HF 038

[12/30/16, 7:01:06 PM] Josh: So, last time.

[12/30/16, 7:01:18 PM] Josh: You guys went to the parade with a disguised crime lord.

[12/30/16, 7:02:08 PM] Josh: At the end of the parade, the dead body of Zharn Dynne, son of Ambassador Sarron Dynne, came plummeting down from a nearby building.

[12/30/16, 7:03:25 PM] Josh: While Rune took the Dynne family inside for some comfort and questioning (I haven't posted that bit yet, sorry), the rest of you investigated the crime scene.  You guys found a dagger no one can identify and a note pinned to his chest, of which only Quill has seen.

[12/30/16, 7:03:53 PM] Josh: So, I will say we begin as everybody is being moved inside the tent and the guards are coming to rope off and secure the crime scene themselves.

[12/30/16, 7:04:13 PM] Josh: Rune and Jamaros are already inside, the rest of you are currently outside.

[12/30/16, 7:04:29 PM] Quill: Quill would like to go check out the rooftop where he saw the fight take place.

[12/30/16, 7:04:43 PM] Josh: Ok, Quill heads for the rooftop.

[12/30/16, 7:05:47 PM] Josh: William approaches the rest of you.

[12/30/16, 7:06:33 PM] Rune: Rune was still in with the family.

[12/30/16, 7:08:10 PM] Josh: William: "No sign of the escapee yet.  What have you found?"

[12/30/16, 7:10:53 PM] Josh: William turns to Hank.  "...anything?"

[12/30/16, 7:12:47 PM] Hank: I havent found anything specific , I checked the roof but did not find anything other than obvious signs of a scuffle.

[12/30/16, 7:14:48 PM] Josh: William: "...I want a party list.  I want to know who was here and where they might've been."

[12/30/16, 7:19:50 PM] Hank: Have you gotten the guest list from the people who were at the tent entrance?

[12/30/16, 7:24:11 PM] Josh: William: "Not yet.  Can any of you go in and just...try and maintain some calm and order...I do not know how long we will be."

[12/30/16, 7:26:27 PM] Hank: I will go and see what I can do.

[12/30/16, 7:26:27 PM] Hank: Hank will head to the tent.

[12/30/16, 7:27:45 PM] Quill: So how are we doing here?

[12/30/16, 7:28:24 PM] Josh: William: "Hank just went inside to check on people.  I have my guards patrolling possible escape routes.

[12/30/16, 7:28:49 PM] Quill: The killer ran away via rooftop, I'm pretty sure.  To the south.

[12/30/16, 7:31:03 PM] Josh: William: "Any idea how far they could've gotten?"

[12/30/16, 7:31:14 PM] Quill: Zharn came up from the stairs, they fought at the center of the roof.  Killer tossed him over the edge, then pranced away on the rooftops.

[12/30/16, 7:31:23 PM] Quill: No idea at this point.

[12/30/16, 7:31:36 PM] Quill: I didn't see any blood or anything.

[12/30/16, 7:31:56 PM] Quill: Ideally we can get a cleric to chat with his corpse.

[12/30/16, 7:32:11 PM] Quill: Quill looks around to make sure he didn't say that around the grieving family.

[12/30/16, 7:32:16 PM] Josh: William: "I have put in a call for that.  If the spell works, we may get some information from that."

[12/30/16, 7:32:26 PM] Quill: Quill nods.

[12/30/16, 7:32:30 PM] Josh: ((Sarron and Saheera are not nearby.))

[12/30/16, 7:32:56 PM] Quill: Oh, and I think i found Zharn's dagger.

[12/30/16, 7:34:25 PM] Josh: William: "May I see?"

[12/30/16, 7:34:38 PM] Quill: Quill pulls out the dagger he found on the roof.

[12/30/16, 7:35:10 PM] Quill: Oh, and you shoudl have a look at the fancy dagger I found in his chest, too.  Silvered, which strikes me as weird.

[12/30/16, 7:35:29 PM] Josh: A flash goes off as you pull out the daggers.

[12/30/16, 7:35:45 PM] Josh: You turn and see Mr. Mansfield nearby, his camera in his hands.

[12/30/16, 7:35:53 PM] Quill: ((I just pulled the one out.  Not the fancy one.))

[12/30/16, 7:36:05 PM] Creed: ((Is that the tiefling esque one?))

[12/30/16, 7:36:11 PM] Quill: Quill nods.))

[12/30/16, 7:36:41 PM] Josh: ((K, good to know))

[12/30/16, 7:36:58 PM] Quill: ((Wasn't gonna flash the other one around this crowd.))

[12/30/16, 7:37:05 PM] Josh: Herman: "Can I get a statement for the paper?  I have a feeling this will be a big issue."

[12/30/16, 7:39:50 PM] Quill: We will find this killer, and bring them to justice.  It's tragic to have a murder like this mar what has been a lovely Dragon festival.

[12/30/16, 7:40:19 PM] Josh: Herman: "Any leads yet?"

[12/30/16, 7:40:36 PM] Josh: William: "We will not speak on an ongoing investigation."

[12/30/16, 7:42:15 PM] Josh: Herman: "Boring."

[12/30/16, 7:43:03 PM] Quill: I am terribly sorry this murder is not interesting enough for you, Sherman.

[12/30/16, 7:44:06 PM] Josh: Herman: "...Herman.  And it's quite alright.  I am sure I can find the meat here, if I dig deep enough."

[12/30/16, 7:46:08 PM] Quill: Herman?  When did you change your name?

[12/30/16, 7:47:07 PM] Josh: Herman sighs.  "Well, I see how you like to play games.  Very mature."

[12/30/16, 7:47:16 PM] Quill: I liked Sherman better.

