Welcome Home, Everything's Changed|Haven, Ilyamen

[Kender Bard]

"You don't have to if you'd rather stay up here," Demon told her, though he did head for the door anyway. He'd been rude and brusque on the way in but they did need to clear some matters.

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Larissa got to her feet and plastered on a fake smile. " No, I wanna get back to work. I don't want to think about it right now." She said following him to the door.
Even through the fake smile, she couldn't keep the overwhelming grief from her eyes. She was putting on a good show but the truth was, she was taking it pretty hard.

[Kender Bard]

Demon sighed but he wouldn't argue with her. If this was what she wanted to do... Well what was he going to do? Tie her to the bedpost?

He headed back downstairs where a few of the mercenaries either looked at them in concern or annoyance. Looking around, he asked, "Where's Sashi?"

From the office that Sashi usually stayed in, Vali walked out. She stopped, hands on her hips. "Sashi is gone."

Demon paled. "She's not-"

"No," Vali interrupted. "But she resigned. She's in Sensatia. Took Lukas with her. Timble says she had a baby and decided to not come back home. So she appointed me her successor to the company."

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Larissa let out a breath she didn't know she was holding, and forced another smile. " She had a baby, that's wonderful. I'm glad she at least found some happiness. " Larissa said, and that she really did mean.

[Kender Bard]

"Had a baby, killed her career," Vali replied rather cynically. "Well, no matter. What do you have to report?"

Demon outlined their mission as well as the conclusion.

Vali shook her head slightly. "At least you got it done and collected payment. You can leave the guild cut on my desk. Go ahead and rest up and enjoy yourselves." She eyed Larissa as she said the last part.

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Larissa was quiet while Demon outlined their adventure, but didn't really lookVali in the eyes or even the face for that matter. She kept her eyes staring off at a wall or downcast to the ground, being in no mood to deal with anyone at the moment.

When Vali told them to rest and enjoy themselves, Larissa balled her fists and uttered a quiet thank you, before following Demon out of the door.

[Kender Bard]

Demon looked at Larissa, feeling lost. How do you help someone through this? If she were a man, a guy friend, he'd take her to a tavern to drink away some of the pain and ogle pretty ladies. He wasn't entirely certain if that was... appropriate for a female friend, even if she was a mercenary. "So... What now?"

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Larissa mulled over the question for a long minute as they walked. " Is going out, getting drunk and going wild to forget for a while going over board?" She asked in a hollow sort of tone. "I'm not hungry, and pathetic as it may be, I don't want to be alone right now." She as they waked along, her pace slower than usual, and she barely looked where she was walking, other than to stay close to Demon so as not to run into a wall or something else equally as embarrassing.

[Kender Bard]

"I don't think I'd advise going wild," Demon protested. "But getting drunk? I can get behind that. Want to go to a nice tavern then? My treat of course."

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Larissa looked up at him. " I wasn't going to go wild with just anyone." She said softly. " Nice tavern dirty tavern I don't care. If I fight breaks out I can work out some aggression, I just wanna drink." She said her tone dropping again.

[Kender Bard]

"Nice tavern," Demon insisted. Though he wasn't even sure if it would still be there. As he wandered the streets, it dawned on him that most of the places he was used to had been abandoned or converted. There were still some familiar sights, though. Enough to help him navigate. His first tavern check turned up nothing but boarded up windows and a locked door so he tried a middling tavern. "Here, good. This one's still standing," he said, leading the way in. The place was fairly full.

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Larissa stayed close to Demon as she headed straight for the bar picking a stool and taking her seat, adjusting her Sai's so that she could comfortably cross her legs under the bar.

She looked up at the Keep and asked for the strongest ale he had and sighed looking around the Tavern to see what was going on.

[Kender Bard]

The crowd seemed to be a mixed bag of people, ranging from the moderately wealthy to the working poor. Nobody seemed to mind this though a great deal of people kept to themselves or their immediate groups. Mind abruptly teleported into the tavern, making a couple people jump in surprise when he landed near them.

Another patron, a laborer from the look of his clothes and his calloused hands and strong muscles, quickly took a seat next to Larissa, flashing her a wide smile as he said, "Sonya, I knew I'd find you here."

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Larissa looked at the man and turned her face away from him to take a drink off her mug. "Sorry, wrong girl." She said flatly. Not so much upset or annoyed with him, just the tone of a woman having a very upsetting day and continued to drink from her mug till it was nearly gone and she set it down on the bar and pushed it up for more.

[Kender Bard]

"You're not Sonya?" the man said, downcast. "Oh. You look very much like her. What is your name then?"

Demon kept an eye on the exchange as he nursed his own mug.