>>32262741

[x] Custom

We're a guildless private detective/rogue, employed by various minor officials to do buisness and run errands they can't or won't officially perform, as well as tasks for the guildless citizenry.

>>32262741
[X] Become an agent of the Dimir, posing as an Azorius Hussar

>>32262885
Writing

>>32262885
I support this

>Name: Diktrashy "Pie-Eye"
>Race: Goblin
>Family: Only child, parents died of old age
>Early life: Pie-Eye spend half his youth trying to become a professional gambler and the other half trying to escape the people he owned money (lost in gambling). Both left him with keen eyes for details, the ability to read people pretty well (just as necessary for seeing through a poker face than for knowing when was time to run) and quick feet.

>>32263024

Foundry Street born and bred.

>>32263024
>>32262885

...make it on your own, no guild strings attached. Your parents had always gotten by without them and you would to. You were on your way to meet up with you first ever client, a Miss Zod. The daughter of a merchant and something of local nobility in the Talis Spires, the bases of said spires you were sulking around look for her address. In your youthful excitement you had let wild thoughts of what she might want to disclose, what she could need you for.

Navigation always being your strong suit you arrived fifteen minutes early, such punctuality was usually a good start with getting people to trust a goblin. The seal she had posted you got you by the family spire door guards, Orzhov hires by the looks. The interior itself was immaculate showing Merchant Zod’s fondness for tapestry. A young girl in an airy summer dress with cascading brow hair was waiting for you with a look of deep satisfaction. The young Miss you presumed.

[]Introduce yourself

>>32263229
[X] introduce ourself politely

>>32263302

Simple choice, writing.

>>32263229
>"Miss Zod? Pleased to meet you"
>Extand hand
>"Dicktrashy, Pie-Eye. I've heard you had a job for me"

>>32263229

Professional, curt and polite is the key here. These guys respect money, which we don't have, so let's defer to professionalism without groveling.

>>32263302
>>32263369
I think this >>32263361 fit both, but since it's me who written it I'm probably biased.

Also, QM, could you wait a little longer when you ask people to write in?

>>32263347
Just wondering, are you going to go with the first vote on every post? Cause I've seen that done and it only lead to trouble.

>>32263361
>>32263369
Taken aback slightly by the realisation of just how young your supposedly powerful and influential employer was you feel back of the social skeleton key, politeness with a light dash of flattery.

"Miss Zod?” You croak curtly, extending a surprisingly smooth and clean green hand “Pleased to meet you"
"Dicktrashy, Pie-Eye. I've heard you had a job for me"
Giving a little giggle before she entered the handshake with a light grip, Miss Zod replaied. “Oh you’re are exactly as I hoped you’d be Mr Trashy, now Vela please I don’t wish us to be too formal. Come out to the balcony, we’ll sit and talk there.”

Taking the rather ostentatious mana-lift (very expensive bit of kit) to the top of the spire you find a rooftop garden, which immediately sets you on edge but you try not let it show. Two metal chairs by a coffee table suggest the young Miss set this up beforehand. Sitting down and taking a glass-full from the jug of herb-water sitting on the table for the two of you is what you take as your que to speak.

[] Inquire about the job
[] Inquire about the family
[] Inquire about the Young Miss

>>32263472
>>32263530

It is basic counting I just thought there wasn't that many people interested.

>>32263737
[x] job
We're a professional not a bad porno

>>32263737
>[] Inquire about the job
Politely

>>32263737
Inquire about the family. It's good to know who's employing us. Less chance of being set up.

>>32263781
Wait that doesn't even make sense
That is the bad porno option
The young miss instead

>>32263737

[x] Job
"Now, Miss, I can't help but notice you're trying to butter me up. And sure, I'm flattered that a lowly goblin from the alleys is getting this much attention from a spire noble. But this makes me think you're about to ask me to do something unpleasant or very illegal, so why don't we get to that part and exchange pleasantries later?"

>>32263762
I wrote my Maturity Work on detective novels. You bet I'm interrested!

Truth be told, I thought about doing a quest with a detective on Sigil. But I never had inspiration past that stage

>>32263845
a little passive-agressive, I think.

