Chapter 4: Maps, maps and… red blobs?
Ally's POV:

I walked through the streets of the Imperial City randomly. What? I didn't know where I was going and I didn't know where in the city I was… so walking seemed like the best idea and when I got to the marketplace I would probably be able to buy a map of this… place for lack of better words. Nope, not the marketplace I thought as I looked around a bit more.

I walked to the gate up ahead, smiled at the guard and walked through to the other area… It was pouring rain on the other side of the gate, in theory this would be impossible, but no, it's a different area so everything is possible now isn't it, the evil guys could've taken over in this area and I doubt that anyone else in the city would notice unless a few lucky people got out alright… which would be highly unlikely but still. I turned my thoughts back to buying a map as soon as I found a place and realised that I was being stupid, very stupid!

I had 1 gold! How I could be so stupid is beyond me, there are a lot more, and I'm not kidding, free things/cheap things around here than there are on Earth but still nothing that could be of use is free here. I started a new list in my head, this time completely different from the last one I had formulated.

How to get money in Tamriel:

Pickpocket

Steal

Join the thieves guild

Beg

Beg to get something for free

Sell the stupid/useless weapons I own for a very, very, very low price

Sell the things in my school bag

I looked at the list over and over again, processing them all slowly and striking most of them off of my list. The striking went something like this:

Pickpocket: I'd alert too many guards, too clumsy, not worth it as I'd easily be caught and why would I do that?

Steal: Have no lock picks after that incident with Baurus, probably fall over everything possible alerting all living creatures in the area.

Join the thieves' guild: Don't want to go back to the Prison; we all know that's how you join the thieves' guild… going to prison!

Beg: I'm not that low, besides my brother would somehow find out and then he'd mysteriously pop up and never let me hear the end of it

Beg for free things: Again I won't go that low!

Sell useless weapons: GOOD IDEA!

Sell the things in my school bag: I only have one word to describe that; MINE!

With that thought out, I went back to attempting to find the Marketplace… I was almost as bad as my cousin… she was geographically challenged… no… she still is geographically challenged! Nothing and absolutely nothing short of a miracle would be able to change that! Truth was, I would have no humour at home if that happened so I was heavily relying on a hope that wouldn't happen that those types of miracles didn't happen! Then again, they might, considering I'm in a computer game, yet, everyone looks real enough and sound different to one another!

Oh well, I was getting off track again! I walked through another gate and it was bright and sunny again! As I walked through people were staring at me, probably due to the fact that my clothes were soaked through on a bright and sunny morning!

"WHAT?" I screamed after 5 minutes, this attracted even more stares… whoops… "IT'S RAINING IN THE ARENA OK!" the people continued looking at me and this made me feel more uncomfortable! What was it with these people; this wouldn't be seen as odd in other places I know, such as my home!

Then a thought struck as I looked up; I WAS IN THE MARKETPLACE! I did my little victory dance again, just like I did after escaping the sewers. This really wasn't helping my case! First off everyone was staring because of my saturated clothes and now because of my dancing! These people really needed to get a personality change/needed to learn to loosen up. The corsets were back breaking and suffocating… or at least that's how they looked and everyone was so… olden days… no, medieval days around here!

The mood was seriously suffocating me! Ah… just where I wanted to be I thought as I ran into a door with a sign. Guess what the sign said… yes… you're probably right. It said in proud letters:

'The First Edition'

Before I caught the crowd's attention again, I walked into the shop with high hopes, yes I still didn't have money… well at least not a lot of money, but maybe if I was lucky I could strike a deal with the shopkeeper… not likely but completely worth a shot!

"Do you have a map?" I asked nervously, nervously? That's child-like isn't it. Then again, it could be the fact that I want to strike a deal or that sword over there…

"Yes"

"How much would that map cost?"

"3 gold" what was it with these people. Only give just enough information so that you know and then shut-up again. I repeat it now. ONCE AGAIN THESE PEOPLE NEED TO GET A LIFE! Ok, now all that's left is to scream it out so they can all hear my complaint… no… too scary… might get sent back to prison and I really don't have enough to pay a bounty…

"Could I have it for 1 gold?"

"No"

"Please?"

"No"

"Pretty please"

"No"

"Pretty please with a cherry on top"

"NO"

"Why can't I?" I asked, pouting slightly.

"It's worth 3 gold"

"Is there anything I could do to get it?"

"Earn money"

"Could I earn it here and then get paid and get the map?"

"Yes"

Around a week later I was the proud owner of a map and 31 gold! I was proud… so very, very proud of myself and of what I had accomplished.

"This is the area we're in now" he told me as I was about to leave.

"Thanks, oh and what's that green blob?"

"That's where you're supposed to go for your mission, quest or where you want to go"

"Oh, in that case what's the red blob?"

"That's you"

"I'm a red blob?" I asked looking at myself. I didn't look like a red blob, that's unfair!

"No, that's your positioning"

"So the map is being decisive and secretly explaining that it thinks that I'M A RED BLOB!"

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