[[open]] Why Not?

[Carter]

Carter sank back further into his seat and let out a deep sigh. He was sitting on one of the few tables located in "Jerusalem Inn", for once. Normally, you would find him sitting up at one of the stools at the bar. But Carter felt like doing something different. A change. Life would be boring if you did the same thing everyday. He coughed and took in his surroundings. The bar was filled with a mixture of men that were sober, drunk, and somewhere imbetween. Carter was sober.

The other thing that distressed him was that there seemed to be no females in the pub whatsoever. Darn it. Even the bar workers seemed to be male today. Just his luck. Carter narrowed his eyes as he inspected the large burly man, oblivious to his angry stares, lazily cleaning glasses and standing by the bar. Where was that nice looking lady that was normally there? Carter slowly turned away from the man, and took a swig of his ale, and licked his lips after he had taken a few gulps. He sat in silence, quietly listening to the murmer of voices around him.

[Roe]

Roe decided that he had to get out of the castle for a little while, just to maintain his sanity. He figured he needed a good drink so he wandered over to the pub at the Jerusalem Inn. His normal operating procedure was to get a table back in a dark area with his back to the wall for safety's sake. As he motioned for an ale to take back he saw Carter out of the corner of his eye and ambled over. "Hey Carter, how are ya ... will you need help exiting the Inn again today, as you have before," he grinned

[Carter]

Carter smirked as he saw Roe enter the Inn. He didn't seem to notice Carter for quite a while. He was after all keeping to himself. But he noticed him in the end, and came over to talk. At Roe's remark Carter raised his eyebrows and smirked. "Shut it." he said shortly, taking a short glimpse over at his half full glass. Or was it half empty? "You never fail to mention that one small incident." he said, still eying the ale.

Carter gestured to the seat opposite him, and then let out a contented groan, and folded his arms. His short blond hair was in a mess, and he looked bored. In all truthness, he was bored. Whenever Carter was not in some far-fetched, baddy-fighting adventure, Carter was bored. He closed his eyes momentarily, his ears buzzing as the shouts and groans of the peasants around him escalated to an unbareable volume. "For gods sake." Carter mumbled under his breath. The pub with unusually busy today, which was the way Carter didn't like it.

[Roe]

Roe could see quite quickly that Carter was drawn into himself on this evening. Normally he was one to involve himself in everyone's business front and center at the bar. This night he was well pulled back at a table with his head pulled down and in. Normally he acted like he didn't care if the whole world knew who he was. Tonight he was either bored or depressesd or both. In any case he would likely be open to lots of drinking.

When he got over to Carter's table and reminded him of their first encounter, all he got was: "Shut it .... You never fail to mention that one small incident." Roe wondered just how far he should push Carter when he was in one of his moods. "Yes, I can understand why you would want to forget that incident. It was the one where you really got to know me." Then he saw Carter motion him over to a seat, which he gladly accepted.

"Well Carter, question 1 is whether you really want to stay here. And if you do or you don't, what plans are you hatching in that blonde head of yours?"

[Carter]

Carter sighed at Roe's 'blonde' comment. The taunting a teasing seemed to never end. If only he was born with the more common mousy hair people had nowadays, he would probably be taken more seriously. But he didn't mind that much. Besides, his blond hair did seem to give him a certain charm. He dismissed the comment airily, and then sighed again and simply said, "I'm just bored. You know, with everything thats been happening recently. I'm all full of," he struggled to find the right word, "adreneline."

Carter fidgeted in his chair and then moved his glass slightly, watching the substance inside swish and slosh around. He smiled at the simplicity of the matter.