You smile and greet your guests.

You smile and you welcome your guests.

You tell them: "I'm glad to see you, Sir Ringald, Sir Angvar, Lady Viletta... I see that you have returned in triumph..."

The human mercenary smiles back at you: “It wasn’t easy... But we were able to get what you needed from the ruins of the Trefoil Fortress, lady Vianetel...”

You gesture with your hand towards the marble pedestal. The human mercenary goes to this pedestal and places on it the stone figurine that he was holding in his hands.

The dwarf mercenary grumbles: “Yeah... We spent a lot of time in the underground catacombs of this damn fortress... By the way, if Ringald can be called the word “sir” because he is a knight, then I don’t need to be called the word “ sir"... I never pretended to be a "sir"... Excessive ceremony always made me sick..."

A human mercenary approaches the dwarf and says: “Friend Angvar! Don’t you think that your grumbling is pointless now? We completed the task, we will receive payment... Everything is going great! Your gloomy muttering is inappropriate now! Ha! Ha!”

The half-elf mercenary says with a smile: “Probably Angvar loves the process of grumbling... He doesn’t need a reason to grumble like an old woman...”

The dwarf replies: “I just didn’t really like the fact that in these underground catacombs we had to kill a couple of dozen pirates who had set up a secret base there... One of these pirates almost opened my belly with his cleaver... I wouldn’t want to show this pirate my guts... And I also didn’t experience any joy from the fact that on the lower tiers of the catacombs we had to run from some large reptiles that really wanted to bite off a piece of my ass..."

You say, “For the unforeseen risk, I will increase your fee by 50 percent of the originally agreed upon amount.”

The half-elf mercenary says: "You insisted on secrecy in the execution of your order... We did not resort to outside help, we did not tell anyone... We had to steal a small boat from the port..."

You say: "For confidentiality, I am increasing your fee by another 50 percent. And now I invite you to dine with me as a sign of the successful completion of your current assignment. And as a sign of our fruitful, mutually beneficial cooperation in the future..."

The mercenaries sit down at the table. You sit down in the chair at the head of the table. You watch the mercenaries eat and drink. In between meals, the mercenaries talk among themselves... Sometimes you support their conversation with a couple of polite phrases...

The human mercenary stands up from the table. He holds a cup of some kind of drink in his hand.

He says in his loud voice: “I propose a toast to our hospitable hostess! To the beautiful lady who rewards us so generously! Let's drink to the charming lady Miella Vianetel!”