Making Mistakes I

I hear Grelod shouting through a cracked open door… The usual rants and tirades of that horrible woman and I initially pay it no mind… But the sounds of children screaming caused me to freeze in my tracks as if I were possessed or locked in a cutscene.

"Help! Stop! You're going to kill her!" I hear a child's voice cry out in terror that speaks to my core.

"Big Brother! Make it stop!" I hear a young girl call out in pain and fear.

And I hear a voice that is just as alien to me as it feels familiar to me deep down, "Protect Mogul! She cannot die again!"

An image of a young orc girl passes through my head… She's being beaten by an adult human, possibly a Brenton, as my perspective shows that I'm pinned down to the ground and the words, "Help! Stop! You're going to kill her!" A young childlike voice echoes from me in this memory, the human and whoever is pinning me down just laughed sadistically as they beat the girl to death in front of me, with the last words I hear before emerging from this memory, "Big Brother… Please make it stop…" Is the last faint words she speaks with her final breath.

Before I know it I feel an unknown force reach out from inside me, stealing away control of my body and making me walk into the orphanage. Passing the entry way, I go into the main bunk room for the kids where I see Grelod with a switch standing over one of the young girls who is blackened and bruised with the long strikes across her arms, legs, and face.

I move towards her, and my unexpected arrival caused everyone to freeze. The only sound being the young girl curled up in the fetal position softly crying.

I move over to her side, and gently try to lift her up and give her a healing potion, but she flinches away from me before I speak up in a voice that's not under my control, "Don't worry little one, you are safe now. Drink this... You will feel better soon." My face being forced into a calming and gentle smile against my will.

After drinking the potion she smiles slightly and thanks me with a hug, while Grelod starts to boil over in her rage about being ignored.

"Who are you?! Get out now!" Grelod shouts bringing the switch down on my head with all her might... Which isn't much considering her age. I'm forced to ignore the blow before slowly putting the girl in my arms down and turning to stare down Grelod.

It's then I feel years of rage and killing intent pour forth from deep inside me, "I'm your death... A monster to kill monsters worse than myself. The unquenched rage and regret of the Iron Hand Clan." A mortifying voice pours from me like a river. Terrifying Grelod making her flee into her room and trying to barricade the door behind her.

"Leave me alone! I've done nothing to you!" Grelod cries out in terror.

I'm brought to the locked door, where my foot is raised and a familiar sensation of my shockwave ability being triggered is used, sending a concussive boom throughout the orphanage blasting the door apart and forcing the children to huddle down and cover their ears... Especially for what I think is about to happen to Grelod.

I'm brought through the shattered splinters of the door and into her room where she's cowering on the ground shivering and saying no over and over again as I see my hand inching closer and closer towards her neck before I feel my grip around her neck.

She's raised off the ground and I feel my grip getting tighter and tighter around her neck as she is now raised above my head as I hear an audible...

*Crack*

And I see the light slowly draining from her eyes before dropping her lifeless body to the ground and that strange voice comes out for a final time, "It is done."

And with that control was returned back to me, feeling my mind and body reconnect I run out of the orphanage and into an alleyway before falling to my knees, "What the fuck was that?!" I shout slamming my fist into the ground.

A million thoughts run through my head as I try and process what the hell just happened, after taking a minute to calm myself I stand up and change out of my Thieves Guild armor and into some clothes I had spare in my bag.

Once done, I make my way back to the Inn to wake up Sofia and Kasia and meet up with Inigo and M'rissi.

Inside the Inn, I see the majority of patrons passed out on the floor and their chairs from drinking. I head upstairs to see Sofia and Kasia, curled up together on the bed, sleeping peacefully. Sadly, I'm now on a clock thanks to what just happened, so I start knocking on the bedpost to wake them up.

*Knock, knock, knock.*

"Common girls, it's time to leave. We need to get out of town tonight." I say, starting to shake them slightly.

"5 more minutes Dad, I'll clean the fireplace soon..." Kasia mumbles before snuggling closer to Sofia.

"Yeah, 5 more minutes Silvy, I'll go and kill those bandits later..." Sofia mumbles as well, pulling Kasia into her bossom.

Ergh... Why do I always seem too busy to enjoy these things that happened? I sigh before ripping their blanket off them and setting some cold ingots against their skin to shock them awake.

"Aah! What's going on? Where am I?!... Oh... Yeah I'm out of town." Kasia says, bolting up from her deep sleep before processing where she is.

While Sofia curses as she's jarred awake, "What the hell, Silvy?! I was having a we-... I mean a wonderful dream!" She says slightly crossing her legs together before continuing, "Speaking of, I need to go to the restroom, be back shortly." Darting away... Wait... There's an indoor restroom here? Since when?

I shake my head before turning to Kasia who seems to be stretching and getting up.