A supplemental chapter to ‘Feather Fallen’.
This was originally a part of Part 4, but it wasn’t connected to the main story so I decided to pull it out and make it a side chapter.
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Den grumbled loudly as he walked into Tink's shop, immediately grimacing as he saw the mess left on the workbench. "Graaaah...for the love of...perfect way to start the day."
He walked over and started to clean up; or rather pushing all of Tink's mess over to his side of the work bench and clearing up his own, before he pulled out his computer terminal, being greeted with a familiar electronic face. "Alright Aero, let's see what kind of trouble we have to solve today." He absolutely hated dealing with the everyday crap Tink always neglected, it was any wonder they did any kind of business at all.
He started to go over the business records and invoices while Aero went to deal with his personal stuff, but almost immediately he popped up and brought up a new browser window. "Oh c'mon, I don't like this any better than you but-" He stopped short as his partner brought his attention to the two most recent emails; he recognized the address, it was from 'Agent_En' on Realms of Legend. He was a bit confused at first, considering he hadn't seen him in weeks. He opened up the first one and was immediately confused.
AeroMaster
There is a good chance that I won't be able to make use of my account here on RoL anymore, so I'm giving it to you. Do what you like with it, with my blessing.
Agent_En.
“Wait, what?” Den was confused, but he checked the information and it seemed legit, "Why would he give this to me so suddenly?" He immediately went to check the second email; he was expecting something like him saying it was a joke or a mistake, but the second email was even more confusing.
AeroMaster
I can't go into detail, but something is going to be happening to me really soon and this may be the last you hear of me. To avoid any complications and legal garbage, I left something for you in your Paybud. It's not much, but I hope that it'll be enough to help you out.
Farewell, we'll not meet again.
Den just kind of stared at the message for a long time, rubbing his head. Aero already went to check their Paybud account and he brought the screen up; indeed there was some money there, and it was much more than Den would have expected. It wasn't enough for him to do what he so desperately wanted, but...it was a hefty amount.
He sat there in stunned silence, rubbing his head trying to comprehend everything. What was happening that would lead him to do this? He honestly had no idea, but...he was really very thankful for this. He sighed out, "Well...at least some of this can help cover expenses, and that last bomb-thing Tink bought last week." Before he laid his hands back into his computer, he paused. "Kinda wish I could thank him myself." He said, “Whatever’s going on En, I hope you’re gonna be okay.”