Open Summer Days

[Kylina]

Kylina looked at the drunk Vertigo and stifled another laugh. It was probably best for him to get to wherever he was staying. She looked around for his Isurian friend, hoping to ask if he needed help getting home or to an inn. But, the Isur was nowhere to be seen, and the all the eyes in tavern were staring at Vertigo, who had fallen off the stool.
"Um, does anyone know where the Isur with him went?" Kylina asked shyly, gesturing to the unconscious boy on the ground. When nobody replied, Kylina shrugged and began the difficult task of getting Vertigo back onto the stool. She grunted, realizing that moving a person who is unconscious is much harder than moving someone awake.

[Valdoran]

Entering the inn at the most oppertunistic time did Valdoran, and the first thing he saw was the lady in front of him with a stifled "w-woah". The pale skinned thief approached the unconscious boy that Kylina was attending to and helped her move him, positioning his arms around Vertigo's trousers to pull him up easier as he said "Well someone needs to cool off", he was much older and stronger than the female as he positioned him on a stool and leant him forewards so he could rest his head on the table. He turned his attention to the woman and said simply with a wink "Hello there miss, my name is Valdoran, but you can call me Val or Vald if you like" he did this rather nonchallantly as he tried his hardest to be suave, but his face was red and he managed o start sticking his Symenestran hands together by accident. He got a grip soon enough and said quickly "So, does the lady drink, hopefully better than this friend of yours"

[Kylina]

Suddenly, another set of hands helped her get Vertigo back on his stool. Kylina spun to face to stranger, who was obviously Symenstra. He seemed nice enough, and he had helped her. He said his name was Valdoran and asked if she drank.

Flustered, the Inarta stuttered. "I don't really drink often, I-I guess. And Vertigo isn't that kind of friend, j-just someone I met a few hours ago." Funny, she'd thought traveling the world would involve less talking to strange men and more seeing the sights. Oh, well. There were many ways to meet new people. Kylina supposed she should be glad she got the chance to encounter other people. She put on what she hoped was a brave face and addressed Valdoran.

"My name is Kylina. Thank you for helping Vertigo." Under her breath, she added, "Although I wish that Isur would come back."

[Valdoran]

Catching the small comment, he laughed and threw out a small joke "And what? A young Symenestra isn't man enough for you Kylina?" He then smiled at her and ordered a drink for both him and the lady, dropping hi hand between himself and vertigo so no one else could see, taking single coins from his purse whilst he was knocked out. He smiled as he thought 'easy money' to himself, slowly pilfering his coins and ordering drinks with them for himself and Kylina. He turned to Kylina and slid a drink at her, smiling, he said "Beautiful girl like you doesn't drink? Well that needs to be rectified doesn't it." He drank deeply from his tankard and smiled at her again "So, is the Isur your boyfriend then? Seeing. As this one isn't?"

[Kylina]

Kylina instinctively caught the sliding drink and frowned at his comment. "The Isur is not my boyfriend. He is just Vertigo's friend who would know what to do with this one," she said stiffly, gesturing to the slumped Vertigo. She took a sip of the drink, narrowing her golden eyes at Valdoran.

"And I am not looking for a boyfriend, either." The Inarta almost spat the words, her anxiety and temperament getting the better of her. She had more of the drink, enjoying its taste on her tongue. She hadn't been in a tavern since Wind Reach, and not much even then. Wake up, she silently willed Vertigo, somehow believing that he would know what to do.

And to think that she had been walking around on the streets if Syliras just a little while ago.

Valdoran spun around, almost wounded by her harsh words, he seemed to be a lot quieter now, most of his brovado dissipating with her words. He began to say something "I'm s- ... Never mind" he turned away from the bar and began to walk away glumly before catching his own ribbons of pride and turning back with a "you wouldn't happen to know how to fight at all would you? I just wish to train and learn to fight using my shortswords is all" After asking her he wandered back over to the bar and asked the innkeeper "How much for a room sir?" shortly after a small, rotund man stepped up, rosy cheeked and clearly drunk too said "Shish fivesh guld per nnnight". If his face wasn't enough to give it away, his slur was as Valdoran simply saw this man was devoid of all sense he said "Well I'd love to pay you that, but you're holding on to my purse, so if I could just have it" he pointed at the mans purse and hoped his judgement was awful enough to give him his money, or swindle someone as most people may call it.

