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Testing Hospitality; Hospitality Club ATTN Anyone Who Might Be In Jason's Office
Topic Started: Saturday, 10. May 2014, 23:30 (1,013 Views)
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"They allow anyone, Kindred or Kine, to experience anything imaginable," Pisces said, gently adjusting Jason's analysis to be slightly more open ended. "Nostolgic or practical. Some people prefer to experience things they have never seen, that have never existed, or that are merely of use to them."

She laughed slightly at his suggestion.

"No. No fliers. Though I wonder what I might print on them if I could. It is all word of mouth. My customer base reccomends me to their friends or allies. I meet people in gathering places and speak with them, and offer. Trust is built slowly. I have steady work scattered over most of the world at this point. Not in China or Africa, but most other places."

"I want more in England," she explained. "It is my home. I love to travel, but not so far right now."
"I am Piscina Sherwood, and this is what it looks like when I speak."

I am the Beast of Piscina Sherwood, and this is what it looks like when I speak.
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"And for this business, how much space would you require?" was she in need of something office sized or bigger? He could probably figure something out either way, it was merely a matter of planning. "Either way, there would be need to put down some clear rules. Obviously I would still not tolerate the use of disciplines within the club, however, should we come to an agreement here, the space you would be renting from me would be except from this rule. Basically, within the confines of those walls you would be free to practice your services to your clients" the Swede didn't really have a problem with that. And well, as long as she was in agreement on that point and kept anything from bleeding over to his club, sort of speak, then he was sure they could work out a deal.

He couldn't quite see the appeal in something that wasn't real himself, but well, not his concern. There were plenty willing to pay for such things, he was sure. Specially considering what other things people were willing to pay or trade favours for, this was actually more understandable to him.

"Would you care for a drink?" he suddenly seemed to realize he wasn't being very hospitable to the woman, even if, heh, it was a club and people were expected to buy their own drinks. It was different when it was just the two of them talking business, then it became more of meeting and other social conventions kicked in. And he was at least trying to be a welcoming host, even if it wasn't necessarily is best skill set.
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"In a pinch, I can show you the world in a grain of sand and hold infinity in the palm of my hand, but something about the size of your office would be ideal," she said smiling. "And that is entirely reasonable and easy for me to promise. In terms of rent, would you be open to beginning by taking a cut of whatever profits I earn here?"

That would be better in her eyes than a flat rate, as it would give her time to sound out the establishment as a possible source of customers, but she'd understand if Jason had some manner of prince in mind.

"Always," was her answer to the offer of a drink.
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I am the Beast of Piscina Sherwood, and this is what it looks like when I speak.
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Choosing a bottle off a shelf, seemingly at random even though that was likely not the case, the man knew his own bar rather well, after all, Jason picked out two glasses, pouring one for her and one for himself. As it would be a shame to drink alone.

"A reasonable agreement" Jason nodded to her offer of rent. "It will do for the first three months, then we can revisit the deal as we see how much of a market there is for your services in this city" he said, picking up his own glass as those amber predatory eyes regarded her to see what she thought of that.

It wasn't as if he was trying to weasel her out of her money or her time, but rather that given a few months to get herself established it would be fair, at least in his mind, to have another look at the agreement and see if it needed amending in any way or form.

"As for space, I have a couple of offices that I am sure would be enough to accommodate your needs" it was a decent sized building and a lot of it didn't see any real use at the moment.
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"Brilliant," Pisces said happily. "I am sure they will. And three months is a perfectly apt time for such an experiment. Thank you for your consideration."

Pisces examined and smelled the glass of blood before tasting it, like you're supposed to taste wine.

"Thank you. Very healthy. Tastes young," she said in a voice that implied this was a compliment.

While sipping she noticed the note on the counter addressed to "Bird Woman." She touched it and glanced at Jason to make sure she was right in claiming it. On recieving confirmation that she was the intended recipient, she'd unfold it with one hand, read the contents, and smile slightly. Then she sipped her drink again and returned to the conversation at hand.

"I am sure you get this question quite a bit, Mister Dahlgren, but how did a Gangrel become interested in the lacquered memories of civilization?"

She'd heard about his antiquing. It was a funny sort of an occupation for a clan that spent most of its time disdaining man-made objects.
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He sort of smiled, giving a barely noticeable shrug of his broad shoulders.
"My father was a furniture carpenter. Well, he was more than just that, but it was a passion of his and a trade which I learned as well" the Gangrel said simply. "So in that aspect, this antiques deal is merely a way of using my experience. It's easy enough to recognize, value as well as repair and restore items from my own day and age" back.. sometime long enough ago that most people only ever read about it in history books.

"Bookbinding, printing, carpentry" he took a sip of his own drink, thanking her for the compliment on the "vintage" with a light inclination of his head. "I've worn many cloaks over the years, learned many skills. To put one away in favour of another was something that never appealed to me when I could take when I knew and make something more of it" but while he (sort of) looked the part of an antiques dealer, an eccentric one perhaps, there was a lot about him that spoke of a life of hard work and labour. The calloused working hands to mention one thing.

"Soldier, lumberjack. Just because you are one thing doesn't mean you can't be another as well. A coin has two sides after all" and they could be as different as night and day.
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"Like Jesus," Pisces observed pleasantly, her comment devoid of reverence. "Carpentry has been somewhat distinguished among professions, by his participation. Though I think it was lovely enough to begin with. My family used to carve clothespegs and roses to sell. One thing useful, one thing pretty, granny used to say. Though I suppose carving is less like true carpentry than the work we always did on the wagon."

