002 🔥 TEXT - WANTED: WRITER

[headhunt]

Type: Text
Sender ID: headhunt (Karlach)
To: Public
Subject: WANTED: WRITER
Warnings: N/A

need a writer. the kind who can do the big swirly letters with a quill on the parchment.

will pay good coin for services rendered.

contact karlach.


( is she aware she can use the network for more than job postings? it's unclear. )

Comments

[headhunt]

you should charge when someone is in need of your skills
won't be able to keep tara in fineries otherwise

but i've got to wonder, are you as good of a calligrapher as you are an orator?

[netherese]

Generally, I would agree with that rule of thumb, but I find myself incliend to make an exception in your case.

If I may be so bold as to boast, I'd say my calligraphy skills are quite comparable, though the bar is rather high— I'm an exceptionally talented and well-studied linguist.

[headhunt]

( he's so humble. ♥ )

i like hearing i'm an exception

seems like a missed opportunity that i haven't read anything penned by you yet

( not that she's the biggest fan of reading, but she could make exceptions. )

[netherese]

Should you ever find yourself interested in doing so, I can certainly provide, though I am a touch embarrassed to confess that I thought you might be referring to— something else.

[Were we not doing innuendo, Karlach? Did he misread?]

[headhunt]

no, i was

( she grins at her phone. she had dialed it back this time since gale gets embarrassed. )

thought i'd keep things polite for you

( unless...? )

[netherese]

While I do appreciate the thoughtful gesture, I think we're well past polite at this point. Playful wordplay seems safe enough, don't you think?

[He does get flustered, but this is different from her broadcasting to the entire shellphone network that someone ought to 'ride him until he cries.' If only he knew what she was saying to Darin—]

Still, that is very kind of you.

[headhunt]

not sure safe is the word anyone would use to describe me

( including during what gale calls wordplay. )

[netherese]

Hmm, perhaps we ought best consider it a very loose definition, in this case.

[He doesn't particularly like that they have to be so careful when they've both made it clear they want something more, but with their respective complications, he thinks they are at least owed the freedom of some playful banter!]

[headhunt]

or perhaps we could throw it out of the window altogether?

( because she sure is. there's quite the letter waiting in gale's near future. )