PBA 045

[12/19/2014 6:03:41 PM] Rycroft: So! Lessee. you had just left the office of Captain Vel, handsome one-eyed elf space captain.

[12/19/2014 6:05:34 PM] Rycroft: He is apparently engaged in corporate espionage and might have a job for you! He asked you to return tomorrow.

[12/19/2014 6:05:44 PM] Val: Val is not him! This could get confusing.

[12/19/2014 6:07:31 PM] Rycroft: So! You're in the Utlan-Tari corporate offices.

[12/19/2014 6:07:43 PM] Rycroft: There's a shrine to Bahamut right in the waiting room!

[12/19/2014 6:07:44 PM] Wynn: Wynn is excited to get to the Temple District.

[12/19/2014 6:09:27 PM] Rycroft: It's not far!

[12/19/2014 6:09:46 PM] Rycroft: you can get a carriage that goes straight there.

[12/19/2014 6:11:28 PM] Wynn: Wynn would probably prefer to walk, but will let the others decide if they want to use them.

[12/19/2014 6:13:36 PM] Val: Let's just walk.

[12/19/2014 6:14:18 PM] Rycroft: It is a nice day! Sunny, but there's a pleasant breeze winding through the streets. There are food vendors everywhere, too.

[12/19/2014 6:15:05 PM] Wynn: Wynn even takes off her helmet to enjoy the day, hooking it over the end of her mace.

[12/19/2014 6:15:26 PM] Rycroft: Rycroft gasps!

[12/19/2014 6:15:41 PM] Rycroft: Yeah, Wynn feels pretty good! Sort of energized.

[12/19/2014 6:17:03 PM] Nilani: Nilani might be a bit less wary-looking than usual.

[12/19/2014 6:17:13 PM] Rycroft: The temple district is something to see -- every building is built according to a different aesthetic style! But they seem to be grouped up in a way that makes sense -- no temples of Bane nestled up to a temple of Tyr or anything.

[12/19/2014 6:17:47 PM] Wynn: Wynn points out the symbols she recognizes, sometimes with respect, sometimes with undisguised revulsion...

[12/19/2014 6:17:51 PM] Val: I... think we'll stay out of that one.

[12/19/2014 6:20:52 PM] Rycroft: Occasionally there's a barker out in front of a temple, trying to entice people in. Sometimes there's someone proselytizing about the virtues of their gods. Sometimes there's attractive people handing out flyers and offering some kind of free evaluation, an M-Reading if you will.

[12/19/2014 6:21:50 PM] Val: I don't... think I'm interested in worshipping anyone right now, thanks?

[12/19/2014 6:23:25 PM] Rycroft: "You sure?  You might have dangerous levels of invisible spirits polluting your spirit!"

[12/19/2014 6:24:02 PM] Wynn: Wynn gives the guy a look. (Psh. As if he would have bad energy I couldn't see... lol)

[12/19/2014 6:24:50 PM] Nilani: Nilani generally keeps the rest of the group between the spiritual solicitors and herself.

[12/19/2014 6:26:13 PM] Rycroft: So, you're looking for the temple of St. Cuthbert, yes?

[12/19/2014 6:26:30 PM] Wynn: ((Yup!))

[12/19/2014 6:26:51 PM] Wynn: Wynn gets more and more visibly excited the closer we get.

[12/19/2014 6:27:33 PM] Rycroft: You pass by the temple of Boccob! No barkers or anything in there. They don't care if you come in or not. Reverse psychology.

[12/19/2014 6:27:59 PM] Val: Val peers in! It's working!

[12/19/2014 6:28:26 PM] Rycroft: Boccob's temple looks more like a library than a temple, really.

[12/19/2014 6:30:19 PM] Wynn: This place is amazing. I've never seen so many temples in one place.

[12/19/2014 6:32:27 PM] Val: Boccob's temple looks interesting. ... actually, a lot of them look interesting.

[12/19/2014 6:32:42 PM] Rycroft: There's also quite a lot of statuary!

[12/19/2014 6:33:19 PM] Wynn: Yes, well... the Wise Fool has little regard for things that *look* interesting but have no real substance.

[12/19/2014 6:34:09 PM] Rycroft: Some abstract, some very elaborate and detailed. You pass through a red-light district of a sort with all the various love/lust/sex/fertility deities where the statuary gets very detailed!

[12/19/2014 6:35:56 PM] Wynn: Wynn sees one out of the corner of her eye that she looks at a little too long, trying to figure out how it would even work, but then returns to walking.

