HF 046

[3/3/2017 9:07:31 PM] Josh: If those who are here want to squish a bit, I can do that.

[3/3/2017 9:07:45 PM] Josh: The situation hasn't changed, you are escorting Whitestone to jail.

[3/3/2017 9:20:21 PM] Quill: ((I'm assuming that Whitestone is pretty quiet.  Did we hear that our three attackers from earlier in the evening are in custody?))

[3/3/2017 9:20:51 PM] Josh: You did hear that.  Whitestone does not say anything if no one else does.

[3/3/2017 9:21:05 PM] Josh: He seems...oddly at peace, even smiling.

[3/3/2017 9:21:42 PM] Quill: ((22 Insight, trying to figure out if he's feeling smug, or what.))

[3/3/2017 9:22:11 PM] Josh: You reckon he's really smug right now.  He seems very confident about something.

[3/3/2017 9:23:05 PM] Josh: I assume Hank's on Kai.

[3/3/2017 9:23:50 PM] Hank: (( yes if someone else is escorting Whitestone.))

[3/3/2017 9:24:10 PM] Josh: I assume there is someone with him on the carpet or in the carriage.

[3/3/2017 9:24:26 PM] Quill: ((I'll be there.))

[3/3/2017 9:24:34 PM] \*\*\* Josh nods \*\*\*

[3/3/2017 9:26:05 PM] Hank: So Whitestone, I know you don't want to talk, but can you at least say what the green vial is?

[3/3/2017 9:26:34 PM] Josh: Whitestone: "Nothing hazardous."

[3/3/2017 9:28:08 PM] Hank: So it is completely harmless? If accidentally dropped or something nothing to worry about?

[3/3/2017 9:28:44 PM] Josh: Whitestone: "I'd rather you didn't.  And you should not ingest it."

[3/3/2017 9:29:07 PM] Hank: Doesn't sound not hazardous.

[3/3/2017 9:29:37 PM] Hank: ((13 insight on vial warning.))

[3/3/2017 9:31:05 PM] Light: We could feed it to him and see what it does.

[3/3/2017 9:31:36 PM] Josh: Whitestone: "Is this how you treat the personal belongings of all your people of interest?"

[3/3/2017 9:31:54 PM] Josh: Whitestone: "We like to keep our prisoner's items safe for their return."

[3/3/2017 9:32:18 PM] Light: We ask questions about them, yes.

[3/3/2017 9:32:58 PM] Light: You must think someone powerful is going to protect you.

[3/3/2017 9:33:18 PM] Josh: Whitestone: "I have faith in the law."

[3/3/2017 9:33:24 PM] Josh: Whitestone: "That is all."

[3/3/2017 9:33:49 PM] Quill: ((17 insight on that one.))

[3/3/2017 9:33:49 PM] Light: I used to, before I found out you took bribes.

[3/3/2017 9:34:17 PM] Light: I can't even tell you how disappointed I am in you right now! It's very disturbing. I hope the rest of the Witchhunters don't do that. I hope it's not endemic to the organization, that's all I can say.

[3/3/2017 9:34:59 PM] Josh: Whitestone: "I am still waiting for you to produce this evidence of bribery."

[3/3/2017 9:35:26 PM] Light: We're not prosecutors and this isn't a court of law, so you'e going to be waiting for a while.

[3/3/2017 9:35:42 PM] Josh: I'll be able to make bail.

[3/3/2017 9:36:09 PM] Josh: And I assume I shall be vindicated, in the end.

[3/3/2017 9:36:41 PM] Hank: Based on what just happened I think it easy to argue you would be a flight risk.

[3/3/2017 9:36:43 PM] Light: I wouldn't count on it. Your friend is probably going to throw you under the bus and make you a scapegoat.

[3/3/2017 9:36:51 PM] \*\*\* Quill is eyeing him, but not saying anything. \*\*\*

[3/3/2017 9:37:12 PM] Josh: Whitestone shoots you a quizzical look.  "What friend?"

[3/3/2017 9:37:44 PM | Removed 9:38:33 PM] Quill: This message has been removed.

[3/3/2017 9:38:04 PM] Light: Whoever you think is going to get you out of this.

[3/3/2017 9:38:45 PM] Josh: About now you can see the jail coming into view.

[3/3/2017 9:39:17 PM] Josh: And you see a robed figure standing in front of the jail.

[3/3/2017 9:39:21 PM] Josh: Dyame Ravensgard.

[3/3/2017 9:39:48 PM] \*\*\* Quill nods at him. \*\*\*

[3/3/2017 9:40:16 PM] Josh: Dyame nods back at you as you arrive.  His weird eye is focused on Whitestone...who suddenly looks a bit paler.

[3/3/2017 9:40:29 PM] Quill: Thank you for coming, Ravensgard.

[3/3/2017 9:40:58 PM] Josh: Dyame: "It is my duty."

[3/3/2017 9:41:27 PM] Light: And not a pleasant one I imagine. I'm awfully sorry this happened. We caught him trying to escape in some sort of ornithopter.

[3/3/2017 9:41:48 PM] Josh: Dyame: "...a what?"

[3/3/2017 9:42:01 PM] Light: Flying... whirligig-ish thing.

[3/3/2017 9:42:10 PM] Josh: Dyame: "...hm."

[3/3/2017 9:42:12 PM] Quill: A flying machine, yes.

[3/3/2017 9:42:19 PM] Quill: He loves his gadgets.

[3/3/2017 9:43:57 PM] Nilani: Some sort of fan-propelled contraption. I still say traditional wings are more trustworthy.

[3/3/2017 9:44:23 PM] Josh: Dyame looks back toward Whitestone.

[3/3/2017 9:44:51 PM] Josh: Dyame: "What is your process?"

[3/3/2017 9:45:13 PM] Josh: Whitestone: "...I...um..."

[3/3/2017 9:45:29 PM] Josh: Dyame: "Not you.  Them.  How do you process your captives?"

[3/3/2017 9:45:46 PM] Light: We usually take them back to William for the proper guard to take care of.

[3/3/2017 9:45:56 PM] \*\*\* Quill nods. \*\*\*

[3/3/2017 9:45:57 PM] Light: We don't usually have captives. And he's not extraplanar anyway.

[3/3/2017 9:46:36 PM] Josh: Dyame: "Then let us leave him for your guard.  I wish to speak with you."

[3/3/2017 9:46:57 PM] Quill: Let's get him inside, then.

