What is there to do?

You aren't a local, you don't know what there is to do around town. You look up at Nacius, eagerly awaiting a response.

"What is there to do here?" You ask.

Nacius looks all around you, pointing nowhere in particular.

"We could just hang around the city..." A grin creeps onto his face.

"We could do some grape stomping, make you an official resident of Skingrad!" He says.

"Does everyone in this city make wine?" You ask.

"Well, some folk have grape presses in their gardens, it's a safe assumption to make." He replies.

You roll your eyes sarcastically and nod. After Nacius introduced you to wine, you could see why he adored the stuff.

"Sure, though Sanna doesn't know about how good she can preform this task with her leg the way it is." You say, frowning and looking at your calf.

Nacius puts a hand on your shoulder, getting your attention.

"We'll worry about that when the time comes, plus, maybe it'll be good to sort of work it out that way eh?" He says.

You smile and grab his hand that was on your shoulder, now holding it.

"Sanna doesn't see the harm in trying..." You let go of his hand.

"So, are you certain we can find someone who will allow us to use their press?" You ask.

Nacius lets out a hearty chuckle.

"We're in Skingrad Sanna, I'd be surprised if someone wasn't okay with us doing that." He replies.

The two of you walk around the city for a bit, Nacius was looking for a place that had a grape presses, eventually, you come across the chapel, just across the street, there was a small crowd of people watching another Khajiit and an Imperial stomping on grapes.

"What are they doing?" You ask.

Nacius stares at them for a bit, trying to figure out exactly what's going on.

"No clue, I know those two are pretty recent arrivals though, let's go find out." He replies.

The two of you get closer and begin to hear people from the small crowd crowd cheer for the two of them, some cheering only for the Khajiit, and others, the Altmer.

"I've got two hundred on the cat! Don't let me down boy!" You overhear one of the spectators say.

The two of you walk into the crowd, looking at the two men stomping on the grapes.

"Is this a competition?" You ask.

"No clue..." Nacius responds.

Nacius pokes an old Redguard man standing in front of you two, the old man turns around with a sour look on his face.

"Whad'ya want?" He asks.

"Just wondering what's going on sir, looks lively." Nacius asks.

The Redguard chuckles. "I'm losing money, that's what's happening, those two are competing to see who can outlast the other while stomping on some damn grapes, we started placing bets." He replies.

"Who's winning?" You blurt out.

The Redguard looks at you, still with a sour expression.

"The cat, unfortunately, I put three hundred septims on the elf, but he's looking like he's about to pass out." He replies, turning back around to look at the two competitors.

You look at the Altmer, the Redguard wasn't lying, he was dripping with sweat, his breathing was all over the place, he looked like he was about to collapse at any moment, grapes up to his ankles.

"Come on elf! Hang in there!" You hear one of the spectators yell out.

You look towards the Khajiit competitor, he was looking considerably better than the Altmer, he looked like an athlete, barely effected by all of this action.

"How long have they been going at this?" You hear Nacius ask.

"Not sure, but it's been a good while." The Redguard responds, back to you.

The two of you watch for a moment, then suddenly the Altmer comes to a stop, hunching over with his hands on his knees. The crowd cheers and you begin to see and hear people begrudgingly pass money to eachother.

The Altmer steps down and the Khajiit reaches for a bag of coin someone was handing to him. The Khajiit looked into the bag and grinned, he tucked it into his pocket and held his arms out to his sides.

"Anyone feel like challenging Ra'Dazza!? He is looking for a challenge, unlike that elf!" The Khajiit gloats.

The crowd look around at each other, looking for anyone who would be willing to challenge the cocky Khajiit. You feel Nacius tuck at your shirt, you look up to him, he's got a big grin on his face.

"You or me?" He asks.

"W-what?" You respond, not fully understanding what he was asking.

"You wanna go challenge this guy? Or do you want me to get up there and try?" He clarifies.

You pondered for a moment, while it did look fun, the fact that it looked like a challenge of endurance, and considering the state of your leg, you wanted to give it a try, but not in a competitive environment.

"Sanna wants to try, but not in any sort of competition, do you think you could stand against him love?" You ask.

Nacius scratches his head, looking at the Khajiit with a wide grin.

"I could give it a shot, what's the worst that could happen, a little point and laugh from the locals?" He says.

"What about your side? I know it's healed quite a bit, but it still bothers you." You ask.

Nacius puts his hand where he was stabbed.

"I'll be fine, best case scenario, I might make a bit of money..."

Nacius looks like he made some sort of realization, then he reaches into his pocket, grabbing something.

"Now that I think of it, here, take these, put a bet on me, see if I can't win us a bit of coin." He says handing you a handful of coins.

