I told you it would be hard to swallow. Not only was it a small talking purple unicorn. It was a small talking purple unicorn with wings. Who just had one of them painfully removed.
What?! Not crazy, well yeah that comes later after we leave Balmora...for the first time.
What's that? Her name? Well I'm getting to that.
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Day 1(My Boss is a Druggy)
We were off to Balmora. For some reason the, now one winged, unicorn was following me. She didn't talk much at first. Then we found the Silt Strider dock just outside Seyda Neen.
Things started to look up too. The Silt Strider caravanner gave me my first ride free for being able to grace her with the sight of a unicorn. That is when I learned what my friend was, and I learned more about her on the ride to Balmora.
Her name was Twilight Sparkle. Yeah a little weird but then again so is Sanjuro, my name by the way. Twilight did not have any idea what happened or how she got here. She was just enjoying a quite day reading a book then sudden falling out of the sky. Aside from that I didn't learn more about her on the trip. Not because she didn't want to talk about it but because I was puking over the side of the Strider. Seeing the caravanner poke at the exposed organs made my stomach turn.
It was almost sun set when we arrived at Balmora. It wasn't hard to find Caius house after that, however all the townsfolk and guards couldn't help but stare at Twilight as we passed by. We got to the house and I could smell something odd in the air.
I honestly thought for a minute I was at the wrong place when I entered the house. For starters it wasn't even a real house, just a single room. The place was also a mess. Empty bottles littered the room and belonging were spread out all over the shelves and table. It actually reminded me of my cell in the prison but with more stuff.
At the table was a man that was shirtless, pasted out with his head on the table. The stench of booze was heavy in the air and to anyone else would look like a drunken bum with problems. Not knowing ether at the time I went up to him and poked him.
“Hey mister, are you Caius?”
The man stirred from his sleep “he.. lif this ol man alun whou ye”
“What? umm are you Caius?”
The time the man got sat up. If his speech didn't give away his stat of being his bloodshot eyes did. This man was a mess. He just stared for a minute saying nothing.
“Um Sanjuro I don't think this is who you are looking for” Twilight spoke witnessing the events. The man turned to see Twilight and like everyone else went wide eyed. However unlike everyone else he started laughing.
“O gods Caius, you got to stop drinking so much. Now I'm seeing pink miniature unicorns.”
“HEY! I'm purple!” Twilight protested which only made Caius laugh harder.
Twilight however had it with Caius's antics. Her horn started to glow and in moments Caius was enveloped in a purple glow. Caius stopped laughing and became very worried when he found himself upside down in front of me.
“Sanjuro here was sent to find your and...” Twilight paused then looked at me “You know you never told me why you were coming here.”
“Hu? O right I have a letter for you. Odd though the letters don't spell anything.” I said handing the letter to Caius.
Still hanging upside down he took the letter and started reading it. He raised an eyebrow every now and then but something about the letter sobered him up, or more accurately, he stopped acting.
“It says here that you were released from the Imperial Prison and sent her to be a member of the Blades under my command. It also says that you lived a prisoner most of your life and that I'm to help you set up a covert identity during your stay on Vvardenfell.” he said folding up the letter.
“Hu” both Twilight and I said at the sudden change in Caius.
“Can you let me down now?”
“What, oh yes” Twilight said levitating the man over to his bed and ending her magic.
Caius came up to us and explained what he could about the letter. It turned out the old man was a spymaster of sorts and being a drunkard and addict was a cover...mostly. I was officially a member of the Blades, the Emperors Eyes and Ears, from that day onward. He told me the names of other Blade members that would help me any way they could and even gave me some septims to help get me started.
Twilight was a little lost. She didn't really know anything about me till that night. She was just following me at first looking for more information on where she was and what happened to her. Also I think she felt that she owed me a debt of some sort for saving her life back when she first fell from the sky.
So I told her of my past. How I was imprisoned in the Imperial Prison back in Cyrodiil. I didn't know why I was imprisoned but for some reason I got special treatment. One of the guards was assigned to teach me basic mathematics, another was to reach me literature. Not only that but the food I got was also definitely better quality and more frequent.
The story itself brought tears to Twilight's eyes. She started crying and gave me a hug, which was odd because normal horse legs don't bend that way. Caius listen to my story as well but did not remark on it in any way.
The last thing that was discuses that night was setting up an image for myself in Vvardenfell. Caiuse listed off a few of the guilds on Vvardenfell along with openings in the Imperial Legion. Twilight however insisted that we go to the Mage's guild first. “What better way to set up an image them by helping a Unicorn in need get home.” She had a point and even Caius agreed with her.
It was late by the time we had finished discussing what was going to happen. Cauis gave us a few extra septims and told of to stay at the local inn for the night. However he only gave us enough for one room. I didn't care. by that time i was too tired and only wanted sleep.
Cauis first assignment for me was to get Twilight home. If only I knew then what was in store for us.