Sitting on a rented bed, in the Four Shields Tavern at Dragonbridge sat Myst and was looking at the map. It had several markers on it and she rubbed her head in frustration. ``Twenty jobs. That unknown person took twenty jobs before any other had a chance to get even close.'' and grunts in annoyance before she laid down on the bed ``And six of them were mine... just who is this person, and how knows about all those jobs before the Listener told anybody else about them.''
Sure in the aftermath it turned out half of those jobs were traps to lure her or her fellow Brotherhood members out but it still doesn?t explain how an unknown person could act faster than one who is sending the moment Sithis told the Listener who is asking for a job.
Shaking her head she rolled in her map and heads to get herself a meal. As she ate and drink the mead, her mind tried to move away from the disappointments of the last days. The Zorua isn't even bothering to flirt with anybody in there and some would say some of the patrons today were more than within the dark types target range.
As she still ate and drink, she felt a clap on her back ``Myst. I haven't seen you in ages!''
Turning around in surprise, the Zorua spotted a female Persian in leather armour with a bow and arrows strapped around her. And a tattoo with a blue dragon head "Selena? You here?" asked Myst in wonder and blinked a couple of times. "I thought you would be in Elsewhere like the Rest of the guild."
``Yeah... that isn't up to date any more. As Madame Fu is refusing to bow down the demands of the Thalmor... and it?s easier to move to a place where the Thalmor doesn?t have much today."
``Skyrim? Really?'' Myst asks ``That depends who wins that Civil war. And at the moment they are staring each other down, waiting for a weakness to escalate it despite the dragons terrorizing the land.''
``As long the dragons make trouble, we can earn some here'' mused the feline. ``And afterwards we remain in Stormcloacks territory and see how it turns out. If all fails we are off to Hammerfell.''
Nodding to her Myst mused ``Sounds reasonable. Thought why are you here in Dragonbridge? IT's on the other end of Skyrim and I am sure the guild is moving somewhere in the southern parts to get to the Stormcloaks controlled areas ASAP''
``I am on my way to find an old friend." admits the cat and mused, "Thought I admit... I haven?t thought to run into you. Where have you been all those years?"
To which Myst laughed ``I was for a while in Cyrodil but then I needed a change and came here to Skyrim. Plenty of work for my business.''
``What kind of business are you running?'' asks Selena but as the dark fox wasn't answering she frowns ``You... really did join...''
"Look. As much as you all disagree with me on that: I follow that old codex I dug out that long ago. It?s just it is difficult to do that WITHOUT any means of contact.'' defended Myst herself
``And they let you play along with those rules?'' asks Selena with narrowed eyes.
Myst only shrugged ``I always did my job, was never caught, and trustworthy enough that the other guild sees me as an honorary member. In turn, they accept my "eccentric" ways. heck, somehow the "boss" even knows which jobs he can safely hand to me and which not. And honestly: Even the Nymph Warriors will be hard pressed to get jobs done here without the occasional dead. Bandits maybe, but once you take jobs on Vampires, Werewolves and Necromancers, say goodbye "no Kill" policy as those groups are near impossible to catch. And in most cases, you only deliver them to the chopping block anyway."
"I... have noticed" admits Selena and shakes her head "Quite Ironic when I think about it and look to the direction that Raven will properly have a, "Told you" comment ready."
``You're after Raven?'' asks Myst in surprise. ``We talk about a zangoose that lost his eye and replaced his arm with a Dewmer one?''
"how do YOU know him?" asks Selena and shook her head "Scratch it. You properly run into him and the two of you spend a night together."
``We were lovers even.'' admits Myst ``But given how differences in our jobs... that didn't hold. But we still respect each other. I take you two know each other from that one time you were in Hammerfell for a few jobs?''
``Yes.'' admits the Persian and blushes a bit ``And well... I hope to renew the relationship we had during the time in Hammerfell. I did like him a lot and after my time with him... it kinda went numb with other guys or Rick.''
"Wow. You got hit hard here." whistles Myst and pads the cat "Well just know he is a daddy now."
``So he has a mate?''
``It's... complicated. He should tell you the full story.'' was Myst reply and shrugs ``Well if you're after him, you're in the wrong place. You need to go to Windhelm and grab a ship. He's in Solstheim at the moment.''
``How on Nirm do you know THAT?'' asks Selena in surprise and slight disappointment that she is at the completely wrong side of the Land.