[12/19/2014 6:36:16 PM] Val: Well, it looks like a library, which is... uh, well. That is interesting. And anatomically difficult, if not actually impossible.

[12/19/2014 6:36:28 PM] Val: ... does she have a double-jointed back?

[12/19/2014 6:36:58 PM] Wynn: Seems that way.

[12/19/2014 6:37:04 PM] Val: ((Temple of the Eschergirls!))

[12/19/2014 6:37:37 PM] Val: ... that just looks really uncomfortable, honestly. I think she's folded in half backwards.

[12/19/2014 6:39:04 PM] Rycroft: Eventually, though, you find the temple of St. Cuthbert! No barkers or priests out front.

[12/19/2014 6:39:34 PM] Wynn: Wynn smiles and heads for the door!

[12/19/2014 6:40:51 PM] Val: Val follows.

[12/19/2014 6:41:13 PM] Nilani: Nilani also follows.

[12/19/2014 6:41:53 PM] Rycroft: You step through the door! There are two guards standing at attention just inside the entryway.

[12/19/2014 6:42:08 PM] Val: Val looks at them.

[12/19/2014 6:42:55 PM] Rycroft: Armored head to toe! But alive and breathing and stuff.

[12/19/2014 6:43:48 PM] Val: Very... functional.

[12/19/2014 6:44:24 PM] Wynn: Wynn grins. "I had to do some of that during my training. .....nobody ever came in though."

[12/19/2014 6:44:51 PM] Rycroft: They don't respond to you at all! Like ceremonial palace guards.

[12/19/2014 6:46:24 PM] Rycroft: The guards flank a pair of heavy wooden double doors done in wood and metal, with an intricate scene of the Saint fighting a demon of some kind.

[12/19/2014 6:47:14 PM] Wynn: Wynn looks at it closely.

[12/19/2014 6:47:19 PM] Val: No one? Ever?

[12/19/2014 6:47:52 PM] Wynn: Only a few, and only for services. Not just dropping by in the middle of the week.

[12/19/2014 6:49:11 PM] Rycroft: As Wyn is studying the doors, they open! A guy in a cloak comes through, walking briskly through you guys with a muttered 'excuse me' as he walks out of the temple.

[12/19/2014 6:49:57 PM] Nilani: Nilani checks to make sure he didn't nab anything off her.

[12/19/2014 6:50:08 PM] Wynn: Wynn takes a half step back then refocuses and enters.

[12/19/2014 6:50:34 PM] Val: ... well. Looks like there are some here.

[12/19/2014 6:52:41 PM] Rycroft: The doors open into the main chamber of the temple! It's not huge, really, and is dominated by an altar with a statue of an armored man holding a mace and a shield.

[12/19/2014 6:53:33 PM] Wynn: Wynn walks up to the statue, takes a knee, and mouths a silent prayer.

[12/19/2014 6:54:27 PM] Rycroft: There's not a lot of people in here. A couple of people here and there, dressed as Wynn is, maybe slightly less armored than Wynn is.

[12/19/2014 6:55:14 PM] Wynn: Wynn finishes the prayer and stands, looking around.

[12/19/2014 6:57:01 PM] Rycroft: A man in a set of robes approaches Wynn!

[12/19/2014 6:58:56 PM] Wynn: Hello. Are you one of the Fathers here?

[12/19/2014 6:59:04 PM] Val: Val stays quiet; he's a little uncomfortable here, it seems.

[12/19/2014 7:01:42 PM] Rycroft: He nods. He's a half-elf man with a hawk-like nose and back hair. "I am, I'm Father Ferrin.  Welcome to our little sanctuary."

[12/19/2014 7:02:59 PM] Wynn: I am Wynn. I'm a paladin from... another plane, I suppose. These are my traveling companions.

[12/19/2014 7:05:10 PM] Rycroft: "Ah, I thought as much -- we don't have many Cuthberites here and I make it my business to know all of them.  Anything I can help you with?  Any questions I can answer for you?"

[12/19/2014 7:06:34 PM] Wynn: This is a long shot, but you don't by chance know Fenton Vrye or Markus Schaulfer, do you? They were the Fathers at the temple I grew up in.

[12/19/2014 7:08:03 PM] Rycroft: Ferrin:  I'm afraid I don't.

[12/19/2014 7:08:04 PM] Val: Or a blond brother-sister duo named Tarak and Allys?

