Smashed World, Part II

Durban

Realizing his inability to appear menacing, Durban will merely try to be calm and collected during the interrogation of his prisoner.
 

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Durban scales down the wall, his passenger clinging to him tightly. While the young lad manages to wiggle through the broken window, the psion finds himself unable to pass through with his larger build.

As Lorcan moves over to do a thorough badding on the youngster, the other reflexively takes a step away from him and raises his hands for protection. He relaxes quickly, however, apparently realizing how useless it really is. Lorcan only finds an assortment of pouches on the other's person, one of which contains coinage by judging from the jingle. Presuming you don't go mulling all over his pouches.

The lad seems very distressed as he is guestioned, his eyes darting from one to another and his voice breaking, gaining a little in pitch.
"I'm just a burglar! I don't know where the young miss is... Please, don't hurt me!"
 

"Oh for Gods' sakes man, stop panicking. If you're who you say you are, we've got very little interest in you." Lorcan says to the youth, not entirely unkindly. "Did you see anyone or anything else when you were up there? Quickly now, for a young woman's wellbeing may depend on your answer."
 

Durban

Once he sees the relatively narrow shape of the window. Durban will take a closer look.Is it possible, he thinks to himself, the mayor's daughter couldn't have come this way?

Durban will also mentally hail his psicrystal, Khim: Did you see where the woman went?
 

The lad takes a deep breath and steadies himself before speaking again.
"I... I saw somebody there when I climbed up, but I don't know who or what it was, because its back was turned towards me."
He thinks for a moment, and then continues, "but it had a red cloack, and I'm sure it was bigger than I am."

Durban
By your assesment, miss Chendra propably could've fitted through the broken window, but in that case somebody would've had to push or, more likely, pull her through to force her.
Khim's voice comes clear to your mind. I saw her walking to the dressing room, taking off her dress while doing so. She propably was heading to take a bath.
 

"Good, good. Did you see were they headed? I take it they did leave before we arrived?" Lorcan presses on with his questions.
 

Durban

"Khim reports the mayor's daughter went into the bathroom, and never came out. She might've gone out the window, but I see no sign of her up here."
 


"Damn!" Lucas turns to the guards. "Check the streets outside the house, quickly. One of you accompany myself and my companions while we search the gardens for any sign of where Lady Chendra might have gone. And lock this lad up for now, just in case we need to speak with him later."

This said, he moves swiftly out of the room and down the stairs, heading for the grounds of the house.
 


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