As soon as Tiger entered the building. he ducked behind the demons standing at the back, making sure he wasn't going to be near Isabella where he could attract unwanted attention due to her influence in this bar. Hiding behind these demons could do good for him, he made sure to select the taller ones, hiding behind them and crouching down, but making sure there was enough space in between them to scan the room and keep an eye on the demoness who went straight for the empty chair near the center of the room. As she revealed her demonic form, he watched as the demons were silenced and turned their heads towards her. Such influence! Such power! She was beautiful in a dangerous way, Tiger assumed she probably used that to her advantage. At one sentence the demons began reporting to her, it was like the town square back home, where the citizens talked about their requests and the roamers gave their intel to higher ups.
He expected the demons to all speak at once, possibly destroying his ears. But no, they told her everything in an orderly fashion, which caught him off guard. Southmount was only recently overrun, the demons had first been spotted maybe a little over a year ago, and this invasion was one of the fastest in history. He had not expected the town's rebel group to have a system. Of course, most of the information travelling in the bar did not make sense to him, but he absorbed everything he heard, hopefully it would be useful later. They were talking about the population, and how the humans were becoming less and less and the demon numbers were rising. This worried Tiger slightly, the pace of this invasion was incredible. Most towns took at least three years to be completely overrun with a demon ruler. But Southmount took only one year and a few months. The demons talked about town businesses run by demons, which caught his attention, perhaps he should go exploring again and try to pinpoint these businesses and see if they did any harm. The meeting reminded him of home, especially the town square where it was always busy and loud - men advertising their requests and intel and rumors being spread around.
No surprise, one of the topics had to be him. He listened carefully to the demon who had tracked him. It seems that they had found his hiding place, not that it was a reliable hiding place anyway, Tiger mulled over this fact. Perhaps it would be a good idea to move his weapons chest, this mission was already difficult - without his weapons and medicine this would be impossible. Tiger decided to move it after the meeting, if he got back to the Hotel alive. Isabella's reply changed his mind, however, he relaxed a little, knowing the head of this group had told her friends to leave his place alone. It was good that he was one of the lower priorities. He almost growled at the fact she talked about the casualties with such a tone, it was like she didn't care - no emotions, no respect for the dead. To him, that was a sin. Glaring at her, he listened to her revelation of the knowledge of Syces' location. She made a good move, not telling others about it, it was possible that there could be a spy amongst them, since there were so many demons present. Somebody who didn't belong could be hiding in here, just like himself. Her words of encouragement were received with cheers, he'd admit it, she was a good leader. But the way she talked about Syces rubbed Tiger the wrong way, did she have a personal grudge like the demons she told him about? What was it? What did he do that made her like this? Such questions could not be answered. He lingered at the back of the bar, deciding against going home and staying around to see if there was some extra information he could take in as well as watching the demoness.
