Welcome to Gaia! ::

Upon looking at the man who enter he stands up and faces up to the stranger like he his going to fight. "Zetsu! My old friend welcome!" He goes up to Zetsu and gives him a friendly man-hug. "If you are like last time I saw you, you probably don't have money," He say with a slightly disapproving tone.

He looks back at his friend opens his mouth and then closes it. After thinking about it for a bit he replies, "Well I caught ride with a xenophobic ship captain and he found out about me. They chucked me overboard and I swam to shore. And now here I am. Also why are you soaking wet? Came in the same way I did?"

"Careful with that!" Owle exclaimed as the door was rudely kicked in. "Rage spent most of the morning trying to get that fixed...if you break it you're going to have to fix it again!"

Nevertheless, she poured him a mug of ale, since that seemed to be popular today, and set it down in front of Zetsu.

She was curious about how these two knew each other, but she didn't want to interrupt what was obviously a friendly reunion.

After looking worried for a moment his face softens into a smile. "I see. Eat something to get some energy." Looking at Owle he says,"I'll pay for whatever this man eats. Within reason of course." He looks back at Zetsu," Don't eat me out of my money. Its stretched far enough as is."

"Really? Well I think this place has rooms I'm not too sure. Where are you heading?" he says taking a seat next to Zetsu. (Imust get to sllepp)

The sounds of heavy breathing came from a nearby table. Actually, it was two sets of breathing - the first belonged to Rage, who had apparently been put to sleep by the soothing chords of Paul's melody. In fact, even the black cat, Ryu, was sleeping quietly on top of the man's head, tail twitching this way and that as it slumbered.

((In other words, my excuse for not having the time to post here lately. sweatdrop ))

Paul joins Damian in eating and nods in interest when he mentions hibernation. He is about to comment, but then a stranger kicks in the door. Once he sees that Damian and the stranger (Zetsumei, he thinks) know each other, Paul shrugs and continues to eat. Zetsumei's mention of "Mercenary" with some emphasis catches Paul's attention.

Paul: Hmm...another organization! I'll have to do some research and see if they support or are against our assets...

He absent-mindedly puts down his fork and reaches for a napkin...and notices the unconscious Rage with a black cat sleeping atop his head. Paul grins, then goes to his guitar case and removes his guitar again, but this time he removes a red pick...a red pick that seems odd. It catches the light in an odd way, much like a jewel, but it is the appropriate thickness for a pick.

Paul: "Just to warn you all, I'm going to wake up Rage."

He says this loud enough to catch everyone's attention, but not loud enough to stir Rage from his slumber. With a grin, he preps a chord and swings the pick across the strings...the sound that leaps forth from the guitar is not that of an acoustic, but an electric guitar. It blasts and echoes through the tavern, entirely out of place when compared to its source...