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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3483351" data-attributes="member: 3448">Thanks HOHB!  It's always great to hear that people are enjoying the storyhour.-----Back in the Council chamber, they debated what to do now.  “I suppose that if he’s trying to draw our attention to the Outer City, the most likely place for him to be is the Inner City.” “That makes sense, m’lord,” Kit responded.  “Although I still think the empty merchant buildings run a high chance.   They’re just too convenient for his purposes.” “But that’s why you have people searching them.  Your grace, we ought to have people search the inns of the Inner City.” Alistair nodded.  “Good call.  It will be relatively easy for him to get lodgings there, and  many of them have views of the processional path that would allow an effective attack.  Not to mention the fact that he can spend platinum there without anyone even noticing.”  He drummed his fingers on the map absently.  “For the Inner City, we’re probably better off sending guards to do the searching.  It will seem like a routine precaution, and they will raise less concerns than Kit’s people would.” “Wait… I’m getting a message from the people searching the empty buildings.”  Kit opened the fan to get a cleaner link and then swore under her breath.  “I have two people there who are linked to the fan.  They searched as much as they could personally, but they had to rely on some others as well.  One of the others didn’t come back--after checking the stables.  I don’t want to send the rest in to look more closely in case the Harlequin is there, but…” “Then I will check,” said the Eldar.  “I need not fear contact with one such as him.”  The Eldar reached his mind out, scrying through the area to first find the stables, and then search more carefully.  “The buildings have lead in the walls.  It slows my scrying.” “A standard precaution in heavily fortified buildings,” Dame Brionna noted.  “A legacy from when they were intended as barracks.” After several minutes of pressing his mind against the barrier, the Eldar opened his eyes.  “I have found a body.  He was garroted and lies in a crawl space beneath the stables.  I think it was intended for use in removing waste.  I do not detect the enemy’s mental signature, but that could be blocked, especially with the lead in the walls.” “What about warpstone?” asked Kit. “Can you detect that?  It might tell us if he is still there indirectly.” “Yes, I can sense its resonance with effort.”  The Eldar settled into a meditative posture and probed for a few minutes.  “Ah.  It was there.  I have found a place where warpstone used to rest, in a casket, but it moved.  It’s not there anymore.  There is only the resonance its aura left behind.” “So he was hiding there, but has left,” said Kit.  “But if the platinum isn’t him, and he isn’t in the hiding place anymore… how are we supposed to find him?” “Damn it!” said Alistair.  “We were so close.  We can’t let him slip away-- we may not have another chance before he strikes.”</blockquote>

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