He laughed. "Always good to have a friendly face along," he said, and continued to chat for a while on various local topics.<br/><br/>(DC 12 Diplo check, +1 bonus for the CP earned with Sandru earlier. Success moves up to a Rank 1 relationship.)<br/><br/>After a little while, Ameiko emerged from the inn, samisen slung over her back, rapier at her side, dressed in her red leather armor. "All ready to go?" she asked. "Do we have everyone?"<br/><br/>Right on cue, Natya appeared, hurrying along towards the caravan, carrying a heavy trunk with one hand, and holding up the skirt on her new, brilliantly colorful, traditional Varisian dress. "Wait for me!" she cried, stumbling over a rock, and nearly losing her balance, as she ran.