Nixical Cogsbane, Private Eye

Nixical Cogsbane, Private Eye
 * - ''by Nixical

From the desk of Nixical E. Cogsbane.  Things to do today: Find office Find professional "look" Get first client!!  Nixical here. Azeroth's premier up-and-coming detective. You suspect foul play? Your husband's been coming home with the telltale scent of perfume? Your niece is missing and your only clue is a half ripped note and a mysterious figurine? Well, I'm the gnome for you!  So, in the entrepreneurial spirit, Rupuri, my assitant, and I headed to Ironforge to set up shop. If there's anyone out there with similar ideas in your head about getting your offices in Ironforge, let me tell you now: it ain't easy, nor is it cheap. I sought out a realtor suggested to be by a contact of mine.  http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/2782/01realtor15zi.jpg http://img320.imageshack.us/img320/3283/02realtor22fp.jpg http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/7074/03realtor39ad.jpg  Disappointed, I made my way to the inn to have a pint and think up a new plan. It was there I met Fjorn. When I told him I was a detective he got all excited.  http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/7113/04fjorn8gz.jpg  He told me that he was in the Explorer's League, but his most valuable maps got left in a cave he was exploring and asked that I go with him to retrieve them.  <BR>This didn't seem like the sort of job for a detective, what with there being no mystery, and would've told him as much, but he seemed so thrilled about getting his maps back, that I just couldn't. <BR> <BR>And so we set out right away to the cave that held Fjorn's maps. ... You know, looking back, the whole thing was really his fault. If he had told me about the hideous snow beast from the beginning none of this would have happened. <BR> http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/769/05yeti5xk.jpg http://img320.imageshack.us/img320/9997/06fjorn3lp.jpg <BR> <BR>With a heavy heart, I went back to Ironforge to bring Fjorn's maps--what good they'll do him now--back to his office. Needless to say, I was crushed. <BR> http://img320.imageshack.us/img320/4052/07office3lr.jpg <BR> <BR>And so, that's how the offices of Nixical Cogsbane, Private Eye, were established. ...Actually, that's also the story about how I got my first client, but I don't think I'll be using poor Fjorn on any references. Which meant it was time to cross the last item off of my list: Finding professional private eye duds. Rupuri and I had a minor disagreement as to what counted as "professional". <BR> http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/803/08pretty2jd.jpg <BR> <BR>Things to do tomorrow: <BR>Find someone to make professional fliers <BR>Get new client <BR>Make some money <BR>