Penelope gave a hopeful look as Crow spoke up to try and discourage the drinking. However, his last words seemed less than helpful. As she guessed, it quickly fueled the competition further as Alistair's boasting quickly triggered Rikki and Olivia was quick to join her. The female knight frowned and shifted her gaze over to Crow as he turned to her, meeting his lopsided smile with a look of disappointment. Before she could reply though, Gavin was quick to jump in with an angry look at the thief. 

"Tried my ass." he growled in irritation and narrowed his eyes at the thief. "All you did was make it worse." 

Penelope sighed and turned her gaze away from the two as she took another sip from her own drink. "It certainly didn't help.." she mumbled then shrugged her shoulders as she glanced towards the rest of their companions as they continued their drinking. "Regardless, there's still the three of us at least so we should still be able to handle this."

Gavin gave a small grunt of agreement as his gaze shifted momentarily away from Crow to look over at the other three. He fell quiet for a moment with a thoughtful expression. "Penelope, why don't you stick with them and make sure they don't cause any trouble." he suddenly suggested. "He and I can handle speaking with the villagers."

The female knight raised an eyebrow questioningly at his suggestion. Gavin seemed very determined to keep his eye on Crow today and it was beginning to annoy her slightly. What was it going to take for the male knight's suspicion of the thief to finally die down? Not to mention that it would leave her stuck babysitting Olivia and the other two thieves. Though she had agreed to his terms before, this time the knight was a little bit more hesitant. 

"Actually, Gavin, I think it'd be better if Crow and I speak with them while you watch over these three." She said shaking her head. "The villagers might be drunk now but their guards will probably still be up a little so it might be best for us to speak with them instead."

Gavin frowned slightly as Penelope denied his suggestion. "Are you sure?" he asked glancing towards the other three. "They'd probably listen to you more than me and I'm sure we'd do just fine.."

"I recall it being mentioned that you two didn't find much out working together in Aramoor so yes, I'm sure." Penelope pointed out. Gavin glanced between her and Crow, struggling to find a way to argue with her. Unfortunately for him, he couldn't come up with anything more and let out a sigh of defeat before nodding his head. 

Penelope turned to Crow and offered a small smile. "Guess it's up to me and you tonight then." she said before taking another sip of her drink.