I beg your pardon. I lost track of this particular thread after a busy spot. Much obliged for bumping. Poking at me with a PM would also work, as well.
Happenings and goings-on with the sellers would probably be a case of healthy rivalries, stuff going catastrophically (and comedically) wrong, or possibly...if you actually felt inclined to help Akbar find his arch-nemesis, Stanislav.