I decide to switch back to my glass helmet, for now.. It has the same defense rating as amber, but it matches my apron better.
I decide to head outside and talk to a nearby beggar.
The fork of horripilation? Why does that sound familiar?
...Oh yeah, that was the name of the strange fork I found in the heretic camp. I should give that to this "Big Head" sometime and see if I get a reward.
I am soon approached by a guy who kinda looks like Steiner from FFIX
A preposition, you say? Sounds interesting.
Okay, now it just sounds like you are trying to mug and/or are holding someone ransom.
But, whatever. I'll go over there if I have time.
I walk around a bit more and talk to an Orc. For some reason, I have the option to talk to him about "Bhisha".
I am not sure who this "Bhisha" is, but if by "disappear", you mean kill them, I have to tell you that I am very good at that sort of thing.
It will be done!
Geez, there isn't even a Dark Brotherhood here, and this is already my second assassination request
today.
Anyway, I decide I may as well
talk to this Bhisha before I murder him.
There he is, standing next to that dog. Let's see what he has to say.
That's great, I care, let's get to the part where I kill you already.
I try to hit him with a sneak attack, but I mess up and hit the dog instead. Whoops.
I try again, and succeed. It even looks like he fell down the stairs, so it looks like an accident! How convenient!
Anyway, I talk to the Orc for my reward.
So, I get a dog? That sounds nice. I suppose it can be my new sidekick since I don't have Martin or Shadowmere anymore.
Anyway, I head into Bliss to look for Big Head. For someone reason, I have a feeling he's here.
I find him right near the gate to Crucible. He seems to be fleeing for some reason, so I attempt to talk to him repeatedly until it finally works.
This conversation is actually
really long, but most of it is just him speaking nonsense and whining about the fork, so I cut most of it out.
I mean, I know I
usually cut most of a conversation out, but more so than usual this time.
After disturbingly long while, it gives me the option to give him the fork.
So, apparently, my reward is training in one of these three areas. I decide to go with sneaking.
Somehow this complete and utter nonsense gives me a level up in sneaking. Whatever, a reward is a reward.
Anyway, I walk away from Big Head an- Oh holy shit what the hell is that thing.
Okay, it doesn't seem to be hostile... Maybe if I just walk away...
Oh god it's following me what does it want with me
Wait... it's called "Ushner's" skinned hound? Isn't Ushner that orc who had me assassinate that dog-lover? Oh god... THIS must be the dog he was talking about!
Okay... well, it seems friendly, at least. Maybe I can let it follow me around for a little while...
I change my mind a short while later and beat the thing to death with my bare hands. It''s corpse now lies next to the dog and dog-lover.
I decide to talk to the lady in the picture standing over the corpses.
...The coming storm?
...I feel a pointless errand coming on...
Oh boy, what pointless crap do you want me to fetch for you? I bet it's something stupid like 5 flawless pearls and some taproot.
Wow, that stuff actually sounds fairly awesome!
Especially those pants of calming! Assuming they do what I think they do. Which I hope they do.
Great, now I have to do this quest just to find out!
Queston seems to know the location for each of these items, somehow. Apparently, one of them is in the "Museum of Oddities".
I find the ring in a glass case. I steal it when the owner's not looking.
Huh, this ring actually seems quite useful!
Queston seems to think that this beggar knows something about the Pants of Calming.
He wants a sweetroll, which I conveniently Runs-In-Circle's house during that poison apple thing.
The pants are mine! Haha!
Also, shut up, no more food for you.
Aww, they don't do what I thought they did. What a shame. These are just useless personality pants!
The final item is
waaaaaay over there, for some reason.
Apparently, it is in these ruins. Oh boy...
Why does
every abandoned cave, ruin, or mine have to be filled with monsters?
I find a room with two unlit torches, a sealed chest, and a torch.
Why do I feel like I've done this possible a million times before in Zelda games? Oh, right. Because I have.
Huh. It turns out I can't pick up the torch. That sucks...
But I
can use telekineses on it! I'm glad I bought that spell way back then, even if it seemed useless at the time!
All the torches are lit! If I am correct, the chest should be unsealed now!
...Well, this one could be useful for training my armorer skill, I guess.
I head back to New Sheoth. However, it is the middle of the night, and the lady I need to deliver these to is in a house that I would need to break into, and I'd rather not get a bounty here considering the reason I came here was to
avoid the law.
I decide to go talk to that guy who told me to meet him at night. He sounded like he needed an assassination done, or something.
I guess so. Just tell me who you need dead.
Okay, so, what's the problem? I
love death dying and decay! Just as long as it isn't happening to me, of course. And what is wrong with a world without sunlight? That makes it easier to murder people without being seen!
...Wut?
...Okay... That's uh... different than what I expected, but I suppose I can do it.
I ask him why he doesn't just, you know, kill
himself.
I have no idea what that is or what you are talking about.
But, whatever! Any excuse to kill someone is fine by me!
Hey, I
know how to kill someone without getting caught! What do you take me for, some kind of amateur? I've probably killed more people than the entire current population of the Shivering Isles!
I ask him about the reward.
Sounds good to me! Let's get to the killing!
I decide to hit him with "touch of rage" to avoid getting a bounty.
He goes down in one power attack.
Wow, that was easy!
I head into his house to see what's in that jewelery box he was talking about.
Meh, it's a decent ring, I suppose. It seems like a good "Jack of all trades" kind of ring, since it gives so many effects at once.
Anyway, I wait until morning and head over to that lady who was yelling about "The Coming Storm" or whatever so I can give her those items.
A special spell, you say? I hope it's something good!
Confusion, you say? What is it, some kind of summon-
!!!
THAT IS NOT A WEAK FRENZY SPELL
THAT IS A VERY STRONG FRENZY SPELL
I THINK I REALLY LIKE THAT FRENZY SPELL
It's a shame it will be almost completely obsolete as soon as I level up, though, since I'm already at level 25. Once I hit level 26, all leveled NPCs will be immune. Which sucks.
I decide to test it out on the person who gave it too me.
This is how it ends.
I was planning to kill her the whole time, anyway. I couldn't just let her
keep these useful artifacts, could I?
Wow, it's been about a
day since I've entered New Sheoth, and I've already murdered... 5 people, I think?
I'm kind of a jerk like that, I guess.
