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The Crying Girl

Walkthrough and QA reference for The Crying Girl (SW_CryingGirlJourn).

At a glance#

JournalSW_CryingGirlJourn
CategorySide Quests
Journal entries6
Completion branches1
Starts bySpeak with Elisa Zerring in Tatooine, Sandriver and ask about someone in my house.
Key locationsTatooine Czerka Office, Tatooine, Elisa’s Hut, Tatooine, Sandriver, Tatooine, Sewers
Key charactersElisa Zerring, Emily Benson, Blaine Willikie, Zhoola, Injured Twilek

Walkthrough#

1. Speak with Elisa Zerring in Tatooine, Sandriver and ask about someone in my house#

Speak with Elisa Zerring in Tatooine, Sandriver and ask about someone in my house.

Expected journal update — index 10: I met a girl named Elisa Zerring who claims someone has broken into her house and is still there. She says she has reported it to the Czerka office but they have turned her away for some reason. Perhaps I should investigate.

Known item transfer: 1 × Key to Elisa’s Home (SW_ElisaHouse1).

2. Speak with Emily Benson in Tatooine, Elisa’s Hut#

Speak with Emily Benson in Tatooine, Elisa’s Hut.

Expected journal update — index 15: I found a woman inside of her house and was forced to kill her, I also found a key on her that may open the basement. Perhaps I should investigate.

3. Speak with Injured Twilek in Tatooine, Sewers#

Speak with Injured Twilek in Tatooine, Sewers.

Expected journal update — index 20: I met a Twilek in the Sandriver Sewers, which I am now trapped in. Before he died, he told me something about the forcefields, maybe they are my way out of here. I should definitely tell someone about this if I can make it out…

4. Speak with Zhoola in Tatooine, Sewers#

Speak with Zhoola in Tatooine, Sewers.

Expected journal update — index 25: I met an old Czerka Employee who has gone mad from being a prisoner of Hungox’s Gammoreans. I should report this to the Czerka Corporation

Known item transfer: 1 × Security Spike (SW_SecuritySpike).

5. Speak with Blaine Willikie in Tatooine Czerka Office and ask about women — Finished#

Speak with Blaine Willikie in Tatooine Czerka Office and ask about women.

Expected journal update — index 30: The Czerka Corporation told me that I could return to the sewers whenever I wish to kill Hungox’s men, they even gave me a few medkits to get started.

Known item transfer: 3 × Medkit (SW_Medkit).

Outcome: this journal entry is marked as a finished branch.

Endings & branches#

The journal has one explicit finished state at index 30:

The Czerka Corporation told me that I could return to the sewers whenever I wish to kill Hungox’s men, they even gave me a few medkits to get started.

Known rewards & item transfers#

The following player-directed item transfers are visible in the parsed quest scripts/dialogue results. Playtest may reveal additional indirect rewards.

  • 1 × Key to Elisa’s Home (SW_ElisaHouse1)
  • 1 × Security Spike (SW_SecuritySpike)
  • 3 × Medkit (SW_Medkit)

Characters & locations#

Characters directly tied to quest dialogue:

  • Elisa Zerring (SW_Cryinggirl) — Tatooine, Sandriver
  • Emily Benson (SW_CryinggirlEvil) — Tatooine, Elisa's Hut
  • Blaine Willikie (SW_CzerkaOfficeGuy) — Tatooine Czerka Office
  • Zhoola (SW_CzerkaSewer) — Tatooine, Sewers
  • Injured Twilek (SW_TwilekSewersPris) — Tatooine, Sewers

Locations implicated by actor/object placement or explicit travel:

  • Tatooine Czerka Office
  • Tatooine, Elisa’s Hut
  • Tatooine, Sandriver
  • Tatooine, Sewers
Technical / QA reference

Journal ID: SW_CryingGirlJourn Generated category: Side Quests Journal entries: 6

Exact journal progression

IndexStateJournal textDirect setters found
10—I met a girl named Elisa Zerring who claims someone has broken into her house and is still there. She says she has reported it to the Czerka office but they have turned her away for some reason. Perhaps I should investigate.1
15—I found a woman inside of her house and was forced to kill her, I also found a key on her that may open the basement. Perhaps I should investigate.1
20—I met a Twilek in the Sandriver Sewers, which I am now trapped in. Before he died, he told me something about the forcefields, maybe they are my way out of here. I should definitely tell someone about this if I can make it out…1
25—I met an old Czerka Employee who has gone mad from being a prisoner of Hungox’s Gammoreans. I should report this to the Czerka Corporation1
30FinishedThe Czerka Corporation told me that I could return to the sewers whenever I wish to kill Hungox’s men, they even gave me a few medkits to get started.1

Record-level trigger map

Stage 10

I met a girl named Elisa Zerring who claims someone has broken into her house and is still there. She says she has reported it to the Czerka office but they have turned her away for some reason. Perhaps I should investigate.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 2762410951284541217 under topic someone in my house; speaker Elisa Zerring (SW_Cryinggirl). locations: Tatooine, Sandriver. conditions: Function/Choice Equal 1; Journal SW_CryingGirlJourn Equal 0. response: “Oh thank you, thank you! Here’s the key!”.
Journal "SW_CryingGirlJourn" 10
player->additem "SW_ElisaHouse1",1
StopSound "ElisaZGreet"