[3/3/2017 9:47:21 PM] Josh: Ok, you bring him inside.  Kobash is there.

[3/3/2017 9:47:48 PM] Light: Make sure you search him thoroughly, he had a lot of devices before.

[3/3/2017 9:48:06 PM] \*\*\* Quill nods.  "And you got the three we sent your way earlier here?" \*\*\*

[3/3/2017 9:48:07 PM] Light: Deadly ones.

[3/3/2017 9:48:54 PM] Josh: Kobash sighs.  "Ok, I'll book another cell for him.  Do you need another interrogation room, or can I actually be left to do my job, for once."

[3/3/2017 9:49:50 PM] Hank: You can do your job don't worry we will leave, and you can have your normal routine hopefully.

[3/3/2017 9:50:14 PM] Quill: Trust me, we want nothing more.

[3/3/2017 9:50:20 PM] Josh: Kobash: "Ok, just leave his items.  We have to keep them in lock-up."

[3/3/2017 9:51:03 PM] Light: Analyze that green vial first, it might be an explosive or something. There's no way to know.

[3/3/2017 9:51:20 PM] Josh: Kobash: "I'll call for an alchemist from the guild to investigate it."

[3/3/2017 9:52:17 PM] Quill: All right.

[3/3/2017 9:52:23 PM] Josh: Ok, so you leave him with Kobash and find Dyame still waiting for you.

[3/3/2017 9:52:48 PM] Hank: So what do you want to discuss?

[3/3/2017 9:53:24 PM] Josh: Dyame: "I received your message, Mr. Rae."

[3/3/2017 9:53:32 PM] Josh: Dyame: "Thank you for contacting me."

[3/3/2017 9:53:58 PM] \*\*\* Quill nods.  "And I appreciate you coming.  You... seemed the sort to take allegations of this sort very seriously." \*\*\*

[3/3/2017 9:54:22 PM] Light: It's upsetting.

[3/3/2017 9:54:33 PM] Josh: Dyame: "Very.  Which is why I would like to know the specifics, if you have any."

[3/3/2017 9:55:11 PM] Quill: We've been investigating the murder of Zharn Dynne, as you're probably aware.

[3/3/2017 9:55:22 PM] Josh: Dyame: "I am."

[3/3/2017 9:55:39 PM] Quill: That trail led us to Jarqin, and his involvement in a conspiracy.

[3/3/2017 9:56:22 PM] Josh: Dyame: "...a potential Witch Hunter.  ...this is further troubling."

[3/3/2017 9:57:45 PM] Quill: Oh yes. As his plan fell apart around him, Jarqin went on the run. He was using an artifact to control three dragons as part of his scheme.  When he went to ground, he was caught by Whitestone there, and killed.  When we questioned Jarqin's remains, he implicated Whitestone, insinuating that he had been bribed.

[3/3/2017 9:58:47 PM] Josh: As he's been talking, he's kept his good eye on Quill while his weird one has been bouncing around to all of you.  Once you mention "artifact", his eye snaps right on you, Quill.

[3/3/2017 9:59:11 PM] Josh: Dyame: "...The orb of dragonkind?"

[3/3/2017 9:59:45 PM] Quill: Yes.

[3/3/2017 10:00:06 PM] Light: Wasn't that supposed to be in Witchhunter custody?

[3/3/2017 10:00:27 PM] Josh: Dyame: "So I had been told.  ...however, I had been told by Whitestone."

[3/3/2017 10:01:33 PM] Quill: Jarqin procured it, and several other items -- a transmutation stone, and a Wand of Enhancement.

[3/3/2017 10:03:03 PM] Josh: Dyame: "These items concern me less, although, the Hunters may take interest in them.  I hold no true power in this city, not unless I am elected.  But I wish to advise you, do not give the orb to the Witch Hunters.  Not now."

[3/3/2017 10:03:14 PM] Quill: I know.

[3/3/2017 10:03:22 PM] Quill: It's in our custody now.

[3/3/2017 10:03:33 PM] Quill: And we'll be holding onto it.

[3/3/2017 10:03:37 PM] Josh: Dyame: "When you are prepared, I wish to see it."

[3/3/2017 10:04:04 PM] Josh: Dyame: "I will not force you to surrender custody, not yet, not in these uncertain times."

[3/3/2017 10:04:08 PM] Light: If he's corrupt, the natural question is who else is.

[3/3/2017 10:04:19 PM] Josh: Dyame: "My thoughts exactly."

[3/3/2017 10:05:20 PM] Quill: He also sicced some novice adventurers on us... for some reason.  I think just to delay us so he could get away.

[3/3/2017 10:06:13 PM | Edited 10:06:27 PM] Light: He told them WE were the bad guys!

[3/3/2017 10:07:04 PM | Edited 10:07:42 PM] Quill: It's from them that we learned he was holed up in Sacred Stone.

[3/3/2017 10:08:05 PM] \*\*\* Hank will head into the booking station. \*\*\*

[3/3/2017 10:08:26 PM] Josh: Dyame: "...these facts don't really concern me."

[3/3/2017 10:08:59 PM] Quill: All right, well, you asked for details.

[3/3/2017 10:09:12 PM] Josh: Dyame: "Thank you for your forthcoming."

[3/3/2017 10:09:31 PM] Josh: Dyame: "I did, however...have other business I wished to ask you."

[3/3/2017 10:09:48 PM] Quill: ...all right, ask away.

[3/3/2017 10:09:55 PM] Josh: Dyame's eye circles around inside his socket, seeming to look at the entire area.

[3/3/2017 10:11:00 PM] Josh: Dyame: "Not long after she stepped down, I sent a similar Sending spell to my daughter."

[3/3/2017 10:11:42 PM] Josh: Dyame: "She refused to reply."

[3/3/2017 10:11:50 PM] Light: ...why?

[3/3/2017 10:12:00 PM] Josh: Dyame: "Later, I attempted a scrying spell on her, and she intentionally blocked it."

[3/3/2017 10:12:05 PM] Josh: Dyame: "I don't know."

[3/3/2017 10:12:13 PM] Josh: Dyame: "I had hoped you had some insight."

[3/3/2017 10:12:26 PM] Josh: Dyame: "You were registered to her guild charter."

[3/3/2017 10:12:45 PM] Light: Maybe she was in the bath. ... or with someone.