[12/19/2014 7:08:50 PM] Val: I think they fight crime. And dragons.

[12/19/2014 7:11:36 PM] Rycroft: Ferrin:  Doesn't ring a bell, sorry.

[12/19/2014 7:11:49 PM] Rycroft: Whatever he's going to say next is cut off by a scream.

[12/19/2014 7:12:11 PM] Wynn: Wynn turns towards where it came from.

[12/19/2014 7:12:42 PM] Nilani: Nilani whirls around to face in that direction.

[12/19/2014 7:12:57 PM] Rycroft: Fater Ferrin spins in that direction too, and runs to a door behind the altar!

[12/19/2014 7:13:06 PM] Wynn: Wynn follows!

[12/19/2014 7:13:16 PM] Wynn: ((if that's where the scream came from))

[12/19/2014 7:13:32 PM] Nilani: Nilani also dashes over there.

[12/19/2014 7:13:48 PM] Val: Val does too.

[12/19/2014 7:13:57 PM] Val: Val keeps an eye on the surroundings more, though.

[12/19/2014 7:16:44 PM] Rycroft: Everyone is moving toward the danger!

[12/19/2014 7:17:29 PM] Rycroft: You find a body in the backroom! Another priest, it looks like.

[12/19/2014 7:18:02 PM] Wynn: Wynn pulls her shield down and looks for any other entrances to the room.

[12/19/2014 7:18:05 PM] Val: Val turns and looks around the rest of the room.

[12/19/2014 7:18:39 PM | Edited 7:19:05 PM] Nilani: Nilani looks at the ceiling, then at any obvious hiding-places.

[12/19/2014 7:18:43 PM] Rycroft: There's the door you came in through a door in the back. Otherwise there's not much in there.

[12/19/2014 7:19:09 PM] Rycroft: Nothing on the ceiling!

[12/19/2014 7:19:10 PM] Wynn: ((So two doors?))

[12/19/2014 7:20:01 PM] Rycroft: Yeah.

[12/19/2014 7:20:11 PM] Val: Val then checks the guy to make sure whether he's dead.

[12/19/2014 7:20:15 PM] Wynn: Wynn moves to the other door to check for anyone running.

[12/19/2014 7:20:25 PM] Rycroft: It's locked!

[12/19/2014 7:20:47 PM] Rycroft: Ferrin is examining the guy, frowning. There's no visible blood or wounds.

[12/19/2014 7:21:05 PM] Wynn: One of yours?

[12/19/2014 7:21:25 PM] Wynn: Wynn kneels next to him, checking to see if he's alive.

[12/19/2014 7:23:08 PM] Rycroft: Dead.

[12/19/2014 7:23:27 PM] Rycroft: Ferrin:  Brother Elif.

[12/19/2014 7:23:35 PM] Wynn: ...I'm sorry. I can't do anything for him.

[12/19/2014 7:24:08 PM] Val: He's definitely gone. Did he have a bad heart or something?

[12/19/2014 7:24:24 PM] Val: Val looks for any food or drink or anything he could have been exposed to.

[12/19/2014 7:24:36 PM] Rycroft: Nothing!

[12/19/2014 7:24:50 PM] Rycroft: He was apparently carrying a stack of books.

[12/19/2014 7:25:10 PM] Rycroft: Roll notice!

[12/19/2014 7:25:31 PM] Wynn: ((18.))

[12/19/2014 7:25:49 PM] Nilani: (( 14 ))

[12/19/2014 7:28:13 PM] Val: ((9.))

[12/19/2014 7:29:47 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns, stands, and moves to the door.

[12/19/2014 7:30:03 PM] Wynn: Wynn knocks softly.

[12/19/2014 7:30:44 PM] Wynn: Is someone in there?

[12/19/2014 7:31:08 PM] Rycroft: No answer!

[12/19/2014 7:32:05 PM] Nilani: Nilani starts getting out her lockpicks.

[12/19/2014 7:32:06 PM] Wynn: Wynn turns to Ferrin and motions for a key. "Are you ok?"

[12/19/2014 7:32:25 PM] Wynn: ((Wynn *never* thinks lockpicks first, sorry Nilani. lol))

[12/19/2014 7:33:39 PM] Rycroft: Ferrin nods and stands up. "Well, my friend just got murdered, so not really."

[12/19/2014 7:34:19 PM] Wynn: ...I'm sorry for your loss.

