Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-29461586-20150206093315/@comment-5583506-20150206154636

"Psst!"

Rikki adjust her right ear. For how long had she been asleep? She had curled herself up into a ball and then wrapped her tail around her, as was her habit of resting.

"Huh?" she murmured when she heard the voice.

A figure emerged from the shadows. It was Brynjolf.

"Brynjolf?!" she exclaimed merrily and whipped her tail around eagerly. "What are you doing here?!"

"Coming to see where our top thief ran off to", he replied. "So, how has life been treatin' you, lass? Did you fullfill your assignment?"

Rikki shook her head. "No, the Companions caught Rikki, and now... she is training to become one."

He looked a bit disappointed, but eventually lightened up. "Each one find their own way in life, lass. Anyway I am glad that I managed to track you down. I came here to warn you."

"Warn Rikki?" She had her suspicions and knew what there was to be warned about, but she wanted to hear it from his own lips.

"Maven Black-Briar", muttered Brynjolf. "The bitch is furious, to say the least. The assignment to take that necklace came from herself. You know that right?"

Rikki swallowed and nodded. She didn't really know that, but she had had her suspicions about that as well.

"So, anyway", continued Brynjolf. "I just came here to warn you about a potential assassination threat. She has contacted her affiliates within the Dark Brotherhood. Things aren't looking good for you, lass."

Rikki trembled nervously and grasped her tail closer to her. "The D-Dark Brotherhood?"

He nodded. "Aye. Maven's been heavily insulted by this failure, as she wanted that necklace more than anything else. Now she has taken every opportunity she can in order to correct that mistake, including killing the best thief we have in order to correct this mistake."

Rikki bit her own thumb. "But... but... where will this one go? This one is as good as doomed. She cannot go back to the Thieves' Guild, and if she knows that grumpy Xad correctly, he would gladly throw poor Rikki to the wolves in order to be rid off her."

Brynjolf took her hand, kissed it and stroke it tenderly. "Try not to worry, lass. If this whole thing blows over, and even if you do become a Companion. The Ratway will always remain open to you, ever since we found you in the slum all those years ago."

His assurance made her feel slightly better, but she was still nervous. How could she ever outrun the Dark Brotherhood? She knew that they wouldn't give up on an assignment in the first place. Once you were marked, you could keep running forever, but they would never stop hunting you, and eventually they would find you and end you.

"Where... where will you go?" she asked.

"Back to Riften", he replied. "I just traveled all the way here to check in on you. They are all missing you, you know? Delvin. Sapphire. Vipir. Vex. Thrynn. Niruin. Tonilia. Heck, even Dirge is missing you after you punched him in that bar brawl."

Rikki snickered. "Yeah? That was a night to remember, yes?"

He nodded. "Indeed, lass. Indeed. Take care of yourself now. I will... I will try to persuade Maven to rethink her decision. It will not be easy, but I will try."

"Thanks, Brynjolf", said the Khajiit. "If she hadn't known that you had a thing against hair and fur, she would have kissed you."

He chuckled as he disappeared into the shadows again. "It's never too late to learn to like it. Eh, lass?"