[3/3/2017 10:13:28 PM] Josh: Dyame: "I doubt it."

[3/3/2017 10:13:44 PM] Josh: Dyame: "I believe she is avoiding me."

[3/3/2017 10:14:03 PM] Light: ... that's possible. She didn't really talk about her relationship with you very much.

[3/3/2017 10:14:37 PM] Josh: Dyame: "...I see."

[3/3/2017 10:15:36 PM] Light: ... frankly, we're hiding something from you, but it's not ours to tell, and it isn't something that will hurt anyone.

[3/3/2017 10:16:03 PM] Light: But she really may have been in a bath or with someone. She's had a change of job, you know, some people like to start over with a departure from their previous life.

[3/3/2017 10:16:52 PM] Josh: Josie, I need Rune to make a WIS save.

[3/3/2017 10:18:31 PM] Josh: Dyame glares slightly at Rune.

[3/3/2017 10:18:39 PM] Light: Please don't do that.

[3/3/2017 10:18:58 PM] Light: I didn't have to tell you that, I just don't like lying to people.

[3/3/2017 10:19:38 PM] Josh: Dyame: "...I do not care for secrets.  Even the harmless ones become harmful, eventually."

[3/3/2017 10:19:52 PM] Light: That's probably true, but that doesn't make it mine to tell.

[3/3/2017 10:23:20 PM] \*\*\* Quill looks back and forth between Rune and Dyame, and eyes Dyame.  "I would advise patience.  I'm sure she will speak up when she's ready.  You wouldn't want to start abusing magical abilities for personal reasons and your own satisfaction, after all." \*\*\*

[3/3/2017 10:24:20 PM] Josh: Dyame's weird eye floats over to Anna, whom he gives a very long look at.  Then he brings all his attention back to Rune and Quill.

[3/3/2017 10:24:33 PM] Josh: Dyame nods.  "That is a valid point."

[3/3/2017 10:25:34 PM] Light: ... it must be extremely difficult being a parent. But you raised very good children, I think.

[3/3/2017 10:26:04 PM] Josh: Dyame laughs.  It's...weird and unsettling, actually.  You suspect he doesn't do it much.

[3/3/2017 10:26:40 PM] Josh: Dyame: "It very much depends on who you ask.  But your judgement seems sound."

[3/3/2017 10:27:05 PM] Quill: She's pretty good at these things.

[3/3/2017 10:27:28 PM] Josh: Dyame: "I see I shall get no further answers here."

[3/3/2017 10:27:40 PM] Josh: Dyame: "I suppose I should take advice when it is freely given."

[3/3/2017 10:27:43 PM] Light: I'm sorry. I quite agree about secrets, but as I said. It isn't mine.

[3/3/2017 10:27:59 PM] Josh: Dyame's eyes float over to Anna and Creed.

[3/3/2017 10:29:15 PM] Josh: Dyame: "...fire warms, fire burns.  Depends on what you feed it."

[3/3/2017 10:30:24 PM] Josh: Dyame looks back to Rune.  He points to his weird eye.  "The last time my daughter kept something from me, this was the result.  I love her, dearly...but you should give her your trust carefully and with great caution."

[3/3/2017 10:31:01 PM] Nilani: [afk for a bit. I will be back momentarily.]

[3/3/2017 10:31:04 PM] \*\*\* Light nods. \*\*\*

[3/3/2017 10:31:15 PM] Josh: ((kk))

[3/3/2017 10:31:31 PM] Quill: We should get back in and make sure everyone inside are not being torn apart by Displacer Beasts.

[3/3/2017 10:31:55 PM] Light: He probably just had one of those boom things hidden in an extradimensional pocket and shot everyone with it.

[3/3/2017 10:32:23 PM] Josh: Dyame leaves.

[3/3/2017 10:32:33 PM] Josh: You guys go back into the station?

[3/3/2017 10:32:40 PM] \*\*\* Quill does. \*\*\*

[3/3/2017 10:33:01 PM] \*\*\* Light does too. \*\*\*

[3/3/2017 10:33:32 PM] Josh: Ok you go in and OH MY GODS!!!! ...it's exactly as it was a moment ago.

[3/3/2017 10:33:41 PM] Light: I wanted to tell him to pull the stick out of his arse, but I don't think it would have helped.

[3/3/2017 10:33:55 PM] Quill: Probably not.

[3/3/2017 10:34:13 PM] Light: And besides, it's the stick up his arse that leads me to think he's probably not gone bad.

[3/3/2017 10:34:24 PM] Hank: So they let Wickus go about 2 hours ago.

[3/3/2017 10:34:39 PM] Josh: Kobash: "Yes, yes I did."

[3/3/2017 10:34:42 PM] Quill: Well, he wasn't actually guilty of anything.

[3/3/2017 10:34:47 PM] Light: Salvation. When's the funeral?

[3/3/2017 10:35:53 PM] Josh: Kobash: "...what funeral?"

[3/3/2017 10:36:26 PM] Rune: Well, I'm assuming some group of idiots Whitestone found killed him thinking he was an insane warlock.

[3/3/2017 10:36:48 PM] Quill: He survived a dragon.

[3/3/2017 10:37:01 PM] Hank: Or never ran into it.

[3/3/2017 10:37:22 PM] Josh: Whitestone says nothing.

[3/3/2017 10:38:03 PM] Josh: Kobash: "I can't hold a guy for not committing a crime on the off-hand chance someone might kill him."

[3/3/2017 10:38:23 PM] Quill: (( 8 Insight, I assume I can't really read Whitestone right now.))

[3/3/2017 10:39:13 PM] Hank: Fair enough and it's not like I am itching to defend him again, he did web me to the ground last time.

[3/3/2017 10:40:55 PM] Quill: ... maybe I should go and find him again.  We never actually got to question him before the idiot patrol showed up.

[3/3/2017 10:41:34 PM] Rune: I don't even understand why they were trying to kill him.

[3/3/2017 10:41:52 PM] Hank: Kobash can you give us a copy of the statement he gave you?

[3/3/2017 10:42:20 PM] Josh: Kobash: "Sure, but I doubt you'll get much out of it.  He went on about a pudding boat for five minutes."

[3/3/2017 10:42:27 PM] Josh: Kobash pulls out a scroll.

[3/3/2017 10:42:57 PM] Josh: Kobash: "The kids claim they didn't want to kill him.  They just wanted to get him to Sacred Stone, and were afraid he'd resist."

