Character Accounts with the Black Company

[Hans Greuber]

Please reply with any withdrawals that you will want to make. If there is gear owned by the BC that you would like to buy for personal use, you can get it at 33% of the List Price.

Alecto

• 10,000k Credits

Carlos

• 10,000k Credits

Gargamel

• 10,000k Credits

Hans

• 10,000k Credits

Humble

• 10,000k Credits

Sammy

• 10,000k Credits

Thrudh

• 10,000k Credits

[Humble]

Humble hears you tell us about this contract. Signs it as best he can then hears you explain how the 'Company' really needs the money so he is only getting half of the amount. He looks at you and in his mildest tone simply says. "No 20, Humble not slave"

[Hans Greuber]

"Well, Humble, the problem is that we will expect to lose some of company's assets. We are about to get into a pitched battle with Geist's forces, and our contract for the battle did not include expenses, like they normally would, due to the attack when we were meeting with the OTO. After this upcoming battle, we will split our shares from what remains from the previously looted items. I expect you will be getting most of the remaining 10 million, but the Black Company is just restarting. If we each took out the full 20 million, odds are that the Black company would be almost if not totally broke. I honestly do not expect you to need to withdraw even 5 million, nevermind the 10 million, but I would rather tell you the lower value and have you able to pull out every credit worth today if you wanted instead of telling you 20 million and having you have to wait to make good on it. Sorry, I guess I am talking like a 'Priest' as you call them. What I mean is, you have immediate access to stuff you can sell to the 'Gentlemen' of the Black Market for the 10 million, and will get your share of what survives the remaining battle after we can survey the damages to our gear. You will also be earning a share in any and all new salvage we may gather here."

[Humble]

Preferring not to ramble on as he had been punished enough for that to remember the lessons. Humble puts his mind to work on how to express what he is thinking. "Humble not slave. Humble make choice."

[Icosa]

"You do have a choice," Alecto says, coming over to join Hans and Humble.

"Each of us in the Black Company has chosen to give up some of our rewards to the Company as a whole. That way the Black Company has the resources it will need to buy things we all will need."

"You can choose not to be part of that. If you do, you can keep all of your money for yourself...but you will not benefit from the Black Company. No one will force you to do anything. The choice is yours."

[sammy]

"You do have a choice," Alecto says, coming over to join Hans and Humble.

"Each of us in the Black Company has chosen to give up some of our rewards to the Company as a whole. That way the Black Company has the resources it will need to buy things we all will need."

"You can choose not to be part of that. If you do, you can keep all of your money for yourself...but you will not benefit from the Black Company. No one will force you to do anything. The choice is yours."

Meow, last Humble was presented with that kind of ultimatum 4 people lost their lives. He is an aspect of war. Sammy pops up on Humbles shoulder careful to not use his claws. With a yawn he curls up on the orgre's shoulder and rests easy for a while. " Meow, I have a feeling I'll stick with the Legion, but I would like to remain with the Black company perhaps as a liaison officer of some sorts. As long as I am given the opportunity to avail myself of Hans' services and the occasional shiny, you can use my share to cover operating costs. All I really need is a nice perch, and some food." When Sammy says perch his eyes criss cross between Humble and Thrudh.
" Oh and a share of where ever Thrudh gets his sweet cigars from." Sammy smiles his lopsided grin.

[Gargamel]

"Not sure Thrudh will willing give up where he gets the cigars," Gargamel laughed

"Humble, do with your money as you choose, but it does a lot more here than it would otherwise. What would you spend your money on if you did have it?"

[Humble]

With everyone talking Humble starts getting suspicious unable too keep up with quite all of it. But once Alecto explains it is up to him and he can choose to to take the credits, equipment or be part of the company he begins to hear what matters to him. He has a choice. "Humble would like being partner?"

[Icosa]

Alecto nods. "If you decide to join the Black Company in full, you would be a partner. You'd have full access to company assets and privileges, based on your rank. You would be one of us."

"If you decide to keep your own share, you could still fight with us as a sort of contract mercenary, perhaps. We would have to discuss the matter with our command structure. You could stay with us, but you would be on your own for many things."

"I'm not trying to say you have to pay in or leave. I'm just saying that deciding to formally join the Black Company and becoming a full partner with us means contributing funds to get the company started. If you don't want to do that, I won't think any less of you. You are new here, after all, and trust can take time to establish."

"That said, we each have the option of taking our money back and leaving the Company whenever we choose. Joining us is not a chain to hold you prisoner. It is a shared opportunity."

[Thrudh Zebrem]

Thrudh chimes in. "Listen big guy. Ya like fights? Ya like bigger fights'n smaller fights? The money's yers whenever ya want it. But the longer ya leave it with us, the bigger the fights we get in. Bigger fights we get in, more money ya get. Money now? Small. Money later? Big. Big fights. Big money. Get me? Ya always got a choice. We don't make slaves outta nobody, least of all our friends. But ya choose ta stick with us, we find great big fights. An' Thrudh fights right along with ya." The grackle grins at Humble and exhales, a cloud of cigar smoke billowing out of his lungs.