Esther tried to keep her head down, and she suggested Verisira do the same: "Just stay quiet," she suggested, but it didn't seem to be very helpful.  The group that came in together quickly split up -- one of them went to the bar, and another went toward the other side of the place, where others were waiting for their food.<br/><br/>The one who had come in at the head of the group, though, simply took a glance around and made her way toward the table where Esther and Verisira were seated.  Esther gulped hard, and sighed.<br/><br/>As she approached, the woman -- wearing heavier clothes than really seemed reasonable, that almost entirely obscured her features -- tugged her hood free with a gloved hand.  Skin black as pitch was revealed, with a short mess of white hair and neatly pointed ears beneath.  She tugged a chair away from the table where Verisira and Esther sat, spun it back, and sat on it backwards, with her arms resting over the chair's back.<br/><br/>She said, "Esther, Esther, Esther," and tapped her fingers on the wood of the chair.  "Who's this new friend of yours?"<br/><br/>"Nobody," Esther mumbled.<br/><br/>The other girl -- the elf, from the look of it -- turned her red eyes on Verisira.  "Hello, Nobody," she said.  "My name is Rizastinolnu.  It is a pleasure."  Despite the pleasant introduction, the elf wore a rather wicked grin, and she seemed to eye Verisira up -- she did the same when she looked to Esther, on that note.  "What brings you two out here, hm?  Breakfast, I suppose?  I'm afraid your meal might have to be delayed.  We have business, after all."