>>32263845

Okay secondary vote.

[] Play her game
[] Be blunt

>>32263856
Okay! No pressure then!

>>32263737
comment about the beutiful view and garden

>>32263880
>[] Be blunt
but not asshole-ish. Just ask her to get to the point.

>>32263880
No pressure, dude. We're all here to have fun, but the most important thing is that you have fun .

>>32263880

As the suggester of >>32263845 I'll say you can modify the wording to be less abrasive if you feel it's too blunt. I just wanted to give the impression that we're a savvy character that is on to her game but can play along if necessary.

>>32263880
ah, im >>32263948
so
[] Play her game
compliment the garden and view

>>32263880
[X]play her game
This is going somewhere

we're gonna need a hat. And a raincoat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVffVEq4a_Y

Also, I vote that we only refer to Ravnica as "The City"

>>32264071
is there cigarets in this world? and if not INVENT!

"I'm just a down on his luck goblin trying to get by in da-da-DA *The City*
Then i met Her."

Wonder if we'll run into Krenko or his goons.

>>32264133
"It seemed to be a simple job, at first. I should have know it meant troubles were coming. And that they brought their friends."

>>32264133
You'd have to have the permit to apply for permits, then the permit to petition, then petition Niv Mizzet to come up with such a thing, but he's probably too busy pleasuring himself with fireworks

Also, I vote to have Lavinia be the hardass by-the-book-cop whose cases we always complicate.

>>32264187
Our Colors are probably Black/White

>>32263952
>>32263990
>>32264009
>>32264033

You try to be subtly blunt. “So, Vela.” You open trying to keep your voce as level as you can, the inherent screech of goblin voices is something you could never stand. “All this fancy treatment for an urchin like me is hardly usual, if I didn’t know better I’d think you were going to ask me to do something illegal.” An arched eyebrow is your first replay from Vela and it quickly transitions in to a mischievous grin; witch itself morphs into full blown laughing fit.
This does little to calm your racing thoughts. Were you too bold? Are you about to be kicked out? Was she going to have you thrown in a Boros Cell overnight for the trouble? Was this some sort of sick game she played? Where there lilies in this garden, those made you choake.
“Well!” Vela, cuts through your thoughts. “You are as sharp as I thought Mr Trashy, you’ve seen right through me I want you to steal something. Well stealing might be a bit of an exaggeration, after all it is really mine.” Vela stops to take a breath, still chuckling. “Nothing dangerous, it’s actually quite petty really. A little spat between I and a friend it’ll be over by next month but I’ve lent her a necklace and I wish to wear it to a ball before then. I will employ you to retrieve it and leave a short note in its place to explain what has happened. I shan’t request you do anything you are uncomfortable with but I do require that you say you will do it before I tell you anymore.”

You pause to consider, this is you first break and if you’re not careful it might be your last. Reputation is everything and without it you won’t get jobs. Vela seem harmless enough if a bit odd and if you do this for her you might get more high profile and legitimate things in the future.

[] What do you think?

I'm slow shit I know.

>>32263878
Not really. Exactly the opposite, actually, very forthcoming and no nonsensy

>>32264235

We're a goblin. We're red.

Only time will tell whether we're R/W (the honest detective with a heart of gold in a corrupt underbelly, trying to do good), R/B (a vicious bastard out-bastarding the other vicious bastards and making a profit off other people's misery) or R/G (it's a jungle out there, and mate, I'm one of the predators, I hunt the weaker and run from the stronger).

>>32264302
What about R/U, the detective that uses whatever deceptions necessary to get his job finished .

>>32264262
Ask to see the note we're to deliver
This is mildly sketchy

>>32264262

"A social call, then. Tell me more about the glitter, the dame that's got them, and the place it's in."

>>32264262
>Refuse
Reputation is a big thing, but getting thrown in jail is a bigger one. This girl isn't on the level with you, and whatever she's hiding is bad business.

Also, we'll probably get a good reputation as detective if what we do is breaking and entering.

>>32264365

Shit, I totally forgot that option. Yeah, Izzet Blitzing our way through the underworld with an arsenal of spells and gadgets, surveillance homunculi and disguises is a good option too.

