"Hmmm....", Janus growled, rubbing at the stubble growing on his chin. "Well, free time in the Hunting line of work, or even my line, now, is a bit of a... misnomer." He gestured to the table he was seated at. An open scroll sat at the edge, the rest of it was newspapers, articles, maps, and magazines. "See, if you're between jobs, you should be keeping an eye out for the next one. When you're solely a Huntsman, you can see where the world is shifting, you look close enough. Where's conflict brewing? Where're supply lines shortening. Where...", he paused for a moment, swiping across a block of articles.
{LOCAL LEADERS UNABLE TO B-}
{BLAZE DEVASTATES MUCH OF LO-}
{TYPHOON CALLUS MAKES LANDFA-}
{EXPLOSION ATTRIBUTED TO WHIT-}]
"Where is shit gonna go wrong? You find those, you find Grimm.", he sighs, sitting back, he tugs a bottle out of case on the floor next to him, cracking it open on his rifles barrel.
"Now, in my line, you're looking for a lot of the same shit. There's a fair amount of us out there, so you wanna try and be the first one on site, or the first to get a message through, whichever. There's some... less reputable boards that you can find, if you're discrete enough, skilled enough, connected enough, what have you.", he waved dismissively, downing a considerable portion of the ale. "Generally speaking, you'll get better results if you're proactive. You gotta actively hunt down leads, which could be anything. Political, economic, criminal, legal or illicit. That takes time."
The Mercenary paused for a moment, shifting a few of his papers aside, revealing one with a quickly drawn White Fang logo on it. "Course, you're gotta keep your own skill level up, too. Gotta train, gotta work, gotta learn. Time, time, time. You never know what, or who, you're gonna end up tangling with next. Your life, your paycheck, and usually both, depend directly on how much time you put into your work."
With that, he polished the drink off, setting it on the floor, next to a cluster of it's brothers.
"So, kid, to sum it up? Downtime is just wasted time. Waste not, want not, hm?"