A man I decided to na shorty ca and found in the morning. He was the previous bodyguard that was with Maven Black-briar during our original eting. He brought to a small restaurant. The place was clearly set up and built to be a secure eting place.
Maven spoke as soon as we entered. "Soup or salad?"
I paused not understanding, but I suppose this is a restaurant its just one for etings. "Soup, can never go wrong with soup."
I had no idea who the owner was, but shorty set food down almost instantly. They must have premade the food as the soup was a little cold. Once done he sat quietly in the corner of the room. Maven sorted her utensils as she spoke.
"Ingun ca to yesterday, just before I was about to turn in for the day. I must say I am surprised by what she said." She didn't look at while she talked.
I smiled nonetheless, "Oh? and what was it about?"
Maven looked at , "I'm sure you already know what it was about. However this ti I will indulge you. She ca to to ask if she could learn more about our family business. She didn't ask anything more than that, but I suspect that will change in ti. As for our agreent I will consider this as the first completed step."
She snapped her fingers and the Bodyguard Shorty left the room. Maven took a bite of her salad paused and spoke again. "You can eat, its not poisoned or sothing."
I nodded and as much as I would've liked to just drink the soup. I grabbed the spoon and used so table manners. The soup wasn't bad, but it was simple tomato soup. I took a second to ask my demand.
"So the deed to the land." It wasn't a question and it was obvious.
Maven nodded, "The gold?"
I dropped a sack of gold. The little number I had that counted my gold changed from 7 to a 6. The 10k gold was taken from my stash of 76k septims. It was surprisingly easy to make that amount. The septim was a little worthless in terms of economic value. I suppose that was due to the varying wars and oblivion crisis.
She sighed, "Of course you have it in a sack. Lynnie count the gold for will you?"
"So the bodyguard's na was Lynnie? I've been referring to him as shorty in my head."
She looked at with a raised eyebrow, "And why would you call him shorty?"
I pointed to my leg, "He stands on a lean, aning either on leg is shorter or his left leg is injured in so way."
Maven looked at curiously, "Why call him a bodyguard?"
I laughed, "Are mages excluded from that job? He may wear armor, but telling that its enchanted. Best guess is mage if he is injured like that."
Maven paused for a mont, her expression was one of amusent. "You seem to make a lot of guesses, and they are disturbingly accurate."
I shrugged, "I'm good at estimating, you ever heard of the marble jar ga?"
She shook her head, "Enlighten while we wait."
I gestured the shape of a jar as i explained, "You fill a jar full of marbles and use it as a betting ga for kids. Once filled you make the kids guess, if they guess the number of marbles in the jar they can have all the marbles. You can even make the marbles cost sothing so they can buy one from the jar to reduce the amount. Perhaps charge them so they can shake the jar or preform so thod to guess the number of marbles in the jar."
Maven nodded and seed to take a ntal note of the ga. She likely had thoughts on using the idea. I continued though, "When I was a kid I would play this ga a lot. I've never failed to guess the exact number. Though I've used many thods to deduce the number."
She didn't seem that interested in the conclusion, but the older woman still nodded along like a grandmother. I an, she was in fact a grandmother so I guess it makes sense. I ate so more of the soup while we waited. Maven wasn't one for small talk though, so I took out the lexicon and began to work on it once more.
Maven looked at oddly, but didn't ask about it. It was the right move as I was going to charge her for the question. Eventually though Lynnie ca back in and handed the bag to Maven. He whispered sothing to Maven and she responded in the sa tone. A second later he took the sack of coins and returned to the corner of the room.
Maven reached into her coat and pulled out so papers. It seed the land was separated into two. "The land deeds, I'm not one to make dodgy investnts. However telling that you paid and got Ingun to look into family business. I'll expect you to keep the rest of your deal."
I smirked, "Well it was magic, it is only right I do."
Maven got up, "You can finish your soup, the rest of the ingredients are in the kitchen. You can keep them if you wish."
Lynnie opened the door and they left together with Maven in the front. Her last words peak my interest. The offer to keep the ingredients was odd. I thought about it and reached a simple conclusion. It was a test to see if I had similar habits to the Thieves guild player. I was correct in my thod to call the other player out.
I got up drank the soup and looted the food she left behind. I wasn't going to waste free camping supplies. Now I just had to gather up my minions, that included the orc tribe.
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