[3/3/2017 10:43:20 PM] \*\*\* Hank will take the scroll. \*\*\*

[3/3/2017 10:44:40 PM] Josh: You have the scroll.

[3/3/2017 10:46:11 PM] Quill: Anything interesting, Hank?

[3/3/2017 10:46:51 PM] Rune: I feel like there's something we're missing here, but I don't know what it is.

[3/3/2017 10:47:08 PM] Quill: I don't know.

[3/3/2017 10:48:51 PM] Quill: Is Herman still here too?

[3/3/2017 10:49:06 PM] Josh: Kobash: "Yeah, he's been real quiet."

[3/3/2017 10:50:46 PM] Quill: Yeah, I just don't know what to do at this point.

[3/3/2017 10:50:54 PM] \*\*\* Hank will get the group out of earshot of Whitestone. \*\*\*

[3/3/2017 10:53:03 PM] Hank: So it might just be rambling insanity but Wickus claims in this statement to have a cousin Freddy who hates him.

[3/3/2017 10:53:15 PM] Rune: ... you're joking.

[3/3/2017 10:53:32 PM] Quill: What else does he say about Freddy?

[3/3/2017 10:53:32 PM] Hank: Read for yourself

[3/3/2017 10:53:41 PM] \*\*\* Hank will hand the scroll over. \*\*\*

[3/3/2017 10:53:43 PM] Rune: Someone calls that man Freddy?

[3/3/2017 10:54:07 PM] \*\*\* Quill peers over Rune's shoulder. \*\*\*

[3/3/2017 10:55:19 PM] \*\*\* Rune reads. \*\*\*

[3/3/2017 10:55:50 PM] Quill: Interesting, but I don't know how useful the information is as a motive.

[3/3/2017 10:56:09 PM] Quill: ...unless there's something special about his toenail collection.

[3/3/2017 10:58:15 PM] Hank: I know it doesn't say much but we don't really have any other leads at this point.

[3/3/2017 10:58:46 PM] Rune: To be completely fair, toenails can be used in sympathetic magic.

[3/3/2017 10:59:10 PM] Quill: True.  Well, let's go find him again, I guess.

[3/3/2017 10:59:33 PM] Josh: So you go out looking for Wickus?

[3/3/2017 10:59:54 PM] \*\*\* Quill does. \*\*\*

[3/3/2017 11:00:08 PM] \*\*\* Hank does as well. \*\*\*

[3/3/2017 11:00:45 PM] Josh: Ok, roll investigation.

[3/3/2017 11:00:55 PM] \*\*\* Rune three! \*\*\*

[3/3/2017 11:00:59 PM] Rune: This doesn't make any sense.

[3/3/2017 11:01:19 PM] Quill: (11))

[3/3/2017 11:01:20 PM] Hank: (( 7 ))

[3/3/2017 11:02:13 PM] Josh: You guys start asking around.  Quill, you and Hank find nothing, but Rune is able to get a location off a shopkeeper, and you find him in the marketplace with his cart.

[3/3/2017 11:02:46 PM] Josh: Wickus sees you.  "No refunds!  Beads for feathers, was good deal!"

[3/3/2017 11:03:28 PM] Quill: No, I like the beads.  We want to ask you about cousin Freddy.

[3/3/2017 11:03:52 PM] Quill: I might even buy some more beads.

[3/3/2017 11:04:07 PM] Quill: ((24 Insight!))

[3/3/2017 11:04:36 PM] Josh: Wickus: "Ah, bedwetter.  Very funny.  All of us laugh and laugh."

[3/3/2017 11:06:00 PM] Hank: All of who?

[3/3/2017 11:06:43 PM] Josh: Wickus: "Me, my sister Clarissa, his sisters and brothers, other kids in town..."

[3/3/2017 11:07:16 PM] Josh: Wickus: "Oh, and then I get in the guild and tell them, and everybody laugh.  "Wetsy Whitestone", they call him.  Heheheheh."

[3/3/2017 11:07:32 PM] Quill: Why would he want you dead?

[3/3/2017 11:07:49 PM] Josh: Wickus: "...who want me dead?"

[3/3/2017 11:08:29 PM] Quill: Okay, maybe not dead.  Do you have anything Freddy might want?

[3/3/2017 11:09:02 PM] Josh: Wickus: "...maybe..."

[3/3/2017 11:09:24 PM] Josh: Wickus: "...I took his ball."

[3/3/2017 11:09:40 PM] Hank: What ball?

[3/3/2017 11:10:00 PM] Josh: Wickus: "Big green ball.  It had dragons on it."

[3/3/2017 11:10:09 PM] Josh: Wickus: "In this big large room."

[3/3/2017 11:10:26 PM] Quill: What did you do with it?  Did you give it to a white dragonborn?

[3/3/2017 11:11:05 PM] Josh: Wickus: "No, gave it to Tiefling guy, had horns here."

[3/3/2017 11:11:16 PM] Josh: He indicates his chin, like Torment's chin beard.

[3/3/2017 11:11:31 PM] Quill: When was this?

[3/3/2017 11:11:44 PM] Josh: Wickus: "Long, long time ago."

[3/3/2017 11:12:43 PM] Quill: You say this was Freddy's ball?

[3/3/2017 11:12:58 PM] Josh: Wickus: "Was in big room with lots of other stuff."

[3/3/2017 11:13:08 PM] Josh: Wickus: "He just keep it there, in glass."

[3/3/2017 11:13:25 PM] Rune: Well that's that, then.

[3/3/2017 11:13:51 PM] Josh: Wickus: "What's that?"

[3/3/2017 11:14:11 PM] Rune: That's what happened.

[3/3/2017 11:15:28 PM] Quill: How?  It's been a long day, and I admit I've lost a lot of these threads without my yarn and thumbtacks.

[3/3/2017 11:16:45 PM] Rune: He stole the object.

[3/3/2017 11:16:59 PM] Josh: Wickus: "...don't tell Freddy."

[3/3/2017 11:17:13 PM | Edited 11:17:29 PM] Quill: FReddy already knows, I'm afraid.

[3/3/2017 11:19:36 PM] Josh: Wickus: "...oh...more beads?"

[3/3/2017 11:19:50 PM] \*\*\* Quill buys more beads. \*\*\*

[3/3/2017 11:20:01 PM] Josh: He charges you 3 copper.

