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Post by Daos on Jan 8, 2024 23:20:44 GMT -8
"Ah, so you haven't heard of them then?" asks Oko. "Alright, Minhas Alchemicals sell potions, elixirs, aromas and poultices. Suwan Earthmolders sell fine pottery," they explain.
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Post by HorizonsDream on Jan 9, 2024 2:17:41 GMT -8
"What had your investigation found even if it isn't much?" Ha Yun asks.
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Post by sarcastiksh0rtee37 on Jan 9, 2024 2:46:38 GMT -8
"Are there external businesses or other sources aware of the situation?"
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Post by Daos on Jan 9, 2024 9:02:27 GMT -8
"What had your investigation found even if it isn't much?" Ha Yun asks. "So far, just that both sides deny any wrong-doing," Oko answers. "Neither side has been terribly cooperative so far." "Are there external businesses or other sources aware of the situation?" "Aside from you now, there's the Trade Dispute Council. And I don't know beyond that. It's no secret or anything. It would all depend on who else Suwan and Minhas have told. You'd have to ask them."
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Post by Igordragonian on Jan 9, 2024 11:43:23 GMT -8
"What was so about about the merchandise?" Zencho ask after a long pause. "Was it a single shipment or something that went on for a while?"
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Post by Daos on Jan 9, 2024 18:28:01 GMT -8
"Minhas claims Suwan sold them shoddy pottery that was not magical as advertised. While Suwan claims Minhas sold them faulty potions that nearly poisoned them," Oko explains.
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Post by Igordragonian on Jan 9, 2024 19:22:19 GMT -8
Zencho tap his forehead. "Was it a single shipment? If it was, it seems too little for such big companies to make a fuss about. Um."
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Post by HorizonsDream on Jan 9, 2024 19:52:09 GMT -8
"Do they still have the pottery and potions that were considered faulty?" Ha Yun asks.
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Post by Daos on Jan 9, 2024 23:09:28 GMT -8
"Yes, a single shipment," Oko replies to Zencho. "And both seem to consider it quite a big deal."
To Ha-Yun, they respond, "I don't believe so. But you should probably ask them yourselves. You'll get far more information from them than from me, I suspect. If you're able to get to the bottom of this, bring the proof to the Whispering Courts. I'll be waiting there for you, while getting some other work done."
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Post by sarcastiksh0rtee37 on Jan 10, 2024 0:24:29 GMT -8
To Zencho: "Perhaps they were very large shipments. And nearly getting poisoned is never a small issue. I don't know what magical purpose the pottery was to serve, but crafts especially magical ones can be used in surprising ways, maybe for them it was also a safety issue such as anticipating the magic would contain toxic fumes created as a biproduct of the alchemical process."
To entire party: "I don't know if we want to split up to ask questions of the two companies to achieve progress faster before any evidence disappears, but whether or not we do, I think we should preplan some questions for the two companies. We have already asked good ones of Oko, but they didn't seem very knowledgeable about the situation and even if Oko answered we should seek confirmation. Here, I'll start writing some things down."
Daos, I don't have any writing materials listed in my inventory, but can I just assume that pencil and paper are ubiquitous enough that I'd have some? Assuming yes, I pull those things out if not I guess this is just a verbal list?
Vulpi will voice this as they write this down: "1) Do you still have the fraudulent items delivered to them, and if so can we see them. 2) What did you hope the potions and magic pottery would accomplish? 3) Are you aware of any other customers that have been similarly defrauded? 4) Have you spoken about this to others? 5) Is there a particular region your company is associated with? 6) Do you have any previous history with the other company? 7) The other company is also claiming fraudulent activity on your part. Assuming this is simply a mistake and not fraudulent activity, can you show us your process and where something might have just gone wrong? 8) Is there a third party witness to either accusation of fraud?"
OOC: sarcastiksh0rtee37 will update the list here as y'all come up with other questions (at least before we depart from these dining tables) so that if we want to look back at the list, we will know it can be found in one place on page 6.
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Post by Igordragonian on Jan 10, 2024 2:15:36 GMT -8
Zencho nod to Vulpi's theory.
"Hmm. Why are they assuming that it is a fraud, rather then a honest mistake? I imagine that when you create so many things, some are destined to be..." He pass his hand over his horns. "misfortuned. Um. Yeah. I think it better if we covee them both on parallel- I imagine if we go to one before the other, we might seems less impartial."
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Post by Bishgada on Jan 10, 2024 8:28:02 GMT -8
"We can also ask if there is a third party witness for the so called fraud." Chispa adds her two cents.
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Post by Daos on Jan 10, 2024 12:15:25 GMT -8
(OOC: The party is in the Trade Discal, after all, so for the sake of brevity we can just say Vulpi stops by a store and picks up whatever they need. Parchment is 1 silver a piece, paper is 2 silvers a piece, an ink quill is 2 copper and a vial of ink is 10 gold. Just let me know exactly what they want to pick up, and I'll adjust their inventory accordingly.)
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Post by sarcastiksh0rtee37 on Jan 10, 2024 13:53:02 GMT -8
(OOC: The party is in the Trade Discal, after all, so for the sake of brevity we can just say Vulpi stops by a store and picks up whatever they need. Parchment is 1 silver a piece, paper is 2 silvers a piece, an ink quill is 2 copper and a vial of ink is 10 gold. Just let me know exactly what they want to pick up, and I'll adjust their inventory accordingly.) Lets do 10 pieces of parchment (I don't see much of a practical difference between parchment and paper right?), 2 ink quills, and one vial of ink? so 11 gold and 4 copper I think?
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Post by Daos on Jan 10, 2024 16:32:25 GMT -8
(OOC: Paper, I think, is a little sturdier and nicer looking, and probably lasts longer? But mechanically speaking, yeah, there's not really a difference between parchment and paper outside the price. Okay, inventory updated.)
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