RE: The Ballad of Adler Young, Canto 2.5
07-12-2021, 09:42 PM
>Adler: Burnside will be fine. You actually like her better this way.
>Rebecca: Continue poking Burnside and trying to reboot her. Wonder if you can get away with giving her a more witchy(gothy) makeover.
>Adler: Anyway, You need to portray yourself in a way that has a broader appeal. Spreading stories about your exploits, and leaving out all the parts that make you look like a doofus, is a good way to get people to like you, which is a good start, but you need a network of followers that will act as your agents and spies. From what you've seen, lowfolk never do anything without getting something in return. Your pockets are not nearly deep enough for that.
>Vernier: Perhaps Adler doesn't have to pay them with money, and maybe he can spin this in a way he won't have to pay anything. At least not often. There's an old lowfolk proverb: "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, promise a man a fish tomorrow and he will follow you forever." If Adler promises that they might get something, he won't have to shill out cash and won't be lying.
>Adler: First of all, you're pretty sure she got that proverb wrong, secondly, it sounds kind of unseelie blatantly ripping people off like that. Hmmm... Promising rewards for services rendered might work, but what do you have that you won't run out of?
>Rebecca: Burnside's makeover is going wonderfully. It's nice when the subject isn't complaining about your overuse of black.
>Burnside: You are still frozen in place, completely motionless. If anyone could hear your thoughts they would be dial-up internet tones.
>Rebecca: Continue poking Burnside and trying to reboot her. Wonder if you can get away with giving her a more witchy(gothy) makeover.
>Adler: Anyway, You need to portray yourself in a way that has a broader appeal. Spreading stories about your exploits, and leaving out all the parts that make you look like a doofus, is a good way to get people to like you, which is a good start, but you need a network of followers that will act as your agents and spies. From what you've seen, lowfolk never do anything without getting something in return. Your pockets are not nearly deep enough for that.
>Vernier: Perhaps Adler doesn't have to pay them with money, and maybe he can spin this in a way he won't have to pay anything. At least not often. There's an old lowfolk proverb: "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, promise a man a fish tomorrow and he will follow you forever." If Adler promises that they might get something, he won't have to shill out cash and won't be lying.
>Adler: First of all, you're pretty sure she got that proverb wrong, secondly, it sounds kind of unseelie blatantly ripping people off like that. Hmmm... Promising rewards for services rendered might work, but what do you have that you won't run out of?
>Rebecca: Burnside's makeover is going wonderfully. It's nice when the subject isn't complaining about your overuse of black.
>Burnside: You are still frozen in place, completely motionless. If anyone could hear your thoughts they would be dial-up internet tones.