[12/19/2014 7:34:22 PM] Val: I can't believe someone would do that in the temple of St. Cuthbert.

[12/19/2014 7:34:28 PM] Val: That strikes me as just... really stupid.

[12/19/2014 7:34:38 PM] Val: ... and horrible, obviously, but that should go without saying.

[12/19/2014 7:34:55 PM] Wynn: Wynn turns back to the door and knocks again.

[12/19/2014 7:35:06 PM] Wynn: Come on out of there. Nobody's going to hurt you.

[12/19/2014 7:35:32 PM] Nilani: Nilani looks questioningly at Ferrin and indicates her picks.

"May I? I'm a locksmith."

[12/19/2014 7:36:23 PM] Rycroft: Ferrin nods distractingly and heads out of the small room!

[12/19/2014 7:37:08 PM] Val: If you're a witness you shouldn't be afraid. We're not going to hurt you, we just want to talk.

[12/19/2014 7:38:18 PM | Edited 7:38:22 PM] Nilani: Nilani waits a bit to see if Val gets a response before getting started.

[12/19/2014 7:39:31 PM] Rycroft: No response!

[12/19/2014 7:40:03 PM] Nilani: Nilani tries to pick the lock as quietly as possible.

[12/19/2014 7:41:07 PM] Rycroft: Roll to picklockpick!

[12/19/2014 7:41:46 PM] Nilani: (( 23! The random number gods like me again!))

[12/19/2014 7:42:21 PM] Rycroft: You pick the lock! you find another small room and a small figure huddled up by some crates!

[12/19/2014 7:43:38 PM] Nilani: Nilani, being a relatively small figure herself, tries to nonthreateningly coax the other small figure from its hidey-hole.

[12/19/2014 7:44:12 PM] Val: Val observes.

[12/19/2014 7:44:37 PM] Nilani: Hey. It's okay, you're safe now.

[12/19/2014 7:45:14 PM] Wynn: Wynn stays back for the moment, aware that she looks like a big scaryperson

[12/19/2014 7:45:26 PM] Nilani: Nilani keeps her voice soft and passive.

[12/19/2014 7:45:57 PM] Rycroft: Person:  I didn't do it!

[12/19/2014 7:46:16 PM] Nilani: Okay.

[12/19/2014 7:47:14 PM] Rycroft: Person:  I just found him! Dead!

[12/19/2014 7:47:32 PM | Edited 7:47:36 PM] Nilani: So that was you screaming?

[12/19/2014 7:47:45 PM] Rycroft: Person:  Actually dead! Dead dead!

[12/19/2014 7:51:47 PM] Rycroft: You can tell at this point that the person in question is actually a halfling.

[12/19/2014 7:51:51 PM] Wynn: Do you work here?

[12/19/2014 7:54:10 PM] Rycroft: Halfling:  Yes, yes. I'm Pern. I clean up.

[12/19/2014 7:54:44 PM] Wynn: You didn't see what happened?

[12/19/2014 7:55:26 PM] Val: Anyone running or... any indication of what even killed him?

[12/19/2014 7:56:07 PM] Nilani: Anyone looking particularly suspicious about? Anyone not normally here?

[12/19/2014 7:57:29 PM] Rycroft: Pern:  No! I just found him!

[12/19/2014 7:57:35 PM] Rycroft: Pern:  Dead! Really really dead!

[12/19/2014 7:58:03 PM] Wynn: I think we should go talk to Ferrin.

[12/19/2014 7:58:04 PM] Val: Did you notice any unusual smells, sounds?

[12/19/2014 7:58:41 PM] Rycroft: Pern:  .... No? Nothing unusual.

[12/19/2014 7:59:47 PM] Wynn: You should probably come out of the closet. Sit somewhere else and gather yourself.

[12/19/2014 8:01:13 PM] Val: Maybe a shot of liquor. But not more than one.

[12/19/2014 8:01:26 PM] Rycroft: Pern nods.

[12/19/2014 8:01:40 PM] Nilani: Possibly a fluffy blanket.

[12/19/2014 8:02:39 PM] Val: Indeed.

[12/19/2014 8:02:49 PM] Val: Val heads back to Ferrin.

[12/19/2014 8:03:02 PM] Wynn: Wynn too.

[12/19/2014 8:03:29 PM] Nilani: Nilani stays back with Pern.

