[The Rearing Stallion] A Girl's Gotta Eat (Markus)

[Airil]

Windoak... why did that sound so familiar? Had it been part of her mother's old stories? She wasn't sure. It had been too long since she'd heard her mother's voice. She leaned her elbows on the table and tried to remember but nothing came to her.

Now she was intensely curious. She wanted to see this Windoak but she didn't know if that would be allowed and doubted if Markus would know. All thoughts of what the knights might think of her previous status had left her mind.

Airil yawned suddenly. Was it getting that late?

[Markus Andres]

Markus was left to his own thoughts of doubt for Airil didn't interrupt his chain of thoughts and he snapped out of it himself when he noticed her make a movement. A yawn. It was probably getting late and Markus had to et up with the other knights early in the morning. Besides, their conversation had dried out. He looked around the tavern and noticed that the men from the fight had been thrown out or had left, but that didn't mean they weren't waiting outside for either of them to go home. And Markus would rather have himself fight the lot again rather than them taking Airil away.

"Well, I best head home." Markus said as he got up. "Where are you staying? I can escort you there, if you'd like."

[Airil]

Her own thoughts turned to the men who had harassed them earlier and she decided that being escorted home twice in a day couldn't be that bad. She left some coins on the table to pay for her untouched food as she rose.

“That would be nice.” She offered him a small smile, “I'm staying at Traveler's Row.” She proceeded him to the door but stopped before exiting, giving him a look that was somewhere between curious and hopeful, “Do you think... we could meet again?”

[Markus Andres]

Markus also threw a couple of silver mizas to pay for his mug of ale and some to tip the ol' knight who hadn't decided to throw him out with the others after his bar-fight. He would have been in all his right to do it, but Markus would still have been very pissed about it, but it had turned out alright. He pushed his chair up to the table and looked at it quickly see if his little stunt with it had left any marks, but to his own surprise, it was almost unharmed. It was a good sturdy chair.

He left for the exit, but stopped with Airil and she gave him a look he couldn't remember seeing during the evening. And her next set of words surprised and pleased him.

"Ah, of course Airil. I could drop by Traveler's Row one of these days if you'd like that." He said as he patted her on the shoulder and left the tavern.

[Dusk]

XP Award! Airil XP Award: Interrogation: 3 XP Lore Award: Meeting a Knight, Cowering from Drunks, Having your honor defended, Syliran Knights (poor), Secret of the Windoak Ledger: -6 sm for dinner Markus XP Award: Interrogation: 3 XP, Intimidation: 1 XP, Weapon (Improvised): 1 XP, Unarmed Combat: 1 XP, Storytelling: 1 XP Lore Award: Meeting a Konti, Defending a woman's honor, Sharing the secrets of the Knights, Ledger: -3 sm for ale and tip Additional Note Airil, you did a lovely job of modding this thread for Markus' fight scene! Unfortunately, your character didn't... do anything. So it was hard to give her any XP. I did what I could, but looks like you'll just have mostly lores for this round! Markus, as a note it's not known by non-Knights that there's a magical tree that talks to people. Might want to be careful who you tell that information to.