Point of view is the ample, midnight-tressed woman's.

 At your table, the goateed, orange-eyed man says in
sirihish, to you:

 "Anyway, how have you been?"

 "So, how have ye been? All bored 'n sad without me, I
hope?"

 The ample, midnight-tressed woman blurts out a hearty
chuckle, shaking her head.

 At your table, you say in sirihish:

 "Askin' the same question at the same time. 's funny."

 At your table, the goateed, orange-eyed man says in
sirihish, with a slight grin:
 "Oh aye, miserable. Drowning my sorrows in work I needed
to catch up on."

 At your table, the goateed, orange-eyed man says in
sirihish:

 "We're starting to think alike, perhaps."

 At your table, you say in sirihish, fluttering her dark
lashes lightly as she reaches out for the goateed,
orange-eyed man's hand:

 "Awww. Need some cheerin' up?"

A slight crease forms between the slim, onyx-haired young
man's dusky brows as he stares thoughtfully at his polished
jasper scorpion pin.

 At your table, the goateed, orange-eyed man says in
sirihish, taking your hand gently:

 "Its already been done."

 The black-braided little girl pauses to nibble upon a thin
braid, her azure eyes shifting between the ample,
midnight-tressed woman and the goateed, orange-eyed man.

 At your table, you say in sirihish, grinning amusedly as
she looks at the black-braided little girl:

 "Neh, silly, he is neh goin' to marry me. Not ALL
important people wearin' silk do that."

 The goateed, orange-eyed man chuckles.

 The black-braided little girl purses her lips poutfully at
the ample, midnight-tressed woman, shooting a final glance
to the goateed, orange-eyed man before she picks her
charcoal stick back up.

 At your table, you say in sirihish, laughingly:
 
 "Now she is disappointed."

 At your table, the goateed, orange-eyed man says in
sirihish:

 "You didn't tell her what I told you about that the other
day?"

 At your table, you say in sirihish:

 "Yeh. She was thinkin' ye are some sort of house merchant
person."

 At your table, the goateed, orange-eyed man says in
sirihish, with a slight smile:

 "Aye well, not quite."

 The ample, midnight-tressed woman guides her two index
fingers together as she turns to the black-braided little
girl.

 The slim, onyx-haired young man looks at you with a silent
glance over some of the tavern's tables.

 At your table, you say in sirihish, to the black-braided
little girl, wiggling both of her fingers:

 "Ye see, Siri, these are a noble and a merchant. 's a full
finger because they are important, mmh?"

 The slim, onyx-haired young man pulls his black leather
archery brace down at his wrist as he turns back to the bar,
brows furrowed in thought.

 At your table, you say in sirihish, to the black-braided
little girl:

 "Merchant gets married to merchant. Noble gets married to
noble."

 The goateed, orange-eyed man nods.

 At your table, you say in sirihish, to the black-braided
little girl, bending one of her fingers:

 "This half-finger is little people, like ye and me. Little
people neh get married."

 The black-braided little girl looks down at the ample,
midnight-tressed woman's fingers thoughtfully, nodding once.

 At your table, you say in sirihish, wiggling her fingers
once more:

 "Even if merchant long-finger likes the small finger, no
marryin'."

 At your table, the goateed, orange-eyed man says in
sirihish:

 "Actually, that's not always true, but its not really a
true marriage either."

 At your table, the goateed, orange-eyed man says in
sirihish:

 "And of course, marriage usually has little to do with who
said merchant likes."

 The black-braided little girl studies the ample,
midnight-tressed woman's fingers, then gazes up at the
goateed, orange-eyed man with sudden interest.

 At your table, you say in sirihish, curiously:

 "Oh? There is somethin' like half-marriage?"

 At your table, the goateed, orange-eyed man says in
sirihish, nodding:

 "Aye. I've known some commoners who married into merchant
houses, but I somewhat doubt there was any paper or coins
involved."

 At your table, the goateed, orange-eyed man says in
sirihish, with a slight grin:

 "Really just lovers who were looking for an excuse to
throw a party I think."

