<Keats> As Kaedo steps down from the ramp to the dock, he sees that the guards have settled into an open square surrounding the area and standing in attention. A man dressed in expensive blue garb looks at him and hesitates, taking a look at the captain and scanning other people on board. Finally he flourishes a bow and calls out in a clear, practised voice "I bid you welcome to Redwater, my lord. Redwater bids you welcome. I am Lord Redstone. Lord Agelmar, the ruler of our city, wishes to meet you as I'm sure you wish to meet him. Let us therefore hurry to the palace, where refreshments will be available."
* Darryl looks at the spectacle from the crowd, having pushed himself to the front somehow, as he quickly works on a sketch of the foriegn armored man.
* Kaedo looks at the man and smirks beneath his demon mask, as the crane sets his horse on the dock, the workers loosening the ropes holding it. Kaedo then lets loose a short whistle for the beast, who trots towards him. "Very well, then. Take me to this Lord Agelmar." he says, then uses his left hand to heft himself onto the back of his armored horse.
* Darryl sketches the horse as well, sketching the entire scene for the possibly of this being a historial moment.
* David half watches the procession from the opposite side of a wall of guards
<Keats> Lord Redstone hops back on his horse and leads the way, the guards forming a square around them. The profession sets towards the palace at a slow pace, with more people coming to gawk at it.
* Kaedo settles himself in his saddle, using his knees to guide the horse as accurately as a normal rider would with a bridle
* Darryl follows close behind while still working on his drawing.
* David eventually loses interest as the group moves away from him, figuring that he'd probably be able to follow it more comfortably once he had a horse
* Kento slowly walks down from the ramp of the boat, looking over the surroundings, and the hustle and bustle of the busy city port, before giving a sharp whistle as a grey falcon swoops down and perches on his wrist. "Well, Grey Sentry. Here we are. We should probably follow Kaedo-sama to meet the Lord Agelmar." he sIds as his ride is lowered down by a crane
<Kento> Mounting it and following Kaedo to the lord of the new land.
* Yannifer has to stop and step aside for the procession, staring up at the mounted man in the demon armour as they pass by, before continuing on her way, looking for any sort of job board in the dockside area
<Keats> The man who greeted David re-emerges from the stable leading a white gelding "How's this suit you, young master? He's not the fastest breed, but he's calm as anything and if I'm any judge, that's what yer really wanting."
* Cass watches the march of the procession from the relative comfort of a side street, more or less simply surveying the latest set of travelers to come to Redwater, this batch seemed, unusual, to say the least.
* Darryl gets jostled and bumped as the procession moves along, eventually getting tired of it, simply sitting down to put the finishing touches on his drawing, he'd catch up with the procession later.
<Keats> The procession takes a quarter hour to travel the half-mile trip to the palace that is built of bone-white marble with blood-red tiles for the roof. As Redstone dismounts a number of stablehands appear to take care of the horses before Redstone leads Kaedo and the rest of them inside.
* Darryl eventually finishes his drawing, hurrying to catch up with the procession, arriving to see as the horses are being lead away and the forigner lead inside.
* Kaedo dismounts his horse, patting him on his head to calm him before following Redstone, his right hand still gripping his Naginata as he tapped the ground with each step of his left foot
* Kento humbly bows to the stablehands as they take their horses from the gt
<Kento> *group* and simply walks onwards to the main gates observing the elaborate palace and the behavior of the people there in.
<Keats> Once inside Kaedo is led through a long hallway with elaborate tapestries adorning the walls and up stairs to a large room with several comfortable chairs around a small table. Opposite of the door is sitting a young but regal man in a simple but well made white clothes and with a golden coronet on his head. "Greetings. I am Lord Agelmar. And you are Samurai Kaedo. Sit down."
* Darryl can't go inside so sits around and draws pictures of people out of boredom
<Kento> ((I take it that Kaedo is the only one allowed in?))
