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

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: That's true--of course, she doesn't know what's most useful. She's just a mouse Rhaka has another SWA prepped if necessary (she wants to save it for later) to ask follow-up questions)

 

[unleashed]

Baeleth Dawnmist, Male High Elf Swashbuckler

“Well, we really have no idea what a mouse considers smelly, so the smell could be anything, though it was probably strong considering she must have detected the scent from the floor. Then, she may have detected something at floor level that we normally wouldn’t. Hmm, considering her perspective, I don’t know how much significance we should put on what she scented,” Baeleth muses. “What do you think Rhaka, you know animals better than we do I imagine?”

OOC: Okay, enough prodding for a better response. Though surprisingly, Autumn reacted with a smell response when asked if she noticed whether Shadow brought anything to or took anything from the house.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Rhaka shrugs.*

"I can try to see if Kinjon can track the scent. He has a sensitive nose, though he is much better at tracking fresh trails than old ones. I wonder if whatever was in that unidentified pouch might be what smells?"

*Kinjon tries to pick up the scent. He can find it inside the house, but he can't follow the trail because it is just too faded for him to manage now.*

 

[unleashed]

Baeleth Dawnmist, Male High Elf Swashbuckler

“Well, I’ve said the pouch might contain some exotic component or such...though if it was that fragrant, I’m surprised we didn’t smell anything at the spice merchant’s house.”

Baeleth crouches down next to the badger, and gives him a scratch after he loses the scent. “Oh well, it was a longshot anyway Kinjon, especially after the rain.”

“I guess it’s time to see whether the locals saw anything then,” Baeleth remarks, looking towards Valerie.

 

[Keia]

*Verra watched through the window of the hedge wizard's home, looking to see if any took interest in there search or were watching the house when they approached. Mostly . . . she was just people-watching.*

 

[Rystil Arden]

*It doesn't seem to Verra that people were watching the house, though there were certainly those among the poor who looked strangely at the healthy and well-dressed group of four as they were walking past.*

 

[Keia]

*Bored with trying to find something interesting outside, Verra decided to do a thorough search of the interior of the hedge wizards house.*

OOC: Taking 20 for search (total 25). Figured she'd have the time. If not, then just a bunch of normal searches until they leave.

 

[unleashed]

OOC: We've only been at the hedge mage's house a few minutes.

 

[Keia]

OOC: Good ta know <Mini bump>

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Rhaka smiles lightly as a thought comes to mind. "Perhaps if it is indeed a spice and the warehouses were packing spices we might head back to the warehouses? Kinjon might not be able to follow a trail, but he can certainly pick up on the same smell in two different places. After all, the bees of the field may not be able to follow the smell of clover from field to field; but once they arrive in a new field and they smell clover, they know what to do."

Rhaka decides it wise to smell the areas that Kinjon seemed to be able to pick up the scent the most inside in hopes of also being able to pick up a lingering flavor. She makes no expalanation of her action, although it should be pretty clear to anyone paying attention that she is smelling the area.

[Sblock=OOC]If Rhaka can smell something, in the area she smells something she also breathes in a deep breath through her mouth to see if there is a residual taste - just in case the smell is a spice as Baeleth suggests.[/sblock]