It's not that he doesn't have money. It's just that the money that he does have tends to go to things like wine. In all fairness, he's at least wearing very high boots and simple leather shoulder spaulders.
But yes, lots of skin showing. If the cold bothers him, he doesn't show it much. But he leans against the railing, and his eyebrows go up when Cedric approaches. He's seen the man training. He's not bad, truly. Could use some help. "Gannicus," he replies, easy. "What proposal is that?"
"There's a wagon in from Cumberland. Good cloth, fresh stuff."
There'd be no shame in a dead man's blanket, but it's Nevarra. He knows the jokes. Palms proved empty, he shoves them back in his pockets. Too cold for all that, and more than one merchant's worked out that the folks with the funny green fingers will pay up.
"Supposed to have unloaded already, but one of the hands broke his. Told me they'll cut rates for a bit of help." He shrugs. "Don't reckon they trust the locals."
He considers that a moment. He's not so proud that he can't be bothered to help unload a wagon, but.
Well.
"Why?" He asks, but his lips are twitching in a smile, and there isn't a lot of suspicion there. He moves forward, leaning away from the railing now and moving in tacit agreement.
"The locals? S'pose Kirkwall's got a reputation," But that isn't what Gannicus meant. Smiles to show he knows: "Makes it matter that Riftwatch are the reliable sort. Build a relationship, you know."
He shakes his head. "No, why are you offering me? Don't you have friends who could use heavy coin?"
Maybe "heavy" is an exaggeration but it is still a good question, frankly. He's tipping his head and he nods it forward a little. "Show me, still, I am in need of support."
"Templar," A slight pause, to amend, "Heard it's different up North."
Hard to ever say how much is propaganda, but:
"No tailing after Magisters down here, it's more - Chantry work." As for the Nevarran, "At any rate, this lot all know Trade, but some of them might try and talk around you. Promise I'll tell you what they say later."
The boat bumps dock. Cedric's chin jerks to the street - it's a bit of a walk yet.
He pauses and looks at him. That said: "Don't care if your head spins the wrong way and you piss in the wind, friend, long as the money is good." Which is to say, sure, why not.
"Hey now. If this is on backwards," He grips his own jaw, mimes twisting a neck. Crk. "You've got to let me know."
Kirkwall by winter is grey dust, on grey stone, by grey waves, under the great grey sky. The people are another story - kaleidoscopic in their profusion of paint, of cloth, of hair and smells and a dozen conversations. It all runs together.
"Near a month," That hasn't stopped being strange. "How long've you been South?"
He's seen Gannicus around a while, but the whole world isn't Riftwatch.
He snorts, but it's amused, a bit of a laugh more than anything. He raises a hand, moves it back and forth just a bit. "Less than that," he confirms, "at least in Kirkwall. I left Tevinter at start of summer."
He was freed only a little while before then. Batiatus gave him some money, but not enough, not nearby enough.
"Long way to travel," Especially without pants. Cedric winds them around a corner, through a cluster of squawking gulls. Something fishy squelches underfoot. "How'd you pick the destination?"
"Didn't, really," he clarifies. "Went where the Vints weren't, and hoped for the best," he says, finally. That much seems to generally be true, even if it's not quite so simple. But it's a good enough answer, at least.
"Didn’t expect to find so many, myself," He admits. Suppose it’s not so strange, this near the border. Maker knows there have been refugees. "So many -"
Cedric's hand pulls up near chin, fingers wiggling: Fancy types. His own name’s Tevene, and no way to know how far back that stretches. Nevarra was part of the Empire a long time, but it’s had plenty newer migrants.
(There's only so many reasons elves run South.)
"- You know. Guess it makes sense, if they've got the money t'leave."
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But yes, lots of skin showing. If the cold bothers him, he doesn't show it much. But he leans against the railing, and his eyebrows go up when Cedric approaches. He's seen the man training. He's not bad, truly. Could use some help. "Gannicus," he replies, easy. "What proposal is that?"
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There'd be no shame in a dead man's blanket, but it's Nevarra. He knows the jokes. Palms proved empty, he shoves them back in his pockets. Too cold for all that, and more than one merchant's worked out that the folks with the funny green fingers will pay up.
"Supposed to have unloaded already, but one of the hands broke his. Told me they'll cut rates for a bit of help." He shrugs. "Don't reckon they trust the locals."
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Well.
"Why?" He asks, but his lips are twitching in a smile, and there isn't a lot of suspicion there. He moves forward, leaning away from the railing now and moving in tacit agreement.
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Information and goodwill come dearer than wool.
"Reckon we could get you paid for it."
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Maybe "heavy" is an exaggeration but it is still a good question, frankly. He's tipping his head and he nods it forward a little. "Show me, still, I am in need of support."
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"Gela might sew something of it, but I doubt she's much for hauling." A shrug. "And I've got the old vows to think of."
Vows of poverty only matter if you're some rich fuck set to inherit. A one-time cart job doesn't rate. Still,
"D'you speak any Nevarran?"
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He shakes his head at Nevarran, though. He isn't quite that worldly, for all that he knows some from there.
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Hard to ever say how much is propaganda, but:
"No tailing after Magisters down here, it's more - Chantry work." As for the Nevarran, "At any rate, this lot all know Trade, but some of them might try and talk around you. Promise I'll tell you what they say later."
The boat bumps dock. Cedric's chin jerks to the street - it's a bit of a walk yet.
"Ready?"
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He nods and gets on the boat. "Been here long?"
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Kirkwall by winter is grey dust, on grey stone, by grey waves, under the great grey sky. The people are another story - kaleidoscopic in their profusion of paint, of cloth, of hair and smells and a dozen conversations. It all runs together.
"Near a month," That hasn't stopped being strange. "How long've you been South?"
He's seen Gannicus around a while, but the whole world isn't Riftwatch.
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He was freed only a little while before then. Batiatus gave him some money, but not enough, not nearby enough.
wow sorry time got away from me there!!
If Kirkwall's any more than another pit stop.
no prob, I'm clearly a disaster
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Cedric's hand pulls up near chin, fingers wiggling: Fancy types. His own name’s Tevene, and no way to know how far back that stretches. Nevarra was part of the Empire a long time, but it’s had plenty newer migrants.
(There's only so many reasons elves run South.)
"- You know. Guess it makes sense, if they've got the money t'leave."