[12/19/2014 8:04:53 PM] Rycroft: Val and wynn find Ferrin back with the guards at the entryway! he's taken off one of their helmets and is passing a hand in front of  the woman's face. She is unresponsive!

[12/19/2014 8:05:27 PM | Edited 8:05:33 PM] Wynn: ...what's going on, Father?

[12/19/2014 8:07:28 PM] Rycroft: Ferrin:  ..they're under a spell of some kind.

[12/19/2014 8:08:30 PM] Val: Val peers.

[12/19/2014 8:08:48 PM] Val: Val casts a spell!

[12/19/2014 8:08:57 PM] Rycroft: Yep! They're not just at attention!

[12/19/2014 8:09:53 PM] Val: Enchantment, but I can't tell what.

[12/19/2014 8:10:12 PM] Wynn: Do you know who would do this?

[12/19/2014 8:10:26 PM] Val: ... not that helpful, but it does rule out the Snake Sigil.

[12/19/2014 8:11:09 PM] Rycroft: Ferrin:  ... someone who wanted to murder one of my priests and escape unscathed, clearly.

[12/19/2014 8:11:34 PM] Wynn: We *are* new here. We'll need a little more information than that.

[12/19/2014 8:12:08 PM] Val: Who would have the guts to brazenly do it right in a temple dedicated to a god of justice?

[12/19/2014 8:12:54 PM] Rycroft: Ferrin:  I don't know. There are laws and rules preventing this sort of thing between the temples.

[12/19/2014 8:13:18 PM] Rycroft: Ferrin:  ... and you're new here, so you should know something -- death is very rare here.

[12/19/2014 8:13:54 PM] Wynn: Wynn frowns.

[12/19/2014 8:17:00 PM] Val: Does being here extend one's lifespan or something?

[12/19/2014 8:18:04 PM] Rycroft: Ferrin:  IT does. And especially when one channels divine energy.... we are... very hard to wound. Hard to kill.

[12/19/2014 8:18:24 PM] Val: Lots of ways around that, though. Poison, for one.

[12/19/2014 8:20:23 PM] Wynn: So how do we find who did it?

[12/19/2014 8:20:31 PM] Rycroft: Ferrin:  We?

[12/19/2014 8:21:24 PM] Val: I suppose it's not technically our business, but...

[12/19/2014 8:21:59 PM] Wynn: It's an injustice that needs to be corrected.

[12/19/2014 8:23:04 PM] Val: Although these .... are the justice guys. I'm sure they don't need us per se.

[12/19/2014 8:23:10 PM] Val: ... but we'd be happy to help.

[12/19/2014 8:45:36 PM] Rycroft: Ferrin looks distracted and preoccupied!

[12/19/2014 8:46:47 PM] Wynn: Father?

[12/19/2014 8:47:19 PM] Val: Your choice.

[12/19/2014 8:48:12 PM] Rycroft: Ferrin:  I won't turn away any help.

[12/19/2014 8:48:56 PM] Wynn: What do you need us to do?

[12/19/2014 8:50:36 PM] Val: Shouldn't we establish a perimeter, see who else is here?

[12/19/2014 8:50:49 PM] Wynn: I doubt they've stuck around.

[12/19/2014 8:51:43 PM] Val: Someone else might have seen something, though.

[12/19/2014 8:52:29 PM] Rycroft: Ferrin:  I have to tell the Guard.

[12/19/2014 8:52:32 PM] Wynn: Interviewing potential witnesses is definitely something we need to do.

[12/19/2014 8:54:26 PM] Rycroft: Ferrin nods.

[12/19/2014 8:54:31 PM] Val: Right. You tell the guards.

[12/19/2014 8:54:57 PM] Val: We're going to need help releasing the people from their enchantments, too.

[12/19/2014 8:56:59 PM] Wynn: Wynn scans the room, counting the number of people and looking for anyone who seems... different from the others. (Emotionally or physically)

[12/19/2014 8:57:34 PM] Val: I'm not enough of a caster to do anything about it or even tell which specific spell it is.

[12/19/2014 8:57:34 PM] Rycroft: Roll Sense Motive, Wynn!

[12/19/2014 8:58:07 PM] Wynn: ((23.))

[12/19/2014 9:02:25 PM] Wynn: Wynn heads to the front of the room.

[12/19/2014 9:02:53 PM] Rycroft: Other than you guys and Ferrin and Pern, there's only like four people in the temple.

[12/19/2014 9:02:57 PM] Rycroft: That you've seen.

