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Kashemia · **08-02-2010, 03:17 PM**

Seraj smiled at the Elezen and held up two dices between her three middle fingers.
"Care for a game, stranger?" she said, before the dices went into her hand and seemed to disappear.
"While I wait for..." she never finished her sentence, as her eyes were caught by the Huyr entering, and she halfheartedly suppressed a snicker, then sent him a sympathizing smile.

Hayden · **08-02-2010, 03:17 PM**

The place was growing quite populated now, and this was a dissapointment for the older woman. Her eyes meet with the Miq'ote who was here to take her order. There was a long silence after she asked what she would like, a very long strange silence. Then the most peculuar of things happened. A voice that sounded like it had come from a woman in her prime, a soft melodic voice like a teenager perhaps or one of only twenty came, but not from the mouth of the older woman. Upon closer inspection it would appear actually that her mouth did not move at all. Only the small charm around her neck glowed faintly with each word.

"Something strong, and in a very large glass. Roegadyn beer...what ever you have and it had better be strong."

Though the voice was soft almost sweet sounding, it was also harsh and quick. There was no joy or pleasentry in her tone, but she was not barking or screaming, simply placing an order. It seemed this was all to natural a tone for her, she wore it well.

Her eyes fell on the others watching her, as if she was keenly aware of each of them, but she said nothing to any of them, and her glare did not linger.

sassaroth · **08-02-2010, 05:54 PM**

Sassaroth open his eyes and looked around the bar a bit noticing the colorful group of patrons that adorn the seats and tables. The smell of the place was rich with life. He saw the Miqo'te give his a small snicker and a smile. He returned the unspoken friendliness with his crooked boyish girl and a humorous wink. He tried to tip back a bit on his chair only to find himself humbled by his inept balancing ability. He quickly decided four legs where better then two.

He heard the strange old women ask for her drink. It made him curious. Several funny remarks barreled through his head at the same time. He suppressed them and stored them for later use. May be no to be used with this old biddy, but they might be funnier later with someone else when the time was right.

He gave her the briefest of large toothy grins and went back to examining his clothes. He spoke to no one in particular. "you know, chocobos find it with great amusement to 'accidentally' ", He emphasized with his fingers, " let you off near a barrel of fish precariously set on the edge of a merchant table."

He added his clothes, pretty sure I got all the fish out. The fish he had earlier , he tossed into his satchel hanging from his belt. "monstrous, yellow feathered little bitters." He said with quiet gusto. Sass preened himself as best he could and fiddled with his belongings.

Renaise · **08-02-2010, 06:23 PM**

"A game?" Renaise asked. "I'm afraid I'm not much of a gambler, though I do know a few card tricks." Renaise smiled and drank a mouthful of ale.

Renaise titled his head slightly and the youthful voice emanating from the old woman. "Hmm... curious." Renaise grinned and pulled out a deck of cards from his pocket, "So what do you say? Anyone wanna see a trick?"

Kashemia · **08-02-2010, 06:29 PM**

Seraj smiled again as the huyr almost lost his balance, then she looked back at the elezen man with the cards.
"You carry around a deck of card but doesn't play? Peculiar. Show me what you got, kid." she said with a large grin before taking a gulp of her ale.

Renaise · **08-02-2010, 07:02 PM**

Renaise shuffled the cards rather expertly then fanned them out. " You notice how the cards are all blank?" Renaise held the cards up to view. The cards had a border but contained no pictures within the borders, instead was blank white card.

Renaise shuffled the cards once again and placed them down on the table face down. HE tapped the back of the top card and smiled.

"Now if you please turn over the first card of the deck."

(the top card will now have a picture in the frame that bears a resemblance to Kashemia, the rest will still all be blank.)

Seraphine Felstar · **08-02-2010, 08:00 PM**

Sondra's eyes widened as the silvery pendant around the woman's neck began to emanate each time she... spoke?

"Something strong, and in a very large glass. Roegadyn beer...what ever you have and it had better be strong." Came a soft voice but full of intent.

