Day Three, Part Two: Walking the walk
My journey begins at 4:31, which means, if Weebam-Na spoke the truth, I should arrive at the rock somewhere around 10:30. Even though I’d like to get there as fast as possible, I heed my mother’s childhood warnings and stay on the road.
I pick some mushrooms and head out, Mazoga close behind me.
After an hour and a bit of walking, here’s where I am:
Near here, I find an exotic Domica Redwort plant, and some more of those weird green mushrooms.
After more walking I see some deer down the road. I immediately double over to make myself less seen. Then, I equip my flare spell, and blast away:
Yee-haw! Take that, Nondrick! Grugzob’s eating well tonight!
Anyway, I spot another Ayleid ruin down the road, and find some ingredients beside a sign. I spot a village nearby:
But decide not to enter. Instead, I eat some corn, and continue walking.
It’s 8:44 when Mazoga and I are almost exactly east of Fisherman’s rock. Here’s when I decide to begin cutting across the wilderness.
While cutting, I see a Legion Forester attempt to catch a deer, and miss. I try to help out by throwing some flare spells at the deer, but I miss as well. The forester sadly walks away, and I continue on my path to Fisherman’s rock.
It’s 9:47 when we arrive, a bit early. I notice that Mazoga is no longer following me, and is walking on her own, and walking very determinedly at that.
She walks up to a half dressed Nord, named Mogens Wind-Shifter, and converses with him in her usual manner:
Oooooh Snap! Somethings going to go down here, and it might involve fighting! I edge away from the two, wanting no part in this. I can see that Mogens has his hand on his dagger already.
Uhh, yeah. I get a message that I should help out Mazoga, and, no matter how much I don’t like her, I decide to help her out, as she is one of my Orc brethren.
My starlight spell runs out, and I’ve got no time to recast it before a Khajiit comes running at me swinging a Battle Axe. I backpedal (into a tree), and furiously pelt him with flare spells until he goes down, looking and smelling like a rat in a barbecue. Mazoga is fighting the leader as a Dark Elf comes at me next. I launch some spells at him until I realize my Magicka is all but gone. I pull out my sword instead, and begin hacking and slashing away, until he falls as well.
Mazoga’s fight against Mogens spills out into the surrounding wilderness, but I’m occupied with another Khajiit at the moment, this one with a Claymore. My Magicka has recharged by now, and I use it to summon my Skeleton Familiar, who goes straight after Mogens. (Yes, I realize the picture is a bit dark. Just turn up the brightness on your monitor and you’ll be able to see it better)
I slash up the Khajiit, and my skeleton finishes off Wind-Shifter. Mazoga comes up to talk to me, and explains her prejudice against the half-dressed Nord:
Turns out that’s why Mogens killed Ra’ vindra. Huh. That’s mildly interesting. She then blathers on about how she swore a knight’s oath and searched far and wide for the gang etc, etc, etc, blah blah blah. There’s only one thing I’m interested in, though:
Sweet! As Mazoga walks back towards Leyawiin, I run around taking anything that’s worth anything from everybody, including that beautiful Axe from that first Khajiit I killed. Finders keepers, I guess.
I exchange the heavy armour I’ve been wearing for light, and at the end of it all:
Pimping! Although I do wonder why axes are considered blunt weapons, even though they’re technically sharp…
Anyway, it’s getting REALLY late, so I gobble down a Carrot, a piece of cheese, and some more corn, and finally go to bed. Tomorrow, I’m preparing to leave Leyawiin.
