The Grump 7/7/02

[Saga Librarian]

Dhergel

Dhergel approaches the tavern on weary feet. Lines on his face show the perpetual scowl he usually wears these days. As he approaches the entrance, he steps down into a missed pothole which in turn puts stress on his most recent wound from battling the Splitpaw Gnolls and winces. "Bah!...next time i should just gate an let the stupid elves die! Totally dum o me ta git in thar an save arse cause they found need ta pull 3 o them!" , thinks Dhergel.
As he is just about to enter, he catches the whiff of cinnamon, cloves and similar smells mixed with the smell of alcohol and meat. "BAH!" Dhergel pulls out his jug of ale and pours it over his head, and when done, thorougly works it into his face. After checking to see if he smells anything else but ale, he proceeds in. As he moves into the the tavern, he finds himself the most remote table from the crowd and sits down. A noble lady near him smells his odor as he passes and sits at the table next to her. She wrinkles her nose in disgust for its not just ale she catches a whiff of. What ever it is, it is RANK! She decides that a different seat might be best. Dhergel, noticing that any sitting close to him have either moved or let the tavern, smiles smugly and waits for the barmaid to serve him


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Katryna

Katryna walks in and heads to her usual table at the back, as she approaches she notices Dhergel at the next table but she does not realize until she gets closer to her table the reek coming from him. Katryna thinks to herself "since this tavern was built I have always sat at this table and I willna let a smell stop me".

Katryna sat down and felt her eyes start to water from the stench and motions to have a drink brought to her but to her dismay she received a shake of a head meaning they were not going to come near. Katryna started to growl to herself and figured she would take matters into her own hands, nothing but nothing was going to get in her way of a drink.

Kat stood up and approached the bar and whispered into the barkeeps ear, the barkeep then disappeared to the kitchen, when he returned a few minutes later he was carrying a big bucket and passed it to Kat. Kat walked over to the table, smiled sweetly then walked past him as if she was just going somewhere else, as she got behind him she lifted the bucket and poured.

A large round of applause sounded throughout the tavern and then she waved for a round of ale to be brought to the tables for her and Dhergel, thinkin she should atleast buy him a drink.


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Dhergel

Dhergel sits at the table for about 5 minutes without even seeing a barmaid..."hmm...bah!...maybe they dunt like dwarves here...ok...fine, ill pay extra...", thinks Dhergel and throws one of his small purses onto the table, its contents spilling out showing gold. Dhergel notices a halfling eyeing the coins and makes a point to grab his mace hanging at his waist. The halfling quickly looks away returning to his business. After watching the halfling for another moment, Dhergel returns his gaze to the bar...5 more minutes pass. "Bah!...if they aint gunna come ta me...ill come ta them!" , grumbles Dhergel under his breath. Then as he is about to rise, a barbarian female approaches and smiles. "Aboot time!" , thinks Dhergel. She passes behind him."Bah!" As Dhergel is just about to stand up to give the bar a piece of his mind, he is drenched with water! Stunned and sputtering, Dhergel almost falls off his chair as the barbarian returns to the bar. Dhergel growls giving the barbarian's back a hard look thinking about what to do next. She shoots him a look, knowing what he is thinking, that stops his approching tirade before it starts. A fire blazes in her eye that he has seen before. "Hold yerself, she aint ta be messed wit..." , thinks Dhergel. So with that thought, Dhergel sinks back into his seat, frowns, and tries to remove the water from his ears with his pinky. An ale is placed before him and he looks up to see the barbarian woman standing there looking at him. "Tanks" , says Dhergel just loud enough for her to hear. Dhergel frowns.


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Katryna

Katryna chuckles to herself about the look on the dwarfs' face and decides he is going to fit in around here just fine, that is if they can get him to take a bath every so often.

Kat takes her mug of ale and holds it out to the dwarf and says "lets drink to ye smellin betta and now bein able to get served our ale on a continuous stream" Kat then takes a huge swig of her ale. "I've already told them to start a tab for ye, then ye can just pay before you leave, you donna look like the kind of dwarf that be havin just one, oh and I should be introducin meself, I am Kat, Shamaness o Saga at yer service." Katryna bows to Dhergel.

Kat looks back to her normal table and notices someone had the nerve to come in and take it while her back was turned, she groans to herself and turns back to the dwarf. "Do ye mind if I be sittin here dwarf, it looks like me spot has a new owner?"


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Dhergel

Dhergel looks around for an open table but it seems that those that were empty moments before are now all filled. Dhergel frowns. "She did git me an ale though..." Dhergel adjusts himself in his seat and looks down at the table. "Bah...Sit whar ye like. I can not stop ye, but dunt bore me wit meaninless drivel...ok?" Dhergel takes a swig from his ale.