Originally, the plan had been to take over Quanil's duties at the VlamVloed, but the bar's master was elusive, and Freina had no desire to work for someone she knew only by her sibling's reports of them. They were a good sort, too good sometimes, and trusted everyone until and unless given a reason not to. She didn't work that way. Besides, who was to say the owner would want her working there? No matter how she looked at it, simply taking over the amorphous "contract" her sibling had with Sunjata didn't seem right.
And she wanted a place and a job of her own. A business she could run as she saw fit; a door she could shut and lock against the world, with no one to gainsay her. She'd enjoyed sewing and dying curtains and sheets for the Loreseekers' Guild; it wouldn't be a bad way to earn a living, since nothing else had suggested itself to her.
So she had prowled the Domiciles until she'd found a two-story house that was aba- ...empty. (She hated that word, she'd never use it ever again if she had her way.) This one was dusty with disuse, but not moldy. She had discovered a weak spot in the roof (which is to say, she thought she saw a small part sagging, had poked at it with a broom handle, and a small hole had opened up), but that was the worst structural problem she'd found.
It had a small back garden, and she'd have to tend to that, as well. Grow some good plants for dyes, she thought, as well as a kitchen garden (some plants could even serve double duty for that). Of course, it was the end of Leafchange; planting now would be inadvisable. But pull out the weeds, start some seedlings in pots indoors... it'd be a start.
She'd gone around to the various merchants, trading her ideas more than her wares. Most of them either hadn't heard that she'd gained magic or didn't care. (Of course, merchants were an entirely separate breed of human, she was convinced: nothing mattered to them so much as coming out ahead. She could have sprouted two more heads, and they'd probably just tell her about the special they had going on hats.)
She'd spent the first part of the day clearing out cobwebs, dusting, washing windows, sweeping and mopping floors. This was going to be her house, true, but she also needed to turn the front room into a place of business. And people had to know that the business existed. This would take some work, but she'd just pushed up her sleeves and gone to it.
It was a sunny day, a little windy, only a little chilly. She'd opened all the windows and doors while she'd worked, and that had helped keep her from overheating. Now, she was leaning against the door frame and catching her breath. The clouds were coming and going a good clip, and it might rain later, but she'd a few more good hours yet, she reckoned.
Then stuff started arriving. The wagon with the new furniture; the wood and shingles for the roof; the seeds, pots, and gardening equipment; the sign, bell, and brackets she'd ordered.
Freina sighed as she looked at everything and thought of all the tasks she had to do before it got dark and/or started raining. She sure could use some help.
Help Freina get her seamstress business set up and ready to go! With just a couple of helpers, she could get everything done before it starts raining in that hole she accidentally opened up in the roof.
Physical labor for the most part: roofing, moving furniture in & out, weeding the garden and planting, and hanging the sign, that sort of thing. There may be some unexpected surprises but nothing dangerous or harmful!!
Two slots:
1.Jigano
2.Rance
And she wanted a place and a job of her own. A business she could run as she saw fit; a door she could shut and lock against the world, with no one to gainsay her. She'd enjoyed sewing and dying curtains and sheets for the Loreseekers' Guild; it wouldn't be a bad way to earn a living, since nothing else had suggested itself to her.
So she had prowled the Domiciles until she'd found a two-story house that was aba- ...empty. (She hated that word, she'd never use it ever again if she had her way.) This one was dusty with disuse, but not moldy. She had discovered a weak spot in the roof (which is to say, she thought she saw a small part sagging, had poked at it with a broom handle, and a small hole had opened up), but that was the worst structural problem she'd found.
It had a small back garden, and she'd have to tend to that, as well. Grow some good plants for dyes, she thought, as well as a kitchen garden (some plants could even serve double duty for that). Of course, it was the end of Leafchange; planting now would be inadvisable. But pull out the weeds, start some seedlings in pots indoors... it'd be a start.
She'd gone around to the various merchants, trading her ideas more than her wares. Most of them either hadn't heard that she'd gained magic or didn't care. (Of course, merchants were an entirely separate breed of human, she was convinced: nothing mattered to them so much as coming out ahead. She could have sprouted two more heads, and they'd probably just tell her about the special they had going on hats.)
She'd spent the first part of the day clearing out cobwebs, dusting, washing windows, sweeping and mopping floors. This was going to be her house, true, but she also needed to turn the front room into a place of business. And people had to know that the business existed. This would take some work, but she'd just pushed up her sleeves and gone to it.
It was a sunny day, a little windy, only a little chilly. She'd opened all the windows and doors while she'd worked, and that had helped keep her from overheating. Now, she was leaning against the door frame and catching her breath. The clouds were coming and going a good clip, and it might rain later, but she'd a few more good hours yet, she reckoned.
Then stuff started arriving. The wagon with the new furniture; the wood and shingles for the roof; the seeds, pots, and gardening equipment; the sign, bell, and brackets she'd ordered.
Freina sighed as she looked at everything and thought of all the tasks she had to do before it got dark and/or started raining. She sure could use some help.
Help Freina get her seamstress business set up and ready to go! With just a couple of helpers, she could get everything done before it starts raining in that hole she accidentally opened up in the roof.
Physical labor for the most part: roofing, moving furniture in & out, weeding the garden and planting, and hanging the sign, that sort of thing. There may be some unexpected surprises but nothing dangerous or harmful!!
Two slots:
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