The Four Lands - The Great North

[Rath Lorien]

"Captain, other than the beast-man and the conspirators in the adjacent cabin, we have no indisputable evidence to accuse anyone of any crime."

Anniston continues to look into the captain’s eyes, but when he speaks next it is clearly to the party that he directs his words.

"Gentlemen, we have informed the captain of these events. We have made our recommendations and offered our help. At this time I recommend we take our leave. I trust that the captain is prepared to take whatever action he feels is appropriate."

"Captain, I trust we are free to return to our cabins. We are at your service when you decide how we may be of assitance to you."

Anniston bows curtly and takes a single step backwards towards the door. He pauses for a dismissal from the captain, but clearly he intends to leave the room.

 

[Dracomeander]

Finnian notes Anniston's desire to leave and brings his scrutiny back to the Captain.

"As Anniston says, other than those already in custody, we do not have more than speculation to go on so it would not be wise to voice any suspicions until some proof were acquired.
"The only way to proceed with the investigation would be to question everyone aboard. If we were to question only certain people, that would cause suspicion among the passengers as to why they were the only ones questioned.
"As to the questions themselves, I could ask them of you now so that you could see they are not too invasive and actually lead to the point of finding the problem.
"First. Where were you when the events of the night took place?
"What first alerted you to something strange happening aboard?
"Did you notice anything among the crew or passengers that you would consider strange or out of place before the event of tonight occurred?
"Do you know of anyone who would want to harm you or destroy this vessel to prevent you from completing this voyage?
"Of course, any answers we receive could suggest other questions. But those would be the primary questions to start with."

[sblock=OOC] Finnian is trying to provoke the Captain to try and get him to break his mask and reveal more of what he is hiding and why he earlier was stalling.
Sense Motive = 31, http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=889119 [/sblock]

 

[Canaan]

Jaroth

Jaroth stands and begins to leave as Anniston suggests, face emotionless.

 

[J. Alexander]

Sailing North - The Captain's Cabin

"Before you leave..I wonder if it would alarm you to discover that my Captain of Marines has disappeared from the ship"

 

[Canaan]

Jaroth

Jaroth turns to the Captain and stares at him for a moment, expressionless.

"We shall see about that." He responds to the Captain's statement.

[ooc: Sense Motive Result = 16 ]

 

[Rath Lorien]

Anniston nods respectfully to the captain, then turns smartly on his heel and exits the room.

 

[Dracomeander]

Finnian stands still studying the Captain as he prepares to follow the others out.

"So your Captain of the Marines is missing. That information might have been alarming if we hadn't already deduced it. As it is, it is another facet of the totality of events happening aboard this vessel.
"As to the questions for the investigation, do you have any answers? As I said, we have to question everyone or the passengers will start to wonder about favoritism and bias subverting the investigation."

 

[J. Alexander]

Sailing North -The Captain's Cabin

"So you already had decided that he was missing....most intersting, most intersting indeed....return in an hour....you may have my decesion then..and i trust you will refrain your zeal for putting people to the question until afte i have given you my decesion"

 

[J. Alexander]

Sailing North

The party takes it's leave of the Captain and moves back to the common dining area to discuss the events of the day. Walking to the meeting area, numerous lighted ship's laterns can be seen in the stairwells and in the passageways shedding their soft light. Several doors have bundels of herbs and or small religious medals hanging over the threshold as if to ward away bad spirits. The ship is unsually quite giving the events of the evening and the swell of waves buffeting the ship can still be felt as "The Wester Star" continues to run it's course nothward.

 

[Rhun]

Vadric paces the common area, his arms folded across his chest as he walks. He is quiet as he ponders the events of the night thus far.