Always a promising reaction! (...) It's not that Integra is trying to scare her with talk of dying - obviously this is a woman who doesn't scare, having come here and being in this line of work - but certain things are casually topical when you fight the forces of darkness for a living and, well, sudden death is one of those things.

"Excellent." Integra starts pulling out yet more paperwork - she passes the first sheet and a pen to Mabel, and then sorts more as she speaks. "I'll need you to fill that out for the preliminary weeks, and then, pending how settled anyone gets, we can sort out something more official. I understand the Inn does a certain amount of credit for new arrivals, but once that's up, if you're still working here, the village nearby has several flat complexes and and cottages that offer particular rental agreements for Hellsing employees. They like the business."

Sobek Croix isn't a happening district, but it's convenient, and while there's not a super market there's a farmer's one, and a general store, some bars (one of which is even a dive!) and so on and so forth. As the guild hall is somewhat in the middle of nowhere, most employees were local residents to begin with, having made them a quickly integrated part of the community.