Penelope watched Crow leave before gesturing for Gavin to follow her as she lead the way over to a different table. A few villagers sat around chatting casually with each other as they drank from their mugs. A few already appeared a bit tipsy, something Penelope was glad to notice. She slipped into an empty chair and flashed a timid smile at the group. "Hope you don't mind if we join you! It's hard to find an empty spot in here tonight." she chuckled. 

"Not at all dear!" Grinned an older blonde woman. "Come, come!" 

"Thanks!" Penelope said cheerfully, returning the woman's grin. "It's sure busy here tonight."

"Everyone's ina good mood." The woman nodded. 

"Gotta celebrate while we can." A scruffy man agreed as he brought up his mug to his lips. 

"You two must not be from here." A another man chuckled. 

Gavin glanced at Penelope before looking over at the man and shaking his head. "No we're not. We came from Adderfield actually." he responded with a small shrug as he waved down a wench to order a drink. Penelope was quick to notice that the male knight had used the outer village he had worked in as their cover. She hoped he wasn't going in over his head with the lie. She had never been to that village so any details pertaining to it would have to come from him. She held her tongue though and ordered a drink as well. 

"Adderfield, huh?" The older woman mused. "That's quite a ways away. What brings you all the way out here then?"

"Family business." Penelope replied vaguely. She picked up her drink to buy herself some time to give them a better explanation as well as bring up the group they were looking for. Setting the mug down, she met the peasant woman's gaze with a shrug. "My brother's been out roaming the outer villages in search of work for a while now and my father thinks it's time for him to come home before taxing season hits."

"Hopefully he's had a bit of success then." sighed a man.

Another shook his head. "Cursed taxing." he spat before drinking. 

Gavin frowned and nodded his head in agreement before focusing back on the older woman. "Maybe you can help us.. Her brother would have been traveling in a rather large group so we think he shouldn't be too hard to find.. Have you seen any pass through her lately?"

The woman furrowed her brow thoughtfully before shaking her head. "Can't say I have sweetie. Not a large group at least..." she paused and shifted her gaze to Penelope. "Are you sure your brother would be in a large group?"

Penelope nodded her head. "Yeah, he joined up with a group to travel with last I heard from him and it sounded like they had quite a few people with them.. Guess they didn't pass through here though." she shrugged. Feeling that the mood had died down a bit due to the mention of taxes, she grinned and lifted her mug to the other peasants. "Ah I'll worry about finding him more tomorrow. Next drinks are on us."

Gavin raised an eyebrow at Penelope before flashing a small smile at the peasants. "Yeah!" He agreed, reaching into his pocket for his coin purse only to find nothing. He blinked and patted himself down until his gaze wandered over to the thief. As the peasants quickly grew cheerful at the news and began talking just as brightly as before, Penelope noticed the sour expression on the male knight's face. 

"What is it?" She asked him quietly. 

Gavin glanced at the peasants before lowering his voice. "I'm rather certain that damned thief took my coins." he hissed. 

Penelope blinked and glanced in the direction of the table Crow had gone too. She shook her head a little and then looked back to Gavin. She wanted to suggest that he might have just misplaced it earlier but recalling how irritable Crow had been about her working with Gavin, she found herself doubting that the male knight's assumption was completely wrong. "Oh..." she mumbled awkwardly as she took out her own coin purse to pay for the drinks. 

"It's fine. I'll deal with him about it later.. Let's just go meet up with the others." Gavin grumbled annoyedly. The two eventually slipped away from the table of peasants and headed back over to the front of the tavern. As they neared, Crow came into view and Penelope noticed Gavin glaring at the thief. 

"Any success?" Penelope quickly asked the thief as they reached him, hoping to give Gavin a chance to cool down before he went accusing Crow of stealing his money.