You briefly analyze the coins in your hands, you assume that there are at least fifty, it's a hefty handful. You look back at Nacius, awaiting some form of response.

"Don't push yourself too hard love." You tell him.

He leans forward, planting a quick kiss on your lips.

"I only push hard when I need to." He says with a wink, making you feel a bit flustered.

Nacius quickly turns towards the Khajiit and raises his hand.

"I'll have a go! Might as well put these legs to work today!" He says.

The crowd begin silently bickering as the Khajiit beckons Nacius to step up.

"Well well! Looks like this one has another competitor!" The khajiit announces, while Nacius slides off his boots.

"Place your bets now good people of Skingrad! This one knows who he is betting on." The Khajiit says pointing to himself.

"What is your name friend?" The Khajiit asks Nacius, extending his hand for a handshake.

Nacius steps into the barrel, getting adjusted to the feeling of grapes on his feet, then he reaches over to shake the Khajiit's hand.

"Nacius my good man, and yours?" He asks.

"Ra'Dazza, my friend, this one is new to Skingrad." The Khajiit replies, ending the handshake.

You look around and people are telling each other who they were betting on, a few people walked through the small crowd with bowls full of coin. You approach one of the people with the bowls.

"Is this where Sanna places her bets?" You ask.

"Yes ma'am, this bowl is for the Imperial fella up there." The man holding the bowl replies.

"Sanna is betting fifty on him up there." You say, dumping the coin into the bowl.

The man nods. "If he wins, you'll get double what you put in, good luck ma'am." He say's walking away, looking for more people looking to place bets.

The Khajiit was overlooking the crowd, eventually when things died down a bit, he took a deep breath.

"Are you ready to start Nacius?" He asks.

Nacius looks over and nods to him, then looks down to you and waves, you wave back with a smile.

"Very good..."

The Khajiit starts waving to the people in the crowd, which was now slightly bigger, some people at the chapel had come out to see what the commotion was all about.

"Good people of Skingrad! Count us down!" The Khajiit said.

Soon the crowd began counting down from five, you joined them, a smile building on your face, this was kind of fun.

"FIVE!" The crowd shouted, you saw Nacius take some deep breaths, and the Khajiit was amping himself up.

"FOUR!" Nacius looked down to you once again, another smile forming on his face.

"THREE" You look around at the crowd, all of them completely focused on what was about to go down.

"TWO" Nacius cracked his neck and closed his eyes.

"ONE!" Nacius opens his eyes, letting out a long exhale.

"GO!!" The crowd shouts out, Nacius and Ra'Dazza began stomping on the grapes.

"Let's go Nacius!" You cheer out.

Nacius started slow, pacing himself, unlike that Altmer from earlier, the Khajiit however, was going insanely quick.

"What a show off..." You hear one of the spectators say.

Nacius was maintaining a good pace, but the Khajiit was already looking like he was going to win, just from how fast he was going and from how little it appeared to effect him. Nacius still appeared confident despite things however, which caused some of the crowd to bicker.

"Sanna?" You hear a familiar voice from behind you.

Turning around you see Ulanna, with a smile on her face.

"Ulanna!" You say, giving her a brief hug.

"What are you doing out here?" She asks.

"Me and Nacius are just having fun while we finish recovering." You say pointing to Nacius.

Nacius sees this and waves to the both of you, Ulanna waves back.

"I take it he's feeling a lot better?" She asks.

"Hah! You don't even know." You say, feeling your face heat up.

The two of you watch Nacius and Ra'Dazza go at it for a bit, Nacius was still keeping up, but you noticed that Ra'Dazza was slowing down just a bit, it seems that his showing off was starting to come back to bite him in the ass.

"So how's your leg? That cane helping you out?" She asks, looking at your calf.

"It helps, but it makes this one feel like an old woman, Sanna hopes that it will heal enough so she doesn't need to rely on this damn thing." You reply.

"Hey, it keeps you on your feet..."She says

The two of you continue to watch Nacius, he was sweating, occasionally wiping the sweat off of his brow. The Khajiit continued to slow down, almost matching Nacius. You could swear you saw a hint of regret in that damn cats face.

"So, you thought about taking me up on my offer?" Ulanna asks.

"Sanna has, as soon as Nacius goes back to his patrols she'll come to you and get started." You answer.

"Thats good! I'll make sure to get the place all filthy just for you." Ulanna says, laughing.

You laugh along side her, noticing that the Khajiit almost looked like he was starting to pant, but so was Nacius.

"How's his place?" Ulanna asks.

"Small, dusty, we have to get new furniture to accommodate two people, but it's nice, it's cozy. Oh! And he has a wine cellar with a bath in the basement." You reply.

