Jynmi didn't see the warning above the guild master's head, because he was too busy trying to remember where he'd seen the woman's face before. Lemmy didn't see the message, because he doesn't have eyes. There were other ways he could have detected the letters, but they only worked if he was paying attention, and he preferred not do to that, because Jynmi becomes dependent and starts asking him where things were left.
"Oh!" Lemmy said, hoping a little, and swirling around on the ball of his foot. "Jynmi, apparently she's the boss. So, yeah, you didn't know she was the boss. Ha. Wait?" The head titled, and swirled back without the rest of the body following. "Uhm, did you call me a doll, ma'ma?"
The tone was enough to get Jynmi's blood to bounce around inside his veins like little panicked mice that wanted more than anything to jump ship. "Lemmy!" HE quickly moved in front of the little doll so his back was to everyone else's, at least the guild master's, and gave the secret sign for Lemmy to drop it. It wasn't much, but if anyone else were to see it, they would just think he was adjusting a zipper.
Lemmy paused for a moment. It was a long moment, closer to a minute than an actual moment, before he let out a long sigh that sounded like there might have been some real lungs behind it, possibly from a backdoor vendor, and clapped his wooden hands together. He rubbed them vigorously in sarcastic excitement. "Well, enough introductions with the hierarchy, let's take a look at those jobs and see what's the easiest bang for our buck. Not that we have any bucks, mind you, we're not hunters, farmers, or regularly employed." He turned, and strolled over to check out the jobs on the board.
"Oh. That was close." Jynmi shook his head, and let his head hang uselessly against his chest, which was when he saw Sophia's message. At first he didn't get it, but then he did, and his head filled with the failure of an awkward start was no longer too heavy to be held up right. He looked up and smiled at the young woman, and gave a small thumb's up. "Jynmi, me boyo." Lemmy called. "Did you want to get this done, or not? If so, just say it, and I'll be as limp as useless a man without family's life insurance." To which Jynmi could only respond to by hurrying over, because he knew Lemmy would do it, and wouldn't stop till he thought his point was made.
"Okay. Okay. I'm here." Jynmi said.
"Yes you are, but you should've beaten me. After all, you need the money more than I do."
That was true so Jynmi decided not to debate it. "So which job should we do?"
"What do you mean we? What's this we? When has it ever been a we?"
"I help, equally."
"Oh yes, you do. I forget. Tell me, remind me, because I forget. When was the last time you got a slash across the chest."
"Tuesday."
"oh yeah. That crazed slasher's wife. Okay. That's one. When did you get a slash before that?!"
"Last week."
"Oh yeah. The crazed slasher. He was an odd one. Man, the things people do just to spend some a lone time with cows." The doll did its best impersonation of a shudder. "Alright, you win this round." The doll paused. "Well then, I guess its we, for now. What job do you want, because I don't care. They all look like their going to require a lot of effort so its all the same to me."
"Hmmm." Jynmi rubbed his chin, trying to look like he was carefully weighing the options. It was then that he noticed Sophia, who didn't look very pleased at the jobs. "Hey?" He said, turning to her. She looked like she was worried about something, and he thought it was possibly the fear of loosing the job she wanted.. "What job are you going to take? Don't worry, I'll let you have first dibs."
"Oh!" Lemmy said, hoping a little, and swirling around on the ball of his foot. "Jynmi, apparently she's the boss. So, yeah, you didn't know she was the boss. Ha. Wait?" The head titled, and swirled back without the rest of the body following. "Uhm, did you call me a doll, ma'ma?"
The tone was enough to get Jynmi's blood to bounce around inside his veins like little panicked mice that wanted more than anything to jump ship. "Lemmy!" HE quickly moved in front of the little doll so his back was to everyone else's, at least the guild master's, and gave the secret sign for Lemmy to drop it. It wasn't much, but if anyone else were to see it, they would just think he was adjusting a zipper.
Lemmy paused for a moment. It was a long moment, closer to a minute than an actual moment, before he let out a long sigh that sounded like there might have been some real lungs behind it, possibly from a backdoor vendor, and clapped his wooden hands together. He rubbed them vigorously in sarcastic excitement. "Well, enough introductions with the hierarchy, let's take a look at those jobs and see what's the easiest bang for our buck. Not that we have any bucks, mind you, we're not hunters, farmers, or regularly employed." He turned, and strolled over to check out the jobs on the board.
"Oh. That was close." Jynmi shook his head, and let his head hang uselessly against his chest, which was when he saw Sophia's message. At first he didn't get it, but then he did, and his head filled with the failure of an awkward start was no longer too heavy to be held up right. He looked up and smiled at the young woman, and gave a small thumb's up. "Jynmi, me boyo." Lemmy called. "Did you want to get this done, or not? If so, just say it, and I'll be as limp as useless a man without family's life insurance." To which Jynmi could only respond to by hurrying over, because he knew Lemmy would do it, and wouldn't stop till he thought his point was made.
"Okay. Okay. I'm here." Jynmi said.
"Yes you are, but you should've beaten me. After all, you need the money more than I do."
That was true so Jynmi decided not to debate it. "So which job should we do?"
"What do you mean we? What's this we? When has it ever been a we?"
"I help, equally."
"Oh yes, you do. I forget. Tell me, remind me, because I forget. When was the last time you got a slash across the chest."
"Tuesday."
"oh yeah. That crazed slasher's wife. Okay. That's one. When did you get a slash before that?!"
"Last week."
"Oh yeah. The crazed slasher. He was an odd one. Man, the things people do just to spend some a lone time with cows." The doll did its best impersonation of a shudder. "Alright, you win this round." The doll paused. "Well then, I guess its we, for now. What job do you want, because I don't care. They all look like their going to require a lot of effort so its all the same to me."
"Hmmm." Jynmi rubbed his chin, trying to look like he was carefully weighing the options. It was then that he noticed Sophia, who didn't look very pleased at the jobs. "Hey?" He said, turning to her. She looked like she was worried about something, and he thought it was possibly the fear of loosing the job she wanted.. "What job are you going to take? Don't worry, I'll let you have first dibs."