So, I picked up a new job last night....

[Erik]

I'm the City Slaver for Tancred's Landing. Turns out we haven't had one for a while and something came up (don't ask me what, I don't remember). So, I told the Administrator that I was taking the job and asked if he had any objections. Forceful. That's me.

So, I'm back in the saddle again.

I'm sorry. My condolences.

[Vivienne Daguerre]

And if you can take women that forcefully they will be falling at your feet. We are glad to have you Treat!

You allready voluntairing for that ? wow .. Treat .. you did that very fast ..seems your stock gets an enrichment

Hey! This appears to be a conspiracy, all this talk lately of collaring me.

*I hurry back to the house with the small vial procurred from a shady physician of my acquaintance. From the cupboard in the kitchen I find a clean rep cloth and take it to my study. I lift my skirt and unsheath my dagger, placing it on the desk. Very carefully I hold the vial in my hands over the rep cloth, carefully removing the stopper. I tilt it carefully and let two drops fall on the blade, tilting it this way and that, watching the drop of the deadly ost venom roll along the edge. I turn the blade over and repeat the process, coating the edge of the blade evenly on both sides. I blow across the dagger, hastening the drying process. Very carefully I slide the dagger back into the sheath strapped to my leg.

I consider my poor skills with the dagger, but all I would need to do is scratch an attacker and the ost venom would do its deadly work, killing him within three minutes the physician had said. Of course I could never use it against anyone I cared for. In such a situation I would run for the woods. If I could make it to a boat, I could head out for another city. I had banked large sums of money in a few places in accounts known only to me, and accessible only by password. One never knew when one might need access to cash.

I rub the scar on my leg where I had had the brand removed long ago before dropping my skirt. "Never again," I whisper into the dark and empty room. If the worst were to happen, I could always use the poisoned dagger on myself.*

[Vivienne Daguerre]

Heh! My belt is on so tight that I have rust marks on the goodies.

Doesn't Treat have the key to that belt Em? I was sure I had given it to him...

[Crack and Thump]

I rub the scar on my leg where I had had the brand removed long ago before dropping my skirt. "Never again," I whisper into the dark and empty room. If the worst were to happen, I could always use the poisoned dagger on myself.*

Nooooo!
You just never know . . . "Need a bath, Mistress? I promise to keep your secret safe . . . kajira's honor."

[Crack and Thump]

Heh! My belt is on so tight that I have rust marks on the goodies.

Doesn't Treat have the key to that belt Em? I was sure I had given it to him...

It was the oddest thing. I was dusting his desk and the key fell, rolled out the door, down the steps and into the sea. I have never seen anything like that before in all my days. Must have been the wind.

[TreatRothschild]

*watches them both squirm with an oddly satisfied look in his face*

Tis always a mistake to get complacent, dear ones.

[karissa leimes]

Be Careful of her Master ...she is a dangerous and sneaky Mistress ...wouldnt' want to see you get hurt......