Catatoskr (2): The Ragged Flagon
Finally an Extra! This one comes to you by (Merkur1) a bit late I know but there are more and I am taking my time...
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"Welcome to the Bee and Barb, lord and ladies. If I can interest you in one of our special drinks, you let me know."
Ah! It is Talen-Jei, the Argonian Innkeeper.
"Thank you, may we have a room for us three." I said not minding my words.
"Sure sure… may I see your city pass then?"
"Here you go."
"Oh! A local… not sure I have seen someone with your size around here before!"
"Oh! It has been years since I left Riften to roam the world. I am finally back, haha!"
"... So, in this world there is someone who is happy about coming back to this city… the world sure is strange."
"Don't worry, it is just a visit."
"Wise words… a room for three, you said?" Talen-Jei said and glanced at Alina and Jull.
"A room for three I said."
Talen-Jei smiled and led me to a room, there is a lot of weirdos like me in Riften but these two are my family, I will refrain from smacking Talen-Jei till later.
"A clean quiet room with a large bed away from everyone. Let me know if there is anything you need."
"Thank you."
Talen-Jei left and the girls finally sat down.
"This town is a bit extreme." Alina said.
"No, it is Winterhold that is too lazy compared to here. People are always working in Winterhold but here, people are always stealing so make sure to keep in mind that everyone has bad intentions towards you."
"... Okay."
"How do people live in this kind of place?"
"Haha! You just get used to it."
Riften is actually no different than a modern city on Earth. Just a bit lawless and people are more connected, they can smell outsiders easily and these are their normal victim. One of the reasons all the big trades happens outside Riften.
"Anyway, set up protection around this room, I paid for a week so let's keep ourselves comfortable. The place here is safer than outside but don't trust anyone and keep yourself under your hoods. You will get used to the place and people in a day or two so don't hold back and… keep your swords away, use only daggers or throwing knives. I will be using Greed though."
"That thing is so creepy."
"Sorry about it."
"Still, that's a lot of rules for a lawless town."
"Exactly, this is 'Riften 101' written a guy who actually lived here for fifteen years… the point is, don't try to look like an outsider or a rich person unless you are pretty famous in town."
"We'll keep it in mind."
And that how I started to teach the girls about Riften, it is pretty common for each country to have a Riften but if I was reincarnated in any place other than this town, I would have died of boredom.
But this trip wasn't all fun and meeting old friends as I expected, and that brings us to the next day.
I was in the market square and the situation there was normal. I even met some old kids from the orphanage like Grumpy Grelka and hanged up for a while until I was approached by a small girl begging for money, I noticed the way the girl asked for money and pointed out something.
"How old are you, kiddo?"
"Eight."
"I see." I patted the girl's head and whispered to her, "That boy looking at us behind the stall, that is your friend right…"