[Sclav HQ of Order of the Adunih] Enlisting aid

[Winston]

I need one of them!

Previouse Relationship with Galena

Winston earned a good relationship with Galena during the pirate relief threads he did here, where he earnt an agreement from the Order to co-operate with Isonomia with relief efforts.

Also, I spoke to Peg and she said I was OK to use these City NPC's in this thread.

Winston was in the office of one

Galena Valed

from the Order of the Adunih. They had been discussing an arrangement between Isonomia and the Order for teams of healers to be deployed to his newly sailing

Rainbow Ships

. The negotiations had been far from fearce, as the two of them had already established a good relationship from numerous previous encounters and the prospect of travel at the speeds his ships could achieve was something of great interest to the woman...

"...so we will provide you with two teams for you to deploy aboard ship for your relief efforts and you will allow us access to shipping rights through the Isonomia fleet?" She asked, quite clearly only just starting to get to her actual bottom line.

"Yup! We wud af caurse respand tuh any call far assistance from de Arda, which we wud always do anyway, bot dis way, we would have talented teams readily available to provide relief without delay."

The order themselves had nothing like the ships Isonomia had, something they were unlikely to resolve any time soon and as pleasant and generous as the ferret was, he knew this and was not ashamed to use it as leverage to get what he needed. "The teams would of course remain very firmly under the jurisdiction of the Order." She said with an innocent smile.

This was, as well she knew, the only part of the arrangement that Winston was not entirely happy with. "Well, according tuh me ship captain, 'im wud need tuh 'ave complete command ova de team ef dem were gonna be a part af dere crew."

The woman made a 'tick' sound with her tongue as she appeared to consider the problem that was his and not hers to solve. "Well, if you were to become a member of the order and offer your services, perhaps some of the healing devices that Isonomia have recently acquired... We might be able to come to spare the people on a more 'permanent' basis. Since having the devices would undoubtedly help make things go more smoothly. I'm sure we could provide them and another team if you would be happy to provide these services in exchange?"

Inside his mind, through their symbiotic possession,

Felicity

voiced her concerns. "You could sell a single one of your healing beams for the price of a team of mercenaries for life. She's asking a lot. Don't back down."

The ferret pulled a screwed expression as he considered this. "Me want

Clara's

team an' me want the choice af anodda team aswell an' de teams wud be dedicated tuh Isonomia's relief ships."

"And you will provide us with the 'healing beams'?" She pressed, with one eyebrow risen.

Winston chuckled, nodding happily. "Me cun consent to a single beam, far now, fram our own supply." The woman pulled a slightly displeased face. "Bot afta dat, yuh will need tuh provide de wells far mar... bot me will make dem, free af charge. Bot me will nat be able tuh become a memba af de arda meself. Me already 'ave to many commitments and keepin' op de skills an' commitments yuh arda require es beyand dis ferret's capabilities." The Order required it's members to have medical training and dedicate time to their cause on a regular basis. What with being Forged, Head of Isonomia and trying to get his bar off the ground, he already had far to little time to be disappointing anyone else.

"Hmmm... That's a pity. Perhaps we can arrange a new title for you? It would be very nice to 'have you aboard'. I know you made a very good impression on

Clara's

group when last you met. I'm sure she would be happy to work with you again. As for the other team, I think this all seem very reasonable." It would have been a considerable bonus to have had Winston's name to the Order. Even if he'd do work for them without the membership, he was well known and well loved around Scalvaris and a good name was always beneficial to have on side.

"Don't worry. Me will always be 'appy tuh 'elp, bot far now, let me get in touch wid me lab, 'ave a healin' beam made an' we cun goh fram dere."

The woman nodded and with a cheerful gesture, the ferret hopped off his chair and patted Chest as it stretched and made it's way towards the door.

All template credit, love and admiration goes to Kisaik

[Winston]

Stop neglecting us!

After many trials of reviewing team reports and recommendations from Galena, Winston had decided that paper was not going to help him get to know the people he wanted. With this revelation, he'd set about arranging a training trial in Scalvaris for the Isonomia faction. Anyone wishing to learn a little first aid and medicine was invited to come and anyone was welcome.

