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Ketsu-kiba whispers "Should we circle around to the back, see if there are fewer sentries there?"

All yours.

Once somewhere a bit safer Ketsu-kiba will cast Gentle Breeze

and then will treat theirs and Moonlight's wounds.

Medicine DC 20: 1d20 + 21 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 21 + 2 = 41
healing: 4d8 + 10 ⇒ (8, 7, 7, 2) + 10 = 34

10 HP for everybody from the breeze. An additional 34HP for myself and Moonlight. With Continual Recovery and another 20 minutes or so I think I can get us back to full.

I think Ann is out best at Intimidation.

Ketsu-kiba spends a moment to soothe her wounds.

Soothe 7: 7d10 + 28 ⇒ (5, 2, 3, 9, 6, 4, 5) + 28 = 62
before making another nonlethal cut.

nonlethal frightened saber: 1d20 + 26 - 2 - 1 ⇒ (1) + 26 - 2 - 1 = 24
slashing+mental: 3d6 + 3 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (1, 2, 6) + 3 + 1 + (6) = 19

bleed: 1d6 ⇒ 6
flat to end bleed: 1d20 ⇒ 13
flat to end fire: 1d20 ⇒ 5

No songs this round.

Ketsu-kiba keeps courage up for now and sighs as she hits with the flat of her blade.

inspired non lethal saber: 1d20 + 26 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 26 + 1 - 2 = 43
slashing+mental: 3d6 + 3 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (2, 4, 6) + 3 + 1 + (3) = 19
d6 bleed
Double Damage on crit (including bleed), and stupefied 1 (frightened 2 if already stupefied)

inspired non lethal saber: 1d20 + 26 + 1 - 2 - 5 ⇒ (6) + 26 + 1 - 2 - 5 = 26
slashing+mental: 3d6 + 3 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (6, 5, 5) + 3 + 1 + (6) = 26
d6 bleed
Double Damage on crit (including bleed), and stupefied 1 (frightened 2 if already stupefied)

Dirge is up so Shirota should be frightened when reappearing and stuck that way.

Ketsu-kiba swaps over to an more inspirational tune as they move up and slice at Shirota.

Saber vs Shirota OG: 1d20 + 26 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 26 + 1 = 33
piercing+mental: 3d6 + 3 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (5, 1, 3) + 3 + 1 + (2) = 15
Double Damage on crit (including bleed), and stupefied 1 (frightened 2 if already stupefied)

Bleed: 1d6 ⇒ 2
Bleeding Ends?: 1d20 ⇒ 19
burning ends?: 1d20 ⇒ 10
Will DC 29 to reduce frightened condition
+1 hit/damage courage

I suspect my approach may have been too enraging even with the good rolls.

Ketsu-kiba swaps back to the dirge and presses the assault.
Dirge of Doom.

saber: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (18) + 26 = 44
piercing+mental: 3d6 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (4, 6, 4) + 3 + (4) = 21

more saber: 1d20 + 26 - 4 ⇒ (6) + 26 - 4 = 28
piercing+mental: 3d6 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (5, 3, 6) + 3 + (2) = 19

1d6 bleed on hits.
Double Damage on crit (including bleed), and stupefied 1 (frightened 2 if already stupefied)

Ketsu-kiba calmly and coldly says "Answer their question, and I'll let your brother's soul go, so you two can meet in the Boneyard. Otherwise you'll suffer alone forever."

Deception: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (19) + 26 = 45

Ketsu-kiba grins "Your twin is gone, I have erased them from existence. You will remain to suffer, although not for long."

Ketsu-kiba grins as their voice shifts from one of sorrow, to one of suffering, as they keep their thoughts on the maze as they strike at Zaiho.

Courageous Anthem, giving us +1 to hit/damage. Zaiho needs a Will DC29 to reduce frightened at the end of their turn from Moderate Dread. Because I'm sustaining I can't delay to manipulate my initiative so I'll make my attack assuming I'm not flanking from Gang Up but everybody else should enjoy.

Courageous strike: 1d20 + 26 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 26 + 1 = 45
slashing+mental: 3d6 + 3 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 6) + 3 + 1 + (4) = 24
1d6 bleed.
Double Damage on crit (including bleed), and stupefied 1 (frightened 2 if already stupefied)

Sustain, Anthem, Strike,

bleed: 1d6 ⇒ 3
flat to end: 1d20 ⇒ 2

Ketsu-kiba ignores her bleeding wound.

DC 36. Typing is hard.

Ketsu-kiba wastes no time in halving their problem, and starts a dirge before sending Zaiho out of the combat.

Dirge of Doom to frighten 1 them both. Zaiho can likely fade it normally since they'll be out of range, but Shirota can't reduce while within 60ft.

