(Oops, oh well, I'll cause mayhem and maybe that will summon you guys. DETAILS, GRAPHIC! PAY ATTENTION TO THEM!)
In the tavern it seemed that one of the strangers was greeting Shade in a way that suspiciously mirrored what was going on in the cafe. A young male, cute enough, she guessed, but not really what she was in the mood for, was asking about her eyes. Always the eyes.
"Yes, I am," she replied with a grin. "I have... magic in my blood."
The tension in the room was palpable, as the townsfolk watched in terrified silence, just waiting for something to happen. The bartender, an old veteran of many a tussle between adventurers, was braver than most, and simply commented to the young man, "You might not want to get involved with this one. She's trouble."
Shade smirked. This guy had her pegged. Then, more for fun than anything else, she shot him a dangerous glare. The barman didn't flinch. He was either very brave, or knew how to tell when a sorceress was bluffing. She turned back to the man who had spoken to her first. "I like to amuse myself at the expense of others sometimes, but it's nothing you should have to worry about."
This attracted the attention of the white-armored blonde elf girl. She was either a paladin or a battle cleric judging by her garb. "Oh really? And are you sorry for what you have done? Do you seek repentance now?"
"Nope!" Shade giggled girlishly. "Actually, it's pretty fun!" Shade looked the holier-than-thou girl up and down. Just her type, actually. "I bet if I amused myself with you, though, you'd have to do quite a bit of repenting." Her voice was low and sultry, and her already-vivid eyes began to glow faintly.
The elf understood Shade's meaning almost immediately. "Dare to touch me in any unseemly way and the wrath of the Holy One will come upon you mightily!"
With yet another giggle, Shade surreptitiously summoned a shadowy tentacle, anchoring it to the floor behind the divine warrior and raising it slowly and silently until the end was on a level with the blonde elf's head while she continued the conversation. "Oh yes, hellfire and damnation and smiting and all that. I've heard it all before. Boring! Save your sermons for church. This is a tavern, and it's far more suited to my religion than yours."
The elf stood. The tentacle raised just a little, still unnoticed by the party of strangers. Her hand went to the hammer at her belt. "Villainess! You worship some dark god of debauchery and sin? Then I have no choice but to-"
"You talk too much." As Shade spoke, the tentacle wrapped around the elf's mouth, cutting off the rest of her speech. The elf's eyes widened in surprise, and immediately the bar exploded into chaos.
The adventurers drew their weapons, and a male half-orc began to play an enchanted instrument that, if Shade were familiar with such things, sounded a lot like an overdriven electric guitar. Shade liked the music, and decided she'd deal with the bard last, just so that his song could serve as the background to her awesome fight. The man who had spoken drew a pair of shortswords and began chanting something. The swords began to glow, and then he pointed them at the Sorceress. Shade laughed and, just at the last moment, raised a wall of tentacles that took the force of whatever spell the Magus had just cast. A cloaked human woman nearly ugly enough to be a half orc drew a bow and prepared to fire. More tentacles began to sprout around the holy woman, grabbing her wrists and wrapping around her waist, holding her in place as she struggled. The other patrons began running for the exit. The bartender continued cleaning a mug as though nothing strange was happening at all.
"No, I don't worship any evil god. I don't worship any gods at all, actually. But that magic in my blood? See if you can guess where it came from!" With that, about a dozen tentacles sprouted from Shade's back, and the fight began in earnest. The cloaked woman fired, and Shade spun away, narrowly avoiding the projectile. The Magus swung his blades, infused with magic, and the sorceress parried with her summoned tentacles. Meanwhile, the tentacles on the elf were worming their way inside her armor, much to the entrapped girl's horror. Then it was Shade's turn, and she lashed out with one of her tentacles, aiming a powerful blow at the girl (who she guessed was a Ranger) and the Magus that knocked them both out of the front window. The bartender sighed. It was probably far from the first time he'd had to replace it.