another job: kill four members of the thieves guild that are occupying a mine. I asked why and she told me she had received a contract to do so from the mine's absentee owners.
She didn't even try to cover up the true nature of this job: the two guilds are willing to participate in cartel warfare to gain control over part of the export from a mine, each accepting goading from the highest bidder to do so, be they laborer's union or landlord. Fire-Eye grew irate when I did not enthusiastically accept and threatened my life should I contact the thieves guild. I am not going back.
My shocks were not done for the day.
I went to the Mages' Guild to find work next: I am to coerce, under threat of death (which I am to execute), an ex-telvanni wizard into joining the Balmora Guild and - the explanation as to why - to coerce, under threat of death (which I am to execute), a satellite member of the guild to pay her delinquent dues, all 2000 septims of them, of which I will get half!
I am in the Imperial inn on the other side of town, trying Shein (nondescript bittersweet wine) and Greef (very bitter brandy) for the first time, writing and thinking