The woman's green eyes then shifted to glance at the crowd who had gathered around the Miqo'te and the Elezen man. Quickly she turned her eyes back to Sondra who smiled at her before stating, "You're necklace is remarkable, if you don't mind me saying. I love jewelry but I've never seen anything that amazing and it suites you very well. My name is Cassondra or you can call me Sondra for short and I'll be your hostess. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to make you comfortable and I'll go get your order."

Sondra walked away towards the bar a few steps, then turned around and addressed the woman once more, "Oh, I also draw portraits in my free time, " She pointed towards her table with the sketches and pencils laid out. "You have amazing eyes and I'd really love the chance to draw your portrait. The others over there are waiting for a portrait as well so feel free to join them."

With a blush, Sondra turned back towards the bar feeling slightly embarrassed by being so forward. Taking a clean glass from under the counter once more she filled it with a type Roegadyn beer which had been fermented longer for a particularly potent effect. She placed it on a tray and then glanced around the room.

Alright! Quite a crowd has built up! Maybe I'll have a good tip night if I can keep them all happy, she thought excitedly to herself. Taking two pitchers from under the counter, she poured it full of ale from the taps behind her.

Lets see..., she thought to herself again, there is the spikey haired Elezen man who has a glass, the Miqo'te with the cute headband who has a glass too, and the elderly woman who may or may not join them who has her beer. Then a new comer Duskwight Elezen man with an intresting tatoo above his right eye and a youthful hyur man with white hair... and are those chocobo feathers... that both need glasses. Hopefully I can catch a few of their names so it's easier to remember.

I hope I'm not forgetting anyone, she thought as she took the tray full of beer, ale, and glasses back out to the tavern floor.

Hayden · **08-02-2010, 09:07 PM**

When the beer came, she took a drink, not just a drink but a drink. The hearty sort of drink the soldiers would take after a long day. A good portion of the glass sort of drink. It didn't seem to bother her, nor did it in earnest bring her any pleasure. There was no satisfied closed eyed smile, but there was no painful expression resulting from having dranken far to much far to fast. When the o ne who served her was once again within ear shot she spoke again.

"Nothing remarkable about it, more of a curse if anything..." She muttered as she let one elbow rest on the table. She was a warrior, or had been in her prime. Her mannerisms betrayed her.

She heard the strange dark one speaking of fish, but she didn't react, and she was aware of the playing of cards. No one would believe her if she told them, but she could hear each card as it was drawn and placed as if it was as loud as an oxen.

"I've no need for a drawing of this old face young lady."

Kima wolf · **08-02-2010, 11:04 PM**

Well, it must be a hell of a night, got gamblers, and lots of drinks.

He watched as people came and went, drinks flowed back and forth. It was a healthy environment to say the least. He smirked as he tapped his fingers on the table gently, waiting patiently for a barmaid to come take his order.

Wow, she looks swamped heh, that's the same woman who is doing those drawings as well. Must be quite a living. He thought as his eyes moved to the older Hyur woman.

He raised an eyebrow, she was using some kind of magic perhaps, speaking without moving her lips, but she did need to open them to drink, and what a drink she took when she did. It reminded him more of his pirate days when he'd watch his old men and women celebrate after a good nights work.

"Quite interesting. Laylei and Kailisto would be curious, to say the least." He said with a grin as he continued to wait patiently.

Kashemia · **08-03-2010, 03:28 AM**

Seraj widened her eyes slightly as the card was turned. She tried to hide the fact that she was impressed, but only shortly, then she grinned at the Elezen.
"Not bad," she said. "You're quick on the hands. A shame you doesn't gamble, I'm sure you'd be a blast." She winked at him, then looked around in the tavern, where more and more people seemed to find seats.
"It's a busy night, huh?"
Gulping down the last of her ale, she tried catching Cassondra's attention with a small wave and a smile to get a refill.

Seraphine Felstar · **08-03-2010, 06:01 AM**

"I've no need for a drawing of this old face young lady." The woman said, much to Cassondra's disappointment. It would have been fun to have drawn someone with such a intriguing aura about her. There was no doubt the woman in front of her had a tale or two in her somewhere.

