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WHO: Uruk, and whoever they might meet!
WHERE: The border of Aristophanes and Uruk!
OPEN/CLOSED: OPEN!
WHEN: Day 1, Afternoon-ish.

[Around the afternoon of the first day, a trio of Uruks crossed the Uruk/Aristophanes border.]

[The leader(?), a small pink-haired girl, carries a metal rod in her hand. She's flanked by a short blue-haired fellow and another woman.]

All right... let's find out what their resource is.

[OOC: Hi Aristophanes! Some Uruks coming into your territory. If anyone might feasibly be around (Aristophanes or not) they might see them, either entering or poking around.

They're doing recon, so if no one appears, they'll look around and eventually leave. (Maybe after snagging some clothes? :|a Or, the map implies they might run into the Aristophanes theater first...)

Of course if anyone else on another team could concoct a reason to be there too, that's fine too.]

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"Because it's there", then, I suppose? Well, I hope you'll enjoy your time here in our humble abode.

Well hold on now. Why waste a trip on a simple 'hello'? As I was telling your Prime... we could make something of it.

Ah, a trade! Something like that could be arranged, surely.

Beautiful! "Great minds think alike," as I'm sure someone said, somewhere.

But, let's not go too fast. You need to know what we have to offer, right? I think we figured out your end...

The new clothes do give it away a bit, don't they? But yes, you're quite right. So, then, what does the nobility have to offer us poor artists?

Come over here and let me show you.

[my trap senses are tingling]

Er... are you certain you can't simply show me from here?

Sorry. If I could I would.

Relax, I'm not going to hurt you right in front of your Prime and Champion.

[she didn't mention the Pierrot maybe she doesn't know about the Pierrot yet]

My, you've learned so much about us already... Very well, I'll take you at your word for now.

[AP...PROACH....]

[when he gets close enough, *gently* puts a soft, clean hand on his arm.]

Feel how soft and smooth my skin is? Here, feel my hair too.

[attempts to guide his hand to her hair]

It's got a nice scent too, doesn't it? Go ahead, I don't mind if you sniff.

[still unsure if safe but ok

politely lifts a lock of her hair to his face to sniff delicately]

Oh - what a lovely fragrance.

Wouldn't it be nice if you could look and smell this good too?

--That's what we have to offer. Access to our bath-house.

[!]

I see! That is a valuable resource. Where in your territory is the bath-house, exactly?

Wha~at? C'mon, now! You don't think we're going to just let you waltz in whenever you like, do you?

That's be downright irresponsible. We'll give you a proper escort when you want to use it.

Ah, of course. I was going to ask how you intended to guarantee our safety when we visited, that answers that quite nicely.

The baths would be a rare luxury, then? You'd hardly want to have to escort us back and forth once a day, I'm sure.

If that's what it takes, that's what it takes. Of course, it depends entirely on what you're willing to give us in exchange.

Maybe we should set aside a little time tomorrow? To hash out exact terms, that is. Maybe give one or two of you a taste.

That seems reasonable enough. Why don't we meet at the Pearl? We'll bring a sample of Aristophanes' finest... and if you have anything portable to trade, perhaps you could bring some as well.

Through the Pearl? Don't be silly, we'll just meet at our border.

I'll see what I can do, but shampoo isn't much use when you don't have enough water to wash it with, is it?

I suppose that's neutral enough. Shall we say noon tomorrow?

Though you do have a point... but still, it would be nice to have our own supplies to use.

Perfect.

Tell you what, you come by tomorrow at noon, with your Champion if it'll make you feel safe, and I'll see if we can't arrange you to make personal use of the bath and maybe take home a soap or two. Y'know, like a souvenir. Assuming everything works out, we'll set up regular terms then.

In exchange... I think everyone on Uruk would appreciate a little something. Like, say, hats. That's small enough for a warm-up trade, isn't it?

It sounds perfectly reasonable. As the Governess of Aristophanes, I'm willing to make that trade.

Great. As the... well, Champion-- of Uruk, I'll acknowledge it and ensure we uphold our end.

--Also, just so we're clear, at least one of those hats should be really tall. I'm talking like an extra foot of height, at least. [holds her hand more than a foot above her head, in example]

Aha... I'll make sure of it.

Good!

Yessir, this might be the beginning of a beautiful friendship...

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