Night's Embrace: Part 1--A Touch of Darkness

[Shayuri]

Sulannus nods.

"A good start. I was thinking some of us might also try to develop contacts in the city guard. There may be crimes they are obliged to commit in preparation that will single them out. Or maybe someone will get impatient and act rashly. Either way, we need eyes and ears in the guard to find out about it."

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Yes, that's a good idea. We need to look for any clues they've left behind, at least if we can find them."

 

[jkason]

Titus Farrab, human ranger

Sulannus nods.

"A good start. I was thinking some of us might also try to develop contacts in the city guard. There may be crimes they are obliged to commit in preparation that will single them out. Or maybe someone will get impatient and act rashly. Either way, we need eyes and ears in the guard to find out about it."

Titus shrugs. "Hopefully the guard 'round here's open to outside help." A loud grumbling comes from the man's stomach, and he frowns.

"What say we get some dinner while we talk about what few options we have? We probably can't meet with the guard until tomorrow in the day, and Kel's class starts that night, so we've got a little time to kill, seems to me."

[sblock=OOC]Am I the only one who feels rather completely stymied? Perhaps I'm just not good with mysteries...[/sblock]

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: You do have some downtime while the studiers study, but there should have been at least one very good clue in Blunt's info about how to get some more clues. It was buried in a lot of stuff, though, and it requires extrapolation. I've run past this point twice before. Group 1 figured it out immediately. Group 2 couldn't find the clue, but they were MIT students, so they attempted to formulaically reproduce the conditions that activated the sapphire and were able to reactivate it that way, even though they didn't actually know the secret of activation yet. By the way, I probably haven't mentioned this yet, but I use a 3.0ish Identify--the kind that gives you lots of items at once but only a basic description. I think it makes IDing potions and other things that cost less than the 100 GP pearlshake less stupid while also keeping the mystery of some items unless you use Bardic Knowledge, Knowledge skills, Legend Lore, or Analyse Dweomer (or just good old fashion experimentation, either from an RP perspective, or just rolling Activate Blindly UMD checks) )

 

[Shayuri]

(oy...can't believe I missed that...durrr. I feel silly now. )

Sulannus straightens up abruptly, things clicking together in her head as if prodded by a mysterious unseen force. Her lips curve in a slow smile.

"If we have time, then I suggest we get in touch with the Princess. She may be interested in some of what we've found so far...and may be able to help with the guard, and other actions we're considering."

(hah! I choose color!)

 

[Rystil Arden]

"But how? Did you figure out how to activate that sapphire, Sulannus?" Nhalia wonders.

 

[Shayuri]

"I didn't," Su replies mysteriously...but she can't hold it, and breaks into a grin.

"But the Princess has a fan club, remember? I'm sure they'd know more...if not necessarily how the gem works, at least how she might be contacted. After all, it wouldn't be like her to ignore her adoring fans."

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Aha, well there was that too, though that wasn't the clue of which I spoke--just goes to show that all the info was useful, not just dross to hide the one clue or something like that )

"It's possible, and it seems a good place to start, though I think from the way the people have been speaking, they seem to have had more passing brushes with the Princess than long term contact."

 

[Shayuri]

"Maybe, but when we had a passing brush with her, she gave us that sapphire. Maybe they've gotten similar gifts...and know how to use them," the elf warrior suggests.

She then adds, "I have been thinking about the stone though, and how it glowed while you talked. It seems to me like you must have accidentally stumbled over some word or phrase that activated it. Add that to the fact she didn't tell Kel how to use it...and I think maybe the activation phrase is something she expected he would say in ordinary conversation."

"I know it's been awhile, but maybe we can try going over what you said in as much detail as we can remember, with the stone nearby. It can't be overly strange or uncommon a phrase if you tripped it by accident."

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Hmm...do you think so? Okay sure. Can you remember what we were talking about, though? That was yesterday, so it's a long time to remember exact wording."