7th

[kinpika]

Citizens of this town. It has come to my attention that some of you possess talents that allow you to stand above the normal rabble of this foolish place. As I am a reasonable King, I am willing to give each and every one of you a chance.

You will tell me what you excel in. If I am interested, I will have you perform your talent in front of me. If I continue to be interested, I will give you a once in a lifetime proposition.

You perform that talent for me and I shall pay you what you deserve, which will be a payment beyond your dreams. As someone entering my service, I also will not allow other fools to bring you to harm. Unwarranted violence shall never befall you and I will ruin those who attempt to subvert the health of my workers.

Do you understand? Your King is waiting for a reply.

Comments

[kinpika.livejournal.com]

You create things? What makes you think you can create something better than what I already own?

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

Do you even have ergaleomancers in your world?

[Theta smiles, deciding to try an idea.]

The Queen in my world keeps an ergaleomancer in her employ at all times. If you are truly so great a King that you would supersede her...surely your collection would include several ergaleomancers, and their creations besides. I am hailed as a prodigy, the best ergaleomancer of my generation. I know that I am, also, the only ergaleomancer here. Why should you have to do without when I'm offering?

[kinpika.livejournal.com]

Then make your creation. If it does not compare to an equivalent item of mine, then I shall lose interest. If it does, the opposite shall happen.

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

Has Your Majesty heard of the things called 'hazmats'?

[kinpika.livejournal.com]

You speak of those gas spewing fools?

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

Yes. I could provide Your Majesty with immunity~

[kinpika.livejournal.com]

A useful device, indeed.



For a normal king. Their fumes are nothing but a bad smell to me.

[which isn't true but Gil doesn't know that yet]

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

[Nor is Theta's device foolproof. But Theta doesn't know that yet, either. Nonetheless, this is where she starts blatantly making shit up just because she wants to feel important. Thankfully, her tone stays level. She's good at bluffing.]

It would save you the bad smell, as well. And protect any whom you might desire to protect, for whatever reasons Your Majesty might have, unnecessary to explain to me~.

[kinpika.livejournal.com]

Can you produce something more useful or no? I possess no desire for anything specific. I only wish for the best.

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

[A challenge~.]

No specific wishes, Your Majesty? I assure you, anything I produce is the best. If I am left to my own devices to choose, perhaps I would make for your Majesty... A machine to tend to your house, in case your assigned 'wife' in this place is not suited to it, or that she might be freed up to tend to your other needs?

[kinpika.livejournal.com]

Oh? I will wait to see this.

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

I will bring it to you in two months' time, perhaps less if I manage to do well. To what address shall I bring it?

[kinpika.livejournal.com]

To Four Hundred and Fifty Stone.

[ergaleomancer.livejournal.com]

I will deliver it personally~.