Despite his protestations, Marik is slowly cleaning up at the game of Bipak, which leads everyone to grouchily suspect that he's pulling a fast one on them. While they lose their bits, Yongap talks up the woffen, who is drunk enough now that he doesn't mind the proximity of the crugar...a fact which he makes sure to point out several times during the evening:
"I'm so happy, I don't even mind the smell in this place! Haw haw haw!"
and
"I must be feeling good, since I'm drinking with crugar! Hee-hee!"
and
"Aw, don't look so glum, kitty! Here, have a drink with me! You don't see me looking so upset, and I'm the one who has to look at you!"
and so on.
Yongap does tease a number of bits of information out of the drunken sailor bigot, however. The ship's pilot is Wen Lonson, a severe muadra taskmaster. They're always looking for crew, due to the high turnover on the job. Yongap gets the sense that there's high turnover because of high stress on the job, and not all of that because of Wen's attitude. The Champion of Tra will leave Kaigon, headed north, in two days. Kaigon has become a waypoint on the crystal schooner circuit, particularly as its the closest stop to Ardoth any crystal schooner will come, so there's a schooner stopping in the city every few days.
Vordenir attempts to engage the merchant, Hentak, in conversation, but he seems particularly close-mouthed. Though he talks freely about the difficulties of trade in Burdoth, he provides no details about his own trade affairs. (If there's a particular skill you're trying to use, or an outcome you're trying to achieve, let me know)