<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/DgxiYXY.jpg?1)<br/>Chu Yazhu (https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1771858)<br/><em>HP 17/17<br/>AC 16 FF 11 T 15<br/>CMD 16 FCMD 11<br/>Inspiration: No<br/>Stance: Pugilist's Stance<br/>Maneuvers Readied: Flurry Strike<br/>Leaping Dragon<br/>Minute Hand<br/>Strike the Hourglass</em></div><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=297308.msg14731905#msg14731905">Quote from: Autocad on 04-03-2019, 01:40:07</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><br/>The next morning...<br/><br/>A familiar looking dark-skinned white-haired woman arrived in the camp, speaking with Ameiko. It was Nualia, Tsuto's possibly ex, who had caught him and Yazhu in the act yesterday!<br/><br/>Yazhu saw them, but they hadn't noticed Yazhu in turn yet. Shalelu, making preparations for departure, happened to notice Yazhu's reaction. "She is looking for a job as a caravan guard," the tiefling explained simply, not fully understanding why Yazhu was so worked up.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Seeing Nualia talking with Ameiko caused a cold sensation to creep up Yazhu's spine. Time seemingly froze as she reflected on Sandra's words. More than Fat Choy's goons, more than crossing the Crown of the World, more than the battle with the goblin chieftian, this felt like the hardest decision in the young woman's life.<br/><br/>"Hello, er, boss!" Yazhu stammered. "I apologize, but I<em>must</em>tell you both something that is super important!"<br/><br/>Clearing her throat several times, she spoke to Nualia.<br/><br/>"My name is Chu Yazhu. I am an erotic masseuse, and part of the caravan being led by Ms. Kaijitsu here."<br/><br/>Turning first to Ameiko, she told her worries to the foxgirl first. "I know that you don't talk much about your own life, but when I was tasked with selling supplies in Sandpoint I noticed that a man here...er, your husband, ma'am...shared the same surname as yours."<br/><br/>She then turned to Nualia.<br/><br/>"I did not know that Tsuto married in a closed relationship, otherwise I never would have done what I did that day! I figured that I could seduce him for a better deal, and when I noticed some family pictures of humans and kitsune that got my curiosity going and figured while there I could learn more about...well, the very woman who saved me from starving on the streets. But there was always that worrisome voice in the back of my head.<em>Maybe she's quiet about her past for a reason. Maybe she already knows about Tsuto and is avoiding him while in Sandpoint.</em>B-b-but..."<br/><br/>Turn back to Ameiko.<br/><br/>"When I saw how...how happy you were that other day, the thought that you might not know about a possible family member in town, grew on me. And after well...I messed things up, I was also worried that I indirectly harmed you! What was I supposed to do?<em>'Oh hi boss, you have a brother/cousin/nephew in town, but I slept with him and possibly damaged his marriage, now please tell me more about your family!'</em>Or<em>'Oh hi boss, we're back in Magnimar the past several months, but I knew that you had family in Sandpoint but chose to keep quiet and thus indirectly prevent you from contacting old ties due to being ashamed at contributing to infidelity! That happy family reunion you might have had never happened because of my own shameful deeds!'</em><br/><br/>Yazhu clutched her chest and took deep gasps of breath as though she emerged from deep beneath a lake. "Oh. Oh my, I can't believe I just said all of that! That's why I was so shook up at the church, that's why I stammered and ran away immediately. And it's all so much..."<br/><br/>Covering her face in her hands, Yazhu began to cry. She couldn't even bear to look Ameiko in the eye.