Board Thread:World-wide RP/@comment-34754862-20170804212851/@comment-28929139-20170805052625

"All right...just making sure." Kideme didn't mean to pry or to sound like a killjoy, but she was generally concerned for his health and well-being, especially after having witnessed him nearly fall out at the festival. It couldn't be helped, but he said he was fine and Hayato didn't seem to be having any doubts, so she would trust his words and say nothing else on the matter. She did note the wariness in his voice about pleasure houses though. "How are you enjoying life as a bachelor, Hayato? You think you'll eventually invite A-Bomb to come live with you?" She asked, wondering how Hayato had been. As one of her best friends, Kideme felt like she hadn't seen much of him, but that didn't mean she didn't wonder what he was up to.

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When they finally reached the Grass Village, Kideme took heed of Hayato's words and Duke's blessing to let her go alone, and smirked at the murder charge comment. "I won't be long, but if I'm not back in fifteen minutes, come find me." With that, Kideme hurried off to the small marketplace first. With it fast becoming nightfall, most of the food stands were coming up, and luckily for Kideme, she was able to score a lot of fresh fruits, breads and entrees for a relatively low price. Once she loaded it all into her scroll, she walked straight toward the one pleasure house near the center of the village. She would still be visible to the guys as she walked in but soon disappeared into its doors.

It had been several months since Kideme had been to this village, but every single pleasure house she'd ever visited had been committed to memory. This one was no different, and she remembered most of its details from its staff, clientele and physical layout. Luckily for her too, when she walked in and asked for "Papa", she was greeted and treated like royalty.

Eleven minutes, and twenty seconds later, Kideme returned with a bag full of more food, some business and a small piece of paper in hand. "All right, I got it." She looked between Hayato and Duke as she handed them the little piece of paper. On it was a small hand drawn map in Kideme's neat handwriting that depicted the immediate area. "We're about an hour northeast of Waterfall and a little over a day....day and a half's walk from Rain. I know this area pretty well, so we have plenty of places to go between for rest stops. Only problem is....there is A LOT of Konoha tourists that hang around here, so we could continue south until we hit Ame, but coming in from Kusa means we're likely going to have to be checked. BUT!" Kideme gave them a chance to reply if they wanted.

"If we take an extra day or two, we can go all the way around Amegakure and come in through Ishigakure, there is no checkpoint from that gate, you just pay a tourist's fee. And if you're really feeling up to it, we could go through Ishi, go a few extra hours south into Wind Country and hit up the Daimyo's palace.....and the Daimyo knows who I am." Kideme looked at them both with a devilish smile, Hayato would know exactly what Kideme was talking about, as she interacted with the Daimyo directly. "You allow me to...."talk" to him, I can almost guarantee us a free pass into Ame undetected and maybe have a little extra. So.....what do you guys think?" They had a few options that they could run with but it would ultimately come down to what they were willing to trade. Money for time? Time for convenience? Or Convenience for ease of access?

Personally, Kideme was fine with whatever decision they made since in any case, she had a slight advantage with her current standing that she planned to exploit for this defacto mission.