Oasis chapter 3, In the enemies lair. Umm, mushroom. Options

[jack cloudy]

Oasis chapter 1
Oasis chapter 2

Ok, a new chapter. Let's just see where this goes. I've decided to do a small costume change, the old look got boring.



,,Ah, there you are, Evoker.” I hadn’t even put a step inside the hall, and already the Steward wanted something from me. It made me wonder how they ever managed before I joined.
She dragged me over to Galbedir’s office and waited till the woodelf had left before finally opening her mouth.

,,Tell me, Evoker. Have you by chance come across enchanted weapons or armour?” She asked. What kind of question was that, those things were all over the place.
,,Sure, are you looking for anything specific?” I answered while wondering just what might be so important.

,,Then you must be aware of the fact that no enchanted item seems to be able to hold its charge since a few months back. Only small items, like rings or amulets seem to be safe from it. It is as if something is draining them. Now, I have a very important mission for you.” Ok, so enchanted items couldn’t hold their charge anymore? That sounded familiar.
,,Let me guess, find out who did it and kill him.”

,,No, that would be too hasty. I am convinced that the culprit must be a member of house Telvanni. So I want you to go and join the house. You’ll be our spy on the inside.” Hold on, join Telvanni, the house of psychopathic mages?
,,Are you nuts?! I am already with the mage guild! The guild doesn’t like the Telvanni and the Telvanni doesn’t like the guild. And on top of that, I’m an outlander, how am I supposed to survive longer than ten seconds in their midst?!” I yelled at her face. Now really, this was the most stupid idea ever.

,,Calm down, Evoker. I don’t want the guild to hear this. Now to take care of things, you will be banned from the guild. After your assignment is completed, I’ll get you back in with your old rank, or maybe with a promotion. Skink’s hall in Sadrith Mora will serve as your link with the guild. It is right in Telvanni territory. I want you to prepare and pack. Tomorrow, you’ll leave for the hall in Sadrith Mora. Use the guild guide. Skink will further inform you.” I walked out of the hall with a very confused, and angry look on my face. There went my career as a mage, and I might even lose my life. I could only hope that those Telvanni weren’t as crazy and brainwashed as in mage guild jokes.

Back at my house, I took the time to work out the details. I would be dropped in potentially hostile territory and my only excuse was that I was kicked out of the guild and now wanted to join the enemy for revenge? That was the worst coverstory in history. I decided that a more thorough thing such as a disguise was needed. I had plenty of stuff to dress up with, so I just had to choose.

My new identity would preferably look somewhat magish, so I took Tarhiel’s robe out of the closet. Telvanni supposedly liked shiney stuff, so I replaced my Orcish armour with the new Glass armour I stole from Ghostgate. A Glass staff to walk around with, and my identity was set. I also geared on a Glass longsword for when things got rough. Using a weapon I was unfamiliar with was asking for trouble. I spent the rest of the night removing the markings on my new gear that said who the previous owner was.

Next morning, I got up very early and ate my breakfast enroute to the guild. A quick transportation later, and I arrived in Sadrith Mora.

First thing was to join the house and work my way to the upper ranks. With the skills I had gained during my mage guild career, I would have no problems passing the tests for promotion. That left making friends and making myself known as a loyal house member. How do you do that with a bunch of lunatics?

Sometimes when you don’t know what to do, the bold and direct approach might be the best. So I walked right through the middle of town to the council hall. And any guard who dared to stop me would get a sword in that ridiculous helmet.

[jack cloudy]

Glad you all liked it.

Telendil, I also killed those guards in game. It is a bit annoying at times that fighting all boils down to one question. To kill or not to kill. Fists can knock people out, but only for a few seconds and afterwards they start swinging again.

Nice to see you around, Minque. And it looks like you are on a reply invasion. Anyway, I try to keep myself to one update each day. It's amazing what a deadline can do to my creativity.
And the vicking looks cute!

