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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kelleris" data-source="post: 1969443" data-attributes="member: 19130">The dusty dwarf looks up at Skaith in astonishment, <a href="http://krisinchico.brinkster.net/searchroll.asp?username=Skaith#142817" target="_blank">but doesn't appear to be cowed in the slightest</a>.    The thought that he might be threatened in this, of all places, doesn't seem to register at all.  Gruffly, he wags his finger in your face and says, "listen up, sonny, you shouldn't be spreading wild rumors like that.  You have any idea of the kind of alarm bells that would go off if someone so much as approached the Orrery?  Impossible!  Now, you'd best get out of here before someone decides they don' take a liking to ya!"  By the end of his minor tirade, the dwarf's voice has raised to an alrming pitch, drawing the attention of the secretary, who is now approaching you with a grim look on her face.  Seeing this, the dwarf gives Skaith a patronizing look and announces that he'll be "allowing the authorities to handle the situation" before starting to stomp off down the foyer, leaving chalky white footprints on the floor as he goes.  The strange segmented, golden-yellow scrying sensor continues to follow him, humming in a manner that draws the attention of Keys and Tyndra, who had previously not noticed it.  With a shock you realize that the disk also brought a friend, who is now hovering a slight distance away from your group.  Neither the dwarf nor the approaching secretary seem to have noticed the unusual phenomenon.Anybody with Knowledge (local) or (arcane) might take a shot at it now.And Keys:[sblock]You look the dwarf over, but see nothing more unusual than a stout dwarf covered in white dust.  He's obviously a wizard, judging from the bookbag he carries.  Oh, and he has a ring on his right hand that looks to be worth 200-500 gold, depending on the gemstones.[/sblock]{OOC: Thanks for throwing out whatever skill checks you thought might be applicable, Ferrix.  Saves me some time.   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> }</blockquote>

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