Ajax nodded at the man, offering a grin as the details of their stay were worked out. "Well there you go, this doesn't have to be terribly unpleasant for anyone" he said in an honestly merry tone as he picked the door back up as though it were a simple plank and carried it towards the hole it had once covered, setting it down in such a way that it at least partially blocked the entrance to the establishment. And then it kind of hit him. "Oh right. I lost what little I had fighting the demon summoner living in a cursed mansion right up the road" he casually uttered, making a little pause to let the words sink in.

Ajax was, indeed, quite literally stripped down to his undergarments. Unless he had some gold hidden there somewhere, he wasn't lying when he said he had absolutely nothing left to give whether the townsfolk bought into the talk of evil sorcerers or not. Of course, if those words were true then maybe these people could be seen as heroes and then they could get some free lodging. "Ajax Diagorides always pays his debts, however. Surely you have a problem that needs solving. Something to move, something to raze, a limb to break...", he said as he cocked an eyebrow at the man. "I won't judge. There's always something".