Hmm, yeah, I'm not sure I'd have much in specific to say in the debrief either.
Mostly just that Satoshi would try to be honest outside of omission about exactly how Kichiro fought the attackers
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Satoshi nervously sits down next to Kichiro, doing his best to both comfort and distract by patting his brother on the back. "Unfortunately, given that they were clearly organized and almost certainly larger than that small band, I rather suspect the same. Whatever we did to get them hostile to us, they're not likely going to stop easily..." He looks around cautiously, before speaking more quietly. "And I can't help but feel they are going to be related to that snake creature or spirit. I think that it might have it out for us for some reason," He didn't want to mention out loud that Kichiro's current predicament might well be very related to that "and these were just some of its followers."
Satoshi nods sharply. "Yes, lots of snake tattoos, daggers like fangs... not sure what it means..." Inwardly, Satoshi thinks to himself that he very well does know that this is right after the mysterious appearance of that snake-spirit twice now... "But it suggests organization of some sort at least... we'll have to be careful, since organization means intent, and that means we probably haven't seen the end of this..."
Satoshi... isn't the most voluntarily communicative but is entirely willing to admit to setting the tree on fire, at least partly to help pull the attention away from Kichiro. If asked about various things, he does his best to recount accurately. There is also the wonder of why these ambushers were waiting for them in the first place though...
Pretty much. Been trying to think of something more to say, but coming up blank.
Satoshi shrugs, even as he picks up a few items. "I'd kind of guess so? There is an awful lot of snake imagery going on here." He also considers their position. "It's... probably better to talk to the guards when they arrive. I don't want to deal with the trouble of them chasing us because they think we're running away.... you could probably change back before they get here though."
Satoshi hustles off to do what he can to treat their escorts.
He also does what he can to search for any signs of what their attackers were intending (and incidentally if they had anything useful)
After that... well, he'll have to talk to Kichiro at least some, because this has spoiled a lot of things... "Ummm... well, I think at least your secret of being a kitsune is rather out. But well.... I don't really want to turn back, because that might be what's expected of us, but.... well, what are we even supposed to do now?"
Satoshi glances back and forth, trying to judge which situation is more urgent. Filial duty eventually wins out however, so he hustles over to Kichiro first, and holds out his prepared vial of the Satiety Tincture. He could go and help treat their wounded escort after he made sure Kichiro didn't go on a rampage. "Here, this should help. Though, ummm... probably also good to move away from them, I'll rummage for anything that might let us know what this was about after everyone is treated."
Frustrated, Satoshi grumbles as he quickly assembles a small device, before tossing at the area behind the hostile spellcaster.
It lands there and ticks ominiously.
After that, he takes a quick moment to reload his crossbow.
Satoshi dances nimbly away from the grasping plants, at least for now. He takes advantage of the moment to run clear of the area, before pulling a kunai off his belt and throwing it at the enemy hunter, a low snarl in his own throat at seeing his brother's distress.
Yep, back from travel now. Did find out my laptop doesn't remember my Paizo account.
Satoshi continues hurrying after Kichiro. With no time to reload at the moment, he instead repeats his trick with the launcher, save this time he lobs his acid flask at the tattooed opponent, quietly apologizing that a few drops are still likely to fall on Kichiro. And this was also his last weapon flask.
Satoshi hurrys after Kichiro at a slight distance, and looses one more well-aimed bolt tipped with tanglefoot goo at... whichever of the two fleeing enemies looks more important. Maybe they'll have some incriminating information on them if he can stop them long enough for Kichiro to catch up... and he'll probably want to be close by with a dose of Satiety Tincture.
"Ummm... who are these guys anyway?..."
Understandable. I just got back to checking on this after my own vacationing.
Satoshi... decides to trust that Kichiro has the melee fighters occupied, partly because he's certainly starting to run low on his better stuff. Instead, he takes a moment to concentrate as he reloads his crossbow.