[12/30/16, 7:48:17 PM] Josh: Herman: "Fascinating.  Well, I have some more people to interview.  Get a real flavor for things."

[12/30/16, 7:48:51 PM] Quill: WIlliam, what was the name of that other reporter?  The one we liked.  We should set up a meeting with him.

[12/30/16, 7:50:55 PM] Josh: William: "From the Weekly Wyvern.  I shall make sure they get the story too.  A more honest version."

[12/30/16, 7:51:40 PM] Quill: Quill nods.

[12/30/16, 7:52:25 PM] Josh: William: "This is Zharn's dagger, you said?"

[12/30/16, 7:52:38 PM] Josh: Herman has walked away.

[12/30/16, 7:54:10 PM] Quill: Yeah, I think so.  I'm not sure of course, but the other dagger on the scene we already have.

[12/30/16, 7:55:18 PM] Josh: William takes it.  "It's in great condition.  Seems like it's never cut a thing."

[12/30/16, 7:55:56 PM] Quill: Which would make sense, considering Zharn.

[12/30/16, 7:56:18 PM] Josh: William: "I suppose.  Guess he wasn't much of a fighter."

[12/30/16, 7:57:26 PM] Josh: William: "Anything else I should know about?"

[12/30/16, 7:58:16 PM] Quill: Not that I can think of.  There was a note attached to the dagger, I think I told you about that already.  ((Quill is talking quietly.))

[12/30/16, 7:59:02 PM] Creed: "William."

[12/30/16, 7:59:07 PM] Creed: (( I'm back for now ))

[12/30/16, 7:59:17 PM] Creed: "There was also this stone in his pocket."

[12/30/16, 7:59:31 PM] Creed: Creed shows him the teleportation stone

[12/30/16, 7:59:49 PM] Josh: William looks it over.  "...what sort of stone is it?"

[12/30/16, 8:00:03 PM] Quill: Short range teleportation.  One hundred feet or so.

[12/30/16, 8:00:11 PM] Creed: "It allows the user to teleport at approximately a hundred feet."

[12/30/16, 8:00:27 PM] Creed: "They usually have 3 uses."

[12/30/16, 8:01:03 PM] Quill: I think Zharn came up through the stairwell.   Who knows what he was doing up there.

[12/30/16, 8:02:13 PM] Josh: William: "So, he climbed the stairs to a random building, for seemingly no reason, while having a much more convenient way up in his pocket."

[12/30/16, 8:02:39 PM] Creed: "It very well could have been planted there."

[12/30/16, 8:03:15 PM] Josh: William: "Also possible."

[12/30/16, 8:03:45 PM] Creed: This message has been removed.

[12/30/16, 8:05:11 PM] Quill: This whole thing stinks of a setup.  You have soemone nice and important having a speech.  You have the ambassador's son murdered in a very showy way, in a way that screams 'the Empire did this'.  Zharn becomes a martyr.

[12/30/16, 8:06:01 PM] Josh: William: "Maybe, but to my knowledge there isn't anything directly linking the assassination to the Draconic Empire."

[12/30/16, 8:06:22 PM] Quill: Just the obvious note saying 'The Empire will Rise Again'.

[12/30/16, 8:06:38 PM] Creed: ((did we show him the tief-esque dagger?))

[12/30/16, 8:06:54 PM] Quill: ((Not yet, was gonna wait until we weren't in public.))

[12/30/16, 8:06:57 PM] Josh: William: "...that's what this note says?"

[12/30/16, 8:07:08 PM] Quill: Yeah.

[12/30/16, 8:07:38 PM] Josh: William: "...this could be very bad."

[12/30/16, 8:08:07 PM] Quill: Yeah.

[12/30/16, 8:08:45 PM] Josh: William: "Everyone is inside, what's this other dagger you have?"

[12/30/16, 8:08:58 PM] Quill: Quill shows him.

[12/30/16, 8:09:49 PM] Josh: William looks it over, he takes it, if you allow him.

[12/30/16, 8:10:21 PM] Quill: Yep.))

[12/30/16, 8:10:44 PM] Josh: William: "...fascinating."

[12/30/16, 8:10:51 PM] Quill: You recognize it?

[12/30/16, 8:11:34 PM] Josh: William: "Not at all."

[12/30/16, 8:12:47 PM] Josh: William: "It is silver, which is rare in most places.  But the design, the hilt's material...never seen anything like it."

[12/30/16, 8:13:18 PM] Quill: Quill takes the knife back.  "We'll see what we can find out about it."

[12/30/16, 8:13:48 PM] Josh: William: "Do either of you know if it's magic?  If so, I'd recommend the guild."

[12/30/16, 8:14:37 PM] Quill: I'm not sure.  Creed?  Can you tell?

[12/30/16, 8:15:02 PM] Creed: "It resembles that of infernal make, but it's made wrong."

[12/30/16, 8:15:37 PM] Creed: "This here, where it's bronze, should be black."

[12/30/16, 8:16:46 PM] Quill: So maybe someone using an infernal design, but non-infernal materials.

[12/30/16, 8:17:06 PM] Josh: William: "...could be."

[12/30/16, 8:18:13 PM] Creed: "That, or they're not well versed in the actual weapon's make."

[12/30/16, 8:20:39 PM] Quill: Possible.  The question is if the knife was a message, too.  Or just incidental.

[12/30/16, 8:23:27 PM] Josh: Eventually a cleric arrives on a horse.  It's the older man from Pelor's church.

[12/30/16, 8:23:57 PM] Quill: Quill waves.

[12/30/16, 8:24:17 PM] Josh: The man waves.  "I understand I am to speak with a corpse."

[12/30/16, 8:24:40 PM] Quill: YEah, he's over here.

[12/30/16, 8:24:45 PM] Quill: How's church?

