La Taverne Forge au Feu - The Forge Fire Tavern.

Vera finishes her soup, and deciding she is still hungry waves over a server. She has a hushed conversation, and then the server departs.

"Really you were used as bait? Must have been a big fish. But hey! Look you are laughing about it now, so it can't have been that bad. It reminds me of the time me, and cousin Jun went bear hunting. She got it into her head that bears love honey, so she lathered me in it. She had me wander all sticky, through the woods to lure it out."

Vera shivers at the memory.

"It took me weeks, to get that gunk out of my hair."

The server comes with Vera's second course. Potatoes cut into sticks, fried in oil, covered in rich beef gravy, and topped with shredded mozzarella cheese and curds. Vera digs into her collection of fat's and oil with gusto.

"We were like 8, my father was watching us the entire time. The only thing I caught were ants."

Shortly after Fletcher finishes his escargot, his order of Lapin arrives. Vera, with a mouth full of potatoes says.

"Ish onth the..."

She swallows and continues.

"It's on the secret menu. Zaræn invented it, calls it poutine. It's awesome if you like food that is yummy, and sits like a lead weight in your stomach. I like it because it has no meat."

"Yeah secret menu. They have all kinds of stuff, they don't advertise because it doesn't fit."

Vera clears her throat, and in a perfect exaggerated Gaulish accent say.

"Traditional Gaulish tastes."

She giggles, something she seems to do a lot.

"I think Zaræn just likes secrets, and making shit up though."

When Roy brings up hobbies, she shrugs.

"Does trying new things as often as I can, count as a hobby? I'm not really a sit down and knit girl, life is for the living. Though I do read sometimes. How about you, what does the big bad vampire do for fun?"

Vera tries really hard not to laugh, when Roy says he knits. She fails giving a loud snort, spraying him with a bit of gravy. A droplet clings to his nose, and on an impulse, she leans forward and licks it off. She eagerly awaits his embarrassed reaction, half the fun of Roy was watching him squirm. She goes through a massive mental list, when he asks about interesting things.

"Interesting things lately? Well in Nireal there is this company, that takes you up on an air ship. Once you are super high up, you jump of the air ship. They give you a crystal with a feather fall spell attached, so when you get to a certain height you break the crystal, and slow down. It was a rush though just free falling."

Vera finishes her food, she was a fast eater. Indeed, no one would ever accuse her of being dainty.

"I've never been to Carmela. I have been a lot of other places, and a lot of interesting things. For example, I think the most interesting thing I have done recently is..."

She gets out of her chair, and slides into the one next to Roy. She leans in close to whisper in his ear.

"Don't tell anyone, but I am dating a vampire. It's a secret though shhh."

Giggling she rests her head on his shoulder, and lets out a content sigh.

The waitress grins at Elenial warmly, no hint of judgement for her pronunciation.

"I'll be back with your drink in just a moment."

The waitress heads off, and after a few minutes a man comes and sits down across from Elenial. He slides a bottle of beer labeled Ashes to her. He takes a drink from a different bottle, his has no label. Letting out a content little sigh, he grins at the elf.

"Bonjour Mademoiselle. I am Zaræn Viddik, and this is my bar. You don't have anything to be concerned about, I just like to check in on all my new patrons, and all my old patrons! I also heard you were new to Travére, so I thought I would offer to answer and questions you may have."

The man has a quick, if crisp and clean way of speaking. Fast, but perfectly understandable. His smile is warm and genuine, and his eyes sparkle with intelligence and mirth.