Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-203.118.166.141-20131124055428/@comment-67.171.74.199-20140808012243

-In the present compared to what's going on in the Merethic Era, but before the arrival at Whiterun; same time as before, she hasn't been sitting there staring at motionless guards for hours.-

-At the Khajiiti inn, Ji'kada observes the guards. They are speaking to each other:-

-A female Nord guard:- "Go on, then, lizard, spit it out. Who's in there?" -The Argonian hisses at the guard.- "I said SPIT IT OUT!" -He obliges by spitting on the guard's boot.-

-A male Redguard guard:- "Oh, leave him alone. It's not worth it. He's been uncooperative the whole time."

-A male Nord guard:- "Why don't we just kill him, then?"

-The female Nord:- "Not just yet. He'll be useful as a hostage."

-Two Imperials, one male and one female, make up the rest of the group of guards; they are clearly siblings, and look like the most dangerous of the five with their steel battleaxes, as all of the other guards are armed with standard-issue iron swords and banded iron shields.-

-Ji'kada takes out her bow.-

-The female Nord, who appears to be in charge of the group, pounds on the door again.- "Open up, cats, or we'll open it for you!" -She waits a moment expectantly.-

-Ji'kada fires an arrow straight up. It lands beside the Redguard, who jumps.- -Ji'kada, in a dull voice as if reciting lines dispassionately:- "Greetings and salutations, protectors of Skyrim." -More cheerily, almost creepily- "This one has been looking for some naughty, naughty Khajiit around these parts. She was most disturbed to find that they had been in the same inn with her all this time!"

-The female Nord squints up at Ji'kada.- "What's this about?"

"Well, this one was here not too long ago with her good friend K'dar, and she saw several shady characters walk in! And then, not too long after, she saw them plunking these huge bottles of Skooma on the table...please believe this one, she does not go in for these sorts of things. At any rate, this one left, for she did not want to be hanging around such company and she trusted K'dar to take care of himself. But when this one returned to the lovely inn in which she had spent so much time, she found slain guards, the smell of skooma in the air, and even signs of vampires! This one is very distressed to find this safe haven for Khajiit used in this way! She has been looking out to see about these shady characters to see if they come back this way."

-The female Nord scoffs.- "You expect me to swallow that pile of dung, cat? I know your kind. When it's not skooma-sucking, it's petty theft, burglary, and dealing in illegal goods. You have committed crimes against Skyrim and its people. By the power invested in me by the Jarl of Dawnstar -"

-The Redguard interrupts her.- "Now, now, Jolda! I understand that Nord prejudices run deep, but our job is to serve justice and the law as best we can - not our own dislikings. Hear the woman out."

-Jolda harrumphs spectacularly.- "Fine, have it your way." -To Ji'kada:- "So, who are these 'shady characters', hmm?"

"Well, this one did not catch their names, but she could see that many of them were vampires. This one does not like the undead, oh no. And she suspected that some of them had lightened a few pockets, or even relieved a few citizens of their heads." -She tilts her head.- "This one remembers one of them - Ja'aza. This one thinks that Ja'aza had been up to some very serious crimes. The last this one heard, Ja'aza was headed to Windhelm." -This last fabrication was less for the benefit of Ja'aza than for the benefit of the guards; she knew that naming Ja'aza would add credibility to her story, but she didn't want the guards to get themselves slaughtered.-

-Jolda nods.- "We know Ja'aza. She's wanted for murder, among other things. From all accounts she's a real piece of work. You say you have no affiliation with these criminals whatsoever?" -Her tone is very skeptical on that last.-

"Absolutely none! This one was very unnerved by Ja'aza and her creepy eyes from the moment Ja'aza walked in. This one wanted nothing to do with them then, and wants nothing to do with them now except to keep them somewhere far away from herself. But mind you, this one's friend K'dar had nothing to do with these people either. Even if he is travelling with them when you find them, you must not arrest him with the rest of them, for he has been as wary of them as this one the whole time and has committed no crimes." -Other than possession of moon sugar, Ji'kada thinks. This whole story will fall apart as soon as the guards get to Windhelm, but that's far away, and it's a better alternative than letting people die who were just trying to do their jobs.-

-Jolda:- "If they really are headed for Windhelm, they'll likely have left the Hold by now. Outside the borders of the Pale, our authority ends. It'll be down to the Eastmarch Guard to catch them now." -She spits into the snow.- "D*mn. I wish we had gotten here sooner."

- WorshipsMeridia/Ji'kada