Well at least there is a tub. "Thank you," Lunia replied and bowed once more before taking her leave from Nadia. Looks like I asked the right person for assistance. She was glad she would be getting her gold back - she tried to save as much as possible, and there was no telling how long her journey would be. Millions of ideas, thoughts and worries passed through Lunia's mind as she went up the stairs to her room - she was almost overwhelmed. Lunia took a deep breath. One step at a time, she reminded herself. She turned the key to the door of her room, and, exhausted, plopped herself down onto the bed like a child would. Do I really have to take a bath? She sighed. I suppose so... There won't be any time to do so in the morning. Lunia called the attendant to get her bath water ready. When the tub was nearly full of warm, steaming water, she thanked the attendant and gave her a tip for her services. She then sank down into her bath and emptied her mind, letting herself totally relax - something she hadn't done since the start of her journey. Several moments of peace passed; then, once done with the bath, she put on a simple gown, and went to sleep.
Lunia had many dreams that night, dreams that caused her to wake in a cold sweat but she could never remember what happened. Morning seemed to come too slowly as she continued dreaming. Oh my head hurts so much - if only I could remember my dreams. I would be able to do something about them or perhaps they would be able to help me on my journey somehow. Ah, but enough worrying for the morning. "Time to explore the town!" she exclaimed out loud to herself. Lunia combed out her jet black hair, which flowed halfway down her back and fixed it in its usual array of a pony tail held back with a leather cord. She then put on a dark brown tunic and tan pants, and took up her staff as she set out.
Nadia sat on a bench residing on the inn's porch. Off to her left stood two, dark brown mares that were tied up to the inn's hitching post. The only difference between the two was that one wore white hair above her hooves and a white muzzle while the other wore a rich, golden brown mane. They were simple beauties, tall and sturdy. The drow had procured them the night before once Lunia had taken her leave. There were still a few more items she needed to retain, but she figured she'd have the halfling accompany her. Nadia didn't like her clients to stray too far. Afterall, she didn't want them finding a better ranger, and she didn't want any "interesting" detail about her job to slip by her. Also, she didn't trust this Lunia as far as she could throw her. She seemed young and innocent enough, but she was still a halfling, and Nadia knew never to trust a halfling, much less anyone else.
Barely a moment passed with Nadia's thoughts dark with disgust when Lunia walked out of the inn and into the morning sunshine. Speak of the devil, she thought to herself. "Good morning, milady," Nadia greeted. "I see you seem well rested." She stood, dusting off imaginary dirt from her black breeches, before approaching the halfling.
Lunia was still pondering upon her dreams as she stopped walking. At first she was confused as to why she had stopped until she spotted Nadia. She gave her a friendly smile as she quickly replayed in her mind what it was that Nadia had said, hoping that she took no notice of the couple of seconds this took, then nodded to Nadia in greeting and said, "Good morrow, Lady Ardhan. I was planning on exploring the town. But, since you seem to be here and awake, I suppose it means we're heading out." Lunia smiled then and took the steps necessary to reach Nadia and added, "Well now, where do we begin?"
"Actually, I was hoping you may accompany me as I resupply for our journey." Nadia replied, her dark-blue eyes taking note of the items Lunia had with her. "So, you will still get to see whatever it is this town has to offer."
"Then it would be my pleasure to provide company and assistance." This will also be a good time to get to know Ardhan before our journey begins, Lunia observed.
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