[12/30/16, 8:25:07 PM] Quill: Sorry about the angel thing.

[12/30/16, 8:26:12 PM] Josh: Cleric: "Yeah, that seems to be a bit of a sticky wicket.  I understand some of the more high-ranking priests are meeting to discuss changing all the statues."

[12/30/16, 8:26:32 PM] Josh: Cleric: "The things people fight over...anyway."

[12/30/16, 8:27:23 PM] Quill: How's that one Cleric kid doing?  You know, the one who had some problems after staring into the cosmic divine light.

[12/30/16, 8:27:43 PM] Anna: I hope he's alright.

[12/30/16, 8:28:44 PM] Josh: Cleric: "He's doing alright.  He is made of stronger stuff than most.  Have to be in this line of work."

[12/30/16, 8:30:10 PM] Josh: William shows him over to the body.

[12/30/16, 8:30:41 PM] Josh: Cleric: "...that is a real mess."

[12/30/16, 8:30:56 PM] Quill: Yeah.

[12/30/16, 8:33:09 PM] Josh: Cleric: "So, what questions have we prepared.  I can only get you three."

[12/30/16, 8:33:42 PM] Quill: Quill looks at the others.  "Who killed you, why were you on the roof.  What else?"

[12/30/16, 8:34:39 PM] Anna: If the first question comes back as inconclusive, perhaps ask him to describe his killer?

[12/30/16, 8:35:20 PM] Quill: Good idea.

[12/30/16, 8:37:08 PM] Creed: "What does the dagger mean?"

[12/30/16, 8:37:16 PM] Josh: ((For the record, I know the book says five.  I limit speak with dead a bit, especially here, as I feel it can ruin a lot of mystery in the game))

[12/30/16, 8:37:26 PM] Quill: ((No worries.))

[12/30/16, 8:37:58 PM] Quill: I mean, I dont know that he'd know about the dagger.  Let's just keep the third question free so we can ask him someothing that comes up after the first two answers.

[12/30/16, 8:38:48 PM] Josh: The cleric places some items around.

[12/30/16, 8:39:03 PM] Josh: Incense.  He begins to light it.

[12/30/16, 8:39:13 PM] Josh: Cleric: "This will take a moment."

[12/30/16, 8:39:54 PM] Josh: Cleric: "I should warn you, most necromantic magics, especially of the divine sort, do not come with a 100% guarantee of success."

[12/30/16, 8:40:11 PM] Josh: Cleric: "The gods only allow so much of our control over their domain."

[12/30/16, 8:40:32 PM] Quill: Of course.  I'm just hoping that Zharn wants to help.

[12/30/16, 8:41:02 PM] Josh: The cleric lays a hand on the detatched head of Zharn and begins chanting.

[12/30/16, 8:41:14 PM] Josh: What feels like an eternity goes by.

[12/30/16, 8:41:51 PM] Quill: ((No bars, no service in this area.))

[12/30/16, 8:42:03 PM] Josh: Zharn's mouth opens and gasps.

[12/30/16, 8:42:10 PM] Josh: His eyes and expression remain still.

[12/30/16, 8:42:17 PM] Josh: Cleric: "...I am through."

[12/30/16, 8:42:27 PM] Quill: Why were you up on the roof, Zharn?

[12/30/16, 8:43:06 PM] Josh: The cleric repeats the question.

[12/30/16, 8:43:29 PM] Josh: Zharn: "I was asked to be."

[12/30/16, 8:44:17 PM] Creed: Creed will ask Quill, "How about, Can you describe the person that asked you to go on the roof?"

[12/30/16, 8:44:46 PM] Creed: ((or the one that stabbed him))

[12/30/16, 8:44:56 PM] Quill: Can you describe the person who stabbed you?

[12/30/16, 8:45:08 PM] Josh: The cleric repeats the question.

[12/30/16, 8:45:37 PM] Josh: Zharn: "No.  They were covered, head to toe, in black.  I saw strange eyes.  Inhuman."

[12/30/16, 8:46:31 PM] Quill: Who asked you to go to the roof?

[12/30/16, 8:46:45 PM] Creed: "That's what you're going to go with?"

[12/30/16, 8:47:03 PM] Josh: Cleric: "You're sure?  There are no more questions after this.  Not for ten more days, at least."

[12/30/16, 8:48:04 PM] Rune: ((Ask if he'd take a res. >.>))

[12/30/16, 8:48:06 PM] Quill: It had to be someone he knew and trusted to go to a random rooftop.  I don't want to go on a wild goosechase.

[12/30/16, 8:48:30 PM] Creed: "It's not like it's an average day, Quill. It's a festival."

[12/30/16, 8:49:10 PM] Quill: ((That's a good point.  I don't know how Resurrection works in this universe.))

[12/30/16, 8:50:16 PM] Josh: ((Reses cost 1000 gp and can be performed by a priest.  It has roughly a fifty-fifty chance at success (although, those odds can be altered by the ritual), and requires at least a mostly intact body.))

[12/30/16, 8:50:36 PM] Creed: (( is it mostly intact? ))

[12/30/16, 8:50:55 PM] Creed: (( All the parts ARE there. ))

[12/30/16, 8:51:03 PM] Quill: ((yeah, does his body count?))

[12/30/16, 8:51:25 PM] Josh: ((You wouldn't really know.  It would probably be trickier than usual, though))

[12/30/16, 8:52:28 PM] Quill: Quill asks the Priest.  "Are you likely to do a resurrection ritual for him?"

[12/30/16, 8:53:04 PM] Josh: The cleric looks the body over.  "If asked of his family, I can try it.  But I wouldn't exactly expect good results with...his condition."

[12/30/16, 8:53:58 PM] Creed: "What can go wrong with a resurrection ritual?"

