Chapter 37 - The interview
The others looked up at them as Scarlett approached with Rosa in tow. Both Allyssa and Shin gave Rosa a curious look but didn't say anything.
"We will be leaving now," Scarlett said as she looked down at their table. There were half-eaten lumps of bread on it, along with two bowls of some brown soup. She hadn't given them much time to actually have their meal, she realized. Well, they could probably get something else later on.
"You're done then?" Allyssa asked. "I thought you only had business with..." She looked at the white-haired young man that now sat next to her. "Fynn was it, right?."
"Hmm? Yes." Fynn answered after a second. "But to be honest I don't really know what I'm supposed to do here."
"That's a laugh," Rosa cut in from the side, moving closer to the table. "Neither do I." She smiled at them, then seemed to look closer at Fynn. "Aren't you the guy who fought with the barkeep last night?"
"Oh, you're the weird singing lady," he said as he appeared to recognize her. He then shook his head. "And no, that was just a misunderstanding. I only told him this place smelled."
"Ah, of course. That's one of the classics." Rosa nodded her head sagely, apparently not minding being described as a 'weird singing lady'. "I always tell people their homes smell too, and they always get mad for some reason. People just don't appreciate compliments these days."
Fynn gave her a slightly confused look. "But I wasn't trying to compliment him?"
"Well, there's your problem then."
His forehead knitted together as if he didn't quite understand the meaning behind Rosa's words, when Allyssa leaned in beside him. "Why would you tell the barkeep that his business smelled?"
"I thought it would be good if he knew. There was a rotten piece of meat under the stairs."
The people around the table went quiet for a moment.