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

[Jolmo]

[sblock=S&RA]"I see. Thank you for the help. Do you have any other information on these people? Where they lived? What they look like? Or anything you have found out during your investigations?"[/sblock]

 

[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=S&S]*The guard shrugs.*

"I don't know anything about what's on there, sir, this is just the list they've brought down from central."[/SBLOCK]

 

[jkason]

Titus Farrab, human ranger

When Kel sees that he's not going to have any luck, he decides to go and find the ranger.

Taking care not to cross the ground Titus is searching, he says, "Hi, Titus. Have you found anything yet? Can I help?"

Then, noting Titus' scowling concentration, he adds, "Or should I just stay out of your way?"

"Probably best to stay back," Titus says distractedly. "I'm having a hellish time, and I'm trained for this kind of thing. You might accidentally rub out something without realizing it. But thanks for the offer, Kel."

 

[Jolmo]

[sblock=S+RA]"Oh, is there anyone here who would know more? The lieutenant we spoke to last perhaps?"[/sblock]

 

[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=S&S]"My guess would be that it would be easiest to ask around if you want those details. That said, personal descriptions are not the kind of information central would have anyway--residence locations perhaps, but by the time we got them in, you'd have found out anyway on your own, without wasting our time."[/SBLOCK]

 

[Jolmo]

[sblock=S+RA]"We will do that then, thank you."

When they've exited the guard post Shan comments to Sulannus, "maybe Kel knows about someone on the list."

(OOC: Heading back to the others unless Sul has another idea.)[/sblock]

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Eventually, everyone meets up. And in the dark of night, as mentioned before, Titus finds a warehouse to which the trail leads)

 

[Shayuri]

Sulannus nods hopefully at Shan, but stays quiet as they wind their way back and meet with the others.

"They gave us the list of other people who had disappeared recently. It's a fairly strange list...the people taken all seem from different walks of life, with different skills. If there's a pattern, I haven't seen it so far."

"Have you had any luck?"

(oops...sorry about that. Jumped the gun a bit. )

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: As far as I know, Titus has yet to have informed the others as to his discovery except possibly Kel. If he actually brought Shan or Sulannus, let me know, as Shan in particular has atrocious Move Silently and Hide mods in that armour )

 

[jkason]

Titus Farrab, human ranger

[sblock=OOC]Given how hard the tracking was, I think it safe to assume Titus did it alone while the others wandered about. He'd be afraid they'd accidentally obscure the trail, otherwise; thus his earlier comments to Kel[/sblock]

"Have you had any luck?"

Crossing his arms and cocking his head, Titus says, "Actually, I have. Rainstorm made a right mess of things, but I finally got the trail back. Now we're narrowed from ten warehouses to one, though how we want to go from here, I'm not sure."

He looks up into the darkness. "We can try sneaking around now, but seems to me night guards are always jumpier and quicker to strike first that day guards. If we're trying to be nosey without giving away our motives, coming back in the day to try our 'got any work?' strategy might be the best. Maybe some of us play nice with a foreman while some of our sneakier members--" here he looks notably at Kel "--use the distraction to look around?"

His brows furrow as he shifts topics. "'Course, if we go that route, we're still out a place to stay tonight, 'less we want to try squatting the Hedge Mage's home again."