The Rules of the Sair Coast
"Really? But didn't you just want to fight me?" Xu Huo looked unconvinced. "You're trying to fool me, aren't you?"
"He's messing with you. As long as you don't kill anyone, you can do whatever you want on this train." The burly player who had pinned Chu Yuan down earlier lifted a bucket of liquor and poured it into his mouth. After taking a drink, he added, "But when players fight, it's easy for someone to end up dead. Better not to throw punches if you can help it."
Chu Yuan glared at him angrily for a while, then turned back to Xu Huo. "Aren't you worried he's messing with you too?"
The people gambling and fighting in the carriage fell quiet. A dozen or twenty players turned to look at Xu Huo, eagerly waiting to see how he'd respond.
Xu Huo frowned. "I believe in keeping the peace."
The onlookers looked a little disappointed, but thanks to the restrictions of the Sair Coast, everyone was relatively civil. After joking around, the players who didn't belong in this carriage returned to their own.
It was noon before long. The Conductor was dressed casually, with a bow tie pinned to his chest as a token of his position. When he brought over the menu, it offered nothing but water, bread, and pan-fried Deep Blue Fish, all at steep prices.
"Can the kitchen make anything else?" Xu Huo asked.
"No," the Conductor said, glancing at him. "Take it or leave it."
It was clear that the Sair Coast also ran the kitchen on this train.
The others in the carriage seemed used to this. Everyone ordered at least one meal, and some players knew just where to go, buying sashimi made from a Sair Coast specialty