February-March catch all

[wrotetheworld]

WHO: Shang Qinghua and you!
WHAT: Catch all!
WHEN: February through March, varies per thread
WHERE: Varies
WARNINGS: his sense of humor None so far, will update

Comments

[wrotetheworld]

[In front of the client, Shang Qinghua kept his response to a small snort. Of course they wouldn't pay extra. If there'd been a danger clause, it'd have been written in the briefing. No danger clause, so anything that happened was their problem.

Scratching down the recipe, he hurried through the cup of tea and all but pushed his mission partner out the door as soon as he had the promised potion ingredients tucked away. Before anything else could happen.]

In the future, how about we don't hang around after finishing deliveries to weird old ladies?

[mayoninofukucho]

[Hijikata lights himself a cigarette as soon as they're out of the door. The old lady waves after them among more expressions of gratitude, regret over the incident, and well-wishes for the shark hunt, but he only raises a hand to give a half-assed wave in return without so much as turning back around.]

Deal. Better yet, next time we just dump the stuff at the door and leave.

[Without even knocking before running, because who knows if the old lady - whichever one - won't be lurking right behind the door!]

[wrotetheworld]

Ah, tempting as that is you risk them claiming it wasn't delivered.

[Trade and logistics is what this guy does. He's too familiar with the shenanigans that can happen.]

But no reason to go inside! I say a policy of not passing the threshold is an excellent one.

[mayoninofukucho]

Good point. Getting bad quest feedback is about the last thing I need! No more stepping inside from now on, then.

[Some tea and getting their ear talked off really isn't worth the risk of another home-made disaster!]

[wrotetheworld]

Exactly. We faced the same kind of bullshit sometimes back at the sect too. Disciple fails to get a delivery receipt, customer tries to say it never arrived and refuses to pay. Ha! Not on my watch.

So! Where are these sharks?

[mayoninofukucho]

[Hijikata snorts. It's the same shit everywhere, isn't it? At the question, he surveys the area, then points at the undisturbed white expanse at the bottom of the rocky outcropping that serves as the base for the airship station.]

They can only live in dense fields of snow from what I gathered, so let's try our luck over there.

[However this will go, it can't be a bigger shitshow than the accidental demon summoning! (Famous last words...)]