Ledgers and Tallies

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kendrkin
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Ledgers and Tallies

Post by kendrkin » Fri Sep 02, 2022 11:00 am

He moved about the small backroom, shuffling goods between the boxes, piling one thing after another and moving the order sheets onto his desk. He had so much work yet to be done, and so little time to see to it all. It would be another long sleepless night. Somehow though those always seemed to make for the best nights.

It had been nothing but manic energy since he arrived. He had hardly slept, when he did it was in the grass outside of town, with the llama beside him.. or it was in the bunks at the church.. on only the oddest of occasions.

He had scrimped up every coin. Worked hard, made good deals, and it was finally coming together. He'd speak to the Captain in the coming days. It had to be seen to, and it was clearly not being seen to. Things were good here. Safe. Safe was good. It was profitable. So he had to see it stayed that way.

The properties were coming together, he was making progress, but there was more needed. He had designs on other facilities, but they would have to wait. The gamble of focusing on those without seeing to the rest was tempting, but he knew what happened when you over played your hand. It had happened in the North, he had gotten too ambitious and ignored the politics. Considered it beyond his concern, outside of his purview.

His pen dipped into the inkwell and scratched across the ledger. He ran the numbers again in his head, they made sense, but he really should have been keeping closer track. He should try to get some sleep. He had another large day ahead, and he had been burning too long, and too hard on both ends. He rose, stretched his neck and replaced the quill. He moved back to the stack of boxes and rummaged about looking for the bedroll. A couple of hours, and back at it.

As he lay in the dark of the store room a small smile touched his lips. All in all things were moving along nicely.
Toben Valahdire & Khulak the Anvilshield

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