Yuno looks at the armored paladin with a confused look. While munching on her cake she says, mouth still full of cake, "Guiding light? Fix the broken world? I don't know what you're talking about. Sounds like something a goody-two-shoes would say. Are you a goody-two-shoes? You kinda look like one but then again, you're dressed in all black and black is the edgiest color so I don't know..." She sniffs the air in the general direction of the new dark knight and adds, "You smell evil. Or is it the cake I'm smelling? Is the cake evil?"  

‘‘No dear, the cake is chaotic neutral’’ Bella says with a little chuckle

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Yuno looks at the armored paladin with a confused look. While munching on her cake she says, mouth still full of cake, "Guiding light? Fix the broken world? I don't know what you're talking about. Sounds like something a goody-two-shoes would say. Are you a goody-two-shoes? You kinda look like one but then again, you're dressed in all black and black is the edgiest color so I don't know..." She sniffs the air in the general direction of the new dark knight and adds, "You smell evil. Or is it the cake I'm smelling? Is the cake evil?"  

Zelgius stops then glances at Yuno. "I have spent most of my life shrouded in darkness... But at least I had a purpose. And that purpose was to fix the corrupt world that shunned me for who I am. I am what someone called me a 'branded'. And they shunned me for it. All because of a mark. If they view me as evil then so be it. But they will eventually get what they deserve in the end.” 

‘‘Oh mister dark and gloomy! Sit and have a drink, take a load off! You got nothin to prove right now. Regardless of how useful you are you’re one of us, your family now kid.’’ says a flying imp with an Italian accent ‘‘The names Frankie, I basically handle all legal documents, can’t be havin our warlocks make poor choices.’’ he says with a chuckle.

"Fine. I'll have a large glass of water then. But nothing more."

He hands you a glass of water.

"Thanks" He takes of his helmet and reveals his young, almost youthful face complete with healthy blue hair. He quickly sips it down before swiftly putting on his helmet again and walk off out of everyone's sight.

Yuno stops chewing her cake and just stares at the knight. She's trying to wrap her head around what he just said but she's having a hard time. Then she finally says, "Oooooh! I think I get it. People shunned you for being something you can't control and now you want to fix the world by.... actually I don't quite get that part but whatever. I don't know. I can't really relate. I had a pretty normal and nice life. It's just that I discovered I had a passion for murder. I love murder and I came here to find Murder Buddies to go out and do murder together with. It's too people don't like my calling in life so now I'm here. I just wanna live my life doing what I love and make friends who are fine with what I love doing. It just so happens that what I love doing is killing things so now I'm here."

Finally she swallows the food she was chewing and says, "I'm Yuno, your friendly neighborhood serial killer." Suddenly realizing he's walking off somewhere she says, "Hey! Where you going? They have some really good Chaotic Cake here!"

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Finally she swallows the food she was chewing and says, "I'm Yuno, your friendly neighborhood serial killer." Suddenly realizing he's walking off somewhere she says, "Hey! Where you going? They have some really good Chaotic Cake here!"

"Still curious as to who I am or what I have gone through? You're better off not knowing, or perhaps even asking. All I'll say is, the name's Zelgius. And I'm not interested in desserts right now." Closes the black knight as he walks off, not even glancing at Yuno this time.

Rowan raises an eyebrow slightly as he listens to the others speak, he wants to say something but hesitates when he notices that the paladin had begun to walk away. He shrugged slightly and let out a soft sigh. "I've only killed one person but it was more or less an accident, for most of my life I managed to survive by stealing... be it food, trinkets or small amounts of coin that nobody would really miss. That being said I'm not opposed to getting blood on my hands again if need be. Name's Rowan Flamesorrow but I usually just go by Rowan, I'm just 'some lowly urchin' but that doesn't really matter." He glanced at his hands for a moment and shook his head slightly. "Not going to lie, that cake does look rather delicious. It's been ages since I've had some actually decent food."

