Lunch Time

Submitted by Gabrielle L. on Wed, 9/7/2011 at 12:58pm

 Katri's movements seem slower than normal as the hooded and masked Uordeq walks up to the tavern steps and sits. Abnormally, her bow is absent, though her sword and bag are still at her side. She settles herself on the stone and removes a small, cloth wrapped package from her bag. Inside it is a small piece of bread and cheese, much smaller than normal. She looks better rested than she did a few days before hand when she returned to town, but when she pulls her mask down to eat it is easy to see her features are still sallow and drawn. Exaustion still marks her features, but she seems to be much more alive than she was. A contemplative look is settled on her feature as she nibbles her lunch.

Astrum walks by, whistling a tune and stops when he sees Katri.  He picks up the cheese and takes a bite out of it. 
 
"Well hello there lass, you look famished.  What happened to you?"

 Katri turned tired eyes to Astrum and shook her head with a coarse laugh, "You are lucky I am not very hungry today... I vas avay fhor a vhile and food and sleep vere hard to come by vhere I stayed." Katri takes a small bite off her bread. "Decided to shake hands vith any more shades?"

Astrum goes to finish the cheese, thinks better of it and drops it on the plate.
 
"Well unfortunately no.  None have been through.  Strange bunch those shades are.  Always generous though."
 
Astrum brushes a maggot off the table with a grimace.

 "A generous shade? That ees somethink I haff never heard before... You kann haff that eef you want. I don't theenk I can finish thees bit of bread." She added with a shrug. She gestured slightly to the tavern, "Vhat happened here. Who rebuilt thees?"

Astrum looks relieved a eats the rest of the cheese in one bite. 
 
In between chewing he replies.
 
"I think the necromancer did it..  mhm mhm...  Strange fella.  Seems to think maggots are art.  I guess it's abstract."

 Katri nods with another short laugh at the Empyrean's devouring of the cheese. "I see. So thees ees Rizzik's doink? That ees ohh so comforting..."

Astrum mumbles through a mouth-full of cheese
 
"mrhhgh.  That's not comforting at all!  Have you heard what he has done?  Blasted new-comers."
 
Astrum rises and gets something to drink and comes back.

 "Sarcasm eesn't your forte ees eet Empyrean? Don't theenk I haffn't heard vhat he has done. I haff found quite an eenformational niche een thees town." Katri's dark eyes flashed when Astrum returned. She took a sip from her flask.
 

Astrum pauses a moment.  Looks confused and walks off backwards through the door muttering about something incomprehensible. 

 Katri watches Astrum walk away and shakes her head with a grin before turning back to her lunch.

 Katri finished her lunch and packed away her things, with one last sip of her flask. She hears a shout from her place on the steps in the direction of Rasiri's cabin. She sighed. "Ohh dear, vhat ees eet now..." Katri rises and starts off toward the cabin.