The Sharn Inquisitive Episode 1: The harder they fall

[mcnathan80]

The City of Sharn Investigators enter the victim's home only to find the place completely trashed. Papers are strewn on the floor, bookshelves are knocked over, and everything is in shambles. It looks like someone really went to town on this place, either a fight ensued, or someone was looking for something.

[sblock=Everybody]So my wife has been in the stages of early labor for the past few days now, and it's looking like we might be having a baby in the near future. So if I suddenly don't post for a few days, that's why. Of course it could be a couple of weeks more... who knows? Anyway, I hope you all have a Happy New Year, and I'll see you all next year[/sblock]

 

[stonegod]

Still waiting for the other part of him to tell him what it "saw", Anders begins to search the documents.

[sblock=OOC]No problem. Congrats![/sblock]

 

[Cthulhudrew]

Reech takes a moment to look at the dwelling as it stands, noting the locations of furnishings and layout. Then he looks for more details about the place, taking his time to methodically search.

[sblock=ooc]Is this just a one-room apartment, or a multi-room dwelling? Reech is also looking mainly for things that will give him an indication of who the murder victim was- pictures/paintings of the victim and/or his loved ones, the sort of clothing the victim wore, personal letters, types of decoration and furniture that would give an indication of the victim's economic level and preferences. That sort of thing.

Also, congratulations! What a great way to ring in the New Year! [/sblock]

 

[DEFCON 1]

"Oy, what a mess." Pohl looks around the room but doesn't touch anything... figuring he'd let his more detailed partners find the small pieces of evidence. "I did speak to a neighbor around the back. He said he heard a lot of things breaking and being knocked over, but no shouts or screams. This appears to be the evidence of that search... and it also appears that there's a good chance that if the murder occurred here, it was done silently. You would think the boy was killed or knocked out first, then tossed over the side..." Pohl begins walking to the back of the apartment to see if there's a door or a window onto a balcony that overlooks the long drop to the grounds below. "Otherwise, if he was still conscious the neighbor should have heard screams as the boy plunged to the walkways below. Concur?"

 

[mcnathan80]

[sblock=Everyone]Hey everybody, we're back from the hospital -finally- and everything is good. We have a baby boy, born New Year's Day!! So our hands are a little full. I'll do my best to update this weekend. Also, I have a short course for school that runs all next week, but then is over after that. So here's the deal: I'll update this weekend, and maybe -but not likely- post next week, but I'll defintiely post that weekend (14th). Just want you guys to know what's going on. Happy New Year everyone.[/sblock]

 

[bento]

Zenthil focuses his search on discovering what classes the victim took, looking through book titles and kept notes. He's also searching for any personal journals or address books...

"Gee, looks like the typical student housing doesn't it? I wonder how much this costs to rent."

Going into the kitchen/dining area, Zenthil looks to see if the cupboard is bare or well stocked.

[sblock=ooc]Great news DM! Congratulations on your newest addition (or is that edition?)! We'll hang loose for a while!

By the way, do we have any official status as a group? I agree that breaking and entering with no legal status makes me nervous![/sblock]

 

[mcnathan80]

Standing amidst the ruins of what appears to be a rather nice dwelling all you can think about is the unrecognizable body laying on the ground outside your office. As you begin to disperse throughout the townhouse looking for clues you ponder what could have happened, who could have done this. It's like a puzzle, but you don't have all the pieces, of course that's why you love this job, the mystery of it all.

[sblock=Anders]That sentient part of you that you don't want anyone to know about sends a feeling of calm through your mind, almost as if to say you are the only people there. Rifling through the documents strewn across the floor you see they are all papers written by the victim for his various classes, the subjects range from Pre-Galifar economics, to mosiacs of post Dal Quor invasion Xendrik, and it appears there is even a paper entitled underwater basketweaving in the shargon straits which you sincerely hope is a joke paper. It appears young Haris was a fairly sub-par student since no paper of his scored higher than a C+[/sblock]

[sblock=Pohl]Walking to the back of the room you wince at the crunch of glass under foot, hoping you haven't destroyed any evidence of worth, you enter the kitchen. After unlocking the balcony door you step outside. Taking a glance around you peer off the side of the balcony to the streets below. Directly underneath Haris's balcony a wide walkway connecting two towers. It seems pretty obvious now that this is not where he was thrown.[/sblock]

[sblock=Reech]This is a multi-room dwelling. There is a living area, a kitchen -which Pohl has just entered, a hallway, two bedrooms, and a bathroom. Taking in the ambience of the townhouse it's fairly evident that Haris liked the finer things in life. You almost wish you could have seen this place before it was trashed. However, one of the bedrooms seems rather bare, especially compared to the rest of the townhouse. Perhaps there is a roommate?[/sblock]

[sblock=Zenthil]Yeah the baby mcnathan v. 4.325 To answer your question, no you have no group status. In fact, like most private investigators, you routinely incur the ire of the Sharn city watch. But if they did their job there'd be no need for you, at least that's how you rationalize your profession. Of course in the lower wards you have no great need to fear of the city watch bungling in your affairs. As far as the search goes: the cupboards are well stocked, and it appears that Haris enjoyed the finer things in life. Poking through books and papers gives you an idea of what classes Haris was taking and what kind of student he was. You see books on Pre Galifar economics, art work of ancient Xendrik, biology of goblioids, great battles of the Last War, abjurative magics, and a host of other books on various subjects. With all the books laying around you begin to think that Haris was a studious person since the accumulated books, and papers would appear to equal a 24 credit classload, but a glance at the grades on the papers show that Haris was, at best, a C student. Perhaps he was stealing books, or maybe there is a roommate.[/sblock]

 

[DEFCON 1]

Returning in from the balcony and kitchen, Pohl nods at his fellows. "The murder didn't happen here. There's no way to reach our offices from the balcony, so if he was thrown over the side, it didn't occur from here. Based on the mess, it looks like whomever did take this kid out then came back here to search for something. That would explain the noise the neighbor heard about a half-hour ago.

Anything obviously missing that anyone can see?"

 

[stonegod]

"I see nothing. The house is not a home---no one is here. No one is here."

 

[Cthulhudrew]

Reech turns to Anders. "Are you able to sense if there was one other than the victim living here?" It indicates a bedroom that is more sparsely decorated than the other.