[12/19/2014 9:04:33 PM] Wynn: Can I have your attention please? I apologize for the disturbance, but if any of you have any information that might help determine what happened here and why, it would be appreciated.

[12/19/2014 9:04:56 PM] Wynn: Also, please, before you leave the area, leave your name with one of my associates.

[12/19/2014 9:06:30 PM] Val: Val takes out his notebook and a pencil.

[12/19/2014 9:07:18 PM] Wynn: Wynn goes back to Val. "I'm just going to walk around the outside. I'll be back shortly."

[12/19/2014 9:07:51 PM] Rycroft: Wait. Nilani is in the back with the halfling.

[12/19/2014 9:08:23 PM] Val: Val nods.

[12/19/2014 9:08:58 PM] Nilani: Nilani is currently having a blanket/hot chocolate party with Pern and anyone else who decides to join. As far as you know, at least.

[12/19/2014 9:09:37 PM] Val: Val gets ready to get everybody's names.

[12/19/2014 9:10:00 PM] Wynn: I'll go check in on Nilani first.

[12/19/2014 9:10:21 PM] Wynn: Wynn heads to the little room, putting her helmet back on as she walks.

[12/19/2014 9:11:59 PM] Val: Val lets Wynn do the kicking ass while he takes names. :)

[12/19/2014 9:12:33 PM] Rycroft: Val gets everyone's name! About the only thing anyone noticed that was out of the ordinary was that cloaked figure that almost smacked wynn with a door.

[12/19/2014 9:13:37 PM] Val: Val gets the height and bulkiness descriptions!

[12/19/2014 9:15:27 PM] Nilani: Nilani is seated on the floor in the little room, next to Pern. She has a steaming cup of something, and appears to have been attempting to distract Pern from the dead body.

"And then the rabbit turned into a tiny dragon and flew away, laughing uproarously as the hunter shook his fist at it."

[12/19/2014 9:16:23 PM] Rycroft: Pern:  ...

[12/19/2014 9:16:36 PM] Nilani: Yeah, it's a weird story, I know.

[12/19/2014 9:16:51 PM] Wynn: Everything ok in here?

[12/19/2014 9:18:10 PM] Nilani: I think so. How are things out there?

[12/19/2014 9:18:38 PM] Wynn: Not getting anywhere. I'm going to go take a walk around the outside to see if I can find anything. Valerian's taking interviews.

[12/19/2014 9:21:10 PM] Nilani: Those seem like good ideas.

[12/19/2014 9:22:24 PM] Nilani: Pern, do you feel better? Less panicky?

[12/19/2014 9:22:27 PM] Wynn: Maybe you two should go sit out there... where you can't see him.

[12/19/2014 9:23:56 PM] Rycroft: Pern:  ...never seen a dead guy  before.

[12/19/2014 9:24:06 PM] Wynn: Wynn leaves, nods at Val as she walks through the main room, and walks out to take a stroll around the building!

[12/19/2014 9:25:07 PM] Val: Val follows her.

[12/19/2014 9:25:32 PM] Val: It was probably the person in the cloak who brushed by us as we came in. ... not an Assassin, just a killer, in other words.

[12/19/2014 9:26:15 PM] Wynn: I suppose that makes sense. Did you get a good look at the guy?

[12/19/2014 9:27:14 PM] Val: No. Unfortunately.

[12/19/2014 9:27:27 PM] Val: Human-sized, though--not a halfling or a dwarf.

[12/19/2014 9:29:16 PM] Wynn: ...Still going to walk around anyway. Just in case. You're welcome to join me if you like.

[12/19/2014 9:29:52 PM] Val: Sure! Two pairs of eyes are better than one.

[12/19/2014 9:32:03 PM] Wynn: Wynn continues walking around the perimeter of the temple.

[12/19/2014 9:33:33 PM] Rycroft: Pern has nothing really to add to things, honestly! He ventually wants to get away from the body.

[12/19/2014 9:33:50 PM] Val: Val goes with Wynn!

[12/19/2014 9:37:31 PM] Nilani: Nilani leaves the room with Pern, and either stays with him to make sure he's okay, or just sits in the main room and watches the interviewees.

[12/19/2014 9:40:06 PM] Rycroft: Most of them are sticking around, since the Guard is on their way! The armored guards are still entranced, it seems.

[12/19/2014 9:41:01 PM] Rycroft: Val and wynn, Roll Search!

