Odd jobs, hm. I suspect you don't just mean what they're calling 'quests' to save this land? I have no real objection to that. At least it looks like you could buy a half-decent cigar here. I miss Dixie Queens.
[ He smiles faintly in acknowledgement. Wow. Maybe it's a little soon to assume he's made a friend, but it feels like he's doing a lot better than he usually feels. He's almost jaunty, even, as he crosses the street and heads out, following the directions on his little magic crystal slab phone.
It's nice, even if Maxwell is kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop. For their benefactors to turn out malevolent, or for the tasks ahead to be filthy, degrading, dangerous and so on.
The tea shop is easy to find, he's even a few minutes early, and he tries not to seem too over-wowed by civilization. It's been too long, indeed. But talking briefly to the staff is a delight. Sitting down in a chair has... not great connotations, but it's only a minor nausea, and it can't squelch the pleasant anticipation of meeting Xie Lian. ]
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[ He smiles faintly in acknowledgement. Wow. Maybe it's a little soon to assume he's made a friend, but it feels like he's doing a lot better than he usually feels. He's almost jaunty, even, as he crosses the street and heads out, following the directions on his
little magic crystal slabphone.It's nice, even if Maxwell is kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop. For their benefactors to turn out malevolent, or for the tasks ahead to be filthy, degrading, dangerous and so on.
The tea shop is easy to find, he's even a few minutes early, and he tries not to seem too over-wowed by civilization. It's been too long, indeed. But talking briefly to the staff is a delight. Sitting down in a chair has... not great connotations, but it's only a minor nausea, and it can't squelch the pleasant anticipation of meeting Xie Lian. ]