[b]After striking out with several bars, Rose drug herself back to the bar nearest to her inn & plopped herself onto a stool, noting the familiar guy she ran into at the hotel. Something kept bumping them into each other, but he was too drunk for her to really consider asking him questions about the wolf she was tracking. What could have posessed him to drink all of the pints in front of him, anyway?

"Can I get ye somethin, Miss?" the bartender asked, a little surprised to see a female customer in his bar. Rose resisted the urge to punch him in the face & slid a bit of money across the counter.

"I'd like a full pint of hard cider," Rose told the man. With a nod, the old man left to get her drink, leaving her alone for a bit. Rose pulled out her tiny dagger & an apple from her side bag, peeling it & then cutting slices up. Lightly, she nudged the guy from the hotel gently to get his attention & offered a slice of her apple, giving him another warm smile like earlier.

"You should eat something," she advised softly, "If you get drunk like that & don't fill up your stomach, there's going to be hell to pay later."[/b]