Jean
As the Spring Dawning Festival wound down, revelers not yet ready to end their carousing crowded into the Singing Shepherd. The tavern was already busier than usual. With the festival ending, even more people crammed into the tavern to find joy and chaos.

Patrons packed nearly every table and squashed themselves together at the bar. People laughed and shouted and cursed. A halfling bard played merry tunes as loud as her lyre allowed, though the noise of the crowd mostly drowned out her music.

Nellady and her staff rushed about, serving drinks and food and answering questions from those out-of-towners, many of whom had made the special trip in hopes of seeing a dragon. So far, they had been disappointed.
Larry
It was into this raucous environment that Lir entered, nearly whacking his head on a chandelier. One of the barmaids greeted him, then guided him to one of the only empty tables.

"Well, good evening, Mister Lir! It's been a bit. How's the leg?"

Lir forced a smile at the halfling and followed her to the table. He sat in one chair, then pulled another alongside it and rested his right leg on it.

"Sore, but it will be fine after a bit of rest," He told her.

"Your usual, then?" Asked the barmaid.

Lir nodded. "Yes, if you please, my dear."

"One port, then! I'll be back with that as soon as I can. We're very busy tonight!" The halfling skittered away, weaving through quite a few drunken bodies as she did so.
Hattie
*The Hoffs accompanied Lir all the way to the Shepherd, and kept their hoods pulled up for now, following him to his table.
They remained standing for the time being while Lir talked to the barmaid and was shown to his table, as they were pondering whether it was too crowded and rowdy to start up a nice card game to soak some of the drunkards out of their coin before they sunk their coins into more drinks.*
Sonia
"Hmmm... Who looks like the fattest pigeon..."
*Heidi grinned just a bit as she looked around slowly.*
Martha
*Hildi slowly looked around, too, and she and Heidi mumbled with each other as she spotted this 'pigeon' and that one...*
Viola
*AC tailed the Hoffs and Lir to the shepherd and grinned widely — unlike her pale, ebon-robed friends — at the rowdiness. Now, here was a crowd chock full of people with coins to put into her hat.
But, unlike her shadowy companions, she had a different way to proceed. As Lir got shown his table, he dickered with the barmaid, and took his seat, she took hers... And hopped up on it to stand on it! She set a hat on the table, fished out her juggling beanbags, and began to juggle! Just three for now, she would begin 'showing off' soon enough, but she had to catch people's attention first! She swayed her hips a bit back and forth, tilting her head back and forth to cause her golden-amber curls to bounce and gleam in the light...*
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Larry
Lir gestured to some empty chairs around the table as the twins studied the crowd. "Have a seat, darlings."

A few vulnerable marks were certainly present: a variety of over-drunk patrons, many of whom were naive newcomers and thus ripe for being reaped of their coin.

As AC leapt onto her chair and began juggling, Lir managed a chuckle. 

"My goodness. Already, AC?" He laughed. Several people turned to watch the golden-curled woman deftly juggle the bean-bags, and several hooted at her and applauded. A few stepped forward to toss some coins into the hat that AC had set on the table.

The barmaid returned with Lir's port and looked at the gathering crowd at the table. "Ah, there's more! Anything I can get you ladies?" She asked.

The barmaid turned her head towards the door to catch other newcomers who might be trickling in.
Ali
*Marshall and Vasati walked in, He signaled to the bar maid for 2 of the house special and some food* "I'll have a pie please, what do you want my darling?"
Hattie
*The twins ordered ale, then put their heads together to discuss what game to set up. They muttered about the merits of a few certain games. If anyone tried to eavesdrop, seems this pair devised a few slang words just to keep people from understanding what they eavesdrop!*
Viola
"Already? Absolutely! The crowd is ready for more entertainment!" 
*After several more minutes of juggling various patterns with her beanbags, she finally tosses them one by one into her hat,*
Michael
*Where Ecki would momentarily sneak them out and make them vanish amongst her gold-chain coils around AC's waist,*
Viola
*Then AC reached inside Ecki's coils and retried... A trio of very well-shined metal rings! They're wide enough to fit around her head, and she began to carefully juggle them now, too, setting then spinning and flashing in the lights of the tavern.* 
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Larry
One barmaid, after taking more orders, fluttered towards Marshall and Vasati. "House special tonight is our local apple wine; I'll get you two of those. And as for the pie, would you like a mincemeat pie, an apple pie, a pear pie... We are out of some things, but I'll get you what I can!"

A second barmaid smiled at the Hoff twins. "Two ales, easy!" She said before skittering away.

For his part, Lir was happy with his port, and even relaxed in the raucous atmosphere...

Until Ecki appeared to conceal AC's bean-bags and trade them for silvery rings.

"I am *Never* Going to get used to that," He grumbled as AC began juggling her rings instead.