[3/3/2017 11:20:13 PM] \*\*\* Quill pays him. \*\*\*

[3/3/2017 11:21:33 PM] Josh: So...you guys have anywhere else you wanna go?

[3/3/2017 11:23:12 PM] \*\*\* Quill has nothing. \*\*\*

[3/3/2017 11:23:50 PM] \*\*\* Rune dosn't either. \*\*\*

[3/3/2017 11:25:35 PM] Josh: William comes in over the comms.

[3/3/2017 11:25:54 PM | Edited 11:26:07 PM] Josh: William: "Can somebody come by and help me?"

[3/3/2017 11:26:01 PM] Quill: Where are you?

[3/3/2017 11:26:31 PM] Josh: William: "My office.  I still have our...out of town friends here."

[3/3/2017 11:27:08 PM] Quill: Oh, right.  Okay, we're on our way.

[3/3/2017 11:27:26 PM] Josh: Ok, you head to the citadel.

[3/3/2017 11:27:37 PM] \*\*\* Rune does too! \*\*\*

[3/3/2017 11:27:53 PM] Josh: You arrive at William's office.

[3/3/2017 11:28:00 PM] Josh: William: "Good day."

[3/3/2017 11:28:29 PM] Quill: Hi, WIlliam.

[3/3/2017 11:29:02 PM] Josh: William: "They're in the Captain's office for the time being.  They...seem to have some disagreements to work out."

[3/3/2017 11:29:16 PM] Quill: With who?

[3/3/2017 11:29:38 PM] Josh: William: "Each other.  The red one seems very displeased about something."

[3/3/2017 11:30:05 PM] Josh: William: "I don't speak draconic, so my understanding is limited."

[3/3/2017 11:31:06 PM] Rune: I don't either, you know.

[3/3/2017 11:31:46 PM] Josh: William: "No, but I thought you could still mediate.  They do speak common."

[3/3/2017 11:32:05 PM] Josh: William: "...I'd just rather not get involved.  Just get them out of here."

[3/3/2017 11:33:07 PM] Hank: And is that all that's going on?

[3/3/2017 11:33:58 PM] Josh: William: "...well, I'd also like an update on the investigation."

[3/3/2017 11:34:52 PM] Josh: William: "...unless you have something better to do."

[3/3/2017 11:36:11 PM] Hank: No not at all.  Whitestone is in custody but I don't think he is going to say anything.

[3/3/2017 11:36:45 PM] Josh: William: "...ok...how about we just...sum up here?  Why is Whitestone arrested?"

[3/3/2017 11:37:30 PM] Rune: He was in on Jarqin's conspiracy and forswore his oath.

[3/3/2017 11:39:24 PM] Hank: Basically he was arrested on flimsy evidence and the word of a dead man.

[3/3/2017 11:39:49 PM] Rune: Also because he did it. We caught him trying to escape.

[3/3/2017 11:39:57 PM] Rune: And he tried to kill us by sending idiots after us.

[3/3/2017 11:39:59 PM] Josh: William: "...well...that's not gonna stick.  But, hopefully we can use it to get better evidence."

[3/3/2017 11:40:05 PM] Quill: You don't escape if you're not guilty.

[3/3/2017 11:40:18 PM] Rune: Some people do, to be completely fair.

[3/3/2017 11:40:30 PM] Hank: Maybe but at least he doesn't know we have a weak case.

[3/3/2017 11:40:31 PM] Rune: He thinks he's going to get away with it, certainly.

[3/3/2017 11:40:54 PM] Hank: And at this rate he probably will.

[3/3/2017 11:41:11 PM] Josh: William: "Seems we can prove Jarqin was behind all of it, though."

[3/3/2017 11:42:26 PM] Quill: We could at least make sure that this ruins his reputation.

[3/3/2017 11:43:26 PM] Hank: Yes  Jarquin being at the center of the plot seems pretty set in stone.

[3/3/2017 11:45:05 PM] Josh: William: "Ok...then...frankly...it seems this case has kind of closed."

[3/3/2017 11:45:39 PM] Hank: Have you told Sarron yet?

[3/3/2017 11:46:06 PM] Rune: Someone from "the homeland" was also in on it, according to dead Jarqin.

[3/3/2017 11:46:28 PM] Josh: William: "That could mean any number of things.  The dead are often unclear."

[3/3/2017 11:47:28 PM] Josh: William: "Sarron left for Kumat yesterday evening, after the revival ceremony didn't take.  I understand he is stepping down from his position and letting his daughter take over."

[3/3/2017 11:47:40 PM] Josh: William: "I shall be sending him a message right away, though."

[3/3/2017 11:48:48 PM] Josh: William: "All that's left is to inform the family and handle (he looks to the Captain's door) the remaining pieces."

[3/3/2017 11:50:04 PM] Hank: Fair enough let's go see what's bothering the dragons.

[3/3/2017 11:50:33 PM] Rune: .... and Kumar would be considered "the Homeland" by a dragonborn.

[3/3/2017 11:50:52 PM] Josh: William: "Possibly.  It was draconic territory originally."

[3/3/2017 11:51:28 PM] \*\*\* Quill nods. \*\*\*

[3/3/2017 11:52:26 PM] Josh: ((So...what's everyone doing?))

[3/3/2017 11:53:02 PM] Quill: ((Going into the Captain's office, I thought?))

[3/3/2017 11:53:13 PM] Josh: ((Ok))

[3/3/2017 11:53:38 PM] \*\*\* Rune does too. \*\*\*

[3/3/2017 11:53:40 PM] Josh: So, you go in, it's a garden like before, and you see two large dragons (red and white) bickering in the middle of it.

[3/3/2017 11:54:40 PM] Josh: They are, of course, Grimroth and Baroth.

[3/3/2017 11:55:00 PM] Hank: So what are you two arguing about?

[3/3/2017 11:55:08 PM] Rune: I don't think you should hang out.

[3/3/2017 11:55:11 PM] Josh: They both turn to you.

[3/3/2017 11:55:34 PM] Josh: Grimroth: "They are destroying the herd!  He started this, he'll get us all killed!"

[3/3/2017 11:55:50 PM] Josh: Baroth: "I spent years building a hoard, you can't just take me from it!"

[3/3/2017 11:57:21 PM] Hank: Who is destroying the herd Grimroth?

