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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebus13" data-source="post: 1637180" data-attributes="member: 19723">Natalie notices that on each block the buildings are usually within four or five feet of each other.  Unfortunately where streets end blocks there is no way across unless they can hurdle the width of the road."Let's finish up the rest of our tour then shall we?"Leading the party into a waiting wagon outside of the restaurant Arthur waits until they are several blocks down the road before explaining their special situation."Part of the reason you have been placed here is to help solve a rather gruesome series of murders that have been occuring over the last seven or eight months.  We've concealed the true nature of the crimes rather well so there isn't a general panic, but we believe they were all commited by the same person.  The horrible part of it all is that each body looks to have been..." Arthur grimaces, "Harvested for it's meat."  "We're not sure what the killer does with the flesh of these poor souls, but the neat flay marks made by a sharp implement are hard to miss."  "We shall be arriving at the morgue soon so I can show you where it is, but unfortunately we cannot allow you to view one of the recent victim's bodies because there are still too many people around that we cannot trust to keep the secret.  I'll attempt to arrange something for this evening so I will send you a note sometime later with a suitable time to return here."A few minutes later and you arrive at the outside of a rather large drab building.  Arthur spends the better part of an hour showing you the inside of it, but it is just room after room of bodies being examined or store before burial.  Arthur says, "We don't handle every person that has passed on within the city, because many people who die of natural causes are often taken care of by the family a undertaker.  Anyone whose death is a crime is brought through here first to be examined and then preserved through," he whispers, "Magical means.  This lets us keep a body around for repeated examinations or if we need to call in a more specialized doctor to look at it."He finishes up the tour quickly and you board the wagon again to go to the police station and the mayor's office.  A few more hours of looking at the boring interiors of offices and the like begins to wear on you, and you are thankful when it finally comes to and end."I apologize for the rush but I really must be going to another appointment I have.  I'll see if I am able to get an appointment with our private doctor at the morgue this evening to show you the last victim, so I will send you a quick note if and when it is taking place.  Miss Madeline will have a list of other recent unsolved crimes that are important enough to give you relavent details on, so you can begin working for a few hours before the sun goes down if you wish."The coach soon pulls up in front of your office again and Arthur waves to you all before departing for the last time.  You enter the building once again and Madeline stands up with a few sheets of paper in hand."Arthur told me to give you a brief list of criminal investigations that are ongoing currently so that you could choose one to begin working on before some appointment you may have this evening.  I'll list them in brief and I can give you a larger file with more detail if you wish.  They are:- two unsolved break-in/rapes, unsure if they are related- a fight at a tavern leads to a man being stabbed to death, perpatrator never caught- a string of pickpocketings on a few of the poorer business block, unknown if it is the work of one or more persons- a suicide with note explaining another murder that the victim helped performWhich of these would you like to examine further?  Or would you simply like to wander around the city for the rest of the afternoon?"</blockquote>

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