Leornid sat at a table at the Inn of the Jaded Flower, as usual these days. He had just finished a sellsword contract, and for the time being, he was content with relaxing and gambling in an inn. That urge to explore tugged at him lately though.
With him on the table sat three other men, two of which were merchants, who had apparently made a great deal of money recently, since they were quite eager to wager large amounts of coin. The other occupant of the table was a beast of a man, extremely muscular, with a lot of scars visible and a cudgel in his back, clearly a thug. The four of them were playing a game of cards, which Leornid was currently winning, much to the annoyance of the thug.
While playing, Leornid kept an eye at the door, out of habit, and witnessed a man he thought was called Otto, a regular of the Inn, entering. After a while, he also saw a short little girl entering. He almost choked on his drink. Were these cat ears she had?! No, that couldn't be right. He looked again, and she had normal ears. His imagination was playing tricks on him. What was a little girl doing at an inn anyways?
The two merchants next to him folded their cards, leaving him facing the thug, as had happened for the last three games. Again, he beat him, but this time, the thug couldn't take it anymore.
Slamming his fist onto the table, he shouted: "You are cheating, aren't you?"
Leornid, not wanting to get into a fight, decided to try cooling him down
"Now now, calm down my friend, relax, here, I'll get you a beer and we can forget about this", he said, smiling a disarming smile
Apparently, the smile was not that disarming, since the thug slowly got out of his chair, flexing his muscles, while the two merchants were moving as far from the table as they could.
As Leornid tried to talk to him again, the thug punched him right in the nose, almost breaking it, and sending him flying out of his chair, and his hard-earned coins on the table flying across the whole room.
Slowly, Leornid tried to get himself together and stand up. This was going to be an interesting evening, apparently.