[3/3/2017 11:58:31 PM] Josh: Grimroth: "Him!  You!  All of them!  I come here with Vaighul to find Irgenth when he gets lost.  Then, we find Baroth.  Now, Baroth won't come, Irgenth won't come, and Vaighul won't come!"

[3/3/2017 11:58:50 PM] Josh: Grimroth: "We need our numbers!  We need to protect ourselves from your kind!"

[3/3/2017 11:59:13 PM] Rune: ... I understand that, but will just three be that much of a difference?

[3/3/2017 11:59:30 PM] Rune: Maybe you could think of it as a sort of... missionary herd.

[3/3/2017 11:59:48 PM] Josh: Grimroth: "How many will leave?"

[3/3/2017 11:59:54 PM] Rune: "Oh look, here are some nice dragons, maybe we don't need to murder dragons anymore."

[3/4/2017 12:00:22 AM] Josh: Baroth: "I like two-leggers.  These ones are nice.  They play games, and give you gold when you win."

[3/4/2017 12:01:52 AM] Josh: Grimroth: "...I don't want everyone to leave.  Elder doesn't either."

[3/4/2017 12:02:18 AM] Rune: Would everyone, though?

[3/4/2017 12:02:26 AM] Rune: And can you really forcibly keep dragons anywhere they don't want to be?

[3/4/2017 12:03:19 AM] Josh: Grimroth sulks...and he turns back into his human form.

[3/4/2017 12:04:24 AM] Josh: Baroth turns into his (now white) Dragonborn form.

[3/4/2017 12:04:43 AM] Josh: Grimroth: "If you get killed, don't come crying to me."

[3/4/2017 12:05:03 AM] Quill: Irgenth went to the deserts to the south because he wanted to.

[3/4/2017 12:05:23 AM] Quill: You could join him there, if you wanted.

[3/4/2017 12:05:56 AM] Josh: Grimroth: "I'm not leaving the herd."

[3/4/2017 12:06:12 AM] Rune: Grimroth is right about one thing though--you do have to be careful about two-legses. Not everybody is nice, unfortunately. Some of us are.

[3/4/2017 12:06:47 AM] Josh: Baroth nods.  "Yeah, I learn that.  That other white two-legger was no fun."

[3/4/2017 12:07:31 AM] Rune: Exactly.

[3/4/2017 12:08:35 AM] Josh: Baroth: "...I will build traps.  Traps always work."

[3/4/2017 12:09:03 AM] Rune: I don't think that will work, really, because they're sneaky-mean. But if you have a problem you can always come to us.

[3/4/2017 12:09:06 AM] Quill: And if you ever have problems, you can always come to us.

[3/4/2017 12:09:11 AM] Quill: ((jinx.))

[3/4/2017 12:09:37 AM] Josh: Baroth: "...how'd you two do that?"

[3/4/2017 12:10:59 AM] Quill: She's a really good person.

[3/4/2017 12:11:05 AM] Quill: I'm just okay.

[3/4/2017 12:11:18 AM] Josh: Baroth: "...but you guys said it at the same time.  ...it was weird."

[3/4/2017 12:11:49 AM] Quill: But the point is valid.  If you have problems, you can come to us.

[3/4/2017 12:12:08 AM] Josh: Baroth nods.  "Ok.  Thank you."

[3/4/2017 12:12:22 AM] Quill: We'd be happy to help you guys, because dragons are awesome.

[3/4/2017 12:12:38 AM] Josh: Grimroth: "...this is true."

[3/4/2017 12:13:06 AM] Josh: Grimroth: "I will tell Elder about where you are.  He is concerned."

[3/4/2017 12:13:38 AM] Hank: Who is this Elder you keep mentioning?

[3/4/2017 12:14:01 AM] Josh: Grimroth: "Our leader.  The oldest and strongest of us.  He is who keeps us safe."

[3/4/2017 12:14:11 AM] Josh: Baroth: "And who keeps the hoard."

[3/4/2017 12:14:18 AM] Josh: Grimroth: "We all share the hoard."

[3/4/2017 12:14:39 AM] Quill: Is he a red dragon?

[3/4/2017 12:14:52 AM] Josh: Grimroth shakes his head.  "No."

[3/4/2017 12:14:58 AM] Rune: What kind?

[3/4/2017 12:15:05 AM] Rune: What is he called usually?

[3/4/2017 12:15:36 AM] Josh: Grimroth: "He's just...Elder.  There are no dragons like him."

[3/4/2017 12:15:57 AM] Josh: Baroth: "He's all yellow and shiny, like my belts back in my cave."

[3/4/2017 12:16:31 AM] Rune: ... gold dragon. I see. That's not something to pass around.

[3/4/2017 12:16:35 AM] \*\*\* Quill raises a brow. \*\*\*

[3/4/2017 12:16:47 AM] Josh: Grimroth: "No.  All secret."

[3/4/2017 12:17:35 AM] \*\*\* Quill nods. \*\*\*

[3/4/2017 12:17:41 AM] Josh: And about here, Grimroth and Baroth leave.

[3/4/2017 12:18:38 AM] Josh: Verenestra: "Finally!  Dumb lizards!  Look what they did to my garden!  It's all stomped and ruined!"

[3/4/2017 12:18:44 AM] \*\*\* Rune winces. \*\*\*

[3/4/2017 12:19:06 AM] Rune: They can't help it, you know.

[3/4/2017 12:19:06 AM] Quill: Thanks for putting them up.

[3/4/2017 12:19:14 AM] Rune: They're just big. Have you tried being a dragon?

[3/4/2017 12:19:58 AM] Josh: Verenestra grumles.  "I kept dragons bigger than them once, and they moved gracefully.  Not lumbering like these two.  ...bah, I'll have to regrow everything."

[3/4/2017 12:20:48 AM] Quill: William?  When this is over with, can we have at least a weak off without investigating a murder?

[3/4/2017 12:22:09 AM] Josh: William: "Take it off now.  The case is done, and I'd say you earned it.  I just need to convince Prin... Ambassador Saheera or her father that it's over."

[3/4/2017 12:22:52 AM] Hank: Is that going to be difficult?

[3/4/2017 12:23:05 AM] Josh: William: "I don't know.  I haven't tried yet."

[3/4/2017 12:23:30 AM] Rune: I'm still wondering if she did it, honestly.

[3/4/2017 12:24:30 AM] Josh: William gives you and odd look.  "Why do you say that?"

