[ OPEN ] trust in me

[kaientai]

Who ⬤ Sakamoto Ryouma + others!
What ⬤ Ryouma has more business meetings...
When ⬤ the end of June and throughout July
Where ⬤ his office + wherever else around the city!
Content Warnings ⬤ None at the moment! Will add if anything comes up.

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[kaientai]

Good! You've got your thing going with the clinic so I didn't want to impose any more than I already have been, but if you're already on board I'd love to have ya!

[ he's excited, so the accent slips. that feeling of relief is mutual, actually. as much as he enjoys the freedom to go as he pleases, he knows he does better with more grounded people around him. ryouma's ability is his willingness to confidently cross the line and still manage to get away with it (most of the time), but it's easy to stray too far when you don't know where the line is anymore. ]

I don't like to fight anyway, so there's plenty you can do without any of that. Besides, you seem like you have a good sense for the business end of the whole thing from what you've said so far. I have nothing bad to say about the others I was working with before, but not one of them knew a thing about money.

[medicative]

[little does he know, imposing was her goal from the start. why else would she have added a snack he likes into the mix? it was all a scheme, and one she's glad of the results on.]

Sometimes, ideals go and disregard the practical underpinnings. Fortunately or unfortunately, I cannot ignore such things when thinking of plans.

[clinics don't run themselves, and supplies don't come from nowhere.]

[kaientai]

You're right. Really, people give me too much credit. Big ideas are nice, but it would've taken me forever to work my way down to what I needed to do to actually make things work. If I ever got there at all.

[ he's just being realistic, not hard on himself. in this, he's very confident. it's just not his area of expertise, so he's perfectly happy to pass the baton to someone else. ]

It's funny, this plan started out as just a party to prove a point and ended up here. That's how my plans shake out, sortin' themselves out as I go along. [ this is why so many people find him incredibly frustrating... ] But I always had a reliable person keepin' an eye on the office!

[ it's a match!! made in hell!! ]

[medicative]

[if his tea is empty, she'll refill it. otherwise, she tells herself to not think about the dango, and to not let too much relief show that he's agreeing to all of this, simply nodding - things get bigger than expected quickly, sometimes.]

How many people do you have so far in this whole operation?

[it'll give her a sense of how much coordination they need.]

[kaientai]

I know five or so people I can reliably call upon to help, but I fully intend to bring everyone who has any bit of influence within the Alliance in on this. What we do to sort out the black market business is technically a separate venture from what we need to build down there, so we need to look into appointing someone reliable who can help oversee some of that, first of all.

[ ryouma takes a moment to sip his tea (thanks for topping him off, emily!) before he continues. she can probably see it on his face, the way he doesn't look directly at her while he talks because his eyes unfocus a little. setting things to order in his mind's eye is what it is. ]

Secondly, what I do know is that part of the problem is things disappearing off Celestial-owned ships. They're so wealthy they don't really care that it happens, but it impacts the other 99% of us who don't have coffers full of heavenly riches at our disposal. I couldn't convince them to do anything about the problem directly, but they might be motivated to assist us in ways I haven't thought of yet or at least not be an obstruction. Mostly, I want to find out who is behind the leaks so I can try and buy them out. Taking over the entire operation ourselves would be the last resort.

[medicative]

You could buy them outright, or you could persuade them into working for you if you can prove that you'd offer more security than their thievery gives them. High risk and high reward is all well and good, but consistency might be more worth it in the end, particularly if they have family to take care of.

[it does come with the risk that they might steal from Ryouma, but hopefully the deal meant it would work in their favor for them not to.]

But I don't know very much about how all this is supposed to work, so it could be a perfectly silly idea. You're welcome to correct me.

[kaientai]

Ahah, see, I didn't even think'a that! It might ease the process if there's somethin' in it t' sweeten the deal. I wanna find out where the common ground is and what they want, jus' like that. That's how I always do it 'cause arguin' and threatenin' people just puts people on the defensive.

[ he takes smaller sips from his cup and smiles. he almost expects people to skim off the top in any of these dealings, but he can live with that as long as everyone's satisfied in the end — and he can deliver on his promises. ]

It doesn't matter much if ya know how it's s'posed t' work anyway. I never did. It's more important if y' can feel people out and stay flexible.