Spent about 45 minutes just exploring Bruma this evening. Went in most of the shops, and sold some stuff I didn’t need (including a somewhat heavy Blades katana, which I’d forgotten I had a spare of). Also built up my Speechcraft skill a bit, and talked to lots of people. I’m not sure what I fancy doing next. Probably not more of the main quest, though. I might do a bit of exploration of the environs of Bruma. Perhaps. Or …
After visits from Lyzzy and Jim, as well as at least one other person who came, took some items and left while I wasn’t watching, I finally closed my gates. I’ve ordered some paintings for Lyzzy, and she has done the same for me, so I’ll need to visit her again at some point after they’ve arrived. Sold some fruit to make a bit of money, and bought everything in Nook’s again, before watering my red turnip and visiting a …
OH. MY. GOD. In a complete turnaround of every other week I’ve had this game, my highest turnipage of the week was in fact on a Friday. I can say this with some conviction that it will not be beaten tomorrow, as the price today was 633 bells each! I was about to pop over and see Red in Tequila, who said he had 599 bells, but checked my Nook before I left, and found the mammoth buying price. Sold …
Didn’t play all that much today, although my game time is now at 20.5 hours. I took Martin and Jauffre the last bit from Bruma to Cloud Ruler Temple, and then, after joining the Blades (which didn’t give me an achievement, sadly) I was allowed access to the Blades armoury. Couldn’t carry any of it, so went back to Bruma, sold all my iron and steel armour, and then returned (naked) to Cloud Ruler Temple to tool up. Also raided …
Still no new games today, and generally, I didn’t do so great on those already there. I have been playing for 7 days now, though, so could design my own stamp for the calendar. I made it say “ACE”. I’m great, me. Although my age for today was 35. RUBBISH. The game is clearly broken.
Sold around another 80,000 bells worth of fruit today, meaning the money I spent on turnips on Sunday has almost been made up again with fruit selling, and I haven’t sold my turnips yet. And didn’t today either – 70 bells was what Nook was offering for them. The git. Just to teach him a proper lesson, I bought all his stock again. That’ll learn him.
With Sean, uh, Martin found, it was time to head back to Weynon Priory to see Jauffre. Off we set then, on the long, long road back, via Skingrad and past the Imperial City. The trip took the best part of an hour (real time), and was pretty uneventful. The few things that attacked me were quickly dispatched by Sharpe Martin before I even had a chance to draw my sword. Eventually, I reached Skingrad (where I made a load …
Today’s brain Age: 22! Hurrah! I also got my first Rocket Speed completion on a task. I didn’t think it went past Jet Speed. Obviously it does!
Another poor showing for turnips today – 87 bells again. Bizarre. Made up for it by selling 120,000 bells worth of fruit, though. Did all the usual stuff then – talking to animals, cleaning out Nook’s, etc.
Into the Plane of Oblivion! I didn’t bother with the gate to Kvatch this time, and instead headed through the Oblivion Gate and into the Plane of Oblivion. There were a few pretty easy-to-kill baddies inside, and a soldier on my side, who tried to run away. I convinced him to stay and help, but he managed to get himself killed fairly quickly anyway. Tch. There was a huge tower to enter, and more baddies inside – some of which …
No real problems with the puzzles today (although I made three mistakes on an easy suduko entirely by accident). No new puzzles yet though, even though at least two are still there to be unlocked. My Brain Age for today is… 27! Hurrah!
Another day, another fruit selling frenzy. Managed about 80,000 bells today, but 10,000 went to Crazy Redd for a hifi and a Calm Painting (which wasn’t a fake!), and 35,000 went to Nook as I cleaned him out again. I sell almost everything back, but that doesn’t return me much of my initial outlay, sadly. Caroline the Squirrel was after pink furniture again, but I’d bought a Lovely Loveseat from Nook, so she was pleased with that. I wasn’t pleased …
Hooray! I went back to this today, determined to complete the two levels on Advanced that I was stuck on (“Schadenfreud” and “King of the Mountain”), and after $hlmun of goes (especially on Schadenfreud), I finally did it. OK, so they both have completion times of 20+ minutes, but still. So that means all the levels are done, and the game is complete! I also got a measly 25 gamerpoints for my trouble. After that, I went and finished the …
Turnips were a disappointing 87 bells today. That seems an awfully common number, doesn’t it? I’m sure it has been 87 more often than anything else. Made about 40,000 bells from fruit, although I didn’t get round to harvesting and selling all that was available. I spent most of that money in Nook’s buying everything. The most important event of the day, however, was getting my Fishing Tournament Trophy in the post from Tortimer! I’m Winner!