>Search for a useful weapon
You look around your apartment, which is basically just your bedroom and a small kitchen. In fact, it's barely an apartment: it's actually a small stone hut in the middle of the desert outside the city. You like the sound of "apartment" better, though.
You take some time to light an oil lamp and search for a weapon of some kind.
You reach under your bed and grab the old rusty sword that you sometimes use to defend your home from hawk-beetles. If you had more time you might sharpen it, since in this state it's more of a blunt instrument than a useful blade, but it is a dedicated weapon, and you've got to go.▮