The people leading the instruction of these things, of which he knew nothing, would be a few teams from the Order of the Adunih and it would provide Winston the perfect opportunity to meet the teams and get to know the people a little better.

He'd spent the morning refining the sun well he needed for the healing beam, and had arranged for the delivery of a few more wells from Isonomia's supply at the same time to restock his workshop ready for the next steps.

Right now, he was arranging the event with Cally's, which had room, accomodation and food readily available. "Soh, we cun provide some fud far de people also, yes?" He asked the pair, which consisted of

Alex

, Isonomia's Administrator, and

Jo'get

, the Cally's Chief.

Jo'get nodded timidly and Alex, looking at his papers for a moment, let out a "Hmmmm...." sound that suggested he was both agreeing, but not keen. "We can do that, yes." Replied the Administrator, ever eager to facilitate.

The ferret frowned, noticing the uncertainty in the woman and the reluctance in the man. "Wat's de prablem. Yuh don't seem keen."

The two glanced at one another for a moment before Alex spoke up. "No-no, it can be done, of course. It will be good to teach such a skill and Cally's is happy to help." He insisted, prompting with a subtle glance for the girl to agree, which she did, with an eager nod.

"Buuuuuuut?" Winston pressed.

"Well, it's just that we might usually have tried to turn something of this nature to raise funds via Cally's."

Winston liked Alex, he was essential to Isonomia and, more importantly, a fastidiously caring individual, but he had a way of avoiding saying 'Faith would have done X' without actually avoiding saying it. The Cadouri had big boots to fill and displite falling short most trials, he mostly just tried to wear his own boots instead.

"Oh-key... I see... Hmmmmm..." He tapped his finger on his chin. "Nope... Sarry. Me jost don't really 'ave a head for dese kind af tings." He admitted in a defeated tone of voice. "Wat cun yuh suggest?"

The shy chef looked like she wanted to say something. She was a great cook and ran a kitchen almost flawlessly, but when it came to 'front of house' she could do with an injection of self confidence. "Goh an, noh ideas are bad ideas."

She swallowed, concern that her 'idea' might not be well met. "It's not a 'idea' as much as an observation, but Faith would regularly make appearences at Cally's. To cook, make appearences and generally speaking attract people to Cally's. She was a bit of a 'celebrity' in that way, if that makes sense..." Winston could see where this was going already and it was something he had certainly neglected of late. "...it would be really good if you could, perhaps, make an appearance?" Just in case it sounded like an accusation that he'd been slacking off, she very hurriedly added. "You-know-because-you-are-OS-good-with people and your food is SO good!"

Alex nodded, expressing his support for the idea, that was quite frankly long overdue. "Oh yes, that's a fantastic idea."

The ferret nodded, partially suppressing a sheepish feeling of guilt as the obvious neglect he'd show the establishment of late. "Right, yeah... Sarry..."

"No-no! I wasn't suggesting that..." The woman blurted out. She didn't want to offend the master chef for so many reason, not least because if he hated her, she'd never get the chance to learn from him. Winston just chuckled though, with a heartly, ferrety squeaking sound. "Dooon't worry. Yuh neva 'ave to wory about speakin' de truth tuh meh. Yuh are absolutely right. Since me took ova fram Faith, me don't rememba de last time me came tuh Cook at Cally's an' dis es a travestorial laps en me duties."

None in the room were convinced of the legitimacy of the word "travestorial", however everyone knew what he mean and his charismatic demeanor quelled any worry there was that he would get upset.

"Oooooh-kay den. Alex..." He man snapped his attention back to business. "...let's arrange a special evenin'. Me will com, cook, bring Fairy fud, do tings no one in Cally's 'ave eva seen befar. Me will smooss and chat an' even take a leasson en wrappin' bandages, which me will fail miserably at, af cars, most tuh de enjoyment af de crowd. We will use dis special event tuh kick-start me attendin' Cally's twice a ten-trial tuh provide fud. Me will den commit tuh dis far yuh an' we cun encourage peepal tuh donate tuh de 'Isonomia Relief Fleet'!" The two of them looked delighted. Not only would it do Cally's no end of good to have a Master at the helm again, but Winston was in no small way a celebrity in Sclavaris and his charisma would fill a sourly needed gap since Faith's passing.

