[W.World] Arriving (Leaky Cauldron)

[Arylianna Sanguinia]

Arylianna brushed the dust off her ruby cloak and smoothed the folds of her dress about her waist before entering the Leaky Cauldron. The squeaky hinges called unwelcome attention to her entrance causing her to pull the hood of her cloak a bit lower over her face.

Approaching the counter she carefully avoided glancing about the room not wanting to acknowledge the patrons, but she could hear the clanking of mugs and scraping of chairs against the cobblestone floors. The scruffy man behind the counter was cleaning a dirty mug with a stained cloth eyeing her approach with a crooked grin. Arylianna reached out a pale hand, and dropped two gold coins on the counter.

"I need a room, please. I'll be staying an indefinite number of days, a room without a view would be preferable.." She was pleased that her accent wasn't as pronounced as it would have been if she'd not put the effort into disguising it. She cleared throat and paused when the man didn't respond. He was looking down at the coins on the counter. Warily she added "I like to sleep in" she smiled at the craggy barkeep to avoid rapping her long nails on the shiny top, not wanting to show her nervous frustration.

Without a word he scooped up the coins in a rather lithe motion which surprised her given his feeble look. He turned his back to her and plucked a key from thin air (at least it seemed that way... must be some sort of charm, she thought) Holding the key out to her he finally spoke 'First right, top of the stairs, mind the boggart in trunk.'

Plucking the key from his grubby fingers she nodded and headed for the stairs, pulling her wand from her robes she flicked her wrist at her bags and they smoothly followed her up the creaking staircase.

[Shayla Kane]

Shay had been working hard she had to because if she didn't it would give her time to think about all that had gone wrong in her life since he had left her. Shay thought that she had found the love of her life and poof he disappeared on her just like that. Shayla normally a bubbly sort of girl was having a lot of trouble getting over this. As a matter of fact she hadn't even been spending her time at her own flat anymore because it reminded her too much of him. Lately the Leaky Cauldron had been her home away from home, because her parents loving as they were had a tendency of making her feel worse. So she become queen of the Leaky.

Shayla was finished with her nightly chores and was prepared to go down stairs for some drinks. Throwing on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt (an outfit that usually caused a lot of dirty looks from other patrons) Shay grabbed her room key, slipped on some trainers and opened the door to her room.

Humming a little ditty as she ventured down the hall Shay didn't hear the someone coming up the stairs. That was why she ended up getting knocked down by a bag floating in front of it's owner. That's why she ended up on the floor with a loud thump. "OW" she cried out as she landed on her ass.

"What the hell" she said as she backed up from the floor against the wall before getting up again. No need for her to get knocked down a second time around. As she peered up she noticed a woman with long dark hair following the luggage. She was new here, "Hey there" Shay called to her, "Big bags you have there, almost killed me that one did" she pointed at one of the bags a huge grin on her face. "New here?" she asked curiously wondering about the new stranger.

[Arylianna Sanguinia]

Intent on getting to her room and finally being able to relax, Ary barely noticed the loud thud the girl falling down had made until she heard the words "what the hell?" Suddenly startled, she lowered her wand and the bags dropped to the floor, she whipped her head around so fast her hood fell around her shoulders and her bright green eye found the stranger sitting on the floor. She said nothing as she watched her get up and recovered herself, smiling she made her face and tone apologetic as she heard the woman had fallen because of her own bags.

"My apologies, I didn't see you there... I'm staying awhile" she said regarding the 'big bags' remark "I actually just arrived from... " she paused wondering if she should tell the truth, but decided against lying lest the woman place her accent "Romania."

Arylianna eyed the woman's attire taking in the jeans and t-shirt... how strange they dress here she thought, feeling suddenly a little overdressed. She could smell the sweet scent of the girls blood, damn she was thirsty. She glanced down the hall towards where her room was and longed to sit down to a nice glass of bloodwine. It had been a long time since she'd actually had a conversation with someone, especially another female and she was feeling a bit lacking in the 'friendly' category so she smiled again, warmly this time. She was hoping the hallway was dim enough that her pallid skin wouldn't make the stranger suspicious and guess her 'true nature... bloody hell she should have had some blood before she arrived, but she really didn't expect to run into anyone.

[Shayla Kane]

Shay started to wonder if she was looking a bit disheveled after her fall lifting her hands she started to check her hair patting it down so that it lay flat and straight since her appearance already gained her a lot of looks she figured looking disheveled to boot just wouldn't do. The owner was always complaining "Lass why don't you just dress in some wizards robes, I know you got them up there in your room you work at the ministry for pity's sake so you must have em."[/color] Shay simply shook her head and giggled what was it to him or anyone else what she wore. So ever since then she made sure not to dress in robes just to piss people off but she didn't want to look like a slob. So next she looked down and checked her clothes which were alright tucked in all the right places, laces tied etc. OK so she wasn't a mess that was good.

Turning he attention to the other person Shay now got a good look at the lady who caused the damage. Shay was shocked to see how beautiful she was. Dark hair and the most gorgeous green eyes, for once Shay was a little shell shocked. Wondering if the girl had a nasty personality (since in her experience most pretty girls did) she listened and found that so far the other woman seemed OK, but Shay also started to get a feeling that there was more to her than meets the eye but at the moment she was unable to convey what the feeling was. Being in her line of work Shay was often interested in other people and this woman was no different.

Figuring the woman would want to go to her room and relax Shay had other ideas, she wanted to get to know the newcomer, and it had been a long time since she had a conversation with another female that wasn't work related. Throwing caution to the wind Shay said "Hey why not put your bags in the room I can wait right here for you and the both of us can walk down to the bar and have a drink my treat sort of a welcome to the Leaky Cauldron kind of deal" smiling Shay waited patiently for an answer.