 At your table, you say in sirihish, lips twisting upwards:

 "Mmh. No one ever invited poor little me to a party."

 At your table, you say in sirihish, leaning sidewards to
look at the black-braided little girl's sketch:

 "Lookin' good, sweetroll. But poor Tanos neh has such
skinny arms."

 The goateed, orange-eyed man glances at the black-braided
little girl, then lifts one of his arms to examine it.

 The black-braided little girl giggles, looking up at the
ample, midnight-tressed woman, then the goateed, orange-eyed
man's arm.

 The slim, onyx-haired young man lifts a hand to his face,
scratching idly at an angular slash-mark running from cheek
to chin with a calloused fingertip.

 At your table, you say in sirihish:

 "She says she is sorry. Goin' to make a better one."

 The goateed, orange-eyed man flexes his arm, though its
form is lost in his loose silk sleeve.

 At your table, you say in sirihish, to the goateed,
orange-eyed man, grinning:

 "Tryin' to impress me, thulda'yanni?"

 At your table, the goateed, orange-eyed man says in
sirihish:

 "Well its not like I'm some fat merchant who sits around
eating cakes all day."

 At your table, you say in sirihish, smiling sweetly as she
casually slips out of her boots to sneak a bare toe into the
goateed, orange-eyed man's trouser leg:

 "I can neh have a good look with all that silk on ye."

 You stop using a pair of chalton leather boots.

 The slim, onyx-haired young man releases a faint sigh as
he looks down between his elbows at the bartop, brows
furrowed.

 The black-braided little girl unfurls some more of the
scroll, flashing the ample, midnight-tressed woman a brief
smile, then sets to work with a new sketch.

 The goateed, orange-eyed man rolls up his left sleeve
revealing a strong-looking arm. Its skin is not as dark as
that on his face, however, and a few scars from old cuts and
punctures can be seen.

 A look of theatrical admiration overcomes the ample,
midnight-tressed woman's visage as she gazes at the goateed,
orange-eyed man's arm.

 At your table, you say in sirihish, lowering her dark
lashes as she lifts a hand to her forehead:

 "Krath, thulda'yanni, makin' my poor old heart flutter."

 At your table, the goateed, orange-eyed man says in
sirihish, smirking:

 "Oh come now, I'm not some fancy Borsail-bred gladiator."

 At your table, the goateed, orange-eyed man says in
sirihish, rolling his sleeve back down:

 "Just showing that I don't have skinny arms."

 At your table, you say in sirihish, exhaling a faint
snort:
 
 "I neh like fancy gladiators, they are all scarred up 'n
grunt in bed."

 At your table, you say in sirihish, lifting a tanned
finger, a faint smirk on her lips:

 "'s neh like -I- would know. But one of my friends told
me."

 At your table, you say in sirihish, pushing her bare toes
a bit higher along the goateed, orange-eyed man's shin:

 "Ye know Silk is sweet 'n innocent."

 The goateed, orange-eyed man laughs lightly and wiggles
his eyebrows.

 The slim, onyx-haired young man leans forward against the
bar, laying one folded arm over it as he glances to a
conversation a few stools away.

 The black-braided little girl glances up from her sketch,
shaking her head to the ample, midnight-tressed woman, and
sets back to work.

 At your table, you say in sirihish, to the black-braided
little girl, a faint chuckle lacing her words:

 "Shush, Siri, or I am goin' to stuff ye into my pack."

 The black-braided little girl sticks her tongue out at the
ample, midnight-tressed woman.

 At your table, you say in sirihish, turning back to the
goateed, orange-eyed man with a faint sigh:

 "She's all spoiled, see? neh believes me anymore."

 At your table, the goateed, orange-eyed man says in
sirihish:

 "Well what did you say?"

 At your table, you say in sirihish, waggling a finger to
the black-braided little girl:

 "I hope ye neh do that to anyone other than yer poor
mother, or that little tongue is goin' to get lost
somewhere."

Contributed by Akamaru
© 2004 Armageddon MUD