It was less of a complicated waltz getting back home\u2014all I had to do was walk back to Suran and take the Strider, which is why I was even lazier and used a scroll to instantly teleport back instead. It was good to be home. It was good to be somewhere where the property values weren\u2019t determined by proximity to the slave mart, actually. Yeah, Telvanni cities are fun places to visit, but you wouldn\u2019t want to live there. Especially if you\u2019re a Khajit or an Argonian.<\/p>\n
But enough about that evil backstab-happy bunch of freaks. It\u2019s time to get paid for my industrial sabotage and move on to the next quest.<\/p>\n
Apparently, in the city of Vivec (promising start) there\u2019s a shopkeeper. I\u2019m supposed to convince them to only buy imported Hlaalu guar hides, giving us an edge on various enemy factions. Since this is Hlaalu, I\u2019m guessing this process will involve threatening to burn down her kneecaps and\/or children.<\/p>\n
Actually, joking aside, I seriously doubt I\u2019m going to have to sink so low as to threaten the shopkeeper. We\u2019ll probably just meet, talk like civilized people, and calmly negotiate which violent and illegal acts I\u2019ll need to perform for her to get her on our team.<\/p>\n
Er. I\u2019m talking about stealing and stuff. Just to clear that up.
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\nAs it turns out, I don\u2019t have to do any of those things at all. My only real option when communicating with her is to ask her about guar hides, to which she responds, \u201cImported guar hides are not fresh.\u201d Little frustrating, really.<\/p>\n
I try to change her mind by Intimidating her, but all of those years spent fighting things and developing scars instead of working on my stunning personality have apparently made me ineffective at it. I end up having to bribe her 3,000 drakes to reconsider her stance on guar hide expiration dates. I get back, and am paid 1,000 drakes for my trouble.<\/p>\n
Okay, I won\u2019t lie, that was some pretty weak stuff there, Hlaalu. Seriously? Some woman won\u2019t do business with you, so you go over and offer them cash incentives to do so? What kind of insane business practice is that? Actually, I guess it is pretty smart, since I\u2019m the one that ended up financing it. That\u2019s like getting a McDonald\u2019s employee to buy the burger meat and pay the property taxes. Disappointed, I move on to the next questline.<\/p>\n
Apparently, a clothier in Ald Ruhn is secretly working for Hlaalu, and is awaiting a letter bearing instructions. I am to deliver the letter to her and…yeah, that\u2019s pretty much it. Just deliver the letter.<\/p>\n
Okay, questgiver lady, seriously. You don\u2019t need to sugar-coat this thing right here. I\u2019m flattered that you took the time to glamorize my mission with your \u201csecret instructions\u201d and \u201cHlaalu agent\u201d BS, but I\u2019m 90% certain this is just your friggin\u2019 shopping list.<\/p>\n
When I joined this outfit, my first operation was a daring bait-and-switch in which I impersonated a dead Redoran agent and intercepted a parcel of classified intel. My next mission was to steal a top secret alchemical formula from a shop in distant Vivec. Then I did some industrial sabotage, then I secured a trade deal, now I\u2019m delivering a goddamned letter.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t want to tell you your jobs, Hlaalu questgivers, but are you sure you\u2019re giving these in the right order? You took an unproven schlock who shouldn\u2019t have been given anything besides messenger boy clearance, you gave him insanely dangerous and risky missions, then\u2014when he miraculously proved himself worthy\u2014you gave him missions any idiot teenager saving up for an Xbox could have done.<\/p>\n
(There\u2019ll probably be more later this week, but I have to cut this off for now. Also, I need to re-take some screenshots\u2026FRAPS is giving me guff.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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