"Well, I didn't know that, so it can't be a very well-publicized one, that'll mess with your information gathering."

"Oh no! We post them all at Commerce. Is there somewhere else where you'd have seen it if it'd been posted -"

"This office, I guess?"

"Sure." He makes a note of it. "Well, what's your bet -"

"Tell me the exact proposition I'm picking a time window on!"

"Trade goods from a drow country freely available for sale in Osirion."

"Any amount of trade goods? Define freely available for sale."

"Any amount. Available for anyone with the money to examine and purchase, a private auction doesn't count but a public one in the bazaar does."

"I can have that done in, what, an hour."

"Well, then bet on that and you'll probably make a lot of money."

"Define trade goods? I don't wanna put a ton of gold on it and then it's something that doesn't count."

"I'd have to look at the wording." He pulls something out of a drawer. "Hmm, all right. Goods purchased in a drow country as part of an effort to resell them in Osirion will be freely available for sale."

"Then I guess I won't put down a couple K and go trade in my shoes to a secondhand shop after all since I did not have this in mind when I got them. I'll put fifty on the next three weeks though."

"All right!" He seems pleased.

"Do you know where to find any Underdark apertures near the city?"

"Ten miles north along the coast, there's the entrance to a cave system."

"You'll probably want to dig something if things go well but that's not too bad for initial forays."

"Yes, we've got a project planned to cut something more convenient in but it has opposition from some insurers. Once we know more it'll be clearer whether to go ahead, I think."

"Are you going to hire me? Any given day I'm not that likely to be hired to go dig through a pyramid or whatever but if I have a gig here I'd know to turn them down if it happened."

"I haven't looked at Luay's proposals yet but I think the only remaining uncertainty was about whether we wanted to hire your whole party. Makes it a fair bit pricier."

"Couple of 'em keep making noises about retiring, harder to tempt them with international commerce at that stage in the adventurer lifecycle."

"Well, far be it from me to discourage them from retiring, I bet they'll create a lot more value that way."

"Gotta get that last level and sell the big ticket stuff."

"Is that so. Well, consider yourself hired and I'll look at the budget and let you know about them by tomorrow."

"Cool, thanks."