The Silver Cheshire ( Bar/Leisure Topic )

[Ryxingeir]

The calm desert wind blew through the streets of Morroc, kicking up dust as it passed by the citizenry. A curious jingling noise carried on the wind, but the citizens of Morroc hardly paid it any mind ? it could be heard throughout the city for as long as many of them could remember, and most simply considered it an uneasy phantasm, or perhaps even their city?s guardian spirit.

Normally she would be running across the rooftops, but she just wasn?t feeling like it today ? and she was certain that her gentle stroll was the reason for the aggravated jingling. It had been some time since Yuri had been out in the normal world, and even though the light particles went through her while she was cloaked, she was enjoying the sunshine. The tone of the jingling suddenly changed, and Yuri looked down to the stuffed animal cradled under her left arm ? a fluffy over-stuffed looking blue fish she called ?Miso? ? the pointer for the compass embedded in his head was shaking on its float ring.
Yuri looked to the direction it was pointing, noticing a small hole-in-the-wall bar in a rather empty part of the city, ?That?s it?? she thought, looking down. The jingling of the compass stopped, pulsed once and then stopped again.
Lifting Miso to her eye level she stared into his bead eyes and leered, ?Trying to get me in a bar huh? You dirty stuffed animal you.? She smiled and hugged Miso before switching him to cradle back under her arm, ?Alright, i?ll buy you a drink.?
Without so much as a thud, she landed on the ground and headed towards the bar.

To anyone watching, the door would have seemed to open on its own, pausing open for a few seconds and then closing unceremoniously. As she slipped inside the establishment, Yuri cursed her luck ?What is a priestess doing a bar! And a caster, just great?? Fortunately, while she was moving away, the door seemed to explode as some kind of peco-rider crashed through it and started shouting. Making the most of the distraction, she slipped along the wall, vaulting herself onto a seat at the other end of the counter from the priestess and the assassin, and little away from the other three patrons.
There was no one behind the counter, which aggravated her slightly, ?Maybe the assassin talking to that priestess? feh?? She took her time to look around, spinning on the barstool ? the paintings were nice, and it was pretty well lit and clean, always good for a bar ? what really caught her attention though were the cabinets behind the counter.
They were packed full of drinks, easily several million zeny?s worth. Taking a second to wipe the drool from the corner of her mouth, the downsides of this bar had suddenly and greatly diminished.

Yuri decloaked as she sat Miso down on the counter, spinning to face the other patrons and hopefully the owner. Her golden hair, tied back in twin pony-tails swished through the air gently as she spun ? her red thief?s clothes, bao bao, and small ribbons all pristine and bright, as though never touched by the blowing sands and clinging dust of the desert.
Smiling widely, her red eyes shining in the candle light, she sat back, waiting to order her drinks.

(Yuri; agi/luk/dex/int; baby assassin)