
The scene, yesterday
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19th of Festival, Year of the Toad
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Webgrove: Holdridge curbs, Glimmercloud's vast hot money triangle flourishes![]() The scene, yesterday In an underground merchantmall just a stone's throw from Glimmercloud's teeming border with Leafhole, a row of 30 small merchantshop with identical golden plaques does a brisk, though shadowy trade with mainland pixie visitors, many of them bound for the gambling hub. "Blackdark rates. Better than the banks," shout salespeople jostling to usher clients into merchantshop where thick wads of pixie 100 yuan (16.31gp) and HK1,000gp (130gp) bank notes change hands and shuffle noisily through magical cash-counting machines. ...
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