>>5395943>Forging: The State of Yan.Eko: This bickering over tribute is because we are trapped in the past. Ahi cowries have seen great use as currency in the Taya markets, I think we can expand it.
“What are you saying, Eko?”
Eko: This miracle material you brought from overseas. Each tribe is owed a portion, yes? Rather than fighting over people, land, or labor, the tribes can give their portions of this foreign good to the Hall of Peace. The Axeholder can then use these as payment for whatever resources they need to fulfill their duties which would trickle the currency back to the tribes.
Kasi: Those materials will revolutionize our tools and weapons. They shouldn't be hoarded in Kutha Rakyat.
What is Eko doing?! You didn't tell him to say this.
Norodom can barely hold in her shit-eating grin.
Nordom: If you think the material is so wonderful, shouldn't it be in the hands of the Axeholder, Keeper of the Great Peace, and not in the hands of tribes and their hidden motives?
Kaori: This plan is unsustainable, we have a limited supply of this material, there is only enough for one, maybe two years of tribute at best.
Eko: There lies the genius. With the material and what it can purchase, The Axeholder can form a permanent Great Fleet. Constantly sailing between our shores and the foreigners, bringing back more of the substance we will build our future on.
He looks dead at you.
Eko: Under the guidance of The Great Captain of course.
The irony. Eko is betraying you, by supporting you? You can see his concept spread on willing ears. Nordom, Gamboa, and even Agana seem to be warming up to it. It is a betrayal of your principles, your promises. Or is it?
Doing this would ALSO keep forced labor out the mud pits, the ones working there would be paid handsomely. And you’ve seen what the material can do, do you honestly want it in the hands of people like your parents or Norodom? With it and a Great Fleet at your back, the Island would be an unstoppable force, the Axeholder a champion of peace against the horrors beyond. The conflicting words of the Island’s people run through your head. Tyrant. Savior. Campaigner. Conqueror. Some would hate you for claiming this power. But what if you need this power to give them what they need?
>Endorse Eko’s proposal>Reject Eko’s proposal. 