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<blockquote data-quote="Lylandra" data-source="post: 7342559" data-attributes="member: 6816692"><p><strong>A mysterious man called Maple</strong></p><p></p><p>When Hector returns, we ask the concierge for a fancy bar and he suggests the “L'Wab du Foone” which is really popular with the other travelers. We thank him for the tip and prepare to throw ourselves into the nightlife of Cherage when we suddenly see Bree Kaldeckis who leaves the hotel and makes a beeline to the checkpoint or the enclave. Even more interesting is the fact that one of the guards seems to perform a short salute for the woman who simply nods in response. As this is mysterious enough for our taste, we decide to follow her for a while to see what she's up to.</p><p></p><p>We manage to avoid being seen by Bree or the patrols who frequent the inner city of Cherage and get the impression that the capital of Danor is quite the high security area. We also stealthily pass Boone who's busy making out with the girl from the hotel. Bree seems to ignore the tiefling, even if we get the impression that Boone is eyeing her closely while kissing. Ugh. </p><p></p><p>She then enters a carriage and drives to a majestic building in a fancy park where she changes from a steam-driven vehicle to a horse-draw carriage. After a while we realize that Bree is about to enter the seat of government which is also the residence of the sovereign. As we don't wish to get caught here, we decide to leave the place carefully. Seems like Bree has connections to the highest political circles of Danor. So we guess that she might be a danoran agent who might even be looking for the Obs herself. <span style="color: #008000">(she was looking for a Tiefling which just might have been Bergeron after all</span>)</p><p></p><p>On our way back to the hotel, we decide to check up on Boone, but it seems like he and his girlfriend left the place where they were standing before. Thanks to Carlyle's fine sense of smell, we are able to trace the tracks of the pair to a shady alley. There we find what's left of the girl as she's lying dead on the ground and missing her hair, her blood and her inner organs. Needless to say that we are both horrified by this sight. From what we know about other murder cases in Flint, we guess that this could have been some kind of occult ritual and Calyle guesses from the fading smell of blood that the murderer – most likely Boone – might just have drunk the woman's blood. Seems like we just found Danor's very own kind of Ragman. Unfortunately, we have no idea on how to deal with him right now, especially without putting our covers at risk. </p><p></p><p>(<span style="color: #008000">First Elanor Janette turns out to be a slave trader and now Boone could very likely be a crazy serial killer. Day just got worse. Putting up a smile in front of two of the most despicable people we've ever met will be no easy task. We even discussed the possibility that the Obs knew that we'd be following them which is why they intentionally placed such vile creatures on the passenger list...</span>) </p><p></p><p>We return to L'Wab du Foone feeling really uncomfortable about the whole murder case. There we find only Tantalovich who's playing dice and otherwise enjoying his evening. As we see that Burton is busy playing with the dwarf, we assume that there's little we can do to help him and decide to enter the nightlife of Cherage. We visit the “Pink Flamingo” (he, he) and the “Shy Maiden” clubs before returning to the enclave. </p><p></p><p>On our way back, we cross a bridge over the railway when suddenly a strange figure comes running right towards us. The person turns out to be a man who seems freshly shaven, is dripping wet, smelling like a perfume store accident and wearing nothing but an old coat. On top of that, he has white hair but looks still strangely young. Once he reaches us, he grins mischievously, wishes us a good evening and introduces himself as “Mr. Maple”. We are a bit perplexed but return the greeting before explaining that we are Senor and Senorita Fernandez and travelers from Ber. A mere second later we hear security personnel yelling “There he is! Get the guy!” which causes Mr. Maple to perform a gallant bow in front of us before jumping straight down the bridge, and then running down the rails into the dark.</p><p></p><p>When the security arrives, we claim that this all was way too confusing and happened too fast to react. Still we take the opportunity to ask who this strange guy might have been and what he did to cause such a ruckus. After all, he just seemed like a eccentric but polite (and rather good-looking!) young man. They explain that we'd better ask the hotel staff as they were just called to get the semi-naked, wet fugitive. </p><p></p><p>“Now that was... impressive” Auryn said, followed by a standard-Carlyle-eyeroll. “You realized that he didn't wear pants? Or... just anything besides this dirty old coat?” “Well, yes. That was strange indeed. Still quite the handsome guy. And he seemed to be well-mannered as well. Besides the not-wearing-pants part, of course.”