Reprise! Act 1!

[Rezantis]

Picking her way through the mess, Relm went looking for the barmaid . . .

[Carthrat]

Locating the barmaid wasn't hard; she was busy setting tables back upright, sweeping away glass, and the million other menial jobs that are required when a building is just trashed by a bunch of fanatics.

[Rezantis]

"Ah. . ." Relm addressed the barmaid, then asked something different, "Does this happen often?"

[Carthrat]

The barmaid shrugs. "Only every time a traveller with the brawn to back up his mouth comes along," she replies.

[Rezantis]

Relm snorted.  "Men."  A pause,  "In any case . . . have you got a room for the night?"

[Carthrat]

"Well.. yes, we have one room. It was taken by that man before, but I don't think he's coming back, so I guess you can have it. Oh, he's already paid, too. Looks like this is your lucky day," replies the barmaid. "It's up the stairs and to your left."

[Rezantis]

Relm gave the barmaid a smile, genuine this time.  "Probably not, thank you very much then.  Do I need a key or anything, or do I just go straight up?"

[Carthrat]

"Oh, just go straight up. The Unionists didn't go upstairs; for some reason it never occured to them that the man could hide up there. The beds all made and such." With that, the barmaid goes back to cleaning the place. "Dammit, when is Gram going to get back? I don't get paid enough for this.."

[Rezantis]

Idiots.  Anyway.

Nodding acknowledgement as the barmaid went back to cleaning - I don't envy her that job - Relm ducked up the indicated stairs and into the corridor above.

Up the stairs and on the left, she said . . .

[Carthrat]

Relm managed to find her room without difficulty. The place only had three, and two of them were on the right. Besides, they looked to be the rooms for the owner and maid of the place.

Her room was sparsely furnished, but serviceable. It basically consisted of a bed, a small table with an eating knife on top, a closet, and a small chest at the end of the bed.

[Rezantis]

Pulling her boots off and dropping the knife concealed there onto the table, Relm tossed her backpack onto the floor next to the bed and unlatched it, pulling out one of the books.

So done, she sat on the bed, hooked her feet underneath her, and started reading.  Intently.

OOC: And so she will stay until she either decides to go to sleep, she's distracted by something, or the unioners kick her door down.

[Carthrat]

Relm is kept awake a short while by the shouts of unioners on the streets searching for Carthrat- after they couldn't find him in the alley, they seemed to spread all over the town.

However, they don't barge down her door or do anything other that search, and she soon falls asleep.

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The Next Day...

Carthrat-chan wakes up from her position lying against the town fence.

Sleeping there, while not being particularly comfortable, *had* seemed like heaven after wandering through a forest for three days without stopping for rest or food.

Only a canteen of water had seen her through her ordeal, and that canteen was now empty.

Well, being hungry was perhaps an improvement over being tired. A small improvement.

But she couldn't slug it all the way to the next town; it could be an age away. Well, hopefully, with her disguise in place, she should be fine..

-

Carthrat did a credible job of making herself look like a different person; from somewhere, she had produced a long dress, stashed her armour in her pack, and was wearing a modest top.

There's only so much one can do to hide gigantic club, though. Admittedly, it was wrapped in cloth, but it was still *awfully* big..

Upon arriving at the town square, Carthrat-chan looks about for somewhere to buy food from.

-

Meanwhile, Relm wakes up to see a pot of water and some slices of bread and cheese on her small table.

[Ginnezumusha]

A loud thundercrack was the only warning given before a clouds formed up rather quickly right over the town square.

A scream followed.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

A person fell out of the clouds, and hit the fountain in the middle of the square with a spash.  Some equipment followed.

The clouds quickly dissipated, as a voice was heard...

"And stay out!"

[Carthrat]

Carthrat-chan glares at the.. guy? Girl? Thing? who just fell from the clouds and landed in the fountain.

Falling from such a high distance provides a great deal of backing force to the object that is falling; hence, when that force impacted on the ground, it inevitably went somewhere. Normally, such a force would reflect on the object, squishing it.

However, this particular object was more elsatic or light or *something* than most. Since he wasn't squished, the energy went into the fountain, and more specifically, the water.

Which explains why the fountain is now empty (Except for this person) and why Carthrat-chan was drenched.

Again.

Well, it wasn't like she was a guy at the moment, so she supposed nothing was lost.

"And who, pray tell, are you?" she asks, irritated nonetheless.

[Ginnezumusha]

A groan was the reply to Carthrat-chan's query, followed by the sight of a guy sitting up.

"Jeez, I told them I'd fix it, why don't they ever believe me..."

The mystery man rubbed his head a couple of times, and started gathering his equipment from the now empty fountain, absently missing the query from before.