>>32264262
Take the job. Gotta start somewhere, and this is one of the better starting places, all things considered.

>>32264365
That would be UBR
UR would be the gadgety detective always with a card up his sleeve
Or the goblin equivalent, I think they wear vests

>>32264302
We're not forced to be anything, dude. Also, It was a joke on "black and white" movie, typical of the Film Noir.

Out of curiosity, what does R/B result int?

>>32264428
>>32264415
Good point.
Forgot Izzet was a thing, I was just thinking of the flavor of blue in general.

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>>32264457
BR ravnica in a nutshell

>>32264420
>>32264383

>Doing petty burglary
>one of the better starting place for being a detective

Really? Dude, we're gonna end dropping the soap in jail.

You can bet something will happen and we'll get blamed

Voting closes in three mins!

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>>32264457

>>32264302
>>32264365

OP, you might want to take note, because I smell a fully workable upgrade/leveling tree system with branches that integrate abilities, spells and weapon proficiency with morality choices and character personality that could be made out of this.

>>32264382

"Oh certainly, here it is!"

Dearest Emarea,

Before you get angry, you know the rules. When falling out we can withhold items but there’s nothing in there about not fetching them. If you’re reading this my young gentleman has succeeded and thus.

Ha, ha, ha! Ha, ha, ha! Ha, ha! Ha, ha! Ha! Ha!

Love Vela XXX

I can't samefag but I can't let this happen. Shit.

Come one, people, do you really think the custommer is thrustworthy? Hint: they aren't, unless their some poor soul calling to our hidden heart of gold

>>32264546

Well voting is closed anyway, you must live with the decision.

Thank you for not samefaging.

>>32264534
Okay, that bitch just want us to get roast on other bitch's security system. I'm ready to bet it's a game they do often.

>>32264546

The trustworthiness of the dame isn't at issue, this is a detective story so of course she's holding something back. The issue is how easy or hard the job is, and how much the lawmages will break us over it if we get caught. And besides, being a detective means doing a little breaking in from time to time. It's good practice.

>>32264586
Dude, I wrote the book on detective stories tropes. Nearly literally. What I'm saying is that the task is bad for a frist job. Probably too difficult, and rigged for us to fail (with the lawmages getting extra-hard on our ass).

I'm willing to bet it's some kind of game between the two girls: find a moron, have him try to rob the other, you win if he fail , I win if he succeed.

>>32264672

We should ask the lady how often she wins, and what happened to the last chump that she used for this game.

>>32264672
And why do we care. Wether it's a game or not, we're still getting paid.

Weighting up all the risks and rewards and ignoring the little voice in your head that screams “This is a bad idea!” you look back up from the letter. Managing to crack a nervous chuckle of your own you say “Well Vela, I think I will take your job as foolish as I think it may be.”
“Oh don’t worry it is.” She replies. “But I couldn’t let a little spat between friends, ruin my coming of age ball. They take it very seriously you know these spire people, perhaps I should dance with someone outrageous and spice up their lives. Ha ha! But enough about me you want to know about the job. Well the item in question is a jade lotus talisman, don’t give me that look there’s not a speck of mana in it. Now she’ll be keeping it in her jewellery box, in her room of the seventh floor of the neighbouring Dabara Spire. You have until the morning of the day of the ball and not past noon, understand? Now Have I missed anything?”

And I think I’ll be calling it quits for today lads, I am ill while typing this so I should go to bed. Sorry for any typos and the slow posting speed and thank you for bring such gracious questers. I suspect I shall run again tomorrow at a similar time though perhaps a bit earlier, thanks again and watch your backs P.I.s.

Also is it worth an archive and can someone else do it?

>>32264807
Because it's a game with pretty high stakes, and we'd be the one paying. But point taken.

We should demand to be paid in advance. And she have to sign a formal contract in four exemplars (one of wich being taken with us on the job, of course).

>>32264937
It's definitively worth an archive. Thank for the thread, QM

>>32264937
Good quest, captain. See ya tomorrow.

Is this archived?

>>32265718

Yeah it's at the top just now. http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html

>>32266331
Thanks! I just saw that.