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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scotley" data-source="post: 3470033" data-attributes="member: 11520">Captain Baillor's Tale"Thank ye." The Captain digs into the food and while he may lack polished social graces he engages in a certain amount of politeness in manners. "Oh aye, I'd be able to perform such a commision and I'd be quite interested, but there's a snag in the rigging." He looks at the Port Master and continues on. "I've a contract with that Popinjay Contrall." He throws his rough hands up in frustration. "I maybe didn't read the fine print as well as I should. He's got me wrapped up like a fish in a net. There are so many contingencies and clauses about the speed, quality, and frequency of delievery he manages to get out of paying more than half the agreed fee for each load. I'm losing money on every run. I've got my crew on half rations and I've even had to let a couple boys go. I'm behind on proper maintainence and still it is all I can do to keep the finances afloat. If I try to break the contract he'll sue me and end up with the Ironbelly." He drops his gaze to the deck looking dejected. The Port man just nods and makes sympathtic noises.</blockquote>