Casting Quandry on Shirota (DC 26)

Ketsu-kiba shakes her head, a sawtooth saber in each hand.

Arriving Later Ketsu-kiba orders some fine tea and a small meal for one, waiting for an signal from her allies on what to do next.

Bardic Lore: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (8) + 22 = 30

Ketsu-kiba knows all sorts of things.

Ketsu-kiba nods "Lets do it."

Ketsu-kiba looks at the ledger "I suppose we could get a scroll of Translation, but can any of you read or magic it before we risk a shopping trip?"

A good assassin always knows their escape route, and can spot a good pile of crates to knock over, even at the last moment.

Assassin lore: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (13) + 22 = 35

Hoping others whom are better can push through this before Ketsu-kiba, but leaving a roll if needed.

Ketsu-kiba comments "You know, maybe Pathfinders aren't all bad..."

Performance: 1d20 + 28 ⇒ (15) + 28 = 43

Ketsu-kiba does their best to disappear through the warehouse.

Stealth: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (13) + 26 = 39

Ketsu keeps up the conversation "Come now, I've already said too much."

Ketsu-kiba pauses buying a bit of time and follows up, leaning in closely "Okay... look I can see you run a tight ship and are trying to help so I'll let you in. At least as much as I'm allowed. I'm not supposed to name names, but the older Lumber company that specializes on the Eastern slopes, see there were some hallowed out logs that we think we're being used for smuggling purposes. By the time we noticed, the hallowed out bits were empty. Means we're still out but it's unclear where in the process the drop and the pickup occurred. I'm investigating here, and others are investigating other parts of the process..."

Bluff: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (7) + 26 = 33
Hero Point if that's a fail: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (8) + 26 = 34

Ketsu-kiba "Alright, alright. My apologies, dock work isn't my thing."

Lowering her voice and leaning in "Look, our lumber shipments have been coming up short and was asked to look into it and I wanted to get a lay of the land before starting a formal inquiry."

Bluff: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (16) + 26 = 42

Ketsu-kiba will hide amid the crowd.

Stealth: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (6) + 26 = 32
Same bonus for deception.

Amusingly enough this is the less invasive non-surgical treatment.

Still having a lot of trouble with my shoulder but other issues are doing better at least.

Coming up on Friday I get Shoulder Hydrodilatation, where they inject 20ccs of Saline into my shoulder joint and then get the Physical Therapist to "Crank it".

Should lead to some misery for a few days but is supposed to help with my long/short term mobility.

I'm alive!

Deception: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (16) + 26 = 42

Ketsu-kiba leads the conversation around in circles "Well, theoretically if one in a position such as yours learned there wasn't a problem, you wouldn't need to do anything, but another one who might have learned more might be required to act. But if that acting was problematic, maybe it would be easier not to know, but would it be better?"

Sorry, lets go with Sien's roll as diplomacy, and I'll save the lies for later.

Once about 5 minutes away Ketsu-kiba will activate her wand of Zealous Conviction

Follow the Expert Stealth: 1d20 + 26 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 26 + 4 = 31

Ketsu-kiba sneaks.

Ketsu-kiba smiles "Lets stick together and look for the Leshy."

It's still tough here unfortunately.

Fortunately no tear in my shoulder but I Shoulder Bursitis in addition to frozen shoulder. Going to see the Orthopedist again in about a week and a half and should be able to get a steroid shot to get things under control. In the mean time I'm on the max dose of a prescription only NSAID and frequently maxing out my daily tylenol dose to try and deal with the pain.

My bedroom is still inaccessible due to water damage. Construction has been happening which is disruptive in its own way but hopefully wraps up next week. It'll be real nice to have the bedroom back.

I've been pretty sick this last week although finally feeling better. I think bronchitis. I'm worried I'm going to have this cough for like a month even if I otherwise feel much better.

My now 10yr old (4th grader) is still pretty iffy on this whole going to school things, but has mostly been going. Is very excited about music but otherwise doesn't like school.

Good news is I finished off my Oct15th tax work, but am still trying to finish up my continuing education requirements by the end of the month.

Jetsu-kiba smiles.

"Here's the details. The bets came in from several different sources, they thought they were hiding it, but those fools aren't as clever as they thought they were. There's a large amount of money for you going down within 10 seconds of the beginning of the second round. A statistically impossible amount bet on that specific occurrence. So they've got to know something. Our study of your history says you wouldn't throw a match, so they've got to have a setup. Maybe a needle in the stool, or poison in or no something you'll use then. A bucket, a towel, a canteen. Our investigation into whom was behind the bets is not yet concluded. But assuming your info checks out, we would be willing to share the results of our full investigation as a symbol of good faith towards any future exchanges we might make."

