It is a rough morning following the celebration. Between the late night of revelries and the seemingly endless wine it is no surprise that many slept quite late and had a hard time being roused.

As the party recoups and gathers in the common room of the Rusty Dragon the atmosphere seems quite different. Ameiko isn't present behind the bar and while the fire has been lit there isn't the smell of delicious foods being prepared for breakfast or lunch.

All the customers are looking around in confusion as the staff themselves seem unsure what to do. Finally the party is approached by an elderly halfling woman, Bethana. She is one of the maids at the Rusty Dragon. In a whisper she asks to speak to them privately and motions for the group to follow her behind the bar to the back room.

Once there her stoic facade falls away and deep lines of worry crease her brow.

"When I woke this morning Ameiko hadn't started breakfast. That's the first time I can remember in a long time that she hasn't been ready in the morning. I thought maybe she had just celebrated too hard last night and was sleeping in but when I entered her room she wasn't there. Her bed didn't even look like it had been slept in. I don't even know if she ever returned from last night.

I poked around a bit. I know I shouldn't but I was concerned and I found this."

She pulls out a crumpled piece of parchment:

"Oh no! This is horrible Ameiko is so nice! We have to see what happen to Ameiko and her brother!" Faeli said looking around the room to the Heroes of Sandpoint for support.
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Kaddock read the letter and shook his head. "What do you know about Ameiko's sister and father? That is the place to start.  It seems like she may have gone to this rendezvous and been detained or is trying to deal with her father assuming this is real."

Talitha listens while someone else reads the letter out loud. "Ok, it seems we have a lead about the goblin attack a week ago. I suggest we focus on finding Ameiko's father. If she's missing it seems he might have something to do with it... Unless her brother is the one responsible and this was all a set up. Anyway I think talking to her father would be the best option."
She turns to the old lady halfling and asks her politely."Thank you for letting us know. Could you give us some directions to the House Kaijitsu? I think that's where the father lives, right?"
Then raises her head and asks the rest of the group. "Unless you prefer to go first to the meeting point mentioned in the letter, but I think we're late for that."

"Wait, shouldn't we start at the Glassworks? Assuming that is where Ameiko went and where she disappeared?" Faelie pulled herself up on her tipy-toes as she re-read the letter as Kaddock read it.

"There are bound to be clues there right?"
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Razyll's brows furrowed as the letter was read aloud and grew more concerned as the letter was read.

Time was definitely of the essence here...

"We can go to the Glasswork, but that will just lead us to a place where Ameiko and someone else were... 9-10 hours ago. If we go to the father's, we might actually be where Ameiko is. Of course, if the father is a false clue, we would be wasting some time closing that lead. I'm still convinced we should pay a "friendly" visit to House Kaijitsu. But we can decide as a group where to go, obviously." Talitha grins.

Arialis considered for a moment, tapping her chin. "We should go to the glassworks first. If she disappeared, it would have been from there I'd wager. If nothing is there, we can move on to the house." She said with a nod. "If you are behind something, you are not going to keep your prisoner where you live."

Kaddock nodded.  "Let's definitely check the situation at the glassworks first.  There may be more behind this than is apparent."