Talia looks at Durk and sighs a little. "Wait a little longer, maybe he can talk his way out of it. But if not, I'll go over and distract them, and you get Durk out of there."

i start to try and stall for time before i take a sip of this drink as i can sense that there might be something wrong with it from their facial expressions

"ah yes what a kind gesture, what kind of drink is this it smells quite hoppy"

keeps a smile on my face but is hiding my nervous state

"A rum that I smuggled in a few days ago. It's quite nice, see for yourself." Zetta looks pretty relaxed, sipping the rum along with everyone else.

"ah i see, lovely, i look forward to tasting it"

starts to put the mug to my lips and takes a quick swig of it

(Have fun being poisoned)

It's pretty good, nothing seems to be wrong with it. Zetta laughs a little and everyone else relaxes a little. "Ha ha, see? No harm no foul. But you still haven't answered us. What are you doing around here?" There's still a threatening hint in his voice. 

(Maybe, maybe not. Who knows?)

takes another swig of the drink

"well uh i came here looking for something to do i suppose, i hear that smuggling is pretty profitable these days and that you're the man for that section"

"Well, yeah, I guess you could say that. So... what? You want to smuggle with us, is that it?"

"with you, without you, smuggling in general you know"

says with a nervous laugh

He smirks a little and says "What about the rest of your group, hm? They know about this?"

"well if the others are going to protest this because of their 'morals' then that's their problem, i just want to make some money and spend it on a good time if you catch my drift"

i say getting a bit more confident as i start to settle into the role i am playing

"Yeah, I get it. But... you can't have loose ends. Smuggler's first rule: Leave no snitches. You're gonna have to end them, somehow. Doesn't matter how, long as their out of your life and can't testify. That's what we all did. Family, girlfriends, wives, friends. You've gotta have a group, and a group for life. And if you want to join ours... you're gonna have to prove your loyalty."

"and you think that they know about my presense here? all they know is that i am a lady swooner bard who can't look after himself, trust me they are of no concern to this matter. plus being with them is a good side profit, you may have had to kill your ties but these people are just a party nothing more"

i say trying to convince him of my ability to keep a facade going

Roll deception. 

18

He believes you so far. 

So, what do you say now?

"I will have your backs, as im sure you probably realised when you encounted me in that cave"

gives off another nervous laugh

"but as long as i am with a group i will do my best to make sure that all with make it out should it come to that situation"

(roll again?)

Roll with disadvantage, as there's a hole in your statement. And no, you can't go back and fix it.