17)Being detected in Falmer dwellings and 18) Stupidity
Draco walked past one Falmer, then another and another with his muffle spell active. Since Falmer are blind, having a muffle spell could easily sneak past all of them without any bloodshed.
Draco looked down and saw that his muffle spell was wearing off, and quickly re-casted the spell quietly to keep it active. He continued making his way down the dwarven passage and saw a group of Falmer with their chaurus ahead. Draco walked past casually until he heard growling. He turned around to see the Chaurus and the Falmer charging towards him. Draco slapped his forehead. The Falmer may be blind, but their pet chaurus weren't, and he forgot that crucial detail.
Draco quickly sprinted forward with the Falmer and the haurus hot on his heels. Big mistake. In the next chamber was more Falmer. Originally, Draco would not have triggered their attention since he had his muffle spell active, but as there was a group of Falmer and chaurus chasing after him, it alerted the Falmer in the next chamber and joined in the chase.
'Remember, Falmer are blind, but not their pets!' Draco thought to himself.
Eventually, after making a turn, he saw two passages ahead. One that goes straight ahead, the other one goes to the left. Draco quickly skidded to the left passage and pinned himself against the wall. The Falmer and the Chaurus going after Draco didn't notice the left passageway and continued to run straight ahead. After the noise died down, Draco continued his way in the Dwarven ruins.
He found himself in another chamber with more Falmer. Draco scanned around the room and saw a small nest of chaurus locked up in a pen. Draco quickly casted both his invisibility and muffle spell to sneak past them. Draco made his way up the stairs to the upper platform of the chamber. He continued to move on quietly…
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… until a dwarven piston shot out from the wall and knocked him off the platform.
Draco fell down all the way to the ground with a loud thud, dispelling both his muffle and invisibility spell at the same time. The Falmer and the Chaurus heard him immediately and drew their weapons.
'Not again,' Draco thought in his head.
The chase was on again until Draco found a room to hide in. After entering the room, Draco quickly shut the door and barred it with Dwemer furniture he found in the room. The noise outside died down and Draco heaved a sigh of relief. He looked up and widened his eyes.
In front of him were Dwarven Animunculi that rolled out from their circular ports built to the wall, and their fighting tools were ready.
"Oh come on!" Draco complained as he drew his sword, preparing to fight the automatons.
After the last of the Animunculi collapsed, Draco removed the Dwemer furniture that was barring the door out of the way. He exited the room quickly… only to find himself in front of a group of bandits.
"Well, well, well," the leader of the bandits said. "What do we have here? It seems that we're not alone."
"No, I'm just an apparition, I'm not really here," Draco said. "Please, move on. There's nothing you can loot from me."
The leader of the bandits turned to his comrades and said, "All right, this guy says that he's an apparition, let's just ignore him and move on." The group of bandits walked away.
As the group of bandits walked away, Draco stared at them with a 'Are you fucking kidding me' expression, although many won't be able to see that expression as most of his face was hidden behind his mask.
'Seriously, they took what I said for real?' Draco thought incredulously. 'What kind of third-rate bandits are they?!'
A/N: And stupidity is something that bothers Draco too. Sorry for the lack of humour in this chapter though.
