<div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Spot check to notice Zoe looking at Ureck: 1d20 (6) + 10 = 16, fail<br/>Spot check to notice Zoe and the twins' reactions: 1d20 (16) + 10 = 26, pass</div></div></div><br/>The more Talia speaks, the more Sherani finds herself liking the little fox and her attitude: Spirited. Sharp. Fair-minded. Hates Clyde. She's alright, for an officer.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Can't say the same for her company, though...</span>Sherani eyes Talia's crew warily warily. The foxtaurs are clearly raring for a fight- hell, probably would've come in swords drawn and jaws snapping if it weren't for their commander. The squirrel is quieter, at least, but Sherani can tell she's just as eager to see someone take a belly trip, maybe even moreso.<br/><br/><blockquote class="uncited"><div>"Now...tell me. What, exactly, happened last night. As far as I know, a fight broke out. A cook was killed. The attackers have either been..." Her eyes lock on Sherani's stomach for a brief moment "...Dealt with, or escaped." Here, her intense gaze focuses on Lilium.<br/><br/>One of the foxtaurs - the seemingly more brash female - growls under her breath, her voice booming over Talia's own "I bet they set somethin' up. Paid off a bunch of low-lifes to attack, just so they could get free room and board from that idiot Vincent. Course, they ate the attackers, so didn't even have to pay them. They get off clean. I say we just eat them and be done with it."</div></blockquote><br/>"You better watch your yap, lady-" Sherani snarls. She would have given the idiot faxtaur a piece of her mind, if Lilium and Talia hadn't stepped in with barbs of their own. Instead, she settles for flashing the shamed vulpine a smug grin.<br/><br/><blockquote><div><cite>Talia wrote:</cite>"Shady things are happening around here. You can imagine how suspicious it is for, on the very night of the attack, a handful of strangers just so happen to wander into town, bunk up at the same establishment..."<br/><br/>Leaning over, she snatches a piece of bacon off of Sherani's plate, puts the tip of it in her mouth, and begins to chew thoughtfully "Well, I'm ready for storytime. Who wants to go first?"</div></blockquote><br/>"Inns're always fulla strangers, aren't they?" Sherani points out. "But alright, I'll give ya a story..."<br/><br/>"Everybody- all of us here, I mean- was sitting around drinkin' when it happened. I was over there," she says, pointing to a corner table. "Havin' a nice meal with this really classy wolf guy. Jenzik, I think his name was. We were really hittin' it off, when..."<br/><br/>Sherani slams her fist down on the table with a loud<span style="font-weight: bold">*BANG*</span>. "Alla the sudden, there's this really loud noise from the kitchen. I went ta check it out, and then- CRASH! Collie boy here" - she pats Ureck on the shoulder - "comes flyin' through the side window, fighting off three guys at once- a fencing cat, a coyote lady, and this big hyena dude swingin' an axe as big as he is!" Sherani stands up and holds her arms out in the universal gesture for<span style="font-style: italic">"it was this big!"</span><br/><br/>"So then we're surrounded, right? 'cuz these two other guys, an elf lady with a bow and an orc swordsman, finish their drinks and come at us from the other side! But then Calia here shows up!" In one motion, Sherani gestures grandly to the half-giantess and scoops up a handful of bacon from the serving platter. "So she grabs the sword guy, and then ..." she pauses to cram at least five pieces of bacon into her mouth at once, gulping them without so much as chewing. "WHAMMO! Dinner is served, and orc boy is down for the count!"<br/><br/>"Well, I gotta get my licks in too, right? So I go for the hyena and the coyote, and give 'em the ol' one-two! YAH!" Sherani punches the air in front of her, and continues with a vigorous shadowbox as she tells the rest of her story. "They both came at me, slashing with their claws and swingin' that huge axe around- damn near cut me in half! But I got 'em twice as good as they got me- smacked that hyena around until he swallowed his own jawbone, an' then I grabbed that coyote bitch and gave her a dose o' Falteen justice!" She tigress flashes her pearly white fangs at the audience, making sure to give the foxtaur twins and extra-long look just in case they were having any ideas about starting something.<br/><br/>"I kinda stopped paying attention after that, 'cuz I was really full and kinda woozy. Lilium over there took care of the kitchen, and Calia finished off that elf. I think Ureck musta scared the catguy off...  Oh, and Jenzik ran away too, that good-for-nothin' wimp... 's'okay though, 'cuz Ureck helped me patch up and took me to my room. Real gentleman- didn't even try ta put the moves on me or anything!" She gives Ureck a hearty slap on the back as she plops herself back down in her seat.