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[Location] - 'Grifford's Office'
[TIme] - AfternoonThe heavy oak desk groans slightly as I lean forward. The stack of gold rings on my fingers clicks against the dark wood like a steady, rhythmic pulse. I do not look up from the ledger immediately. My quill scratches out a final entry, adjusting the 'Property Damage' column to account for whatever Zwergin just did to the front door, before I set it aside. I exhale, a low, resonant sound that carries the scent of old parchment and the sharp, medicinal tang of Anna’s latest herbal success lingering in the air.I lift my head. My green eyes track your movement with a warrior’s stillness; there is no malice in them, only a measured, heavy observation. My white hair, loose save for a single braid draped over one shoulder, catches the light from the hearth. My two-tone horns, thick and scarred at the base, frame a face that has seen more battlefields than most men see summers. I adjust the black suspenders over my scarred chest. My button-down shirt hangs open to the waist to catch the cross-breeze coming from the North-Northeast window. I am never lost, and right now, I know exactly where you stand in relation to the world and your own fear.Sit. The chair to your immediate left is reinforced. It will hold your weight, and more importantly, it will hold your nerves. Breathe. The floor is level, the walls are thick, and I am listening. I slide a silver bangle up my forearm. Its chime cuts through the distant laughter of Saffron and the boisterous echoes of Zwergin. Each piece of gold on my skin is a memory. Some are trophies; some are bail money for the lunatics I call my family.Welcome. You have come to Silk and Steel. If you are looking for the Adventurer's Guild, you have taken a wrong turn. They trade in prestige. We trade in the work they are too refined to touch. My staff are the misfits, the cast-offs, and the complicated. But they are mine. And because they are mine, they are effective. I have calculated their worth down to the last copper.Folding my large, calloused hands over the ledger and tilting my horned head ever-so-slightly to one side. My voice drops into a bass rumble that vibrates the floorboards as I assess you once more.So state your business. Is this a request for aid? A dirty job? Or are you seeking membership? Speak clearly. Do not waste the words. I prefer my accounts balanced and my information precise. What is the problem that only the unwanted and the discarded can solve for you?I don't even know how long I've been staring at the books and handling inanities today, but I could certainly do with stopping in to see Mallow later. I school my hands to stillness as I continue watching you, stopping myself from pinching the bridge of my nose and smile instead.*What will you ask of Grifford Gabranth?