"Oh that would be amazing!" Exclaimed the Sous Chef excitedly. She'd never tried Fairy food before and the idea of being able to whitness it being created filled her with delight.

"We can also announce some 'experience trials' an de Isonomia Rainbow-Brigs. Fud, high speed travel and the open seas and, af cars, me will be dere. People will love et!" The ideas were properly flowing now and the ferret was beginning to become quite excited at the prospect himself.

"Oh yes! That would be splendid. A Premium Cruise from port to port for the elite few!" Added Alex with zest.

"Excelent! Et's agreed den? Alex, yuh cun arrange all af dat an' lease wid

Shinwa

far me?" He asked with a bright grin. The Administrator nodded. "Of course, of-course. That's why I'm here."

"Gud, mun, cas we all know et would fail horribly ef me 'ad tuh arganise et meself." Shinwa, who hovered conveniently just to one side, in case of need, effortlessly suppressed a twitch of his eyebrow as the truth of the statement resounded with him.

"Oh-key. Soh, let me know wen an' where yuh need meh an' me will be dere. Ef yuh need anyting' jost ask." He added as the agreement seemed to be coming to a close.

"Oh I will, don't you worry. And I will talk to

Jai'den

with regards to the ship events." He added with an enthusiastic nod. "What about the training with the Order?" He added, almost as an afterthought.

"Oh, well, we cun fund dat with wat we raise, bot let's run dat outta de Ships. Actually we could start 'ere in Scalv dacks. Run de first event, open tuh all and free and per'aps once we 'ave selected de teams from de Orda dat we want, we could travel all ova Scalvaris ronnin' the classes?"

Alex was now simply nodding as he took notes on his list of things to do. "Yes, yes, very good."

With that, they set about setting a date and getting the first threads of things they needed to do to pull in the attendees and get the Order involved. His two companions explained what they needed from Winston and Winston made sure Shinwa worked everything into his schedule.

All template credit, love and admiration goes to Kisaik

[Winston]

Rewards Requested

Notes/Warnings: Winston runs Isonomia, which own Cally's, just as a little info behind what's being discussed here.

Thread: [Sclav HQ of Order of the Adunih] Enlisting aid
City/Area: Scalvoris Town

Renown: Perhaps a little for demonstrating he is doing good things for the Faction and Cally's?
Do you want this to be considered for Mark Progression? N
If any PC in this thread is in a faction, please list them: Songforged
Wealth Points: N/A
Collaboration: No
Local Language Thread? No

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	Done!

[Pig Boy]

Winston

Feedback

Heya, good story here. I'll just make a note that the Order squads being lent are specifically for the purposes of providing aid to the relief effort. So long as they adhere to the initial agreement made, we're all good.

This is showing Winston with his persuasive abilities in full swing. He really has grown by leaps and bounds, in his ability to charm and win over people. Galena isn't necessarily the sweetest person, she's hardened by life from what I understand, but Winston handles his conversation with her well here.

Good story! I liked the banter after the initial meeting with Galena with Winston's NPCs!

Rewards

• Renown: 5
• XP: 10

Knowledges

• Politics: Making Inter-faction arrangements with friendly factions
• Tactics: Knowing not to be taken advantage of when you have something to offer
• Business Management: Keep in touch with your staff and your business's needs

Loot

• Got an agreement from the Order of the Adunih to provide two small teams of healers to crew his ships
• 1 x Class 1 Refined Glowstone (using an unrefined well from the isonomia supply)
• 2 x CLass 2 Ruby of Love (Harthyte), 1 x Refined Class 3 Glowstone (Lumite), 1 x Refined Class 3 Firestones (Imedyte), 1 x Refined Class 3 Froststones (Glacite), 1 x Refined Class 3 Miragestones (Ezymite), 1 x Refined Class 3 Mountainstones (Territe), 1 x Refined Class 3 Darkgems (Midnyte), 1 x Refined Class 3 Saltenrocks (Tritonyte), 1 x Refined Class 3 Etherstones (Purite), 4 x Raw Class 4 Moonglass (Selenenyte), 1 x Raw Class 4 Obstimite (Dark Star)
• Began arrangements for a special event at Cally's to raise funds.