Nathaniel 'Creepster Hermit' Porter (techmech) wrote in emillion, @ 2013-05-31 21:52:00 |
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Current mood: | Nervous |
Who: Nathaniel Porter & Riyeko Lionward
What: Nate meets his hopefully-soon-to-be new master/workshop-mate
Where: Riyeko's house
When: (Backdated) Saturday 25th, in the afternoon
Rating: G
Status: Incomplete
Master Lionward lived in a fairly quiet part of the Commoner's district – luckily, the pay from the Kerwon job had been enough to buy him a passably decent tunic in the market, so no one in the street gave him more than a passing glance. He didn't want to make a bad impression, not when it would be so easy for his (hopefully) new master to simply say 'no' out of hand.
He'd agonised more than a bit about what to bring with him, but in the end, he'd swept all his currently-working gadgets up and grabbed a notebook full of sketches besides. In their brief conversation over the 'net, it had seemed like Master Lionward was more the type to be interested in ability than presentation – at least, he had to hope that was true. He couldn't really afford to mess this up, not with all Cian had already done to keep him above water.
The cobblestones beneath his feet gave way to packed gravel as he turned down the side-street that matched the address he'd been given. He found the right number soon enough, and paused outside the gate. It wasn't a particularly huge house, but it looked big enough to have a couple of bedrooms. The garden was narrow, with some kind of flowering bush fighting its way between slats in the low wooden fence.
To one side of the main house, the first floor continued alone, and the wall above the windows looked stained with smoke. Maybe that was the workshop?
Getting caught peeking through her windows was probably the last thing he needed. Instead, Nate pushed through the low gate and approached the front door. A plain metal knocker hung above the handle – Nate took a deep breath, and swung it down.