Kiss of Darkness: Part 1--A Hint of Shadow

[Bront]

OOC: Val's dressed in a bit more of a workman/explorer mode, particularly with the Bandana/scarf around her leg.

"This could be a bit more promising, or at least easier to exclude."

OOC: How many longshoremen? Any dressed similar enough to Val?

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Val counts five longshoreman now, and since they are going back and forth, there are probably more in total. They are all big muscular men, covered in sweat and grime. Their garb is somewhat similar to Val's, but substantially more ragged and beaten up, plus seemingly unwashed for many a day, if not months.*

 

[Bront]

"Hold on here for a moment, let me see what I can find. Watch them carefully."

Val heads around the warehouse and down a corner.

[sblock=RA]Val finds a good spot to change, where she removes her vest and top as she shifts into a form that is sort of an amalgomation of the other workers. Taking the bandana off, she ties it on her head and then hides her other clothing. She takes some dirt and rubs it over herself (Himself now), as well as the shorts, to where eventualy, she looks like she simply might have showered a bit more reciently (if she can immidate the dirt a little bit with her shifting ability, she will).[/sblock]

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Rhaka heads along over with the group, rather releived that they didn't try to pick the lock. "I like this approach much better than the thought of entering by picking the lock. I'd not like to think of myself as a common criminal."

As Val heads over Rhaka stays back this time, staying on the look-out. "Kinjon, heel," she commands as Val tries to gather some information.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Val disappears into an alley behind the warehouse and does not immediately rematerialise.*

[SBLOCK=Val]*Val is able to combine genuine dirt with her shifting ability to appear truly filthy by her usual standards, though still not quite as much as the actual workers. She notices that all the longshoremen coming in from the ship have boxes and all the ones leaving to get more boxes from the warehouse have none. Thus, she will probably look suspicious if she tries to go to the warehouse empty-handed, but the alternative means that she will have to head out to the ship and carry a heavy box all the way back--if she can!*[/SBLOCK]

 

[Bront]

[sblock=RA]Val sighs and takes a deep breath before she heads over to the ship, hoping that perhaps she'll get a lighter box.[/sblock]

 

[unleashed]

Baeleth Dawnmist, Male High Elf Swashbuckler

Rhaka heads along over with the group, rather releived that they didn't try to pick the lock. "I like this approach much better than the thought of entering by picking the lock. I'd not like to think of myself as a common criminal."

As Val heads over Rhaka stays back this time, staying on the look-out. "Kinjon, heel," she commands as Val tries to gather some information.

“Well if what Valerie says is true, we’re investigating on behalf of the princess, and it’s not like we’re stealing or anything...we’re just looking. I just hope the princess has the authority to sanction this kind of activity, or can get us out if we’re caught,” Baeleth replies with a grin.

*As the longshoremen bring the crates in, Baeleth wanders closer to the path they take, trying to discover by smell what exactly is in the crates they carry.*

[SBLOCK=OOC]Profession (cook) +3[/SBLOCK]

 

[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Val]*She heads over to the ship, falling in step with some of the other longshoreman, all of whom are much sweatier than she is, having not done any of the heavy lifting yet. When she gets over to the boat, which proves to be a large grain barge with a few shipments of other foods, one of the men on the ship motions her to the largest box of them all.*[/SBLOCK]

 

[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Baeleth]*Most of the crates don't really have a strong scent, but he does recognise one as fine zhaava spice from the eastern forest near his home.*[/SBLOCK]

 

[Bront]

[sblock=RA]Val heads over to the box, looking around to see if someone else is going to give her a hand, as that box looks much too big to lift by herself.[/sblock]