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<blockquote data-quote="CanadienneBacon" data-source="post: 6671383" data-attributes="member: 11146"><p>[section][align=left]http://i57.tinypic.com/zy9095.jpg[/align]<span style="color: green">"What do you mean, something's not right with the bottom?"</span> Brue quizzed Janelle.</p><p></p><p>The genasi licked the residue off her finger. She frowned, trying to discern whether the taste was "acidic" and "off," or merely "stale." The prybar was of no use; its metal tang no doubt occluded her sensory perception. She put the prybar away in the corner, and frowned some more. The wood where she scraped was lighter than the color of the wood stained by the residue, and a different color than the color of the wood on the outside of the keg. She wasn't sure if the ale had been aged in the keg, or if perhaps it had been aged elsewhere and then the barrel filled prior to shipment. For that matter, she wasn't sure how long the barrel might have sat on a wagon during delivery. Long enough to stain the inside of the keg? She wasn't sure.</p><p></p><p>The ends of the keg were another mystery. The wood there was different than the wood elsewhere on the keg. Had someone removed or replaced either end? Brue had a closer look at the lip and sides of the keg. She checked for crowbar marks other than the ones she just made. She stood up straight and scratched her ear. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: green">"Janelle? D'you think the beer is aged in the keg, or aged somewhere else? Do you have any other empties from a different vendor I could look at, compare this one to?"</span>[/section]</p><p></p><p>[ooc]Janelle seems helpful, so that's good. Best guess is that someone pried off the bottom of the keg and either added something (that harmed the residents of Mosstone) or replaced the keg's contents entirely (with a harmful substance). If that's the case, I would expect to see scratches around the lip of the keg where someone took a crowbar to the lid. Maybe the lid splintered when it was pried off, and the poisoner had to replace it? Second best guess is that the beer molded, spoiled, or was improperly sealed or stored, and that's what is causing the deaths...though this seems unlikely...I should think folks would get <em>sick</em> but wouldn't die if the latter was the case. Brue also still needs to check out the town's well water.[/ooc]</p><p></p><p>[roll0]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CanadienneBacon, post: 6671383, member: 11146"] [section][align=left]http://i57.tinypic.com/zy9095.jpg[/align][color=green]"What do you mean, something's not right with the bottom?"[/color] Brue quizzed Janelle. The genasi licked the residue off her finger. She frowned, trying to discern whether the taste was "acidic" and "off," or merely "stale." The prybar was of no use; its metal tang no doubt occluded her sensory perception. She put the prybar away in the corner, and frowned some more. The wood where she scraped was lighter than the color of the wood stained by the residue, and a different color than the color of the wood on the outside of the keg. She wasn't sure if the ale had been aged in the keg, or if perhaps it had been aged elsewhere and then the barrel filled prior to shipment. For that matter, she wasn't sure how long the barrel might have sat on a wagon during delivery. Long enough to stain the inside of the keg? She wasn't sure. The ends of the keg were another mystery. The wood there was different than the wood elsewhere on the keg. Had someone removed or replaced either end? Brue had a closer look at the lip and sides of the keg. She checked for crowbar marks other than the ones she just made. She stood up straight and scratched her ear. [color=green]"Janelle? D'you think the beer is aged in the keg, or aged somewhere else? Do you have any other empties from a different vendor I could look at, compare this one to?"[/color][/section] [ooc]Janelle seems helpful, so that's good. Best guess is that someone pried off the bottom of the keg and either added something (that harmed the residents of Mosstone) or replaced the keg's contents entirely (with a harmful substance). If that's the case, I would expect to see scratches around the lip of the keg where someone took a crowbar to the lid. Maybe the lid splintered when it was pried off, and the poisoner had to replace it? Second best guess is that the beer molded, spoiled, or was improperly sealed or stored, and that's what is causing the deaths...though this seems unlikely...I should think folks would get [I]sick[/I] but wouldn't die if the latter was the case. Brue also still needs to check out the town's well water.[/ooc] [roll0] [/QUOTE]
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