(Ho-ly shit, you guys.  Well done!)<br/><br/>For a while, Adriaan lays on the ground like a slug.  It's his only plausible defense.  Finally, though, he manages to gather his nerve enough to wake up again, and push himself to his feet.  He looks up to the crowd.  That was embarrassing.  As limberly as he can, he waves to them.  "Sorry!" he calls as loudly as he can in a dry tone of voice.  "Cat allergies acting up!  Come back in two days, I should've found the bugger by then!"<br/><br/>(Performance: 20!  Plus 5 CHA is 25.  EDIT: Just slot this in here:m<a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/635858">http://orokos.com/roll/635858</a>m)<br/><br/>He then stumbles his way over to the seven coins he'd been thrown earlier.  With a great deal of care, Adriaan reaches down and scoops them up.  Then he stumbles his way over to Kay, singling out a single coin.  "There you go," he says.  "As promised."  Then he looks over to the others, trying to remember whom he owed money.