Lean on your Criminal Contacts

Your contacts are somewhat skittish. ‘Flatfoot crackdowns.’ And the Puissant Pawnbroker, your previous lender of choice, has – not married, but he has taken his partner and they now live a sweet life of perpetual honeymoon out on a rock off of Lower Poondicherry. The partner is said to have inherited the estate from his estranged uncle – or the lending and pawnbroking business is as lucrative as you always suspected.

And so you ask people you only half trust, knocking on the doors of people who come highly recommended, but who do not trust you. Until you are finally introduced to the Unsavoury Lender.

You spent some time chasing down leads.

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"Business is bad," she claims. "Risks need to be managed and some people need encouragement before they repay their loans." She gives you a half-smirk. "If you can believe that."

You can.

"Anyway I can offer you 200 now and – you’re in shipping? And some flexibility. 240 on your return. I’ll wait but I won’t wait forever – and you’re not likely to get a better deal anywhere else. Pay me back on time and we will become fast friends."