The other gamblers in the room watched in amusement as the First Mate gently stroked the Villa Stone, while ignoring the Dimensional Compass, which he had been eager to purchase only a few seconds earlier.
"If you would like to purchase it, I am looking for curiosities. Rare resources and trinkets that I might not have seen before." Karl suggested.
They were a trading vessel, and he was from the New Home Merchant Clan. He was even wearing their badge, so it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that he wanted to trade.
"I think that we can come up with something. Cash in your chips and I will take you to the hold. No unattended chips, and they can't leave the gambling room."
They were enchanted to set off an alarm if they were removed, or placed next to chips without the enchantment on them.
The code of the seas was clear.
You could and should kill a man for cheating you.