And I gueass I'll just say the sci-fi reference. The thing Luper did with the guards, it was the Vulcan nerve pinch from Star Trek. I've never seen it one tv myself though, at least not in Star Trek.

Anyway, update!



The boat crossed the Island I was supposed to visit on the way to Tel Branora. Good for me.
,,Sorry skipper, but I’ll take a swim if you don’t mind.” I said and jumped overboard. Well, a swim from time to time isn’t too bad but not if you take a swim in waters swarming with Dreugh and Slaughterfish. I ended up using my trusty waterwalk spell. Once on the island, it was just a matter of a little bit of searching while fending off the local wildlife to find the door.

Once inside, I was immediately assaulted by three Hlaalu. I whipped out my sword and parried the club of the first one, put my shield in the face of the second, then wheeled around and kicked the third followed by a slash across the throat of the first. One down, two to go. Easy enough and they were all sprawled across the floor a bit later. I didn’t even got tired from that. I would’ve expected guards, not this bunch of wimps. But then again, maybe they where just the lookout and the real stuff would be further inside.

I was right. Luckily skeletons aren’t exactly known for stealth and the sound of their rattling bones had given me plenty of warning before I even opened the door. When I did, I was covered in a magical shield as well as having fortified my speed. I had already sliced one of the things in two before they even realized I was there.

But there were a lot of them and the following battle was long with lots of blocks and parries on both sides. They scratched me a couple of times when they struck and the glass protected me from the worst. When I struck, I would send their bones flying all over the place. Whenever I knocked one out, another would take its place. Finally, no reinforcements arrived and I took out the last one. This time I was tired, a lot.

I would receive no time to catch my breath for another skeleton came floating around the corner. That’s right, floating. It was even wearing a robe of sorts. No weapons though. Feeling lucky, I moved in to slay the creepy thing. It turned out to be a mage, just my luck. The fireball caught me square in the chest and I flew backwards.

,,Oh, aren’t we nice today? Well, I can play it that way. eat my fireballs, you piece of rotten bones!” I said to it and proceeded to pound it again and again with my own destructive spells. With that one in the dust, I was now really starting to feel tired. Still, I would have to move on.

Luckily, I had bought some potions just for the occasion. A few gulps and I was as good as new. I then dropped the empty bottles on the floor and stormed up the stairs. I rounded a corner and then was unceremoniously smacked into the wall. The impact threw the sword out of my hand as well as making me very dizzy. An angry Daedroth with very bad breath towered over me. Brilliant.

I knew that Daedroths were some of the more powerful Daedra. No way I was going to beat it at either brute strength or magic. Not to mention that lying on the floor like that without my sword wasn’t exactly a good position. That left me no further choice but to pull out my most favourite amulet of all. The creature gave a very dumb look when I just disappeared in thin air. He then began to look around to see where I’d gone. Now how do you fight Daedra? Correct, with Daedra.

Now I didn’t had any Daedra with me, but a summoned Daedric sword did the trick. The sharp blade sank into its chest and I rolled out of the way before the corpse of the thing would fall on top of me.

After the Daedroth, I was very happy to find out that there were no further thingies around that wanted me dead. I met up with Aryon’s friend and after telling him that I hadn’t come to kill him and that everything that moved in his home was now dead, he was kind enough to lend me a bed for the night.

Next morning, I set out for the shrine of Azura. It wasn’t too hard to find. There was this huge statue of the Daedra on top of the roof. I hoped that Azura’s ego was a lot smaller than the statue. Inside, I came to the disappointed conclusion that there was nothing to grab. Only one of these huge statues was there.

Suddenly, my mouth began to move on its own! I grabbed my face in an attempt to stop it but it didn’t help. In short, Azura and some other dude were having fun playing with mortals and began a little bet. But Sheogorath the other dude was a cheater and I was sent to prove it. If I did, I would be rewarded. I just mumbled something resembling yes into the air and then ran out. If Azura ever used my mouth again to talk with, I would wish she was standing in front of me so that I could punch her in the face. And one more thing, we mortals are not toys!