He pauses as Catein arrives, and says, "Ahh, wonderful. We're almost ready to go here. I was just started with the explanation. There are no leads, so you all will be tasked with investigating the disturbances and tracking down what's causing them. Then, depending on the cause, you will be expected to resolve the situation.
"You will all be working directly for the Council, with the same rights as one of the Isle guards. You'll be expected to follow the law, but can search buildings and question people under your own authority. Only the Council can take that from you, and you're only considered Council Agents until the disturbances are resolved."
He looks around at the group, as though judging whether he should say the next bit. "While it has been decided you are independent agents while dealing with this matter, I hope there won't be any friction between my Guard and your group. We all want the same thing; for this aggressive behavior to stop."
[sblock=Passive Insight 15]He's not entirely happy you're not under his control, but seems willing to do his duty as instructed.[/sblock]
He holds the ritual scroll out towards Veruzak. "Would you like to conduct the ritual as well, since it's clear I don't know what I'm doing?" Ok, so maybe he hasn't completely dismissed the embarrassment comment.
[sblock=Neurotic] Yep, there's two spots still open, and an extra striker should be no problem. If you want, we can say you were recruited last night IC, and are just now showing up. I took a look at your sheet, and while I didn't really dig in I didn't see anything that jumped out at me as bad, so welcome aboard if you want![/sblock]
[sblock=Veruzak]On the Arcana check, you know for sure that Bell's not a vanilla human, but her comment on having fey blood throws you off the scent. Your Insight tells you that she thinks she's telling the truth. Still, the first time she uses Shadow Jaunt give me another Arcana check with a +2 bonus.[/sblock]
[sblock=Party]Ok, so that's five with Martelai. Once everyone's gathered, we can take off. Hopefully, that will be tomorrow. Also, between the killer rolls Bell and Veruzak pulled off for Arcana, there's going to be 35gp of residuum left after the ritual. It's all yours![/sblock]