The first floor of the tavern was itself asleep, candles burned out and the tables still blanketed in morning dark. A few shadows were seen shuffling as silhouettes against the windows, likely the usual drunks nursing their affliction. Their wives and masters would likely be missing them in an hour or so. Meanwhile her trip upstairs had been just as silent, with just the sound of shuffling sheets and the odd groggy mumble answering her wake-up call if she put her ear to the door.<br/><br/>About four rooms were paid for, and at least just the four rooms were occupied, meaning no unwanted squatters this time. It had been a problem once, at a time when dozens of town children had suddenly blossomed all together into adults - Arisa's daughters included. With so much youth and so little privacy, the paladin would sometimes discover a young couple had snuck in and commandeered a bed for themselves without paying. If nothing else, Arisa got a few days worth of kitchen work from those she caught in return for keeping quiet about who she caught them in bed with!<br/><br/>Back downstairs the kitchen was alive with faint noise, the work of an early busybody that knew her job well! Lilliana answered the door with a drowsy but determined smile, ever grateful for Arisa's kindness in taking her in. Tavern work was rare for an elf, but she did her best, and was ever so sweet about it. The girl had a strange complexion and eerily beautiful multi-colored eyes, and even when dressed down in an equally modest frock like Arisa she exuded an aura becoming of the fey.<br/><br/>"Lady Arisa, the  bread is just about done," she beamed quietly, flour painting her cheeks. Some noise on the staircase drew her gaze and made her ears twitch expectantly. One, two, three... she counted all the guests that came down from their rooms with yawns and satisfied stretches as they shouldered their belongings and either left saying their farewells or took a seat hoping for breakfast.<br/><br/>"That's odd. I thought there were four. Have you seen Shayla, Lady Arisa? I asked her to wake up the guests upstairs, but she hasn't been down in a while," Lilliana asked innocently, not knowing Arisa had just made her own rounds but never came across the other girl. "Should I go upstairs and look for her?"