Stage 15

I found a woman inside of her house and was forced to kill her, I also found a key on her that may open the basement. Perhaps I should investigate.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 3005416558537225374 under topic Greeting 7; speaker Emily Benson (SW_CryinggirlEvil). locations: Tatooine, Elisa's Hut. response: “It’s a tough planet for a woman, and unfortunately for you, this is the only way I’ve found to survive. We don’t get many visitors on Sandriver, but the ones that look the weakest I lead here and well. I’m sorry.”.
goodbye
"SW_CryinggirlEvil"->StartCombat Player
Journal "SW_CryingGirlJourn" 15
"SW_Cryinggirl"->Disable
PlaySound3d "Emily"

Stage 20

I met a Twilek in the Sandriver Sewers, which I am now trapped in. Before he died, he told me something about the forcefields, maybe they are my way out of here. I should definitely tell someone about this if I can make it out…

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 229106359152931521 under topic Greeting 7; speaker Injured Twilek (SW_TwilekSewersPris). locations: Tatooine, Sewers. response: “Couldn’t have been better timing, making it down here now. I’m afraid it’s too late for me though, I must have been down here for a week now. Damn women dragged me into this hole. Those forcefields, I’ve hit them with everything I had, they’re weak but I just couldn’t break through them….”.
Journal "SW_CryingGirlJourn" 20
goodbye
MessageBox "Seems I'm trapped in here, I'd better find a way out."

Stage 25

I met an old Czerka Employee who has gone mad from being a prisoner of Hungox’s Gammoreans. I should report this to the Czerka Corporation

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 25558171462548815544 under topic Greeting 7; speaker Zhoola (SW_CzerkaSewer). locations: Tatooine, Sewers. conditions: Journal SW_CryingGirlJourn Equal 20. response: “Saved at last, I can leave this room freely now. I was the Operator for the lift station facility down here in the sewers. A shame those damn pigs broke my knee. I won’t be leaving any time soon. Get up to the Czerka Corporation, send for help, if you tell them I’m here then they will. My name’s Zhoola, by the way, and you have no idea how glad I am to see you. How are you in here by the way? Don’t tell me it was the women.”.
Journal "SW_CryingGirlJourn" 25
player->additem "SW_SecuritySpike",1

Stage 30 — Finished

The Czerka Corporation told me that I could return to the sewers whenever I wish to kill Hungox’s men, they even gave me a few medkits to get started.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 9000628831222094 under topic women; speaker Blaine Willikie (SW_CzerkaOfficeGuy). locations: Tatooine Czerka Office. conditions: Journal SW_CryingGirlJourn Equal 25. response: “That is a most disturbing story. Elisa Zerring has been on the bounty board for quite some time now, I’m sure she’s off planet by now. As for Zhoola, I will send a team immediately to retrieve him. Rest assured we will retaliate as soon as I get these datapads formally signed, processed, returned, resigned, and then sent to headquarters to wait for approval.”.
Journal "SW_CryingGirlJourn" 30
"SW_CzerkaSewer"->Disable
player->additem "SW_Medkit",3

Dialogue speakers:

  • Elisa Zerring (SW_Cryinggirl) — Tatooine, Sandriver
  • Emily Benson (SW_CryinggirlEvil) — Tatooine, Elisa's Hut
  • Blaine Willikie (SW_CzerkaOfficeGuy) — Tatooine Czerka Office
  • Zhoola (SW_CzerkaSewer) — Tatooine, Sewers
  • Injured Twilek (SW_TwilekSewersPris) — Tatooine, Sewers

Items referenced by related script/result code:

  • Key to Elisa’s Home (SW_ElisaHouse1)
  • Medkit (SW_Medkit)
  • Security Spike (SW_SecuritySpike)

Cells implicated by actor/object placement or explicit travel code:

  • Tatooine Czerka Office
  • Tatooine, Elisa's Hut
  • Tatooine, Sandriver
  • Tatooine, Sewers
Other directly addressed object IDs in related code
  • Elisa Zerring (SW_Cryinggirl)
  • Emily Benson (SW_CryinggirlEvil)
  • Zhoola (SW_CzerkaSewer)
  • Grate (SW_SewersGate2)

Generated playtest checklist

  • Start/reach the quest naturally and verify journal index 10 is obtainable.
  • Reach index 10: I met a girl named Elisa Zerring who claims someone has broken into her house and is still there. She says she…
  • Reach index 15: I found a woman inside of her house and was forced to kill her, I also found a key on her that may open the ba…
  • Reach index 20: I met a Twilek in the Sandriver Sewers, which I am now trapped in. Before he died, he told me something about …
  • Reach index 25: I met an old Czerka Employee who has gone mad from being a prisoner of Hungox’s Gammoreans. I should report th…
  • Reach index 30 (Finished): The Czerka Corporation told me that I could return to the sewers whenever I wish to kill Hungox’s men, they ev…
  • Verify any scripted reward/item transfer shown above actually occurs.
  • Verify involved NPCs/objects remain present and usable after the stage transition.
  • Verify no unrelated vanilla Morrowind dialogue/quest state appears during the flow.

QA console reference

Current journal state can be inspected with the OpenMW/Morrowind journal tooling for SW_CryingGirlJourn. Manually forcing journal indices is useful for diagnosis, but does not substitute for testing the scripts/dialogue that normally cause the transition.