Black Sails Over Freeport Part 2 - Intrigue Inn (aka the Haunted Place)

[Karl Green]

the Last Resort Inn, nine bells (night)

Villard, Zoraster and Black Jack race upstairs and see the dead man in the hallway and what looks to be four more dead or dying people in the room with the open door.
Villad does a quick search of the area 15 +3
...and notices some hotel dinning trays set around the room. These look very much like the ones carried up earlier in the night.
Villard Spot 11 +10 =21, Zoraster 4 -1, Black Jack 16 +6 =22
...Black Jack and Villard notice that the victims tongues seem to have black spots on them... not natural at all; poison!?

 

[Ferrix]

Kitsch lets his companions go and deal with it, he prefers to keep a low profile and hopping around to find some screaming folk isn't high on his list, especially with all the gear he's carrying. He pockets the few items he finds and then looks at the remaining man and then to Torren questioningly.

 

[JimAde]

Kitsch lets his companions go and deal with it, he prefers to keep a low profile and hopping around to find some screaming folk isn't high on his list, especially with all the gear he's carrying. He pockets the few items he finds and then looks at the remaining man and then to Torren questioningly.

"Well, my friend," Torren says wrestling a shirt off one of the bodies, "assuming Jack is mistaken about this being just a diversion, it seems there are nefarious activities going on at the Folly. I propose we impersonate these morons, make our way there, and disrupt the festivities." He holds the shirt up to his own chest checking the fit. "Hmm," he mutters, "that'll do. But before we go I should warn Roderigo that he was targeted. Should be an entertaining conversation."

 

[Karl Green]

the Last Resort Inn, nine bells (night)

As Torrin and Kitsch strip the one 'un-bloody' thug to look over his cloths...
Spot rolls Torrin 6 -1 =5, and Kitsch 7 +5 =12
...Kistch noticed a strange looking tattoo on his back. It looks something like this pitcure (and it is yellow colored) here

 

[Ferrix]

Kitsch points out the tattoo to Torren, as he probably doesn't recognize its significance in anyway, perhaps his more learned companion will.

 

[DarkMaster]

Villard looks on the tray trying to see if he could identify what they were eating, and what could have potentially poisoned them.

OOC untrained search +3/Spot +10 and knowledge nature +8 (if the poison is from a natural source)

 

[JimAde]

Torren examines the tattoo closely for a moment.

[OOC: If any of these are relevant:

Knowledge (Arcana) +5 (2)
Knowledge (History) +5 (2)
Knowledge (Local) +5 (2)
Knowledge (Religion) +5 (2)
Spellcraft +9 (6)

Plain old Int modifier +3 ]

 

[Kangaxx]

Zoraster Surefoot

Zoraster watches Villiard examine the food with a confused look on his face. Then he turns to the small crowd of people gathered here. "Anyone know who these people were?" he says, gesturing at the bodies.

 

[Karl Green]

the Last Resort Inn, nine bells (night)

Villard looks over the food and does a quick search of the room (which he notes is about twice the size of his room and is a common room, there are four inner doors that might lead to private rooms etc but all are closed right now)...
Spot roll 16 +10 =26, Search 8 +3 =11, Know/nature 15 +8 =23
...looks like they were eating desert... some chocolate cake of some kind. Sniffing, Villard thinks that it could have been 'dark reaver leaves'; a very rare black leaf planet from the jungles on the mainland that smells slightly chocolate-like and is deadly if ground into a powder and ingested.

Replying to Zoraster's question, a well dressed man looks down at him and says "Why this would be 'the King of Corellan, in exile' Albigensius the fourth. His family and him where overthrow by a cousin I believe and they fled here two years ago."

[occ] Corellan is a fairly rich city-state on the mainland and maritime power, about 3 weeks sailing from here [/occ]

Some of the Inn's Guards show up and start pushing people back "Alright, alright, back to yea rooms please, nothing to see here… we have summoned the Watch and they'll be here soon… nothing to see. Hey you, in there, come out of that room and away from them bodies!" they say to Villard.

Villard is turning his head towards them…
Listen check 15 +10 =25
…when he hears a thump or something from behind one of the doors… and then a muffled cry… it is to low for anyone else to hear and the guards looks to be about ready to come in and manhandle Villard out of the room.



Downstairs in the thug's room, Torrin examines the tattoo for a moment or two…
Know/religion 4 +5 =9, Know/arcane 5 +5 =10, Know/local 20 +5, Spellcraft 8 +9 =17
…he has seen a symbol very much like this one at various places and on some shops down in the Scurvytown (the really poor section of town). It ahs also been seen at the scene of some very grizzly murders. Looking it over, it could be a magical tattoo of some kind… maybe Conjuration and/or Transmutation.

 

[DarkMaster]

Not paying attention to the guards Villard will rush towards the door where he heards the sound.