The Character Tavern

**xD "Some chick with a cloak who seems to be hiding from everyone". That's my Alyssa alright...**

She took the water and took a sip, being careful not to show her face. She knew from experience that showing her face in public led to bad, bad things.

Zuko

He pulled his hand away, and the knife just missed it. He stood up angrily and snarled at the man, "What are you doing?!"

KAYLA

She giggled at the foolish people.

"What are you doing?" He asked, outraged that someone had thrown a dagger at him.

she smiled. If it would have been her she would have made sure to lodge it into his throat. Blame the Rogue for her cruelty. But she liked to blame herself. She liked being cruel.

"Hello there," she smiled at a girl trying to hide herself. "Who're you?"

Alyssa

Alyssa flinched and turned to Kayla. "I-I don't see how that's a-any of your business," she said quietly.

Charlie

Hm... I'm bored. I look around the crowded tavern until my eyes stop at the chick with the hood. There's another girl sitting next to her now.

I cheerfully stroll over to them. I manage to hear part of their conversation.

"I-I don't see how that's a-any of your business," I only just manage to make out what the girl with the hood says.

Slightly confused, I sit down on the stool. "So, what are you girls up to?" I smile.

KAYLA

Kayla laughed at both the girl and the newcomer.

"I'm trying to make a new friend, you see," Kayla smirked at the new guy, "but she's being oh so rude. I only asked what her name was. I don't like rudeness very much."

Kayla shrugged. "Oh well. I'm Kayla," she grinned, fingering the hidden dagger in her waist pocket. "Who're you, I ask you both. I ask you, girl, for the second time. And now that you know me, I'd love to know you. I just adore making new friends."

Kayla let out a cruel laugh, her eyes twinkling with mischief as she waited for both of their answers.

Alyssa

She flinched visibly at Kayla's laugh. "A-Alyssa," she murmured reluctantly.

Charlie

What was up with that then? Kayla spoke like a preppy cheerleader or something. 'I'd love to know you. I just adore making new friends.'

Chuckling slightly at the other's girls reaction, I replied to Kayla's question.

"And my name's Charlie," I winked. "Charlie Black."

Jonathon-
Waking up, I called groggily over from my table,"'m Jonathon Sikes."

(Larii)
I examine my nails, bored. Pink bathrooms, names being personal, making new friends. these people where either drunk or stupid, or both. But some of the guys are hot. Maybe one will talk to me if I join the big group. Smoothing down my dress, I walk over to them.
"I'm Larii," I say.

KAYLA

Why did Alyssa's name sound so familar. She frowned, shook her head slightly and smiled again. She would come back to that later.

"Wow so many new people," she mused. "Charlie Black, Jonathan Sikes, and Larii."

They nodded in turn as Kayla pointed them out. She gave a cruel grin and turned her attention to Alyssa.

"What's with the hood. I'm not very good with names," she shrugged. "So why don't you let me see your face?"

Alyssa swallowed. "I'd - I'd rather not," she said in a firm voice.

Kayla lost all the fake friendliness from her voice. "I was only asking to be nice," she said in a dangerously alto tone instead of the soprano one she had been using.

Even Charlie lost the grin on his face. He was looking at her as if he had only just saw her clearly. Kayla fingered her dagger again.

"Lift your hood please," she said again in her fake girly voice.

Charlie

I look at Kayla strangely as her tone of voice changed. Jesus, anger issues... She was pretty darn determined to get Alyssa to remove her hood. I didn't really care about the hood, to be honest.

"Lift your hood please," Kayla said, her voice suddenly sweet again.

Talk about personality disorder...

As Kayla spoke, I noticed Alyssa's hand hovering over the dagger again. Seriously, this was getting bizarre. Was there anyone else, except for me, who didn't have a bloody dagger? Weirdos aye...

Alyssa

Alyssa didn't like the tone of Kayla's voice. She fingered the daggers hidden in her belt and shook her head.

KAYLA

Kayla laughed, her voice shrieking as though she'd never thought anything funnier than this girl right here.

"Oh but if we're going to be friends," she chuckled. "I want to know what you look like. Oh, yes, I think we'll be good friends."

Kayla turned back to those around her. Most looked at her with a newly discovered fear. Good. She was a natural born killer. Let them be afraid.

"I'll have another wine. And one for me...friend," she smiled, prettily at the man behind the counter.

Alyssa

Alyssa hesitated. "I uh, don't drink a-alcohol." She wasn't sure how smart it was to refuse an offer from this woman, but she knew what a bit of alcohol could do to you. Especially when you've never had it before.