"Haven't you gotten a tad cheekier" Umichi replied flirtatiously to Suki, rising after she noted that they may have been scaring Timi. He wanted to continue with what he was saying, but for now, his attention turned to Timi. First, he apologised to Timi, "Sorry about that, are you alright?". Before doing introductions, he thought it would be better to go meet everyone before introducing the young girl he just rescued. Thinking that he would get their advice on what to do next. Turning to Suki, he then continued what he was saying, "You were cuter when you were shy. But a cheeky Suki is also good." there was a huge grin on his face. "Oh, and next time, I will take you on that offer next time." he whispered to her, winking.
"Timi, I want you to meet my friends okay? Come on now. Don't worry, they are nice people. And if they do anything to you, I will make sure you are fine okay? Trust this Onii-san okay?" Umichi crouched down to the girl who was covering her head with her hands and pat her, gently. "This Onii-san won't bully or hurt you, and his friends won't either. Onee-san here is also a very nice person." he coaxed her, checking the time. Barely a minute was left before the scheduled meet-up time. "Oh damn!" Umichi cried out, grabbing both Suki and Timi's hands and dashing to the entrance of the Maiden Inn.
Noticing Yui was at the door still for some reason, "Come on get inside" he called to Yui. Kicking open the door, "Phew, just on ti.... me..." his speech slowed after noticing an angry Fujiwara. His anger was directed to the person who stole from them earlier. With the three girls behind him, he turned and told Suki and Yui, "I don't know what Fujiwara might do. I'm going to try mediate the situation and try calm things down and figure out what's happening. Take Timi upstairs or something in case things get a little messy, okay?" Umichi entrusted Timi to Suki, and walked up to Fujiwara.
He didn't know exactly what was going on. Looking at Paka, and Ayame to try read their expressions of the situation, Umichi sighed and decided to be direct. "So, can I get a run-down on the situation? Fujiwara, it's clear your upset and therefore, please let Ayame and Paka explain, okay? And you ..." he looked over to the person who stole from them. In front of him was some items. "don't speak for now, I need to discuss this with the party. I will listen to what you have to say afterwards."
Where did he get those items from? His indicator had turned orange when he stole from Ayame. That doesn't disappear for at least a couple of hours. Even then, assuming he had gone to the market area and then to the inn within 30 minutes, how about deciding the stuff to buy? And the col to buy it? Was that stolen col? Did he farm it? He cowered easily, he probably is a relatively low level. Farming it wouldn't be realistic for him. *Sigh* No matter how I add it up, it looks like his trying to bribe for some reason. I don't want to allow him in, and I doubt Fujiwara does either. But I should listen to Paka. He would probably have a better understanding of the situation than myself. Umichi thought to himself, seeing the items in front of the person who stole from Ayame.
For the time they had been traveling, Umichi did make most of the decisions. Not by himself, he did consult the party, there were times when he did not agree with most of the party in opinion, but he lead them the way they wanted, since he could see the reason behind their logic. He avoided conflict in the party, and tried to keep a leveled head.
"Ayame, can you keep watch of the situation for now? Don't let them leave for now, and try to keep them from arguing or fighting or doing anything troublesome. Maybe give them some of the food you made. An empty stomach does affect people's rationale sometimes. Okay?" Umichi asked Ayame to help mediate the situation, while walking passed Paka. "Let's talk where they won't hear, or they might interrupt, okay?" He then waited to see if everyone would comply, and if Paka stood up, would take him outside to talk. If they didn't, he would have to deal with the situation in another matter.