[ The show goes as it usually does, and Bucky plays his part well enough. A few people give her some extra coins, nothing much, but it will pay for the room she has for another two nights. If she takes to travel, she can save it for other supplies. Bucky will get a cut for himself - not through any arrangement but because Alysia refuses to have a debt, even a friendly one - to ensure their continued relationship, if nothing else. And he will be welcome in her pseudo-home tonight, if only to keep him out of the rain.
His performance, at the last, surprises even her. It ensures that no one watching them could ever assume they work together at times, that any of this might have been planned. Her eyes are wide as he stumbles with the drink and even gives her a coin, and a few people look uncomfortable at the gesture. Once he leaves, she garners a few extra coppers, even a silver, as if in some terrible recompense for the display such a fine lady had to witness.
It's grotesque, really. She'd take the silver and shove it down the woman's throat if she didn't wish to cause a scene. It will go to a beggar child later. Alysia wants nothing to do with a noble's charity.
When all is said and done, she leaves through the front and circles around the back through the mill of people leaving to escape the rain. Thunder rumbles in the distance, certain to be troublesome later. She finds Bucky easily enough. ]
That was quite a show. What brought all of that on?
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His performance, at the last, surprises even her. It ensures that no one watching them could ever assume they work together at times, that any of this might have been planned. Her eyes are wide as he stumbles with the drink and even gives her a coin, and a few people look uncomfortable at the gesture. Once he leaves, she garners a few extra coppers, even a silver, as if in some terrible recompense for the display such a fine lady had to witness.
It's grotesque, really. She'd take the silver and shove it down the woman's throat if she didn't wish to cause a scene. It will go to a beggar child later. Alysia wants nothing to do with a noble's charity.
When all is said and done, she leaves through the front and circles around the back through the mill of people leaving to escape the rain. Thunder rumbles in the distance, certain to be troublesome later. She finds Bucky easily enough. ]
That was quite a show. What brought all of that on?