[03:03] Roni comes to our first meeting in some time.....seeing him on the platform......"tal Sir"
[03:03] Kutai hears the voice of a well known panther girl, some how he had expected her, since winter will come soon for the Northern Forests
[03:04] Kutai: Tal Roni
[03:05] Roni: "you look well Sir.....and your land looks prosperous" eyes slowly move over the surrounding building...his people going about their business
[03:07] Kutai notices her eyes speeding around, the other people of his harriga watching her with curiousity, but not alarmed since he gives no signal to grab her "welcome, please be seated at the dais"
[03:08] Roni drops my bow at the side of the dais and climbs up.....taking a seat near him....."My chieftess sends her warm regards......as always.....she has been happy with the...ummmm...dealings our people and yours have had in the past"
[03:12] Kutai nods "greet her from me, some in Gor see the panther girls of the Northern Woods as ennemies, and for city people they are outlaws, for us they are no less trade partners as the vermins behind walls. At least your bands have contact with nature and respect for the powers under the Open Sky."
[03:14] Kutai looks at the sky " it is early autumn still, you are earlier this year. You already are in shortage of salts, or do you want acquire other trade goods then the salt of our mine?"
[03:15] Roni: "I will give her your wishes when I return to our lands. We know well the reputation that pathers have...and perhaps some of that reputation is well deserved. Our trade has always been honest....as it has been with you and your people".....pauses a moment...."it is trade that has brough me to your land.....but my chieftess is eager for spices.....southern spices which are not easy for our tribe to get"
[03:18] Kutai mumbles "spices, you mean the spices of the Southern Islands, or special spices which we have here at the Plains. For the island spices, we need to travel, and those will be expensive. For the special wagon people flavors, we can gather our self and fabricate it into the desired forms"
[03:20] Roni: "wagon people spices....there is a merchant that has many items that we desire. His desires are for that which fills his stomach. He once travelled with the wagon people and grew to love their food.....and has not been able to copy it with the spices of the north. He is eager.....very eager to find a source for such spices"
[03:20] Kutai looks at the dais and picks up a small pot, he screws it open and shows it to Roni "this is called mustard, and it's seeds are collected at the foothills of the Ta Tassa mountains, which are under our control" he offers the pot to Roni"
[03:22] Roni dips my finger into the paste and touches it to my tongue....reacting a bit to the strong flavor of the paste
[03:22] Kutai: You can add parts of it, not to much to sausages or other small pieces of meat"
[03:23] Roni: "when I have been here in the past, the aromas of cooking are very strong....and very unique. I can see how he would try hard to copy the flavors"
[03:25] Kutai: "We often have strong spiced meat, because it's mostly dried, which tastes good, but gets boring for the tongue. Specially the more wealthy among us, like a variation. With mustard or some bitter spices"
[03:26] Roni: "on my past visit.....I had occasion to spend a night or two among your men at the outposts.....and tasted the flavors of their cooking"
[03:27] Kutai chuckles, knowing why the outriders hold her someties for a couple of days of sport
[03:27] Hakimba: Tal Kutai, greetings huntress
[03:28] Roni blushes a little as he chuckles.....both of us knowing the needs of his men....turning to the arriving man...."tal Sir...it is good to see you again as well"
[03:28] Kutai: "Are these the kind of spices your En could use, if so i can give order to gather some and then you can take them with you at our next meeting"
[03:28] Hakimba listens
[03:29] Roni: "aye Sir....an assortment of your spices....perhaps enough for him to flavor his food for a season....that would then reap us many items that we are eager to posess"
[03:29] Kutai sees his nephew arrives " Tal Hakimba, you remember Roni, she wants trade spices this time. I offered her mustard" he points the small pot with mustard paste.
[03:30] Hakimba nods ... mustard we could offer
[03:30] Roni: "I remember your nephew well Sir.....as I recall.....he has claimed a woman as his own....aye?"
[03:31] Hakimba turns to the huntress... "yes i did.. in between i own two girls"
[03:32] Roni smiles and nods at him...."then you have grown even more prosperous Sir.....I am glad"
[03:32] Kutai grins " he is a young man, full of needs, which his slaves fulfill in perfection"
[03:33] Hakimba grins.. "indeed they do so"
[03:33] Roni nods and smiles..."they are lucky to serve such a fine man"
[03:34] Kutai: "back to subject, we are here afterall to do a trade, and are not here babbling about the skills and attractions of slave girls. About how much of these small pots, your En has a market, Roni. I need to know, because i must snd out a expedition to the Ta Thassa mountains"
[03:34] Hakimba "yes you are right uncle"
[03:35] Roni lifts the pot...checking its size and weight...."perhaps four to start......I can manage the load and return them safely to our land and to the merchants hands"
[03:37] Hakimba: its a very fine quality
[03:37] Kutai looks how she handles the small pots. He first was thinking of bigger pots, but then realises, she must travel far and light "four pots it will be. It will be quite some chore for our kajirae to collect so much seed, on the other hand their labour is cheap"
[03:38] Roni: "aye Sir.....I can see that the paste is ground perfectly....your slaves are trained quite well and perform their skills to perfection"
[03:38] Kutai turns to Hakimba "what shall we ask for 4 pots, normally Roni trades us pelts of small animals. Would be 3 pelts per pot a good deal? "
[03:39] Hakimba nods.."yes kutai i think that would be a fair deal"
[03:39] Kutai turns to Roni " is that doable, 12 furs of selective small animals? "
[03:40] Hakimba: it would be fair for both sides
[03:41] Roni opens a pouch and digs around within it....extracting three pelts and laying them before him...."I can give three now......pelts such as these.......and return with the remainder when the pots are ready.....12 seems fair to me as well"
[03:42] Hakimba nods .. "i would aggree .. but the decision is at Kutai"
[03:42] Kutai nods "thats a fair deal, I give you the pot you know have as a proof and test item for your En. If you could find some red squirl, with intact tail, I would be extra pleased with the deal"
[03:44] Roni: "I will bring your desires to my chieftess....I'm sure she will direct the hunters to search for this particular pelt"
[03:45] Hakimba turns to the huntress.. " i am sure my uncle will be very pleased then"