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Kaye watched, impressed, as Lain got herself up and into the room. She paused in the doorway to survey the space, waiting for the others to enter first. Her eyes took it in quickly, recognizing that this room was much finer than any of the others. She guessed it was the owner's room from the quality rug and large bed. It wasn't likely it would be rented out to others.

Kaye double-checked the hallway behind her automatically as she slid into the room and leaned back against the wall, arms crossed. Clearly, she wasn't about to get the sleep she had been desiring earlier. Ah, well...

One of the men headed downstairs in search of ice. Kaye remembered seeing some in the chest in the back room. She was silently impressed; the ice must have some sort of charm on it to keep it cold in warm weather. She wondered how much that would have cost, and then decided that the restaurant owner must be doing a lot better than he appeared to be.

Minnel set his bag down on a small dresser next to the bed. An oil lamp sat on it, and he asked for it to be lit as he rummaged through his bag. The low light set the silver and green in the room in rich contrast, casting heavy shadows on the walls from the five figures.

A moment later and the ice appeared. Minnel wrapped Lain's ankle, and then chased everyone out of the room. Kaye ignored his gestures to the others, remaining against the wall. He made shooing gestures at her, and then paused. "Oh, you must be Kaye. I'll get to you after I'm done with Lain, here."

"I'm fine," Kaye replied shortly. She needed rest, not a healer.

He paused, as if to argue with her or send her out, and then changed his mind and shut the door. "Now then," he mumbled, and returned to the bed, pulling the cloth wrapped ice away from Lain's ankle. He carefully began feeling the bones and tendons, searching out all the damage that his nimble fingers could find.

OOC: How long have you being RPing online for?

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Lain watched the man with a light sneer as she braced herself for the pain of him adjusting the bones that might have moved when she hobbled to the room. She knew she wouldn't be able to get to the tendons, so she had to let him touch her long enough to do that. "Hurry on with it, Minnel, I'd like to still be young when it gets healed, you know," she growled her words, not liking to be touch more then needed.

For a moment, she thought that the man looked frightened of her, but she couldn't have been sure. Lain looked up at Kaye. Her face softened from the sneer that it was in and she dared a shimmer of a smile to cross her lips, "You don't have to stay here, you know, you can go rest in your room and I"ll send him ni once he's finished with my leg." It was strange for the teen to offer such kind words and tones to someone, even the customers at the resturant knew that she was mostly closed off. And they knew that the teen wasn't one to let others take care of her so this was pushing at the edge of her comfort zone.

((About four years now. ^^ but I've always had a knack for getting into character since I was little.))

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Kaye studied Lain briefly, looking for any hint that her words were other than they appeared to be. Satisfied that the girl would indeed be fine, she nodded and headed towards her own room. Kaye paused in the doorway, glancing back at the girl. "I'll see you in the morning, then. Hope your ankle feels better by then." She offered a slight smile, and then slipped out. From what she'd already seen, she felt fairly certain that Lain could take good care of herself. Then again, though not the roughest end of town, this wasn't the best area of Tannoch and anyone who could survive here could survive most places.

Kaye pushed her own door open and dumped her bag on the floor. Someone had stopped in just long enough to light a small candle, and Kaye used the flickering light to quickly check over the room. It never hurt to make sure that no traps had been laid. Satisfied, she wandered over to the bed, tugging off her shoes and leather shirt. She had a soft cotton shirt on beneath to keep the light armor from rubbing her skin, but it was dirty with dried sweat and dirt. A bath would be welcome, but she could deal with that in the morning. Kaye yawned, and then flopped back onto her bed.

Ugh...In the morning...


OOC: Aww...The edgy, short-tempered Kaye has taken a liking to Lain. ;D

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Lain watched her leave, that same shimmer of a smile gracing her pale lips before she let out a yelp and winced visably from the sharp pain of mending bones. "Ahh... Damn it... Minnel couldn't have said something first?!" she screamed the words at the small man, who cringed at the sound of them, it was obvious he had heard the shrill tones that only Lain could produce, before. "I- I'm sorry... I should have, I'm sorry," he said as he continued to force healing magic into the aknel which slowly began to loose the rest of the small swell that was still there, and the broken bone mended straight.

Lain rested back on the pillows that adorned the head board of the bed, using some her energy as well to numb the rest of her body, the burn and stinging of the healing not being one she liked much. Lain closed her eyes and bit down on her lip. Man, she hated looking so weak infront of anyone, but she supposed that if there was anyone she had to be weak infront of, it had to be weak-bodied Minnel who used to hide behind her when they were smaller.

