At this time of day, the common room of the Drunken Spriggan was packed with customers and so it was pretty hard to single out any conversation from afar. Yet, with his keen elven ears, Daiyu was able to filter out most of the noise and listen in on some of them.<br/><br/>The first one was between two gentlemen, merchants by the sound of it, currently in deep argument about the lacking security along the roads south of Erith. "Gnolls are getting more bold these days", the first grunted "Especially the bloodmanes" he continued to which the second one agreed. Apparently, the political tensions along the northern border had led to the mobilisation of troops, leaving the southern regions sparsely defended. Furthermore, the local adventuring guilds had most of their seasoned members spread out along the wilds, leaving only rookies behind to fend off the local monster tribes. Not one of them up to the challenge against those vile hyena folk.<br/><br/>At another table, a couple of farmers and their wives were in similar debate as the lack of guards around the smaller settlements had made them vulnerable to goblin incursions. Being the representatives of their communities, they had arrived to town to plead for increased emergency at the adventuring guilds when aid could be provided. They clearly sounded frustrated as not a single guild member had even applied to take on their request.<br/><br/>The last one that peaked his pointy ears was between a couple of slightly more familiar voices as he had attuned himself to the gossip between Tiya, Tina and a third barmaid. Curiously enough, most of it actually was over him as the girls debated if Daiyu was still single or if that beautiful woman was his companion. Then the third one got whisked away to tend to some tables, leaving both daughters to themselves. "Just try and forget about it Tiya...like Milly said, he's probably with that woman next to him. besides, mom would kill you if you brought home an adventurer....just put it out of your mind and lets focus on finishing our shift. After that let's go to the bathing house and who knows, maybe we bump into some cute boys over there, no?" Tina said trying to cheer up Tiya, the one Daiyu had met in person.<br/><br/>After that, Daiyu's attention was pulled back at the table as Milly, the girl who had brought them their drinks earlier now had arrived with their meals. "here you go, enjoy"