Character Name & Journal: L ( ryuuzaki ) Name of Business: Will Lane Investigations Location of Business: Kauto, R1, initially two separate office spaces, then three. Hours of Operation: Business hours for the office, but as to the investigations themselves, L is pretty much always on call and has a tendency to overwork. Description: (as per previous discussions on the Feedback post!)
Will Lane Investigations opened in early March in Kauto R1, to privately investigate anything that needs to be investigated privately and perhaps provide security for things and persons which require it. It can employ both NPCs and player characters on both a freelance and permanent basis, meaning that it can even employ other player businesses at their asking price, or that people can work part time for WLI and part time for other player-run concerns. These employees are largely contracted to do legwork in the agency's larger cases (those which L can't handle himself). One office -- the one which is advertised -- is manned only by an administrative assistant; it is used to communicate remotely with Mr. Lane, whose identity is obscured and who works mostly through intermediaries. ("Will Lane" is just L, and he's working in the other office.) - Note that there will be some actual tasks to either handwave or incorporate into threads if someone does some work for this business. They're minor and mostly for fun, like "following some guy" or "traveling to R3 to retrieve a package."
In April, after getting the wheels rolling in March, L obtained meetings with the Savrii and offered his services if they're needed in the future; this was accepted as something semi-official that they'll have available if things get bad in the future, particularly since they think its existence in certain scenarios could help restore public confidence.
Also in March, WLI came to the attention of an extremely popular and well-established investigator on Kauto: Artag Blix. While L has had a tendency to come into competition with other investigators in the past -- competition that doesn't usually end well for the other party -- there's a difference this time. Blix took notice of "Will Lane" as early as when L was trying to rent office space in February, followed his cases for a while, made some discreet inquiries, and was able to discover his true identity without tipping L off, something that wouldn't have been easy for a layman. The anomalies in Thisavrou in April made Blix a little homesick for his original world: his parents are quite elderly and he's decided to go spend some time with family. If L thought that he and Blix might wind up clashing at some future point, he couldn't have been further from the truth: after observing him for a while, Blix offers him the opportunity to take over the Blix Agency client roster for at least a year, because he believes it will be in good hands. The agency will remain open and L will not outwardly indicate to clients that he's doing the investigating for two agencies.
Salary: 700 for March, 1000 thereafter; this is after all expenses, payouts for freelance surveillance work, etc.
I've utterly failed to dig up pictures, but assume that both the WLI and Blix offices are nice, corporate-y, kind of boring.
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Name of Business: Will Lane Investigations
Location of Business: Kauto, R1, initially two separate office spaces, then three.
Hours of Operation: Business hours for the office, but as to the investigations themselves, L is pretty much always on call and has a tendency to overwork.
Description: (as per previous discussions on the Feedback post!)
It can employ both NPCs and player characters on both a freelance and permanent basis, meaning that it can even employ other player businesses at their asking price, or that people can work part time for WLI and part time for other player-run concerns. These employees are largely contracted to do legwork in the agency's larger cases (those which L can't handle himself). One office -- the one which is advertised -- is manned only by an administrative assistant; it is used to communicate remotely with Mr. Lane, whose identity is obscured and who works mostly through intermediaries. ("Will Lane" is just L, and he's working in the other office.)
- Note that there will be some actual tasks to either handwave or incorporate into threads if someone does some work for this business. They're minor and mostly for fun, like "following some guy" or "traveling to R3 to retrieve a package."
The anomalies in Thisavrou in April made Blix a little homesick for his original world: his parents are quite elderly and he's decided to go spend some time with family. If L thought that he and Blix might wind up clashing at some future point, he couldn't have been further from the truth: after observing him for a while, Blix offers him the opportunity to take over the Blix Agency client roster for at least a year, because he believes it will be in good hands. The agency will remain open and L will not outwardly indicate to clients that he's doing the investigating for two agencies.
I've utterly failed to dig up pictures, but assume that both the WLI and Blix offices are nice, corporate-y, kind of boring.