As Lain dwelled on these thoughts she didn't notice much of the pain until it was gone form her body. The throbbing of blood moving quickly through the newly healed appendege was the only thing she felt for a long time until a small padding of footsteps came to the room. Lain opened her eyes to focus on the maker of the sound to fine that the Owners own daughter stood in the threashhold of the room. "Um, hi, Aunt Lain... Daddy said I should come up and see if you wanted anything, since he was too scared to come himself," the girl giggled the last part of the sentence before she stopped quickly and put a hand to her mouth, "Oh! I wasn't supposed to say that!" The child was adorable, in Lains opinion, but too small and anooying for her to like her quite yet. "Adrianna, please, I am too tired to for anything right now, maybe you ought to go check up on the customers in the other rooms?" The girl nodded and turned to scramble out, going to check on the other rooms, until she got to Kaye's room, she walked past it, having seen the woman down stairs when she peeked out of her room in the storage area with the rest of her family.

{OOC: Lol, I suppose that'd be a good thing on Lain's part, correct?)

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Kaye was used to having the early morning sunlight warm her face and wake her up to a new day. Her eyes opened to darkness and the faint sound of voices of talking. She heard brief laughter, and her mind briefly strove for understanding along with wakefulness.

In a moment, she was fully awake, remembering that she was staying in a room above a restaurant. She remembered the crazed attacker of the night before and the girl with the broken ankle. She yawned and stretched, feeling a bit stiff and dirty. Kaye scratched at her hair, making a face at the tangles, and then pulled it up out of her face. She kept her hair fairly short, not liking it to fall much past her chin.

Swinging out of bed, she found a relatively clean pair of pants and tunic, and changed into them, pulling on her boots after. Kaye stretched and did some loosening up exercises, before stepping out of her room. The hall was empty, but she could hear noise from downstairs: the quiet clinking of dishes, voices talking, someone opening up in song before being silenced.

She trotted down the stairs, sniffing the sweet and spicy scent of cooking sausage and bread baking. Kaye stepped into the room, pausing to look it over, inadvertently memorizing the basic layout and the placement of people moving about the kitchen. A woman was washing dishes, while the owner from the night before was cooking food. A little girl bounced around, singing to herself. She guessed the two adults were the child's parents. They were arguing cheerfully about something. Kaye interrupted.

"Do you have a bathroom with a tub? I could really go for a good bath."

The woman looked up. "Oh, sure honey, third floor, end of the hall. There's a small washroom there." She went back to arguing with her husband.

Then again, Kaye thought as she headed back up to the third floor, maybe he wasn't actually her husband. Whatever, that didn't concern her. She grabbed her bag from her room and went to take her time having a good wash. Putting somewhat dirty clothes on afterward wasn't the most pleasant experience, but she could wash those after breakfast. The small window in the corner of the tiny bathroom told her it was still fairly early in the morning.


OOC: We hope it's a good thing for Lain...but my characters all of a habit getting into trouble and getting everyone around them in trouble, too... ;D

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Lain strode out of the room in the morning, in a fresh pair of leggings and a long tunic, almost a dress as she worked on the knot that she was putting into the small light red ribbon that she tired about the dark blue cotton tunic. The leggings were a soft brown, seeming to by tanned hide.

Soft deer fur brushed along her legs as Lain moved. Seeming to be in a better mood as she walked along the hall after closing the door to her room. Yea, her room, the only room in the inn that wasn't simple, becasue she designed it herself, a few months after she came to the resturant. Lain worked with the ends of her hair, pulling and puching so it was braided over her shoulder and tied with a small light red ribbon. She hurried down the stairs, jumping two at a time for most of them, landing wit a loud thump once she was on the ground floor. "Morning all!" she seemed chipper, which was odd and kind of scary to most people in the room, becasue the girl was mostly quiet and calm, but it seemed the latest visitor to the resturant/inn had lightened her mood.

Lain was greeted with wierd looks as she set out the usual morning things that she had to. Like the menus that always sat on the place mats and the widows had to be opened, as well as the door, becasue an open door made people want to come in. Silently, Lain hummed as she worked quickly, it was her usual morning tune that she'd hum, by the door being loud enough so that passers by would hear. But quickly faded once she was away from the door, not wanting other to question her habit.

"Alright! Done!" she stated proudly befroe walking back toward the stairs to go check on Kaye, and hopefully apply assistance to the wound that was on her side.

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Kaye trotted lightly down the stairs, her side tight but not too uncomfortable. She was looking forward to meeting with her merc band after months of separation. Strange circumstances had pushed them apart, leaving Jarad in charge of the band while she set on her own. Jarad in charge--she wondered if any of the band was still left. She trusted him implicitly to watch her back, but, though he'd led others in the past...He wasn't exactly stable anymore. Well, time to find him and see what was left of the others.

She met Lain at the base of the stairs. "Oh, hello. You're up. That's a good sign." Kaye graced the girl with a rare smile. She liked Lain--the girl had spunk. She didn't think a restaurant worker was all the girl had in her, but...Kaye was a merc by trade and couldn't afford to watch over the girl herself. Besides, she didn't usually put that much into relationships. Safer to stay distant.