[12/19/2014 9:41:11 PM] Val: I'm... not sure what to do next, honestly. I'm not a tracker. Or a city tracker.

[12/19/2014 9:41:25 PM] Val: ((20))

[12/19/2014 9:41:30 PM] Wynn: ((bah 6.))

[12/19/2014 9:41:49 PM] Wynn: Just... see if anything catches your eye that doesn't look normal.

[12/19/2014 9:44:23 PM] Rycroft: Val catches a glimpse of the cloak, sitting in an alley, just out of view!

[12/19/2014 9:44:40 PM] Val: There!

[12/19/2014 9:44:47 PM] Val: Val goes and inspects it, then picks it up!

[12/19/2014 9:45:06 PM] Wynn: Wynn follows.

[12/19/2014 9:50:23 PM] Rycroft: Roll notice!

[12/19/2014 9:50:42 PM] Wynn: ((12.))

[12/19/2014 9:51:41 PM] Val: ((16))

[12/19/2014 9:51:53 PM] Rycroft: There's something moving under the cloak!

[12/19/2014 9:52:08 PM] Val: Val picks it up!

[12/19/2014 9:52:15 PM] Wynn: Careful.

[12/19/2014 9:52:32 PM] Wynn: Wynn grips her mace, just in case.

[12/19/2014 9:53:30 PM] Rycroft: Roll initiative!

[12/19/2014 9:54:00 PM] Val: ((22.))

[12/19/2014 9:54:12 PM] Wynn: ((10.))

[12/19/2014 9:54:13 PM] Val: ((Because of course I roll a 20 on that.))

[12/19/2014 9:54:40 PM] Rycroft: Round 1:  ?, Val, Wynn

[12/19/2014 9:54:48 PM] Rycroft: What's Val's AC flatfooted!

[12/19/2014 9:55:44 PM] Val: ((10.))

[12/19/2014 9:55:47 PM] Val: ((He's not wearing armor.))

[12/19/2014 9:57:19 PM] Rycroft: Something lands on Val's head! It has claws and is meowing at Wynn warningly. It looks like a cat with wings.

[12/19/2014 9:58:02 PM] Val: Argh!

[12/19/2014 9:58:45 PM] Wynn: ((was it from the cloak or just from above?))

[12/19/2014 9:59:41 PM] Rycroft: It was in the cloak.

[12/19/2014 9:59:48 PM] Rycroft: Val!

[12/19/2014 10:00:23 PM] Val: Val tries to get the thing off his head, flailing a bit.

[12/19/2014 10:01:26 PM] Val: ((Um, grapple? Or just...))

[12/19/2014 10:01:46 PM] Rycroft: The more you try to get it off your head, the more it extends your claws! Yeah, make a strength check.

[12/19/2014 10:02:23 PM] Val: ((13. Not his best stat!))

[12/19/2014 10:06:08 PM] Rycroft: Wynn!

[12/19/2014 10:07:48 PM] Wynn: ((She'll just have to heal it later. After it's off his head. SMACKADAKITTY. ... carefully.))

[12/19/2014 10:08:08 PM] Val: Ow, crap, get off of me, cat! Ow!

[12/19/2014 10:08:09 PM | Removed 10:08:16 PM] Nilani: This message has been removed.

[12/19/2014 10:08:27 PM] Rycroft: Cat:  Mror!

[12/19/2014 10:08:32 PM] Wynn: ((18 with the -4 for being careful or whatever... right?))

[12/19/2014 10:08:47 PM] Rycroft: What are you trying to do?

[12/19/2014 10:08:57 PM] Wynn: ((smack the cat so it gets off him))

[12/19/2014 10:09:03 PM] Wynn: ((with my mace. because mace.))

[12/19/2014 10:09:14 PM] Rycroft: And you got an 18?

[12/19/2014 10:09:46 PM] Val: Don't kill it! it's intelligent!

[12/19/2014 10:09:47 PM | Edited 10:09:56 PM] Wynn: ((yeah, should be 22, but -4 for... called shot or melee or something. Whatever it is so I don't hit Val too))

[12/19/2014 10:10:00 PM] Rycroft: I would say it's -4 for non lethal and -4 for being careful.

[12/19/2014 10:10:10 PM] Rycroft: Unless you're trying to kill the cat, in which case we are no longer friends.

[12/19/2014 10:10:22 PM] Wynn: (hahahaha ok fine. :P lol)

[12/19/2014 10:10:56 PM] Rycroft: Val! Wynn just smaked you in the head with her Mace!

