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<blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 1679177" data-attributes="member: 3448"><p>Session 14 (cont'd):</p><p>Dove's re-examination of the alley has turned up a new lead. There are some very heavy footprints at the base of the inn's wall in the alley. Dove notices that the footprints are directly beneath one of the second story windows that faces out on the alley. The shutters remain wide open. Perhaps someone exited through a window?</p><p></p><p>Stster Aurora stares up at the window. "We need to check out the room. There might be clues."</p><p></p><p>Lhovrik smiles. "I know a way that we could examine the room. Come with me, Aurora."</p><p></p><p>The two walk into the inn. They avoid the dining area and head straight to the desk clerk. Lhovrik steps forward. "We'd like to rent a private room for the night."</p><p></p><p>"Of course, sir. If you would write your names in the ledger?"</p><p></p><p>Lhovrik places a coin down. "We would really prefer to not." Sister Aurora's sudden intense blush fits right in.</p><p></p><p>"I understand, sir. If you will come this way?"</p><p></p><p>As the clerk leads them upstairs, Lhovrik makes some specifc requests about the room. "Could we have a room with a window? We'd like to be able to get some air. But I don't want a room that faces the street-- too noisy." </p><p></p><p>As expected, the clerk leads them to the room directly above the footprints that Dove found. "Will this do?"</p><p></p><p>"Perfectly."</p><p></p><p>Once the clerk has left them in the room, Sister Aurora frowns at Lhovrik. "You shouldn't have misled the clerk like that."</p><p></p><p>"What? I didn't lie at all. And I got us into the room you wanted to check, didn't I?"</p><p></p><p>Aurora looks dubious, but does begin searching the room. The first thing that they notice is that the whole room smells lightly of flowers, as if it had been perfumed. After a few minutes of searching, Lhovrik rolls back a small rug and notices that the floor has been burned recently. The area has clearly been scrubbed, but the lightly charred floor is quite obvious. The burn is concentrated in a small area.</p><p></p><p>"I wonder what could have caused that?" Lhovrik says.</p><p></p><p>"It looks like the sort of burn from a brazier overturning.... Maybe they were trying to summon something? It could have been from a magical ritual."</p><p></p><p>They search the rest of the room, but the only other interesting thing they find is a set of marks on the windowsill. Those are more easily explained: they match perfectly the pattern that a grappling hook leaves when it's used to secure a rope, in another piece of evidence that someone left through the window. They rejoin their friends and return to their own inn, where they discuss what they found before calling it a night.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cerebral Paladin, post: 1679177, member: 3448"] Session 14 (cont'd): Dove's re-examination of the alley has turned up a new lead. There are some very heavy footprints at the base of the inn's wall in the alley. Dove notices that the footprints are directly beneath one of the second story windows that faces out on the alley. The shutters remain wide open. Perhaps someone exited through a window? Stster Aurora stares up at the window. "We need to check out the room. There might be clues." Lhovrik smiles. "I know a way that we could examine the room. Come with me, Aurora." The two walk into the inn. They avoid the dining area and head straight to the desk clerk. Lhovrik steps forward. "We'd like to rent a private room for the night." "Of course, sir. If you would write your names in the ledger?" Lhovrik places a coin down. "We would really prefer to not." Sister Aurora's sudden intense blush fits right in. "I understand, sir. If you will come this way?" As the clerk leads them upstairs, Lhovrik makes some specifc requests about the room. "Could we have a room with a window? We'd like to be able to get some air. But I don't want a room that faces the street-- too noisy." As expected, the clerk leads them to the room directly above the footprints that Dove found. "Will this do?" "Perfectly." Once the clerk has left them in the room, Sister Aurora frowns at Lhovrik. "You shouldn't have misled the clerk like that." "What? I didn't lie at all. And I got us into the room you wanted to check, didn't I?" Aurora looks dubious, but does begin searching the room. The first thing that they notice is that the whole room smells lightly of flowers, as if it had been perfumed. After a few minutes of searching, Lhovrik rolls back a small rug and notices that the floor has been burned recently. The area has clearly been scrubbed, but the lightly charred floor is quite obvious. The burn is concentrated in a small area. "I wonder what could have caused that?" Lhovrik says. "It looks like the sort of burn from a brazier overturning.... Maybe they were trying to summon something? It could have been from a magical ritual." They search the rest of the room, but the only other interesting thing they find is a set of marks on the windowsill. Those are more easily explained: they match perfectly the pattern that a grappling hook leaves when it's used to secure a rope, in another piece of evidence that someone left through the window. They rejoin their friends and return to their own inn, where they discuss what they found before calling it a night. [/QUOTE]
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