She doesn't recognise that tree.
She's been here before, she's not that far from the estate, this isn't some unknown place. She must've taken a wrong turn, of course, but where? She should probably just try to retrace her steps, Jaol will be incredibly mad at her...
Would probably be easiest, since they might not know enough about this realm to fake being from it, but that's Dayo's call.
Yeah, they can just go with something generic. Maybe pretend to be from basically Dayo's world sans magic?
That'll allow Dayo to fill in details pretty easily, without being too interesting. And Tetsuma's fine doing very little of the talking.
Yup!
Sarati says bye to them in case they don't see her before she leaves, and then that she'll be swinging back through Cloudsheer in about a month, if they're having trouble finding transportation past that. (There's a lot of trade between this island and Cloudsheer, so that part shouldn't be a problem.)
Tetsuma thanks her, then leads the way (being careful that the clones don't bump into anyone. Hopefully no one notices that they lack shadows) to somewhere nice and isolated, where she can swap the ordinary clones out for wood clones.
Then to the inn?
Where Tetsuma lets Dayo do the talking. (They can all 'four' get a room together for the first night, to make logistics easier. And cheaper.) The wood clones help keep up basic, innocuous conversation, but don't interact much with other people.
Dayo does the talking! Dayo is good at doing the talking. He does a lot of it.
Then they can get to their room (two large beds) and properly coordinate asking for rumors.
Tetsuma's main idea is going on a shopping trip, each of them taking a different section, and chatting up the shopkeepers. Or they can leave the wood clones in the room; they'll cover less ground, but probably run less risk of gathering suspicion.
Okay!
Also this way Dayo can play the prospective servant while Tetsuma plays herself, if they want to keep the character more consistent for later?
Tetsuma can suggest things? She still remembers a lot of the names they've run across, so they can pick something that doesn't stand out much. Or Dayo can pick something from his world, or just invent a name.
Hmm. He likes the sound of 'Sadde.' Reminds him a bit of his real name but is interestingly different.
Sure, and Tetsuma can do touristing.
Chatting with the bar-keeper reveals that there's multiple markets, though one's more touristy than the others. Tetsuma heads to that one, after soliciting some gossip (she might be awkward and bad at lying, but she knows what questions to ask). The bar-keep doesn't have much of an opinion about the local lord - he mostly stays out of day-to-day life, and the heavier taxes are on trade, cloth, and produce, not on inns.
That's interesting.
He doesn't stay and chat, though. Does barkeep know anything about how to become a servant?
Not in detail. She thinks you probably just go to the castle and talk to the head of staff though.
It's a good ways away, though it's clearly visible from the edge of town, rising from the heath on a tall hill. Some people are coming and going, mostly through a side door.
They can point him towards the seneschal's secretary, then (the seneschal oversees the entire household, but you don't approach him directly). The castle's big, and the interior doesn't quite make sense, but luckily the secretary's office is within the first ring, near-ish the side door. They describe the procedure for visiting - announce yourself to the secretary's valet, then wait in the antechamber to be called in - and wish him luck.
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