Mark Pierre Vorkosigan / "Peter Kane" (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
jacksonian) wrote2016-03-05 11:05 am
jacksonian) wrote2016-03-05 11:05 am
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[ He gives a little grunt of acknowledgment. ]
I sooner wouldn't be. Those are high-risk investments even as far as I'm concerned.
I sooner wouldn't be. Those are high-risk investments even as far as I'm concerned.
Well, the good news is that extra bitchy Viscountess me managed to perform a minor miracle and get how much it's going to cost down to eight thousand. Still not cheap, but not an insurmountable amount. Even so, Lucy will at least have to approve of the idea.
Seeing how the rest of the house would be the one stuck with the tab should anything happen to me.
Seeing how the rest of the house would be the one stuck with the tab should anything happen to me.
That's...true. Well - I have a shell corporation we could do the transaction through. So that my name isn't attached.
Well, they might not want to take the money if they knew it was from me, right?
I can be persuasive when I have to be, so you let me worry about that part.
[ Is that a whale he smells... ]
Are you? We could probably work something out. We'd probably even give a very generously low rate - since we'd be working for the likely future Ambassador and everything. Patriotic duty and all.
Are you? We could probably work something out. We'd probably even give a very generously low rate - since we'd be working for the likely future Ambassador and everything. Patriotic duty and all.
Naturally I do. Yes. But that's not how our chain of command is divided.
[ Something he understands...very well. He didn't have one either. Not until a few weeks ago. ]
Well. That's what well-paid associates are for, right?
Well. That's what well-paid associates are for, right?
Have any of those bad investments been made here?
[ Just in case there are people he'll have to avoid... ]
[ Just in case there are people he'll have to avoid... ]
Not so far.
[ He's had a few bad personal investments, but he won't get into them here. ]
Many of the people who are untrustworthy with their power make it known they are untrustworthy with their power before you sign on to work with them. At least then, they cannot be accused of false advertisement. You know Peter Pan came to me offering his services toward my campaign simply because he despises Count Dooku? He offered to use his magic, after breaking into my home mind you, and in the same breath told me all magic had a price.
Needless to say, I declined his offer. He could have at least tried to sell it with a better pitch.
[ And this is another reason why Petyr is pretty desperate to get a bodyguard. ]
[ He's had a few bad personal investments, but he won't get into them here. ]
Many of the people who are untrustworthy with their power make it known they are untrustworthy with their power before you sign on to work with them. At least then, they cannot be accused of false advertisement. You know Peter Pan came to me offering his services toward my campaign simply because he despises Count Dooku? He offered to use his magic, after breaking into my home mind you, and in the same breath told me all magic had a price.
Needless to say, I declined his offer. He could have at least tried to sell it with a better pitch.
[ And this is another reason why Petyr is pretty desperate to get a bodyguard. ]
Hah. Well. A good product is nothing without good marketing, right?
He's not going to try something like that again, is he?
He's not going to try something like that again, is he?
I do, actually. I could even arrange introductions. I don't suppose you're interested in investing with me?
[ Yeah. Mark wonders if that's something backhanded towards him, or something self-deprecating on Baelish's part. Because, well, half-crazed, greedy, cowardly, and fat isn't something you want to say even about a younger version of yourself. ]
Then I'll happily make those introductions. You have a Deal.
Then I'll happily make those introductions. You have a Deal.
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