Lord Valfunde Perar
The Buckle, investigating...
"I asked ‘im nicely, ‘n things mighta been fine if he didn’t make me a sex fiend ‘nfront of my customers with that c**t tongue of ‘is.” Valfunde listened intently, his mouth a tight line, allowing the man to speak his thoughts, knowing that any other constable would have probably slammed his mace into the barkeeper's mouth if he'd said those words. He crossed his arms, nodding politely to Jymson as he filled the tankards. "Thankee, barman."
“Tha’ girl is me barmaid, ya see, milord. She’s only sixteen, just this autumn past, ‘n he had his hands workin’ towards her… innocence. One thing I don’t allow under my roof is the robbin’ of innocence,” In response to this, he uncrossed his arms and again leaned closer, meeting the obviously angry eyes of Jymson Fletcher, the name he'd gotten once before and just remembered. He did not miss the scant movement of the muscles in his arm; a slight shift, but telling. Reaching for a weapon? "Can you confirm this? Where is the lass now?" He looked about, noticing there didn't appear to be any barmaids, which was unusual for one thing. "I will not tolerate the taking of any young maid who does not wish hands to be laid upon her." He said, curtly, emphasizing the important words. "If what you speak is true, I will see that this man is punished further. You may have already done that for me," he added, some humor in his voice.
He signaled with a slight nod to his men, who settled down and moved to pick up the flagons, though the sergeant and two of the men visibly watched the bargoers and Jymson and Tedmin behind the counters with narrowed eyes behind their helms. Valfunde continued to meet the loathsome stare of the accused, who he decided he would rather not aggravate, despite being a foul-mouthed oaf. "I do not wish to further disrupt thine business, Master Jymson, but this is an ugly matter. You accuse a man of ours of attempting to despoil your girl, his mates accuse ye of attempting to kill him. I would rather see this thing settled with no further violence." His eyes flickered to where he'd seen Jymson move something. "You will, for example, not pick up whatever weapon you have stashed beneath the bar. That would be a costly mistake, messir." His eyes implied that he wished to take this man honestly, considering how likely it was to see a group of drunken arseholes harass a pretty young thing in a place like this.
"Now, the lass, fetch her if you're able." he said, his tone still compassionate, but there was definitely some force behind it, compelling the man to action. "I do not wish to be forced to send thee to the stocks as a liar and a killer, man." He still hadn't touched his beer, though some of the guards had already dipped into theirs in a corner table by the door.