Bella raises an eyebrow ‘‘You want a slice dear? I can also get you some real food to start out with if you’d like?’’

Bella winks at you and goes into the kitchen, she brings out a fancy bottle of wine, pulled duck, a baked sweet potato, fried green beans, gravy, and a slice of velvet cake. ‘‘Here ya go love’’ she says with a smile.

Yuno responds to the blue elf, Eh? I don't get what being driven has to do with not wanting cake but I guess the paladin might have his reason. Oh! Maybe he has some Cake induced trauma on top of that stuff about the world shunning him." How someone might experience Cake induced trauma is a mystery. Yuno continues speaking without missing a beat, as if what she said just now was a perfectly normal sentence.  "I'm not really in to magic but if you wanna use the corpses I leave behind, be my guest." She stops mid-conversation to finish her slice of cake and asks the barkeep, "Hey can I get another slice of chocolate cake? Thanks." Then she turns back to the elf mage and adds, "Not sure what kind of experiment you're running and don't really care but if it involves something fun like blowing up the corpses or something, then I'd like to watch. If it's got anything to do with undead or constructs though, I better not have to kill out of control undead or flesh golems. I hate undead and constructs because they aren't very fun to kill."

Bella hands you another piece of cake

"Some real food first would be great and maybe a slice of carrot cake." Rowan replied after a couple seconds with a soft smile. His curiosity was peaked as he listened to the conversation between the others. A quiet hum escaped him as he thought about what had been said.

'Hopefully  we won't have to deal with to many out of control undead. Although I should probably prepare myself for whatever the future holds.' He thought, gently tracing one of the scars on his hand as he did so.

Yuno begins eating her second slice of cake. Looks like desert for dinner is something Yuno thinks is fun on occasion. She responds to the wizard, "In that case, sounds like you'll have a ton of free bodies around to turn in to undead. Some of them might be missing a limb or a head but I'm sure that's no problem."

Rowan stops tracing the scars on his hand and looks up when Roloth speaks. 

"My story? It's probably not all that interesting but I guess it wouldn't hurt to tell you. For most of my life I lived on the streets, everyday was a struggle but I managed to skirt by mostly by stealing scraps of food and small trinkets from passersby that I'd sell if I didn't really have a use for them. When I was fifteen I was taken in by a noble man... I'm pretty sure he only did it out of pity but who knows, he was alright but his wife treated me like garbage and would go out of her way to do so at any chance she got. When I was eighteen I stole my 'father's' coin pouch and a ring that 'mother' had given to him but before I can slip away into the night 'mother' caught me and had one of their servants go fetch the guards... in a panic I accidentally killed her before fleeing the estate and later the city that I had once called home. Then I more or less went into hiding, although when I was running low on coin I'd disguise myself before stealing from passersby and the occasional traveler that I'd bump into." Rowan replied, shaking his head slightly when he heard his next question."Sorry about that, it just sorta slipped out. I'm not a Bard, although I have met a few in the past." 

Overhearing the conversation while eating, Yuno wonders if she's the only one here with a non-traumatic backstory... then she remembers all the bad stuff she did and figures that her backstory isn't very wholesome either. Best to keep eating. She debates on whether or not she should get a third slice of cake.

‘‘And if they do come looking we’ll protect you.’’ you all hear a voice from the front door. ‘‘Salem, sir!’’ says everyone in unison as they all stand. 

‘‘Welcome home boss!’’ the Goliath at the door says as he hugs the man who came in. ‘‘Now now Brinn, save it for later.’’ he turns to you all ‘‘Welcome to the Order friends, sorry I was not here to welcome you when you first arrived. Now come to my office upstairs with me and we will get you all situated with your first job.’’ as he says this he turns and starts to walk upstairs, expecting you all to follow.

Salem is a tall human man who wears a tweed suit and paperboy hat. He has a strong jaw and light green eyes.

That's the boss? I was expecting him to be more... menacing. Thinks the black knight as he silently follows the group to his office