He'll have me replaced by a Virgo for that

I think, based on their body language, these two have a sort of low key murderous co-worker relationship, where the both have their interpretation of the best way to run this stall, which is fundamentally philosophically misaligned from the other's.

They stand like this all day and do not exchange a word, but the churn of crafters and gatherers keeps you from noticing because they just seem busy. But on a quiet 4am crafting night like this, it becomes apparent that they are standing still, alone, not making eye contact.

It would be trite to say that this is in any way romantically underpinned. I think the loporrits just picked two people who could not be worse for this role, because both were genuinely excited to do it.

Godgyth is a traditional shopkeeper's daughter from a long line of shopkeepers, who knows exactly how to sort an inventory of darkmatter and tools and aprons. Practical stuff. You know like, the guys selling shovels at the goldrush? She's got a great supply chain of the basic necessities and she will NOT see you going short, and she'll throw in any mending you need, because she is a professional. She's only here in the first place because she was recommended as the best, and it was recognised you need at least one person like this to run things like the navy or it all falls apart.

Meanwhile, Mesouaidonique is from the Skysteel Manufactory, got his head turned by all the innovation and drama going down there at a young age but has a somewhat lacking inventing streak, and as a result leveraged his high house connections to get into trade and supply for all the bullshit Stephanivien needed at short notice. Like to be clear, they could not have done anything they did without him, and he's definitely like, considered among their founding members as an investor and their fixer even if he's not contributed anything to their creations. Of COURSE he'd be excited to follow this venture to the stars, and he's got all the Official Uniforms, silly costumes, dyes, orchestrion rolls and other bullshit that you can slap a mascot on and market because that's how he's been raising money and keeping a shoestring budget going for his entire adult life.

He also imported a dhalmel from the Sea of Clouds to Far Space and stuck a space helmet and rocket booster on it and considers it his greatest achievement.

I don't think either of them are wrong but this is NOT a good pairing for workplace cohesion.

anyway stay tuned for whatever other revelations occur in this final stretch:

polipond

good point which makes this all like

ten times funnier