Adventures Across Khorvaire - Chapter 1: Reflections

[Shayuri]

"An Iron Defender, for the teeth," Tome replies promptly, with a curious tilt of his head.

"As previously indicated."

He pauses, then adds, "Speaking for myself, I think the chance to participate in an investigation like this outstrips a lecture in terms of interest factor. I suggest that someone with a quill and parchment handy begin writing down the salient observations of body and crime scene, as they will be cleaned up shortly. I can then either accompany Sir Drigg, or conduct research in the library on these scales and the convergence."

He waits to see how the others react.

 

[nick012000]

Kamarna nods. "Good idea; keeping note might help us remember a vital clue later on."

With that, he whips his backpack of his shoulders, and begins rummaging through it, pulling out the book he had intended to use for the lecture, and taking down notes on what they've found out so far, as well as sketches of the crime scene.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

Se'ket will lean over Kamarna's notes and point out details of the wounds on the body, once he gets to that part, describing them in precise detail. The scene itself she'll assist in examining, if anyone asks, but her first interest is in the body. As he sketches the rest of the room, she'll go back to Gaunt.

"It occurs to me that few people would have this iron defender, particularly in a school. Such a creature is expensive, is it not Tome? This attacker is perhaps a man of sustance, with skill both magical and with weapons... Perhaps a veteran of the War? Are such individuals registered at the school? Or perhaps there have been other deaths nearby, in association with this conjunction or another. As much as the student body gossips, I think another recent death would have reached our ears, but perhaps others? Inquire of the students if other deaths have occured on campus.

"Perhaps other deaths have occured nearby, not on campus. I shall go and seek the Guard to ask. However, I shall have to have the appropriate papers of authority from the Matron, because I have no desire to break into their records," Se'ket comments, waiting to see if anyone is interested in going with her.

OOC: Was there a knife or something near Gaunt's body that he used to carve the message into his flesh?

 

[Velmont]

"If veterans of the Last war are the most likely to have an Iron Defender, we might not find that easy to find the owner. As I said, gaunt is a veteran, so he must know a lot of them, having fought side by side with them. As far as we know actually, he could have recieved these wounds outside the campus, trying to get something from someone, and that guy get angry at Gaunt and cast a Nightmare spell on him.

I think knowing what Gaunt have been to in the last days or week might help a lot, but we still start to search inside the campus as it is here it is the most likely we will find something interesting.

And Tome, you can still take a look at the library about that mirror like flesh. Something is bugging me with that. What was he doing with that?"

 

[Starman]

"Okay, okay. I get it. I'm not leaving; I was just being flippant. Mostly. I think it'd be more accurate to say his name was Delvron Gaunt, though."

Drigg takes a deep breath. "I didn't mean to get angry. I just, well...I just feel a personal connection. I've seen too many dead bodies and not enough justice." I know I can't save everyone, but I'm going to try.

"Okay, I'm going to talk to Matron Helcondate. Saellin is going to talk to people around the campus. Tome is going to the library. Se'ket is going to talk to the campus guard. Sven and Kamarna, what are you going to do?"

 

[pathfinderq1]

"Mostly, I'm going to hope I still have a job here tomorrow," Sven said quietly, his head drooping at the thoughts trying to pound through his brain. "I'm not much good at talking secrets out of folks, or prying them out of books. I guess I'm in this though, so I ought to get crackin'. Anybody think they'll need an extra set of hands for their task- or worried enough they want a watcher along for the hunt..."

 

[Starman]

Drigg smiles and puts a hand on Sven's shoulder. "You're doing the right thing even if you do lose your job. Why don't you accompany Saellin. If he's out asking a bunch of questions, he might ask the wrong person. You can watch his back, hm?"

 

[Velmont]

Saellin look a moment at Sven. "Might be, but people are more willing to speak when they speak to only one person. Maybe you'll find it more interesting to be with Se'ket, your martial background might be an edge to speak with the guards."

 

[nick012000]

Kamarna smiles at Se'ket when she comes over, and proceeds to write down her observations.

When the topic of what they're doing next, Kamarna says, "I think I'll go to that tower the matron mentioned, and have a look at his research. Someone should also investigate the address mentioned on that paper Saellin found."

 

[Mista Collins]

*snip* He clenches a dagger stiffly in his right hand, the hilt made of bone with portions of strange writing barely visible under the rigamortis grip. *snip*

*snip*Given the dried blood on the blade of the dagger, and the angles of the writing, it's obvious that he carved them into his own skin. With her experience of dead bodies, it is obvious the cuts are too shallow to be the cause of death.*snip*

ooc: yes, there was a dagger.