Kalila scanned more of her unknown surroundings, taking in the flowers and their boxes that adorned the windows. The guards had started to crack down on citizens adorning flowers on their homes back home, so it was so strange to see so many of the flowers. She soon sees that the source of the music is coming from an inn! 

Music and performance at an inn? Such a thing would have gotten the inn permanently shut down! But she shakes her head of the thoughts. She's clearly not in Valerith, so the rules of Valerith do not apply here, wherever here is! A part of her was hesitant about entering the inn to begin with, but something else she notices quickly changes her mind. 

The sound of footsteps behind her. The hairs on the back of her neck rise. This isn't the first time she's faced this kind of situation when walking to and from various destinations and home in Valerith. She immediately knew what to do: She needed to get to the inn, quickly!

[I]People can't do anything unsavory in the middle of a crowd, thank the Jury!
If they do, then I can claim self-defense in the worst-case scenario.

Walk quickly, but don't run. I don't want to let my pursuer know that I know that they are behind me, but be ready to run if I need to.

Stay calm...and just act casual. Getting even more scared than I already am is not going to help matters.[/I]

With those thoughts in mind, she walks purposefully and briskly to the inn, keeping her senses attentive on the sounds behind her. She even lifts her skirt up slightly so she can run if she needed to without tripping over the hem. 

[hider=Deception to not tip off the Pursuer]She rolled a [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/rolls/29578]15[/url] on her Deception.[/hider]

Assuming she reaches the door to the inn without incident, she opens it and hurries inside without hesitation. She will find and make her way to the innkeeper. 

If this place's inns and taverns have anything in common with the ones in Valerith, she hoped it would be a safeword drink.