Chapter 93: Representing the ERM

• Mrs. Smithy, Treasurer of the ERM, had been having a hard time with her assignment. She had spent the last two days on the west side of the river looking for a merchant that would buy scrap metal from the East River Militia. So far no one was willing to deal with the militia. Every time she mentioned who she represented the merchants would turn her away.
• Today was the third day and if she couldn't find anyone to sell too, she would have to relay the bad news to Nathan and the rest of the Committee. What would happen from there was anyone's guess. The people were already going to be struggling to survive as summer approached and this loss of income wasn’t going to help matters. The pressure to not fail them drove her old soul onward to reach her goal.
• Mrs. Smithy originally started speaking to the merchants that traded directly across from the ERM headquarters. After being rejected she tried going further south along the docks, but once reaching the Skull territory she decided to turn back. They were far scarier than she first believed. They too event turned her away without even letting her enter their docking area.