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

[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=OOC]It went into the warehouse with the rest. Baeleth hasn't really seen the inspections going on. Apparently they only inspect crates randomly every so often.[/SBLOCK]

 

[Keia]

“How about you Verra...up for another walk amongst the warehouses?”

"Sure, Baeleth," Verra said, looking down on the elf from her crate sitting position, "but will Lady Valerie be able to find us when she comes back?"

 

[unleashed]

Baeleth Dawnmist, Male High Elf Swashbuckler

“Oh, we can return here from time to time to see if she’s back, as we walk the area, Verra...so that shouldn’t be much of a problem,” Baeleth answers, offering a hand or two as required to help her down.

 

[Bront]

"Yes, I was hoping I could take a peek a few manifests. Seems there may have been a miscount in one of the ships, and my boss want's to make sure he didn't get taken."

OOC: Bluff +8. She'll drop a little coin if needed. Basicly wants to see what's been going in and out, and preferably see if things look like they've been doctored, or other unusuallness.

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Oh, I see. That will be fine, then. Who do you work for that needs to know this, then?"

 

[Bront]

OOC: Did Val hear any names being droped as the owners of the warehouse in her exploits or see any potential clues?

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Nope. It is questionable if the longshoremen are even told this, and she didn't ask specifically when Gathering Info and it didn't come up. She does, however, know that the warehouse is owned by the Golden Sheaf Merchant Company, but that won't help fabricate a boss.)

 

[Bront]

"Oh, all of them. You know how these businesses are, always looking for that extra gold and such, and one hand doesn't always know what the other's doing, so they're trying to straighten it out."

Val sighs, "I can't wait till this is over. I have like 20 shops I need to talk to after this, and then try to put this all into some usable presentation. Not to mention they're going to ship me to who knows where to do it again. And when they start making more, you know I'm not going to get to see any of it myself."

 

[Rystil Arden]

*The clerk sighs.*

"Oh, I know how it is. We may be the ones who keep the day-to-day affairs running, but the merchants behind the venture make just about all of the profits...I do suppose since they are the ones risking the capital if something should go wrong, perhaps that might be alright. You and I can always move on if something like that happens, eh? Here, let me find the manifests--should be fairly recent. Ah, here we go."

*He pulls out a few papers and leaves them on his desk for her to glance at. As far as she can tell, everything is in order. Val has a nagging suspicion that anyone who had such a sophisticated and seemingly-legitimate front with this many people involved would not be randomly jumping people in alleyways and running away.*

 

[Keia]

Verra Saefael, elven telepath

Verra accepted Baeleth's hand and hopped down from her crate, careful not to get any splinters. "So . . . where shall we walk," Verra asked, settling more firmly against Baeleth, her arm wrapped around his.