One might have thought that the death and destruction caused by whatever had decided to attack Bianwei had not been picky, but much to Bó's bewilderment this did not seem to be the case. Either that or the overall efforts of repairing and rebuilding were not evenly spread to say the least. Going from a commoner's district to one inhabited by the rich, even if only for the purpose of taking a shortcut, had caused that feeling of entering a different world ever since, but now it was on the level of transitioning to a different plane of existence. Even the smoke still wafting though the narrow, now rubble-filled streets appeared to vanish just a few yards behind that imaginary line.

Or was it simply because it couldn't compete against all the parfume residue already coming from the noble buildings here again ? Maybe it was even the scent of that precious looking and no less massive wooden door he was standing in front of ?

Massive doors asked for strong knocking! The speed at which some guard showed up from the other side and even more so the grim expression on the man's face told Bó that he had succeeded in his efforts and he could even make his answer collide with the question right away by stating loudly [color=yellow]"I would like to speak with the lord of this house!"[/color] Putting inaudible emphasis to his words, he raised his hand and presented the golden ring resting on his fur. The guard's jaw dropped slightly as he recognized the precious trinket.

[i]That's the ticket, laddie![/i] was the equivalent of Bó's thoughts at this point. [i]If you received anything like proper instructions then you'll...[/i]

Ah, there it was already! That not very appreciative, but still nodding gesture of the guard's head accompanied by the whole body moving aside to make room for the unusually large visitor.

[i]One ring to rule them all...[/i] Bó grinned almost unnoticeably as he was let in without further ado. He was guided into a small antechamber that probably was even more decorated than the office behind the other door. A large, very well cushioned chair was there to accomodate those waiting for his lordship, Lian, and Bó found himself presented with a large cup of tea just barely after he had settled in.

"Lian should be here in the next half an hour. He is currently attending to a council meeting and very busy. I apologize for the inconvenience." the gentle voice of the female servant chirped towards him, not even mentioning the obvious elephant in the room that pretty much everyone in Bianwei was on red alert at this point. Really, this whole empire was weird, but Bó also felt as if starting to understand how things worked here at least a tiny bit.

Or, to put it more bluntly, he just was forced to do so. Now that it was pretty much impossible to do any business and a lot of the dirtiest, cheapest inns and dwelling places for rent had been destroyed, Bó was pretty much broke and needed a job. If he truly was one of Lian's new best friends, then the councilman surely wouldn't mind some very direct kind of approach, right ?