"Saw him boarding the Ship that is always going there." was the simple answer "Was in the town for a few personal things and saw him but didn?t stop him. Thought he got a Luxray as a companion at the moment. A sort of celebrity around her. Top blacksmith and always on a trip to gather all kinds of ingredients which she turns in top-notch equipment. Only two other smiths are better than her. And one of them has the Skyforge as the backup."
Knowing who she means, the feline nodded in understanding and shakes her head ``Well... given the circumstances and the time... would you mind if I sleep here with you tonight? Or do you have other plans?''
Myst thought about it for a moment... while she has to catch those who are stealing the jobs of the Brotherhood, her latest trail is already cold and until she got back to the Brotherhood or a message from them arrives her, she has nothing better to do. And for sure the Zorua isn?t going to simply leave the tavern at this time, given the time.
Shrugging she stated ``I got nothing better to do tonight so... why not?''
"Thanks, Myst" smiles Selena and hugged her old friend "Just curious... should I tell the others about you? Or a simple hi?"
``Leave it to a simple hi. Less complicated explanations for me to give.'' mused Myst with a chuckle.
After Selena had ordered her dinner, the two ate and chatted some more random things and catching up what they had done in the free time. And this talk took its sweet time... before the two females knew it, it was so late in the night that they simply shrugged to go to the bed for now.
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On the next morning, both of them took a very sweet time in actually waking up and getting ready to leave after breakfast, thanks of how late it got before they went to sleep.
Once done, the two left Dragonbridge and head towards the road crossing which they should turn east to head towards Windhelm. Thought as they got there...
``Myst? Is that you?'' asks a voice and Selena and Myst turned around... from the south route of the crossing, they spotted two more females. Females Selena and Myst knew well.
``Isis? Xena?'' asks Myst in surprise
"MYST!" came as an answer as mentioned females rush forward. Namely a Weavile and a Jolteon. They tackled the dark type and hugged her tight.
``it's good girls'' grunts Myst in surprise, unable to move even her arms ``I have missed you as well.''
``Where have you been all those years?'' asks Xena while releasing the Zorua ``You left after that incident and never came back.''
"In fact, I still believed you were somewhere in Cyrodil" admits Xena who also released the Zorua.
"Let?s just say the aftermath of the incident went further and in directions, none of us was really expecting," explains Myst. Then she looked at the two "From Selena, I already know the Guild is in Skyrim for the time being... but what are the two of you doing here?"
"The two of us were asked to deliver a package to a place named Morthal," explains Xena, pointing to the extra bag they had with them. ``The sender doesn't trust the Courier guild very much.''
that caused the female Zorua to blink "Who on earth doesn?t trust the guild? They live from the reputation that everybody even the thieves and assassin guilds can trust in their services and secrecy terms. heck, I have seen one first hand what happens if one of the couriers breaks their oath. Not a pretty sign."
``Do I want to know?'' asked Xena nervously.
"It involves honey, Skeevers, the raise undead spell and a forge at temperatures, with the finishing touch of a Black Soulgem." said Myst with a gesture "And I have no clue where this soul gem went afterwards. Only somewhere called the island."
``They got an island for the soul gems filled with the souls of oathbreakers?" asks Isis "And how do you know?"
``Had once a relationship with one of them and was also trying to recruit me. I had to sign a contract never to release the secrets I learned.''
``But you just-''
``Is not stated as secret, but they also never really bother to announce it to the world.'' interrupts the Zorua to not draw out that detail.
Then Selena realized something ``From where did you two even come from? I thought the guild is at the eastern side of Skyrim.''
"From Whiterun. We were there because we got asked to help to deal with some bandits in a cave." explains Isis and sighs "Once we report back we might have to ask you how you were living all those years."
"You killed the bandits?" asks Myst and the two nodded. The Zorua shrugs "As long it no "Must capture alive" job is involved, killing bandits, vampires and werewolves are completely fair game. In fact, in some holds, you could kill Thalmors in cold blood and only face a fine for attacking somebody.''
This cause Isis and Xena to stare at their friend before the Jolteon spoke ``YOu... you sound very... casual about killing here.''
Myst looked at the two ``I am living here for years now. And the only things that haven't tried to kill me are plants. And even then I have no doubt there are many poisonous ones. So yeah, getting used to killing half of the living creatures you encounter on trips is normal in Skyrim.'' to the two females displeasure, Selena only nodded to confirm the Zoruas statement. ``I mean look at the children. Even they carry as soon as possible a dagger on their hips and get taught how to use them.''
