<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/2hQ3lug.png)</div><strong>Kemuri Itan-Sha</strong>- Shikibane Brute<br/>(https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1694366)<strong>HP</strong>:  14 / 14<br/><strong>Location</strong>:  Council Meeting Room; Avalon<br/><strong>Status</strong>:<strong>Transparently scheming</strong><hr/><strong>"It's fine, fine!"</strong>Kemuri reassured Mayumi, shooing her concerns away with both hands.<br/><br/><strong>"The caravan gets some able defenders, and we'll save some time riding in a wagon over marching the whole distance.  We might have six weeks to make the journey, but there's nothing saying we can't do it faster."</strong>she said, sticking her tongue out,<strong>"We'll leave a good impression on the base commander, and make a little side money besides.  There are no downsides at all."</strong><br/><br/>She hopped up and grabbed ahold of one of the poles that bore hight he Continual Flames of the telportation depot, swinging around the pole once and shading her eyes from the sun as she used the height to peer above the crowd.  A bit excitedly, she pointed in one direction.<br/><br/><strong>"There's even a tavern over there we can wait for Jie and Asami in!  Travelers from all over, maybe we could schmooze a bit and learn a bit about the local troubles?"</strong>she tapped a finger to her chin,<strong>"It'd be a useful thing to do, and I'm not just saying that because it puts us in close proximity to Akkan food.  Have you ever <em>seen</em> the portions they dole out!?  Ah, and the spiced wine too, <em>gotta</em> take advantage of this opportunity to grab a bottle of that ..."</strong>she said, licking her lips as she considered the culinary possibilities of their pit stop.