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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 440581" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chinese Take-out</strong></p><p></p><p>Chapter 6, "Visitors in the night", September 14, 1018:</p><p></p><p>After the group return to the Mitsubishi estate Hiroshi asks about their visit to the Takayama family. They relate to him what occurred, and the agreement they made. He asks about the diamond given to them, to which Cassie produces another one, saying “It was like this one”. Hiroshi examines the gem, and gives professional opinion, based upon his gem appraisal skills, as well as him having being a past purchaser of these statues. He concludes that they greatly overpaid. “Wait a minute, are you saying that they cheated us?” Mojo exclaims. “Oh no,” answers Hiroshi, “Businesspeople in this city would never intentionally try to cheat somebody, as that would be dishonorable. Unlike me, the Takayamas are not professional gem appraisers, so they would have had to guess to its value. They just guessed too conservatively.” </p><p></p><p>“OK, so tomorrow we ask for a refund” Mojo says. “Absolutely not,” Hiroshi answers “that would imply that they did something wrong and dishonorable.” Cassie interjects, “Well, since that was MY GEM that was sold, how should we go about correcting this error?” Hiroshi pauses, then suggests “Why don’t you bring me with you tomorrow when you return. I won’t even have to say anything, my physical presence should be sufficient to communicate to them that we have discussed this. By tomorrow they will have had the gem appraised, and knows its true value in regards to your purchases. Instead of just picking up the statues that you agreed to buy, offer to buy some more as well. This will give them an honorable opportunity to rectify this error, by undercharging you for these additional statues until a fair and equitable exchange for the total purchase is reached. Just bring with you something to trade with, preferable something of uncertain value, but clearly not worth much.” “You mean like Lono?” Mojo says. </p><p></p><p>They discuss what type of animal statues to get. Hiroshi recounts to them the various types of animals of the region. He says that two types of these statues that he himself has previously used were the Rhinoceros, in fight situations due to both its offensive and defensive abilities, and the Spider Monkey, which he used twice, each time following a mugging to later retrieve what had been stolen from him. </p><p></p><p>The remainder of the day is uneventful, with the party spending most of the time just drinking and playing cards with Hiroshi, who has now mastered the game of poker, which he had never played before the party’s arrival. </p><p></p><p>September 15, 1018:</p><p></p><p>Shortly before midnight, the party is startled by two individuals teleporting into their room. The party’s instinctive reaction is that they are under an attack, and light up the room and draw weapons on the individuals, with the spellcasters ready to cast spells upon them. They then recognize both of them, a man and a woman, who are from their continent of Phlooredah, from the Zalpar Lordholding, a land of mages and scholars. The man is Ashton Abercronbie IV, a leader of the Scholar’s Guild. The other is Beverly, a high-ranking member of the Mage’s Guild. The group remains somewhat on edge, knowing that Beverly had previously allied with an enemy of theirs. Cassie and Narg demand in unison to know what they want.</p><p></p><p>The Zalparians explain that they have further information regarding Morgarth, and have been sent by their respective Guilds to pass this information on to the Silver Moon. Narg asks Cassie, just loud enough for the Zalparians to also hear, “Can we trust her?” Beverly directly answers “This information is from our Guilds, and is truthful to the best of our knowledge. You and I may not have agreed last month as to who the next King should be, but that has no bearing on this. Morgarth is as much a threat to Zalpar as he is to you, and we will do everything in our power to assist you in reducing this threat.” “Works for me,” Cassie answers Narg.</p><p></p><p>The Zalparians tell the party that their Guilds have been making inquiries to their contacts throughout the world to try to find Morgarth's whereabouts, and that the Silver Moon’s suspicion that he is in the Orient appears to be correct. Yesterday they heard from a mage from the Oriental city of Shosun, who attended a recent slave auction at which humanoid animals were sold. These creatures were said to have come from a region that was protected by a forty-mile diameter anti-magic shell. The shell was said to have disappeared for five days, five to six weeks earlier, during which time the slavers then entered this land and captured them. It appears far too coincidental that an anti-magic shell of the same size would appear over Silver Moon Island during this exact same five day period for the events to have not been connected. The Zalparians have no further information, and teleport away.