[Vertigo Greene]

"So, you're saying I'm not your boyfriend?" Vertigo woke up from his stupor somehow refreshed and alert. Although he was confused. He'd no recollection of the obviously Symenestran fellow, or the way he was speaking to Kylina. "Just who are you sir, and why are you here? And... why are you trying to steal that man's wallet?" He sat down close to Kylina, and put an arm around her. It felt surprisingly good. He'd hope she realized he was only pretending to be her boyfriend so the poisonous fiend would leave, because, simply, Vertigo had no means of protecting him and Kylina. He could use Reimancy, but hot air would do nothing. Then, more impulse than not, he kissed her, right on the lips. He'd meant it to be another show, but he felt more than mere pretend. Dear Gnora and Akvin, please let her understand.

[Billie]

Usually, when she went drinking, it was because she wanted to socialize. Today she was alone, and bored, and she’d thought ‘What better place to find some excitement than the tavern?’ There was always something going on in there, some stupid drunk blundering around devoid of sense and making trouble for people, clueless men trying to figure out which of the ladies there were drunk enough to sleep with them. It was all a big show for the observer, but she very rarely got involved, sticking to one or two light drinks to lower her inhabitations the slightest bit. She’d never get drunk around strangers, that was just asking for some kind or trouble.

Billie was sipping at her drink. She’d been watching the boys make a complete asses of themselves trying to hit on the Inartan woman with some amusement. Billie watched as the drunken boy promptly passed out on the floor in a rather unattractive way with drink staining his pants and a stupid look on his face. A Symenestra man came to help the redhead, whose name was Kylina she thought she’d heard. She could tell this girl was getting flustered now with all the attention, and finally she snapped. The Sym looked dejected and a little hurt. She watched him as he left her side make an attempt at obtaining the barkeep’s wallet.

The drunk woke up, immediately putting a defensive arm around the redhead, stealing Billie's attention back. Suddenly his lips were on Kylina’s. Now that was going way too far. “What a moron…”She said a little too loudly in Nari so he wouldn’t understand if he wasn’t too drunk to hear her. Billie was fully expecting the boy to be yelled at or punched in the nose for such an intrusion of space.

[Valdoran]

Valdoran smiled as the very drunk barkeep didn't give him the wallet, he just walked to the ledger and wrote in drunken scrawl 'Symenestran in room 3B' walked away from it and sat down on a stool, a little too focused was he to notice Valdoran following and taking his 'prayer beads' out, pulling them slightly revealing a sharp wire beneath them as he quickly wrapped it around the ties of hi coinpurse, severing it. Valdoran then preceded to pocket it and felt watched from somewhere, a thief that feels watched is usually in a bad position, so he turned his head slightly to find Billie infrequently swapping her gaze to him, then to the now kissing pair of 'friends'. Thinking back he said quietly to the both of them "Must be close then huh, seeing as she met you a few hours ago and you casually insult me, so let me ask? Why mock my race you drunken wastrel?". Following this he walked over to Billie, but he did so with an uncertainty "Firstly, I will say good evening miss" He smiled and bowed to her curtly before rising "Secondly, what exactly have you seen this far with regards to me and them? Seeing as men of my profession generally aren't welcome in Syliras, I'd like it a great deal if this was kept quiet"

[Kylina]

Kylina's eyes grew wide when Vertigo kissed her, and she realized that he was trying to get Valdoran away. "I-I was just seeing what he would do." She replied to Vertigo's question. But how had he even known about her saying that? He was knocked out when she had told that to Valdoran.

Suddenly, Kylina heard someone speaking Nari. She spun around to see a woman staring at her. "He's a friend of mine. Trying to get the Symenstra to stop hitting on me," she said in fluent Nari. Hopefully she would understand.

Kylina glared at Valdoran's comment. "Did you really think I would tell you any truths, after just meeting you and watching you come up with coins that you obviously didn't have before to pay for drinks?" The lie slipped easily off her tongue. She had been naive. Kylina was getting furious with herself and others. Calm down, she thought to herself, Just calm down and everything will be fine.

OOC: I have finals today and tomorrow, so I might not be on as much. I'll try, though...