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Message: <blockquote data-quote="loxmyth" data-source="post: 722846" data-attributes="member: 1255">~ Arcosia City Hall, CrowngateReynold stands aside as Forge and Linda seek out the maps that interest them and lay them down on one of the long tables.  Doing so, they manage to make note of a number of out of the way passages that link the undercity to the above-ground.  They also discover a number of sewer routes that are close to two of the murder sites; the post man's and the prostitute's to be exact.  However, there is no overall pattern, and nothing to suggest that the killer did in fact make use of these secret places.~ Philander's Clockwork, RooksbridgeJames and Larina move to follow Ulimar and his gang out the back, while Froud takes a moment to give the room a cursory examination before he follows.  From his earlier rooting about, the gnome notices that at least some of the valuables that the Clockmaker seemed to own were left, sometimes scattered on the ground, some left in open chests and earthenware jars.  With a quick calculation, Froud estimates that there is at least sixty gold crowns just lying here.  The young gnome found many a spring or other metal bit that could be scrounged for his own creations, and was even able to find a blueprint for some strange mechanical contraption.  That was all the time Froud could afford to searching without being left behind by the two humans eager to follow Ulimar.James and Larina made their way through the back room, which contained a metal stove and table, a pantry and larder.  Narrow steps built for a gnome wound their way up to the second story.  The kitchen had been much less ransacked, and though a few drawers had been pulled out and emptied, this section of the house looked much more presentable than the last.  The back door hung ajar, and Larina caught sight of movement past it, so the pair made their way out.The back door looked off to a dirty, narrow alleyway that was carpeted with refuse.  Rats scurried between the crates and barrels that lined the rotted fences, searching for food.  At one end, they could see the human moving off into the shuffle of a side street.  The James and Larina started toward it, and Froud caught up with them.Elias and Phowett decided to stay at the Clockmaker's for the time being, unsure as to whether or not the criminals might return.</blockquote>

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