<Keats> ((everyone in the procession is allowed into the palace, but Kaedo is the only one allowed to the room))
* Darryl sits in the palace and draws pictures of people who want pictures drawn.
* Kaedo walks through the door, resting the blunt end of his Naginata on the floor as he bows to Agelmar. "Apologies, Lord Agelmar, but I prefer to stand." he states, then stands back up from his bow
* Kento would stand quietly outside of the door, looking around at the passersby, and taking note of the activites going on, waiting for Kaedo to come back out.
<Keats> Agelmar shows slight amusement at Kaedo's words "Very well. This shouldn't take too long, anyway. Now. Why are you here? Your lord certainly chose an odd time for diplomacy."
* Kaedo looks across the room at Agelmar "I believe that the timing was not his decision, but ours." he states, his left hand coming up to adjust his mask, a nervous habit of his. "We were ordered to find allies across the sea to trade with. And here we are. It was either fate or luck that we found this city first."
<Keats> Agelmar chooses his words carefully "Interesting. Redwater certainly welcomes new traders, as always. I do apologize for the shortness of this meeting, but I have matters to attend to. We will talk more tomorrow. For the rest of the day you are free to do as you will. Feel free to enjoy my full hospitality." Agelmar stands up and a servant opens the door "This way to your quarters, my lord" she says to Kaedo and leads the way.
<Keats> ((Lindbert should be there to meet Kaedo at his quarters. He's been told that he's to act as a guide and a bodyguard to the ambassador))
* Kaedo bows to Agelmar "Thank you for your time, Lord Agelmar." he says, then follows the servant out of the room.
* Kento would
* Darryl decides to see if he can get close to the forgiener now, seeing how close he canget to the man now that the meeting is over.
<Kento> *move quickly and quietly out of the way as Kaedo would walk out of the room, following silently behind him and the servant with his pack on his back; looking over all the scenery the palace had to offer. Looking from door to door and observing the actions and habits of the staff.
<Keats> Kaedo is let to another part of the palace where quarters have been assigned to him and his followers. The rooms assigned for kaedo are spacious and there's a hot bath waiting as well as some wine and a meal and a set of clothes. In the middle of the room there's an armored gnome...
* Lindbert , despite Butcher's hatred towards him, thought that the man was right and had hurried himself off at least freshed up a bit before meeting with the foreign ambassador. Having now done that he waits patiently outside the mans room, Jim left to guard Reginald.
* Kaedo stares at the armored gnome in the middle of his room, before pointing his Naginata at him "What is that thing doing in here?"
* Lindbert sighs. "Great, another moron..." Lindbert thinks to himself before walking up to the man. "My name is Lindbert Clearwater, and I'm to be your bodyguard and guide while you're in our city." He says, introducing himself to the strange looking man whilst holding his hand out to shake.
<Keats> Yannifer finds a job listing near an inn. There are some jobs for shop assistants and barmaids but not much else. Only one job seems interesting "The city guard looking for contractors for a special mission. Meeting at the basement of Willful Women
* Darryl gives up following the forigner for now as he heads back to the mages collective to archive the smallamount ofinformation he learned.
* Kento merely looked on at Lindbert with mild curiosity, before resuming silently unpacking his gear from his back pack. He would take out several scrolls of parchment and ink vials. He also unrolled his bed roll fir sleeping. this will be a most interesting mission he thought to himself.
* Kaedo cautiously holds his left hand out to shake as he retracts his weapon to the standard position. "Kaedo. Of the Takahira clan."
* Yannifer looks over the job board twice, just to make sure. She really has no applicable skills for anything requiring a counter (Why does everyone build so big around here?!), so the post by the city guard seems the most likely choice. Unfortunately, she had no idea where to find this 'Willful Women' place. She'll have to ask around...
* Lindbert claps his hands in excitement. "Oh, that's a fancy sounding name. I assume you're not from around these parts then? Your armour and weapons also seem very exotic." Lindbert paces around the man, eyeing his armour with child-like glee until he comes full circle around the man and stops in front of him once more.
