Jerric's Story, A Nord's Adventures in Cyrodiil Options

[ghastley]

I remember the Wobbly Goblet, from before it became the Lucky Mudcrab. Not many inns got that level of detail.

You captured the strange emptiness of the village nicely, and the odd nature of the well. And Dar-Ma is nowhere to be seen.

[SubRosa]

All of yesterday's trials and travails on the road becomes a simple trip this morning. What a difference a day can make.

The nearly tunnel like forest and layer of mist Abiene passed through on the way gives one a sensation of traveling from one world to another. Which is a classic of both horror and fantasy/adventure stories. Our protagonist goes from the ordinary boring world like Tattoine or the Shire, and travels to an exotic world of wonder and danger, like Mos Eisley or Mordor where the normal rules of quiet life no longer apply.

Nice call out to the Wobbly Goblet!

Hackdirt certainly appears to be less than inviting. Less than anything in fact. It looks like the town is deserted. I wonder where everyone could have gone to? *Looks down at the ominously rumbling earth below*...

[treydog]

Abiene has to be thinking - "I finally made it to Hackdirt! Yay? Is there an echo here?"

Wonderful descriptive writing which builds the creepiness factor, even without the zipping of string music or ominous organ chords...

And so many questions, such as "Who locks a well?" and "Why are there no crops?" and most of all "Where IS everyone - most especially Dar Ma?"

But Abiene is no wilting violet, even if perhaps sometimes she should be.

Most effectively spine-chilling.

[Acadian]

Great to have you back, and here’s hoping your recovery progresses smoothly!

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Tacked, packed and under full detect life, Abiene and her long-legged companion set out.

Aside from nervousness about the road behind and ahead of her, the trip went smoothly. Spooky channeling by the misty forest around them notwithstanding.

You’re doing a wonderful job building mystery and suspense. And clues! A well with no pulley system that seems oversized and is padlocked. Large piles of dirt – suggestive of digging. Rumbling beneath. All hinting that what Abiene seeks may be underground.

Moslin’s Inn certainly appears much less inviting than mALX’s wonderfully Wobbly Goblet!