[12/19/2014 10:11:01 PM] Rycroft: As the cat dodged.

[12/19/2014 10:11:10 PM] Wynn: ._.

[12/19/2014 10:11:31 PM] Rycroft: Cat:  Mramramra!

[12/19/2014 10:11:57 PM] Val: Ow!

[12/19/2014 10:12:09 PM] Wynn: Sorry!

[12/19/2014 10:12:49 PM] Rycroft: The Tressym lands on a nearby barrel! It licks its paw non chalantly.

[12/19/2014 10:12:54 PM] Rycroft: End combat

[12/19/2014 10:13:10 PM] Val: Not your fault.

[12/19/2014 10:13:19 PM] Val: Val rubs his poor smacked and scratched up head!

[12/19/2014 10:13:24 PM] Val: Val eyes the cat.

[12/19/2014 10:13:33 PM] Val: What's the deal, tressym?

[12/19/2014 10:13:41 PM] Wynn: Wynn holsters her mace and puts her hand on his head to heal the damage. "I am so sorry."

[12/19/2014 10:14:11 PM] Val: It was an accident. ... thanks.

[12/19/2014 10:16:09 PM] Rycroft: Tressym:  Morow.

[12/19/2014 10:18:17 PM] Val: Val eyes the cat.

[12/19/2014 10:18:29 PM] Val: Do you speak any other languages? I suppose not.

[12/19/2014 10:20:58 PM] Rycroft: Tressym:  Mrow.

[12/19/2014 10:21:51 PM] Val: All right. One wing up for yes, two for no.

[12/19/2014 10:22:00 PM] Val: Did you just kill a guy in the temple?

[12/19/2014 10:22:02 PM] Wynn: Wynn picks up the cloak to look for anything interesting or pockets.

[12/19/2014 10:23:53 PM] Rycroft: The Tressym puts two wings up!

[12/19/2014 10:23:59 PM] Rycroft: Roll search, Wynn!

[12/19/2014 10:24:24 PM] Val: Did you see the person who did?

[12/19/2014 10:24:26 PM] Wynn: ((18))

[12/19/2014 10:26:10 PM] Rycroft: You do find a hidden pocket! There's a vial of something.

[12/19/2014 10:26:30 PM] Rycroft: Tressym puts up one wing! Then meows a bit.

[12/19/2014 10:26:43 PM] Wynn: Wynn pulls it out for a closer look.

[12/19/2014 10:27:22 PM] Val: Do you want to help us find them?

[12/19/2014 10:27:53 PM] Rycroft: Tressym:  Mrrow?

[12/19/2014 10:28:12 PM] Val: I don't know if that's a yes or a no.

[12/19/2014 10:28:43 PM] Val: And I don't know how to ask you what you want in a way that you could answer.

[12/19/2014 10:29:03 PM] Wynn: Wynn holds up the vial to Val. "You have any idea what's in here?"

[12/19/2014 10:29:06 PM] Val: Did you see which way they went?

[12/19/2014 10:29:13 PM] Val: Val takes the vial and inspects it.

[12/19/2014 10:31:27 PM] Rycroft: The Tressym yawns, then licks its lips.

[12/19/2014 10:31:42 PM] Val: Is that a yes or a no?

[12/19/2014 10:32:10 PM] Val: I think it is a poison, but I'm not sure what kind. And this vial is full, so it obviously wasn't used.

[12/19/2014 10:34:50 PM] Rycroft: Tressym:  Rowr.

[12/19/2014 10:35:33 PM] Wynn: Let's head back inside and see if Nilani or Father Ferrin have anything new.

[12/19/2014 10:35:36 PM] Val: I don't speak Tressym, sir. Or miss. Or ma'am.

[12/19/2014 10:36:13 PM] Val: ... well, if you want to come with us, we'll feed you and bring you tribute and petting is probably optional. Fighting evil also optional.

[12/19/2014 10:36:56 PM] Rycroft: Tressym:  MROW.

[12/19/2014 10:37:08 PM] Rycroft: The Tressym starts flying around Val!

[12/19/2014 10:38:22 PM] Val: ... there's a hellhound on the ship, but she's friendly and also, does know not to lick, so there's that.

[12/19/2014 10:38:29 PM] Wynn: Wynn sighs and continues the walk to get back to the front.

[12/19/2014 10:38:38 PM] Val: Val follows the girlfriend!