[3/4/2017 12:25:36 AM] Rune: Well, now she's the ambassador, the brother who was standing in her way being stupid but still being favored is gone, and she's got quite a good reason to publicly dislike dragonborn and push for a war, hasn't she?

[3/4/2017 12:26:09 AM] Josh: William: "...possibly.  But it's not evidence, sadly."

[3/4/2017 12:27:15 AM] Josh: William: "...I need to end this.  I need to get the city back to a state of normality.  ...I'm closing the case."

[3/4/2017 12:27:21 AM] \*\*\* Rune nods. \*\*\*

[3/4/2017 12:27:33 AM] Rune: But I'd keep an eye on her if I were you. She's a lot smarter than Zharn.

[3/4/2017 12:27:49 AM] Josh: William: "If you're right...then clearly she is."

[3/4/2017 12:27:50 AM] Rune: ... there was probably a reason he gave a masculine version of her name at the bordello.

[3/4/2017 12:28:28 AM] \*\*\* Quill nods. \*\*\*

[3/4/2017 12:28:54 AM] Josh: William: "You know, it kind of funny.  If you're right, that means a dragonborn and a human conspired together out of hatred for each other's races."

[3/4/2017 12:29:02 AM] Josh: William: "Weirdly poetic."

[3/4/2017 12:29:36 AM] Rune: And optimistic. Both sides think they'll win.

[3/4/2017 12:30:36 AM] Josh: William: "Not sure how they'd feel about that anymore.  With the rod firmly in your possession, the playing field seems level.  And, from what I understand, nothing makes a war less appealing than a level playing field."

[3/4/2017 12:31:20 AM] Quill: Yeah.  And we'll definitely be keeping that for the forseeable future.

[3/4/2017 12:31:45 AM] Hank: Except quite a few people now know we have it.

[3/4/2017 12:32:09 AM] Quill: So we tell people we gave it to someone else.

[3/4/2017 12:32:46 AM] Hank: And we just expect them to believe us?

[3/4/2017 12:32:57 AM] Quill: Sure.

[3/4/2017 12:33:18 AM] Josh: William: "As much as they'd believe you kept it."

[3/4/2017 12:33:37 AM] Quill: Long as it doesn't get used.

[3/4/2017 12:35:38 AM] Rune: Yes.

[3/4/2017 12:36:11 AM] Josh: William: "Well...thank you.  Aside from all the death, this case seemed to be largely successful."

[3/4/2017 12:37:23 AM] Rune: I don't know, I wish Freddy wasn't so terribly certain he was going to get away with it. What frontrunners are left for witchhunter general?

[3/4/2017 12:38:25 AM] Josh: William: "Unless a new contestant is found quickly, it's Ravensgard and Sarfareen."

[3/4/2017 12:40:07 AM] Josh: ((Sarfareen = Half-Elf with large bottleglasses and a rather...nerdy demeanor))

[3/4/2017 12:40:31 AM] Quill: Hmmm.

[3/4/2017 12:41:08 AM] Rune: Sarfareen wouldn't be very political.

[3/4/2017 12:41:46 AM] Josh: William: "No, probably not.  But he lacks experience and comes from the Guild and not the Witch Hunter ranks."

[3/4/2017 12:42:21 AM] Quill: Dyame might have been tipped off about Whitestone's involvement.  So if he gets in, chances are Whitestone won't get off as scot-free as he hopes to.

[3/4/2017 12:43:36 AM] Josh: William: "This is entirely out of my hands.  It'll be up to you to get one of them in office."

[3/4/2017 12:44:25 AM] Rune: I don't like either of them. I nominate Quill.

[3/4/2017 12:44:55 AM] \*\*\* Quill blinks.  "I thought you liked me!" \*\*\*

[3/4/2017 12:45:32 AM] Rune: I do. Sorry.

[3/4/2017 12:46:43 AM] Josh: ((Shall we call it a night?))

[3/4/2017 12:47:36 AM] Quill: ((That's up to you guys in weird time zones.))

[3/4/2017 12:47:48 AM] Rune: ((I could keep goin'!)

[3/4/2017 12:47:56 AM] Josh: ((Well, I think Caleb's passed out))

[3/4/2017 12:48:09 AM] Nilani: [I'm fine with whatever you chaps wanna do.]

[3/4/2017 12:48:18 AM] Hank: ((I am good to keep going ))

[3/4/2017 12:49:43 AM] Josh: William: "...well, I'm going to get to work writing up some forms for this.  Feel free to spend a week...not doing anything directly for me."

[3/4/2017 12:49:57 AM] Quill: Thanks, William.

[3/4/2017 12:50:16 AM] Hank: When are the hearings for the guild leadership?

[3/4/2017 12:50:20 AM] Rune: I've got to catch up on the paperwork. And all the visits. And the grandparenting.

[3/4/2017 12:50:52 AM] Josh: William: "I believe we had intended it to be a day from now, but given all that's happened...I can't say anymore."

[3/4/2017 12:50:58 AM] Josh: William: "...Grandparenting?"

[3/4/2017 12:52:02 AM] Rune: Well, Max and the baby dragon. Oh, we gave him a name!

[3/4/2017 12:52:18 AM] Josh: William: "...oh?"

[3/4/2017 12:53:03 AM] Rune: Vorel. It means beautiful.

[3/4/2017 12:53:20 AM] Josh: William: "...lovely...I'm going back to my desk now."

[3/4/2017 12:54:08 AM] Rune: All right. Thank you for all your help and support.

[3/4/2017 12:55:23 AM] \*\*\* Quill nods.  "Let's go home and sleep forever." \*\*\*

[3/4/2017 12:55:55 AM] Josh: William: "You're welcome, it's my job, but you're welcome."

[3/4/2017 12:56:00 AM] Quill: Or until morning, what ever comes first.

[3/4/2017 12:56:34 AM] Josh: So, you go home?

[3/4/2017 12:58:22 AM] \*\*\* Quill does, barring Displacer Beasts. \*\*\*

[3/4/2017 12:58:36 AM] \*\*\* Nilani does. \*\*\*

[3/4/2017 12:58:37 AM] Rune: You don't even sleep.

[3/4/2017 12:58:38 AM] \*\*\* Rune does too. \*\*\*

[3/4/2017 12:58:46 AM] Josh: You find no displacer beasts so far.

[3/4/2017 12:58:50 AM] Quill: And yet I feel the need to!

[3/4/2017 12:59:01 AM] Nilani: A few hours of inactivity are still welcome.

