Merlin enters after a long day on the battle field. He hears the stranger's greeting and raises his own mug to say 'thanks'. At the wench he says, "Jokes is not my thing… sorry".
She is timid and enters cautiously only to hear her name blerted out by all the patrons. Shocked at hearing her name she starts to back up towards the exit but then she realizes they are cheering her on to a challenge and its something she knows very little about. After a few seconds of thought she decides to brave it. If she was to be a future ruler she could not be backing away from a simple challenge.
The Town's loud Tavern Wench dares the Having a Laugh of which awkward Natasha accepted. Natasha attempts to tell a joke, but it is so flat that no one laughs so someone lets out a few farts. Natasha is sorely unlucky! Natasha is hurt while trying the Joker Skill.
"It's obvious that you garner as much enjoyment from mocking the bad jokes as from laughing at the good ones. How does this please you then? WHAT DO YOU CALL A DEER WITH NO EYES? ... ... ... Well? ... NO EYEDDEER! Is that not funny?
The Town's Tavern Wench dares the Having a Laugh of which drunkard Beanillus accepted. Beanillus attempts to tell a joke, but it is so flat that no one laughs so someone lets out a few farts. Beanillus has not the Joker Skill but unwisely thinks to be better than the Tavern's Challenge much to detriment of Beanillus. What an embarrassing situation! That brings on some giddy laughs.