<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">Wolf's Ear</span></div><br/>The tea was delicious of course, with hints of citrus. "The recipe's a family secret~," Auntie Amy winked, "but I'm happy to brew up another pot for you if you're staying the night! Most of us kitsune are from Minkai. The catfolk are from a bit further south, I believe. And the wer- er, wolfkin, are native to Varisia. We're quite the melting pot here!"<br/><br/>Meanwhile Baihu and Shalelu were having a wordless duel of gazes, with enough tension between them to power a catapult. Ameiko sighed and finally intervened. "Shalelu, it would be rude for us to refuse hospitality. Please don't make a big deal out of this..." The tiefling wasn't too happy but she had no choice but to agree after that. The foxgirl's undiplomatic smirk of smug victory didn't soothe any ruffled feathers, though.<br/><br/>Their stay passed uneventfully without any lycanthrope attacks in the middle of the night. Everyone was well-rested, except for Shalelu, who insisted on staying up on watch and only finally relented her guard and dozed off in the early hours of the morning.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">Churlwood</span></div><br/>Perhaps it was her tiredness showing through, but Shalelu did a merely decent job guiding them through the Churlwood. At least they didn't run into anything hostile, but the journey was less than pleasant, following windy bumpy trails with mosquitos and biting insects pestering them all the way thanks to the numerous swampy patches that they had to detour around. "We should have just stayed on the nice wide well-maintained bug-free main road," Sandra grumbled quietly to herself. But in the end they made it though none the worse for wear save a few itchy bites.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>Social Link</strong>(just before Riddleport)<br/>Ameiko 3<br/>Baihu 1-->2<br/>Sandra 2-->1<br/>Shalelu 1-->1 (-1 and +1 canceled out)<br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">Riddleport</span></div><br/>The thugs looked at each other indecisively (after pretending they hadn't been staring at her conveniently compressed cleavage), torn between the temptations of pressuring Yazhu for gold and easing up on her in exchange for the good time she promised.<br/><br/>At last their lower heads won over, and with a final nod of agreement from their boss (who hung back keeping an eye on things) they relaxed and let the masseuse work her magic!<br/><br/><em>(Go and make the Flurry Strike and Minute Hand against AC 10. You want to hit as many thugs with as much damage as possible for maximum orgasm. +2 attack bonus for a good bluff check.)</em>