[The music is still lively, drinks are still sloshing.  The musician stops for a 
moment so people can applaud and throw him tips.  Well, in a mug near him at 
least.  The tavern keeper seems pleased.]
* Naiya points at the door. "Dare... Drew... Drake... Dore... whoever he was..." 
She pauses, thinking. "Um. D something. He was cute too." She nods to herself.
* Virgil looks at the door. "Sitting Duckie?"
<Naiya> I tried to sit on a duck once! I misshed and almosht drowned, though.
<Virgil> I like ducksh.  They're quacky.
[Music starts up again.  There's thumping of boots on floorboards.  Yay for 
lively tavern atmosphere.]
<Naiya> Do you speak duck? Quack quack?
<Naiya> Ifsh you know chicken... *tries to think of how to end that*
<Virgil> Mucht duck it!
* Naiya nods exuberantly. "Quack!"
* Virgil quacks!
* Naiya quacks, too. Quack!
<Virgil> (Um...  Duck.)
<Naiya> ( /me ducks. )
* Naiya takes another (big) swig.
* Virgil swigs another.
<Virgil> Yoursh cute!
[All of the sudden, a big husky male voice bellows in the table's general 
direction. "Wellll...look what the cat dragged in!  I see you made it back in 
one piece!"]
* Naiya blushes. "Sthank you!" She thinks for a moment. "You'resh cuter!"
* Naiya looks up momentarilly. Cat?
* Virgil looks around for the cat!
* Naiya meows. "Meoooow. Here, kittykittykitty..."
* Virgil chuckles drunkenly and leans back.
[Naiya sees the towering, hunking figure of Hugo!  The little rat who stole her 
money doesn't seem to be around, but Hugo's smiling broadly at Naiya.  For 
Virgil's reference, Hugo is *huge* and rather well-tanned.  His head is shaved 
completely bald and he has the whole "gentle giant" look to him as he sits down 
in a chair next to you guys, back turned towards the table.  It creaks a 
little.]
* Virgil , ooc, is suddenly glad he left his money back at the ship.
<Naiya> ( Hugo Chuckles! )
<Virgil> (Well, the bulk of it.  With the rest of his massive posessions.)
* Naiya waves. "Youse... youse... *blink* You don't... youse don't look like a 
cat."
<Virgil> Nots a cat.  Def >hick< Defin not a cat.
* Naiya waves again, for good measure.
* Hugo laughs at that, a loud bellow and folds his muscled arms across the top 
of the chair. "No, I don't at that. So what have you been up to? Last I saw 
you'd just washed ashore outta nowheres."
<Hugo> I'm guessing you got that job?
* Naiya thinks... rewinding back to being washed ashore, then before that. She's 
suddenly a lot more apprehensive. "No! They left me!"
<Virgil> Wash job?
<Naiya> I shcared them... I don't want to shcare people. *she sniffs*
<Virgil> Awww, I'm not schared!
* Hugo looks at her curiously. "Left you?" He looks confused.
* Naiya looks at Virg, since he's got her attention now. "Noone would be shcared 
of you. You're herm.. horm. ..harmful." *blink.* "Harmless!"
* Hugo watches Virgil. "And who's this then?"
* Naiya points exuberantly at Virgil. "He's a chicken! He got zhe job too!"
* Virgil looks at Hugo. "Hiyaz!"
<Hugo> Chicken?  He doesn't look like a chicken.
* Hugo raises an eyebrow at Virgil.
* Naiya nodnods. "He can FLY!"
* Virgil flaps his arms and falls backwards.
<Hugo> ...right.
* Hugo then looks at Naiya more seriously. "You're drunk, aren't you?"
* Naiya snickers madly, clapping her hands to her armored chest.
<Naiya> Am not!
* Virgil nodnodnodnods
<Naiya> Shervants of Fiona aren't allowed to get drunk. Shoes I'm not. *nods 
knowingly*
* Naiya takes another sip.
<Hugo> You don't say...
<Virgil> Uh-huh!
* Naiya blinks. "I didn't?"
* Naiya looks really confused. "But I shought I did?"
* Hugo snickers and shakes his head. "I guess I'll have to talk to you later 
when you make more sense."
* Naiya tilts her head at Hugo, almost falling over in the process, but not 
quite. "What did you want? Did it have anyshing to do wish the cat you dragged?"
* Naiya looks around for the cat, too.
<Virgil> Meow!
* Hugo shakes his hand in the air. "Forget it. Don't worry about it." He starts 
to head off, shaking his head. Drunks.
* Naiya looks really confused, now.
* Virgil IS confused, but that doesn't stop him from drinking some more!
<Naiya> I hope shy didn't shcare him. *takes another sip.*
<Virgil> I think ya jumped the boat!
<Naiya> Ise didn't jump. Zhey left me. Because I'm schary. Zhey wouldn't have 
left you, yoursh not shcary. You're wind. Like my brother.
<Virgil> Ish not windzy.  I'me...  Ish gotz teh lokie future thing.
<Naiya> Buts you can fly!
* Naiya flaps herself, and joins Virgil on the floor. All that armor she's in 
makes the landing rather loud.
<Virgil> Butz Ish justh magicks.
* Naiya nodnods from the floor. "But yoush can do stuff with yours."
<Virgil> Yosh got some?
<Naiya> Ishe don't get to keep it zshouh. My brosther's gonna take it.
<Virgil> Keesh the katzh!
* Naiya blinks. "Cheesh?"
<Virgil> Moo!
<Naiya> Meow!
<Virgil> Quack!
* Naiya doesn't follow up with another sound. She starts laughing again.
* Virgil cracks up.
[The music starts to drown them out, and other drunken laughter fills the tavern 
to join them.  Yeesh.  Couple'a souses.]
[End in here too.]