Snippet #1827306

Virani walked through the town and struggled not to curl her nose up in disgust, the place stank worse than a dung heap to her sensitive nose. Though not a large town by any means there were still far too many people for her liking and she longed to be back in the woodland. But she would never succeed in bringing Valtre down if she did not seek out new information and leads into the Queens comings and goings. Virani knew from experience that the best place to learn news was at the tavern and she headed there now. She gained a few curious looks as she passed, people noticing her leather armour or the almost unnatural grace she possessed when moving. Virani hardly noticed and when she did she paid it no mind. She was used to people staring and as long as they did no more than that she was fine. She had noticed several taverns in the town in the time she had been here but she had already tried the poorer taverns and had gleaned nothing so today she was going to try the more upmarket ones. Starting with the tavern that had the best reputation in town.

She pushed the heavy wooden door open and stepped inside automatically checking the room as she did so, noting any exits and where everyone stood or sat. She had not survived as long as she had by being cautious. She was in luck as the tavern was almost full at this time of day. She chose one of the few remaining empty tables, one where she had her back to the wall and settled down to watch and listen. With her enhanced hearing she could pick up all the conversations in the room and it was just a matter of listening for anything that sounded interesting. She made sure that she ordered an ale the next time a tavern wench passed so she did not look too out of place and settled back to listen.