Hawker’s Alley was one of the busiest places in Limsa Lominsa. Markets always had a tendency to attract many adventurers, but thanks to its location close to the Aetheryte Plaza, halls were always filled to the brim. Trying to make your way through those crowds wasn’t the easiest thing to do for a Lalafell. Especially if you happened to be a Lalafell in a hurry, as Nenela was.
She should have known better, of course, than to accept errands from shady types. If only she had the courage to simply run away from a conversation, instead of being saddled with a delivery job before she could open her mouth to refuse. And if she had known that said delivery involved rivaling pirate factions… Or the fact that the letter she had given them had not been very friendly at all… Well, then she definitely would’ve spoken up sooner! Probably. Maybe.
So here she was, running from a bunch of ticked-off pirates who clearly had never heard of the phrase ‘don’t shoot the messenger’. Surely they wouldn’t follow her all the way here, right? Trying to outrun people with much longer legs had been exhausting, and her feet refused to take another step.
The girl curled up next to the market board, hoping that would prevent her from being spotted. Breathing hurt and she honestly felt like she could cry. She’d have to try getting back to the Mizzenmast by nightfall... But how would she do that when those pirates were still looking for her? If only there was someone that could lend her a hand…