[INTRO — BALMORA, CAIUS'S HOUSE] [DOOR CREAKS, PIPE BUBBLES] [DEVIL — DEEP GRAVELLY SPOKEN] Alright, old man. Brought your skull. Brought your papers. Can I get a day off? [CAIUS — OLDER MALE NPC] New orders. Three informants in Vivec. Addhiranirr. Huleeya. and Mehra Milo. Find out what they know about the Sixth House. Here's two hundred drakes. [DEVIL] Three people? In ONE city? Heh... how hard could that be? [BEAT DROPS — DUSTY 90s HORRORCORE] [VERSE 1 — LAID-BACK MENACING RAP] Caught the silt strider, paid for a ride, Big-ass bug got me dangling off the side. Reached Vivec City, looked up at the walls, What the fuck? That's a city? Those are shopping malls! Giant stone cantons, bridges in the mist, Pulled out Caius's note, checked the names on the list. Got lost on the first ramp, came back down twice, Asked a guard for directions, got a dirty look like ice. Foreign Quarter first, found a bar down below, Black Shalk Cornerclub, that's where I gotta go. Argonian in the corner, trying not to start a fight, Three drunk fools beside him looking ready to bite. [HULEEYA — TENSE MALE NPC] They won't let me leave. Help me reach Jobasha's. [DEVIL — SPOKEN] I'm a secret agent, not a fucking babysitter. [HOOK — STOMPING GANG RAP, NOT SUNG] VIVEC CITY! ROUND AND ROUND! Up one ramp, down two, still can't find the ground! THREE DAMN CONTACTS! ONE BIG MAZE! Devil Death getting lost for days and days! Need the truth? Better pay for it twice! Everybody got a problem and I'm paying the price! [VERSE 2 — QUICK SARCASTIC FLOW] Talked to those fools, slipped a bribe in a hand, Now they're suddenly polite, ain't that grand? Walked Huleeya to Jobasha's Rare Books, He passed me his notes with a nervous little look. Sixth House whispers, secret cult in the dark, I said, "Great, more bullshit." Put a check by his mark. Next name, Addhiranirr, down in St. Olms, Crossed six damn bridges just to find where she's gone. Found the Underworks, water up to my boots, A cat hiding in a sewer? Now that's fucking cute! She said, "Tax man's hunting me, make him disappear." I said, "You want me killing him?" She said, "Not here." [DEVIL — SPOKEN] Oh, you mean LIE to the tax collector? Shit, I can do that. [VERSE 3 — GRIMY COMEDIC RHYTHM] Upstairs Platorius wants the Khajiit's track, Told him, "She took a boat, ain't coming back." He bought the whole story, went chasing the sea, I walked down to the sewer laughing quietly. Addhiranirr tells me tales of the Sixth House name, Smugglers getting nervous, things ain't quite the same. Mark number two, now I need one more, Mehra Milo at the Temple, through another damn door. Hall of Wisdom, robes, candles, holy old stone, Everybody staring like I shouldn't be home. Found the priestess in the library aisle, She whispered, "Back here." Had me walking another mile. [MEHRA MILO — QUIET FEMALE NPC] Not here. They may be watching. Come to the back of the library. [DEVIL] Everybody in this town scared to talk out loud. Guess the walls got ears beneath those clouds. [HOOK — BASS HITS HARDER] VIVEC CITY! ROUND AND ROUND! Up one ramp, down two, still can't find the ground! THREE DAMN CONTACTS! ONE BIG MAZE! Devil Death getting lost for days and days! Need the truth? Better pay for it twice! Everybody got a problem and I'm paying the price! [VERSE 4 — DARKER, FOCUSED RAP] Mehra talks prophecy, Nerevar reborn, Temple calls it heresy, people getting warned. Says find Progress of Truth, read between the lines, Dissident priests know the story that the Temple hides. Back to Jobasha's, man, my feet are sore, Bought that damn book, headed out the door. Took the ride to Balmora, dumped the notes on the bed, Caius reads a few pages, slowly scratches his head. Says, "Good work, Journeyman," throws two hundred my way, "Go train, buy some shoes, come back another day." I faced ghosts, bandits, cults, and a government creep, Now he wants me to rest? Man, I NEED some sleep! [OUTRO — BEAT CUT, PIPE BUBBLES] [DEVIL — SPOKEN] Let me get this straight. I rode a bug to a floating-looking stone city, bribed some assholes, escorted a lizard, lied to the tax man, crawled through a sewer, and bought a damn book... [PAUSE] And this is SPY WORK?! [CAIUS — DRY MALE VOICE] Next is, Ald'ruhn. Hassour Zainsubani. [DEVIL] ...You just making names up now? Heh, heh. Fuck it. Part five. [EVIL LAUGH, FADE OUT]
