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Re: You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog [EM, Thoroughfare]

Posted: Tue May 04, 2021 10:49 am
by Jewel
"I suppose some would call him a rat but that conjures negative images and downplays his worth to me. A mere wisp of a thing though, I doubt you would even notice him."

Re: You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog [EM, Thoroughfare]

Posted: Tue May 04, 2021 6:29 pm
by Kezia
Wait... some guy slinging pistachios has this rich guy's pet rat? That's... okay, he's very plausible in his delivery, but... so was Aunt Milga when she was selling those cure-alls...

Re: You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog [EM, Thoroughfare]

Posted: Tue May 04, 2021 6:47 pm
by Aydi al-Qais
"I may see what I can do, Sidi, though this goes beyond my usual duties." Aydi made a pause to get filled with expectable meaning. "How can you be contacted if there's a necessity for it?"

Re: You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog [EM, Thoroughfare]

Posted: Tue May 04, 2021 7:10 pm
by Kezia
"And how did you come to lose this pet?"

Re: You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog [EM, Thoroughfare]

Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 9:50 am
by Jewel
Aydi al-Qais wrote:
Tue May 04, 2021 6:47 pm
"I may see what I can do, Sidi, though this goes beyond my usual duties." Aydi made a pause to get filled with expectable meaning. "How can you be contacted if there's a necessity for it?"
"Ah, you have my deepest thanks my good man. You, or he if you wish to just deliver the message, could ask for me at Nahr'umar's Kiss in the River Quarter."
Kezia wrote:
Tue May 04, 2021 7:10 pm
"And how did you come to lose this pet?"
Though he still delivers a smile there's a hint of frustration behind it, perhaps at the memory, "Oh, you know how such things are. No matter how certain you are that you have thing settled if there's even a little gap sometimes they find a way to wriggle through."

Re: You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog [EM, Thoroughfare]

Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 10:02 am
by Kezia
That... is not how people talk about losing pets. That's how a grifter talks when their mark loopholes out of the deal.

Re: You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog [EM, Thoroughfare]

Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 10:39 am
by Aydi al-Qais
"I'd better get back to my duties then, Sidi." There was more than a bit odd about the man, but Aydi couldn't pinpoint it.

[A chance to roll something again, or do I have to keep buying bull?]

Re: You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog [EM, Thoroughfare]

Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 10:49 am
by Jewel
(It's valid to think he's an eccentric weirdo, and Aydi is fully in his rights not to follow through on the request, but given the difference in rolls he still believes that zuK is being honest in his intent.)

Re: You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog [EM, Thoroughfare]

Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 10:06 pm
by Aydi al-Qais
Once the man was gone, Aydi rubbed his face before he looked back at Kezia. "That was... strange."

Re: You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog [EM, Thoroughfare]

Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 10:17 pm
by Kezia
"To put it mildly. But if he's lying, he's very good at it. I... think I know the peddler he's talking about."