While Ma....errr, Katrianna's concern for her tail, something that she assured Veronica that she'd get used to soon enough, was nice, the fact she had felt the pain at all was what had really surprised the rookie gunslinger.  Granted, it made sense that if she could feel the sun on her face, smell the stink of so many people pressed together in the city, then it made sense that pain would also factor into the immersion of the senses and the mind attached, to the point that it would be hard to tell the difference between this world and reality.  Her thoughts were interrupted though when her friend subsequently slapped her butt with her tail, which Veronica caught a glimpse of as Katrianna pulled it against her back almost as quickly right on the heels of her comment about how useful such a thing could be.  "Right....good to know."  Veronica replied, her dubious tone saying everything on its own even as her eyes briefly lit up in amusement as she shook her head at her long time friend.  Margaret might be the more playful of her small group of friends, but Elizabeth hoped she never changed even during those times when she was more annoying than funny.  Still, Veronica shrugged at the earlier question since her tail felt fine now.  "So long as I don't sit on it or something I'll be alright.  I just didn't expect to<em>feel </em>it was all, that was the real cause for my alarm a minute ago."<br/><br/>In any event, the moment had passed and soon enough, Veronica found herself in front of a tavern that looked more like a literal hole in the ground than a proper drinking establishment.  That impression wasn't much improved when she saw the interior of the building, but despite the literal dungeon like look of the place, Veronica couldn't deny that there was a strangely welcoming air about the place.  The giant bouncer at the door was a bit unnerving for the beginner to MotHO, but Veronica managed to keep her fear mostly off her face as they were allowed past and she soon found herself in front of a couple of people, one of which she knew although the bear, rib creaking hug, left her momentarily breathless.  "It's n-nice to see you too Jess."  Elizabeth groaned once she was able to properly breathe again, but the wide smile on her face said she didn't mind the athletically inclined woman's exuberance in the slightest.  Veronica did have to look Jessica's figure, or rather Ashleigh's figure, over though and nod her approval even if the chest was a little overblown for her liking.  It was her character though, and it wasn't like she had room to talk since she had changed her own appearance rather dramatically in her own way.  "Hello Markius, Ashleigh, you look good.  And yeah, sorry, Margaret....I mean Katrianna, insisted although I told her she didn't have to make a new character for my sake."  If there was one thing she hated to do, it was to make trouble for her friends in some way or another, but there was nothing for it now as Ashleigh and Katrianna conversed among themselves for a moment.<br/><br/>Hunting a dragon....that was a challenge worthy of any proven adventurer, but it was a challenge far beyond her ability at the moment.  As such, Veronica was more than happy to keep her mouth shut before Katrianna directed her gaze to the quest board.  That at least she knew how to handle, and nodded her head towards the fellow tiefling before walking over to glance at the postings, but not before bidding Markius goodbye of course.  Glancing over the various postings, her gaze quickly settled on three of varying difficulties.  Cleansing the Undead sounded good, but without a dedicated cleric to help keep the zombies from rising again, she wasn't sure they'd be able to handle it.  As for the Caravan Escort, while she was no stranger to more adult oriented gaming, having....relieved some stress on her own on more than one occasion, the difficulty was a little much for her comfort level at the current time.  The rat extermination though, while some would consider such a task menial and degrading in some cases, was an old standby from the now ancient days of PC gaming when D&D was first making its transition to the digital age with such titles as Baldur's Gate and EverQuest and a few others that currently escaped her.  Point being, rat killing was an easy job, and one that would get her acquainted with the combat system and what she could do now.  Taking the paper down, she handed it over to the barkeep soon afterwards.  Now she just had to wait for Katrianna to return after taking care of Ashleigh's arrow problem.