Narissa wakes up the next day and lays in bed for a few minutes. She rolls out of bed and changes and slips out of her room putting her hair up and strapping her dagger to her hip. She walks into the main dining hall and walks over to the table and plops down in the chair. Jorleif chuckles at her and hands her a sweetroll and honey treat. She smiles and thanks him quietly and drops the smile. She was tired and sore. She doesn't normally fix up a rather large part of towns often. She eats and stands up and turns coming face to face with Ulfric. She jumps back placing her hand on her chest.
"Why? Why would you do that?!" Nari says trying to calm her heart.
Ulfric laughs heartily and places a hand on Naris shoulder.
"Forgive me Narissa. Perfect opportunity to do it," He starts chuckling more when Nari glares at him. "What will you be doing today?"
"Me and Ambarys are going to start on House Hlaalu and get the fixed up and continue cleaning streets and getting lights in there. We only have a few more houses to get too. We should be done by dusk."
Nari informs while smiling and blushing a light shade. Ulfric is standing a little close to her and her heart won't settle down. Ulfric nods and smiles at her.
"I will make sure I pass through to look in on you."
"Thank you Ulfric."
She bows slightly and scurries off quickly but looks up to see his smile. She slips out of the castle and down to the grey quarter. She finds Belyn Hlaalu, Ambarys Rendar, and Survaris Atheron standing outside House Hlaalu. She walks up and smiles saying good morning to everyone.
"House Hlaalu will be first on the list. We just need to know what needs to be fixed and we will start." Ambarys says.
"I would like to help if you don't mind." Survaris speaks up.
Nari smiles at Survaris and she smiles back. "I would love for you to help us," Nari says smiling and then turns to Belyn.
"What do we need to focus on Mrs. Hlaalu?"
"The roof needs fixed, both floors need pathing along with the walls, needs lighting in the kitchen and of course, outside." She says handing over a piece of parchment.
Nari takes it with a slight bow.
"I will work on the roof, Ambarys can you do the floor and wall patch work and Survaris can you sweep up outside, getting lighting set and then sweep as Ambarys works?"
Both Ambarys and Survaris nod and start getting to work. Nari starts heading through the house and up to the roof. Nari steps carefull to the edge and starts getting all the broken bits of roof off and placing them into a sack for later to throw away. After a bit of time and finally getting all the tiles off, Ambarys starts by handing her a small pouch of nails and then a handful of roofing. Nari starts hammering them in and covering the holes. She runs out of the pile she has and calls down for the next stack. She has her backed turned to the ladder and reaches behind her when she hears him climbing up. She turns slightly and looks back and almost falls off the roof. Ulfric looks at her and smiles holding out the stack.
"W..what are you doing here?!" She asks almost having her heart explode all over.
He just smiles at her warmly, watching as it reaches his eyes. Nari takes them and smiles as he climbs back down to get more for her. She stares at where Ulfric was and turns away smiling, giggling softly. Ulfric stayed, finishing up House Hlaalu and then moving onto the Atheron House and repeating. It was into the early aftrnoon did they finish. The all stand at the at the edge of the Grey Quarter. It's much brighter and cleaner than it had been a few days ago. Nari smiles as residents of the Grey Quarter start walking around and smiling and coming up thanking them, and a few had a few words with Ulfric. You bide everyone a goodbye and promise to keep visiting and helping. These were her friends and she couldn't imagine life any different. Narissa and Ulfric walk back to the Palace chitchatting.
"I wanted to thank you for all you've done today for me and for the Dunmer people. It means so much to me." Narissa says proud and extremely happy.
Ulfric glances at her smiling and his eyes warming up. "You were right. About helping the people in my own hold first. If I help my own people first it will send a greater message to all of Skyrim and you helped me see that Narissa. When you get cleaned up meet me near the stables."
He heads off and leaves Narissa standing there. She hurries into the palace and to her room where she cleans up quickly and comes out in hunters' armor of leather. She straps her bow to her back next to her quiver and slides her dagger on her hip. She walks out and out of the Palace and winds through the city. She slips outside the city gates and down the bridge to the stable. She reaches the stable and smiles as she walks up to her horse. She still hasn't named her but from her color she decides on Chestnut. Narissa whispers to her horse her new name and the horse replies by laying her head on Nari's and pulling her closer. Nari hugs Chestnut and looks over at Ulfric who is watching her. Narissa looks around her for Atarae and Ursa.
"They left to go down to the river," Ulfric points to one section of the stable that has a lot of extra hay in it along with some cover and its extended back a bit. "I had that built after the visited the first time. They seem to trust you and won't leave without you, and I didn't think it was right to let them freeze. My man also bring food for them. They are doing well here."
Narissa looks at him in a new light. She respects Ulfric a great deal, but he keeps doing things that surprise here all the time. She enjoys peeling back the pieces of him and finding the real depth of who he really is. She takes a few steps towards him without thinking and throws her arms around his neck hugging him. He pauses looking shocked and wraps his arms around her slowly. Narissa freezes and takes a few steps back blushing a deep red and looking down. Nari looks up to say something and Ulfric puts up his hand stopping her apology and smiles, blushing slightly himself. He mounts his horse and Nari turns and mounts hers. She leans forward and holds out an apple to her horse and moves forward slightly and hands on to Ulfric's horse. The both take the apples happily and Narissa and Ulfric start riding together.