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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KenHood" data-source="post: 4509543" data-attributes="member: 4413">Flashback to the Street...[sblock=To Woe]Palindrome's eyes roll so far that his optical muscles almost make an audible grinding noise.Horror strikes Palindrome."P-p-puppy-kicker?! Th-that's sick! Who would even think of something like that!"Dumbfounded and a bit shaken, he does not speak for the remainder of walk to the tower. Every so often he shudders in disgust.[/sblock]---And now at the Tower..."Sounds like a reasonable plan, but I'd like to add another two lists for our consideration before we part ways."Palindrome crosses to the other side of the room, opening another secret panel that reveals a chalk board. On this is written a lengthy and lurid ritual for enhancing male potency. The sudden image of Doddoddod casting, then utilizing said ritual casts a pallor on Palindrome. The young wizard vomits in the back of his throat. He staggers to the fireplace and quaffs the remainder of the brandy. Thus braced, he returns to the chalkboard and scrubs it clean. He writes the following lists: Facts we know about Arnest...<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Missing for three weeks.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last know location: His room.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last witness to his existence: Servant girl.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Grandson of the Glasston family. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Had some sort of 'episode' a year ago.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">'Fixation' with screamer started immediately after 'episode'.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Linked with an elf girl (identity unknown).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Visited multiple shops to purchase Screamer editions.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Paid more than market price for Screamer editions.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Somehow aware of where and when Screamer would be sold before it was common knowledge.</li> </ul>Facts we know about the Screamer...<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No publication for three weeks.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Authorship unknown.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Weekly distribution.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Single sheet-large, double-sided.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Handwritten.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Written in short-lived, magical ink.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Many personal attacks on upper class citizenry.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">'EYES' articles... [*]Reveal secrets. [*]Often correct. [*]Accepted as fact by general public. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Copies 'appear when no-one is looking'. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Specific vendors make permanent copies (e.g., Marco).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Halfling gang, Roots, distributes copies.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last issue of Screamer received only by Roots gang, with fewer copies than normal.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Our copy of the Screamer has some sort of magic (other than the ink) applied to it.</li> </ul>"Any questions, additions, or comments?""I'd like for us to gather a sample of Arnest's handwriting and compare it to the Screamer. I think it unlikely that he is the  author--considering that he expended so much effort in purchasing an exceptional copy. However, there is a correlation between his disappearance and the termination of Screamer publication."--[sblock=OOC: Party Splits]If no one has any changes or suggestions, Palindrome heads to the library. <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1770521/" target="_blank">Arcana check at the Daunton library. (1d20+10=26)</a> [sblock=GM Only]<a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1770522/" target="_blank">Perception check to find something of value that won't be missed. (1d20+2=5)</a> Ugh! Oh, well...[/sblock][/sblock]</blockquote>

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