[12/30/16, 8:55:09 PM] Josh: Cleric: "Usually, it just doesn't work.  In a really bad case...you get a revenant.  Or a ghast."

[12/30/16, 8:55:43 PM] Quill: So it's not guaranteed.  so we can't count on him being able to fill in the blanks later.  Okay, last question.  Describe the person who asked you to go to the roof.

[12/30/16, 8:56:01 PM] Josh: The cleric repeats the question.

[12/30/16, 8:56:31 PM] Josh: Zharn: "I did not see her.  She sent me a note.  There were many promises within it."

[12/30/16, 8:57:23 PM] Quill: Damn.   Should have asked the original question.  We have to find that note.

[12/30/16, 8:57:46 PM] Josh: Zharn expels his last breath and is a normal corpse once more.

[12/30/16, 8:58:06 PM] Creed: Creed lets out a sigh

[12/30/16, 8:58:09 PM] Quill: We'll find who did this, Zharn.  You were kind of an ass but you didn't deserve this.

[12/30/16, 8:58:36 PM] Josh: Hank, Rune and "Jess" return to the rest of you.

[12/30/16, 8:59:06 PM] Anna: Reincarnation is also an option, but he may not like the results.

[12/30/16, 8:59:20 PM] Quill: Is it more or less risky than an angry revenant?

[12/30/16, 8:59:46 PM] Rune: ... what angry revenant?

[12/30/16, 9:00:01 PM] Quill: A resurrection is risky with the body in this state.

[12/30/16, 9:00:05 PM] Creed: "We were talking about resurrecting."

[12/30/16, 9:00:18 PM] Rune: ... it would rather serve him right if he ended up a female dragonlady.

[12/30/16, 9:00:24 PM] Rune: Or a bugbear.

[12/30/16, 9:00:26 PM] Anna: He could come back a a gnome. I doubt he'd be happy with that.

[12/30/16, 9:00:58 PM] Anna: People tend to be touchy about their height.

[12/30/16, 9:00:58 PM] Josh: William: "I cannot endorse a reincarnation without the family's approval...not without the right forms, anyway."

[12/30/16, 9:02:00 PM] Quill: So, Zharn was lured to the roof by a note from a mysterious 'she'.  He was killed by someone dressed all in black, who escaped by bouncing over the rooftops to the south.

[12/30/16, 9:02:15 PM] Creed: "Someone dressed all in black with unnatural eyes."

[12/30/16, 9:02:26 PM] Quill: Non-human, is what he meant.

[12/30/16, 9:02:26 PM] Anna: Of course not. They've already seen him dead, it'd be cruel to bring him back in an altered state, without their knowledge or consent.

[12/30/16, 9:02:34 PM] Rune: Try being eight feet tall sometime, then you can complain about your height.

[12/30/16, 9:02:54 PM] Creed: "We can ask. He'll have his son/daughter back."

[12/30/16, 9:02:55 PM] Hank: So William, here is the list of people who were invited but there are extra people in there.

[12/30/16, 9:02:57 PM] Rune: I don't think his family did see him. I hope.

[12/30/16, 9:03:12 PM] Josh: This message has been removed.

[12/30/16, 9:03:23 PM] Rune: Can't they... er.... make the body more...

[12/30/16, 9:03:36 PM] Rune: Rune trails off, looking a bit off-color, which for her is pinkish, in the face.

[12/30/16, 9:04:15 PM] Quill: We don't know if he knew who he was supposed to meet.

[12/30/16, 9:04:24 PM] Quill: Quill checks the body again for the note in question.

[12/30/16, 9:04:35 PM] Josh: William takes the list.  "Extra people...could be the killer's hiding in the crowd, but unlikely.  More likely people were taking the "one guest" policy too far."

[12/30/16, 9:05:59 PM] Hank: And Rune what was the dust you found in the bathroom?

[12/30/16, 9:06:48 PM] Rune: Oh, I didn't find it.

[12/30/16, 9:06:49 PM] Rune: Tom did.

[12/30/16, 9:06:54 PM] Rune: Tom the person, not Tom the cat.

[12/30/16, 9:07:23 PM] Josh: William: "Officer Smithson?  Good lad."

[12/30/16, 9:08:37 PM] Josh: William: "Also, what dust?"

[12/30/16, 9:09:16 PM] Rune: This dust.

[12/30/16, 9:09:19 PM] Rune: Rune hands it over to William.

[12/30/16, 9:09:29 PM] Rune: I think we should go back to the base to talk about all this.

[12/30/16, 9:10:21 PM] Quill: Good idea.

[12/30/16, 9:10:33 PM] Josh: William: "I believe I will accompany you."

[12/30/16, 9:10:47 PM] Josh: Jams: "I'll find another ride home, you can--"

[12/30/16, 9:10:53 PM] Josh: William: "No, please, join us."

[12/30/16, 9:11:12 PM] Josh: William: "I will need to question you later, anyway."

[12/30/16, 9:11:50 PM] Rune: It's all right, I'm sure he won't try anything silly.

[12/30/16, 9:12:29 PM] Josh: Jams: "Yep, I'm not at all silly."

[12/30/16, 9:12:46 PM] Rune: I meant him.

[12/30/16, 9:12:54 PM] Quill: She meant William.  As you are a woman, clearly.

[12/30/16, 9:13:24 PM] Josh: Jams: "...yes...clearly...I am...hence the boobs."

[12/30/16, 9:14:01 PM] Josh: William: "Right...I'll meet you at your HQ.  I expect everyone to be there."

[12/30/16, 9:14:12 PM] Josh: William begins to walk off.

[12/30/16, 9:14:38 PM] Rune: Of course.

[12/30/16, 9:14:48 PM] Rune: ... I don't suppose anyone remembers where we left the carriage.

