On Melancholy Hill: Tomorrow Comes Today

[gruulgoon]

"Perhaps not, but I was just inquiring~."

Odric raised his hands defensively and looked about for anyone else that he could possibly discuss with that was not someone who thought him self high and noble, even if they are, or as dull as a spoon. Everyone else looked either not interested or scared out of their minds. He decided the scared ones were more interesting. But as he was walking to the shy guys he noticed someone, a girl standing outside muttering some broken English about learning. Obviously not her primary language and wondering if maybe she thought this place be a library, he walked to the door and opened it, giving the girl a smile. It appeared as though she came from a carriage, as she was standing near it.

"How do you do? This be your intended destination? Cause unless you were invited I wouldn't go in, tis a bit dead in there."

[KentoDS]

Samuel muttered under his breath while the sorcerer spoke, talking to himself again, "What an ass... That man has been here for only a few minutes and he's already imposing his ego on us... This is so stressful." He finished, placing his head on his arms as they rested on the table. Was this the right decision? Oh god... everyone here practically exudes power... Oh shit, I don't think I can keep up with this! Damn it damn it damn it He rambled off to himself in his head, trailing into thoughts of pure anxiety.

[BlueRose]

L.A was startled by the sudden hand on her should that she didn't expect, she flinched, nearly jumping out of her seat and her head snapped to the side like a deer caught in headlights to reveal Abigail, who gave L.A words of reassurance that things were gonna be okay, although she wasn't sure why, L.A felt a strong connection to Abigail and felt ans though she could put her faith in her words and even though she had no real reason to believe her, L.A did feel a sense of calm begin to settle the tidal onslaught of doubts that plagued her mind, not just over the fight but over the entire situation in general.

"Uh.. uh, th-tha-" before L.A could finish her sentence, Abigail walked back to where she had been positioned before hand and returned to her earlier position.

All of that quickly retreated though when the cause of her initial anxiety began to lumber his way towards L.A. "Calm down, calm down!" L.A thought to herself "It'll be okay, I am sitting at the bar after all, I'm sure he is just going to order a drink..."

Sadly for her however, this theory was quickly debunked as the titan of a man began to introduce himself to L.A, before she knew it, she was being asked for her name, but alas, her tongue seemed just as willing to play the traitor as her legs were just a moment prior.

"Uhm... I, uhh, my na-name is..." L.A's face quickly turned a crimson red, as she directed her head towards the floor hoping that if she though about it hard enough the situation would miraculously resolve itself. Although L.A had never quite been able to gracefully maneuver social situations since the incident a few years ago, the gravity of her current situation was doing more than just stressing her out as at no moment up to this particular point in time had she even fallen so low as not to be able to rise to the standards of societies bare minimum of social interaction.

[Silver]

"I just came over to say that I apologize for causing you so much distress. Do not worry, I know the feeling of anxiety well." Henry did not, in fact, know anxiety, but he did know appeasement. "Barkeep, I would like to order two stouts, please. Maybe this will calm your nerves, my lady?" Henry spoke as softly as he could, like a father talking to his child. "I do hope that you'll forgive me for the spat earlier. It's just that I am in an unfamiliar place far away from home." Henry smiled as the drink came and slid one over to L.A. "Cheers." Henry took a drink of the stout.

[All fiction]

Lucia looked at the gathering with a not too hidden look of distaste on her face. She had been here for a little while and the topic of killing monsters had barely ever been brought up. There had been some excitement when the bookworm did something to piss off the knight looking guy, but nothing had come of it. She had hoped to at least see what one or two of the others could do. As more and more people filed into the building, her expectations lowered even more. There were far too many people who, by her standards, had no chance of surviving a fight. How they had managed to get called here was beyond her, maybe they had made some kind of names for themselves out of dumb luck. There were people who clearly resembled warriors, but nobody had brought up the reason for gathering them there yet. Even their host, or at least, who Lucia assumed was the host, just based on how the others were addressing her, had only spoken once.

[BlueRose]

Although L.A wasn't particularly big on drinking due to some not overly fond memories of home, she still downed the glass presented to her half out of courtesy for the man sitting next to her, as she was never one to turn down free things and the other half because he was probably right, she could due to relax a little... Okay, a lot but the point remains

With her face still a brilliant shade of crimson, "...L.A..." She muttered under her breath, only kind of audible given the conversations going on around them.

[Silver]

"L.A., huh? Well, you can call me Henry, L.A." Henry finished his stout and looked aroind at the rest of the room's occupants. "You'll be fine, L.A.,you worked up the nerve to talk to me, right? I'd say that that is preety brave considering you've probably heard stories of me. Juat know that I believe in you." Henry got up from his seat, paid the barkeep and left to go and size up his new comrades.

