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[Saede Lare]

Fall 514 Day 3

After the attack in the city, many people had nowhere to stay. Saede had been staying in The Heralds Arms for a few nights, and was used to some of the regular visitors by now. Although tonight, the place that she expected to be deserted after an attack, was actually packed full. Many people started moving upstairs, onto the third floor after they go their food just to have a decent amount of space to move around. Altogether, it was a very chaotic night. Especially because the townsfolk were weary of another attack.

"Well, I wouldn't have come down here if I knew it'd be so damn busy." Saede muttered to herself. This place was worse than the market in the town center before the attack, or at least she thought. "Well, I've gotta eat.." Saede squeezed her way to the bar, and ordered a small dinner. This may take a while. She thought to herself.

[Maia Stonesoul]

Maia struggled through the crowed, being pushed and shoved around as he made his way to the bar.
"Excuse me... Oof! Sorry...oh geez I'm terribly sorry.." He rambled as he nearly gave someone a haircut with his scythe. Maia finally made his way to the bar and plopped down in the seat next to Saede.
" this place is packed to the brim!"

[Bakar]

Bakar never made it back to the inn after the attack. He was planning on returning to learn of Maia some more, but decided to stay in instead. He would return the day after, and hope that the two had decided to in town. As he arrived at the inn it was packed. He frowned to himself. "Well, a lot more people to watch. It'll make it hard to get anything specific though." He sighed to himself. "And the corner table is probably taken at this point." He shook his head, and pushed through the doors into the inn. As he thought, his normal place was taken. He sighed again. At least people were moving to the upper floors to have more room.

He tried to see if Maia or Saede were around, but the crowd was too large. Eventually giving up on long distance, he figured there was no other way but to approach the bar himself. As he snaked his way to the bar, avoiding touching anyone, and trying not to smear his makeup, he eventually made it. He took a free seat between two, much larger, men. They gave him a look, but said nothing to him. "Regulars know to avoid you, but all these new people just don't care. Too much excitement in the air I guess." He whispered to himself. His eyes scanned down the bar, looking to see Saede and Maia sitting together again on the other side. He attempted to make his way down, hoping to find a free seat nearby that he could listen in on them. "So much people will make it hard for Maia to see you again. Hopefully. Yeah, we'll go with that." He whispered again, the place too busy for anyone to hear.

He sat at a nearby table. It was occupied, but when the place was this full, people were sitting with strangers anyways. They gave him a nod, which he returned nervously. He hoped they didn't try to strike up a conversation. "How are you, my friend?" One of them asked. Of course, Bakar thought. "N-not too good, sir. I, uh.. lost someone in the attack. I wish not to converse." He lied, horribly. But the man nodded anyways. Either not caring, or too drunk to realize the lie.

He leaned back, facing away from Maia and Saede and listened to them closely.

[Saede Lare]

"Oh, Hi Maia! It is a bit crowded, isn't it.." Saede looked back and fourth throughout the inn, scanning the crowd and then returning her gaze to Maia.
"I still haven't heard from the job area, I guess they've been held up from all this commotion. I think it'll be a while before our food gets here. I wonder if anything exciting will happen.." Realizing how wrongly her words could be taken, she instantly tried to correct herself. "I mean in the bar! Not with another attack or anything. That.. That would be no good at all." She turned away, slightly embarrassed with what she had said.

Meanwhile, some of the crowd started moving upstairs to the third floor, an empty one with a wooden floor often used for events. The first floor was still busy, but not quite as bad.

[Maia Stonesoul]

Maia chuckled "Don't worry, I know what your saying"he got a little distracted trying to look through all the people around.
"The attack must have stored em all up..."
Maia seemed awfully distracted as he looked around at the crowd again, but shook himself out of it.
"So job... I guess I should start looking for one of those haha"

[Saede Lare]

Saede strains her ears, attempting to make out what Maia had said among all the voices.
".on't wo..., I kno. w..t your saying"
"The .....k must have sto... .. all up..."
"..., . job... I ...ss I ..... st..t looki.g for one of th... haha"
Saede's food arrives, only a simple sandwich and ale. She pays the server, and turns to Maia.
Almost guessing what he had said, "Oh you don't have one yet? That makes two of us. I'm hoping to get an exploring or fighting job. I'm not all that good at much else. Say, how's about we get out of here, it's terribly crowded." Saede make a gesture to Maia, pointing to her ears and then at the door, just in case he hadn't heard. The inn, despite being less crowded, is still very noisy. Noisy enough to block out whatever music that would be playing. Saede made to get up, and waited to see what Maia was going to do.

