Refuge Part 4

Simura

Before Trent stormed out of The Leaping Lizard there were two women sitting together on the second floor of the restaurant. They sat in a corner of the restaurant that was less rowdy as they conversed a spirited waitress brought over a meal that they ordered.

The waitress was sally she carried over their meal with one hand not spilling a thing a testament to her years of experience as a waitress. "Here you go one Strix crumble, dropheogus cake, brind frost love bird, and six giggling cookies. Will that be all or do you need someone thing else?".

"We're fine you can go" having received an answer sally left.

The person who spoke was a beauty dark elf her red eyes would make you think her gaze would pierce through your skin, but instead, when her eyes landed on a person it made them feel a comforting warmth instead. It was Seraphine she had on a green dress made of high quality silk.

The woman next to her was equally as beautiful she looked human at first glance, but when you inspect the closer you could tell she was a half-breed between a human and a lizardman. Many locals would simply call her a disgusting mix someone of impure blood that's it simply crawl in the gutters and die. her eyes were light brown with slits down the middle.

Most of her scales were covered but some crept up her neck there were none on her face. She wore a simple yellow dress that had Frills on the ends along with a pair of high lace boots that complimented her dress.

If you listening I'm a conversation the two are having you will find nothing peculiar. The only thing that exited their mouths was gossip about their husbands, other wives, the state of the City or some other mundane thing.

Besides binding finding two proper women like them at an establish as rambunctious as The Leaping Lizard. Anyone would just think the two were out on a simple outing, stumbled on the place and decided to try something new.

Yet, when you remove the facade that the two placed around them. You would find the horror that lied beneath. All the laughing and joking around that's you would have originally heard has reduced only to the loud crunching and snap of the woman in yellow eating a cookie.

The only person with food in front of them was the woman in yellow as she munched down everything with much delight.

Seraphine laid-back in the chair with her fingers crossed as she watched the woman in the yellow eat. "You should really watch what you eat Simura you'll get a cavity or worse you'll get fat".

Simura happily enjoyed her sweets not minding what seraphine said as she made a giggling sound because of the effect of the giggling cookies.

"Me get fat that's quite funny if only such a thing were possible. If I were to get fat it would be from the baby my husband puts in me. You should know what I mean you have a husband too".

"You know full well that my relationship is different from yours, very different".

Simura twirled a fork in their hand as she replied, "different it's true our relationships maybe a bit strange two other people, but in reality, it's no different. Everyone else is the problem they find it hard to accept anything when something is a little different from the norm, you understand we're kindred spirit".

Seraphine chuckled, "being called Kindred Spirits by The Widow if someone heard that there is no way anyone would believe me".

Simura placed a hand in the air signaling Seraphine to be quite, "there's no need for honorifics between us few people know who I am or the truth about me as you do and out of those people even fewer get to live. What you have is an honor your skills are impeccable. It's a shame what happened to you or who knows how high you could have risen".

Seraphine snorted than took a piece of the Strix crumble from Simura's servings and ate it.

"Hay if you wanted something to eat you should have ordered something when that woman took our order"

Seraphine ignored her and kept taking pieces out of Simura's food. Simura slapped away Seraphine's hand while Seraphine kept coming back for more.

Annoyed Simura just gave up "fine just take it's not like I wanted it even though I ordered it. Also, take this file it's your next job get it done quickly you know the usual".

Seraphine took the file and finished off Simura's food then left the restaurants while giggling.

Simura looked at the empty plates of food and became dispirited over not being able to finish off the food.

"Why do people eat other people's food instead of just ordering something for themselves?" Simura slammed her head on the table then went home to her husband.