Of Sound Mind II

[Jarval]

"Either way, you have the best chance of finding the Captain at the guardhouse. If you head north-west straight along the street outside, you'll come to the guardhouse." Tokket tells you. "And the best of luck to you all." He walks back over to the bar to serve one of the farmers.

 

[Other Guy]

Jason Master

Jason looks to his companions and asks, "Shall we?"

 

[Sollir Furryfoot]

"Yes, I think we should get going, every second counts. I'm not good at tracking, but I hope my healing skills will be enough of a substitute, if these children are missing, they might be injured as well." Aiden follows the rest in going towards the guardhouse, unless anyone objects.

 

[Zhure]

Gholog

Gholog gets up and follows along.

"Thanks for the directions, Tokket."

 

[Acmite]

Adren

His mind already set to the upcoming task, Adren will nod curtly to the villagers and follow Gholog, Adren, Jason and the others.

 

[GnomeWorks]

"So most of the town will be at the town meeting this evening..."

After thinking a moment, Seraphina speaks up again.

"I agree with Kerrick. Any guards would only slow us down. If we are to investigate, we should do it by ourselves and, as Kerrick said, give updates to the Captain when we find it convenient."

Finished voicing her opinion about the guards, she follows the rest of the group on their way to the guardhouse.

"Besides," She says in a whisper to Gholog once they leave the inn, "If the guards are in any way connected with what is going on, they could attempt to divert us from finding out anything that would be useful. I could just be being paranoid, but it is something that we should consider."

 

[Zhure]

Gholog

Gholog looks confused. "I never thought about the guards being part of it."

 

[Jarval]

You make your way along the streets in the direction Tokket indicated. Again, several of the buildings show signs of having been abandoned, and the people on the street seem unusually irritable. After a few minutes of walking you come to a sturdy stone building with the word "Guardhouse" painted above the door. A couple of windows on the ground floor have iron bars set in them, and the whole structure looks very solid.

You enter through the large iron-bound door, and come into a hallway. A youngish man with brown hair is sat behind a table, making notes in a sizeable ledger. He wears a red uniform you assume is that of a guardsman. He looks up from his work as you enter.

"What can I do for you?" He asks in a businesslike fashion, placing his pen in the inkwell.

 

[Zhure]

Gholog

Gholog, unwittingly the first through the door, looks panicked at the notion of being the group spokesman and quickly backpedals out sheepishly.

 

[Other Guy]

Jason Master

Noticing Gholog's discomfort, Jason steps forward and bows, "greetings, we are searching for the missing children on behalf of some of the townsfolk and we would like to ask you for any information you could possibly give us." He pauses for a moment, then continues in his most respectful manner, "Though we are not part of the city guard, I am sure that there could be no reason why we can't help each other."