Episode 1 Scene 1c : The Arrival

Egret tilts his head to the right, looking over the dwarf with a mixture of confusion and curiosity. His eyes flicker to the blue glow of his hand, and the druid attempts to mimic the greeting: he lifts his left hand over his chest, backside turned towards the dwarf and repeats: "For the Village?" - which sounds more like a question than a statement, the tiefling not sure if it'll have any effect, but intrigued to see if it does.

"I will take a loaf then. Perhaps I'll make it a gift to Kezzel. And I shall be happy to drink whatever you have on tap. Also, do you have accommodations here?"

"All right I will make sure its wrapped up just in case, and we have several ales on tap so do you have a certain flavor that you prefer so that I can get that which matches your taste the best?"

"Did I?" Egret raises his eyebrows, surprised at the dwarf's comment. "Thank you for the offer, master dwarf, but I have come here to find my companion - which I already spotted, I believe." The druid glances at where he noticed Feliani, who appears to be chatting with a barmaid, and then looks back at the dwarf. "I'll gladly join you at a later time, but do excuse me for now."

The tiefling nods to the dwarf respectfully, hoping that the locals wouldn't mind his postponing of the conversation, and turns towards the hearth, eager to finally approach Feliani.

"If you have some Shadowdark I'll have that."

As Brytselle responds to Feliani, Egret arrives in time to over hear the exchange.

"Shadowdark," she nods, "okay, I will check to see if we have that particular variety and if not I will get you the closest complement to it that we do have. Oh and yes we do have available accommodations depending on your desires. Our common room is available for 7 claws per night, we have a couple of shared rooms and those are 7 dirks per night and if you want a secured chest that is an additional 3 dirks per day, and we also have private rooms for 3 dragons per day."

"Thank you Brystelle, I will let you know if I have need of acommodations." Feliani turned to Egret who had drawn near. "Oh, are the others here as well? Done with Kustaa's briefing? With all the extra precautions this place has I imagine there ought to be some enemy out there to defend this place from."

"Not yet, I'm afraid, but I shall hope you don't find my company lacking?" Egret grins softly, before turning towards the barmaid, giving her a small bow. "Good day to you. I see that the negotiations about drinks are all in motion?" The druid's eyes flicker back to Feliani. "I admit I left early and skipped the mission briefing, but I'm sure the others will let us know of what passed. It would be uncharacteristic of them to keep silent."

Brytselle nods to Egret, "Will you be wanting a drink as well sir?"

One of the Hin by the hearth pipes in, "You all going to just tower over us or you going to pull up a chair and join the circle?"

"No, but thank you, the thought is appreciated," Egret beams at the dwarven lady, and then looks over at the hin who spoke up, just now paying attention to the other patrons. "My apologies, I wasn't sure if my friend wished to stay or not. Do you, Felianu?" He turns to his companion with a questioning glance.

The Hin pipes in again, "She just ordered a drink I think she's plannin' on drinking it."

Egret glances at the hin again, somewhat perplexed by this patron's insistence at interrupting the conversation, but then shrugs. "I wasn't sure if they were talking of a simple glass or a bottle. Maybe my friend here wished to buy a bottle to share with her favorite companions?" There's a joking note in his tone. "One should not presume."

"Oh do sit down Egret, we'll just get two of whatever I'm having." Feliani waved Egret to sit, then turned to the halfling, "I'm Feliani, yours is one of the friendlier voices I've heard since arriving here, so I'll drink to that, when it arrives that is." It was good to encounter a friendly hinfolk, in contrast to the rude dwarf earlier.

Brytselle nods to Feliani, "I will bring them right away." and with that she turns and heads off towards the back of the room.

To Feliani's introduction the Hin replies, "Tilman, and thanks sharing your drink it is much appreciated. Being discounted a lot ourselves we Hin and..." he gestures across to an older looking Gnome, "Gnomes tend not to be overly concerned with that all for one and one for all things the others in the village seemed to be into. Still we were not the reason that law was put into place anyway as we tended to get along with all. However, I have to say I am a bit confused. Egret here seems to an Oath carrier and yet he also seems to be with you. So are you a mercenary or are you planning on staying on and have just not taken the Oath yet?"

Feliani greeted the older gnome as well. The friendliness of the smaller folk put her at ease already. Not as stuffy a place here, Feliani thought as she eased herself into her seat and warmed up to the hearth fire. "If you don't mind me saying, and no offence to my friend Egret who's taken the Oath, I still haven't come round to accepting that this place insists on splitting their folk into two camps. Or that if I haven't taken the Oath I must be a mercenary of hire. Feliani's more vocal and easy going nature came out, but she also remembered her manners. "And what about you goodman Tilman, are you a resident here or engaged in some business?"

Tillman answers her over arching questions by bring his left fist over his sternum and saying "For the Village" causing the back of his hand to glow blue with the same sigil the dwarf displayed, "and I am a tanner by trade, although I have been known to go out on excursion every now and again."