[3/4/2017 12:59:58 AM] Hank: Well yes as long as you are sure you wont be attacked in your dreams.

[3/4/2017 1:00:33 AM] Quill: Oh, right, and we need to have a talk to Hank about things.

[3/4/2017 1:01:11 AM] Rune: Oh, yes, I suppose it is finally the right time. I'll make tea.

[3/4/2017 1:01:47 AM] Hank: Or we can keep putting it off I am sure there are lots of more important things.

[3/4/2017 1:01:59 AM] Quill: Nope, let's do this now.

[3/4/2017 1:02:03 AM] Rune: I agree.

[3/4/2017 1:02:26 AM] Quill: The case is mostly closed, and we are all friends here.

[3/4/2017 1:03:23 AM] Rune: And friends don't let friends beat up friends, or slightly dodgy acquaintances.

[3/4/2017 1:04:00 AM] Hank: Or actual crime bosses who are definitely more involved than they first admitted.

[3/4/2017 1:05:02 AM] Quill: I always assume he's more involved than he admits.

[3/4/2017 1:05:24 AM] Rune: That sort of goes along with the "crime boss" bit.

[3/4/2017 1:05:54 AM] Hank: So where is the problem then.

[3/4/2017 1:06:22 AM] Quill: There's always going to be a Crime Boss, and I'd rather it be the one we kind of have a rapport with than some new asshole.

[3/4/2017 1:08:33 AM] Rune: And I'd rather be able to get information from somewhere. If there's going to be crime I'd rather have it be organized crime.

[3/4/2017 1:09:32 AM] Hank: And you think we can trust him at all? He constantly has more goals and plans that the more we get involved the less control we have.

[3/4/2017 1:10:13 AM] Quill: I think we can trust that he'll always act in his own best interest, and that's something we can take as a common thread.

[3/4/2017 1:10:15 AM] Rune: We never had any control anyway, this is a city.

[3/4/2017 1:11:33 AM] Hank: Not over the city over your own life. You don't think he will wrong the most out of every favor or bargain we make.  Until we basically work for him.

[3/4/2017 1:12:29 AM] Hank: It's bad enough with just William in that position.

[3/4/2017 1:12:30 AM] Rune: That is something to watch for.

[3/4/2017 1:13:33 AM] Quill: We're not saying to relax and let it happen, we do have to  be careful.  But I would argue that slamming him against a wall is not exactly being in control either.

[3/4/2017 1:14:20 AM] Rune: And you don't slam prisoners against the wall!

[3/4/2017 1:14:23 AM] Rune: Ever!

[3/4/2017 1:15:26 AM] Hank: Technically he wasn't a prisoner and why not?

[3/4/2017 1:16:08 AM] Rune: It's unprofessional! And also torture doesn't elicit good information anyway.

[3/4/2017 1:17:18 AM] Quill: And it's the sort of think that will get us sued.

[3/4/2017 1:17:32 AM] Hank: Can we agree to disagree on that point? So is that it just the wall slamming?

[3/4/2017 1:18:33 AM] Quill: It's the fact that you've generally been kind of an asshole lately.  Short tempered, quick to anger, unwilling to talk to us.  Is there something going on?

[3/4/2017 1:18:54 AM] Rune: What's wrong?

[3/4/2017 1:19:01 AM] Rune: It's not just the sleep.

[3/4/2017 1:19:10 AM] Rune: You started sleeping again and you're better, but...

[3/4/2017 1:20:51 AM] Hank: Why can't it just be the sleep?  Why does it have to be something deeper?

[3/4/2017 1:20:52 AM] Rune: ... still kind of scary.

[3/4/2017 1:21:01 AM] Rune: You're deflecting.

[3/4/2017 1:24:15 AM] Hank: And if I say I will keep my anger under control will that be good enough?

[3/4/2017 1:24:40 AM] Rune: ... no, because we want you to be okay. Happy.

[3/4/2017 1:25:02 AM] Hank: I am fine.

[3/4/2017 1:25:17 AM] Quill: No one who has ever said 'I am fine' is fine.

[3/4/2017 1:25:19 AM] \*\*\* Rune eyes Hank's lower half. \*\*\*

[3/4/2017 1:25:27 AM] Rune: I think his pants are about to burst into flame.

[3/4/2017 1:29:20 AM] Hank: Fine then

[3/4/2017 1:31:34 AM] Hank: It's mainly that as of the start of this group everything has gone crazy.  Before this being a guard was boring, predictable.  Now you've got archfey, gods, crime bosses, dragons, vampires. You name it.

[3/4/2017 1:33:51 AM] Quill: ((Can you Insight check other PCs?))

[3/4/2017 1:33:59 AM] Josh: ((Sure))

[3/4/2017 1:34:17 AM] Quill: ((Bleh, 11.))

[3/4/2017 1:35:26 AM] Josh: ((He seems earnestly stressed))

[3/4/2017 1:36:32 AM] Quill: ...this just means that you are a sane person, Hank.  I mean, I will never, ever argue with you that the last couple weeks have been a bit... much.

[3/4/2017 1:37:05 AM] Rune: One thing after another, really.

[3/4/2017 1:37:45 AM] Rune: ... if you want to leave, you can,  you know. If this is too stressful it's all right to not do this sort of job.

[3/4/2017 1:38:38 AM] Quill: It is stressful and ridiculous.

[3/4/2017 1:38:56 AM] Rune: No one would blame you for walking away.

[3/4/2017 1:39:07 AM] Quill: I was just scared that you were going to say that the God of Pickles stole a part of your soul and stuck it in a jar, or something.

[3/4/2017 1:39:09 AM] Rune: ((Don't tell me truth hurts little girl 'cause it hurts like hell.))

[3/4/2017 1:39:22 AM] Quill: Stress is much more understandable.

[3/4/2017 1:40:01 AM] Hank: I don't need to quit this job . I will do my best to be more levelheaded.

[3/4/2017 1:40:33 AM] Hank: And I would say the god of pickles thing sounds ridiculous but it really doesn't at this point.

[3/4/2017 1:40:56 AM] Rune: I wish it still did.

[3/4/2017 1:41:02 AM] Rune: Everybody is more powerful than us.

[3/4/2017 1:41:05 AM] Quill: Right?  And we would totally go and do it, too, if we had to.

[3/4/2017 1:41:09 AM] Rune: And there are godlets walking all over the place.