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I was at the local "fort" the other day. It's this abandoned construction lot where the Braxon chieftains have set up a couple of trailers and tables and whatever. I guess it gives them a bit more presence and connection in this area. To me it's like a trading post and a general store. They've got connections with the truckers and at the ports, and there's lots of every day stuff to buy, but also other things. And you never know what you might be able to buy from them on a given day. I remember Ric bought this authentic cuckoo clock from them. I heard the Leongs picked up some kind of top-of-the-line breast pump, after their baby was born. It's just like, random.
The chieftains themselves aren't usually there, just one of their underlings or lieutenants or whatever they call themselves. (I just call him Bil.) And a couple of centaurs they hire as guards or something. So I swing by there like I sometimes do, to say hi to Bil, chat for a bit, check in and all that. He exchanges some of my gold nugget for cash, and I buy some little am/fm radio, and this beige computer box which is the kind old Hat likes best for some reason. She's slowly trying to put the library back together, which is great, and I have some dough right now so I want to help with that.
Bil's not the worst, but most of the Braxon chieftains and their crew are pretty bad dudes, though I won't get into the details. And frankly I'd rather not associate at all, but I have to be practical, because I think it's a good idea that they know of me just a little bit. Not know me so much that they ever would call on me to do them a favor, or even worse I call on them for a favor. Mostly I just want to avoid somehow getting on their bad side. Anyways, I wish I could afford to take a moral stand against more things, but I just don't have that kind of privilege right now. Sometimes you just got to survive.