Death in Freeport

Arcata nods. "That's my guess too...but I prefer to work with facts when they're available."

She eyes the two newcomers and nods.

"There are many ways to sneak too. It doesn't have to be skulking in the shadows. Sometimes hiding in plain sight is a lot more effective."

Her grin suggests this comment has some ironic humor for her.
 

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"So you're heading to the Tankard or outside of it to follow him when he leaves?" Brother Egil asks, curious about Arcata's hinted intentions.
 

"Anton, I don't think you ever met Lucius. Wilbur you might have in your researches. He has dark hair and is shorter than me by a good bit. Thin and recently looking hollow-eyed from lack of sleep."
 

"I think I know who you mean. But I never spoke to him personally" Wilbur replies, his eyes focused on something far away.
 
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"There is another I asked to come, if he shows up after you go I'll send him after you with a code word so you know he is another friend come to help."
 

Voadam said:
"There is another I asked to come, if he shows up after you go I'll send him after you with a code word so you know he is another friend come to help."
"And the code word will be...? And can you give a rough description? The species at least." Wilbur asks, like he repeats words only he hears.
 

"Someone the innkeeper hasn't seen yet could keep an eye on him inside...see if he does anything unusual. Then one or two more of us waiting outside will follow him."
 

While I would normally venture forth into an inn of such dubious quality, I will volunteer to do so under the pretext of attempting to get the owner to upgrade his selection of spirits. It is not too far fetched as it is my duty to increase sales for my parent's business. Anton suggests.
 



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