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<blockquote data-quote="Systole" data-source="post: 6317872" data-attributes="member: 93930"><p><span style="color: #ff8c00">"There was a time when Mr. Wiste misplaced an article of some worth,"</span> Harry explains to Tyrien, uncharacteristically stone-faced. <span style="color: #ff8c00">"As I was in the vicinity, he ... made some unwarranted accusations, miss. I'm afraid there was a bit of a fracas. When it was all sorted out, I learned to I stay out of Mr. Wiste's store, and Mr. Wiste learned that sometimes an old blind man can swing a cane with unexpected force and accuracy."</span><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">* * * * *</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p></p><p>The shopkeeper snorts a laugh. <span style="color: #8b4513">"Not as unpleasant as you might think! The murders have got all kinds of specialty goods in high demand -- crossbows, bear traps, lucky charms and holy symbols ... I've been doing quite the business!" </span> He sobers and gives Eanos another oily smile, but he does seem to be telling the truth. <span style="color: #8b4513">"But I know which side my bread is buttered on, and I know who you are. Let's see ..." </span> Wiste puts on a pair of spectacles and examines the paper. <span style="color: #8b4513"> "Yes, that is indeed a jeweler's mark. Johann and Sons, out of Venza. I know them well. Back in the day, Don Faizal, gods rest his soul, used to have me order pieces for his girlfriends from them. 'Only the best, Rudy!' he'd say. A gentleman of the first water, was the Don."</span></p><p><span style="color: #8b4513"></span></p><p><span style="color: #8b4513"></span>He takes off his spectacles and cleans them thoughtfully. <span style="color: #8b4513">"Any Johann and Sons jewelry that came into Gandling would probably have come through me ... barring extraordinary circumstances, of course. But I haven't seen any of that mark since ... well, since the Don was alive." </span>His eyes glow with piggish greed as he reaches a realization. <span style="color: #8b4513">"Ah-ha! So the murderers are all about robbery, are they? Well, if you do manage to track the killers down, and some of their loot happened to get, ah, <em>misplaced</em>, then that could be to a ... let's call it a 'mutual financial advantage.'"</span> </p><p></p><p></p><p> <img src="http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii513/pnthffr/BH_150.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> <img src="http://th07.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2012/060/a/d/fat_merchant_sketch_by_wackoshirow-d4rd3zz.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p><strong> . . . . <span style="color: #ff8c00">Blind Harry </span>. . . . . . . <span style="color: #8b4513">Rudolf Wiste</span> . . . </strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Systole, post: 6317872, member: 93930"] [COLOR=#ff8c00]"There was a time when Mr. Wiste misplaced an article of some worth,"[/COLOR] Harry explains to Tyrien, uncharacteristically stone-faced. [COLOR=#ff8c00]"As I was in the vicinity, he ... made some unwarranted accusations, miss. I'm afraid there was a bit of a fracas. When it was all sorted out, I learned to I stay out of Mr. Wiste's store, and Mr. Wiste learned that sometimes an old blind man can swing a cane with unexpected force and accuracy."[/COLOR][CENTER] * * * * * [/CENTER] The shopkeeper snorts a laugh. [COLOR=#8b4513]"Not as unpleasant as you might think! The murders have got all kinds of specialty goods in high demand -- crossbows, bear traps, lucky charms and holy symbols ... I've been doing quite the business!" [/COLOR] He sobers and gives Eanos another oily smile, but he does seem to be telling the truth. [COLOR=#8b4513]"But I know which side my bread is buttered on, and I know who you are. Let's see ..." [/COLOR] Wiste puts on a pair of spectacles and examines the paper. [COLOR=#8b4513] "Yes, that is indeed a jeweler's mark. Johann and Sons, out of Venza. I know them well. Back in the day, Don Faizal, gods rest his soul, used to have me order pieces for his girlfriends from them. 'Only the best, Rudy!' he'd say. A gentleman of the first water, was the Don." [/COLOR]He takes off his spectacles and cleans them thoughtfully. [COLOR=#8b4513]"Any Johann and Sons jewelry that came into Gandling would probably have come through me ... barring extraordinary circumstances, of course. But I haven't seen any of that mark since ... well, since the Don was alive." [/COLOR]His eyes glow with piggish greed as he reaches a realization. [COLOR=#8b4513]"Ah-ha! So the murderers are all about robbery, are they? Well, if you do manage to track the killers down, and some of their loot happened to get, ah, [I]misplaced[/I], then that could be to a ... let's call it a 'mutual financial advantage.'"[/COLOR] [IMG]http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii513/pnthffr/BH_150.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://th07.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2012/060/a/d/fat_merchant_sketch_by_wackoshirow-d4rd3zz.jpg[/IMG] [B] . . . . [COLOR=#ff8c00]Blind Harry [/COLOR]. . . . . . . [COLOR=#8b4513]Rudolf Wiste[/COLOR] . . . [/B] [/QUOTE]
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