Beyond Skyrim:Cyrodiil/Aretino's Journal

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Aretino's Journal

by Aretino

A journal documenting Aretino's search for rubies in the abandoned Red Ruby Cave, and growing fears of danger

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I've heard rumor of a mine called 'Red Ruby Cave'. Now that sounds like a lucrative enterprise, even if I do say so myself. Apparently it's long-abandoned, but I bet the old miners wouldn't have found every ruby, now. Surely there should be plenty for me to pawn off and get a nice sum of coin. Finally we'll be able to retire to a life of luxury.

Been a while, but finally I'm almost to Red Ruby. Camping outside a few miles away, according to my map. Curse this cold air blowing down the Jeralls! At least my camp is nice and warm, but damn if there isn't a nip in the air. Wolves prowling around too and I'm fairly sure I saw a troll. I've never been a fan of camping out in the open, I always feel vulnerable, giving threats a full range of angles to approach from...

Made camp inside the cave so my legs don't collapse in on themselves while I search for these rubies. Taking me some time to find any, I must say, but no pain, no gain, right?

Went outside to get some fresh air today. I didn't notice it when I came in yesterday, but there's a corpse right by the door. Suddenly I don't feel so happy about this anymore.

Still no signs of any rubies. I've been hearing strange sounds at night too. Last night, before I fell asleep, I swear I heard footsteps and voices. I must be starting to go insane from all this ruby hunting. I'll give it three more days - if I haven't found any rubies by then, I'm leaving this stinking cave!

I finally found a ruby! And a big one at that! It wasn't easy to find, hidden in the ceiling at the back of the main chamber. Sadly, I couldn't get to it - it was to high up for me to reach. I will try to build makeshift ladder out of some of the old scaffolding that's lying around here. Though, one strange thing I noticed about the ruby is that it seems to have scorch marks around it. Almost as if someone tried to get it down by using some type of destruction magic. Oh well, I'll investigate it further tomorrow.

I just woke up and I'm hearing footsteps again. And it sounds like they're headed this way! Good thing I set up all those bear tr