are we allowed to assume that our characters can get some leads, provided they're persistent enough? specifically, emily's plan of attack is to lean into those that supply her with harder to get materials for making medicine, since she has a pre-existing relationship, and would start probing with a mix of cash, charm, and arranging favors for people, and working with other sutokus to see how far they can really get. group efforts!

while keeping an eye out for the cops, naturally, those guys get nothing.