The six of you return to Amara Li to present her with the jade katana retrieved. You are once again invited to her sitting room, served tea to drink. She humbly accepts the katana from you, offering thanks for the service well done. As you watch she opens a secret compartment in the hilt of the katana and removes out a series of parchments.
"This is the true value of the jade katana. My thanks go to you, for I shall be in your debt for it's recovery. The six of you shall always be welcome within the Lantern Lodge."
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After the six of you take your leave of Amara Li, you are approached by Major Maldris. "I have heard of your actions with the ghoul on your last mission. I know it was difficult,” he says. “The undead sometimes cling to life, but they always turn to evil. This was a hard lesson that I felt you had to learn, to better serve the common good. As Pathfinders, we should always serve the common good and always fight for freedom.”
"Milady, perhaps you'd be interested to know that the katana was in possession of a strange creature, which seemed to be not of this world." Daniel proceeds to describe the blinding frog.
"It is a pity that our clerics cannot find a way to grant mercy to such creatures. Watching what was left of her good soul being utterly consumed by the unspeakable curse was loathsome."
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"I'll admit I feel just a little bit curious about the documents you just retrieved from this hilt, Lady Li" Amadeo Noskero says with a gracious smile.
In other words: that's an invitation to tell, but if the lady prefers to keep her secrets, that's fine by me too.
Blessed with good looks, you've come to depend on the fact that others find you attractive. You gain a +1 trait bonus when you use Bluff or Diplomacy on a character that is (or could be) sexually attracted to you, and a +1 trait bonus to the save DC of any language-dependent spell you cast on such characters or creatures.
"Nothing of much importance to yourselves but of great importance to the Lantern Lodge. An ancient trade agreement which will help fund our activities here. I would like to reiterate that you all have done a great deed for us today."
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"Sadly the greatest mercy we can grant at present is a swift death. Remember that if you should ever face the forces of undeath again."
Meeting with Aaqir goes well, his acceptance of the recovered trade agreements met with great zeal. The conversation continues on for a moment before reaching a question. "I had heard you managed to uncover a jade katana during your investigation. I was wondering if perhaps I could have a gander at such a piece?"
"As I understand, the katana is now a property of the Lantern Lodge. You'll have to see Amara Li about that. Or perhaps, you would like us to speak to her on your behalf?"
"A pity, but no, that is quite all right. The item contained within was an ancient trade agreement between one of my ancestors and an organizaion called the the Way of the Kirin. I had hoped to lay claim to it, but it matters not at this point. You have all done an excellent job on your mission and should be rewarded as such. Please, drink and tell me what you plan for the future. Qadira can always use good allies."
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Amadeo joins in on the inebriated fun. He's quite a good guy to party with, telling jokes and laughing in good humor at other people's jokes.
Alas, impressed by Wuse Guy's drinking prowess, he manly tries to keep up with the dwarf - and fails miserably.
In the middle of the night, he has a brief moment of liquored anguish pertaining to something his family did in Lastwall (that sounds ghastly and involves demons, but it's hard to tell, really, between the opinionated shouts and the bouts of manic laughter).
Finally, he falls in an inevitable ethylic coma, which fortunately does not kill him, but leaves him in the morning with the mother of all hangovers.
Good times, all in all.
