I stared down at his lifeless body, my hands shaking, a cold sweat across my brow. I fell to my knees breathing heavily, I couldn't believe what i'd done. I'd seen the guards kill plenty of people, but I didn't know it would feel like... wait, he's still breathing. Oh thank Talos, I could not deal with the psychological junk that killing a man would have done to me.
I dragged the unconscious man into my room and took from him the key to the closet. Upon opening the door, I found the orc sitting on a barrel, his head bowed in shame. Or possibly he was asleep. Either way, he darted up just a moment later and thanked me for helping out. He warned me that there were at least two more criminals on the other decks, which was good to know, but not what I wanted to hear. I decided to head up the stairs.
Standing at the top of the stairs to the main deck was another leather clad criminal, a woman this time. A squeak from the stairs alerted her to my approach, and she spun around to face me. With a bloodcurdling scream, she lunged at me with her blade. I stepped aside. A moment later I picked up a key from where she was laying unconscious at the bottom of the stairs.
I started laughing about the incompetence of these criminals as I made my way to the captains cabin. I honestly couldn't understand how they managed to take the boat over, although, I suppose the Orc was pretty much gone, and the owner seemed a bit less than battle ready, but who am I to talk?
I tried the handle on the door. It was locked.
I tried the key. Didn't work.
I wondered as to the purpose of the key if it doesn't open the door. Seems like a key without a lock is basically useless. I went back to the girl to search for another key, to no avail. I did, however, notice another door above the captains cabin.
After discovering that the key had a lock after all, I ended up on the bow of the boat, with another criminal steering it. At least, I assumed he was a criminal and I kind of hope that is the case, because I ended up breaking his leg and tying him to the boat. Let's not talk about that...
I walked back to the captains cabin, with the correct key this time, and opened the door. Inside was the captain and a woman. I determined, from her glowing red sword and better armor, that she was the leader of the criminal group. She whipped around and asked me who I was. I froze, trying to think of a way out of this situation; suddenly I blurted out Minx. She looked concerned, demanding to know what I was talking about. I put on the meanest face I could and told her that I had "taken care of" Minx and the others, and that she was next. She pointed her blade at me for a moment, then dropped it with a sigh. Yes! I don't die today!
I moved all of the criminals into a vacant room near mine and locked the door. Triumphantly, I ascended the stairs to speak with the owner about what exactly happened here. He told me some boring story about a fake treasure that the criminals were trying to steal from him and I wasn't really paying attention to it. I did listen when he said he would give me a ride to any port in Cyrodiil anytime if I needed it, as this was far faster than trekking all the way down to places like Leyawiin. I thanked him and headed down to my bed, as he brought the boat back to land.
