LETTER OF INTENT
To the esteemed master Cogsworth Clockhand,
Let it be known that by this parchment that I submit myself humbly for the position as your pupil and colleague. It is in this that I hope to take full advantage of your brilliance in the establishment of a shoppe, the creation of a machine to support it, to labor at your side in the study of arcana and the pursuits of mechanomagical artifice.
My foundations lie primarily as a practiced fencer supported by my skills as a dancer. What started as an expression of artistry now aids me in battle. Rhythmic motions and redirection.
As I had previously expressed to you before, I am a shame to my family name. Though I am the eldest daughter, heiress to a once prestigious line of those masterful at spellcraft so much as to secure a position within a magocratic oligarchy; However, I wield no magic. Disavowed as I am, they thought it appropriate to cut me from any and all inheritance to their name and privilege until I could "discover" the potential in my blood. I hope to do accomplish this through you, though the why has changed substantially.
I am a rudimentary smith, having forged my own practice blades in the past and since tinkered with kettle-forgings falling in line with with my most recent interests.
While I am yet unfamiliar of all the potential materials that can be acquired within or surrounding the Well, I propose a composition of brassworks for the core kettle assembly, with a pressure rune engraved in its face. Said rune will aid in the application and modulation of heat. I am hoping to garner your assistance in creating a self-regulating and multi-chambered brewing engine--the aforementioned "tea machine."
If you are to accept me, know that I will serve and fulfill whatever duty you permit me with passion and precision.
With sincere ambition,
Under your renowned hand,
Dia Arcmantle
To Miss Dia Arcmantle,
Your letter has been read, noted, and - after a moment's consideration - accepted. Talent to arcane or not, I will find it easier to work with a person acquainted with magocratic tradition.
Effective immediately, you are hereby retained as Executive Assistant under the auspices of Cogs Industries. Your duties shall encompass administrative assistance (including correspondence), workshop coordination, project supervision, and the occasional retrieval of documents from high shelves. A full outline of responsibilities might not be constant, as it is interesting times we live in.
Perhaps it is time, as you suggest by implication, to expand operations more formally. One pair of hands, no matter how dexterous, can only tighten so many bolts. Of course, I have my orphans, and gnomes, but there is a potential for more. Hiring personnel was an inevitability I have long postponed - your initiative makes the first such engagement rather timely.
There is something I am missing... Uniforms - yes, a clear symbol of distinction. I suppose we should work out something suitably austere and recognizable. Brass trim, perhaps... Something that says 'Innovation. Industry. Ingenuity.'
Your ideas regarding the brewing engine are noted, and merit further development. I had a similar idea in regard of recreation of the caliphal coffee method... I anticipate your further proposals, once you have surveyed available local materials.
Welcome to the endeavor.
Cogsworth Clockhand
Clockmaker
Exectutive, Cogs Industries
Professor of Arcane Engineering