Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-29461586-20150127053557/@comment-5583506-20150128010020

"Rikki!"

A voice called out to her and she was more than happy to oblige its calling. It usually meant a job to drag her out of her daily pondering. She took one elegant leap down from the aqueduct in the sewers and landed in front of Delvin Mallory with a dampened thud.

She was very fond of the old man. There was something in his voice that made her feel truly welcome as a thief whenever she returned home to their hideout beneath the streets of Riften. Though she liked Brynjolf more...

"Rikki is here, fellow thief", chirped the Khajiit and wagged her tail eagerly as she awaited response.

"Aye, I can see that", said Delvin and smirked. "There has come up something here for you. It might be risky, but the client has shown gratitude in advance and trust that we will aquire the requested item. Are you still interested?"

"That depends on how risky. Khajiit isn't willing to throw her life away for some simple silver trinket."

"Unfortunately", sighed Delvin and scratched the back of his neck. "That's just what it is. The requested item is some sort of necklace in the shape of an apple, currently in the possession of a Companion."

"Companion?!"

That did not sound as good as she had anticipated. She was a good thief, no doubt. But one tiny mistake and she would be a dead cat, especially when dealing with Companions. From what she had heard they really hated thieves and artists of the stealth.

Delvin nodded. "Aye, a Companion. Her name is Aela, if my sources are correct. She lives in Jorrvaskr, in Whiterun. So, you still interested or should I let this one slip?"

Rikki bit her lover lip with her fangs. She really wanted to test herself. Stealing from a Companion would prove once and for all that she was truly the master of stealth. She had a name to live up to.

"Nah!" she said and grinned. "This one can handle it! Khajiit is smart and agile! She will have that necklace before the stupid Companion has a chance to grab Rikki's tail!"

Delvin smiled. "That's the spirit, girl. Now go. Survive this one and a round is on me in The Ragged Flagon."

She nodded and crept away silently in the night using only the dark of the night as her cover. It would take her a day or so to reach Whiterun, but in the end... it would all be worth it...