Amor took the hand she offered to him, and he shook it easily listening to her words, a polite smile crept upon his lips as he nodded in agreement.

"Right you are Miss Dross, or do you prefer Captain Dross?" He asked curiously not minding calling her preferred title before he lead the way into the building towards the office that was in the back. Away from prying eyes, and ears. Walter ever attending his side as he sat down making sure that he mess up the bandage, and sling that was on his right arm for the moment. "I appreciate your willingness to do business with me despite it being my first time hiring you, and the like. New business ventures are often turbulent at the beginning." It was just a simple observation that he had from his myriad of previous meetings with other people.

"Regardless of all that, I suppose I'll ask the first question. What did you find? And how much are you going to charge me to take the haul off your hands." He said with a slight chuckle. "I'm afraid I only have one arm at the moment so I hope you'll only charge me a leg." It was a simple jest at his own injured status, but he hoped that it would lighten the mood somewhat. Though he had no clue as to her personality, sure he could read on her as much as he wanted but words on paper never did a person justice.

"Ah my manners, would you like something to drink? Tea, lemonade, water, or something else? A lemonade for me please Walter, and whatever our guest wants." Walter would wait to hear what Skyler wanted before vanishing to procure the refreshments leaving the pair alone for a time.

skyler dross

She was all business then, he could get behind that, and he listened to each of the items that she had brought from her excursion, and to say that he was impressed was an understatement. While some of the items were a tad common, the things such as fossils, and the pearls would fetch extraordinarily high prices. Especially among collectors which was his target audience regardless. Nodding in approval as he let his eyes dart across each item almost as if he was verifying their existence afraid they might be illusions.

"I appreciate you trying to take it easy on my wallet, but I wouldn't short change you. Charity or not. The Big Pearls are obviously one of the high ticket items on this list. If we go with ten percent, that will be roughly ten thousand for each pearl easily. Though I can have Walter verify that easily enough. The evolution stones would be about five thousand apiece if we go with ten percent. As for the fossils." He furrowed his brow as he examined them. "I am unsure as to their actual monetary value, as such things are only worth as much as someone is willing to pay for them. Especially since they usually wind up immediately in research facilities to be revived." He said as he thought for a moment not wanting to rob her of any money that he may owe her. "Does one-hundred thousand per fossil sound fair to you?" He asked her simply, as if he was talking about spare change.

"The idol will unfortunately cause the same issue, even if we got it dated. Archeologists would say that it was priceless, but I'm sure I can get at least half a million for it. So would fifty-thousand suffice for it?" He explained trying to be reasonable, and hoping that he wasn't offending her in the slightest. "The Kings Rock....Hmmmm I think due to them not being common I could get a decent price for it. Five thousand I think for the Kings Rock." He said running the numbers through his head, and he began to calculate the rough price he was going to pay her.

"Not counting the cost of hiring you, and just the value of these items. With eight pearls, six evolution stones, two fossils, an idol, and a kings rock. That brings up the rough total to being three hundred sixty-five thousand. Do you have any issues with that sum? If not I can have it transferred to your bank of choice immediately." He said to her with a polite smile on his face.

skyler dross

Amor noticed it, he always did when people realized just how much money he actually had, and was willing to seemingly part with. Sure the amount might seem like alot, but when you were invested in two very successful companies that a region depended on for power, and for technology. He practically was printing the stuff, and that didn't even take into account the ventures his own company did of which he was the sole investor. The blink reminded him of a few other people that had been in similar positions to her before, and it brought a genuine smile to his lips for a brief second.

"That is perfectly fine, I'll make sure you receive the documentation promptly." And he had thought that would be it, that she would leave, but instead she sank a little further into her chair, and asked him a question he had not expected her to ask. Walter soon returned with his lemonade, and with his good arm he picked up the glass, and took a large drink from it before answering her. Studying her as he would a book. "I didn't think you would be interested, but it is a pleasant surprise." He stated before speaking once more. "There are a few. The first one is going towards Eva Morales's relief efforts that she is hosting in Ever Grande. I have already donated some supplies to her, but with the sheer amount of resources needed for all those displaced people, and pokemon. And the League being busy with impending doom. I thought a little extra wouldn't hurt." He said easily.

Eva was one of the few people in the League that he thought highly of after all.