</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #008000">(To Auryn's defense, Tizbiz described Mr. Maple to be looking like one of these greek god statues, but with white hair and a well-groomed, short beard and wearing only a coat. Now why do we meet a guy like *that* when we are officially on our honeymoon? Life's not fair <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> </span>)</p><p></p><p>We return to Maison Carlyle and ask about the man who just crossed paths with us. The nervous and still agitated receptionist is eager to tell us what happened when we were away: A man, who called himself Mr. Maple and who was fully dressed back then came in here to ask for a reservation for the Mayor's suite. When she told him that there was no such reservation, he excused himself and left the building. Some time later, she saw the very same man running out of the hotel and this time he was wearing only his coat and was also dripping wet. It turned out that he must have entered the Mayor's suite somehow, took a bath, used up all the bath salts in the process and ran off afterward. </p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, Hector Fernandez takes out his notebook and starts writing down notes. He says this is really a fascinating and unique story and asks whether we may be allowed to take a peek at the Mayor's suite as he'd love to make this “Runaway” a character in his next novel. As we are esteemed guests of the hotel, the receptionist calls for a maid to show us the “crime scene”. </p><p></p><p>In the Mayor's suite we find Mr. Maple's missing clothes (pants and a shirt), a small flood on the floor and some drops of blood next to a freshly used razor. Also, the whole room is smelling like a perfume store as “someone” used up all available bath salts to make one strong potpourri. (<span style="color: #008000">And yep, Carlyle had to turn off his scent ability or he would have gone insane...</span>). We stealthily take some of the blood for further examination and Hector takes his notes quite hastily. “Fascinating...” he says “it just seems like someone has taken a bath who doesn't know how to bathe or how to correctly use a razor. And he somehow left his pants on the floor. Poor soul.”</p><p></p><p>We chat a bit with both the maid and the receptionist afterward and tell them about our encounter with “Mr. Maple” as both are a bit afraid that this guy could be a sexual predator. We explain that while he surely looked eccentric – wet, almost nude and white-haired despite being young – we got the impression that he was actually quite a nice and polite fellow who surely wouldn't harm a fly. </p><p></p><p>Just as we are about to call it a day and return to our room, we see another person arriving at the Maison. From his looks, we assume that the man could be a Risuri who could be carrying valuable items (papers, jewelry, money, shares, weapons...) in the case he chained himself to. Then, one after another, Bree and the very drunk juggling dwarf, who's conveniently addressed as “Tantalovich” by his new (and also really drunk) pirate friend, return as well. When no one else is around, we take the opportunity to hand or blood sample of what we assume to be Mr. Maple's blood to Victoria for magical examination. (Yeah, she has a focus...)</p><p></p><p>The hour is getting late and so we try to get some sleep. Unfortunately, Auryn has a hard time getting sleep at all as she's haunted by chaotic nightmares of Pirates, a dead Zahir, Fordren and a murderous Boone who all seem to be chasing her. Carlyle is better off than his partner as he has the aforementioned Ring of Sustenance and uses his spare time to write down notes and think about possible connections of our fellow passengers. </p><p></p><p>The next morning, Auryn/Amira is looking pretty fatigued while Carlyle/Hector seems to be brim-full of energy. Fortunately, the other passengers see this discrepancy only as a sign of Senor Fernandez' superior virility. </p><p></p><p>While we take a short breakfast in the Maison restaurant, we see that Bree Kaldeckis and the mysterious Risuri exchange a few words, but we are not close enough to understand them. Before we depart, Victoria/Margit informs us that our mysterious Mr. Maple goes by the name of Andrei von Recklinghausen and, as we thought, he cut himself while trying to shave. What makes this guy even more mysterious is the fact that our fellow agent wasn't able to determine Mr. Maple's race.</p><p> </p><p>“What is the deal with you and these Recklinghausens?” Carlyle asks, as Auryn seems to be attracted by them like a magnet. Anyway, after Margit's reveal we just had to know more about the guy.</p><p></p><p>We return to the train and all of a sudden the train's departure is being... delayed? We ask about the reason for the scheduled ten minute delay and are being old that there are two more passengers who'd like to board the train, so we'll have to wait for them. Looking through the 1st and 2nd class cars, we see that our usual suspect, Rock Rackus, is already on board, so we are quite curious to know who might be missing. </p><p></p><p>After a short while, we see a strange duo enter the train who are escorted there by a good amount of guards. We cannot point our fingers on who the young tiefling and his... elvish looking companion might be, but Elanor Janette comments on “the really astonishing match” between Luc Jierre, nephew of the Sovereign and Ottavia Sacredotte, an oracle of the Clergy. We remember Luc to be the brother of Lya Jierre, our king's betrothed, and it seems like this journey just got even more interesting. