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Chapter 2: A night in Balmora

After a long walk they had reached balmora at nightfall "Well were finally here" Amulius looked through the gateway trying to see the entire city but only viewing a plaza surrounded by shops and a glimpse of the river Odai "So whos gonna deliver this stuff?" looking back he saw Jadix holding a bottle of skooma "Put that stuff away, I'm not getting arrested again" "Alright but I'm delivering it, maybe this Caius guy can tell me something about the local thieves" "Fine, just don't get caught" It didn't matter what he said as Jadix was already gone "Well that's one problem solved, lets get a drink Ed" "Thought you would never ask" It didn't take long to find a pub "Hmm, the council club. Looks okay" "Who cares about looks? I need my brandy" "Your paying" "Shutup, your wasting valuable drinking time"

Meanwhile…

"Were is he?" Jadix had been looking all over town but couldn't find Caius, he had given up the search and was now looking for the local thieves guild. He found the South Wall and immediately recognized it as a thief's guild headquarters "Well aren't I lucky?" Inside the South Wall it was smoky, crowded and the patrons all had a pair of shifty eyes "home, sweet, home" As he was taking in the atmosphere a Khajiit snuck up behind him "Well look who just walked back into Habasi's life" "Don't you have a litterbox to clean?" "Same old temper, the guards at moonmoth must have had a handful" "If I knew you were here I would have stayed in prison" "Well now that you're here tell habasi why" "Do you know were to find Caius Cosades?" "The emperors sugar tooth? Check by the northwest guard tower" "Well this is one small step towards repaying me" "I'm a thief, I don't pay for anything" "I did" "That's your own fault" Deciding that this conversation was going nowhere he left and headed for caius. Maybe the mysterious addict could point him to a job.

On the other side of the river

"I don't like the look of this place Ed" "You and your whining it makes me sick!" "Why did I buy you all that sujamma?" "Because it's great! Right babe!" The golden saint sitting next to Ed didn't have a reply "Damnit Ed, I knew I shouldn't have let you buy that summon scroll" "Why not? It's good for emergencies!" "This is an emergency?" "YES! Hey barkeep, how much for a room? I got a saint to screw!" "Were leaving" As a Amulius dragged Ed away from a very angry golden saint several Dunmer stepped in his way "Now where are you going outlander" The last word appeared to leave a bitter taste in his mouth "I don't want any trouble, just let us leave" "Why leave before the party?" "Party? Hell yeah! I'm gonna need a crate of Sujamma barkeep! And maybe something for them!" The Dunmer that had been preparing for the 'party' by pulling out axes, swords and daggers all gave Ed a bewildered look before one of the more clever ones got an idea "Yeah! Hey outlander, lets go streaking!" "I love these guys! Come on guys take it off, you to goldy!" As the golden saint fingered her sword the Dunmer answered "You go first, we'll be their later with a wagon full of sujamma!" "Alright, you bring the booze, me and Amulius are gonna have some fun!" "No!" "When you get that sword out of your ass join the party!" Before Amulius could answer Ed was out the door leaving only torn clothes and a spilled beer "Well I better go get him, it's been fun guys" "Not so fast, the fun has just begun" Well so much for talking his way out. Amulius pulled out his sword, held his shield up and faced the angry mob "Who's first?" As the racist mob charged him with weapons held high no one noticed the golden saint in the corner who had decided to stay with her master's much less annoying and far more sober friend. As Amulius struggled to block the rain of blows coming at him the saint charged up a fireball.

Back to Jadix

"This must be the place" looking at the dirty shack that smelled suspiciously like moon sugar "Lets hope he pays well" Opening the door Jadix saw a shirtless imperial talking to a Dunmer who still had imprints on his wrist from prison shackles. The Imperial turned and glared at Jadix "Who are you?" "I'm supposed to deliver this skooma" Jadix tossed the bottle to Caius who caught it and rolled it under his bed "Alright, now get out, this is private" "Not to talkative, huh?" As Caius gave him an annoyed glare an enormous explosion rocked all of Balmora and sent moon sugar flying across the room "What was that?" "I don't know but this is a perfect test for you Ano, find out what's behind this and you'll be in the blades. And take that wood elf with you" As the two left Jadix heard the dark elf mumble something about a bossy addict. Outside it was pretty easy to tell were the explosion happened seeing as an enormous smoke cloud was above the council club. Jadix slapped his forehead and mumbled "and they say I'm dumb. Come on bright-eyes, we got work" "Shutup tiny" The two sprinted towards the river swearing in their native languages. When they crossed the bridge they heard someone yell "Did you bring the sujamma wagon?"

Earlier…

As Amulius stopped an axe with his shield he saw through a crack in the wall of elves the golden saint launching a fireball spell. The last thing Amulius saw was the fireball blowing off a hidden trapdoor covering a stash of strange vials marked with a flame covered by an X. When a slightly burnt Amulius awoke later he saw a transparent purple/red sphere surrounding him, a golden saint next to him, a lot of guards, Jadix running towards him with a Dunmer following and in the distance he saw a naked Ed climb out of the river, yell something about a wagon and run towards the commercial district. The Dunmer was the first to ask the obvious question "What happened?" "Yah Amulius you're supposed to be the smart one! How did you blow up a bar? Where's Ed? And who is that?" At the last question he pointed at the golden saint "That would be goldy, Eds new booty call" "I'm gonna need you to explain his one" As Amulius explained the recent events Jadix could only stare wide eyed and nod his head. Ano was even more confused "I think I'll just report back to Caius" Watching the Dunmer walk away mumbling about crazy Imperials and annoying Bosmer Jadix turned back to Amulius and got back to the questioning "Alright you explained a lot but where's Ed?" "I saw him running towards the commercial district" "We better find him; I think he had more summon scrolls" "great…"

At the eight plates bar;

A crowd had gathered around a Nord, a shirtless Breton and an Argonian, each with varying levels of intoxication, singing a drinking song "Oh, oh, oh, I like to go swimming with bowl legged woman and swimming between their legs! What? Swimming between their legs! Yah! Swimming between their legs! Ah! Swimming between their legs! Hey!" Yep, Ed was having a great time.