Once the shopping was completed, the party decided to
approach Crazy Old Tanner to see about passage to Escadar. The captain was a
disheveled, fish-smelling, and wild-eyed man who constantly talked out the side
of his mouth while blowing thick gouts of grey smoke from an aromatic pipe. He
was fit to yelling at the sea, accusing it of being an unfaithful mistress and
talking about how things were better when he was much younger.
His starting price for passage was 35 GP. Jerry, with some
help from the rest of the party, was able to negotiate with the salty seaman
and got the price down to 25 GP. When the captain was done negotiating he said,
“25 gold is my final price. Take it or leave it. I sail with the morning tide.”
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