"Dear god lad! Did a blind person pick out your clothes for today?"
A smile crept up on an experienced face behind a bandanna in response to the obvious hypocrisy of the statement. In the dull light of the bar, it would take ones eyes a few seconds to fully materialize a face followed by a body at the opposite end of the bar where the statement permeated out across the room from; where a few run-of-the-mill soldiers sat hunched over their drinks in quiet conversation. Or drunken haze. In response to puzzled looks of newcomers and amused looks of regulars, the character pressed onward in his act. Besides, if the other man couldn't take a joke, well, screw him.
"I jest laddie, I jest." The character said with a splash of laughter. Spinning around to place his foot upon a barrel of ale at the floor, he began making eccentric gestures like that of a gentleman pirate or a stage performer while his accent went from thickly northern to that of a waterlogged mariner.
"Ya see lad, aye be Delago Constantine; tha captain of these here waters", the characters arms pushed forward and separated as if using the sea metaphorically to represent the city. "Aye be manning these waters fer close ta tw'nty yeas now, 'fendin 'em from all loikes of mercenries, soldias, and tha usual sack a verim that comes 'round 'ere." After a harumph from the bar regulars, the character bulged one of his eyeballs and leaned rather close to the man at the bar.
"Ye wouldn't 'appen ta be any of 'ese 'ere invid'ules, would ye?"
The character didn't wait for a response before reeling in laughter, falling over backwards at the apparent humor only he and the other patrons deep in their drink could find. Picking himself up off the floor, he sat down in a chair next to the man, back to his old demeanor and speech as when the man originally entered the place, speaking in almost a hushed whisper.
"But honestly now lad; jokes aside it's nice to get new faces around here, especially when those faces aren't half burned or cleaved in two. I be the 'Captain of the Guard' now too apparently, so if ya need anything ya know which corner of which bar ta find me in."
With that, the character waltzed back to his small corner of the bar where a few run-of-the-mill soldiers were gathered and sat down. [I]All that was left[/I], he though, [I]was to watch, listen, and wait[/I]. Looking down, he realized he forgot something. [I]And finish me Ale[/I]...