The bar at the inn seemed to gather more and more colorful characters as the minutes grew further on. Not long Calder had taken a seat another would enter into the bar, this man was not unlike himself in regards to clothing and overall stature. Though unlike the mercenary he was wearing quite a bright white cloak as he entered the door, the hilt of his blade was all that the young man could see but underneath the billowing cloak he could tell that the blade he was using was quite sizeable not as long or wide as his own greatsword but in his own respects that was not due to his own choice but due to its use by his 'partner'.
As the brightly cloaked man walked in Calder noted something else on him, it was the scent of something quite familiar to the man at this point. For the past 2 or 3 years he could catch the scent of something that was not of the natural world but instead something mystical... He could catch it on the body of the man as he entered, whether it was from a creature recently slain or something else Calder felt a tinge of worry creep up his spine as he settled into his seat and checked on his protected arm. The tense feeling from his limb made him worry more, but he was sure that during his trip here he had dealt with the 'issue' that haunted him throughout the days it seemed that the feeling may have been his own fear of discovery, or maybe he was just getting use to being in fear of losing himself....
As too almost bring him out of the stupor of thought he had fell into the young woman who he had seen when entering the tavern came to speak with him. With a look of almost shock Calder noted the other man going to order from the keeper of the establishment, at least with this he could be more comfortable knowing the other man did not seem to note anything different or out of the ordinary with him. The girl on the other hand seemed shy to start speaking with the young man in front of her, she asked of him with stuttered speak to be a travelling companion, seemingly down on her luck and without a place to go Calder could tell that this girl was in a similar predicament to him if only due to terrible circumstances. "You'd like to travel with me?.... I suppose I can't see why having company on the road would not be more preferable than being alone." Looking over to the bartender the man called out as the still rather suspicious older owner looked to him.
"Sorry for troubling you again like this but could I get some food for myself, and possibly for my friend here as well? I can pay in advance if you wish." The polite manner of speaking along with the rather sizeable coin pouch that found itself on the table as he procured it from his inner armor seemed to dismiss the worries of the man as he smiled towards the man and went back to gauge the food stuffs for him as well as get the drinks for the other man by the bar. Looking to the girl again a kind smile came onto the face of Calder as he beckoned the girl to sit. "Please don't worry about me, I'm more than a bit appreciative of your plight. If you want I can help you get to the nearest city to look for some employment, and with me around you I imagine that you'd be plenty lucky in comparison to me for the most part." Chuckling at his own poor luck turned into jest Calder had hoped that this would have calmed the poor and seemingly desperate girl down.
It was with his aim to comfort that something else fell into his attention. Another woman had moved to the other man in the tavern, it wasn't effecting him till she knocked over a patron's drink that the young man noted that she was more than just someone with avian features... Her movements at first made it clear she was quite drunk, yet suddenly she moved with grace as if she was stone sober. A feeling began niggling in the back of the young mercenary's mind, he could tell this woman was more than human and something made his armored arm begin to itch with a strange excitement. Well what do we have here.... A voice in his head rung out. It was his own but its thoughts were separate to his. The partner in his mind, he seemed to awake at the sight and feeling of the girl but Calder held his arm in check, acting as if he was simply trying to keep it limber from the eyes of his company.
Oh please don't be so timid, I'm not interested in feeding on anything right now... Well at least not yet anyway~ The voice seemed to silence itself with that rather damning warning, holding his composure the look of fearfulness changed to calm happiness when turning back to the girl in front of him. He'd have to make small talk, hopefully then he wouldn't feel as exposed and perhaps his control would be greater if he could relax a bit. "So Miss, may I ask your name?"
