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<blockquote data-quote="ryryguy" data-source="post: 5065128" data-attributes="member: 64945"><p>[sblock=Roll]Was that a Diplomacy check? If so it looks like you sold yourself short, shouldn't it have been 1d20+10, for an 18? Or were you sandbagging before talking payment? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>Hedra smiles back at Jynxx. <span style="color: Silver"><strong>"All right kid, I can tell you've got the gift of gab. Good. Though here's a tip from someone who's sat at more than her fair share of negotiating tables: flowery words ain't always best.</strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: silver"><strong>"I guess you've got some big ears on you too if you heard me talking to the High Priestess. First of all, it's not my ceremony, it's hers. As to whether or not she can't do without, you'd have to ask her, but seeing as how she's never had it at one of her temple shindigs before, my guess would be that it's just something she'd prefer to have. But the important thing is that it is something <em>I'd</em> prefer to have, so's I can fulfill my contract to sell it to her, and ensure a steady source of future business."</strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: silver"><strong>"All right then,"</strong></span> she says, walking back behind her desk. <strong><span style="color: silver">"Now you want to know, what 'it' is. I'll show you."</span></strong> She pushes some papers around until she finds a small clay jar. She picks it up and shakes it. The jar makes a rattling sound. She pulls the cork from the top and empties it into her hand, then walks back to the group.</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: Silver">"'It' is five bushels of this,"</span></strong> she says and holds out her hand. In it are nestled a half-dozen or so dark, fingertip-sized objects. They are obviously some kind of plant material, probably seeds or beans. <span style="color: silver"><strong> "It's cultivated all over the place in the Valley of Bone. They use it to brew an unusually foul, nasty drink - something even worse than that crap they sell at the cafes around here. The Boners call it '<em>zocalti</em>'."</strong></span></p><p></p><p>[sblock=ooc]The proper term for residents of the Valley of Bone is probably "Magari" (that's what they call themselves). "Bonite" and "Boner" are common slang terms employed in Daunton. One of them is somewhat ruder than the other - I'll let you guess which one. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />[/sblock]</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: silver">"Go ahead and take them if you want a closer look,"</span></strong> Hedra offers. <span style="color: silver"><strong>"Anyway, I own a restaurant here and the cook thought he could sell it there, start a new craze, you know. But the Boners don't really export the stuff, and you can't grow it in the around here - climate, soil, all that."</strong></span> She waves her hands. <span style="color: silver"><strong>"But on the Isle of Opposition, the growing conditions are more like they have in the Valley of Bone. So I bankrolled somebody to set up a little plantation there and grow my own crop. I figured if it caught on here, I'd be positioned to make a killing as the sole supplier."</strong></span></p><p></p><p>She grimaces. <span style="color: silver"><strong>"I should have tried the damn stuff first. When my chef actually had a tasting, I knew I'd made a horrible mistake. The stuff tastes like crap! I swear, Lauto himself would puke all over his black shoes if you made him drink a cup. I thought, no one is going to buy it, no matter what fancy cups we put it in or how high we jack the price. But turned out, it's not a total disaster. The High Priestess contacted me after the tasting and wants five bushels. I don't really know why and I don't much care...</strong></span></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: silver">"Anyway. The problem I have now is with the plantation, more specifically with the gentleman running it. Name's Krassus. The terms of our partnership are pretty simple. I put up the money, he runs the place and brings in the crop. I get a share of future gross sales. I also have the right of first refusal on the first three harvests. That means I get to buy as much of it as I want."</span></strong></p><p></p><p>Hedra balls her hands into fists. <span style="color: silver"><strong> "But Krassus is now saying he can't or won't sell it to me. His last letter says he's had some problems with his workers and the full crop might not come in. But I think he's just blowing smoke. The last few letters before that, he was trying to weasel out of our deal, saying he had some other customer for the beans. Swore that if we sold to this other guy, we'd be opening up a big market where we could sell all the <em>zocalti</em> we could grow for years to come. I don't know about that. I just know I have a contract with the High Priestess and now my reputation is on the line and I'm not going to let that rat Krassus screw me over. I want you to go out there to the Isle and bring back the goods that are rightfully mine!"