- After that he earned his living as a lumberjack in a remote sawmill. - For a while he enjoyed the peace and quiet of country life, but soon - he was drawn back into more urban surroundings. + After leaving his hometown, Viktor started working as a lumberjack. + The club at the end of his tail came very much in handy as a + counterweight for each swing of his axe, allowing him to strike + efficiently and powerfully, felling even the largest trees with + relative ease. His naturally tough scales protected him from splinters + from the felled wood. The long-lasting hard physical work toughened + his body over the years. Before taking the cut logs to the sawmill, + Viktor always took a break to rest in the peace and quiet of the + forest. Although he enjoyed the seclusion of the country life for a + while, he was longing for the sociability of city life again.
@@ -52,8 +61,15 @@ import BoxesIcon from "@/assets/icons/BoxesIcon.vue"; Car Mechanic- For a while, he made ends meet at an auto repair shop in a suburb, but - it was shut down after suffering persistent financial problems. + Moving into a suburban town, Viktor applied at an auto repair shop, + where he learned the ins and outs of fixing cars. He became really + good at it and enjoyed breathing new mechanical life into broken down + vehicles. However, as time went on, the repair shop faced financial + troubles, as it became increasingly difficult to come by spare parts + as auto makers would only deal them to certified repair partners and + certifications were prohibitively expensive. Viktor had to watch + business slowly deteriorate, as skilled coworkers kept getting laid + off, until the repair shop closed down for good.
@@ -61,17 +77,74 @@ import BoxesIcon from "@/assets/icons/BoxesIcon.vue";Later, he worked as a construction worker.
++ Having taken a liking in physically demanding work, Viktor took on a + job as a construction worker. Hard hat perched atop his head and belt + tool slung around his waist, he was always ready to lend a hand (or + tail if walls or boulders needed a good teardown). Since he had more + than enough strength training from his previous jobs, he was often + assigned carrying jobs to clear the site and haul building materials. + After work was done, Viktor enjoyed the company of his colleagues over + an after-work beer until late in the evenings. On one of these + evenings, he got a little reckless with a colleague under the veil of + the night and both were caught in the act of fooling around with each + other on the construction site. In the following weeks, the colleagues + kept their distance from Viktor and the evenings together also + dissolved very quickly when he joined them. The continued + ostracization ultimately prompted him to look for something new. +
+ + ++ In his job as a welder, Viktor spent his days working shifts in a + workshop. In addition to special tools and plasma welders, he also + used his powerful tail club to hammer metal parts into shape. He + acquired a wide variety of welding techniques to join or repair metal + structures. He worked with a wide variety of alloys such as steel, + aluminum and titanium. Viktor showed extreme skill in his work with + great precision and attention to detail. However, this dedication was + a thorn in the side of a jealous colleague who saw Viktor as a rival + and schemed against him, sabotaging his work, which ultimately ended + in his termination after a customer sued the welding shop for botching + the job. Viktor never found out who the culprit was, and the loss of + that job still hangs over him. +
+ ++ When Viktor was strapped for cash, he took on a job in the gig economy + as a driver delivering packages for a large online delivery service. + His previous physically demanding jobs allowed him to haul even bulky + deliveries to their destination with relative ease. If the shipping + center managers hadn't been breathing down his neck constantly, he + might have held this job even longer. But after one of the managers + tried to show him up in front of the whole team, he snapped and broke + their leg with his tail club. Of course, he didn't have to report for + duty the next day. +
- he eventually moved to a port town and started working as a warehouse - worker at the local post, where he mainly loads goods and ensures that - they are properly stored. + Currently Viktor works at the docks in the port town he moved to. His + main responsibilities include loading and unloading cargo from ships + and transporting it to and from warehousing. The hustle and bustle of + the port sometimes gets on his nerves. Especially when the crew of + docking ships come ashore again after a long time and make it clear + that they don't have much contact with "landlubbers". Viktor doesn't + get particularly impressed by this and foul mouths them right back if + he gets the impression they're looking for trouble.