[MoeSenpai]

Coleens first guess was right. Almost everyone here was a warrior, who had more than enough experience in fighting monsters. Coleen knew that many people judged him because of his age and that made him feel uncomfortable. He was obviously too young and weak for this adventure. And not even his stand could make up for this. Coleen only came here because he wanted a reason for his life. 
Since he left his village he walked around aimlessly, only trying to survive. And then he heard people talking about this. Coleen figured it might be a wise choice to come here. He could have used his stand to help people. Atleast this was Coleen's thought when he heard about this meeting. Now that he's here, he started to doubt all this. 

"Maybe I should really go. I don't fit in here." Coleen played a bit more with his hair, eyeing the door. He then stood up and walked towards it. 

[Maester of Evil]

"Whether you stay or not is of little consequence to me boy, but I can at least assume you were summoned here for a reason." Alister's eyes wander over to Colleen as he inches closer to the exit. The light reflects softly of Alister's monocle as he moved towards the young lad, dodging out of the way of the last worker to carry in his remaining collection. Once he was near he narrowed his eyes at Colleen as though he were staring into his soul.

"Your age is of little consequence to me boy provided you understand respect for your elders. So to the crux of the matter... what precisely can you do? You could hardly lift a sword let alone cast a spell so you must have access to something else to make you useful; A Psychic perhaps? Or maybe even some beast playing at heroism... " He studied him thoroughly trying to tease any detail he could about the lad, rattling of ideas to fill the silence but also keep the boy focused on him why'll he sized him up. Eventually his eyes fell upon the coat the boy wore. "An interesting coat your wearing. Though I doubt you're wearing it as a statement?"

[MoeSenpai]

The man got too close for Coleens taste, so he politely backed off a litte, creating more space between them. Now that he felt a little bit more comfortable, he would look at the man and answer his questions.
"Uhm... hello Sir. I'm a stand user. My Stand is a bound type, meaning I can combine it with an object as I wish. And i bound my stand ability to this coat."
Coleen rummaged trough his pockets, pulling out a knife he 'found' in a tavern. It was a boring knife. It didn't have a design or anything. There were some first sign of rust on the blade. But this didn't matter. It would suffice for Coleens little show. He rammed the blade into his coat, which immediately absorbed the metal of the blade and left the handle. Suddenly the blade sprout out of the Coat again, waving like a flag.

"I can control any kind of metal, as long as it is in direct contact with my coat. It is kind of a wearable weapon."

[dad]

Gavlan felt a bit irritated upon seeing so many people enter the inn, each one of them oozing with peculiarity, something that Gavlan hated. He preferred it when the people around him were simple to understand. He also noticed that some of the summoned that had came to join the hunt were quite young, comparable to how young Abigail was when the association was still lead by Kurt and the old Hunters. 

"Are you sure about asking these children to participate?" Gavlan asked while staring at Abigail. "Or are we going to wait another five years before actually starting the hunt?"

[dere]

"Trust me," Abigail said, "Everyone present is here for some reason or another."

[neillblue]

Seamus entered the Inn, surprised at how many people were inside. He sat down at the bar and ordered a drink. He didn't recognize anyone in the room, but he guessed they were all there for a reason similar to his. 

[BlueRose]

L.A was intimidated by the man who sat down next to her, he gave off an incredibly intimidating air and all around made her uncomfortable, mind you, at this point it would be fair too say that everyone would seem this way to her but none the less, she felt the urge to move away from him.

L.A stood up to walk away but then quickly realized that most of the tables were already occupied by the other people interested in the hunters association. After thinking about her options for a few moment, L.A decided to go take a seat next to where the woman who had tried to comfort her earlier was standing.

"The devil you know, I suppose"

[chrome]

Alexander made his way to the inn rather slowly, preferring to take his own pace to get there. He had scanned the letter for the address several times before he had even entered the town. He finally saw the inn he had been directed towards and several footprints of varying weight. This has to be the place! He thought, walking up to the door and resting his hand on the latch.

The door would open quickly as Alexander walked through the door, his face that of confused excitement. "Well, I didn't know there would be so many people here!" He exclaimed as he stepped through the doorway. He quickly examined the many faces in the room. He made his way over to a table of people he didn't know, but judging from their rugged appearance and aura of skill, he could tell they too, were called here. He quickly sat down, beside a fellow Italian man he could have sworn he'd seen before, but that really didn't matter at this particular moment.