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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 3409578" data-attributes="member: 29014">'Ah perplexing, but not at all unexpected.  Time for phase two.'*Rowyn's mysteriousness compared to most other ladies is not really a surprise given her pirate heritage, so this means that Alix has to take extra precautions.  For instance, in addition to purchasing a lovely red lotus for her, he also writes a letter sealed with his personal sigil stating that he has uncovered a dangerous criminal organisation headed by Rowyn Kellani with the intention of usurping her own house's power and overthrowing Sasserine and that he wrote this letter before investigating this further, so his own disappearance and murder is proof of his words.  He arranges to have it delivered to the Dawn Council through an anonymous means should he not check back in.  A pure bluff, of course, but Worrin Lidu is likely to believe this with Trisha's urging if Alix actually does turn up dead or missing, and if Rowyn's mother isn't in on whatever her daughter is actually up to, maybe she'll bite on this is an excuse for her failing health.  Whatever the case, a full Dawn Council investigation is likely to turn something up that will ruin the name of anyone willing to resort to murder, so Alix considers himself relatively safe--she wouldn't dare kill him with that as a result.**Perhaps he was being paranoid--the chances of Rowyn being dangerous are low, and she likely has good information for him about Vark, but one can never be too careful among the nobles here.  For all he knows, she might be Vark's secret lover or something.  The other good news is that he can always use the letter to blackmail her into revealing information if she doesn't realise that telling him is already in her own self-interest.*(OOC: I take it he not only can't see Rowyn but doesn't have extra time?  In that case)*That completed, Alix gets word through Rowyn's house that he'd like to have lunch with her, in hte evening or the morning, whichever is more convenient, and then he retires for the evening--Vanthus shall have to wait until he knows more from Rowyn.  After his lunch with Rowyn (or failure to meet her for lunch--in which case he has some backup plans), he will rendezvous with the others and regroup before pursuing his own leads any further.*</blockquote>

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