(X) Accept a cup of coffee
You give a slight nod, black book raises and eyebrow and with one hand pours a cup of coffee for you, he puts the canister on the table. You take your cups and clink them three times, then sip, the code of hospitality has been established and now you can talk.
"Coffee? You have always been more of a tea person, tell me clockwork did you finally pull that stick out of your ass."
You glare at him.
"I feel like it was time for a change, what do you need to talk to me about?"
He hands you a letter, he keeps using his left hand why? He's right handed that isn't like him.
"A letter from your sister, she's doing fine on my estate, I have kept the solar league away."
"And my lands?"
"I have convinced the vultures to give you the full year, hippocrits the lot of them, at least half of them are also with varies underlings, possibly even more."
"Then why was I singled out?"
He frowned.
"They wanted your lands, your wealth and saw an opening, expecially when you got attached."
He sighed and put a map on the table.
"Its on the earth that was, this is a map."
You blink at it as if it was poioned.
"And how did you get it?"
"Its a thing of magic it needs no further ex."
"HOW DID YOU GET IT!"
As the table shakes the cufflink of his right arm moves, you see the stump where his right hand used to be, you stare at it in horror. Black book calmly takes another sip of his coffee.
"Magic has a price, sacerfices must be made, its a triffel it just means that next time we duel I will have to use a prostectic. Don't take it to be more then it is, its not that I like you or anything, were not friends."
"Then why help me?"
Your enemy closes his eyes.
"My principles matter more to me then our past greviences, I don't hide my displeasure about our current system, that people are not allowed to love who they wish how they wish. This system of nobility is madness and though I have my faults I am not a hipocrit."
He pauses.
"And your slightly less of an insufferable ass when your with her."
He grabs a small box and opens it with one hand.
"Their sending assasins after you, they call themselves the knights of disco. They will hunt you down."
He turns the small box around and you see the platnum coins.
"Some money, I know they have cut you off from your funds this will see you through the long night, there is also a letter of credit on there if you run out. Please don't go overboard, thats my drinking fund."
You stare at the letter of credit.
"Thats alot."
"I find myself needing many a stiff drink."
(X) Accept the gifts
(X) Refuse his charity
(X) Ask about your family
(X) Ask about the bullet witch
(X) Brood.