A Meeting Place

[The Sin Eater]

(OOC: I don't know if you are still intending to continue this thread?)

For the last couple of weeks Tom had done little more then getting drunk at one of Underwood's pubs. He used to visit the Peaceful Promenade, but after some unfortunate incidents he had the dubious honor of being on the tavern's blacklist. Apparently, they had a peaceful reputation to uphold. Or whatever.

As the Promenade was no option anymore, he had diverted to the Hearty Maiden. As a newcomer to the pub, Thomas didn't really know any of its regulars and had been sitting alone most of the evening. At some point – he was already to liquored up to remember exactly how – he had ended up at the same table as some random dwarf. If not for the grossly exaggerated yet entertaining tales of the stinking fellow, it would have been a rather boring night so he hadn't left the table since.

Suddenly, after of what must have been the thirtieth witty joke about elves, one of the patrons crashed into Tom's conversation partner and spilled beer all over him. As could have been expected, the little fellow was seriously pissed off and was more then eager to teach the guy a lesson. While the poor figure quickly tried to apologize to the dwarf for his clumsy move, Tom noticed some of the local guardsmen approaching their table.

'Crap!', he thought, 'isn't the middle one that good-for-nothing guard from the Promenade? What was his name again, something-Dyne?' He couldn't resist a smile as he thought: 'I wonder if that headbutt I gave him last week left him with a pretty scar.'

This was an undesired turn turn of events though because technically, Thomas wasn't allowed to visit any of the pubs in Underwood for the rest of the week. Tom estimated the chances of the soldier not recognizing him to be minimal, at best. However he was far from drunk enough to call it a night, so he had no wish to be removed by the watchmen.

Luckily, the guard had not recognized him so far as he had been paying attention to the dwarf only and the still apologizing human, who stood close to Tom and partly hid him from the soldier's sight. In an attempt to create enough distraction for Thomas to slip away unseen, he placed his right leg between Sylvan's legs and gave him a good kick with his other. Without wasting anymore time, Tom quickly stood up and turned away, hoping that the guy would trip and invite the dwarf to give him a solid beating.