"He already sent us a payment, so we can't exactly turn this one down. I'll send a reply and let him know of our arrival while you get the plane ready." Lance said, going over to his desk and grabbing the package that came with that letter. He popped it open and Oz could see the glimmering of the gold inside. He took out a bag and shoveled half of it and tossed it over for Oz.
"That's your share and this is only half of the payment." Lance explained, "we'll get the rest of it after we deliver his concubine to him." Lance was rather old fashioned-he had nothing against sleeping around, but settling down with multiple wives or husbands? It didn't click well with him. But the clicking of money, that sat well with him just fine. With that, he set off to write and send that letter, as well as gather other supplies for the trip.
They would be heading to Bunny Ear, a desert island that's a good knots away from Banana Island, where their base of operations were, and would also be a good ways away from the Desert Rose Kingdom proper, meaning they'll need to make quite a few stops to restock on fuel.
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