Ketsu-kiba nods and will work to convince Nasha in a private meeting.

Deception: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (18) + 26 = 44

Ketsu-kiba smiles "My associate does love to cut to the chase. I am Sonogashira and we handle the gambling arm of a certain foreign family. We have some unusual betting, unfortunately against you in your upcoming match. Now back home we'd just take care of things ourselves but to be honest, our influence here doesn't stretch as far into the local judiciary as we would like as this time, so we've come to make a deal with you. And while we know the old saying goes you need to spend money to make money, we are not directly offering you profit, and so would not directly ask for money either. We do however believe that information could be exchanged for information, and allow us both to prosper."

Deception+ Aid: 1d20 + 26 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 26 + 2 = 31
Hero Point if that's a fail or worse: 1d20 + 28 ⇒ (12) + 28 = 40

Funny story about Ketsu-kiba and diplomacy...

Ketsu-kiba smiles and explains "Please forgive my business partner. I am Sonogashira, and I handle betting for the Noble House of Flowers, and there's been some unexpected action recently, regarding specific timings and events in Nasha's upcoming fight. For various reasons much too complicated to explain here we are unable to cancel the suspicious bets, but do have a unique business opportunity for Nasha that will ensure we all get paid."

Deception: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (11) + 26 = 37

Sounds great.

Also my apologies for being slow again. I've mentioned a couple other places but we have some significant water damage to our house and it's going to take a couple months to sort things out and in the meantime our living situation is significantly less comfortable than normal.

I've also got a lingering shoulder injury that seems to be getting worse and I'm waiting for an MRI.

I've also got some tax work before the Oct 15th deadline which I keep putting off and really need to get done.

I'm still here but appreciate any patience and understanding.

Ketsu-kiba will go with Chi Sien, but let them do the opening questions until a more forceful personality is needed.

Ketsu-kiba will spend some time leaving false rumors about them. Bits and bobs about a singular figure that plausibly looks like one of us in disguise desperately looking to buy something outrageous.

Ex: "This Tian man, with a high voice and an ugly mustache was trying to buy ten whole pallets of Oranges. Oranges, what in Golarion would they need with that many oranges? I think I saw them headed to the docks next, I guess you'd need a boat to haul them all off."

Deception: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (13) + 26 = 39

I don't even think Ketsu-kiba would ask for shares, happy to cover this hilarious rental plan.

Lets go with 30gp a week.

I forgot about the Yurt. Happy to have 2 fall back locations just in case though.

Deception for the we want to rent your place for an orgy so are willing to overpay but we both need to be discreet about exactly what's going on seemed like so much more fun.

Ketsu-kiba will spend some time looking for a fancy but not as well maintained place as it should be. Hopefully somebody who was once wealthy but is perhaps a little short on funds and eventually offer them a business opportunity.

"Ahh my friend, I have a business opportunity. I have some friends who have become obsessed with Clastria's pleasures of the flesh and are hoping for somewhere swanky to celebrate. I'm sure it's just a fad that will pass but they have entrusted me with a hefty sum. While their pleasures would only last an evening, it would take us several days to set up and clean up and restore afterwards. I'm hoping we can come to a rental agreement with enough funds for you to take a nice vacation for a week, lets say 10 days to be extra safe and enjoy any restorations we have completed when you return. And of course we will be discreet about our activities, and trust you will be as well. Tell your friends you've finally lined up the proper restoration and will vacation while you do so, or however you would like your story to go."

Deception: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (15) + 26 = 41

Ketsu-kiba nods "I'm worried something will give me away, but should be able to keep my flair to myself."

"Just as long so you don't expect me to sleep in an alley, I'm sure I can find myself some appropriate accomodations." notes Ketsu-kiba.

Splitting up and sneaking in sounds good.

Ketsu-kiba does their best to remain unseen as they enter.

Stealth: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (6) + 26 = 32

Alright, picking up a Nithral frying pan, Greater Striking Rune, and Animated Weapon Rune and just paying 35gp to buy a +2 Sawtooth Saber. Combining for an Animated +1 Greater Striking Sawtooth Saber (paying 376gp for the rune transfers).

Assuming I understand this right, the total value of the items I'm choosing is 4605. I halve this to 2302.5 I add 900 for the +2 Sawtooth Saber, and 410.5 (10%) to transfer the runes over.)

This is 3,613 which I subtract from my share of 5076, leaving 1463gp to add to my horde.

Ketsu-kiba also works to damage a corpse and swap some extra clothes to better line up with herself.

Deception: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (1) + 26 = 27
Hero Point: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (7) + 26 = 33