find gainful employment

[mrmage]

The following day, Sadde goes to town at a reasonable time to buy a tiny cactus with some of the proceeds from his terribly tedious job, and sneaks it into the bag with his clothing he brings to Isabella's room. It is inside a cute little box, which he offers Isabella the following morning when she wakes up, saying, "Happy three-month anniversary!"

Comments

[mrmage]

"That's fair, though I'm sure the circus would love to have you."

[eclipsi]

"Oh yeah? What would I do in a circus?"

[mrmage]

"Probably tame lions."

[eclipsi]

"I'm not sure I have any relevant skills."

[mrmage]

"I'm pretty sure if you glared at them they'd stop and roll over."

[eclipsi]

She giggles. "I'm not sure lions have your taste in doms, pet."

[mrmage]

He grins. "It's not a matter of taste, it's just an objective fact."

[eclipsi]

"Not to lions."

[mrmage]

He waves a hand dismissively. "They'll surely come around."

[eclipsi]

"Please do not bet my ability to survive close proximity with a lion on my objective sexiness."

[mrmage]

"I won't," he giggles. "I'm pretty sure the situation won't come up, anyway."

[eclipsi]

"Probably not."

[mrmage]

"And if it does I might be able to just wreck its circulatory system."

[eclipsi]

Snort. "My loyal knight-mage."

[mrmage]

"It's what I'm for." Pause. "One of the things."

[eclipsi]

"You have many uses."

[mrmage]

"Yep, I'm like the human version of a Swiss army knife."

[eclipsi]

She laughs and kisses him.

[mrmage]

He kisses her back!

[eclipsi]

Good, that's what he's supposed to do.

"Fair time?"

[mrmage]

"Yeah."

[eclipsi]

So off they go to the fair. It has booths. The military ones are prominent, as are the other government agencies that use psions.

[mrmage]

He's... not terribly keen on military, he has caused enough damage when he eclipsed. What's available for mages?

[eclipsi]

Healing and niches thereof - apparently you can make good money on the mage equivalent of plastic surgery in particular. Experimental efficient power generation. Ultraprecise manufacturing. Transmutation of rare materials. Transport. Construction. Somebody wants advance commitments for a Mars program a few decades out. Bioengineered plants and animals. Natural disaster relief and weather control. Deep sea exploration.

[mrmage]

Well, healing first, naturally, since he's already working on that part.