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[indent][indent][indent][color=gray][sub][right][color=#dc143c][b]Location:[/b][/color] Wayfarer's Retreat -- The City of Thorinn, Aetheria[/right][/sub][/color]
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[color=#A84B5E]“You know, you really shouldn’t be picking on NPC’s.”[/color]

Graves hadn't even finished turning his head to face Rael when he felt something splash across his head. Ale ran down his face-- gathering in his eyes-- and down his back, drenching his clothes. Its stench would cling to the armor for days. He leapt to his feet, shoving the table back and into the mage in the process. His blood was running hot, his cheeks as bright red as his burning eyes. A hand went to the hilt of his sword: that massive, wicked thing that had cleaved the head from a basilisk not a week prior.

He took one step forward, closing the distance. There was more than a foot difference in their height; he had to stoop down just to look her in the eye. [color=dc143c]"You think I won't split you in half you insufferable, little bi-"[/color]

Before he could even finish threatening the half-pint somebody stepped in between them. A hand the size of a baseball mitt pressed against Graves's chest, pushing back back outta Rael's face. The anger on his face only grew as he had to take a step back to allow Alja to stand between the two of them. She went on to talk, [i]a lot[/i], but it was obvious he wasn't listening. Graves's eyes never left the one that had started this; she'd gone out of her way to humiliate him in front of the whole raid and then had the [i]audacity[/i] to cower behind her bigger friend.

Alja finished her diatribe and put a hand on Graves's shoulder, like some half-assed attempt at camaraderie. He reached up and took her by the wrist, leaning close to her. [color=dc143c]"Stop protecting her."[/color] He sneered, shoving her hand off. [color=dc143c]"You think she can get away with that and I'll just bend the fuck over?"[/color]

He looked, then, to Rael. [color=dc143c]"How 'bout we step outside n' settle this, huh? Or are you really the coward they say you are, [i]Rael[/i]?" [/color]
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