Laughter and Darkness

The crowd sniggers. A large and now alcoholically pickled patron moves forward so that he is partly shielding me from Maris.

"You had yer joke. Now shove off."

I sit back slightly. No reason to get in the way of this.

The middle-aged bartender has stealthily reached under the bar for something... And I see towards the back of the room a pair of men in grey cloaks and black headbands who have stood up in unison and are heading not for this altercation but for the rear stairs. They are trying so hard not to seem furtive... That to me they immediately seem up to no good.

It looks like a booze-fuelled fray will begin, when the bartender stiffens, looks past the argument and yells out,

"YUNIS! In Drakr's name, get over here!"

The crowd of drinkers parts as Yunis approaches. I watch as the patrons move aside to reveal-

1. a peg-legged dwarf
2. a dragon-man
3. a big bald warrior dressed in black silver-studded leather
4. an honest-faced nomad dressed in the all-covering robes of an Adept

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