Meeting In The Jungle|Clan Seere, Beastlands

[Devon]

"I agree with the Mother," Sage said. "I understand some of you are friendly with Caelium and have ties to Naurorod, but we entered into this alliance for trade opportunities like this. Nothing wrong with keeping something to ourselves."

[Darastrix]

"Perhaps that was Reave's purpose in joining, but as I understand it," Crawford said, pushing his glasses up on his nose, "this alliance was created as an open forum for exchange of information and to air grievances before they have the chance to grow larger and create serious conflict. The only real nod to trade was the incentive that the nations involved would be able to trade at a discount with one another. As things stand at present, if one nation wishes to trade their Firegem imports with the non-member nations at a modest increase, while another keeps what they buy for their own people, while yet another trades at a higher cost, that is their own business."

"And this may be a moot point if the other nations make their own arrangements with Firegem in any case," Dusk pointed out. "For the time being, let us each arrange our trading regarding Firegem as we will, and if it turns out that we need to discuss the matter further, we can hold another conference. Since nobody's entered any trade agreements with Firegem at this point, it would be premature to try to come to any agreements regarding exporting their goods elsewhere."

[Kender Bard]

Cascata opened her mouth, as though to argue the point, but fell silent and decided to keep her peace.

Thavan simply raised a brow and rolled his shoulders. "I think this concludes talk on Firegem if there are no further questions," he stated.

[Devon]

"I just want to be sure we're careful not to step on each others toes so to speak when it comes to trading with Firegem. We may all want different things, but if one person's goal raises a price on an others goal that may be a problem." Sage said with nothing else concerning the matter to bring up.

[Darastrix]

~Why didn't he just say that to begin with?~ Nagi "murmured" to Locket. ~Trading things from Firegem with the other nations doesn't really have anything to do with what he just mentioned. That comes first. Selling to Caelium or Naurorod would come after.~

"That is a different matter, and one that still can't be fully addressed until we have the opportunity to negotiate matters with Firegem's traders," Crawford stated. "We can, however, each put forth a tentative list of what goods we might offer Firegem so that two nations don't supply the same thing and cause the price to drop."

[Kender Bard]

Locket just blinked at Nagi. She'd gone a bit glassy-eyed during the trade talk and was clearly not paying attention anymore until he'd spoken to her. Huh?

"That is an excellent idea," Thavan agreed. "I will have a list drawn up at a later time in the day. Hopefully all of you will still be here, yes? I have arranged for suitable lodging and it shouldn't be a great trouble to reconvene after we've had time to mull it over; perhaps even another briefer meeting at another date if more time is necessary."

[Devon]

"Sounds good to me,"Xavier said. "That would give me some time to confer with Master Thelon before we continued." Xavier looked to Thavan briefly and sent him a quick message, ~Do you happen to know a young girl named Divria around these parts?~

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Layla nodded. "I believe that to be a good a idea." She nodded, taking her head off of her laced fingers and stretching her arms.

[Kender Bard]

Thavan visibly started at hearing Xavier's voice in his head. He blinked and thought carefully, and a bit 'loudly', I believe so. I may have seen her not long ago; Seere is not my primary clan but I try to get to know everyone I am able.

"The meeting is concluded for now then?" Cascata inquired.

[Devon]

~She is my daughter, I'm trying to see if you might know where I can find her so I can speak to her while we're adjourned,~ Xavier said to Thavan.

[Darastrix]

~Never mind,~ Nagi told Locket, the thought carrying a faint sense of amusement before he straightened a bit more in his seat.

"I have a matter unrelated to the Firegem Islands that I'd like to put forward," Nagi said aloud. He fought the urge to fidget.

[Kender Bard]

Twilight turned his head with interest towards Nagi. "I am most interested to hear."

"And me," Cascata agreed with a grin.

Thavan nodded absently but gave Xavier a steady look. Can it wait? It's hard to concentrate and talk like this.

[Devon]

Xavier nodded his head to Thavan and said no more as he waited for Nagi to speak on the topic he had in mind.

[Darastrix]

Now Nagi wished he'd accepted some refreshment. He felt uncomfortably warm with everyone looking at him. He swallowed and started talking, his voice somewhat soft at first.

"In light of certain events -- some recent, some not -- it seems that despite this being an alliance dedicated to sharing knowledge, with as far-flung as our lands are, information is sometimes shared late or not at all. That can have a poor effect on diplomatic relations." He resisted the impulse to glance at Humontis' leader.

"We meet to discuss trade with a land we've just become aware of, but some domestic matters haven't been addressed. We're not very informed on each other's laws or what actions can be taken within each other's borders."

Well, he was, a little. He'd learned a good bit about Anarlina's law, though he could stand to know more on Ronduin. Catching the plague during his stay hadn't been conducive to the purpose of his trip.

Nagi bit the inside of his lip before continuing. He hoped it didn't sound like a poor idea once he'd voiced it to the other leaders. "Everyone's free to deal with that issue however they like, but my own suggestion, and what Khelek is willing to do, is to allow the establishment of permanent diplomatic missions within the capitol to be staffed by diplomats of their respective nations. They could keep their homeland abreast of matters regarding the host nation, serve as a source of information about their land to interested parties of the host nation, and could offer assistance to their own people who may be visiting the host."

[Kender Bard]

Twilight slid lower in his seat as he regarded Nagi in silence.

Cascata cocked her head, clearly thoughtful on the manner.

Thavan frowned. He looked the most confused. "Does this mean we would send a representative of our land to each other's lands? Like, one per nation? And even then, how is that faster than a fast courier with regards to passing news? No offense, but not every nation has quite the, um, abundance of Minds as Khelek and Sensatia."

Locket tittered quietly at that. New Glaciamens indeed.