World Conquest Online

[Rolling for Office Space 6.....Roll Completed....Finance Office]

"Show Stats!" Dom asked.

[Finance Office

Grade - S

Office Perks - Allows for improved fiscal management by allowing improved tax and trade management and profit margins. Depending on the Assignee, can also reduce the amount of tax fraud from both business and individuals, as well as a tighter monitoring of all budgets.

Office Assignee - Domestic Hero or Financial Expert Villager]

Dom opened the door and peaked inside, there was a desk at the back of the room, with many mathematic tools on top, such as a couple of large Abacus, counting pieces and rolls upon rolls of parchment that were stacked at the side. Dom wondered if Aristarchus would be a good candidate for this, but his background wasn’t financial.

"This is a financial office." Dom said to the group, "For someone to manage the income and expenditure."

"A great place once we have the currency inputted." Lucius agreed, "Aristarchus may be a good candidate for the time being, I am sure he would enjoy the tools, but I am unsure if this is what he would want."

"I’m pretty sure he will want to continue mapping the stars as he is doing currently, he has also been assisting Sostratus with some things as well." Shang Yang commented.

Dom agreed and headed towards the next door on the corridor, happy with the office’s that he had gained today would help with the long term plans of Riverside, even if he wasn’t in need of them fully yet. He still needed an expert for the Sanitation Office, so adding the Financial Office to his list meant he was short of two experts now for his offices, with two more to roll for.

"System, please roll the next office." Dom asked.

[Rolling for Office Space 7.....Roll Completed.....Legal Office]

"Show Stats!" Dom exclaimed, thinking he had the perfect person for this one stood beside him.

[Legal Office

Grade - S

Office Perks - Allows for improved structure of laws within the town, as well as a central place for all legal work to be managed from. Allows for legal documents to be constructed for trade agreements and the like. Allows for improved legal advice for residents, giving members of the town structure and safety.

Office Assignee - Domestic Hero or Legal Expert]

Dom opened the door and looked inside, seeing that the room was very similar to the Mayor’s office, with parchment rolls at the side and a comfortable desk and chair at the rear, there was also a couple over chairs in the room. Dom turned to Shang Yang with a smile, he had little understanding of the complexities of management of a growing town, let alone the legal matters, so was grateful to have the Heroes he had.

"What is it?" Shang Yang asked.

"A Legal Office." Dom replied, "A place where legal documents can be set out and the processes managed."

"I’m assuming this is my new office then?" Shang Yang replied seriously, placing his hand on his chin and stroking his beard.

"If you are happy with that?" Dom stated.

"Ha!" Lucius laughed, "It’s directly above my office, we can decide whose to sit in when we talk."

"I’ll make sure not to bang my feet to much then." Shang Yang replied with a small smile.

Dom turned to the final door, both excited and nervous at what he would get as his luck had been quite good so far. He crossed his fingers and took a deep breath.

"System, please roll the last office." Dom asked.

[Rolling for Office Space 8.....Roll Completed.....Pest Control]

"Show stats." Dom asked.

[Pest Control Office

Grade - S

Office Perks - A central place for the Town’s Pest Control services, where Pest Control experts can track and deal with any pests, be they big or small, that cause chaos and mischief within the Town’s borders. A higher percentage chance of dealing with pests and finding pests in advance is achievable with a Pest Control office and team.

Office Assignee - Pest Control Expert or Relevant Professional]

Dom exhaled a long breath, wondering why he had been worried in the first place, an office was an office and it didn’t matter what he got, or so he told himself. He opened the door and had a look inside, there were large nets against one wall, whilst the other had small boxes with caged lids. There was a desk at the rear as usual with a chair, as well as a large thick book.

Dom headed over and had a look at the book, it was a dark brown leather and was thick with pages. He gently grabbed the cover and had a read of the title, "Pest Control of Riverside". Dom turned the page over and saw that there was a contents page, that was empty bar one line.

[Page 1 - Brown Bear]

Dom turned the page and saw that on the first page after the contents was an image of a large brown bear, covered in scars and missing one eye. It was named the One Eyed Brown Bear of the Silver Forest and gave a brief explanation of when and where it was encountered. It also stated the best way to deal with it with the outline of Tomyris’s plan to scare it in to a retreat through using loud noises.

