Stone's Throw

[GamesMaster]

"Any member of the Tribe. You'll have to start tithing if you want to be a member, but that shouldn't be an issue for you. You have access to your grandfather's money, yes?"

[Andreas Amell]

"What? No, of course not." He sounds shocked at the mere idea of it. "I mean, I can ask for things, and I get a stipend but I don't think anyone else but Grandne has access to his accounts."

[GamesMaster]

Don blinks. "Yes, through your stipend and ability to ask for things, you have access to his money. Not his accounts, his money."

[Andreas Amell]

"Oh. Then... yes? I have access to some of his money, I suppose. Why?" He sounds a little defensive, almost but not quite suspicious. Which, in fairness, is understandable given the direction that sort of question is leading in most cases.

[GamesMaster]

"Then you have funds you can tithe without needing an after-school job. That's all."

[Andreas Amell]

"Ah. I see, yes. Well, I would prefer to make the tithe off sales of my art-- though I suppose that's also my families money, just indirectly. Still, I like to think my efforts enhance and surpass the original investment in way of resources and material."

[GamesMaster]

"But why sell them?" counters Don. "You could enter them in the viewing, and perhaps offer them as prizes to be won?"

[Andreas Amell]

"Ah, well, I was thinking to show my best, most personal works, and sell those I am merely... content with," he explains, a sneer on his lips and in his voice when he says 'content.'

[GamesMaster]

Don stifles a small chuckle, but the smile still creeps out of his lips. "That makes sense."

[NPCs]

"Name?" Cadmus asks curiously, wondering how the two plan to introduce him around and submit his works.

[GamesMaster]

"Why wouldn't he be himself?" asks Don, blinking. 

[NPCs]

"Nepotism. Scandal," Cadmus replies, both bluntly and succinctly. 

[GamesMaster]

Don blinks. "How? He's not my son. And, if anyone makes a fuss, I'll just let Miki do the judging alone this year."

[NPCs]

Cadmus snorts, head shaking a little. "Strangely, Respect disagrees most." A thoroughly opaque sentence to Andreas, given he lacks the content of knowing 'Respect' is referring the the political movement in the Tribe that is the most conservative and tradition bound. 

[GamesMaster]

"How does taht even make sense?" asks Don, scowling. "I gave him up at birth. I did that partly to earn their respect. And now they want to criticize?"