» Fri May 27, 2011 12:42 pm
I sold an Ayleid Statue to a merchant in the Imperial City. Out in the wilderness, several hours later, I fell asleep at my keyboard. The wilderness music was soothing, and I'd had a long day, and I just sort of drifted off. But you know how you get really vivid dreams if you crash in the afternoon? Just so here: I can't remember what I was dreaming now, but I know the images were powerful and sort of dangerous-feeling. And then, when I jerked awake, a HUGE face was staring at me from the screen... bright harsh daylight it was, but the face was shadowed, and big, rather ugly, and a totally fierce expression. Like he had stepped out of my dream with murder in his heart and was just glaring! Adrenaline surged and I was momentarily in absolute terror, and I fell back away from the computer screaming!
Well, it turned out to be Umbacano's Nord butler. He had wandered across the wilderness and opened dialogue up close, just to let me know to bring any new Ayleid Statues directly to Umbacano. But it was definitely my creepiest Oblivion moment.