``That's... not really something I needed to know'' admits Isis ``But on the other hand... I have seen those daggers. So it isn't hard to believe your claim.''
``Yeah... and given we're here in the middle of nowhere at the moment, I suggest we continue our way. As it happens we are all on the same path at the moment. At least until a certain point. Selena needs to go to Solstein, you need to reach Winterhold... and I will be off for Dawnstar. Need to talk with somebody living there.''
``Sounds like a plan.'' agreed Xena and the other two nodded in agreement.
Nodding as well, Myst points east ``Then let's go. In this direction is our common route... I say we travel at least up to Morthal and then we see if we rest or continue... but if we rest in Morthal: Don't pay that Orc to sing or I kill each of you in your sleep!''
The other three females don?t bother to ask. They knew that Myst throwing death threats only on something she is taking seriously. And having an orc not to sing is being serious business for Myst means that orc must be terrible as a bard.
And they don?t want to know how terrible.
With a rather eventless trip along the road (Aside from a few wolves and a Frost Spider) they reached a road crossing and Myst turns south as this was the entrance to the town of Morthal.
As they arrived though, they instantly noticed a gathering in front of a house and Myst mused "I wonder what happened that everybody is gathering at the Jarls place."
``So you assume something serious?'' wondered Selena while looking at the Zorua
``here in Skyrim? Yes. Very serious.'' confirms Myst with a nod while crossing her arms.
To which Isis only grins ``Does it involve a reward if we help?''
Myst thought about this question a bit and shrugged ``maybe? I am not really able to tell at this point.''
``I say we at least ask what is going on, regardless of potential reward. We need to know if we can even handle whatever is waiting for us.''
So the three head towards a nearby guard, as they didn't want to bother the Jarl yet and Myst wondered ``Excuse me, but what was that meeting of the people just about?''
``You're new here? At least I never have seen you around.'' states the Guard before gesturing past the Jarls house ``Some days ago, Hroggar's house burned down, killing his wife and daughter. Thought instead of simply mourning their death, he moved on the next day into the house of Alva. That alone is raising questions but also there are strong rumours of stronger Vampire Activities. That also causes quite some unrest and the Jarl had to promise them to investigate both matters."
Thought the guard shrugged "I work that job long enough to know that it?s impossible to do both. First, we don?t have the man to even think about searching the area, second none of us could do an investigation without taking a neutral look of things."
The four girls thanked the guard and they debate shortly what to do with that information and Myst rubs her chin ``I have talked with Hroggar a few times in my passings. Strong lumberjack and while not the smartest guy, I believe he is still smart enough that moving in a day after your wife died ISN'T making sense. Girls. Something is up in my opinion. And I prefer to know the truth.''
``Is it your little sense that caused your kickout in the first place?'' wondered Isis and Myst only nodded to that. Putting a hand on her friend the Weavile grinned ``well, then let's go and see what this investigation brings us.''
"I suggest we should first get permission from the Jarl... to not cause any trouble," warned Xena and the three others agreed to that and went to the jarl for the mentioned permission.
Jarl Idgrod Ravencrone was quick to give them the permission to do an investigation because she felt that something is off... and claims she saw a vision of four maidens finding the truth.
The four had to hold back their snickers upon being called maiden. Not a single one of them had still their virginity after all. Which they didn?t tell the Jarl for some obvious reasons. Thought Myst did wonder briefly if the Jarls tales of visions are just tales or if she is getting too old for that.
Anyway, once they left, they were straight at the ruins, untouched except for the removal of the two corpses... so the four could at ease search it. Thought the lack of a guard was not welcoming... who knows who could have tampered with the crime scene.
After a quick search, Xena started "Also, we got no sign of forced entry, and any damage on possible entry points are only what to expect from a fire."
``I find slight marks of struggle'' added Myst in thought ``I managed to learn where the bodies lie. Only in the child?s bedroom is the struggle signs. But they're not conclusive of the reason.''
Selena was crossing her arms in through ``The fire self, at least from the signs indicate at first glance that mishandling firewood at the fireplace was the source of the fire. But even after a few days after that fire, I can still smell traces of oil, as well burn marks as well a bottle that survived the fire somehow with oil remnants.''
Isis tilts her head ``All things pointing out that Hroggar did it to live with a younger woman. But... that doesn't make sense. Even if this was the motive, it would?ve been way too obvious, and moving to the new girl just the day after the fire isn't helping.''
