ooc: Long post for meh. XD
ic: Karst smiled at Kituo and chuckled. "Twin Moons? Sounds like a slang term for briasts to me." she said, placing her hands on her own for a moment. She then leaned over a bit, putting her hands back on the table, "But I did hear something about a cult. Some Legion guy was whispering with his buddies about some moon-worshiping cult. Thought people couldn't hear him, but apparently he's never been around a Khajiit before." she went on, touching one of her white ears, "I didn't hear much over the din of the taverngoers, but I heard that they've been linked to a good deal of recent crimes. That's about all I heard before I had to go deal with some drunken Imperials trying to get a Bosmer into a fight."
When Zelric made his less-than-elegant entrance, she was about to go help him up when another Khajiit came in and ordered a pair of ales. She jumped up and grabbed them for him, took his money and watched as he handed one to the Argonian. Leaning over on the bar, she smiled at seeing the kindness of the other Khajiit and the reaction of the Argonian to being stared at.
Glad there's still good people around. Sometimes you wonder.._______Melanarde saw the Nord shove Zelric and resisted the urge to go hurt him. She watched him walk off and followed Zelric in as he got up and was given an ale by a kind Khajiit. Looking around, she saw Miak among the tavern people. She also spotted a rather well armed Khajiit man and a small, white Khajiit woman at the bar. The woman looked oddly familiar, but at first she couldn't quite place it.
Where do I know her from? she wondered as she walked in and sat next to Zelric, still looking at the woman. After a second, the girl noticed she was being looked at and met Mel's eyes, then raised an eyebrow for a moment before walking around the bar and approaching her. The Khajiit smiled as she came up to her, yet Mel couldn't recall who this pretty cat was.
"Ember! Holy crap, what're you doing here?" she asked. Only one person had ever called her that, and with a moment's thought, she came up with a name.
"Karst?" she asked uncertainly, and the girl nodded and her smile widened. Mel smiled. The two hadn't seen each other since the Crisis when they'd worked together to close an Oblivion Gate outside Skingrad. "How've you been? Studying your Daedra?"
"Writing a book on them, actually." Karst replied happily, "I've got a kid now, so I can't really field-study them anymore, but I'm writing a book based on my experiences in the Crisis. Who're your friends here?"
Mel looked over at Zelric and then over her shoulder as the others came in. "Well, this one's Zelric." she poked Zelric's shoulder, "The little Bosmer is Menelri, the cloaked Argonian she's with is Fears-Not-Death, the other one is Fin, Miak's the pretty Orsimer woman at the bar and I don't know where our other Bosmer, Taleos, is at the moment but he should be here sometime soon."
Karst smiled and nodded. "I see. I take it you're on business?"
"As always." Mel said with a laugh, "When else do I travel with other people?" Changing the subject a little, she looked to Karst and asked, "So you're a mother now? Who's the little critter's father?"
"That Indoril-clad man that we were with in the Gate. He visits from Morrowind now and then, but I still miss 'im a lot. Ra'Veldas is an amazing kid, but.." the Khajiit sighed and sat down, "He's a constant reminder of how [censored] alone I am most of the time." she finished, resting her elbows on the table and her chin in her hands. Melanarde patted her on the back reassuringly.
"Just hang in there. You'll be fine, Karst. Just take care of your kid and try to focus on the times when you're happy, okay?" Mel said in a rather motherly manner, "Why don't you sit and chat with us for a bit? I can introduce you to the group, buy you a drink or two, maybe we can cheer you up." Turning to Zelric, she smiled a bit. "What do you say Zelric? You mind if she joins us for a bit?"
_______ooc: This part is as tiny as the character it's about! XD
ic: Menelri came in with Fears and sat down at a table, then watched Karst. She wanted to go order a bit of rum, but she didn't want to bother the obviously sad Khajiit. She took out her tomato from her pocket and fidgeted with it. "Why do you think she looks so sad?" she asked Fears as she looked back from looking over her shoulder at Karst, "You think we can cheer her up?"