"Hah! Makes sense, when he talks about wine, he never shuts his mouth, even now, we're watching him stomp grapes!" She says with a laugh.

"Don't let up cat!" You hear one of the spectators shout.

"You place any bets?" Ulanna asked.

"Yep, Nacius gave me fifty septims to bet on himself, he thought it would be fun." You reply.

"Bah, I could never do that, too messy, I bet it feels weird too." Ulanna says.

You saw Nacius begin to slow down, he was trying to get a grip on his breathing which was starting to slip.

"Sanna hopes he doesn't push himself too hard, Nacius can be a bit... overconfident at times." You say.

"It's admirable though, wouldn't you agree? Ulanna asks.

You nod and chuckle a bit.

"Heh, yeah, it's cute when he drops the cocky attitude however, he's a soft, curious soul." You say.

Ulanna leans in, whispering in your ear.

"You two... fool around yet?" She asks.

You recoil and stare at her.

"Ulanna!" You say, surprised.

"What? Just curious, I know you two are all lovey dovey, I saw how you two looked at each other back in the medical wing, plus, don't forget when I walked in on-"

"I get it, I get it!" You cut her off.

You sigh and feel your face warm up.

"We may have had a bit of fun..." You say with a slight embarrassed smile.

Ulanna pats you on the back.

"Haha! That wasn't so hard was it?" She said.

You hear the crowd begin to cheer, you quickly look up to see that the Khajiit looked like he was recovering from something, Nacius was smiling.

"Don't bugger up now cat!" You hear someone yell out.

"What just happened, Sanna wasn't looking!" You shout.

The old Redguard turns around, this time he looked straight up angry.

"The gods damned cat damn near fell out, I just bet money on him after he won the last one, I swear to Julianos if I lose even more money..." He says before turning back around.

"Nacius looks like he's enjoying himself, must be thinking of the wine these grapes are going to make." Ulanna says with a chuckle.

"After this, he'll probably want to go back home and take a few drinks!" You say, laughing.

"So, did you do any wine tasting with him yet?" She asks.

"Yes, and Sanna found it quite, enjoyable, she can see how he is obsessed with the stuff, though this one doesn't think she could get like that." You reply.

The two of you chuckle and go back to watching Nacius, he was starting to get cocky, he would get a rise out of the crowd by occasionally making a funny face, or pointing to the Khajiit, causing some people to laugh, but most people just grumbled.

"Keep it up Nacius!" You shout to him.

"I'll get you a bottle of wine if you win!" Ulanna shouts.

Nacius perks up a bit and smiles at Ulanna and you. The Khajiit glances over at Nacius and then over to the both of you for a moment before once again attempting to pick up the pace to show off.

"By the moons, he really does enjoy showing off eh?" You ask.

"He just came into town a few weeks ago, he's been pulling stuff like this since he's gotten into town, the man likes to entertain folks it seems." Ulanna replies.

You notice that some city guards were beginning to join the crowd, asking about who was winning.

"Looks like the crowd is getting bigger." Ulanna says.

"This might become a regular thing with how popular it seems." She continues.

You hear a cough and the crowd colectivelly gasps, looking up you see that the Khajjit was holding back a coughing fit for some reason.

"Suck it up Ra'Dazza!" You hear an angry spectator shout.

"He swallowed a fly, that's gotta feel bad." Ulanna says.

You grin and look at Nacius, who was looking at the Khajiit.

"This isn't fair! The cat swallowed a fly!" Someone shouts.

"Shut it horker!" You hear someone respond.

The crowd begins to argue amongst eachother, Nacius notices and looks at you with a somewhat worried smile on his face.

"Everyone's getting a bit uppity, Sanna feels a bit worried." You say.

"Relax, fights never happen in Skingrad." Ulanna says.

Ra'Dazza looked almost like the Altmer from earlier at this point, he still coughs every now and then. Nacius wasn't looking too far as well, he was covered in sweat, his shirt was almost drenched, and it was obvious that he was worn out...

"Keep going Nacius, you got this!" Ulanna shouts.

"You have a nice bath waiting for you at home Nacius! Keep going!" You shout.

"Ohh, sounds nice, you plan on joining him?" Ulanna asks with a wide grin on her face.

"Oh hush, that's none of your business." You say with a chuckle.

Nacius and the khajiit look at eachother for a moment, before the two of them pick up the pace, the two of them looked like they were going to collapse at any moment, the Khajiit was still coughing and Nacius's breathing was all over the place. The crowd began to chant, some chanting for Ra'Dazza and the rest for Nacius. You and Ulanna joined in chanting Nacius with the rest of the crowd. You look around you, the street in front of the chapel is now full of people, the crowd really did get huge.

Suddenly you hear someone fall, the crowd gasps, looking back to the two of them you see that...