``I agree with you'' nodded Myst while scratching her neck ``I got involved in enough murder cases to practically smell something is off and missing. here is an element we don't know yet.''
"Yeah, but where to get one? It?s not like we got any witnesses or a ghost showing up to tell us the tale.'' countered Xena thought she noticed the looks the other three were giving... not to her but to behind her ``I just jinxed it and a ghost appeared behind me'' she deadpans and turns around. And Yep. There was a ghost. Of a girl on top of it.
How practical and perfect for the quadrants little problem.
"Myst? Is that you?" smiles the Ghost and the girls looked at the Zorua in oddity "Yes, it is me." smiles the Zorua "Say, can you tell me what happened here?"
``The smoke woke me up.'' she said ``I was hot and so scared. That's why I hid. Then I got cold and dark. I am not scared anymore. But I'm lonely...'' then she smiles at Myst ``Will you play with me?''
"Will you tell us more about the fire once we played with me?" smiles Myst back
To which Helgi nods ``Ok! Let's play hide and seek at the nighttime. Find me and I tell you more. But for the other to play as well, you have to wait until then.'' thought before Myst could ask who she means ``I cannot tell you or she might hear. She's close. I tell you more if you find me first.'' and was gone.
``You knew her?'' asks Xena then slowly after some time.
``Only in passing'' admits Myst ``We played a few times and I gave her some candy as I were waiting for a contact.'' and then looks at Xena ``As sad as it sounds... it isn't the only child I knew and died.''
"Is that... why you take it so well," asks Isis with horror.
"That, my job, living in this land in general... and having my own way to handle that madness." stated Myst with a deep sigh "Let?s hit the inn. We have to be rested when we go to the graveyard and meet her murderer." catching the attention of the other three
``Graveyard?''
``Murderer?''
``Where would you go if you're a ghost with your home burned down?'' asks Myst with spread out arms ``And she mentioned somebody else looking for her. And I cannot think of anybody seeking out the ghost of an innocent girl with nothing to offer aside from the murderer.''
``That... makes sense in a very morbid way.'' admits Xena while rubbing her arm and shudders ``Too morbid in my taste.''
Isis and Selena agreed on that statement though they were disturbed also to a degree and the three then went without further ado towards the inn to take their naps until evening.
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Later the four were on their way to the graveyard and Xena shivers "I am not really comfortable with the idea of going to the Graveyard at this time to find a ghost."
``Don't worry. You're not alone here!'' laughed Isis and slapped Xena on the back while Selane nods ``Indeed... not alone'' and points forward and Myst draws a blade. ``Who else would be here... and digging something out.''
With that, the four moved closer and Myst called out "Excuse me! But what are you doing there?"
With that the woman, a Breton turned around and hissed loudly before drawing a dagger and rushes forward. Myst was ready to move as well... before thunderbolts hit the vampire and catapult her back. Myst whipped her head towards Xena before she runs forward as the woman was getting up and before she knew what happened, the Zorua slit her throat with one dagger before plunging her other one into the heart.
The woman looked dumbfounded at the dagger in her chest while holding her neck... before falling backwards and died. As Myst pulled the dagger out and cleared it, the other three came and Isis shrieks "Was that seriously a vampire?"
``First time seeing one?'' asks Myst and her friend nodded. The Zorua tilts her head ``And you recognized her as one instantly? Not many can do that properly.'' while standing up ``Now I got even more questions... if she is the killer then... why a fire? Vampires are not fond of them.''
``You found me!'' called Helgi as she appeared once more. ``You found me before Laelette. She was told to burn Mommy and me, but she didn't want to. She wanted to play with me forever and ever. She kissed me on the neck, and I got so cold that the fire didn't hurt. Laelette thought she could take and keep me, but she can't. I am all burned up.''
``Kiss... she tried to make her a vampire'' muttered Xena in horror.
``But... I feel now so tired....'' mused Helgi
``Then rest'' assured Myst with a weak smile ``I will talk to you on a later date.''
"Thank you Myst..." and with a yawn, she disappeared
The four females then looked at the dead female vampire and Selena wondered ``So... what now?''
As they were about to think upon that, a man rushed in "Laelette is dead?"
``Where did he come from?'' was Mysts surprised reaction.
The man kneeled down on the dead woman ``By Ysmir's beard! She's... she's a vampire.''
``Sorry... but who are you?'' asks Selena in wonder and confusion ``And how do you know her?''