[12/30/16, 9:14:58 PM] Quill: Jess, before anything else, take a look at this dagger. You recognize it from anywhere?

[12/30/16, 9:15:23 PM] Josh: Jams takes a look at it.

[12/30/16, 9:15:34 PM] Josh: Jams: "Not really.  It looks vaguely...infernal, I think."

[12/30/16, 9:15:49 PM] Quill: Yeah, that seems to be the consensus.

[12/30/16, 9:16:07 PM] Quill: Was vaguely hoping you would recognize it as the signature weapon of so-and-so.

[12/30/16, 9:16:49 PM] Josh: Jams: "Being completely honest...most assassins avoid having signature weapons."

[12/30/16, 9:17:02 PM] Quill: Hope springs eternal.

[12/30/16, 9:17:03 PM] Josh: Jams: "Because...you know...they'd be easier to catch."

[12/30/16, 9:17:20 PM] Josh: A servant goes to get your carriage for you.

[12/30/16, 9:18:20 PM] Creed: "And even if they did have a signature weapon, they wouldn't leave it with a corpse that they were the cause of."

[12/30/16, 9:18:33 PM] Rune: And very stupid assassins don't last long, I should think.

[12/30/16, 9:18:49 PM] Quill: If it was the signature weapon of a particular clerk guild, they might.

[12/30/16, 9:18:56 PM] Josh: Jams starts going through his purse.

[12/30/16, 9:19:08 PM] Josh: Jams: "This night is going a lot longer than I expected."

[12/30/16, 9:19:26 PM] Creed: "That doesn't really make sense."

[12/30/16, 9:19:35 PM] Josh: The carriage is brought around.  Clip and Clop seem happy to see you.

[12/30/16, 9:19:39 PM] Rune: He thought he'd make his daring escape. or she did.

[12/30/16, 9:19:54 PM] Rune: You can change back if you're more comfortable that way. I've got extra robes at home.

[12/30/16, 9:20:38 PM] Josh: Jams: "If it's all the same, I'd rather Mr. Steelfarmer not know about what I really look like.  But now, I need to find another pendant."

[12/30/16, 9:21:04 PM] Creed: "No one knows what you really look like, so why are you concerned?"

[12/30/16, 9:21:15 PM] Creed: "Even we're not completely sure."

[12/30/16, 9:21:38 PM] Rune: He says he's fat, but he's probably handsome.

[12/30/16, 9:21:51 PM] Josh: Jams pulls out another pin and swaps it out very quickly.  You see his form shift, slightly then snap back.

[12/30/16, 9:22:00 PM] Rune: Really arrogant people are often good looking.

[12/30/16, 9:22:23 PM] Creed: (( perception? ))

[12/30/16, 9:22:28 PM] Josh: Jams: "I have many faces, but not an infinite amount.  I would like to keep some to myself."

[12/30/16, 9:22:31 PM] Josh: ((Sure))

[12/30/16, 9:22:58 PM] Josh: Jams: "Arrogance is very underrated."

[12/30/16, 9:22:59 PM] Creed: ((23))

[12/30/16, 9:23:06 PM] Creed: (( very close to a nat 20 ))

[12/30/16, 9:24:21 PM] Josh: So, you guys ride back to your HQ?

[12/30/16, 9:24:27 PM] Quill: Quill does.

[12/30/16, 9:24:30 PM] Rune: Rune does.

[12/30/16, 9:24:50 PM] Hank: Hank does.

[12/30/16, 9:25:50 PM] Josh: Ok, it's a relatively uneventful drive.  Jams slips his shoes off, and breathes a sigh of relief.  When you arrive, William is already there.

[12/30/16, 9:27:59 PM] Rune: Next time put a pair of slippers in your purse too. I always do.

[12/30/16, 9:28:13 PM] Josh: Jams: "That sounds smart."

[12/30/16, 9:28:22 PM] Josh: You guys all head inside.

[12/30/16, 9:28:27 PM] Josh: William and Jams follow.

[12/30/16, 9:28:53 PM] Josh: Gerald is waiting in the main hall.  "Ah, good evening.  How was the...par...ty...?"

[12/30/16, 9:29:05 PM] Josh: He sees William and Jams and appears, confused.

[12/30/16, 9:29:11 PM] Quill: Pretty bad.

[12/30/16, 9:29:23 PM] Rune: There was a murder.

[12/30/16, 9:30:55 PM] Rune: Hold on a second.

[12/30/16, 9:31:01 PM] Rune: Rune yoinks Jamaros into her room!

[12/30/16, 9:33:18 PM] Josh: William: "...ok then."

[12/30/16, 9:33:30 PM] Quill: Well, here we are.

[12/30/16, 9:33:40 PM] Josh: William turns to Hank.  "What was this about ash?"

[12/30/16, 9:36:00 PM] Hank: All Rune said was something about transmutation dust. Which is apparently what Tom found in the lavatory.

[12/30/16, 9:36:10 PM] Quill: Hmmm.

[12/30/16, 9:36:30 PM] Creed: Creed will knock on rune's door

[12/30/16, 9:37:20 PM] Rune: WHAT IS IT?

[12/30/16, 9:37:32 PM] Creed: "What are you doing?"

[12/30/16, 9:37:45 PM] Rune: APOLOGIZING.

[12/30/16, 9:39:14 PM] Rune: Rune rejoins the others.

[12/30/16, 9:39:31 PM] Josh: Jams comes too, looking very confused.

[12/30/16, 9:40:02 PM] Josh: William turns to Rune.  "You found transmutation dust in the lavatory?"

[12/30/16, 9:40:22 PM] Rune: Tom did, yes.

[12/30/16, 9:40:28 PM] Rune: Rune hands him the dust if she didn't before.

