[LPF] One Night in Palazzo Dannato

[Maidhc O Casain]

Kalinn looks around the room as the others process the information. Hmmm. Palazzo Dannato; my language sounds so strange on these foreign tongues. Have I heard that name before?

 

[InVinoVeritas]

Holphin thinks to his cousin, who acts as a solicitor of real estate. Had he mentioned Palazzo Dannato?

 

[gryphon_gold]

"Oh, I'm definitely the one you want to hire..."

 

[HolyMan]

[sblock=Knowledge DC10] Palazzo Dannato was once called Palazzo Cavalli and was owned by a member of the Scarlotti. It has not been lived in for many years as just one day the family upped and moved out without warning. It is said they fled the city. It is a three story mansion that is still well tended to. That's it for the untrained. [sblock=Knowledge DC15] Palazzo Cavalli was renamed not by the owners but by the people who started to live and work there. Dannato means cursed and Palazzo means mansion, and as people kept talking about the mansion's curse the mansion's curse the name sort of stuck. (You believe that Mercianden probably doesn't know about this as he is not a local.) The house was said to have once caught fire (while no one was living there). Flames could be seen through the windows and smoke pouring from the rooftop but after only a short time battling the blaze, firefighters discovered the flames and smoke gone and nothing inside marred. [sblock=Knowledge DC20] Gossip from former employees tell stories of strange goings on inside the mansion. Things disappearing, strange noises in the night, even one witness says she saw the color of a painting change before her eyes. Perhaps if it were one or two disgruntled people these rumors would be dismissed, but they come from everyone who has worked there. And the groundskeeper who still lives at the mansion and tends to it today tells the tales to any who will listen.[/sblock][/sblock][/sblock]

 

[zGio]

Draugar finishes his wine as he attempts to recall anything he might know about Palazzo Dannato.

 

[Aldern Foxglove]

"A former Scarlotti Manor, I ought to feel quite at home. I believe its former occupants fled the city, I suppose even the finest wine can cork. How delightful to see it purchased by a foreigner." Raynucio says coldy, the pace of his buffing becoming more vigorous as his lips purse into a thin white line.

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Mmm. A pasty pretentious pig. Puts me in mind of Glyrnur Svin back home. Hope I don't have to dump this one in a lake as well . . . that could be far more trouble than it's worth.

 

[InVinoVeritas]

Holphin raises an eyebrow and smirks. "Palazzo Danatto is beautiful indeed, your taste is certainly above reproach. No doubt a merchant of shrewd negotiation skills as yourself would be able to make the purchase at quite an agreeable price. Have you had the chance to speak with the groundskeeper yet? He's a very amiable fellow, as well."

[sblock=GM]
Just giving Mercianden an opening to come clean.
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[maquise]

Mandalo waits for Mercianden to answer, eager to know why he was paying for them to stay in a manor.

 

[zGio]

"You will have to pardon my ignorance, sir" - Draugar puts the empty glass of wine on the table
"I am not exactly what you would call a local, and the wine seems to be affecting me already. Could you please, enlighten me with further details about this manor?"