``My... my name is Thronier... and this... was... my wife. Laelette. I thought she left for the Stormcloacks... my poor Laelette!" he bemoaned in his emotional pain.
The four-woman looked at each other and Myst knelt down "I am sorry for your loss... but can you tell us if something were odd before she left?''
"Y-Yes." he nodded "Now that you mention it... before she left, she spends a lot of time with Alva... which was odd in my eyes, as she hated her the week before. Then one night they were supposed to meet but Alva claims they never met on said night.''
``I see'' mused Myst and pads Thronier a bit more on the back ``We leave you alone now in your pain... perhaps we have later a drink in the memory of the good times you had with her.''
"Thank you" sniffed the Nord while the four left.
"You don?t suppose that "Alva" is also a vampire?" wondered Isis
``That's the most obvious thing. And as the next part is to get to their place and find evidence for it.''
"You... want to break into their home?" asks Isis to which Myst nods "Yes. Thought I would wait until tomorrow... then at least the lumberjack of the two is at work. The other of the two is a risk we have to take.''
The girls agreed to this and they head back to the inn to sleep for the rest of the night.
On the next morning in front of Alva?s house, Myst was busily lockpicking the door while Xena and Isis kept their eyes out... and Selena is tailing Hroggar and delay him if necessary.
Smirking the Zorua manages to open the door and the three girls head in and search the house. However, they couldn't find anything... until they decided to go to the basement. And the three found Alva laying in a coffin. Sleeping properly.
Myst and Isis sneaked towards the Coffin and examines it... finding a book underneath her head. Together the two removed the book without waking Alva. Myst quickly checked it and nose to her friend in confirmation and they head back out, outside. Thought Myst decided by the door to leave a surprise and grinned.
``What did you put there?'' wondered Xena and the Zorua just told her to wait until Alva would try to get out. Outside was Selena to the threes surprise.
``Why are you here and not watching Hroggar?'' asks Xena in shock.
Pointing in the general direction of the Jarls house, the Persian mused ``let's say, I did talk to him... and I MIGHT have accidentally insulted Alva. Knocked him out and he got dragged off to cool down his head once he wakes.''
"Smart" mused Myst "Let?s go. We got a dairy to deliver." and holds out the book they took from the house. "Selena. You watch that door. If Alva gets out, stop her. Kill her if necessary.''
Selena wasn't really comfortable with the kill order but accepts it while the other three went to the jarl.
She was busy with paperwork as she saw them, putting her feather away and wondered ``Found anything of use?''
``The proof that Alva put the fire on the house. That she is a vampire and has a master'' stated Myst and holds out the dairy.
``Alva? Vampire?'' Jarl Idgord asked and took the book and reads it, her eyes widened in surprise "That..." she looks up "While I appreciate the help in uncovering the truth, we have to now ask for your help to stop those vampires. Their Master Movarth has his lair not far from here. We have to strike before Alva could warn him.''
``That's not the problem here'' smirks Myst ``Even if she survives the surprise I left... the Persian with us is told to stop her. Just let the guards know to stop Alva at all cost and things ar-'' an explosion was heard and Myst shrugs ``Nevermind.''
``What did you leave there?'' asks Isis in suspicion
``A bomb that combines a Fire Rune, the failed adept of an Anti-Undead-Fire-Cloak, and a weak Turn Undead Enchantment.'' explains Myst ``And the failure of that cloak is... if an undead touches it, it explodes." and she places her arms behind the head "own creation for any undead missions I got. it?s actually my first prototype but due to the lack of... reliable undead tests in the near of place I could recover by failures I couldn't test it yet.''
That caused the two girls to only sweatdrops at their friend?s idea of dealing with things...
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As they later met up with Selena, the Persian was glaring at Myst ``What did you leave in there? I heard something exploding and as I checked it out, all I could find was that the entire basement was covered in black and the interior was washed over with fire it seems. It's a wonder the house didn't burn down.''
``now I know my anti-undead trap is a bit too potent'' giggled Myst and Selena stared in disbelief.
And her disbelief grew as they heard they got hired to deal with the vampire coven... and Myst informing them that they cannot hope that the guards or the mob will be a big help.
On the other hand: Hroggar is awake, free from being a Thrall and depressed without help. He and Thornir were now drinking their minds off due to the mourning of the loved ones... yay?
Anyway, given the information they got, the four went to the cave where the Vampires are supposed to be and began to make their way in.
