Oh boy, I finally have enough stuff to get rid of my bounty! Huzzuh! Time to head back to the Imperial City.
On the way there, I run into to a bandit. Normally I wouldn't bother taking a screenshot of a fight like this, but I needed an excuse to show off my badass new golden gloves. Seriously, look at those things. I would
not want to get punched with those!
There's the Imperial City. Here's the plan. I'll charge in through the Waterfront, make my way to the market district, sell all my stuff, head back to the Waterfront, use Moonshadow to become invisible, then head the Garden of Darecloth and wait for that one guy who can get rid of my bounty to show up. Simple.
Is it really necessary for me to show this anymore?
No. No I don't need blunt weapons or axes. Or weapons of any kind. At all. Now shut up and buy my stuff or I will slit your throat.
YES
THAT IS MORE THAN ENOUGH cheddar TO BUY MY WAY TO FREEDOM
HUZZUH!
Of course, I still have to make it back to the Waterfront, AND escape the guards.
Wow, look at all these guards. It's like they know this is their last chance, so they are sending everything they've got.
Seriously,
look at all of them. It's very conveniently fitting that all these guys show up the day I finally become not-wanted.
However, no amount of guards can see the invisible! Haha!
Just after I become invisible, however, I am hit with an arrow. This makes it appear that an arrow is simply floating in midair. Luckily, the guards are too stupid to make the connection between the invisible guy and the floating arrow.
I also find some more Nirnroot. I'm just stumbling over this stuff wherever I go, aren't I?
I make it to the Garden of Darecloth without being detected and wait until midnight. What's-his-face shows up. OBOY THIS IS IT GUYS.
YES YES TAKE THE 8000 OR SO GOLD DO IT
YYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!
Oh boy! I can't wait to start my newfound not-wantedness!
I am running in front of a guard without being arrested!
I am talking to a guard without being arrested!
I AM JUMPING OVER A GUARD WITHOUT BEING ARRESTED!
...O...kay...
...I think I should stop bothering this guy now.
I stay at that one boat/inn place I saved from bandits until morning. Then, it's off to the market district! I am going to SHOP!
There I am, strolling through the market district in broad daylight, with nobody trying to arrest and/or kill me! This is THE BEST DAY EVER!
I head into a few ma
gic stores and buy some really neat spells. I bought a spell that lets me shoot ice, a spell that binds an inredibly powerful helmet to me for a short time, a spell that lets me light up the surrounding area, a spell that lets m open a very easy lock, and a spell that lets me enrage people. The enrage one is particularly interesting, because, correct me if I'm wrong, it essentially allows me to kill whoever I want without consequence. All I need to do is use the spell on them, and then they will attack me and I will be able to kill them without penalty, since, technically, they will have started the fight. Unfortunately, I need level 25 illusion to use that spell, so I won't be able to use it for a while.
I head into an alchemy store to buy some ingredients. I go ahead and ask the lady there about the Nirnroot. She tells me to ask some guy in Skingrad I don't care about. I'll keep it in mind if I ever go to skingrad, although, honestly, I don't seem to be going anywhere except the Imperial City and Chorrol. I should fix that sometime.
Before I leave, she tells me to visit another alchemy store in the area. Because advertising your competition is a great business strategy everyone should use because it is great and will make you a lot of cheddar.
I start spamming some of my spells for now reason to get some of my lower ma
gic stats up. However, I am now low on cash, what with all the bounty-paying and spell-buying recently. I need some way to get some cash, that
doesn't involve heading into some old ruin (because I am REALLY sick of that). However, it would be nice if it involved killing people. But HOW will I make cheddar like that?
And then, like a conveniently placed poster on the wall of a city, it hits me...
The Dark Brotherhood!
No, wait, I still have no idea where the Inn of Ill Omen or whetever is. I can't join the Brotherhood now, I guess.
Oh, look, a poster for the arena. That'll do nicely!
So,
this is the arena. A place where brave men and women train hard, and then kill each other for no reason other than fame and cash.
It's definitely my kind of place.
"Bloodworks" eh? Sounds fun! I can't wait!
I decide to cast my "bound helm" spell before going in. I think people will take me more seriously when I'm wearing this thing!
So this the "bloodworks", eh? I expected more... I don't know... blood?
I decide to talk to one of the nearby training fighters. He seems pretty nice to me for a guy who knows that we are probably going to have to fight to the death.
Apparently people call him "The Grey Prince" because he is only half-orc. He also decides, like all good NPCs, to tell me his life story for no good reason whatsoever.
Yes, yes, you had a hard life, everyone hates you, blah blah blah. I really care except for the fact I don't at all. Really, shut up.
Obviously, after his long, pointless speech, he tells me to do some errand for him. Argh. I see no reason why I should-
-... Combat techniques you say? Well, I am always up for learning new ways to kill people. I'll keep your little errand in mind!
Anyway, I decide to talk to the guy in charge down here. I came to the arena to kill people for cheddar, and that's what I am gonna do.
We've just met and you're
already threatening physical violence?
I think I like this guy!
Dude, my name is Charlie
Manhuge! That means I'm a man, I'm huge, and that I can kick booty. Deal with it.
Rules? You mean you don't just walk in and kill people? Argh, why does everything have to be so complicated?
Anyway, he offers me a light uniform or a heavy uniform. I decide to go with light.
I go ahead and try it on.
...That is the dumbest thing I have worn the entire Let's Play. What the hell were they thinking when they designed that thing? Probably something along the lines of "Hey, I think that we should make the light uniform unbelievably ugly".
Also, Charlie is really scrawny for a guy who beats people to death with his fists. I'm not sure if that makes him more badass or less badass.
I head over to Owyn again and resume the conversation.
To summerize: "Pretty much anything goes, but remember, people of a different color must be killed"
That racist bastard.
Aw, man. I bet my opponents will have really valuable stuff, too. Why does everything fun have to be against the rules?
Red room eh? I wonder what that's li-
Oh my god so much blood it's everywhere how did this even happen how is this possible.
Why are there bloody handprints here this isn't even the arena oh god what sort of horrors have occured here don't they ever clean this place
(Also, that light spell I bought is REALLY convenient for when I need to take screenshots in dark places!)
So, this is the arena. Nice place. You can't hear it, since this isn't a video LP, but there is an announcer speaking over a loudspeaker despite the fact there clearly isn't the technology for that kind of thing.
THERE IS A FIGHT
Despite being barehanded, I easily immerge victorious! You know, I can't help but think that someone like Charlie would become really famous in an arena like this. Think about it: people would walk in with expensive shields and giant swords and then Charlie would just win anyway with his bare hands. He'd be famous. He'd probably make a lot of cheddar from merchandising. They'd be Charlie Manhuge T-shirts, shoes, beverages, pencil sharpeners, and even Charlie Manhuge SOAP.
Honestly, I'm not surprised he ws so doubtful. If I saw I some guy go unarmed in a place like this, I would start arranging his funeral. However, Charlie Manhuge is
not some guy!
He only gives me 50 gold, which seems like a really small amount considering I killed someone for it. Hell, it's a really small amount for
anything, really.
So, this is what the arena is like.
...I think I like it here.