She took a sip of her drink.

"I would be impressed by your many professions, sir, if I did not have a vague sense of how very long you've had to learn them all. I suppose I am still impressed. We Kindred have time to live so many lives, but many I think sit in the same fashion decade after decade, and dwell in what is familiar to them. They will certainly be very good at what is familiar to them. But it as a good thing, as you said, if you are one thing, to occasionally try to be another. I was an Imagineer for a decade, a bit ago."
"I am Piscina Sherwood, and this is what it looks like when I speak."

I am the Beast of Piscina Sherwood, and this is what it looks like when I speak.
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"That I've worked in my life and unlife isn't much to be impressed about honestly" at least he didn't think it worth that kind of attention. "Our kind has plenty of time to do as they please, but there won't ever be a substitute for hard work. Even if there are those of us who can manipulate their way through existence" because that he found less than impressive.

Time.
Time was the one thing their kind had in abundance.
The least they ought to do with it was something worthwhile.

"I am.. afraid I am unfamiliar with what an Imagineer does though?" he looked at her with a light tilt of his head as if trying to figure it out and coming up short.
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"I suppose I sort of do both," Piscina admitted. "The power to manipulate the world itself into forms that please me would make it easy for me to, as you say, manipulate my way through existence. But when I do just that, people don't tend to invite me back into their domains. I find the most profitable and tenable manipulations tend to be the ones that leave both parties satisfied. And those ones are hard work."

Her brother had been better at them. She did her best.

"We designed things," Pisces said, leaning on the desk. "Restaurants. Theme park rides. Boats. Costumes. It is very fun to understand how something is made, and planned, and it was much easier for me and my partner to envison things and design well when we could create objects as dreams before exploring the limitations of solid materials. Especially convenient when the things we were helping design were giant boats."

She made another movement with her hand, as if she were about to conjure an example, but did not. Rules were rules, and she was perfectly capable of following them. Well, these ones at least. The motions were just habit.
"I am Piscina Sherwood, and this is what it looks like when I speak."

I am the Beast of Piscina Sherwood, and this is what it looks like when I speak.
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"Then you also realize there are different forms of manipulation" and seeing as the one she made a living out of required people to come to her and willingly subject themselves to it, well, he couldn't call that the same as floating on by through the means which a Ventrue might use.

As she explained what an imagineer was he nodded.
"Ah, I see" well,t hat sort of made sense. He could definitively see where someone capable of wielding illusions would be well suited for such a job. And considering she now made a living off the illusions alone she probably had a good idea of what she was doing. "I must admit I haven't spent too much time around theme parks, but what little I've seen I can picture your skills quite useful for designing such things" and they would've been invaluable to such things as boats, surely. A lot of problems could've been avoided with a Ravnos or two on the design team for such big projects.
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"You are right," Piscina said, pointing at Jason as me made his first observation. "In fact, I once met a Rose who had categorized them all. As a was of teaching her clan's graceful powers. I can't quite remember the list, and she did not share all of it with me, but it drew a careful line between manipulation by deception and manipulation by truth. The first being more common. The second being harder and, in her opinion, in the end, better."

"They are a delight," Piscina said, brightening slightly on the subject of Disneyland, which she considered a sort of Mecca for her clan. "Not everyone's cup of blood, of course," she added, in deference to what seemed to be Jason's sensibilities. "But they allow people to explore the world in such new ways. To feel what it is like to be a bird in flight. To be as fast as a rabbit, low to the ground, hair shivering with speed. To see the bottom of the ocean all around them, as if they were there. Or the moon."

"Or to ride about in giant teacups," she said, smiling slightly and taking another sip. "But it's the experiences that I celebrate in my heart. The exploration of new ways of being."

But she had been talking of herself for along enough, and didn't want her fancies to dominate the conversation. So she asked: "Do you ever still build things yourself, Mister Dahlgren? Are any cabinets here to your personal credit?"
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I am the Beast of Piscina Sherwood, and this is what it looks like when I speak.
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To be honest he wouldn't have minded the conversation revolving around her thoughts and business, for while the Gangrel did speak of himself when he felt like it, he didn't necessarily feel like it all that often outside of company which he felt kinship to. And that was generally reserved for those he called family and friends. However, he wasn't an impolite person either, nor had she had anything he had any reason to refuse answering. So he would indulge her.

"Most of what's here I have restored but not built myself outside of replacing some panels and wooden pins where needed. Well, with exception of the shelving for the flasks" the Swede said, motioning a hand towards the shelving and wine rack behind the counter.. "I occasionally craft things, but that is rare. It is more commonplace that I restore and repair, and that again is generally something I only do for clients with an interest in antiques" such as Veronicka. "It's been a good long while since furniture carpentry was my chosen trade, though it's a handy skill if nothing else" that and actually having worked with the techniques used to make the old furniture he often dealt with was a big plus. It meant he could replicate both the techniques and the results in a way most couldn't.

"Of course, I reckon your average home these days is lined with furniture out of a flat packed box from IKEA, so..." his father's old trade was probably running out of favour with the general public even if it still held the interest with a smaller crowd.
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Piscina asked a few more questions about Jason's work and restoration, and shared an anecdote about antique hunting through junk piles that her family used to do, way back when she was a child. They'd load their wagon with everything that looked nice and intact-ish, get it appraised, and refurbish anything that the swap man was willing to buy.

Soon after, she thanked Jason for his time and hospitality, and departed.
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I am the Beast of Piscina Sherwood, and this is what it looks like when I speak.
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