[12/30/16, 9:40:33 PM] Rune: We should probably run a better test on it.

[12/30/16, 9:40:50 PM] Josh: Taeral comes up from the basement.  His face looks blackened.

[12/30/16, 9:40:55 PM] Rune: And I was right. The surprise was dragons.

[12/30/16, 9:40:59 PM] Josh: Taeral: "Ah, you're home."

[12/30/16, 9:41:45 PM] Quill: Quill raises an eyebrow.

[12/30/16, 9:42:04 PM] Rune: Those two people following Jarqin all the time are dragons.

[12/30/16, 9:42:18 PM] Quill: Ohhh.

[12/30/16, 9:42:30 PM] Quill: When did you learn that?

[12/30/16, 9:43:09 PM] Rune: Just a few minutes ago.

[12/30/16, 9:43:19 PM] Rune: Back at the crime scene, talking to him and Argesh.

[12/30/16, 9:43:57 PM] Quill: Huh.

[12/30/16, 9:44:30 PM] Quill: Quill sets the dagger and the note on the table.

[12/30/16, 9:45:44 PM] Rune: I don't think Zharn's father did it, either. He was really surprised. I can't read his sister very well though, so I'm not sure about her.

[12/30/16, 9:46:57 PM] Quill: Yeah, that's what I picked up, too.  do you think she'd be into making a martyr of her brother?  The setup is such that whoever did it wouldn't be implicated, regardless of any necromancy employed.

[12/30/16, 9:47:33 PM] Rune: Bother, really? Did we try necromancy yet?

[12/30/16, 9:47:46 PM] Quill: A Speak With Dead.

[12/30/16, 9:47:50 PM] Rune: I don't know, I gather most people think Zharn was a bit stupid, including his father probably.

[12/30/16, 9:47:53 PM] Rune: Oh! What did he say?

[12/30/16, 9:48:15 PM] Quill: The killer was cloaked and masked, with non-human eyes.

[12/30/16, 9:48:33 PM] Rune: Oh, well, anybody can fake that.

[12/30/16, 9:48:38 PM] Quill: He was lured to the roof by the promises of  a female someone, via a note.

[12/30/16, 9:48:46 PM] Rune: Rune makes her eyes glitter bright yellow-greenish.

[12/30/16, 9:48:59 PM] Rune: .... amorous promises or some other kind?

[12/30/16, 9:49:08 PM] Quill: He just said promises.

[12/30/16, 9:49:16 PM] Quill: This note wasn't on his body.

[12/30/16, 9:49:33 PM] Rune: Oh. ... we ought to have his cabin searched. If we haven't already.

[12/30/16, 9:49:40 PM] Rune: Rune checks with William.

[12/30/16, 9:49:51 PM] Rune: Do we even have jurisdiction or anything over this? I mean, it isn't extraplanar that we can tell.

[12/30/16, 9:50:19 PM] Josh: William: "His quarters would be located within the citadel.  I can get you permission by tomorrow morning."

[12/30/16, 9:50:26 PM] Quill: Well, Creed said that this dagger is of infernal design.

[12/30/16, 9:51:05 PM] Rune: Is it? And when is the liaison coming?

[12/30/16, 9:51:27 PM] Creed: "It's bronze instead of black though."

[12/30/16, 9:51:28 PM] Josh: Jams: "What liaison?"

[12/30/16, 9:51:53 PM] Rune: With the humans, obviously.

[12/30/16, 9:52:44 PM] Josh: William: "I cannot say.  It is dependent on Sarron getting word out.  He may give it over to our guard to investigate."

[12/30/16, 9:52:52 PM] Josh: William: "It is unlikely, but possible."

[12/30/16, 9:54:22 PM] Rune: I'm sure he'll at least want somebody running after us watching to make sure we don't mess it all up.

[12/30/16, 9:55:00 PM] Josh: William: "Likely."

[12/30/16, 9:55:21 PM] Hank: What about the airship we saw Zharn getting on to earlier today is that still in town or did it already leave?

[12/30/16, 9:55:52 PM] Josh: William: "That is gone.  I do not understand how he was here to begin with."

[12/30/16, 9:57:29 PM] Quill: What do you mean?

[12/30/16, 9:59:35 PM] Josh: William: "He was on the airship.  That airship would've taken several hours, if not at least a full day to get to its destination."

[12/30/16, 9:59:47 PM] Josh: William: "So how was he back here, on a roof, tonight."

[12/30/16, 9:59:48 PM] Rune: Obviously he didn't stay on it.

[12/30/16, 9:59:58 PM] Rune: ... but it would be good to investigate that.

[12/30/16, 10:00:25 PM] Creed: "Can teleportation stones work with a person holding another?"

[12/30/16, 10:00:44 PM] Quill: Well, the stone is probably how he got off the ship.

[12/30/16, 10:00:46 PM] Josh: Taeral: "Depends on the enchantment."

[12/30/16, 10:01:26 PM] Quill: He goes to his cabin, as the ship is just settingo ff, finds, his sexy note, and teleports back.

[12/30/16, 10:01:30 PM] Creed: "Can you identify this then?" She shows him the stone.

[12/30/16, 10:01:39 PM] Rune: Or this.

[12/30/16, 10:01:49 PM] Rune: Rune points at William and the dust!

[12/30/16, 10:02:05 PM] Josh: Taeral takes both.

[12/30/16, 10:02:45 PM] Josh: Taeral: "Well, this dust is fairly simple.  It is just ash.  Seems to be from a transmutation scroll.  "Message", I'd guess, although a more powerful version of the spell."

[12/30/16, 10:03:09 PM] Josh: Taeral examines the stone a bit longer.

