[Adventure]: Murder at Midnight (DM: renau1g, Judge Ozy)

[Velmont]

[SBLOCK=OOC]

I just realized nobody asked Veruzak for any gold to complete this task.... sweet......

We can always blackmail the man. If he refuse to pay OUR price, we will reveal everything to the authority and his organization will never set his foot again on the island.[/sblock]

"Fine, let's just not waste time. The murderer will nto wait for us." tells Elaon.

 

[Lord Sessadore]

Tristan gives Gil a wry smirk. "Taking time to eat now may keep us from closing on our quarry tonight. We should go to this safe house and speak to the eladrin's contact here. Hopefully he can tell us about the attacks in greater detail, or about Vilk. I don't hold any hope that the locations of the attacks still hold clues after these months.

"We could also go to Vilk's home directly. If indeed he is the culprit and is out tonight, I may be able to track him."

 

[CaBaNa]

"But the moon is out already," says Papolstaanas, sounding a little worried. "We'd best get started as quickly as possible. Hadn't we? I--I have some food in my pack, if you're hungry." He digs into his pack and offers Gil some cheese and dried fruit.

Tristan gives Gil a wry smirk. "Taking time to eat now may keep us from closing on our quarry tonight. We should go to this safe house and speak to the eladrin's contact here. Hopefully he can tell us about the attacks in greater detail, or about Vilk. I don't hold any hope that the locations of the attacks still hold clues after these months.

"We could also go to Vilk's home directly. If indeed he is the culprit and is out tonight, I may be able to track him."

Frowning, Gil dejectedly follows the group, taking the proffered fruit and cheese. Actually, this tastes pretty good, what kind of cheese is this? inquires the scholar of Papolstaanas, Is the name the same in Draconic?

After pulling a double take on Tristan for the mention of Vilk, Lead on then, apparently we need to be somewhere we can't be heard...

[sblock=OOC story of my youth...]

So when I was in first grade, my parents saddled me with the burden of raking the yard. If I finished, they agreed to pay me a whole 5 dollars!

As I was young and naive, I assumed that my parents would pay everyone who raked the lawn 5 dollars. (Not 5 dollars for a raked lawn.)

So I invited all the neighborhood kids to help me, as the job would be completed much faster and with less work this way. I offered each person who helped 5 dollars for raking the lawn.

Once we finished, I presented my party of six or so neighborhood kids for our 5 dollars.

My parents were shocked to find I had done this, and informed me they would pay 5 dollars to have the yard raked but could not afford 5 dollars per person who raked the yard. (Had I asked before implementing my plan this would have been made apparent.)

So it was revealed that everyone would get less than a dollar... The neighborhood children were not very happy with me over the issue, nor were my parents.

In the end, I learned several valuable lessons and felt terrible for a while. Thankfully, Gil has not learned these yet.



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[renau1g]

"Ah, you perhaps worry for nothing, it is but the eve of the full moon, we aren't expecting anything to occur this evening" Ryado says

OOC: bigger post coming after lunch, but if I wasn't clear it's not a full moon yet.

 

[Lord Sessadore]

[sblock=OOC]Uh ... woops!

Edit: An, not the full moon tonight. I thought full moon was tonight, but I guess we get a night/day to do some detective work.

Ret's Ro, Raggy!

Edit 2: In Tristan's (ie, my) defense, I don't think anyone told the rest of us that we're supposed to be discreet about Vilk being the possible werewolf - that was in Gil's private conversation. We just know we're supposed to try not to kill him.[/sblock]

 

[Mewness]

[sblock=ooc]Oh, I see. I was under the impression that we would sail the following morning rather than the same day. Well, it never hurts for Papolstaanas to come across as even more of a babbling idiot.[/sblock]
Papolstaanas follows Ryado, trying to think of names for various cheeses in Draconic. There aren't that many. Perhaps dragons don't like cheese?

 

[renau1g]

The rented cab is small but well appointed, and after a moment of securing the luggage, Erudyta continues. “By now you know the unfortunate circumstances of Master Vilk’s… condition. I ran into him by chance six weeks ago at the library of a mutual friend. I was researching the Dracora family’s lineage, but that’s neither here nor there.” He glances out the window, peering at the long, dark shadows cast by the bright midnight moon. “To my shame, I didn’t put all the clues together until the most recent round of murders, but now I see it all… Vilk’s journey into Fulcrum under cover of darkness, the low profile he maintains, and the identities of the seemingly random victims.” He shakes his head, showing more years than his rosy cheeks would suggest. “I wish I could stop him myself, but fighting a werewolf would’ve been well beyond my skills even before I took an arrow in the knee.” He knocks gently on his left leg.

“The full moon starts tomorrow, along with Vilk’s next round of murders. I beg you to cure our wayward master if at all possible. You’ll find curative magics scarce in the Isle, but I believe a powerful dose of wolfsbane may reverse his condition, should he survive it. There might even be enough humanity left in his bestial soul to reason with. The guard grows wise to the beast, and the locals are on edge as well—if the guard or an angry mob beat us to Vilk, the Institutes’s relationship to the Midnight Murderer will be exposed. We can’t let that happen. One way or another, Vilk’s rampage must end now.” Ryado states as the cab bounces along and as it creaks to a stop in front of a non-descript home, the door opens and the man gestures to exit.

"Any questions can be answered inside" he states. Inside the safehouse is a few disparate pieces of furniture, a loaf or semi-hard bread and some cheese as well as some nuts and dried fruit pieces.

 

[Lord Sessadore]

Tristan holds his tongue until everyone is inside and the door closed. He refrains from taking a seat, instead leaning against a wall where he can see all the entries to the room.

"You know for certain that Vilk is a werewolf? You suggest that you also discovered a connection between the victims - what is it?

"And is there any reason we should not simply seek him out now, instead of waiting for tomorrow's full moon? It seems foolish to let slip the opportunity to catch our prey when it is weaker."

 

[Ozymandias79]

OOC: Judge is here

 

[Neurotic]

Blind elf taps around the room, clucking toward the walls here and there, feeling the furniture as he walks by. After second round he turns from the wall and unerringly grips one of the stools and settles down with a sigh.

"I agree, we shouldn't wait if he goes on rampage tomorrow. He may make it public and that will make it harder for us. Is there anything specific you might want to tell us about murder sites, people or Vilk? Also, are victims simply mauled or there is some symbolism or ritual done? If so, how would a were in frenzy do that?"