"Ankle must be better." Kaye paused, then added, "I don't suppose you have food around here? And I ought to pay for my stay." She shook her head and added dryly, "I hope the owner's a little more...on top of things this morning than last night."

They were close enough to the open door for Kaye to hear the inviting sounds of people chattering as they walked by. It reminded her that she wanted to move on...And that she was low on cash. Time to get a new job. One that paid a lot better than her last one had.

"And then I suppose I should get a move on," she mused aloud. "Who knows what Jarad's done with Nightfall." She couldn't help rolling her eyes a little. Perhaps they were all drunks like the restaurant owner...

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Lain looked up at Kaye and almost giggled, it was one of the first times in her life that she was glad to see another person. "Yeah, I'm fool a lot better, my ankle is fine," she replied as she grasped the woman's forearm and led her along to the kitchen. "You can eat with me and the others today, as a thank you for helping me last night."

Upon entering the kitchen, the sounds of the employees rushed around them. The smells of the food being prepared helped to wake up senses that still wanted to be asleep and the room looked nothing like it had the night before , it wasn't dim, the windows were open to let in the sunlight and made the room look lively and clean. Everyone was awake and seemed to smile brightly as they saw Kaye. The owner walked up with a plate in his hands, holding it up he smiled at Kaye, "On the house." was all he said as he kept his gaze on the woman.

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Kaye blinked in surprise at the owner, then grinned. Well, this was a pleasant change! Fresh cooked food, free of charge...It certainly beat her own cooking. "Thanks." She took the plate of warm food to a back table, relaxing in the air of friendly chatter and camaraderie. It reminded her again of Nightfall...Kaye was surprised by how much she missed her band. I must be getting soft, getting lonely like this, she mused.

"Lain," she called to the girl. "I guess you must see a lot of people passing through here, this being a restaurant and all. I don't suppose you've seen a bird shifter...tall, sort of unkempt, gold eyes...not too friendly...? He's a friend, goes by the name of Jarad, and I need to to find him. This would be just the sort of area that he would hang out in...Unless he's hitting up the rich for money," she added darkly.

Kaye chewed a slice of fresh bread spread with butter, enjoying the warm crispy crust and soft inner part. "Or if you've seen any...um...thieves or rebels...I suppose they might know where to find my friends." Kaye frowned. She generally disliked associating with such people as they gave her band a bad name. Not that she hadn't taken plenty of work from the rebels, but she liked others to think that they only did work on the right side of the law. Guarding caravans, that sort of thing. Then again, she supposed they might know where to take up a job, too, though she wasn't too keen on getting caught again. The reason Nightfall had headed for the capital was to take a break from...less than honorable work in an easy place to hide. She'd had some of her own loose ends to tie-up, as well...Not that that had come to much. Ah, well.

Kaye brought herself back to her present surroundings, looking hopefully around at those nearby for any clues about where to find Jarad.

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Lain looked at the woman then smiled a little, "Yes! I've seen one like that, if you mean the man who lead the group of men in here three or so nights ago... I heard them shouting at each other and constantly asking for their leader. 'Where is she, Jarad' they said." Lain flet a rush of joy at aiding the woman who had aided her the night before. And she hoped that she might get to go along with her once her friend was found.

Lain walked to her and sat in the chair across from Kaye. Watching her with calm, almost guarded eyes, the usual look she gave all when she wasn't where they could see her clearly. Lain kept her gaze on the woman, thoughts of where the woman might have been before coming to the restaurant, fighting and, perhaps, needing a healer to fix her and the band of men she was seeking.

Lain lost herself in her thoughts, something that rarely happened. The chatter around them died out and soon all she heard were the screams of healing pain, then laughter and joyous talking of a well group that was wound free.

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Honestly, Kaye hadn't expected to hear any real news from the restaurant. It was a long shot and she doubted, despite the number of people who came and went from the restaurant, that anyone here would know anything about her band. So she blinked and looked up in surprise when Lain said that a group had come in a few nights back.

"You're not just saying that?" Kaye asked doubtfully. But even as she asked it, she felt her spirits lift. So they were still here and still together! She couldn't wait to meet up with her friends again. And to find some real work...Smashing in a few faces, guarding something important...Kaye's mouth twitched with pleasure.

"Hmm. So they must be somewhere in the area. I'll have to ask around a bit, but it shouldn't be too hard to find them, then." She nodded at the girl, as she pushed back her plate. "Thank you for your help."

Kaye stood, and then paused. She couldn't help being reminded of herself, when she was Lain's age. "Do you like working here at the restaurant?" It was more than a question--it was also a quiet invitation to the girl to open up about herself.