"The Rose Whisperer. Now an agent of the Emerald Magistrate!"
"How do you figure that?"
"I saw him meeting with that Doji woman late last night!"
"You idiot. A Scorpion meeting with a Doji woman at night can only mean one thing."
"I suppose so... but it did look rather official..."
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"I heard why the explorer's are here. Hunting down a certain pirate dog!"
"Why?"
"The answer is obvious. Treasure!"
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"I was there, and can't believe it. He just... murdered old Esteban. The man just wanted a hug."
"A hug? With a foreign prince? The geezer was so deranged that he was done a favour to be put out of his drunken misery."
"But a disfavour for sailors. Say what you want about Esteban, but he held the Nail together. Now I don't know.""Those Rokugani from the mainland are scary still. The ease they kill with..."
"Still, most of them cared to explain themselves."
"You mean their leader. Why was he called Ricardo?"
"No idea. But he has something Merenaese about him."
"You're deluded."
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"I am not going to the Smiles anymore. People get drained there."
"The prices have gone up? Otherwise, well, is it not kinda the purpose of going there?"
"Of their blood, moron. One of the girls was found in a dumpster behind it, no drop of blood left in her."
"...Can we please change the subject...?"
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"There was some big meeting of those Imperios at the Estados Florales."
"They are up to something."
"I have it on good account that not all was pleasant there."
"You have an insider by the governess?!"
*whistles*
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"I saw some high-profile people of that expedition from the Empire enter the Purple Mosque."
"Do you think they're going to convert?"
"No idea. But it's a smart move to get on good footing with the Unicorn."
"Yeah, I heard them claiming that the future belongs to them. Wonder what they are up to."
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"My friend said he saw Sheikh al-Hattar entering the Mosque!"
"That's nothing. There's a new hidalgo in town. I heard one Don Salvador talked with Juanito."
"While my friend swears he witnessed Fuad meeting one called Sanzayun Pasha at Atabek's."
"Quite the turnout of important people, on top of a Hantei Prince. A pity it's bogus. I work at Los Muelles, there was no inbound ship lately. But several outbound."
"Logical. I guess Mahasin and de Almerias needed to inform their bosses of what has transpired here."