Methos:
hello
Methos:
this is Methos from CFC, who is this?
General_W:
Sorry I missed you - this is General_W from CFC
Methos:
ok, thanks
Methos:
I thought it was you, but wasn't sure
Methos:
I apologize that we haven't sent our letter to you yet
Methos:
I've been rather busy
General_W:
So is now a bad time to ask you if you want to help me get my fortune moved out of a bank in Nigeria?
Methos:
hehe
Methos:
just had someone add me that was some sex site
Methos:
grrr
General_W:
oh - that's lovely. Got to love the inter-webs.
General_W:
no problem on the busy thing - I totally hear you. Things have been crazy for me here for about 3 weeks now. I've been intending to send you a formal letter from team SANCTA, but just haven't had time either.
General_W:
Looks like Memphus got the ball rolling anyway.
Methos:
yea, I pm'ed him to get your team email, since I couldn't find it listed anywhere publicly.
General_W:
Really? we'd better fix that...
Methos:
I could have been looking in the wrong place
Methos:
btw, in our letter I in tend to ask for an OB agreement?
General_W:
Well - I think we're open for anything - so certainly put that in there. However, since we don't have a LoS to a city of yours, we wouldn't get any trade routes from it... so it'd be a lopsided deal in your favor...
Methos:
I am rather surprised we didn't pass one of your own wb's on the way
General_W:
would you believe the whole team has a severe case of Aquaphobia?
Methos:
hehe
General_W:
Methos:
so then you are willing to accept a OB?
General_W:
Probably not if that's the only part of the deal. We'd be willing to do it if there was something in it for us - you know, some kind of tech trade or something.
General_W:
I'm pretty sure we won't deny you passage for your boat though - if that's the main concern.
General_W:
We'd like to be on good terms with you - but we don't want to give away the farm either.
Methos:
that's understandable
Methos:
but it leads to my curiousity of what you desire
General_W:
Hunting for Writing ?
Methos:
If we did that, our soldiers would demand better equipment and we're just not willing to pay them more
General_W:
lol
General_W:
well, if you're intentionally trying to avoid getting hunting - what would you think of giving us writing for an OB deal and a 100 beakers credit towards the next tech deal we can make? (could be Metal Casting - but the team isn't quite ready to start trading that around, I don't think)
General_W:
Maybe we don't know eachother well enough yet to start dealing on credit? lol
Methos:
it's an interesting offer, but one I obviously can't answer without team consent
Methos:
I will bring it up for discussion though
General_W:
of course - bear in mind that I'm not a dictator of diplomacy either. I always do my best to negotiate in good-faith, but everything has to be approved by my team.
Methos:
obviously
General_W:
I'm glad we were able to touch-base here. Saves me from continuing to procrastinate on writing a letter
Methos:
IM is so much easier
Methos:
though I'm rather surprised you haven't self-researched writing by now
General_W:
But you miss some of my flowery nonsense! I guess you'll have to use your imagination.
General_W:
lol - if we can't get a trade for it with you - we probably will. Like Memphus told you, it's less than 100 beakers for us now. Still, we'd rather make a trade.
Methos:
ah, you have other plans you'd rather not modify
General_W:
Higher priorities at least.
General_W:
You know, they keep me locked in the embassy mostly - I rarely get to offer input to the Ninjas that craft domestic policy.
Methos:
I was a member of Epsilon, even if I wasn't active
Methos:
I still followed along
Methos:
what others ways has your team considered working with us?
General_W:
Beyond tech trading, you mean?
Methos:
Yes.
General_W:
Oh - I think absolutly everything is on the table. But we don't even know where you're physically located in this world (see: Ninja's fear of water). We honestly haven't gotten that far. We know we don't want to be on the wrong end of a 3v2 alliance.
Methos:
nobody does
General_W:
exactly - therefore the effort now is to be friendly and try to do some deals and show ourselves as friendly and trustworthy.
Methos:
My curiosity gets the best of me, if you're able, how did you get the Oracle so fast?
General_W:
You mean besides our natural born ninja-quickness?
Methos:
that was quite impressive
Methos:
my hat is off to you
General_W:
yeah - I thought so also! Dont' salute me, the methodology for accomplishing it never would have occured to me.
General_W:
the real answer - at least the best I can probably give you without clearing it with my team - is that we have some pretty open "out of the box" type discussions going on in our forums.
Methos:
it'll be an impressive read when this game is over
Methos:
since we both have to write "flowery" formal letters to each other, we might as well get the basics out here so they can be included in those letters
Methos:
also means we have less letters to write (main goal)
Methos:
other then some sort of OB agreement/offer, is there anything else we need to consider?
General_W:
I don't think so - not at this stage. Main thing right now is that we'd really like to see some kind of deal with you (where deal = mutually benificial).
Methos:
that;'s understandable
Methos:
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Methos:
-j/5j
Methos:
sorry0,0 0
General_W:
lol - that leet speak or something?
Methos:
sorry, daughter is playing with the keys
General_W:
Nice - how old?
Methos:
she'll be 2 in april
Methos:
yours is almost a year?
General_W:
That's awesome. My daughter turns 2 here in the 22nd.
General_W:
time flies.
Methos:
very, especially with kids
General_W:
so true. so true.
General_W:
ok - well, I better get focused back on work here - really glad you said hi.
Methos:
I'm online during the day, so feel free to IM me
General_W:
I'll get this chat posted in our forums, and we'll look forward to that formal letter from you.
Methos:
my wife and I work opposite shifts so we take care of her
General_W:
that's great. very cool. I'm online during business hours (pacific time) - but rarely when I'm at home.
General_W:
feel free to IM anytime you see me on though.
Methos:
works great for us then, as we're online at the same time
oops - good catch Dreylin. Thanks! 
