Scene 2: Meeting Syndra

After dinner where you share your findings you all go to merchant prince's Wakanga O'tamu Villa. Guards at the gates appears to be well informed of your arrival and welcome you to enter the villa, demanding to put into a storage room any weapons you have

You are then accompanied to a pleasant, breezy, tiled courtyard includes a splashing fountain and green plants. Villa is lit with continual flame spells, and soft music (created by magic) plays throughout.
You are welcome to refresh yourself in a washroom to the left of the entrance before meeting. Meeting will take place int the sitting room to the right. Please proceed there. Syndra will be there as soon as she can guard informs you politely, but stritc.

You can see the sitting area through the decorative columns support the arched doorway main. Rugs and comfortable pillows are arranged on the floor. Narrow windows look into the garden to the right. As you take time to look into the garden you see ferns, potted palms, orchids, and other tropical flowers are cultivated in the garden, which is open to the sky.

Ren will take a few moments to freshen up. He was clean when he left the inn, but the very walk to the meeting had left him less than presentable. The heat... it wasn't as draining as yesterday, but Ren was still sweating from the exertion. He wasn't a proud young man, but he didn't want to be an embarassment.

Once he was reasonably presentable again, Ren moves to the meeting room, finding a pillow and taking a seat.

Elster will thank the guards, and then uses the washroom. Not wanting to waste time, or be considered rude, he heads straight for the sitting room. He doesn't sit, but instead stands where he can look out the window towards the garden, but without turning his back toward the room's entrance. "Nothing to do now but wait." he says out loud, yet to no one in particular.

"And sweat..." Larsie responds.

She had briefly considered visiting the restroom to at least splash some water on her face, but realized it would just be a temporary reprieve from the oppressive humidity, and decided against it.

"...although this is much more comfortable than being outside. I wouldn't be too upset if Syndra showed up a little late." she added, sitting cross-legged on one of the pillows.

"This feels a lot better than trodding outside in the rain" Yendil laughs. Being indoors and in trusted company he casts Prestidigitation to remove the rain and sweat from his person. "Hey Tonby and Larsie, did you find the priest of Torm?" as he finds a pillow to sit and wait for Syndra.

"We did, yes. A lone woman by the name of Undril who hasn't been here much longer than us from the sounds of it. She was under the impression that her journey to Camp Vengeance would be a straightforward ride and now realizes that is not the case. I think she's at a little bit of a loss as to what to do next."

"If we decide that this Camp Vengeance is of interest to our mission, it may not be a bad idea to have her tag along with us during the journey."

Larsie pauses for a moment and repositions herself on the pillow.

"Any luck helping Razira?"

Elster just groans and mumbles under his breath.

"I'll take that as a 'no'."

How are you my friends? Syndra takes a seat immediately. Talking slow as if tired.
She share The good news are - I've got an investor. You can spendup to 250 gp. Is it enough
to organize expedition? Do you have the list of spendings for our sponsor approval? And have you decided already where to go? she opens her map expecting you to share the plan of the expedition.

Tonby had freshened up before coming to the meeting. "Laris about covered that." Tonby would have said after Laris explained the situation with the priest.

"I am well and hope you are as well," Tonby said politely trying to get the formalities out of the way. "I believe we should head up river to Camp Vengeance and start from their, but that is just me. We are also looking for a suitable guide. Tonby didn't want to speak for everyone. "I will let someone else fill you on the specifics."

"I am well enough," Ren replies. "As I hope you are."

"I'm feeling good, well, considering this environment, exploring this city has been wonderful. How are you doing? Is the heat making it harder for you, or is it easing your aches?" as he wipes the sweat from his brow. "We've seen a big part of the city, but haven't really met someone who I felt could enlighten us about the inland of Chult. I did find some posters of guides that looked promising, but haven't gotten into contact with them. I'm hoping to find them later. As you might know, they charge 5gp a day, with a 30-day pay in advance, so that comes to 150p at least." Yendil says to Syndra. Looking at the others he shares what he found on the posters. "I found three more posters, and I liked the experience of Salida, the motives of Eku. Hew did seem fearless, but also came across as someone who wouldn't steer us away from danger. So I'd like to meet Azaka, Eku, and Salida before we make a decision, what do you think? Perhaps you Syndra, or merchant prince Wakanga could give some insight into these guides?"

"I'm doing well, still adjusting to the environment, but well nonetheless. I hope the weather hasn't been too unpleasant for you?"

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"I do think meeting with some of the guides mentioned would be ideal - I'd hate to get lost before we even really got started. But I think our only real lead at this point is Camp Vengeance as Tonby mentioned. We did meet a member of their order that is looking for some traveling companions to make the trip; it would certainly help with our introductions and it may serve as a convenient layover before we move deeper inland - assuming they'd allow it, of course."

"What if," Yendil mutters to no one in particular, "we paid a guide a good amount of gold coins, to just share their information of the map? I imagine they don't want to give that information easily, but maybe one of them could be swayed for the right price?"

"Would certainly save some coin..." Larsie says "...but I would expect having someone with us, in case something unexpected happened along the way, would also be a huge benefit, despite the cost."

"Honestly, a bit overwhelmed. Trying to adapt to the new surroundings, and the heat, and the culture, all while trying to stop this mysterious curse, is . . . a lot. But we've a job to do, so we'll figure it out, and press on.
I hope lining up an investor for us wasn't too much trouble for you."

"Syndra, perhaps you have heard of a guide that you would like to recommend?" Tonby asked politely. He figured the less logistics for the this job he had to do the better but he also knew that the right people for the job will make it go smoother.