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ɪʀᴏɴᴡᴏᴏᴅ ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ ᴇsʜᴀɪ ([personal profile] ironwood) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2013-12-03 12:26 pm

Event | Landfall | Bresilyk | Markutte

Characters: Any and all!
Date: December 3 - 11, 2013
Location: Markutte, Bresilyk (landfall)
Situation: Tu Vishan makes landfall at the winterbound republic of Bresilyk!
Warnings/Rating: Please include warnings in comment subject lines

OOC Post | Approved Items | Special Gifts
Aihsohlow | Phorezton | Markutte | Countryside


The commerce town of the tried. Temperatures within the dome are kept at a lofty 18C (62F) year round and the population of Markutte dresses less in furs and more in linens obtained through trade. Their long hair is frequently shorn short in the current fashion and they are, on the whole, less hardy than their kin in Phorezton and Aihsohlow, but even more friendly as they are currently in the throes of the Harvest Haul, a festival that concludes their rare growing seasons and agricultural bounties.

Trade. That's the foundation of Markutte and there are three town squares that are home to transient stalls and merchandise from the country and all surviving areas of Konryu. Many kedan have made their way here and occupy the occasional stall space, selling their wares and exchanging gifts with the citizens as they grasp the nature of the festival underway. Once again, visitors that make the trek here are expected to donate a gift that will be regifted at random, earning access and a stamp of their tin visa that resembles the oblong crystal coin used as currency in this realm.

Police are on the lookout for financial crimes here and will demand visas of any they suspect to be committed fraud, short-selling merchants, or thieving in any way, shape, or form. There are three vistas, one in each market square, upon which heralds stand and announce the crimes and punishments noted of the previous day. Minor theft is common and the punishment is a brand upon the criminal's neck; major theft results in a loss of a finger for each item stolen; fraud here is punishable by death, but only twice will there be an announcement of an execution during the landfall.

The auctions here are quite lively and characters can expect a minor bidding war to obtain their items, but each item is in pristine condition and provided to them wrapped within a thin set of furs as a thanks for their purchase.


Customs | Settlement | Auctions | Harvest Haul | Other
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[personal profile] ancillary 2013-12-07 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Miranda first caught Annabeth barreling towards her, and with a purpose, out of the corner of her eye. Unlike anyone who had spent more than an afternoon with a sword, her hands instinctively clenched into fists instead of going for the pommel of the blade. It wasn't until Annabeth was at her side and asking a simple question that Miranda eased up. ]

The markets. [ She idly palmed the sword at her hip. ] It was an oddity; I wanted a closer look and had the money to spare.

Annabeth Chase, I presume? [ They had only spoke on the phone, but she could recognise a voice. ]
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[personal profile] sophos 2013-12-08 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[She recognizes Miranda's voice, too, and there's a small spark of relief that it's not a total stranger who picked up the sword. She doesn't miss the way Miranda tenses up, but Annabeth's not all that concerned. She'd already come up with a handful of ways to defend herself if it came to it.]

Yes, that's me. Markets, or the auctions? [She doesn't even bother asking for her own confirmation of the woman's identity, she's too wrapped up in the sword being here.] How - how much did it cost you?
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[personal profile] ancillary 2013-12-09 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
The auctions. [ Miranda corrected, and then smiled. ] From what I told anything coming out of there only has any real value to other foreigners.

[ It was a classic tactic to fish for information, but she couldn't deny she was more curious about the girl than the sword on her hip now. ] It cost enough that I felt it was worth it.
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[personal profile] sophos 2013-12-09 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
[She picks up on that, the asking without asking, having used it a million times herself.]

[It doesn't matter. She doesn't care about being subtle over this. Not when she can still see Damasen making it, giving it. Coming back and changing his fate for them.]
It's mine. [A gift, one she needs back, even though she hadn't even arrived with it.] What do you want for it?
Edited 2013-12-09 05:56 (UTC)