Dale News - 2015-02

Date	Location	Title
04	ESGAROTH	Can't pay, won't pay!

Post Title:	Can't pay, won't pay!
Author:	Brev
Date posted:	4 February 2015
You'll never guess who I saw in the Fishtale the other afternoon: Lady ORIANA Karath! Aye, she didn't even have the grace to look embarrassed, she was smiling as she talked with the old fellow tending the bar. Oh, and there was someone else too, though it took me a while to recognize her: that ragamuffin LOUSE turned up like the proverbial bad penny. Funny, she looks different somehow (did /you/ know her hair was blonde under all that dirt? Nope, me neither). Her manners haven't changed, though, judging by the way she demanded a drink. A fellow in a grey cloak (DAEGAL), said something to her as he left and I do hope it was a reprimand! Anyway, Lady Oriana had the bartender bring out some woman who was pregnant, and far along too by the looks of it. I was worried she was about to drop! The woman seemed to be expecting a handout from Karath, said something about giving 'mah babeh its rightful due' and 'payin' up'. Maybe she's the one the rumour-mill said was carrying Lord Bernar's child? But Oriana gave her the brush-off, cool as a cucumber, informed her that House Karath would not be party to extortion and then swept out of the place without passing on so much as a penny. Louse didn't hand over any pennies either - complained that the bartender had spilled half her drink (if you ask me, fear of House Karath made his hand shake worse than usual!) and announced he could keep it, as she wasn't paying up. Instead she stormed off. I suppose she must have passed Lady Oriana somewhere along the Wharf, but I wasn't wasting time on following them.