Returning home from a long trip is always a bit like unpacking a mystery. You have to sort through a bunch of notices left on your door, adjust to your enviroment if it had changed, talk to people who may have missed you (that last one is not really an issue for me, its Nidget and Andre who check in with me and when I got back they weren't around). You end up spending more time dicking around after returning, than you do getting back into the swing of things! Me personally I spent my first day back putting all my wonderful trinkets from the lands of the west on my shelves and calling attention to these amazing opportunities with a big sign. Sadly my first customer wasn't a customer at all it was Captain Therod.
"So you aren't dead?" Can you feel the love?
"Well if I am this is the worst afterlife I've ever heard about, and I've heard about several." She was in a sour mood as always, I don't think that woman was ever happy, ever.
"And I'm sure you've sent people to those after lives no doubt after hearing them pleading not to."
"Why Captain Therod you think so little of me." She really did, I don't know what I ever did to warrant such derision (other than you know being me) but that lady always had it in for me.
"You live down to my expectations Lorentino, but I'm here on official business."
"I haven't been in town for a while what could I have possibly have done to warrant your presence?"
"Property taxes, the treasury has me collecting them after their agent went missing."
"Oh those? Sure one second let me go find my money, they went up right?" She leaned against the doorway a little relieved, even in her sour mood I can spot it.
"Yes they did several store keepers felt the need to remind me of all their problems and yet we charge more money please do not add to them."
"I'd never complain about taxes, I love paying and being a part of a community." Yes even as a merchant and constant complainer I never found the need to whine about taxes, you want a government you have to pay for it! Which is not to say I don't voice my displeasure when certain topics arise, but since I pay into it I think I should have a voice in its governance!
"That's forward thinking of you."
"That and I like to think with my small amount of money I own a part of everyone in this city." I handed her my tax money (gems and precious metals, The Guard was still struggling with creating a common currency).
"And just like that you lost what little good regard I had for you."
"I have to live down to your expectations, do look around I just got some new items in."
"Right I'll be back to make sure they aren't magical some other time." And with that she left, I tell you people just don't seem to like me for whatever reason. I think it must be my cologne (or lake thereof). Sadly for me this wouldn't be my only interaction with Captain Therod, in fact it was the first of many, though in my favor it wasn't actually me that was the issue. For once! I'm the best taxpayer that ever paid his taxes and help solve murders, oops spoiler!
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