Missing or dead? Hmm, that reminds me.
Previously on Morrowind...
I found another dead body yesterday.
Apparently that death was drug-related in some way. I didn't even realise (or had forgotten
) that Vvardenfell had a substance abuse problem until I completed a little quest where I killed some naughty ruffians and walked away with their loot, including something called Moon Sugar which had a decent value attached to it. However when I tried to sell my wares none of the merchants wanted to deal with me any more.
They didn't want "my kind" in their establishments.
After chatting with the locals I discovered that Moon Sugar is the main ingredient of the drug Skooma and unsurprisingly people don't like drug-dealers flouncing around their town. (I was lucky I didn't bump into a guard because I would probably have been dumped in jail as a result of their stop-and-search policies.
)
Anyway, I offloaded all the Moon Sugar to the nearest willing alchemist and then remembered that I'd recovered a "Skooma pipe" from that dead body although the note implied that it belonged to someone else. So I returned the pipe to its owner and closed the case! And they rewarded me with... more Moon Sugar! These drug addicts never learn.
And now briefly fast-forwarding through subsequent episodes of this compelling show...
I had a rather weird encounter with a naked barbarian and a "festering" witch who were squabbling over an axe. Festering or not, I kind of agreed with the witch but I ended up killing them both because I wanted the axe as well. It seems like a good weapon but my axe stats are still pretty poor despite levelling up a couple of times. Also the witch had this staff that damaged my "personality." Pfft! What difference does that make, I thought. The consequence was that suddenly everyone hated me and it was surprisingly annoying! It was almost like real life!
But unlike real life, recovery potions ensued.
And lastly... I have finally made an effort to do one of the main story quests instead of my usual odd jobs and stealing/trading, and now I have in my possession that Dwemer Puzzle Cube from the ruins!
Join us again next week for another thrilling episode of... Morrowind.