[Maia Stonesoul]

Maia pieced together Saede's hand motions and nodded.
"It is a bit loud" he agreed standing up to leave.
"There's someone waiting out side to meet you anyway" Maia said with a smile as he walked out the door.

[Saede Lare]

Saede slid off the bar chair, holding her sandwich in one hand, and drink in the other. Taking a bite off the sandwich, she lightly pushed through the crowd. Even though she was attempting not to bump into anybody, she bumped into a middle-aged woman, spilling some of her drink on the ground.
"Sorry," Saede muttered. The woman faced her with an aggravated expression on her face. A tad frustrated, she had hastened her pace and slipped in-between people and conversations. The woman glared at her as she left the room, and Saede hoped she wan't anybody important.

She stepped into the hall, and took a deep breath out. Finally she was out of that crowded room. Saede had always been a bit claustrophobic. The hallway still wasn't great, but some space was better than no space. Saede looked down and her eyes met with an.. Iguana? What was this doing here? Could this have been the pet Maia had mentioned? Probably. Saede didn't really know what to think when she looked down at the lizard-like creature. A look of surprise left on her face.
"Maia? Is this the pet you were talking about?" Taking a slight step back, she asked; "Is he trained?"

[Maia Stonesoul]

Maia let the iguana crawl through his sleeve and out of the top of his coat onto his shoulder. "Yes, this is him" he pet the iguana as it crawled down his arm and onto the end of his scythe to get a better look at Saede.
"Is he trained..... Uuuuu.... Hmmm..... Maybe?... Don't worry he's harmless." He wached the iguana with joy as it went to look at Saede.
"I think he likes you! He doesn't have a name yet... I'm trying to think of one"

[Saede Lare]

The iguana mounted the scythe, climbing up equal height to Saede's face. She continued to stare at the iguana, a stare neither her nor the iguana had broken. Maybe trained? Does Maia even know what he bought? Assuming he bought it of course. For all Saede knew, he could have just picked it up off the street. Although, upon further examination, it did seem well fed. Yeah, he must've bought it. Her face narrowed, and the iguana stuck out his long, forked tongue. Saede jerked backwards, slightly surprised by the common movement of the creature. She raised her right hand slightly, the one holding the sandwich. A small piece of lettuce fell out, but she didn't even notice.

"I- Are you sure you're allowed an iguana at the inn? I mean, what if he isn't harmless? He could be poisonous! Do you even know what you bought?" Saede broke her stare with the iguana, looking up seriously at Maia. She didn't actually know anything about iguanas, but she'd never seen a lizard that wasn't going to either run away from you or was used to extract poison. She'd best keep her distance. Realizing that she had dampened to mood by a significant amount with her doubt, she attempted a recovery.
"Ah, poisonous lizards aside, he does need a name. I've... Never had a pet, so I may not be much help. But I'll tell you if I think of something for.. it." She gave him an uneasy smile and turned her head to the side, still reluctant to approach it. The sounds from inside the inn turned to a simultaneous loud cheer, followed by laughter. Suddenly, a thought came to her. What if he showed her the iguana outside because the iguana wasn't allowed inside? Her doubt of the creature only grew. For now she decided that if he did intend on keeping the lizard, she wasn't going to be part of it. Not unless something changed her mind. Maybe if he was trained to do some kind of task, that might do it. Like scouting or cooking or something.

She straightened herself, so that she didn't appear too scared of the creature. Which she realized she sort of was. Nothing she had prepared was sufficient to deal with a poisonous, fast moving iguana. Assuming of course, that he was poisonous.