This is Bazaar: Dungeon Adventure

[Badger]

Examining - Marcus

As the older halfling allows them entrance into the orphanage, Marcus pauses at the doorway and examines the lock on the door, looking for any sign of forced entry upon it, as well as the maker's insignia on the door.

As Gretchyn introduced them to the assorted members of the staff, Marcus made it a point to shake each of their hands and to look them in the eye while doing so, as the eyes are the mirrors to the soul.

Once the tour was over, Marcus looked around the foyer they were standing in and then glanced down to the house matron.

"Madam Tashykk, I have no doubt that you have been asked a thousand questions by now, but I am afraid that I have some to ask you as well. On the night of the kidnapping, was anything out of the ordinary here at the house? No matter how trivial it may seem, it could help point us in the right direction."

(OOC: Search check on the door, and Diplomacy check with Gretchyn)

 

[Manzanita]

Poto

"Also, perhaps you could tell us the details of what you remember about the night of the disapearence. When were they taken? Who discovered they were missing?"

 

[Festy_Dog]

Griswald greets the people they meet in turn, giving a firm handshake and warm smile. As they go he mentions something to Marcus.

"Aye. Back at the inn, I didn'a mean that the parents kidnapped the children, I thought the parents may ha' been tha' previous adult victims," he says, "Ya know? Like the kidnappers were lookin' for some quality that the parents would'a handed down through blood ta the wee ones."

 

[Badger]

An explanation...

{Prior to asking his question of Gretchyn}

Nodding his head in a new understanding at what the dwarven knight had meant, Marcus voiced his thoughts.

"An excellent thought, and to be honest, it was not one I had considered. I will check the listings later on to see if any of the missing children could have belonged to a prior abducted. While on the surface, there isn't a connection, perhaps the birth names have been altered to make is seem as such."

~With allies such as these, we shall have the children home soon...of that I am certain...~

 

[ErichDragon]

Ian

While the others are talking to the Halfling woman, Ian will slip back to the staircase and look over the shoulder of Patch.

"Oi. Hey there mate. Whatcha fixin'"

 

[ToddSchumacher]

Badger:
Not being a expert, there is nothing you can tell by looking at the lock on the door. There is no sign of forced entry, however, It all looks perfectly normal. (Search result: 14)

Gretchyn
"No one saw a thing.I am quite certain of that.

They were all taken three nights ago, but no one noticed until the morning breakfast. We did a thorough search of the building and surrounding grounds with no success. The doors were still shut and locked, and I have the only key. It was if someone whisked them away with a wish or something."


Patch
"Oh...pardon...just fixin a loose board, you 'ere to find dem lost ones?"

 

[Manzanita]

Poto

"So they went to bed in a room with over a dozen other children, & were gone in the morning when everyone awoke? None of the other children saw or heard anything? Are the windows barred? If the kids need to go take a whiz at night, what do they do? Is there a connection to the bathrooms from the bedrooms?"

 

[Badger]

More Questions - Marcus

Nodding his head as Gretchyn explained what had happened, Marcus refocused as she mentioned that she had the only key.

"Have you had the lock worked on recently, or given the key to anyone else for any reason?"

Trying to add all of the small bits together, Marcus cleared his mind and briefly shut his eyes.

~The door opens and the stalker/stalkers enter in...they are confident in their abilities and know the only door is the front one...how do they know where the children are kept...how do they know which ones to take...how do they know...~

Reopening his eyes, Marcus set his gaze once more on the elder halfling and when the moment was right asked his next question.

"The children that were taken, could you tell me about them. When were they brought to your care, how did they enteract with the others, all the minute details please."

Knowing he may be confusing her, Marcus explained his theory.

"There were no marks on the door to show a forced entry, and whoever came after the children knew the layout of the orphanage, or they were extremely lucky not to wake any of you up as they searched for the children. In my studies, there are darker arts which use the sacrifice of innocents to seal deals with vile powers. If necromancy is behind these kidnappings, we need all the information we can to take this back to the Academi Magus and request their help."

 

[ErichDragon]

Ian

"That's the plan me boyo. Say, you wouldn't have happened to see anything suspicious around here lately, would you?"

 

[ToddSchumacher]

All the windows have bars, and the two doors leaving the building have solid locks.

Gretchyn
"I have the only key, I have not given it to anyone since buying the locks from Keygan Gehlve many years ago. They are good, solid locks and have not had to be 'worked on'. For the price I payed they had better not!"

The details she gives on the orpahans overlaps with the info on the lists of the victims the priestess gave you (See below). When necromancers are mentioned she gets a horrified look on her face, and she again goes over everything multiple times: locked the doors before bed, in the morning they were gone, no one saw or heard a thing, the doors were still locked, they searched the whole building, they were gone.


Patch
"Um...no, I really don't know anything. I wish I could help....really."
Ian can tell, however, that the half-orc seems extreemly nervous and evasive.




OOC: Attached is a zipped PDF of the vitims provided by the Web enhancement from Piazo...I took out all the other info in the enhansement to just the vicims so you don't see things you aren't supposed to