Mai'lo stopped in mid step and blinked as a friend request window suddenly appeared in his fields of vision. "It's that Emperor kid," he muttered. His hand hovered over the button for a moment before he pressed accept. 

"Need all the allies we can get." He looked around and checked the party. On the map each member that had accepted the party invitations was pinpointed, showing him their exact locations. Kip appeared to be inside the tavern he was standing outside of and the rest were gathered in small groups soar throughout the town. 

He sent a quick party message, letting them all know that he'd and Kip would be at the tavern and they should meet up at their convenience, then he turned and pushed open the door. 

At a large table, Kip say, her hands wrapped around a huge mug of something. He came up and say across from her, seeing the empty scabbard to his sword on the table. He nodded once to Kip and then turned his attention to a waitress that walked up to the table. Souther NPC, he noted. 

"I don't care what it is," he said. "As long as it comes in a large glass and it has alcohol in it." A few moments later a similar mug was set in front of him, the scent of something similar to beer or ale wafting from it and he handed over a couple coins to cover the cost. 

"Getting drunk?" He asked Kip before he lifted the mug and drained half of it in a single go.