Acquiring Chickens

[Kat]

"Huntmaster", Hallie rolled the word around her tongue "H u n t m a s t e r, my first and most likely only courtly appointment, Huntmaster of Cloudstone." She grinned at the wolf lying by her side, running her fingers lazily through her coat. "Can’t say I am not chuffed!" Laying her head back at the tree trunk, she looked up through the dappled sunlight streaming through the canopy above. "Big shoes to fill Salt, huge shoes even, Ting had quite a reputation, I would have dearly liked to learn from her. Ah well, that was not to be. I will have to muddle through. Do my best and not show when things hurt, cause eventually.. well they stop hurting hey girl?" Salt whimpers a little as if agreeing.*



Hallie closes her eyes lost in her own thoughts for a while. "We are going to be busy, have to make all the dots join up and form a circle.." She bites her lip. "See how that goes."



Picking up the paper beside her she writes down a few more notes. "Let’s get the simple stuff sorted first hey and see if we can find Fero next. Don’t want to be stepping on anyone toes, well maybe Joram’s." Salt barks and she chuckles and makes to stand up, tucking the list in her pocket, raising her arms over her head in a stretch. "With any luck Fero should be back from his own hunt soon."



"Well then, I should start with the first item on the list. Got to keep Alize happy and our stomachs full, so I am off to see Deri. You should go do some hunting on your own Salt my girl. You’re not to eat what I acquire mind." She glances sternly at the wolf who looks back with eyes that suggest devoted affection for her master but whimpers at the tone of Hallie's voice. Hallie nods, and gives the wolf a small shove in the direction of the woodlands. "Off you go then!"



Jumping off the caravan she spied Coops waiting for her, she held up a wicker cage smiling. "I am hopeful!!", Coops now by her side they walk out the Southgate to Derri’s farm.






"If they go alright Derri,  I'll be back for more. Thankyou for these as a start though!"    Satisfied she looks at Coops.  Zook please?





"Well that's the first thing sorted,  one chicken coup now populated.  *She looks up at Coops laughing.*  From small beginnings..  

[Kat]

//  If a DM can let me know the price,  I will arrange payment and the next part of the story.

[Kat]

Entering her room in Silverthorn, she moves to her desk and with some fury swings an arm across it sending papers wildly floating around the room, unimpeded by the clutching hands that would normally have tried to stop their descent. A grim expression on her face, she runs a hand through her hair pausing a moment to gather her thoughts. The draw is opened and a piece of parchment pulled from one draw and quill and ink from another, the chair pulled
beneath her.

She stares at the paper a long moment before finally the quill moves and scratches out a title at the top of the page.  Required Supplies!! Underlining it repeatedly, she bends her head over the paper and starts listing the first of  what becomes a long list of items.

STAPLES

FUELS -  FIREWOOD?

WEAPONS – Joram?

BLANKETS - ??

HEALING SUPPLIES - Siph

FORTIFICATIONS - Procks

She surveys the list and adds a few final items. Looking down it she nods, finally satisfied and makes to fold it in four, slipping it into her breast pocket. Grabbing her cloak from the hook behind the door and with an obvious a sense of urgency, she heads down the mountain.



(Arabel Butcher) “We have the freshest meats and the best variety in all of Cormyr, you need some meat?” 
“I'll take..” She pauses and bites her lip surveying and counting the womans offering. “Those six whole sides of beef.   Is that all you have?” She nods. “Tell me what dried meats do you have?” She sighs impatiently as the womans drones on about the quality and age. “I'll take all of that.. I mean ALL and those barrels of salted pork?  Do you understand Ma’am? Please send the cart to Hallie Het, Huntmaster, House Silverthorn, Cloudstone and I will see that you are paid, don’t worry. Before the end of the week mind.” She looks at her sternly and nods solemnly as she agrees, offering her hand to seal the bargain.







Wearing a tight smile as she approaches the Fruit and Vegetable Vendor Hallie begins negotiating with some urgency. Scrutinising the fruit and vegetables.  “It all has to be fresh you understand and it has to be delivered before the end of the week, to Silverthorn at Cloudstone. I agree your price.  Do we have a deal?"  She offers a relieved smile and once again offers her hand to the man,  sealing the deal.

The deals continue, finally they are done,  the list all but completed. Returning to her rooms in Silverthorn,  she undresses,  letting the clothes fall to the floor and exhaustedly climbs into bed pulling the sheets and blankets tight against her as she draws her body into a ball,  the tears finally allowed to fall.