<Kaedo> Kaedo nods, his left hand reaching up to adjust his right shoulder plate, which had moved out of place by now. "Indeed. I come from a land far to the east, across the vast ocean." he says,setting his naginata against a nearby wall, then reaching up to undo the straps on his mask, taking it off to reveal his face. "What of you? Why are you here?"
<Keats> Asking for directions causes some strange reactions "Oh, you're looking for THAT kind of company? It's directly east from the palace, about half a mile"
* Lindbert frowns for a moment, wondering if Kaedo was senile before realising he probably meant why was Lindbert in this land. "Oh, there's no real reason really," Linbert says, shrugging. "I spent a lot of time travelling before coming across this crime soaked city. I then decided to try and do something about it."
* Yannifer harumphs at the strange reactions she's getting from a simple request for directions, and stalks off in that direction, trying her best to glare anyone along the way into getting out of her way, and failing miserably. By the time she arrives, however, her mood has settled again, having been distracted by the multitude of sights along the way.
* Kaedo listens, nodding as Lindbert tells his story. "An honorable goal. But what I really meant was why are you here, in my quarters." he states, then begins to untie the straps for his helmet
* Lindbert lets out a small laugh realising that he was right the first time. "Sorry, sorry, thought I said earlier. I've been assigned as your guide and bodyguard whilst you're in our city. It can get quite dangerous here for someone who's not a native."
<Keats> From outside the place looks quite ordinary inn. Stepping inside, however, Yannifer sees that for an inn the place is kind of dark, with a bar at the far side of the room and the rest of the room filled with small table. There also seems to be a lot of lonely women here. One of them greets Yannifer immediately "Why hello, darling. What kind of company are you looking for? We don't really...
<Keats> ...specialize for your kind of customers, but I'm sure there's something we can offer"
* Cass found herself back wandering the streets of Redwater. The commotion of the foreigners’ arrival had been interesting, but watching a man in funny armor ride from the docks to the palace was only interesting for so long, particularly after the envoy was off the streets.
<Kaedo> Kaedo nods as he takes off his Kabuto, revealing a knot of tied up black hair hidden underneath. "I see. Well, before that, can you allow me time to bathe and change out of this heavy armor? I've been at sea for several months."
* Cass with a sigh, and a heft of her backpack, Cassandra meandered down the main streets looking for something new and exciting to hold her interest, and maybe make or spend a little coin.
<Kento> After having finished unpacking, Kento would walk about the palace, investigating becoming familiar with the layout, keeping an eye oh for anything interesting, guarded or locked rooms, and the such. Be would observe the behavior and patterns of the servants, guards and other occupants. Dedicating it to memory.
* Lindbert nods. "Sure, sure, if you've been travelling for that long you'll need to." He then quickly walks to the door and opens it. "I'll be waiting out here, if you need anything just give me a shout." Lindbert then leaves the room, closing the door behind him.
<Yannifer> "Finally! Everyone out there is mean, they kept giving me funny looks when i wanted directions here!" The gnome exclaimed to the greeting girl, completely missing the atmosphere of the 'Inn' entirely, and holding up the sheet she had pilfered from the job board for the woman to inspect. "I'm here about a job with the city guard, where's you basement?"
* Kaedo signs as he sets his mask and helmet on the end of the bed, then takes both of his blades off of his belt and gently sets them next to his helmet, before he takes his Daikyu off of his shoulder and sets it against the wall next to his Naginata. He then begins to pull off the individual pieces of his armor, until all that was left was his breastplate.
<Keats> The middle aged man leading the horse asks David "So is this the one you want, then? You can get it for 90 gold, and I'll throw in saddlebags with the saddle and some feed, as well"
* Kaedo then takes his breastplate off, leaving only his kimono which he wore underneath the armor on. After he had set the armor aside on the floor, he decided a nice hot bath was in order.
