Cal questions the fact that only the guards are going to get this Goloda fellow. "Do you guys think a few of us should accompany this Goloda to the keep? He kinda is our, as the bridge mouth put it second task! I will go, anyone else? Or do we stick together?"
"I think if Yenejg is involved, we need all the help we can get and separating into smaller groups only leads to folly"
"I concur" Shrough is quite serious.
Jagr listens to the others before speaking. "We are of like mind. I too think we should accompany this fellow and try to have a word with him. I think we should stay together. If they don't find him at home, we should make haste to his offices in the keep district."
"Sounds like a good enough plan. I just really wanna know what's going on here."
"If you all feel you must talk to Master Goloda," Marcus says. "I'll stay here and watch, it." He looks at the face with some trepidation. "Linus should be able to introduce you to Master Golodae." He points down to the guard who is working to get the gate of Goloda's Estate open.
Cal leads the others onto Guild Street where several lamplighters look at them with some concern. The street well lit and the group is soon standing in front of Goloda Estate. The Lyreguard named Linus manages to get the lock on the gate open with one of several skeleton keys.
"It is odd that Master Goloda's manservant didn't come when I banged on the gate," Linus says as he pushes open the gate. The courtyard in front of you is quiet. The estate is simply a large house that is well appointed. The building has at least two floors with large, glassed windows on the upper level. Curtains hang in each window, yet you can see the glow of candlelight behind several of them. Then, one light goes out suddenly, as if extinguished. You can see a figure moving behind one curtain and then the figure disappears.
A voice cries out from somewhere inside and then there is silence.
You notices that the front door of the house is standing open as light dances along its edges. You hear what sound like footfalls on stairs. In the doorway, you notice the feet of someone who is lying just beyond the light of the street lamps. A loud crash rises into the air above you. A chair passes through a broken window, and a feminine voice shouts, "Please help!"
You see a woman standing in the window. The glow of light behind her intensifies. Then you see smoke pouring through the window just before she collapses on the windowsill. Another crash rings through the night air from somewhere you cannot see.
"Fire!" Linus yells before running back onto the street. "Fire! Fire!" He blows on a loud whistle and it is followed up by several other high-pitched whistles from elsewhere in the city.
Then you see a man on the roof of the manor. He sees you and takes off running along the edge and jumps easily from the roof to the high wall surrounding the courtyard. He then jumps onto a nearby roof heading away from you over the rooftop and out of sight to the northwest.
OOC: What do you do?
