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>>26376105
On one hand, this day had been incredibly interesting and educational to Professor Marsh. On the other hand, this was the eighth resource extraction company he had visited today, with Lead Engineer Kenichi Magnus and a handful of his subordinates in tow. And he was beginning to feel the mental strain.

“My friend, Puffison, a project means materials, and materials mean suppliers. If our ships are made of rotten wood and porous steel, Shige will never let me hear the end of it. So yes, I want a list of every wood, iron, copper, coal, cord, textile and tar producers or manufacturers in Menthora. I want to verify the products while I’m there in person.”

At first, Puffison was happy to come with and help smoothen any cultural differences that could arise in Kenichi’s merciless negotiation style, but he quickly found himself simply standing there while the gaggle of engineers piled on endless questions on the poor Lunaito entrepreneurs.

“What is your production capacity? Do you have material specification data sheets? Is this steel certified as per HOS 12.373? What is the chuubanite content of this wood? What do you mean, it hasn’t been quantified? Do you have the logistics to deliver orders to Gelanora? Do you make bronze in this foundry? Is that candification contamination on the metal? What is the carbon content? Can you produce bronze sheets instead of tubing? What is the dimensional tolerance on thickness? What’s the composition of this alloy? Can you pre-anneal this stock? Has this tar been used for ship waterproofing? What is the defect occurrence in those ingots? Are your tallest trees long and straight enough to make masts? Do you only have linen, no cotton? How much per ton of coal? What if it’s a 100 ton order? Do you accept gold for payment?”

And on, and on, and on, and on… Marsh had spent time with less mind-numbing schizos. Still, they came out of those meetings either with a good contact, a certainty that it was best to avoid this supplier, or a deal signed in ink. Among others, wood and steel shipments would begin leaving Menthora for the Gelanora base before the expedition even reached its destination.

***

Ten visits, the Princess preserve him. And Kenichi planned on doing four more tomorrow before the party left the city. ‘Be strong, Marsh. Do it for the Himedom.’ A heavy, calloused hand clapped his shoulder. “A good day of getting shit done, Puffison. We make a pretty good team, huh? We had those snake oil tradesmen shaking in their boots, hah! Now boys, how about a beer? First round’s on me!”

While cheers rose from the poorly socialized Deadbeats around him, the professor could only despair: ‘I should have stuck with Akira for today...’ The group entered a bar while a squad of Deadbeat sailors jogged their fifth lap of the city block behind them, mist leaving their mouths in controlled breaths.

>>26499466
Anchor under Lunaito-Deadbeat joint expedition.