"The second charity is going towards building some affordable housing for those that have left Sootopolis since it was taken over by Rocket. While some of the populace stayed, and the city seems to be functioning there are many who left with nothing to their names in a hurry. Not to mention even more people lost more during the attack they just suffered with that strange Obsidian Creature." Amor furrowed his brow as he remembered the fight like it was yesterday. "There is to much population displacement in this region, and no one seems keen on combatting it but me." He shrugged a little at that.

"The last one is a bit personal, but the third part will be going towards restoring the Concert Hall of Melody Miro. There was an incident there, and I would like to help." Of course he left out the part where he was involved in said incident, but it didn't matter. Lilycove was his home as well, and he shouldn't go around wrecking it in such a way. "I do hope that satisfies your curiosity? Is there anything else you'd like to know?"

skyler dross

He listened to her say her piece, and while he could have kept her to argue it out, he decided it wasn't necessarily worth it. So he just shook his head, and let her leave in peace.

"Have a good day Captain Dross." Was all he stated as he sank into his chair, and relaxed. He still hadn't fully recovered from the ordeal, but that was going to be slow going. Once he managed to fully heal it would be time to take the next step. Whatever that would be.

When she left he checked the list of the people that he had sent an invite to for the charity. It had seemed that he had picked the right people for the treasures she had procured for him. These were people with bunkers who thought that after the Meteor hit, the government would be in disarray, and they could take control. So they were the vain type, and wanted this stuff to sate their egotism. Perfect prey for him. Obviously he had some of his own staff planted in the seats to drive the prices up further. Amor would break them all in one sitting, because they believed when the world was reduced to ashes they would rule over it.

Several hours later....

The auction had begun, and ended, and the amount of money Amor had gotten out of those self centered idiots was far more than he had hoped for. Of course he had planned to make them pay more than normal, but even he couldn't have guessed that their vanity was that bad. The pearls had done far better than he imagined. He had started the bidding for the pearls at one-hundred grand apiece. But it had quickly skyrocketed up to three-hundred thousand. It only made him smile. The evolution stones had done well as well bringing in eighty-thousand apiece. These people would never use them, and simply wanted to display them in cases.

The fossils however....Amor had valued them at roughly one million apiece, and the starting price was set accordingly. But thanks to the people he had planted, and the sheer vanity of the others their price had ballooned up to the three-million mark apiece. The idol as well, because it was unknown, and exotic looking had fetched an easy two-million.

Now if only all of his plans would work this well. Manipulating people with money was far easier to him than other things. So as he was taking a tally of the nights final monetary count he just chuckled.

"To easy...." Was all he said.

When all was said, and done he had managed to get ten-million eight-hundred and eighty thousand out of this idiots. Which was more than enough for the charity causes that he was going to be donating it to. So he began drafting letters. The first one was addressed to Miss Dross.

Dear Captain skyler dross,

In accordance with our hiring you, and the contract along with the fee of hiring you. We are sending you this check with the enclosed amount of $500,000. While that is more than what I told you were getting, some of the items at the auction did better than expected, and so I added a bonus. The taxes on everything have already been paid for by me. I appreciate the work you did, and look forward to future endeavors together. If there is any issue with the payment contact me immediately, or my associate Walter.

Sincerely,
Amor Alexandrus Rose


A short, and sweet letter, and so he was on to the next letter.

Dear Miss Eva Morales,

I hope this letter finds you well. I have recently held a charity function, which managed to do quite well. To aid in the relief efforts you were providing when we last met, there is a check enclosed with $3,000,000. I am sure that along with the resources the League will be offering should help alleviate some of the stress. If you require any further receipts or proof that this money is indeed legitimate don't hesitate to reach out to either me, or my associate Walter. We will clear up anything with the utmost haste.

Sincerely,
Amor Alexandrus Rose

These after all didn't have to be very long. Which he was thankful for. On to the next one.

Dear Elinor Anderson,

As I am sure who to send this too, and you are the only contact within the council that I know of who handles such things. Enclosed are two checks. The first contains $5,000,000 to go towards the HHC (Hoenn Housing Commission) to help build more affordable housing for those that may have been displaced due to the Sootopolis incident, or the Rocket take over. This money is being donated as part of charity. As I just held an auction not long ago, and it did extremely well. The Rest of the enclosed money which should be $2,880,000 is to go towards helping rebuild the Lilycove Concert Hall, which suffered serious damage as part of an unfortunate incident I was involved with.

I have kept all receipts on the charity auction, as well as a list of those who had attended if the League requires them. Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,
Amor Alexandrus Rose