Portal to Vvardenfell

I woke up in a daze. I looked over towards the window to the right of me. It was mid day. I sat up in my bed and gave off a small moan. Those beds feel like their made of rock. I stood up and slumped my bag over my shoulder, while picking up my staff. I walked out the door, throwing a pouch of drakes on the Redguard's counter. I walked out of the Trade House and sniffed the air. It smelled like a bog. I walked across the wooden pathway that led to the Trade House's door. I began walking to the signs near an old bridge to see where I should go next. But what I saw in my peripheral vision intrigued me. It was a Silt Strider.

I trotted, sorry, walked up the hill that led to the Silt Strider. It was massive. It had a rough exterior, like a shell, and on its back had an empty space and something that looked like a control panel. I approached the Dunmer who was standing by it.

"How much for a ride?" I asked in a collective tone.

"Depends on where you want to go." She answered, wiping some dirt from her dark red linen shirt.

"Where does this get me?" I asked, presenting fourteen gold coins.

She studied the coins that were in my hand. She looked up. "Balmora, you interested?" She offered.

"Sure." I agreed as I climbed into the Silt Strider.

She hopped in, grabbing two of the stalks that grew out of the silt strider. She pulled one, causing the silt strider to let out a echoed groan. It began to turn towards the sea line and walk slowly around the coast. I studied all I could while the silt strider made its way down a path previously used by the same silt strider I assumed. I watched as the lush, boggy swamps turn into dead trees and ash covered soil. I noted this to be the ashlands. I studied all I could from where I was standing. I saw festering pools of some unknown liquids, cave entrances, and Muck Sponges. I pulled out my map too study my surroundings. My expression changed from curiosity to plain confusion.

Balmora was in the West Gash Region, and we were going the opposite way. I looked at the dunmer piloting the silt strider. She was going to rob me, I thought. I took my staff and charged it up. A crystalline began to form while fog began to shed off of it. It made a quiet cracking noise as I aimed it at the pilot. I wasn't going to kill her. I just wanted her to thing I was going to.

"Hey." I called, getting her attention, her expression fell dead.

I continued. "Where are you taking me?!" I asked with a hint of anger in my voice.

She licked her lips, revealing sharp teeth. She was a vampire and I didn't even know it. She lunged at my and I fired the charged shot. It hit her in the leg, of course I'm a terrible shot. She straddled me, wrapping her hands around my neck. I reached into my bag and pulled out the knife. I plunged it into her back, around were her heart would have been and she loosened her grip. Her expression was dead as she slumped over wheezing. I stood up and stared at her coldly. One thing that surprised me but didn't at the same time. Not a single drop of blood came pouring out. She slowely faded away. Not in literal terms like she disappeared but she died, or at least again.

I turned my attention to the controls. I tucked the map away began turning the silt strider towards Balmora's direction. I should have been happy that I was alive at that point, but the thing is, that day took my innocence. I was a virgin, I never did any harm, not even to an insect, and I never even cussed. Well all of that went bye bye. Except for my virginity. I still have that.