Tassle�s Tavern
As the Fellowship sat around a raging fire in the West Commonlands, Aristobulos had an idea. He watched the other Griffons toil about with them selves, and whispered to Baldorhic his plan. As the others looked at the two talking with each other, Vigilantia along with Taar, Clang and Soti, all trusted friends of Vig, spoke up. �Hey, guys what are you two talking about?� �Aye, what you guys up to?� harped Talbuff permanently attacked to Laffer�s hip. Knowing that what ever Aristo and Baldy came up with was going to be cool. Periden taped Dags, who was pretending to hide in the shadows, on the shoulder. �Hey, can you atleast try to sneak over there and see what�s up?� whispered Periden. Everyone in the guild knew that Dags tried very hard to become Norrath�s greatest rouge and pretended not to see him walk up behind Aristo. �I see you Dags, just go and sit down and wait like the others.� Said Baldy. Periden bursting out laughing, along with Dreambearer, who were sitting next to Periden and Simbak. Aristo stood up and announced, �We are going to have fun tonight, me and Baldy have decided that we should take you all to Tassle for a drink or two. What you guys think?�
Trulight was the first to speak up; it was known that he loved the drink. Nikiny and Everstar, recently married declined not to go, electing to go on a honeymoon of sorts. Trueserve, a brother of Trulight�s asked if the Tru family could come along. Bobknowsnot opened a portal for Tru�s family and they joined in the raging fire, and sitting behind Trulight. You would think they all were in a ballet when all their heads nodded in unison at Truknight and Trunat. Bleau stood up flexing her boredom out and began helping up Lelvin whose legs had feel asleep. Cherrie and Ezabo laid back and talking about what they would wear. They sporadically stood up and shook off the heat and dust gathered from the passing horses and carriages on the main road. Clang began to lift his leg to put out the fire when Dreamkeaper and Simbak gave him a look. Just then Baldorhic came with a pail of water and doused the fire out. They gathered together and started the long walk to Freeport. Nikiny and Everstar waved their goodbyes to the gang and headed east. Aristo and Badly lead the group with Lelvin and Taar closed behind them. Many stories were told on the trip. The one that got the group good was told by Periden, �One time at band camp, I had this flute..� Soti cuts in �what the heck is a flute?� � I don�t know I�m a pally.� �Silence!!� Dags shouted. Periden continued, �Ok, I had this flute.� �Lelvin, get that stick out you�re a�� �NO your not!!� scorned Dreambearer. Everyone giggled.
The stories continued through out the journey when and herald spoke that Drew the Great was going to be singing at the Tassle�s, Aristo smiled, he knew of the songs on Drew and walked faster, knowing that the Tassle brings out the best ale. He hurries in to a short burst of energy. The other Griffons saw him hurry up far ahead and they went in to a flat out run to catch up. Baldorhic ran up beside him, Aristo running and breathing heavily, �What�s got you in such a hurry that you�d leave the others behind?� � I just remembered that my favorite mug is out in the open and I don�t want anyone using it.�
�Well then why didn�t you say something? Stop a sec.� Thus allowing the other to catch up. Everyone was way out of breath, and Baldy used his magic to cast spirit of wolf and invigorate all the poor Griffons who were out on shape, Turning a gaze at Clang. The pace was fast and soon they found themselves at the gates to Freeport (the city of men, yeah right)
The guards at the gate gave them the once over and Bleau gazed at one of them and blushed. Dreambearer pushed Bleau away; she knew that the Freeport guards were dirty old men. Her thoughts went to Aristo, and she shook them off. Saying, �Pally�s.�
They walked to the north side of the city; they knew the tavern well from their travels in and out of Freeport. They passed shops busting of gems and fantastic armor that caught Dream�s and Bleau eyes. �Forget about it girls you can�t afford it� commented Dags. As they turned the corner they saw the tavern bustle with people entering. Aristo and the others push their way into the mob and easily took a large table to sit at. Periden started off by ordering a drink for everyone, and opened up the conversation. �Three men, a Barbarian, a Gnome, and a Woodelf, are standing on the EW Bridge. The Barbarian removes a bottle of Tainted Avalanche Ale from his coat, takes a sip, and then throws the bottle over the bridge. The Gnome asks, �Why did you do that? That was perfectly good bottle of Ale!� The Barbarian replies, �There's plenty of that where I come from.� The Gnome doesn't want to be upstaged, so he removes a Rebreather from his pocket, takes a long breath, and then throws it over the bridge. The Woodelf exclaims, �Hey! What the hell did you do that for? That was a perfectly good Rebreather!� The Gnome replies, �There's plenty of that where I come from.� Now, the Woodelf doesn't want to be upstaged, so he searches through his pockets but he can't find anything. He looks around for a moment, then grabs the Gnome and throws him over the bridge. The Barbarian exclaims, �What the hell did you do that for?� The Woodelf replies, �There's plenty of that where I come from.�� Tears fell from everyone�s eyes from the laughter. He added, �You want to hear another one?� Aristo, taking the ale from the waitress said aye. Periden stood up by his chair and took a swing of his ale and began, �Three Woodelf females were on Karra Island. One of the females finds a Genie lamp in the sand and picks it up. After examining it, she rubbed it and out popped a Genie. The Genie said to them, for freeing me I will grant you each of you ONE wish. So the first Woodelf female said, I wish I were 25% smarter. So PUFF, he was 25% smarter, built a raft and got off the island. The second Woodelf female said, I wish I were 50% smarter. So PUFF, he was 50% smarter, built a canoe and got off the island. The third Woodelf female said, I wish I were 100% smarter.� Periden smiled. �HEY!� Vig shouted. Everyone laughed so hard. Vig just sipped her ale, and Dags ordered another round for his guild mates. They sat there talking and joking around till the wee hours of the morning till the bar was ready to close for the day. They said their good byes and hugged each other, and whispered of the next time they would get to do this again.