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

[unleashed]

Baeleth Dawnmist, Male High Elf Swashbuckler

“Yes, I suppose we should, Valerie. So shall we split up and leave Rhaka here to talk with her mouse, with someone to watch her back, while the other pair circulate among the locals, or shall we wait and see what the mouse has to say first?” Baeleth asks, as he ponders which pairing he's suggested would make the best use of his talents.

 

[Bront]

"Let's see what the mouse says, it's definately an eye witness," Val says.

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Rhaka removes the berries that she had collected from breakfasts and sets two of them down in front of the mouse hole. She briefly asks, "I'll only have a minute, so anyone with suggestions as to what needs to be asked are welcome." Once the suggestions seem like enough to fill up a minute's worth of conversation, Rhaka casts the spell on herself and converses with the mouse.

[Sblock=OOC Suggestion(?)]Due to the fact that I'm on a tight schedule, it might be best to not roleplay out the conversation and rather simply have the mouse respond to the answers to any questions that the party has. I had hoped to get a few more suggestions as to questions, but if there are no more legitimate questions Rhaka can easily chit-chat with the mouse.[/Sblock]

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Since they haven't given any suggestions yet, want to do some interaction for now before you leave? If not, I'll wait for suggestions and then just output the results later)

 

[Nonlethal Force]

[Sblock=OOC]Unfortunately, I don't have long. I still have to clean my home office ... pack ... blah ... blah ... write several thousand words ... blah ... blah .... and leave tomorrow morning.

So, it'd just be better to wait until they come up with a few suggestions.

Oh - for truly worthwhile suggestions Rhaka will burn the second Speak with Animals. But only for seriously good suggestions. Her inner desire is to save the spell for Reyna as a gift - but you probably already knew that. Either way ... if it has to get burned and it reveals good info it can be burned without drawing ire from me![/Sblock]

 

[unleashed]

OOC: See post #363 for some suggestions from Verra during breakfast. Apparently they slipped by without much notice.

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Okey dokey, so Verra's suggestions + Rhaka's questions are probably still under a minute barring long answers (I'll time it). Any more suggestions or shall I just post answers?)

 

[unleashed]

OOC: I'd say our time would be pretty close to being up if not a little over, with Rhaka needing to cover question/statement #1 from her own list, but I suppose that depends a bit on the mouse. So go ahead, as I don't think we're going to come up with more questions after sitting on the ones we have for a week and a half.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Rhaka tells the mouse what she found, and asks the mouse's name.*

'Autumn'

*She asks if poor people came for food last night.*

'Stinky dirty people took the food'

*She asks if there was anything that came around with Shadow.*

'Huh? Shadow smell from smelly stuff.'

*She asks if Shadow has ever come there before.*

'Couldn't see what he looks like, humans look the same.'

*She asks if Snow ever talked about traveling.*

'No'

(OOC: The spell wears off here)

 

[unleashed]

Baeleth Dawnmist, Male High Elf Swashbuckler

“Well, at least we know this Shadow had a particular smell about them. Perhaps if Kinjon starts sniffing around where Snow died, he can find a trail which leads outside, that we might be able to follow. Though it might be as simple as finding a place in this city, where refuse is collected,” Baeleth muses, when Rhaka relays the information she gained in her conversation with the mouse.