Introduce himself to the girls

"All right," Oswald declared as he stood up. "Let me go over there and work some magic."

"At a boy," replied Benton.

Oswald took a moment to down a mug of water to help clear his head a little. He then ran his hand through is short dark hair. As he took a moment to straighten his clothes, he realized that he was wearing his traveling gear.

'This would go a lot smoother if I was wearing my dress clothes,' he thought to himself. 'Oh well, can't be helped.' He then winked at his friends, turned around, and began to walk toward the other end of the tavern.

As he got closer, he made an assessment of the two women. They had both noticed him walking over and had turned in their chairs to watch him approach. As they made eye contact, they both raised their drinks that had just been brought over to them courtesy of his table.

As expected, the Earth Genasi was taller than her friend. Her skin was a dark brown color like the soil of a fertile flatland. Her hair was jet black and her eyes were a dazzling purple.

The dwarf's skin was naturally much paler. She had a full face covered in freckles with bright green eyes. Unlike her companion, who wore her dark hair in a simple braid down her back, the dwarf had her long red hair piled up into an efficient bun on top of her head.

As he neared their table, he found it was hard to get an assessment of their bodies since they were both wearing traveling clothes like him and where each sporting long green hooded cloaks. He also looked down and noticed their packs. The one he assume belonged to the Genasi sported a short sword and several daggers attached to it. The dwarfs pack had a hammer and a couple of hand axes. Both packs seemed to be filled with standard traveling gear. Attached to each one was a large, well built and well maintained crossbow.

'These two are rangers,' Oswald realized. 'Interesting.'

As Oswald finally reached their table, he put on one of his best smiles and said in a clear voice, "Good evening ladies." He was rewarded with two equally pretty smiles back.

"Aye, hello yourself handsome," said the dwarf in an accented voice that reminded him of Benton's. Although, where as Benton's voice was Gruff and reminded Oswald of a saw cutting through wood, her voice was smooth, sweet, and reminded him of the sound your boot made when you pressed it into fresh snow.

This caught Oswald off guard, and before he could answer, the Genasi spoke up in a voice that was both deeper and smoother, "I suppose we have you to thank for our refreshments?" she asked as her and the dwarf held up the two fresh glasses that had been dropped off before he got to the table.

Oswald recovered quickly. "Why yes," he replied pleasantly. "Myself and my companions," he said pointing back to his table. Benton raised his mug in greeting, showing off his large, gap tooth smile that was one of his trademarks. Dursca Simply smiled back jovially.

He continued. "We felt it would be just a shame if lovely ladies such as yourself ran short on libations for the evening." He was pleased to see that this made both of the girls giggle.

"Oi, I like this one," said the dwarf to her companion. "He talks good."

"Indeed he does," her companion agreed.

"Allow me to introduce myself," Oswald declared, "Oswald Mansfield. Bard, adventurer, and lover of life." As Oswald spoke he affected his most gracious and elegant bow. As he stood back up he smiled again. "And who might I have the **** pleasure of addressing this evening?"

"My name is Trinity," said the Gensai, before pointing to her friend, "and this hear is Olga."

"Charmed," said Oswald as he reached out, took one then the other by the hand, and placed a gentle kiss on the top of each one. Trinity grinned at him with a mischievous look in her eye while Olga actually blushed a little.

"It would be my absolute pleasure if you ladies would join me and my companions this evening," he continued, gesturing toward his table.

"That's an awfully long walk," Trinity said coily.

"Indeed," agreed Olga, "why don't you stay here with us lad?"

'Now there's a tempting offer,' thought Oswald. However, he did tell Benton that he would try to get the ladies to come sit with them. Maybe he could turn up the charm and convince them. Though, having both girls to himself could make this night more interesting.