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

[Nonlethal Force]

Rhaka looks to the rest of the party and adds, "Well, it might be our only lead. There may well be a small mouse within this mousehole, although there is a dead one in the front. Since we have been this long without any clues, I think this might be our only likely shot. The mouse may know about the happenings of this house."

[Sblock=OOC]Is there no smell for the dead mouse, a slight odor, or a strong odor of death?[/Sblock]

Assuming nobody in the party objects, Rhaka casts the spell and speaks in the speaks and chatters of mice kind,

[Sblock=Mousish]"You need not come out, little one. But can you tell me if the owner of the house is late in coming back or anything about his routine?"[/Sblock]

 

[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Rhaka]*The mouse isn't small enough to give too much of a scent, at least without poking her nose right up to it, but by the scent, it hasn't been dead for that long.*

*Meanwhile, the other mouse pokes its light-brown head out of the mousehole, and speaks in a frightened voice that is clearly feminine to those who know the nuances of Mousish:*

'Gone! And Snow dead!'
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[Bront]

Valerie watches Rhaka with some obvious amusement.

 

[Nonlethal Force]

[Sblock=Mousish] "Gone? Why? And who is snow? And do you need a new and safer home?"

Rhaka speaks quickly, knowing her ability to speak will not last long.[/Sblock]

 

[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Rhaka, Mousish]'Gone with shadow. Snow white mouse. Home safe...maybe.'[/SBLOCK]

 

[Nonlethal Force]

[Sblock=Mousish]OOC: Let me know when we've exhausted the spell duration. I'll let you be the judge of that.

"Shadow? Is that a person? And if you need a new home, I know a stables that are bound to be warm for you if you can avoid horse hooves."
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[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Rhaka, Mousish](OOC: Sure )

'Shadow big like person. Have hole here. Hole in stables?'

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[Nonlethal Force]

As Rhaka speaks mousish, a look of slight confusion overcomes her face followed by a slight smile.

[Sblock=Mousish] "Don't know if hole in stables, but I would assume yes. I can check and return tomorrow and speak with you then. Could you have bitten Shadow if you wanted to?" [/Sblock]

 

[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Rhaka, Mousish]'Think no. Big cloak. Thick. Hard to bite. Come if hole. Else stay. Safe in hole, for new babies when they come.'[/SBLOCK]

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Rhaka smiles softly, with a slight glowy expression.

[Sblock=Mousish] "Are you expection babies? And if it is not too much pain for you, how did Snow die?"
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