Satoshi's eyes drift over to the tree that conceals an enemy archer. He might not be able to hit particularly well at this range... Or perhaps he could? Hopefully Kichiro would hold out well enough to not go fully berserk... "Keep it together Kichiro! We can pull through this still!" Thinking quickly, Satoshi very rapidly assembles a single-use launcher, and then uses it to propel a flask upward at the ranged assailant. Even if his aim were not true... well, the archer would probably not like staying in the tree after the flask shattered anyway, considering it would be on fire.
Satoshi nimbly hops off of the seat of his machine, and grumbles slightly about how close his opponent has gotten, not wanting to splash himself or their allies with his own concoctions. Instead he simply resorts to hurling a kunai at the nearby enemy.
Satoshi narrowed his eyes, then loosed a crossbow bolt at one of the nearby opponents, aiming for something vital, or failing that something debilitating.
Satoshi stands up from the machine's controls, allowing it to coast to a stop while he readies his crossbow.
Satoshi considered as he packed. He could go ahead and take care with the alchemical tools, fragile as they were. "Umm.... Not too much, probably? Mostly we'll just want to be alert and keep our eyes out, I think. And I won't push the machine as hard as I could, just to be safe. But I'll keep the trap stuff on top of bag, just in case... Unless you have any... magic-type things you need to prepare, anyway..." He pauses, lost in thought for a moment, before shaking himself. "If I had a day's time, there are so many things I could build... but doing so would be pretty obvious..."
Satoshi though for a moment, then nodded. "Y-yeah. We can go and see at least, but have an escape plan if we need it. At the least, I don't think anyone else could drive my buggy very well... I never did label which lever does what... And if we end up having extra time, I'm sure I could figure something else out to help too."
Satoshi nervously scratched his chin. "Umm... I could probably intentionally go slower than it could go for a while? Other than that it would mostly be that the buggy handles rough terrain pretty well, so if there was a really rocky or bushy patch I could drive through it at full speed."
After a little bit of hand-wringing he continued. "It does kind of bother me how pushy they are, though at the same time I wonder what could make them so desperate?"
Satoshi thought to himself that he could easily check up on it a bit faster than that... before realizing that Kichiro was buying time. "We-well... we do still need to finish packing our things..."
Satoshi twiddled nervously. "Well... I guess we weren't doing anything else? It still seems a little odd though, I didn't think that many people knew about me yet, especially not enough to think of me as an expert... And with the rush they're in... I think they might just be desperate?"
Satoshi jolted in surprise a bit when addressed. "Y-Yes, that is right...and, um, I might be able to help with some things..." He fidgeted a bit, not at all used to being addressed by someone so offical-looking. He then distracted himself from the social task by investigating what the small scroll was about.
Satoshi wrung his hands nervously. "I...guess so...though maybe the anvil would be too much, I'd probably have to remove the passenger seat for it."
Actually, just realized that Satoshi needs that carrying capacity for passengers. Kichiro is more important to carry than the anvil. Satoshi will realize this himself soon.
There, just needed some time to actually think about a shopping list! ...Satoshi is going to get attached to having a vehicle just because it lets him carry around 200 pounds of crafting tools.
Satoshi thinks for a short while. "...Probably? I was considering that we have enough money now to get a few things. A more reliable light source, maybe a few tools... and, well, stock up on some more exotic alchemical supplies, but that's probably a given... with the vehicle, I can carry some of the heavier stuff, too, actually get a proper anvil..."
Back from vacationing, will have some time to actuaally think about things now!
Satoshi cocked his head to the side a bit. "I had noticed that the invention seemed to be getting a lot of attention. Is it really that big of a deal? Should I... maybe dismantle it or something if it's going to be a cause of problems?"
I'm not even sure we had any kind of travel plans... beyond meandering towards a larger city. Maybe we need to hunt up some rumors so that we can have some ideas of interesting places to go.
Satoshi stared off after the snake in thought. "I... suppose? Maybe I should think about making something so we can try to catch up to it next time? I wonder what it wants..."
"Umm... maybe? The only way to know will be to see if it lets us catch up to it I guess." Satoshi follows after Kichiro, having had a moment to catch his breath.
