o5 ɂ voice + private

[mattersverymuch]

-- Oxford Circus. Join me.

[He starts without explanation, because the person he's addressing knows exactly who she is, and then laughs.]

Have you ever played with pigeons? Slower, messier. Rats are quicker and cleverer but have the disadvantage of short legs and no wings. Although I imagine they'd make things more interesting regardless. Rats generally do.

Would never have let that happen. That's why pigeons are second choice. You're welcome, by the way. Again. It was a lovely few days. Practically a holiday. Even though I nearly got injured.

[private: dean]

You deserved that, retroactively.

[private: castiel]

[pleasantly:] In the future, find an alternate solution.


( ooc; mornington crescent. and though he's inviting iris in specifically, he left it open so that a) people familiar could try to beat him and b) people unfamiliar could ask about it. fair warning: he knows a lot more stations than you do. )

Comments

[Private]

[lost_humanity]

Not as well as I'd like. The odds refuse to be tilted in my favor.

[Private]

[mattersverymuch]

You should tilt them harder. Or get someone to tilt them for you.

[Private]

[lost_humanity]

If I have the opportunity and don't die in a scorched heap when I'm ejected from this ship [he assumes that's what the disappearances are, anyway], I absolutely intend to.

[Private]

[mattersverymuch]

You have someone in mind?

[Private]

[lost_humanity]

I have one man that I know is loyal. I pay him sufficiently enough to be.

[Private]

[mattersverymuch]

That's a good way to ensure it, so long as no one outbids you

[Private]

[lost_humanity]

It's always the concern, isn't it?



He had the opportunity to kill me once and didn't. He knows what I have to offer. [Though recently, with all the other betrayals, even that confidence is waning.]

And when you go, do you have debtors?

[Private]

[mattersverymuch]

I have thousands.

[Private]

[lost_humanity]

Lucky man. I'm jealous.

[Private]

[mattersverymuch]

Don't be. Make your own resources. It's not as difficult as it seems.

[Private]

[lost_humanity]

I do. Usually.

Like I mentioned. I have unfortunate circumstances at the moment but perhaps a way out of them.

[Private]

[mattersverymuch]

I'm reasonably confident that you can navigate them.

[Private]

[lost_humanity]

You're quite the flatterer. [He'll read it as a compliment. He likes it.]

Are you given free reign during ports? [He's not one for debting himself, but fair and equitable arrangements he likes.]

[Private]

[mattersverymuch]

[It absolutely was a compliment, although he doesn't give them without reason and therefore is mostly true as well.]

I don't have a minder, so - I do what I can. [There's a curious note to his voice.] Are you?

[Private]

[lost_humanity]

My warden lost track me last port, and I suspect he'll be more attentive during the next one.

Perhaps if the proceeds are worth it, the next port we can come to a reasonable agreement.

[Private]

[mattersverymuch]

Finally, someone with sense.

What kind of proceeds interest you?

[Private]

[lost_humanity]

In most places, gold has proven of value. I've been accumulating it in the last two ports. In London, I could gamble underground thanks to my memory enhancements and then exchanged it for gold before I left. The source of the gold in the last one was obvious.

If the next port seems to find it a valuable commodity I might want some items, things that can't be removed as weapons but may be useful for ingredients. Supervised they may be a little more difficult to get aboard the barge.

That is if the risk is worth the reward. It's not one worth taking until the results would be worth it.

[Private]

[mattersverymuch]

You might, they may. Well, may I ask - might the ingredients be dangerous to acquire?

[Private]

[lost_humanity]

Nothing in itself dangerous, just the consequences of having it discovered and knowing that I'm being watched. I wouldn't want to work my way into an advantageous place [again] just to have it slip out from under me [again].

[Private]

[mattersverymuch]

I see. Then there's the age-old question: what's in it for me?

[Private]

[lost_humanity]

Your fair share, whatever that should turn out to be under the circumstances. I never managed to accomplish anything with poor funding.

[Private]

[mattersverymuch]

Deal, then. As long as it's currency of use on the ship.

[Private]

[lost_humanity]

You'll have to let me know if you're in the market for potions, and if so what variety.

[Private]

[mattersverymuch]

Often. But I'll let you know of specifics should the need arise.