Sounds good. You pass the night in this fashion.
About noon the next day, the machine stops working. There's a little red light blinking in a battery symbol.
*sighs*
"Hold the line, need to go back to Mark"
*Go back to the Inbetween, if nothing comes up go back to Mark*
"Heya, do you have some sort of universal charger, the memory device is out of juice."
J
Mark says in suprise, "You used the whole battery already? What are you trying to do, restore the memories of everyone in the world?
"It should only take two or three hours for the battery to charge itself to full."
*Grins*
"Well yeah, since I told Eria do use the magic that did it, obviously she needs to train herself to do that better, or get her some help. I don't know the best option right now."
J
"There's always the old-fashioned, get your hands dirty approach. You could talk to those people in positions of power and try to convince them of your position, or try to set up some new form of government. Or, you could abandon the people here to their own devices, and call your responsibility paid in full and your promise fulfilled. As for myself, I intend to stay here in my junkyard and continue amusing myself with trinkets."
*smiles*
"I don't want to be ruler at all, I just wanted Eria to draw pictures to give them the tools so they could rebuild their society on their own. I do have a few years here, I want my daughter to grow up with the kids, and I want to see them grow and mature. Eria did get the city build and people working together, so we can help them naturally."
*I am content with letting 4-5 years pass helping the kids with their skills, teaching Val what I can about combat here, so one day she might want to become a Black Ninja with Tani and myself*
J
"I didn't mean your position socially; I meant your position ethically.
"It sounds like you know what you're doing."
What do you intend to do for your base necessities in the meantime?
*Smiles*
"Well the leaders have formed a council, I have no problem working with them. As for what I do, I hope I could arrange for a house in the city, while I offer my services to the country to get it back up and running."
J
She drew the picture, as you recall.
A: You never had any proof that she was successful in what she did.
B: Even were she successful, the amnesia event occurred afterwards, and there is no reason to suspect that the leaders were not so affected.
How will you be arranging a house?
*Ok well once we return the memories of everyone in the city, will get groups of people to fan out in all directions to find out who the leaders are of the other towns, cities and villages, by that time they should have had the amnesia go away, and we will setup peace and stucture naturally, invite all the leaders to the city to hash it out.*
*As for the house, we spent x amount of time repairing and entering/sorting paperwork, should be easy to find out which houses are vacant, check them out, and one where no one is in now, claim that one. I don't feel bad about that, and we need a place to stay.*
J
So... you're just going to claim a house. Alright. And as far as ascertaining food goes, how do you intend to handle that for your family?
*Transmuting has worked for me so far, I've been doing it since I got here.*
J
Yep. Have you got the numbers for that handy? I don't think I've crunched them since the four left.
((Listed as 2@5 Transmute Solids P9@9, I've done it many many times, so do not know if it should be raised, BRA: +40, Bias 13@10))
J
We'll give you a 2@9 SAL. Could I get your BRA and ... wait, so I know that, and I believe your BRA is 3@10.
40 29 26 40, I can tell that's good enough to work.
How about paying your bills, electricity, plumbing? (Fossil fuels aren't used here, so there's no gas bill, but the electricity bill is higher; not as high as it might be, since fusion power is a beautiful thing.)
*What is the currency? If I am consulting, I would think I should get a consulting rate, which is usually a tidy sum in the real world*
J
The currency is mhryr, small, reflective, metallic feeling coins that never seem to get scuffed or lose their shine. Apparently, 1 myrhr dollar is worth one million myrhr coins, but they aren't generally used in day to day transactions, as most individual things cost less than 11 myrhr coins.
If you're negotiating with someone to be paid for your consultations, who?
*The mayor of the town*
J
The mayor tells you, "We are very pleased, Mr. Jhiaxus, and do appreciate your consultations. Exactly how much are you asking?"
*shrugs*
"Enough to take care of a family of 6, and a little extra. I am not greedy."
J
The mayor doesn't really know how to answer that, so he responds by rephrasing his question. "How much mhryr are you hoping to be paid yearly?"
*Well I will total up expenses, and I have been around enough to see what they would be and smart enough to allow for incidentals, and times it by 3.*
J
The mayor downright balks at your six figure offer, and responds, "I'm afraid that we'll have to decline your consultation in the future. We will compensate you for your previous consultations."
((That would be like saying expenses are 10k, and asking for a 30k salary, if it is still the case, I will just take my salary and transmute things into more money :P))
J
It's like saying a year's expenses for a normal family of six people to live comfortably is roughly 90,000 and saying you want 270,000.
So, you'll be making your own money, then. I'm certainly not going to argue with that in spite of the fact that you have an infinite pouch full of infinite pouches.
*Grins I keep forgetting, I ask if the mayor can give be at least some of it in coins, perhaps 50 coins and whatever credit system they use for the rest, and I will thank him.*
J
He haggles with you a bit, and since you aren't highly interested at the moment, you leave with a bag of 40 mhryr coins.
On the downside, the mayor will be much less likely to listen to your advice now, because he'll feel it in his pocketbook.
*Smiles and takes the 40 coins and puts them in the created pouch*
"Should have paid me, now I have no incentive to help you in the future"
*dumps the pouch for a second and let 40 coins dump into his hand and another 40 onto the floor as I walk out* ((Only dumping 80))
J
Well, it isn't really that easy to tell how many are dumping out; unlike with only one coin, when there are forty it's more of a constant flow.
The mayor is shocked and watches you leave in stunned silence.
*It was approximate, not worried, it was the message I was sending that was important*
*Unless someone asks me for my help or advice, not going to offer it, going to take care of my kids, my women, who I need to make plans on really wedding, like getting them rings, and teaching them all what I know in terms of abilities*
J
Sure. What'd you have in mind? Going out on the town?
Another bump already?
Those 30 went by quick.
*Nights on the town would require a babysitter, if one I trusted offered yes.*
*First order of businesses, heading to the jewelry store, for two engagement rings*
J
You do have two capable babysitters, Val and Tan; I was presuming you'd want to keep your proposals secret from them.
*Nods for right now, I never even mentioned it before, but since I am going to be here for a few years at least, probably more to let Victoria grow up, I might as well make it official.*
J
You see all sorts of pretty rings for sale, precious stones of various types colors shapes and sizes inlaid or not present at all. As money is no object, what'd you have in mind?
*Not trying to flood the economy, so aside from the rings, going to keep my purchases small and necessary*
*I was thinking Diamonds and Rubies for Tan, Diamonds and Emeralds for Val, Gold Bands, solid structure, no settings that would get knocked loose, but held closer to or in the gold, and of course big and bling*
J
You find what you're looking for with no difficulty, and haggle the shopkeep down for fun.
How do you intend to present these trinkets to your "girlfriends"?
*I was figuring a nice dinner, just the three of us, was thinking about contacting Katrina (by phone seems this world has them), asking her to babysit for a night, saying it would be a huge favor.). Nice dinner, dancing, and asking them at a moment to close their eyes for a moment and that I have a surprise for them, and be kneeling with both boxes open presented to them when they open them*
"Will you marry me?"
J