Ok, posting a pepper plan! I'll generally be available to make changes and/or additions.
[X] Plan Peppers and Pangolins
1. Hazou proposes the possibility of buying peppers from the Pangolins and selling them as an exotic food good in Mist.
[X] Plan Peppers and Pangolins
1. Hazou proposes the possibility of buying peppers from the Pangolins and selling them as an exotic food good in Mist.
- Exotic spices and whatnot are often expensive, but coming events might make them worth more than normal. The tournament coming up will mean visiting nobles, dignitaries, etc. from across the Elemental Nations, and everyone from common food vendors to high end restaurants will likely want to be able to put something unique on their menu. Pangolin Peppers are something only we can get access to, so we have a market that nobody else can access, so this may be a lucrative market.
- This shouldn't count as giving our client anything, merely leveraging a unique mercantile connection that your team has access to on behalf of your client. Karina would be using Keiko as a hired agent to negotiate buying the product wholesale from the Summon Realm on her behalf, using Karina's money. (preferably use the gold nuggets and/or jewelry rather than any ryo, since it's uncertain whether those count to our point total anyways)
- Given the limited time left, we'll want to think of the best places in Mist in which to sell the goods quickly, and we won't want to invest too much in the endeavor.
- There may be some other goods that could be bought cheap from the Pangolins and sold quickly for more in Mist. Check to see if Keiko has any ideas to add.
- Obviously we can't just give this to Karina, as it would be a rules violation. However, the rules don't say anything about selling goods to the client. You would have to sell the ice at a reasonable price to keep it in the spirit of the rules, but you're not likely to be able to sell the ice yourself given your own reputation in Mist, and Leaf's mercantile laws have prevented you from selling it there as you would have liked, so you could give her a good deal on it.
- Could be sold at the same places we'd sell peppers to.
- May still be bending the rules to an unacceptable degree. Check Keiko's thoughts on it, and have the team decide whether it'd be worth the risk.
- Ask Keiko if there might be any political considerations with regards to your group selling ice, without outright saying anything about being the Cold Stone Killers. Karina probably knows anyways, but keeping up the polite fiction that you might not be them is preferable.
- Use the previously established (valid) protocols for movement and security. Reference.
- Keep an eye out to see if the yakuza are continuing to keep an eye on you. Even if they are, don't get complacent.
- Be sure to get written receipts from Karina for any transactions where money and goods change hands between your team and her while buying from the Pangolins, as proof of selling rather than giving.
- Discuss with the team whether or not it might be a good idea to stop at the end of the day and turn in. Assassination attempts may spike on the final day, as teams who have done poorly may decide they need to eliminate competition to win, so the risk of continuing into day 5 may be greater.
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