As of last night, I am level 30! Where are the housemales? Well, the husband is now level 24, and the son is now level 31. For some reason, my new status is a threat to the both of them. I'm not sure what is going on, maybe some kind of sexism power play kind of thing.
I'm finding it's really difficult for me to let go of my inner core of values as a member of the dark brotherhood. It is simply not in my nature to kill things, just as it is not part of the nature of most people. I've got contracts to go deep six some NPC's, one of whom I actually know to be a harmless village drunk who misses his dead sister. There is no reason to kill this guy, and yet I have to. I also know the dark brotherhood is going to betray me at some point after watching the son play for awhile yesterday. I knew something was up with Astrid because she is reallllyyyyyy into making me understand the sanctuary is my new home and I should feel absolutely comfortable there. Rotten bitch. Were it not for the fact that the brotherhood pays lots of money for jobs... Yes. I can be bought. I'm shallow, what can I say, and the glass armor and weapons I'm collecting is expensive.
The thieves guild is something else. As a girl who was once in 8th grade, stealing is not foreign to me. I used to five-finger-discount makeup all the time at the age of 13. My game's character's sneak is high, her pickpocket and lockpicking are high, and whenever I have money, I ask someone to train her in both. It's great to peek into someone's pockets while they are sleeping and see what is there for the taking. One woman, a mage, woke up when I was stealing one of her magical staffs! hahaha. Who knew a five foot long staff could fit in a pocket?
The guards in towns like to say things like, "I'm watching you, sneak thief!" I'm no sneak thief, it's pretty obvious I belong to the guild, and when I get busted for committing crimes, I don't have to go to jail. I just say, "I'm with the guild, look the other way," give them some gold, and I'm good to go.
As a thane in three towns, I have decided one of my goals is going to become thane in as many villages and towns as possible. It's a pretty handy thing to get busted for one VERY serious crime in each town, and when they get ready to haul you off to jail, you can say, "Whoa, bro, I'm a THANE, and I'll thank you to step off.!" This way, if I happen to get busted fulfilling contracts for the brotherhood, nothing will happen. Sort of.
One problem with the game is the map. Once you visit a town, it's there on your map for fast travel, however, there are so many towns, the map becomes a huge, jumbled mess, and it can be difficult to find the next place you need to go. Many of the icons on the map look alike.
Getting back to the conversation about my inherent nature, I stumbled across a ruin. Around the ruin were these orcs and huge guys. They said things like, "Need something," but wouldn't engage in conversation. That means one thing---I will eventually have to fight them all. So, I took everything that wasn't nailed down and left.
At the bottom of the ruin was this guy by the side of the road. He said bandits beat him up and took his wares and he felt afraid and wanted an escort to get back to the ruins. Ohhhh no... Well... I almost said forget it, but he promised me a reward. I couldn't just LEAVE him there! He needed HELP! So, knowing what would happen, I helped this bandit up the hill to the ruin. Once we were there, he whipped out a bow and said, "Well isn't THIS a surprise!" and next thing I know, the orcs are sinking battle axes into my skull! Good thing I saved after stealing everything. When I came to, I chose to IGNORE the guy by the side of the road and walk away with everything valuable that had been in the bandits' possession. Screw those guys. Skyrim is a brutal place to be.
And now... after deciding not to kill giants... I have not one, but TWO side quests that require the deaths of giants!! Oh, man! It's almost like the game knows I haven't killed any and is saying, "HEY! You need to kill a giant, so here you go."
The bounty letters say the giants have been harassing villagers, which is utter bullshit! hahaha The giants don't mess with anyone unless provoked. I dunno... They're level 37 characters, so if I do decide to follow through, it won't be for a good, long while. The forsworn are the ones you have to eliminate. They're all crazy! And DIFFICULT. Whenever I can, I use a renimator magicka to create a zombie to fight for me. A forsworn zombie is a relatively decent fighting partner, I can assure you.
Edgar is currently playing... that's got to change... Mama's turn!
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