[quote=@Dark Cloud] *Perks up slightly.* [color=bc8dbf]A mercenary you say? Interesting, shame you aren't in the business though.[/color] [/quote] *Releasing the handshake, I waggled my hand in a so-so manner.* [color=00a651]Ehh... It's a bit hit or miss. Originally, I took up mercenary work by necessity but set moral lines in the sand, which [i]let me tell you[/i], pissed off my first partner a fair bit. But as long as I still got the job done, she really didn't have room to do more than cuss me out... a lot. Then I get banished to another world without my team and have to pick up from scratch again. This time, I was wierdly enough in a position to go for a more outright hero route, considering Earth Bet was basically obsessed with the whole "costumed nutter" scene.[/color] *I coughed into one hand and cleared my throat." [color=00a651]Not that I really bothered with a costume, which had the just [i]lovely[/i] side effect of getting the government-sponsored hero group's collective panties in a twist. They really liked making big deal about "secret identities" and "muh unwritten rules", so it was kind of hilarious how easy it was to turn things on their head, when you both don't give a shit about the status quo... and they lack the ability or public support to stop you.[/color] *I chuckled lightly and shook my head.* [color=00a651]That said, when in comes down to it, I just lost my momentum for mercenary work due to constantly getting dragged into saving people, saving the world... [i]twice[/i]. I mean, what value is money in the face of that, right? Still, kinda' wish I'd get to actually enjoy the fruits of my labor for once. Fucking gods. Fucking Cauldron. I swear, I can't get a freaking break.[/color]