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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Boddynock" data-source="post: 3292195" data-attributes="member: 21506">[sblock=RA]Kel laughs lightheartedly."'My Lord Kelloran' - hmm, that's not bad. And I could get used to 'Justiciar' ... but 'Silver Pumpernickels'? OK, maybe plain old Kel will do just fine.""And don't think that it's just a pretty face you've got - it's a beautiful one! But I've learned that appearances can be deceiving - and that assumptions based on a person's looks can get you into all sorts of trouble."Kel furrows his brow in frowning remembrance, then glances up and chuckles again."Maybe I'll tell you the story ... one day. Perhaps in return for one of your own."He follows her through the town, slowing down to look appraisingly at the Griffon as they approach. As they go through the door he glances around keenly, approving the state of the taproom and the spirit of the innkeeper.Kel thinks to himself, "Hmm, they may not be highly paid - but I'd be willing to bet that there are no beatings for the staff at this inn. And no forcing of the wenches, either." A sudden strong flood of hatred shakes the boy ... the young man ... as he remembers life in the Armpit.Then he shakes his head to recall himself to the moment, and says to the proprietors with a smile, "Greetings, Master Grahl, Mistress Mildred. This is a fine establishment you keep. Not the sort of place where the guests are afraid to sit down, for fear of messing up the furnishings but a good, solid establishment, kept with a firm and loving hand. My companions and I could surely search the whole city through and not find such a wholesome hostelry as the Griffon!""Aileen, thank you for your guidance. You have more than delivered on your promise. And as a token of my thanks, would you join my companions and me for a meal tonight? For we will surely be taking rooms here for as long as our business requires. And I long to have the opportunity to convince you both of my seriousness and of how dull I am."Pausing for just a moment to see the effect of his words on Aileen, he turns to Mistress Mildred and strikes a pose."For Aileen has just finished telling me, dear Mistress Mildred, that she has no time for those foolish swains who moon over a pair of pretty eyes. Rather, she seeks someone solid and dependable, someone, indeed, stolid rather than flighty. It has to do, I think, with a horror of that wilfulness which so often afflicts the young, and a deep desire for the deeply, desperately predictable. And as I am an obliging fellow, you see, I have decided to dun her with dullness until she cannot help but demur no more at the prospect of deliciously deciduous dalliance.""Then again, it might just be that I don't like my chances amidst a crowd of assiduous admirers!"Then he turns to Aileen again and says, "Or perhaps I've just enjoyed your company so far - and would like to make a new friend."Finally, turning back to the innkeeper and his wife, he says in a serious tone, "There are six of us - four men and two women. What sort of rooms would you have available? The women are both Tel-Quess, elven, but I think they would be happy to share a room together."[/sblock]</blockquote>

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