plz halp

[hedy]

I just recently started the shivering isles quest and I got to the conspiracy part, with lady syl being paranoid and you going around torturing people. I got to the point where you listen in on the discussion had between the khajiit and the dark seducer, but they wouldn't talk. I waited days, days, shifting from place to place and they wouldn't talk. So I eventually gave up and used console commands to complete the quest. That's when I turned around and saw Heldir staring at me. It was at this point that I knew what the ♥♥♥♥ was causing the glitch. So I tried talking to him and nothing happened. Not even the "I HAVE NO GREETING" message. Nothing. This ♥♥♥♥er keeps following me around and it's getting on my nerves. All I want to know is if there is a console command to get this ♥♥♥♥er off of your back.

[hedy]

Oh, but when I get him to do the torture thing on someone, he immediately starts talking to me. but I still can't dismiss him

[Clever Monkey]

http://uesp.net/wiki/Shivering:The_Lady_of_Paranoia

there is a command to force the dialogue of the 2 you need to listen to.
You may try selecting Nelrene in the console, then typing the code set SE05Conv to 1. This is normally done by her script when she's nearby Ma'zaddha to makes them initiate the conversation. If the variable isn't set to 0 or 1, then the Ma'zaddha proximity check doesn't happen and this can be one cause for the glitch.

[hedy]

omg, thank you!!

[Clever Monkey]

Originally posted by Satan's Fetus Legs:

thank you!

I hope you are thanking me because it worked and not just because I responded.

[hedy]

Why would I say thank you if it didn't?

[Clever Monkey]

Some people do and then 10 minutes later post "it didn't work". I just like to make sure it did work and that you have some common sense to try it first.. I am glad it worked.