Thread: Death and All His Children (Church and Shyone)

Charles sat on the bed inside of the specially accommodated room waiting for the dragon. The male having ordered the strange little girl, as well as the three cats who normally were in her company, to make sure that the dragon was closely followed. At least until he was up in the room, and then they were to act as guards on the outside, and keep any unwanted guest from coming in and ruining the meeting. Because of his influence the room had been prepared in a certain way, to try and cater to the dragon that was coming to the meeting. Lucky for Charles... Mara had given him some important information about the person that he was meeting with, and it allowed him to plan accordingly. Whenever the dragon would walk in one of the first things that was noticeable was large stone like chair covered in furs and clothe, built to accommodate his bulk comfortably. The little intricate nature with which it was made, and the symbols drawn on it, showed that the man who sat before the dragon had done a lot of research and was well versed in the past of the person that he would be talking to. Though really it was that Charles knew a lot about the species... and not about the individual himself. Looking outside the room though he began to get worried slightly, especially given how long it was taking the dragon to come. Charles began to get worried that this might all possibly be a trap, and it wouldn't be the first time that something like this had happened. Luckily for him though that was not what was happening this time and to Charles relief the door finally opened. Come in... Come in my dear friend. It took you a bit long than expected to get up from that seat down there. I hope that you were not doing anything that could unravel our little agreement? There was a slight chuckle of laughter from the male as he spoke and with a bow he gently closed the door behind the dragon and locked it behind him. If it puts you at any ease, the little girl you saw earlier has taken a post up outside the door. So if you hear four small knocks it means she is coming in, and if you two and then a pause, and then three more... it means that you may exit the window behind us there. So don't worry there is no reason to be paranoid. I took the liberity of having this room prepared for liking if that is ok? I do try to resreach new recurits to the best of the Mistress's abilities and make them feel at home during the recruitment process. We will be moving you to stay at the Ebony Estates in the next few days. It is a high class brothel, but you will be fine there... until we set out to find our next recruit.... As he rambled on the male guided the dragon to sit on the large stone seat and he himself sat on the flat stone surface in front of it. This would place the Charles almost right between the dragon's legs if the larger male relaxed and spread them out. While this was not done for an purposeful sexual reasons on Charles part, the uses that it might have for the dragon whose mind was on such things at this point was undeniable. In fact it had been the reason for having servants sit in front of dragon's in such places during older times... and was a detail that Mara had left out. She had her ways of potentially getting back at Charles by proxy. Charles was normal a humble individual so he didn't mind appealing to a dragon's vanity. If this dragon was different than the norm though, then he would be sure to make note of that later. He was interrupted by the other male whose knee he reached out and patted, Don't worry about that my friend, consider yourself the safest you can possibly be in all of London right now. Even the King has no better than I. The confidence with which the male said these words, was what truly made it believable. As he listened to the others question that was what made a grin appear across his face, You see my friend that is not exactly the question that you should be asking, because it is not information that I am looking for. No what I need is a capable spy, and someone who knows a lot of information and ways of gathering it that I do not. So you see my friend, I am hiring you on a long term contract for a journey I am about to take. We will be gathering people for purposes, and I can't tell you much about the journey until I am sure that I can trust you, but for now I can say that you will be rewarded for your services. Looking into the dragon's eyes he realized at that moment that no proper greet had been given yet, and given that he personally was not afraid of giving out his own name, he simply reached out his hand saying, Now in the spirit of building that trust I believe that a greeting is in order. My name is Charles... Charles Castex. If you don't want to give your real name yet that is fine, but my friend I can tell you that you have just received mine. The other seemed to be quite confident which was a good thing in Charles opinion. Also the dragon seemed to be quite knowledgeable and well informed which was exactly what Mara had reveled to him. They would still have to visit with a certain Dr. within the next few days, but the man was sure that he could convince the dragon to join him. Even though the dragon was probably not going to take incomplete answers to his questions Charles planned on trying to give him the best ones that he could, Well you see my friend, the things that you are asking for are a little hard to give, but I will revel what I can. If you want to know who has the authority to hire you then well... you are looking at him. This is my venture, and I have other people who will be joining us, and one of them who has their own reasons to fund us. I learned about you through the person who is funding this venture and I am hoping to ask you to join us, and work with us as information gather and scout. I am sure you have some training in those area's as well that other members in my group don't. You will not have to worry about being seen coming or going during this contract, because we will be on the move during the entirety of the trip. As for who I am in this organization as you keep referring to it as... my friend you a bit mistaken on quite a few things. Number one I guess you could call me the 'leader' of this organization, and that is all the information I can give you. Beyond the fact that if you join with me... you will have a group of people who will die for you once they trust you. Again the man who spoke to the dragon seemed so sure of himself that it was a little unnerving, but at the same time it at least showed he wasn't someone who spent much time lying when it didn't suit him. While Charles wasn't sure how he was going to go about making sure that the dragon stayed in the group, or even came along and joined them, but he was sure of one thing and that was the fact he was quite sure that the other male could be useful. Again he reached out his hand, So while I understand that you still may be unsure, but can I at least count on the fact that you will come with me to the Ebony Estate and think things over there. If at that point you don't wish to join then you may part ways with the group. Oh, and I will warn you on this my friend... if you are not what you say you are then this is your chance to back out. The Ebony Estates is a brothel used by quite a few men who have a lot of money, and a few nobles, so it is a place that is not secret. The Mistress will know if you are lying to us. She has her ways after all... His laugh had a sinister note to it as he kept his extended hand towards he other male. Hoping the dragon would take up the offer.