presence or not, that is totally up to T.U.P., I do NOT want to step on GM toes), and I  want him to do his best to ensure that his bosses decide that working with Aeryn and Magna Sophia is a better long term plan than doing something hasty and violent.<br/><br/>So, total is <strong>4</strong> success.  Great!</div></div>