This drink, I like it! BRING ME ANOTHER! [Bavaria 1215] (Tag: Thor)
Ninkasi might have had to lighten her skin a few shades and take the name Nina, but it was completely worth it. This little tavern she'd found was a gem and she didn't want to leave it for any place in the world. It was full of jovial people and good good brew. It was a different recipe and technique than she was used to, but it was so very good. She wished she could congratulate them whole-heartedly, but the small town was full of a superstitious lot, so she refrained. Instead, she learned the language. She even sang their songs.
Her hair was placed in two braided, but placed up on the back of her head. She dressed like them, wearing the layers of fabric, with only the white blouse poking up over the bodice. She wondered how they wore this much fabric, but she was starting to get used to it. It was cooler up here, not only in the north but in the mountains. The layers helped to keep her warm.
She was grabbing another round to pass out herself, when the front door swung open again. No one came in again. Someone got up to shut it closed. One day, she'd ask to get that fixed, even if it was an endearing little imperfection of her current favorite place. "Her you go boys," she said serving another round. There were warm greetings and thanks given along with a few winks and smiles.
A lovely lady appearing one day from the woods? They'd taken her in without question, even as the women gave her an evil eye. As the months passed, they started to accept her as one of their own, and stopped questioning where she disappeared off to when she wandered back into the woods. No one questioned where or how she got the gifts she brought back. It was a very pleasant vacation.