Satoshi caught his breath for a moment, then shrugged. "Well... I suppose we can follow it for a while, but I think it'll outrun us in the wild. If it didn't stop somewhere nearby I don't think I can keep up long enough to catch it..." Satoshi shrink in on himself a bit when thinking about how in this situation he was probably just slowing Kichiro down. He should have thought to grab his vehicle or something...
Satoshi focuses and hustles along, worried that he might have lost the trail... though at least the general disruption should help him keep on track to find his brother. So he keeps an eye out for Kichiro to try to link back up.
"Huff... Did... did you see where it went?"
Satoshi... attempts to keep up. But he's falling behind. "Maybe need to work on something that would help. Some kind of grapple launcher maybe?"
Satoshi hesitates for a moment, then hurries off after Kichiro. "It.. was nice to talk goodbye!" He then does his best to keep up with his usually faster-moving brother.
Satoshi looked off thoughtfully. "...Didn't you say you ran into a mist snake of some kind on the way here? I think it might be following us for some reason..."
Satoshi thought for a moment. "Well, it feeling 'familiar' is more of a lead that we have on much of anything else at the moment, and it didn't seem hostile? So trying to follow is... not something I'm sure I can help with much. Not really the best with these spirit things..."
Satoshi shifted nervously. "...Do you need one of the potions? You looked a bit worrisome for a moment there...."
Satoshi looked back and forth, somewhat questioningly. "Well... at least it didn't seem to be doing anything bad? Maybe... it might be helpful sometime? At least it's not attacking or anything..."
Satoshi fidgeted nervously. "Um, well... at least that might be a clue? Do you need any help? I do have a dose of the Tincture ready if you need it." He shifted his weight from foot to foot. Something still felt a bit odd. "I do kind of feel like there should be something I can do. There has to be a way to beat this... whatever it is..." The relentless march of Progress and Invention can overcome any foe, given time... "I just need to find it. Or maybe make it? I haven't really felt anything like... serpents either. I have been having some weird ideas of things I could build recently though... unless dreaming about contraptions for spraying alchemist's fire is normal for alchemists? I kind of get the impression it's not that unusual... maybe?"
Satoshi, as it turned out, was just fine with an excuse to get away from staring crowds. Once he was done with the things that actually needed to get finished, he was quick to hurry over to the shrine. "I... don't really remember that time as well as I would like. There was a lot of writing and stuff on the walls, and I couldn't actually read it, and I was really starting to panic, until some of it started making sense and then... um... I kind of was out of it for a bit. I got a recipe for a potion out of it somehow that seems to help, but trying to look at things again didn't help any. It was all some language I don't know, and half of it was missing anyway."
I Satoshi expected to be showing up with Kichiro now, or should that still wait? Also, we apparently do need to decide exactly what was in those ruins... presuming either brother would know! Satoshi may have spent a chunk of that time in a mad science fugue...
Satoshi was happy to be being useful, but at the same time didn't feel that he was really needed for more than a day or two. At least the pay would be useful for restocking food and water. Answering questions about his contraption was another matter. Talking about it to one or two like-minded tinkerers was one thing. He was always happy to do that. Dealing with a crowd of random people was another. Soon enough once the maintenance was done Satoshi found himself quickly retreating to a quieter part of the workshop, and then eventually scampering off to find Kichiro.
Satoshi heads out to... actually do some alchemy work. He has many ideas, but isn't really sure which of them will be helpful right now, and so decides it might be better to hold off until he does. He's just not sure what he'd actually need a flamethrower for at the moment, and that might be awkward to explain carrying. He does check up on his vehicle and touch it up some to make sure it stays in good shape along the way; it wouldn't be any good to let the alchemical components go bad.
Probably not. Satoshi doesn't have a good idea what to build for his second Invention yet, so he'll probably stick to just actually doing a bit of alchemy work for pay, and then stocking up on supplies. Even though he hasn't spent most of his money yet. Satoshi is a bit of a materials hoarder.
Alright, Satoshi should now be fully levelled. He spent his feat on an extra Talent, picking up...
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