Nightmare in Katapesh IC

[SanguinePenguin]

A series of customers distracts Hlaspak while half the group gives up. Finally, Gurmok makes his entreaty, which seems to be going well until Hlaspak’s eyes go wide. “WHAT IS IT DOING?! NO! BAD… THING!” He shouts at Zen as the goblin dog pees on the floor. The gnoll hastily cleans up the mess, but is clearly irritated by the turn of events.

He finally looks over to the hour glass and says with a sigh to the three that remain, “time is up. I’ll be blunt - you have done little to persuade me I should help you. Still, for the missing woman’s sake, I could tell you someone who used to raid the Solku caravans for many years. He is retired now in Dogtown. He is unlikely to be helpful. But I’ll point you to him if you buy an ounce of my ras al hanout - finest in the city. It’s on sale - 4 gold for an ounce.” He points to the labeled jar which clearly says “ras al hanout, 1 sp / oz.”