Well, she be damned, Yewbough might have found the patron he was looking for if the news she had heard was accurate. Her mind couldn't help but go to the more euphemistic meanings of "private performance", but the bard was a charmer, despite his naive nature. Shay could see it now: lonely wife of a bureaucrat invites a talented bard back to her home to help her<em>sing</em>. She couldn't help but let out a laugh at the mere thought. Though...Shay hoped this wouldn't be an all night performance. She had needs dammit!<br/><br/>Shay might have needed to find her own "entertainment" for the evening. A particular desire flitted through her mind and encouraged her to chew at her lip in anticipation. The supposed effects the Spellfyre Brandy had on drow priestesses made her wish she was a sacarifce, virgin or no. There had to be a brothel that had some courtesans that catered to that, providing both the touches of a woman and all the pleasures of hard cock. And no doubt it was going to cost her, considering how ludicrous the inn prices had proven themselves to be...on second thought, she'd try to track down her own fun instead of going to a pleasure house. Also, there was the matter of several hundred, if not close to a thousand gold pieces gone missing from the safe she had only taken a measly forty-five gold from.<br/><br/>She would pay for a beer and a snack from one of the eateries before going around the marketplace to appreciate the street performers. Particularly the feminine ones. While among the crowds, Shay would attempt to subtly start a conversation topic, whether to the performers, depending upon what they were doing, or to the fellow onlookers, along the lines of, "Did you hear about the 'incident' at the<em>Paladin's Rest</em>? They say the maid made off with the whole safe and had her arrested." She would try to adopt a stance of concern, edged with curiosity, for her safety. Anything to make it look like she<em>wasn't</em>trying to gather information on the matter. It was amazing sometimes the things people told you when they think you're not grilling them for information.<br/><hr/>Bluff to adopt her concerned stance: 25 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=60364)<br/>Diplomacy for Gathering Information: 15 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=60365)