[12/30/16, 10:03:59 PM] Josh: Taeral: "As you said, this is a teleportation charm.  Limit of 100ft, three charges, all spent, so it seems.  Could potentially be recharged overnight, assuming it wasn't burned out."

[12/30/16, 10:05:32 PM] Quill: so that's how he got off the boat, and to his sexy rendezvous.

[12/30/16, 10:05:40 PM] Quill: And this dagger isn't magical, is it?

[12/30/16, 10:06:21 PM] Rune: Why do you think it was sexy? It might have been his own sister for all we know.

[12/30/16, 10:06:34 PM] Creed: "The way that he said it."

[12/30/16, 10:06:50 PM] Josh: William: "He said he didn't know who it was."

[12/30/16, 10:07:07 PM] Rune: He would make an innuendo as a corpse.

[12/30/16, 10:07:13 PM] Rune: I wonder if it was that black dragongirl.

[12/30/16, 10:09:45 PM] Rune: I suppose that's awfully racist to say, though.

[12/30/16, 10:10:04 PM] Josh: Jams: "You guys think it was a set-up, right?"

[12/30/16, 10:10:17 PM] Rune: Yes. Do you think it wasn't somehow?

[12/30/16, 10:10:25 PM] Quill: Yep.

[12/30/16, 10:10:34 PM] Creed: "I think it was, but it could've have been something that someone interfered with."

[12/30/16, 10:11:00 PM] Josh: Jams: "I'm just thinking, if it were me, and I wanted to blame the dragonborn, I'd hire a dragonborn assassin."

[12/30/16, 10:11:22 PM] Quill: I found his knife on the rooftop too, but I don't think got a chance to do anything but get it out of its sheathe.

[12/30/16, 10:11:42 PM] Creed: Creed would like to take a look at it

[12/30/16, 10:12:01 PM] Quill: Quill presents it.

[12/30/16, 10:12:38 PM] Josh: ((Whom are you presenting it to?  Jams?))

[12/30/16, 10:12:48 PM] Quill: On the table, for everyone to see.))

[12/30/16, 10:13:04 PM] Josh: It is a dagger...very clean.

[12/30/16, 10:13:16 PM] Creed: (( investigation? ))

[12/30/16, 10:13:25 PM] Josh: You may

[12/30/16, 10:13:39 PM] Creed: (( 9 ))

[12/30/16, 10:14:25 PM] Creed: "Seems like a well-made knife to me."

[12/30/16, 10:17:09 PM] Josh: William: "...Well, I seem to have all the information."

[12/30/16, 10:17:24 PM] Josh: William turns to Jams.  "Now, do you have anything to add?"

[12/30/16, 10:18:20 PM] Josh: Jams: "...nope.  Can't think of anything."

[12/30/16, 10:19:04 PM] Rune: It wasn't his dust in the bathroom.

[12/30/16, 10:19:16 PM] Rune: So unfortunately we couldn't rule that out as Lady Marmalade's.

[12/30/16, 10:20:19 PM] Josh: William: "...uh huh.  It's late at this point.  I think it would be best if "Lady Jess" spent the night here."

[12/30/16, 10:20:49 PM] Rune: Oh, she can use my old room.

[12/30/16, 10:21:05 PM] Josh: Jams: "Oh, I don't think--"

[12/30/16, 10:21:18 PM] Rune: Because we're not putting a guest in a cell. Even if the doors don't lock.

[12/30/16, 10:21:41 PM] Hank: Technically the rooms are cells.

[12/30/16, 10:21:55 PM] Rune: Only technically.

[12/30/16, 10:22:16 PM] Josh: William: "Well, cell or no, there are some guards positioned outside.  And I think you will find it much more comfortable to stay here."

[12/30/16, 10:22:43 PM] Rune: Are you sure, William? He might be more... helpful.... out there.

[12/30/16, 10:23:10 PM] Rune: ... I haven't got a whole network of informants, you know.

[12/30/16, 10:23:26 PM] Quill: She's not wrong, and you know it, William.

[12/30/16, 10:23:35 PM] Josh: William: "..."

[12/30/16, 10:25:29 PM] Josh: Jams: "...come on.  Let's help each other out here."

[12/30/16, 10:25:38 PM] Josh: William: "You are not helping yourself."

[12/30/16, 10:26:10 PM] Josh: William turns to Hank.  "I saw you spend the night with him.  Do you think there's a connection?"

[12/30/16, 10:26:33 PM] Rune: ....

[12/30/16, 10:26:37 PM] Rune: He spent the night?

[12/30/16, 10:26:59 PM] Rune: ... as long as everybody's consenting and honest and acting honorably that's fine?

[12/30/16, 10:27:23 PM] Hank: The evening I assume William meant to say.

[12/30/16, 10:28:21 PM] Hank: And I find it suspicious that the powder was found in the one spot that I wasn't with him.

[12/30/16, 10:29:44 PM] Josh: William: "...I can't rule him out, and I can't trust him not to flee.  So, either I keep him here and have you guard him.  Or I need to take him to a cell."

[12/30/16, 10:30:10 PM] Creed: "He'll be fine here, we're basically sleeping in cells already."

[12/30/16, 10:30:17 PM] Rune: .... he's about as likely to have done it as we are, are we under house arrest as well?

[12/30/16, 10:31:22 PM] Josh: William: "And you know this, how?"

[12/30/16, 10:32:01 PM] Rune: Well, think about it.

[12/30/16, 10:32:10 PM] Rune: We knew where he was the whole time, just like everybody knew where we were.

[12/30/16, 10:32:18 PM] Rune: And we have a known history of conflict with him.

[12/30/16, 10:32:25 PM] Rune: Whereas I don't think Marmalade does.

[12/30/16, 10:32:34 PM] Hank: He could have ordered someone else to do it.

