The loud dwarf and another loud man had unfortunately started a conversation. Black opened his eyes and narrowed them in the direction of the two.<span style="font-style: italic">Loud...</span>The demon stood upright and wandered off along the side of the boat. He was able to find a much quieter location on the opposite side where the splashing of the waves drowned out most other sounds.<br/><br/>Black crossed his arms and leaned over the railing, watching the swirling blue and green colors of the water. The ocean was surely a lot bigger than the river he usually visited back home, but it was salty, and therefore, in his mind, useless.<br/><br/>The demon would have gladly flown to the mainland. It would have been much quieter and he would have been surrounded by nothing but endless calming water. Unfortunately, the note he'd received had explicitly told him not to reveal himself as a demon for the time being. He couldn't very well fly into town. He clearly wasn't a fairy.<br/><br/>So now he was stuck on this loud, slow, annoying boat. This trip had better be worth it.<br/><br/>-----------------<br/><br/>Ijemaru looked up when a hooded figure entered the inn. Obviously though, by his actions, he was not the one he'd been expecting. That, and when he pulled down his hood he was clearly an Elf.<br/><br/>Ijemaru didn't much like waiting, but he could tolerate it. Besides, it was always good when you had some extra time to think things over. Planning was<span style="font-style: italic">always</span>a necessity.