by The Great Nevareh » Sat Nov 19, 2005 5:52 pm
Edward sees plenty of people going about their business. This town is significantly more lively than Jansen, and he DOES have a job to do. However, since he left the group, he doesn't really know where anyone else is...
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The three members of the party who AREN'T in the process of shirking their duty make their way towards the center of the town to find the town hall with the customary two entrances as well as a third entrance for a variety of town offices, none of which should be even vaguely interesting to the group as they have no bearing on the mission itself.
The main entrance is where anyone with business with the town or seeking an audience with an official of the city, as well as anyone who wants to buy or sell Kuxen for goods or services in the town (since a single Kux is kind of too large for everyday use) and thus Kuxen can be traded for Holdenmarks- the local currency- and Holdenmarks can be traded for Kuxen, at a fixed rate. Usually you get fewer Holdenmarks for a Kux than you need to spend to buy one of the city's Kuxen.
The other entrance leads to the Hunterjaar's guild- not just an office in a town as large as this, but an actual half-building with a set of apartments for the goings-on of the Hunter-business in the city but also a small barracks to lodge transient and travelling Hunters who need the rest for free. After all, it is generally public policy in Ontario to be extremely generous and venerable to Hunters, so they shouldn't have to look very far for quarters in which to rest.
Both entrances have lines that extend out of the doors, both made up of normal citizens- some of which want to make complaints, file papers, and the like (which is why they're going to the town hall) and the other line filled with people who want to make reports about dangers in the countryside or periodically the extremely wealthy or well-respected citizen seeking to hire a few Hunters to take care of some business, post-haste. There are also a few members of the Ontario army in the line, probably reporting the presence of a Tyrant somewhere in the region.
It's probably best to check into the Hunterjaar's guild before asking the Lord Mayor's office for the Chemist that Jansen needs. Just keep things in order, and beaurocracy is definitely something not to be on the bad side of.
Still, the Janseners are kind of agitated about the whole thing, so perhaps a report at the guild wouldn't be a total waste of time.