[12/30/16, 10:32:39 PM] Rune: So could we.

[12/30/16, 10:33:03 PM] Hank: And we don't know whether or not he has a history with Zharn or not.

[12/30/16, 10:33:06 PM] Rune: I mean, for all you know I've been embezzling things off the household expenses this whole time and saving it to whack him.

[12/30/16, 10:33:24 PM] Rune: Well he does, but my point is, so do we.

[12/30/16, 10:33:48 PM] Quill: There's no more reason to suspect him at this point than anyone.

[12/30/16, 10:34:09 PM] Rune: ... probably less, actually. Zharn wasn't very smart; I imagine he'd be easier to manipulate than his father.

[12/30/16, 10:34:51 PM] Josh: William sighs.  "I'm leaving the decision to you.  If you let him go, walk him out so my men know not to harm him."

[12/30/16, 10:35:01 PM] Josh: William turns and leaves.

[12/30/16, 10:35:52 PM] Quill: Quill looks at Jams.  "You didn't, right?"

[12/30/16, 10:36:07 PM] Josh: Jams: "Of course not."

[12/30/16, 10:36:27 PM] Hank: And your word is worth what in the long run.

[12/30/16, 10:36:47 PM] Rune: How did you know him, anyway?

[12/30/16, 10:36:59 PM] Rune: He didn't hit on you, did he? He was misogynistic.

[12/30/16, 10:37:03 PM] Quill: I personally don't think you did, as I don't see you profitting from this.

[12/30/16, 10:37:23 PM] Josh: Jams: "You're the one who keeps saying I know him."

[12/30/16, 10:37:40 PM] Rune: Well you did. Didn't you?

[12/30/16, 10:38:05 PM] Josh: Jams: "...I guess you could say we grew up together."

[12/30/16, 10:38:46 PM] Rune: ... and you were trying to make me feel better! I'm so awfully sorry. And sorry you had to grow up with him too, I'm sure he was awful.

[12/30/16, 10:39:00 PM] Josh: Jams: "Extremely."

[12/30/16, 10:39:12 PM] Rune: Do you know his sister at all?

[12/30/16, 10:39:19 PM] Josh: Jams: "Yeah."

[12/30/16, 10:39:28 PM] Rune: Do you think she did it?

[12/30/16, 10:39:35 PM] Josh: Jams: "No."

[12/30/16, 10:39:48 PM] Rune: Who do you think did?

[12/30/16, 10:39:55 PM] Josh: He shrugs.

[12/30/16, 10:40:41 PM] Josh: Jams: "If I find out, I'll let you know."

[12/30/16, 10:40:49 PM] Rune: All right.

[12/30/16, 10:40:55 PM] Rune: Well, anyway, now what should we do?

[12/30/16, 10:41:31 PM] Josh: Jams: "Someone want to walk me out?  A lady just doesn't feel safe walking these streets alone at night."

[12/30/16, 10:42:15 PM] Rune: Hank can, if he wants.

[12/30/16, 10:42:24 PM] Hank: Fine

[12/30/16, 10:42:52 PM] Josh: Jams follows Hank out.

[12/30/16, 10:43:45 PM] Rune: ... so are they together, or not? I thought Hank didn't like him. Or her.

[12/30/16, 10:44:17 PM] Quill: I don't think so.

[12/30/16, 10:45:16 PM] Rune: Oh, good. It would have been strange to miss that big of a social cue. But I do miss them sometimes.

[12/30/16, 10:45:49 PM] Quill: No, Hank really doesn't seem to like him.

[12/30/16, 10:46:18 PM] Rune: Well, he is a criminal and Hank is a very dedicated guard.

[12/30/16, 10:46:41 PM] Rune: That reminds me, we'd better go and visit Dodger tomorrow.

[12/30/16, 10:46:57 PM] Quill: Why?

[12/30/16, 10:47:20 PM] Rune: His people might have heard something.

[12/30/16, 10:47:36 PM] Quill: Good idea.

[12/30/16, 10:48:28 PM] Rune: ... and that really is all we have for informants. Well, and Taeral to help with magic things.

[12/30/16, 10:48:36 PM] Rune: But I don't know how to do an investigation otherwise.

[12/30/16, 10:52:50 PM] Josh: Hank returns

[12/30/16, 10:53:57 PM] Rune: All right, Hank, what should we do next?

[12/30/16, 10:54:33 PM] Hank: Why are you asking me?

[12/30/16, 10:54:44 PM] Rune: You're the only one who has experience as a guard.

[12/30/16, 10:55:20 PM] Rune: I don't know how to pursue an investigation like this.

[12/30/16, 10:55:47 PM] Hank: Nothing to do at this point till tommorrow, then we should get an early start and get to the city center.

[12/30/16, 10:56:27 PM] Rune: Did Lady Marmalade say anything to you?

[12/30/16, 10:56:36 PM] Rune: ((Besides gitchee gitchee dada ya ya?))

[12/30/16, 10:57:35 PM] Hank: We have agreed to work together for now if that is what you are wondering.

[12/30/16, 10:58:13 PM] Rune: Rune nods.

[12/30/16, 10:58:28 PM] Rune: If he really did it, we'll probably have to kill him.

[12/30/16, 10:59:26 PM] Rune: I mean, we'll try to arrest him, but a lot of my longer range spells are kind of deadly, so.

[12/30/16, 11:00:13 PM] Hank: And the other side of the coin is that he doesn't have as much control of crime in the city as he says.

[12/30/16, 11:01:04 PM] Rune: So it's in his interests to nab whoever's murdering ambassadors without asking first? I suppose so.

[12/30/16, 11:01:23 PM] Josh: And I think here is where we'll end tonight.

[12/30/16, 11:01:36 PM] Josh: Seems like a good place.