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Journal of Ashidaka Naritoki

K demanded that the Emerald Magistrate immediately capture Fade, a bandit, but offered no useful assistance. When they spoke privately, K revealed his real fear was that Fade would target one of his opium shipments. The Magistrate joked that he would spend more time investigating illegal opium sources, upsetting K. Later, E inadvertently suggested it may not be bad if an opium shipment was stopped. The Magistrate met with the three opium cartel chiefs. S complained about issues supplying her territory while H and K had fewer clans to supply. H suggested S get more Unicorn magistrates addicted to increase profits. K renewed pushing to take over

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Journal of Ashidaka Naritoki

K demanded that the Emerald Magistrate immediately capture Fade, a bandit, but offered no useful assistance. When they spoke privately, K revealed his real fear was that Fade would target one of his opium shipments. The Magistrate joked that he would spend more time investigating illegal opium sources, upsetting K. Later, E inadvertently suggested it may not be bad if an opium shipment was stopped. The Magistrate met with the three opium cartel chiefs. S complained about issues supplying her territory while H and K had fewer clans to supply. H suggested S get more Unicorn magistrates addicted to increase profits. K renewed pushing to take over

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Oh well, at least things are better with M - for now When

I arrived, she must have seen in my face that something was


bothering me, because she didn't start with her usual
complaints. Instead, she gave me a nice shiatsu, in that strange
foreign way she has Then, when she was done rubbing my
back, she covered my head with a towel and had someone else
come in and walk o n my back Whoever i t was, she had light,
tiny feet - it was bliss I wish I could sleep here, but TW. will
be waiting, not to menlion my wife.
Now I know the burdens of a n Emerald Magistrate

i Month of the Tiaeu, Twentu-SecondDau


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That bldstering fool K made q&te a scene todsy, demanding
that I catch Fade immediately I assured him that I was doing
m y hcst, hut he was not reassured Of course he had nothing to
add when I asked i f he had any advice, information or
assistdntc to offer Naturally, the best he could do was insist
that I work harder - as if I've been sniffing flowers and folding
origami all the time I've been here
Demands made, he then wanted to talk to me privately He i
always does this, shouts and threatens me in front of m y staff, \
then pulls me aside to discuss things as equals
Once we were alone, he revealed his real fear If Fade hac
taken one ship, what was to stop him from taking another -
specifically, one of K 's opium shipments to Necessary Village
c
"Don't worry," I told him "Most magistrates here would be
spending time trying to track the sources of illegal opium
I already know them, I can spend that time searching for this
bandit"

Really, I meant it as a joke, but he got upset and accused me of


trying to threaten him I found thal to be qi
I
I
the office with my laughter in his ears
Unbelievably, E picked this juncture as the perfect time to get
involved in power politics He said he'd overheard K talking
about opium shipments (I'm not surprised, K speaks loud,
especially for a Scorpion) and wondered if i t would necessarily be
a bad lhing if such a shipment wds stopped 1
J ' J J
H called me in lor a meeting with the opium cartels today.
This was the first time I've seen the three chiefs of opium ti-+-
in Rokugan together, discussing their business, i t w n s
informative and entertaining, if a bit tiresome
S Tpoke first, complaining about the weakness o f her
& territory K replied that she had three major clans to supply,
while he and H had to make do with two apiece S reTponded
with a litany of complaints I've heard bcfore - the Dragon
don't buy opium, the Unicorn magistratcs are ten hrinpck +n
buy and too dangerous to kill, the Phoenix are s
i t eats up all her profits just getting to them H just shrugged
and said S should find n way to make peoplca w'int opium
more She suggested trying to get more Unicorn magistrate<
addicted - perhaps by sneaking it into their food
surreptitiously 11 such a magistrate declared openly that he was
addicted to opium, but claimed to have bcwi dosed in secret -
well, who would believe such a story?
S didn't look pleased that I I was telling her how to run her
business, b u t then again, S never looks pleased K spoke next,
and renewed his request that the Mantis clan be put undcr his
control He restated his tired old arguments that the Mantis
could more efficiently be served from Earthquake Fish Bay by l--.-
i
contacts, instead of having to come all the way up the river to
get their goods from 1 1 ' s people
H madc some comment about suspecting him of hdving an
interest other than d desire to streamline distribution, but this
time he had a readv ancwcr He c1;lirnerl t h a t h i < nnlir i n t p r p c t in

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henchmen was the best thing for the cL>n hp chn1llrl A n 81 If

was the best thing for him to qive up pov

for the Mantis


Certainly, this was a surDrise. The Man115 a r r n h e market fnr a

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