Had Meesei said the same thing a few months ago, Janius would have been distraught, but now it was slightly consoling. [i]Don't jinx it, Meesei,[/i] Janius thought before he drifted to sleep.

The next morning, the sound of floorboards creaking and sheets shuffling was a sound that Janius had not woken up to in a long time. He squirmed a little to let the blood flow back into the limbs he had slept upon, and heard Meesei's good morning. He breathed in deeply and turned to see where she was with bleary eyes. "'Morning," he groaned. As was his habit, he stood up almost immediately and wiped his eyes. It also felt strange to get up from a raised bed rather a bedroll on the ground. Thankfully he remembered to dress before he proceeded downstairs for breakfast.

Fendros found himself thinking similar things to Janius as he got up. Normally he and Ahnasha woke up shortly after one another, but this time she was still fast asleep when he moved to get up. Figuring a sleep in wouldn't do any harm, Fendros carefully slid a pillow underneath her head and let her sleep while he dressed himself and headed out of the room. He spotted Janius in the hallway outside of the room and threw him a greeting smile as he quietly closed the door behind him. Janius returned a nod as he walked past him.

When Ariel awoke, her eyes opened to the bed across from her. Sabine had already awoken by the looks, and was nowhere to be seen. She considered snoozing for a little longer in the clean and comfortable bed, but a gruff groaning was cause for her to sit up and find Lorag sitting in the exact right position for the sunlight to shine into his eyes. The sound of his throat and the bags under his eyes made it clear that he was paying for his drinking this morning. After breathing in through her nose and stretching, Ariel addressed Lorag, keeping her voice down to spare his ears. "Good morning. Feeling a little down?"

Janius and Fendros descended to the ground level to see a few guests sitting at tables eating breakfast. It was likely that a number of them were others who had rented rooms, as not all of them were Argonians. Funnily enough, the table they had used the night before was occupied by Sabine, some basic alchemical equipment surrounded her. Janius and Fendros joined her, taking the nearest seats to them. "You're right where I left you last night, Runt. Did you sleep at all?" Janius asked.

The way Sabine glanced up from her task at Janius in that moment was rather dismissive. It looked as if the was mixing a hangover cure for Lorag. She resumed stirring the liquid mix in her mortar and pestle.

For a few awkward moments, Janius and Fendros sat silently and were at a loss. "I have a feeling we're going to have to find a butcher to get the usual breakfast," Fendros remarked. He couldn't remember whether they had brought the meat stockpile with them into the city, but he remembered hearing consideration of leaving it behind in case of the smell.