Dom then turned to the next page and saw that it was empty, as was the rest of the book. He wondered if this was something that would track all of the pests that appeared in Riverside, as well as how to deal with them.

"So what is this room then?" Subutai asked, gazing around at the nets and boxes that were inside the room.

"Pest Control." Dom replied as he turned around to see Subutai feeling one of the nets with his hands.

"Pest Control?" Subutai responded, raising an eyebrow at Dom.

"Yeah, it will allow us to track and deal with pests." Dom replied.

"That would be helpful if we ever get a rat infestation or something." Lucius replied, "Did you know there are more rats in any place than people at that time. I would suspect that with the Sanitation Office, these two could work together quite closely."

"That would be great, but I don’t have an expert for either of them yet." Dom lamented.

"Actually, we may." Shang Yang stated, "We have just had over eight hundred new people join Riverside, maybe some of those have the skills for one of these roles? It would be worth asking the siblings Kento and Minato to go through the notes."

"We really do need to get some general assistants to support with the management tasks." Lucius replied, "Now that Riverside has some children, and with the adult classes planned, they will be too busy to continue this."

"We can use the Great Hall for the greeting process for now." Dom stated.

"I’ll have Kento and Minato name some potential people who can do the tasks for them." Lucius added, "I also think that after they have been checked in, they should be sent directly to the Doctors for a check up."

"We can add all this to their registration files. I can compile this information in the legal office." Shang Yang replied.

"I wonder why the Red Snake from the Ancient Underground City Lake wasn’t in the book." Subutai suddenly stated, changing the conversation, "The Bear from the Silver Forest was."

"Maybe it is not classing the Red Woods as part of Riverside’s influence yet." Lucius commented.

"Maybe they will once we have built watchtowers in those areas." Shang Yang replied.

Dom agreed and the four of them headed downstairs and out of the Office arm of the Town Centre back in to the great hall. Dom pulled out the two Schematics and decided he would roll these first before they used the Green Cubes.

"System, please roll the first Schematic." Dom asked.

[Rolling Schematic.....Schematic Rolled.....Simple Shop]

Dom had a look down at the paper and saw that a simple building was on the schematic, with an entrance way and main room, followed by a small office and a medium sized storage room. Dom saw that it was a very simple set up and there were a couple of variations on the schematics, including counters, mannequins and other small items that were sketched at the sides. Dom noted that there was a small list of materials at the side and passed it over to Lucius whilst he grabbed the next one.

"Oh fantastic!" Lucius exclaimed, "We have been wanting the schematics for a shop, if we can build some of these around the market, we can start to create a bustling section of Riverside for trade. This will give the citizens something to look forwards to."

"It also means we need to push out our currency." Shang Yang commented, "We need to catch up with Aristarchus later and work on this, ideally we need to find a permanent way to increase our financial reserves, we have a lot of bounty from our finds, but that won’t last for ever as we grow."

"I’ll pass this to Sostratus and Wang Shu as soon as we are finished here." Lucius stated, "They can add this to their job list."

"I’m sure that Lars will be grateful if we can send him more hands." Subutai commented, "With the new houses, this is a lot of wood needed."

Dom nodded in agreement as he pulled out the second schematic, excited for what this would be.

"System, please roll the second Schematic." Dom asked politely, his fingers crossed in the hand that wasn’t holding it.

[Rolling Schematic.....Schematic Rolled.....Town Inner Wall]

"Amazing!" Dom exclaimed, passing this schematic to Subutai who was stood beside him.

"About time!" Subutai agreed, passing it to Shang Yang.

"A Wall!" Shang Yang exclaimed, "This needs to be a priority build, the schematic is showing both a wooden version and a stone upgrade for an inner city wall. This we should build around the planned sections for Stage One of the city growth, with a secondary wall being built at a later date."

"Agreed." Dom stated, "Subutai, please can you draw up plans with Lucius on where we want this constructing. I’d rather we went straight for the upgraded version if possible, rather than building something twice."

"We don’t currently have the stone for it." Lucius commented.

"No, but we do have the White Cube for resources, so hopefully we get some from that. The Miners have also found some stone at the mountain, so hopefully that will start soon." Shang Yang responded.

"Yes, but we should build a Watchtower there as well." Subutai mumbled, wondering how many Watchtowers he needed to get build and where they should go.