</p><p></p><p>“Well, it sounds like we may really need those animal statues,” Aradyn comments. “Yeah, provided we can find where this Shosun place is” Fiona replies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 440581, member: 8530"] [b]Chinese Take-out[/b] Chapter 6, "Visitors in the night", September 14, 1018: After the group return to the Mitsubishi estate Hiroshi asks about their visit to the Takayama family. They relate to him what occurred, and the agreement they made. He asks about the diamond given to them, to which Cassie produces another one, saying “It was like this one”. Hiroshi examines the gem, and gives professional opinion, based upon his gem appraisal skills, as well as him having being a past purchaser of these statues. He concludes that they greatly overpaid. “Wait a minute, are you saying that they cheated us?” Mojo exclaims. “Oh no,” answers Hiroshi, “Businesspeople in this city would never intentionally try to cheat somebody, as that would be dishonorable. Unlike me, the Takayamas are not professional gem appraisers, so they would have had to guess to its value. They just guessed too conservatively.” “OK, so tomorrow we ask for a refund” Mojo says. “Absolutely not,” Hiroshi answers “that would imply that they did something wrong and dishonorable.” Cassie interjects, “Well, since that was MY GEM that was sold, how should we go about correcting this error?” Hiroshi pauses, then suggests “Why don’t you bring me with you tomorrow when you return. I won’t even have to say anything, my physical presence should be sufficient to communicate to them that we have discussed this. By tomorrow they will have had the gem appraised, and knows its true value in regards to your purchases. Instead of just picking up the statues that you agreed to buy, offer to buy some more as well. This will give them an honorable opportunity to rectify this error, by undercharging you for these additional statues until a fair and equitable exchange for the total purchase is reached. Just bring with you something to trade with, preferable something of uncertain value, but clearly not worth much.” “You mean like Lono?” Mojo says. They discuss what type of animal statues to get. Hiroshi recounts to them the various types of animals of the region. He says that two types of these statues that he himself has previously used were the Rhinoceros, in fight situations due to both its offensive and defensive abilities, and the Spider Monkey, which he used twice, each time following a mugging to later retrieve what had been stolen from him. The remainder of the day is uneventful, with the party spending most of the time just drinking and playing cards with Hiroshi, who has now mastered the game of poker, which he had never played before the party’s arrival. September 15, 1018: Shortly before midnight, the party is startled by two individuals teleporting into their room. The party’s instinctive reaction is that they are under an attack, and light up the room and draw weapons on the individuals, with the spellcasters ready to cast spells upon them. They then recognize both of them, a man and a woman, who are from their continent of Phlooredah, from the Zalpar Lordholding, a land of mages and scholars. The man is Ashton Abercronbie IV, a leader of the Scholar’s Guild. The other is Beverly, a high-ranking member of the Mage’s Guild. The group remains somewhat on edge, knowing that Beverly had previously allied with an enemy of theirs. Cassie and Narg demand in unison to know what they want. The Zalparians explain that they have further information regarding Morgarth, and have been sent by their respective Guilds to pass this information on to the Silver Moon. Narg asks Cassie, just loud enough for the Zalparians to also hear, “Can we trust her?” Beverly directly answers “This information is from our Guilds, and is truthful to the best of our knowledge. You and I may not have agreed last month as to who the next King should be, but that has no bearing on this. Morgarth is as much a threat to Zalpar as he is to you, and we will do everything in our power to assist you in reducing this threat.” “Works for me,” Cassie answers Narg. The Zalparians tell the party that their Guilds have been making inquiries to their contacts throughout the world to try to find Morgarth's whereabouts, and that the Silver Moon’s suspicion that he is in the Orient appears to be correct. Yesterday they heard from a mage from the Oriental city of Shosun, who attended a recent slave auction at which humanoid animals were sold. These creatures were said to have come from a region that was protected by a forty-mile diameter anti-magic shell. The shell was said to have disappeared for five days, five to six weeks earlier, during which time the slavers then entered this land and captured them. It appears far too coincidental that an anti-magic shell of the same size would appear over Silver Moon Island during this exact same five day period for the events to have not been connected. The Zalparians have no further information, and teleport away. “Well, it sounds like we may really need those animal statues,” Aradyn comments. “Yeah, provided we can find where this Shosun place is” Fiona replies. [/QUOTE]
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