As they sneaked through the cave they only encountered one standing guard. But this one was quickly dispatched as Myst used her Illusion ability to appear like Alva and got close... before cutting the throat, stabbing the heart and hold the dying vampire mouth closed before laying the body down.
``Myst... you scare me with that level of skill'' whispered Selena with wide eyes. To which the Zorua only shrugged while dropping her disguise and they proceed. And as they would have it seems the entire vampire population was at a table... feasting on a few dead bandits.
While the sole vampire sitting on the head of the table must be without a doubt be the leader... Movarth.
``Six vampires'' whispered Myst and scans the room a bit more ``But I am surprised that there is not a single thrall. I thought this place would have at least a few of them.''
"I haven?t seen any of the ways" nodded Xena and the other two girls shook their heads. Myst didn?t like that... but she got an idea. Which she quickly told her friends and they agreed to do it like that.
As the vampires ate, they notice somebody was coming and turned to the direction. A single woman came down and Movarth rose up from his chair ``Ava! I didn't expect you to be here today. What happened?''
``The Mortals happened. Somehow they wised up to our plans and I had to flee or they would have killed me at the moment they saw him." explains the woman while moving closer.
``What? How could puny mortals wise up to that? They are so inferior to us, they wouldn't notice us even if we stepped on them!'' declared the vampire leader and the others shouted in agreement.
``As far I can tell, for woman appeared in town and snooped around. And just this night they found out the truth'' stated Ava as she stopped just in front of Movarth. ``And all four seems experienced with fighting.''
``What can you tell me about them?'' asks Movarth while turning to her and getting closer ``We need to know all you can tell!''
``One is a Persian with a bow. A Jolteon dressed like a mage, a rouge looking Weavile.'' and then Ava smirks ``And a trained zorua assassin.''
Movarth frowns at those words and wondered especially how she knows that the Zorua was an assassin. Wait... Zorua? But that means-
This line of thought never finished as Ava suddenly kicked the vampire between the legs with her knee and he fell on his own knees in pain, Ava suddenly had two red curved daggers in the hands and with a quick and experienced move, the throat was cut open wide which followed by a kick that sends him on the back.
The Vampires jumped up at this sudden betrayal as Ava glowed and were replaced by Myst who twirled her daggers once and smirks ``Who's next?'' and her answer came as one of the closest Vampire rushes up with an axe, followed soon by the others.
Though they didn?t come far as the one with the axe shouts in pain as he was hit by an arrow into the back and the other vampires turned, only to see that Selena stood there and shot another Arrow, planting it into the head of another one, while the axe-bearing one got a throwing dagger into the throat.
The remaining three were unsure before one with shield and sword rushed against Myst while the other two rushed in, magic ready but were interrupted as Xena stepped out and shot thunder based spells against the vampires, hurting them while depleting their own magic reserves. As they wiggled in the shocking experience, Selena had drawn her sword and rushed in, ramming her blade into the body of one vampire before pulling out and behead the other with an experienced swing.
As Myst and the last vampire fought, he snarled at her ``We may fall but at least I take you with me!''
"I wouldn?t be so sure of it if I were you" smirk Myst as she parries another strike but didn?t get in, knowing that shield would stop her. The Zorua knew she couldn?t get past that thing in her current position and trying to outmanoeuvre him in their current spot in the cave is difficult.
``You cannot defeat me with your puny daggers'' he laughed while trying to hit her with the shield but the Zorua ducked under it and smirks at his mistake
"Now I could... but I won?t" she said and then the vampire gasp and stiffed "She?s the one to kill you." and the vampire looked back... to find Isis with her own dagger in his back. She pulled it out and cut his throat, ending his undead existence.
As they cleaned their blades and searches the bodies and the cave for anything of value, Selena mused ``That was too easy. Like they were waiting to be killed.''
``We got the drop on them.'' countered Myst ``I killed their leader, that was a shock, my reveal of being somebody else added to the confusion and anger. Followed by you attacking from behind. that mix of confusion and anger caused them not to coordinate properly or use their strengths.
``That makes sense'' agreed Isis with some thought to it. ``Well. At least we can go now to the Jarl and get our reward.''
Which was, much to the girl?s enjoyment 2000 Septims for each of them. Quite the sum for extermination jobs. Even Giant killing was only a mere 200 worth in the best of times, regardless of how dangerous that kind of job is. or expensive to prepare.
With that, they had a small celebration in the inn, as for tomorrow the four friends would split paths in three different directions... so let's have fun for old times sake!