</strong></span></p><p></p><p>The half-elf eyes are filled with fire and steely determination. Not that her drive was exactly hidden under a demure exterior before, but now you can almost feel it flowing out of her like a physical force. It's clear how she has achieved such success in the cutthroat world of Daunton commerce.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ryryguy, post: 5065128, member: 64945"] [sblock=Roll]Was that a Diplomacy check? If so it looks like you sold yourself short, shouldn't it have been 1d20+10, for an 18? Or were you sandbagging before talking payment? :)[/sblock] Hedra smiles back at Jynxx. [COLOR="Silver"][B]"All right kid, I can tell you've got the gift of gab. Good. Though here's a tip from someone who's sat at more than her fair share of negotiating tables: flowery words ain't always best.[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR="silver"][B]"I guess you've got some big ears on you too if you heard me talking to the High Priestess. First of all, it's not my ceremony, it's hers. As to whether or not she can't do without, you'd have to ask her, but seeing as how she's never had it at one of her temple shindigs before, my guess would be that it's just something she'd prefer to have. But the important thing is that it is something [I]I'd[/I] prefer to have, so's I can fulfill my contract to sell it to her, and ensure a steady source of future business."[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR="silver"][B]"All right then,"[/B][/COLOR] she says, walking back behind her desk. [B][COLOR="silver"]"Now you want to know, what 'it' is. I'll show you."[/COLOR][/B] She pushes some papers around until she finds a small clay jar. She picks it up and shakes it. The jar makes a rattling sound. She pulls the cork from the top and empties it into her hand, then walks back to the group. [B][COLOR="Silver"]"'It' is five bushels of this,"[/COLOR][/B] she says and holds out her hand. In it are nestled a half-dozen or so dark, fingertip-sized objects. They are obviously some kind of plant material, probably seeds or beans. [COLOR="silver"][B] "It's cultivated all over the place in the Valley of Bone. They use it to brew an unusually foul, nasty drink - something even worse than that crap they sell at the cafes around here. The Boners call it '[I]zocalti[/I]'."[/B][/COLOR] [sblock=ooc]The proper term for residents of the Valley of Bone is probably "Magari" (that's what they call themselves). "Bonite" and "Boner" are common slang terms employed in Daunton. One of them is somewhat ruder than the other - I'll let you guess which one. ;)[/sblock] [B][COLOR="silver"]"Go ahead and take them if you want a closer look,"[/COLOR][/B] Hedra offers. [COLOR="silver"][B]"Anyway, I own a restaurant here and the cook thought he could sell it there, start a new craze, you know. But the Boners don't really export the stuff, and you can't grow it in the around here - climate, soil, all that."[/B][/COLOR] She waves her hands. [COLOR="silver"][B]"But on the Isle of Opposition, the growing conditions are more like they have in the Valley of Bone. So I bankrolled somebody to set up a little plantation there and grow my own crop. I figured if it caught on here, I'd be positioned to make a killing as the sole supplier."[/B][/COLOR] She grimaces. [COLOR="silver"][B]"I should have tried the damn stuff first. When my chef actually had a tasting, I knew I'd made a horrible mistake. The stuff tastes like crap! I swear, Lauto himself would puke all over his black shoes if you made him drink a cup. I thought, no one is going to buy it, no matter what fancy cups we put it in or how high we jack the price. But turned out, it's not a total disaster. The High Priestess contacted me after the tasting and wants five bushels. I don't really know why and I don't much care...[/B][/COLOR] [B][COLOR="silver"]"Anyway. The problem I have now is with the plantation, more specifically with the gentleman running it. Name's Krassus. The terms of our partnership are pretty simple. I put up the money, he runs the place and brings in the crop. I get a share of future gross sales. I also have the right of first refusal on the first three harvests. That means I get to buy as much of it as I want."[/COLOR][/B] Hedra balls her hands into fists. [COLOR="silver"][B] "But Krassus is now saying he can't or won't sell it to me. His last letter says he's had some problems with his workers and the full crop might not come in. But I think he's just blowing smoke. The last few letters before that, he was trying to weasel out of our deal, saying he had some other customer for the beans. Swore that if we sold to this other guy, we'd be opening up a big market where we could sell all the [I]zocalti[/I] we could grow for years to come. I don't know about that. I just know I have a contract with the High Priestess and now my reputation is on the line and I'm not going to let that rat Krassus screw me over. I want you to go out there to the Isle and bring back the goods that are rightfully mine!"[/B][/COLOR] The half-elf eyes are filled with fire and steely determination. Not that her drive was exactly hidden under a demure exterior before, but now you can almost feel it flowing out of her like a physical force. It's clear how she has achieved such success in the cutthroat world of Daunton commerce. [/QUOTE]
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