Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-6941549-20130923203146/@comment-24489208-20130923204153

Real-life or in-game?

If in real-life then what's going on is what we in the trade call a "Mugging". The purpose being so that they can take your valuables and sell them/keep them.

If in-game, it is a random encounter that happens pretty often, say you are in the Thieves Guild and they will leave. If you aren't in the Thieves Guild then stab them right back.

If it was in real-life, please do NOT use the "stab them right back" method that you would use in Skyrim, you may try saying you are in the Thieves Guild though. It would be a funny story to tell when you are on the floor bleeding.