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

[Rystil Arden]

*Val and Baeleth do not find signs of a struggle anywhere. At worst, the bed isn't made properly, but lots of people leave their beds unmade, particularly busy wizards.*

 

[unleashed]

Baeleth Dawnmist, Male High Elf Swashbuckler

“Verra, I hate to ask as I know what it does to you, but would you mind opening yourself up again to see if you can sense anything here?” Baeleth asks, as he finishes his search and returns to the main room. “I’ll be right by your side though the whole event, if that helps at all...”

 

[Bront]

"Rhaka, was there any clue where the struggle might have been? I don't see any signs of anything happening here."

 

[Keia]

Verra Saefael, elven telepath

Verra walked around the room, reviewing the wizard's belongings, though touching nothing. She really didn't want to get an unexpected vision. She was feeling carefree currently, and quite a bit unfocused . . . it being many hours since her meditations. In particular, she was looking for any symbols that seemed to match or be similar to the ones she she in her vision.

"Could Snow have been the wizards familiar?" Verra asked in an offhand manner. "As for the visions . . . sure I can try . . . I'm not certain it works that way but it's worth looking into, isn't it?"

Verra sat down on the floor, crossing her legs . . . she sat near the mouse hole (within a couple of feet).

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Rhaka gives way to Verra's approach, allowing her access to the mouse hole. Standing, she doesn't want to say anything so as to not interrupt Verra's trance. She doesn't seem overly pleased by Baeleth's ability to dismiss the needs of the local folk.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Despite being unfocused, Verra does not receive another vision this time. In checking for symbols, she doesn't see any matches.*

(OOC: Baeleth is definitely the practical needs of the many guy--that's definitely a valid outlook for Good, of course, but you can see it in the way he operates: making sure to catch the perp by not spending time helping the poor folks, using Verra as a portable vision machine even though she said she loses something inside herself each time, etc )

 

[Keia]

Verra looked up from her meditations to Baeleth, "I'm really sorry Baeleth, but there's nothing here that I'm getting. There are some really neat grain works on this piece of wood over here though if you want to take a look . . . almost looks like a rabbit."

Verra shook her head no, as though she was talking with someone, then picked at a finger as she waited for a response. "Is biting your nails, fun?" she asked to no one in particular.

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Rhaka looks strangely at Verra and then to Valerie. "If I hadn't just been speaking with a mouse...." She lets out a casual smile and calls Kinjon to her side while Baeleth and Verra talk.

 

[unleashed]

Baeleth Dawnmist, Male High Elf Swashbuckler

"Could Snow have been the wizards familiar?" Verra asked in an offhand manner. "As for the visions . . . sure I can try . . . I'm not certain it works that way but it's worth looking into, isn't it?"

“Yes, snow could have been a familiar I guess. Of course, I have no way of knowing for sure, but it does make some kind of sense for him to attack this ‘Shadow’ if he was.”

Verra looked up from her meditations to Baeleth, "I'm really sorry Baeleth, but there's nothing here that I'm getting. There are some really neat grain works on this piece of wood over here though if you want to take a look . . . almost looks like a rabbit."

Verra shook her head no, as though she was talking with someone, then picked at a finger as she waited for a response. "Is biting your nails, fun?" she asked to no one in particular.

Baeleth crouches down beside Verra, to look at the grain on the wood, tracing the almost rabbit shape as he replies, “Well, nevermind, I’m glad you weren’t put though that again anyway, but a little disappointed there’s not much here to work with in any form...this Shadow seems a most formidable adversary.”

“Well, I don’t bite my nails Verra, I keep them trimmed with a sharp blade, so I can’t say whether it’s fun or not. I can say though, it definitely doesn’t look nice...”

OOC: Yep, that’s Baeleth’s outlook at the moment...which could of course change at any time...mmm, chaotic, who knows what he’s going to do next.

 

[Bront]

"Verra, biting your nails is considered improper and a bad habit in the courts," Val says. Her mood lightenes to a chuckle as she continues however, "Which likely means it's quite fun, but I would advise against it. It'd take some time for your nails to grow back I would think."

Val is a but sullen that they don't have anywhere to go from here.

OOC: Was this building all by itself? Did searching outside of it yield anything either?