"Well, I'll return to fill your glass shortly. Maybe I will have figured out a way to convince you by then." She gave the woman a grin and turned her attention back to the tavern room floor.

The spiked haired man and the miqo'te were entertaining themselves with some sort of card games when she approached. "You two seem to be getting along. This is turning into quite a party." Taking one of the two pitchers in hand and placing it in the center of the table she exclaimed loudly, "To your health!"

Turning slightly, she glanced at the Elezen man who was tapping his fingers on the table in front of him and the young hyur man who was still fiddling with his belongings. Motioning to the table where the red-headed man and the Miqo'te sat she said aloud, "How about you two join us for some company, cards, art and a pint? - First drink is free of charge."

Tyriont · **08-03-2010, 01:45 PM**

The door quietly opened as a tall, hooded man entered. He carried himself with the air of one who did not wish to be noticed and his eye twitched as he looked around the room and saw how crowded the place was. He did not remove his hood as he made his way to a corner table, moving carefully and gracefully. His face was all but completely masked, a small amount of pale hair briefly visibly as he sat down. The hue of the small amount of skin it was possible to see identified him as one of the Duskwight. Sitting down in such a position as his back was into the corner while he could still watch the door, he pulled a small bone from inside his pouch and began flicking it between the fingers of his right hand with an sense of irritation. His gaze swept the room, taking in each of the occupants and hovering over each one as if he were analyzing them. Between each group, his sight would flit back to the door again as if awaiting an entrant. He silently cursed the fact that he had no choice other than to wait in this place. The sooner his contact arrived, the sooner he could return to more pressing matters.

Kima wolf · **08-03-2010, 02:49 PM**

"How about you two join us for some company, cards, art and a pint? - First drink is free of charge."

Free of charge eh? Sounds like my kind of drink. And besides, it'd be rude of me to not take the lady up on her most generous offer.

Hmm free drink... I'll have to probe that woman and her necklace another time, that is quite a interesting ability there, for now.. free drink!

He smiled at Crystal and stood up from his table. Although there was a fairly large crowd he was able to easily maneuver through most of them, towards the woman who's siren like phrase "free drink" pulled him towards them like a outgoing tide pulling a poor swimmer out to sea. He stood in front of the table and eyed the card playing duo and Crystal with smile as he bowed his head slightly.

"Greetins', since it's polite te' tell your name to those you're drinkin' wit, ah'm called Kima, and ah'll always take te' offer of ah free drink, especially when its offered from a lovely woman." he said with a grin as he sat down in one of the empty chairs.

Hopefully my "cousin" here doesn't have any issues, I don't feel like a fight today.

sassaroth · **08-03-2010, 03:48 PM**

Sassaroth tucked his belonging away and looked up. "Oh yeah that would be nice. I wonder if they serve milk here?" He looked to the serving women and smiled. "Pardon me, would you so kind as to bring me some cold milk." Sass reached into his pouch. "I can pay."

As he pulled the coins from his pouch he looked down to see that the three he had were dull gray metal. The gold paint left smears in his hand as they bleed off from the water. "Huh... I guess that merchant was less the fair." He tossed the fake coins into a near by bin and pulled his chair to the table with the card game. "I guess an empty glass then. I'll just wring the fish water out of my clothes." He said with a genuine smile.

He bowed before he sat at the table. The name is Sassaroth, but people just call me Sass. He bent low to whisper dramatically. "Its easier on the tongue." He said with humor. He sat down and looked to the older women with the interesting necklace. "Pardon me, honored elder, would you like to join us?" He said with absolute respect.

Hayden · **08-03-2010, 05:53 PM**

She nodded in responce to the bar keep's general set of conversation, to nothing inparticular really. She then sat quietly drinking her ale, and watching everything that was going on, with keen interest it would seem. She appeared quite aware of everything, sharp as a knife...or so it seemed. She may look old, but she did not act it. As her mug approched empty, she smacked her lips a bit and the faintest of smiles creeped across her lips. When she was not drinking however, she kept her mouth closed tightly however, almost strangly so.

She watched the card playing duo, and the barkeep, the new patron and the strange fellow who smelt of fish. She seemed content...for now.

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