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<blockquote data-quote="InVinoVeritas" data-source="post: 3648375" data-attributes="member: 41485"><p>Gis grins. He is still clearly pained at what is being said, but greatly appreciates the succinct synopsis. <span style="color: DarkSlateBlue">"Thank you, Father. Do not worry about the watchmen; I'll handle any discipline that needs handing out here. You still have a murder to solve."</span></p><p></p><p>Gis steps out into the hallway for a moment. <span style="color: DarkSlateBlue">"Get Abass in here. We need a report." </span> </p><p></p><p>He returns to the office to continue, <span style="color: DarkSlateBlue">"We will send enforcers to establish curfew in the Clocktower Plaza. The gnomes won't like it, but it's for their own good. You're welcome to come; you know that thing better than anyone else. However, you might want to stay here for interrogation."</span></p><p></p><p>Calahan strides into Gis's office, grinning like a cat with a canary. He carries a veritable arsenal of bombs and incendiary devices, along with a scroll for Gis. He thrusts it into Gis's hand, calling out, "Sign here."</p><p></p><p>Gis unrolls the parchment:</p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"> 12 Vials of Alchemist's Fire</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"> 5 Powder Bombs</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"> 1 Hellsfire Gun</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"> 4 Hellsfire Charges</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"> To be issued to the Investigators, Rose Company, under the authority of Gis.</span></p><p></p><p>Gis shakes his head and dips a quill. <span style="color: DarkSlateBlue">"This must be serious. Very well." </span> He signs.</p><p></p><p>Hieran arrives at this time. <span style="color: YellowGreen">"Yes, sir?"</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateBlue"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateBlue">"Report your findings, please."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: YellowGreen">"Of course. Edditomas' two main customers, referred to only as Brass and Vitriol in his journal, had asked the alchemist to conduct research in two areas: artificial emotion and artificial life. Emotion proved to be the easier task, and he describes a process to reduce love elixirs to a rosy crystal. I believe this is the substance we have been encountering. Vitriol was pleased. Life was much harder, but Edditomas figured that the vampire sustains itself without life through the blood of the living--it so stood to reason that a distillation of blood could separate its life from dross, and he suggested a boiling vessel by which life could be separated from blood. He claimed he was successful in his endeavors--but only on his last page. If it is true, Edditomas may have created some kind of artificial vampire."</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InVinoVeritas, post: 3648375, member: 41485"] Gis grins. He is still clearly pained at what is being said, but greatly appreciates the succinct synopsis. [COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]"Thank you, Father. Do not worry about the watchmen; I'll handle any discipline that needs handing out here. You still have a murder to solve."[/COLOR] Gis steps out into the hallway for a moment. [COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]"Get Abass in here. We need a report." [/COLOR] He returns to the office to continue, [COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]"We will send enforcers to establish curfew in the Clocktower Plaza. The gnomes won't like it, but it's for their own good. You're welcome to come; you know that thing better than anyone else. However, you might want to stay here for interrogation."[/COLOR] Calahan strides into Gis's office, grinning like a cat with a canary. He carries a veritable arsenal of bombs and incendiary devices, along with a scroll for Gis. He thrusts it into Gis's hand, calling out, "Sign here." Gis unrolls the parchment: [font=Garamond] 12 Vials of Alchemist's Fire 5 Powder Bombs 1 Hellsfire Gun 4 Hellsfire Charges To be issued to the Investigators, Rose Company, under the authority of Gis.[/font] Gis shakes his head and dips a quill. [COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]"This must be serious. Very well." [/COLOR] He signs. Hieran arrives at this time. [COLOR=YellowGreen]"Yes, sir?"[/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkSlateBlue] "Report your findings, please."[/COLOR] [COLOR=YellowGreen]"Of course. Edditomas' two main customers, referred to only as Brass and Vitriol in his journal, had asked the alchemist to conduct research in two areas: artificial emotion and artificial life. Emotion proved to be the easier task, and he describes a process to reduce love elixirs to a rosy crystal. I believe this is the substance we have been encountering. Vitriol was pleased. Life was much harder, but Edditomas figured that the vampire sustains itself without life through the blood of the living--it so stood to reason that a distillation of blood could separate its life from dross, and he suggested a boiling vessel by which life could be separated from blood. He claimed he was successful in his endeavors--but only on his last page. If it is true, Edditomas may have created some kind of artificial vampire."[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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