<Keats> The woman frowns at Yannifers reaction "Oh. It'll be a while before anyone else comes, but you can go in and wait." she gestures towards the stairs "Sure you don't want some entertainment while waiting?"
<Kento> ((Kento will be looking for anything for anything if particular interest and watching guards and etc, to try to learn patterns and find ways around people.))
* Yannifer thinks for a moment, making a point to look the woman up and down in a scrutinizing manner. "You wouldn't happen to have some catnip, a pair of forceps, and three rodents of unusual size, do you?"
* David says "Perfectly reasonable sir, but I believe that I will be around here quite often, until I figure out how to care for her myself. Might I argue you down to 87 gold?" (Diplomacy: Roll = 4, Total = 14)
* Darryl sits around his room, for some reason feeling that odd feeling he felt every so often, restless and unwilling to stay inside as he decided to go and wander the streets, maybe he'd find an interesting shop.
<Keats> ((there are some guards patrolling. In the basement there are a few guarded vaults and the personal quarters are either guarded or locked, depending on importance and whether the person is present))
* Kento decides to head back to his roo
* Darryl scours the street for any interesting curio shops.
<Darryl> streets*))
<Keats> "87 it is." The man waits until paid and then goes in to get the saddle, saddle bags, bit and brittle, et cetera.
<Kento> << room, after searching the basement, and spotting the guarded rooms and committing the guards' routine to memory.
* Kaedo finishes with his bath and sighs as he dons his kimono once more, then slips on his wooden sandals and opens the door to his quarters to find Lindbert. "Lindbert. I could use a hand. This armor is fairly difficult to don by myself."
* Lindbert , now out of the room settles himself down on the floor, though after several minutes waiting he begins to get fidgety, wondering whether he'd be able to rush off to the stables to collect Jim before Kaedo noticed him gone.
<Keats> Darryl happens upon a small shop selling all kinds of odds and ends. The owner is an elderly woman with gray hair and black clothes.
* Lindbert decides that he should be able to if the man still plans on bathing and so he quickly rushes off, his armour clinking loudly down the corridor.
* Darryl decides to go inside, looking for any interesting magical type items, scrolls or similar.
* David payed the man out of his heavier money purse, the one containing mostly gold, and then examined his new horse, and all of the equipment for it. He patted the animal cautiously, and then tried to saddle it and begin emptying most of his pack into it.
* Darryl looks for things of value that are being sold for less than they're worth. ((Appraise: 5+8=13))
<Keats> Lindbert finds his animals in the guards' table and they've been given water
* Kaedo notices Lindbert missing, then closes the door to his quarters and sighs as he picks up his helmet and stares at his reflection in the clan crest mounted in between the two horns on the front of it. He wonders why he was sitting around when he should be trying to get negotiations overwith as quickly as possible and return home.
<Keats> There are several battered map cases being sold only 7 silver each as well as a set of locksmithing equipment for 45 gold.
* Darryl will cast detect magic and look for magical items, deciding to pick up the cases and smithing equipment as well.
<Lindbert> As Lindbert gets closer to the stables he slows his running down to a jog then into a quick walk before stopping next to his friends. "Enjoying your drinks?" He asks them, petting Reginalds head as Jim jumps onto the gnomes back. "I've still got some business to attend to, but I should be back soon." Lindbert pets Reginald on last time before rushing back.
* David After he'd taken care of his horse, David left the man with a quick thanks, and then simply began searching for something to do.
<Keats> Darryl sees nothing magical in the store
* Darryl smiles and is frield with the store owner, deciding to buy the map cases and the smithing equipment for now, deciding he'll study them later, as he goes to look for other curio stores.
<Keats> The woman hesitates at Yannifers request before answering "We don't have any animals here"
<Keats> "Willful Woman? I think it's near the perfumed quarter"
<David> "Right. Thank you."