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #008000">(Tizbiz called Luc – which we think is pronounced like in Jean-Luc Picard – by the name of Luke for all of adventure 4. Which is why we instantly saw this as the Star Wars reference it is meant to be: Han, Lya/Leia and Luc/Luke. We only learned that he was meant to be a “Luc” when we saw the mission folio for adventure 5)</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lylandra, post: 7342559, member: 6816692"] [b]A mysterious man called Maple[/b] When Hector returns, we ask the concierge for a fancy bar and he suggests the “L'Wab du Foone” which is really popular with the other travelers. We thank him for the tip and prepare to throw ourselves into the nightlife of Cherage when we suddenly see Bree Kaldeckis who leaves the hotel and makes a beeline to the checkpoint or the enclave. Even more interesting is the fact that one of the guards seems to perform a short salute for the woman who simply nods in response. As this is mysterious enough for our taste, we decide to follow her for a while to see what she's up to. We manage to avoid being seen by Bree or the patrols who frequent the inner city of Cherage and get the impression that the capital of Danor is quite the high security area. We also stealthily pass Boone who's busy making out with the girl from the hotel. Bree seems to ignore the tiefling, even if we get the impression that Boone is eyeing her closely while kissing. Ugh. She then enters a carriage and drives to a majestic building in a fancy park where she changes from a steam-driven vehicle to a horse-draw carriage. After a while we realize that Bree is about to enter the seat of government which is also the residence of the sovereign. As we don't wish to get caught here, we decide to leave the place carefully. Seems like Bree has connections to the highest political circles of Danor. So we guess that she might be a danoran agent who might even be looking for the Obs herself. [COLOR="#008000"](she was looking for a Tiefling which just might have been Bergeron after all[/COLOR]) On our way back to the hotel, we decide to check up on Boone, but it seems like he and his girlfriend left the place where they were standing before. Thanks to Carlyle's fine sense of smell, we are able to trace the tracks of the pair to a shady alley. There we find what's left of the girl as she's lying dead on the ground and missing her hair, her blood and her inner organs. Needless to say that we are both horrified by this sight. From what we know about other murder cases in Flint, we guess that this could have been some kind of occult ritual and Calyle guesses from the fading smell of blood that the murderer – most likely Boone – might just have drunk the woman's blood. Seems like we just found Danor's very own kind of Ragman. Unfortunately, we have no idea on how to deal with him right now, especially without putting our covers at risk. ([COLOR="#008000"]First Elanor Janette turns out to be a slave trader and now Boone could very likely be a crazy serial killer. Day just got worse. Putting up a smile in front of two of the most despicable people we've ever met will be no easy task. We even discussed the possibility that the Obs knew that we'd be following them which is why they intentionally placed such vile creatures on the passenger list...[/COLOR]) We return to L'Wab du Foone feeling really uncomfortable about the whole murder case. There we find only Tantalovich who's playing dice and otherwise enjoying his evening. As we see that Burton is busy playing with the dwarf, we assume that there's little we can do to help him and decide to enter the nightlife of Cherage. We visit the “Pink Flamingo” (he, he) and the “Shy Maiden” clubs before returning to the enclave. On our way back, we cross a bridge over the railway when suddenly a strange figure comes running right towards us. The person turns out to be a man who seems freshly shaven, is dripping wet, smelling like a perfume store accident and wearing nothing but an old coat. On top of that, he has white hair but looks still strangely young. Once he reaches us, he grins mischievously, wishes us a good evening and introduces himself as “Mr. Maple”. We are a bit perplexed but return the greeting before explaining that we are Senor and Senorita Fernandez and travelers from Ber. A mere second later we hear security personnel yelling “There he is! Get the guy!” which causes Mr. Maple to perform a gallant bow in front of us before jumping straight down the bridge, and then running down the rails into the dark. When the security arrives, we claim that this all was way too confusing and happened too fast to react. Still we take the opportunity to ask who this strange guy might have been and what he did to cause such a ruckus. After all, he just seemed like a eccentric but polite (and rather good-looking!) young man. They explain that we'd better ask the hotel staff as they were just called to get the semi-naked, wet fugitive. “Now that was... impressive” Auryn said, followed by a standard-Carlyle-eyeroll. “You realized that he didn't wear pants? Or... just anything besides this dirty old coat?” “Well, yes. That was strange indeed. Still quite the handsome guy. And he seemed to be well-mannered as well. Besides the not-wearing-pants part, of course.” [COLOR="#008000"](To Auryn's defense, Tizbiz described Mr. Maple to be looking like one of these greek god statues, but with white hair and a well-groomed, short beard and wearing only a coat. Now why do we meet a guy like *that* when we are officially on our honeymoon? Life's not fair ;) [/COLOR]) We return to Maison Carlyle and ask about the man who just crossed paths with us. The nervous and still agitated receptionist is eager to tell us what happened when we were away: A man, who called himself Mr. Maple and who was fully dressed back then came in here to ask for a reservation for the Mayor's suite. When she told him that there was no such reservation, he excused himself and left the building. Some time later, she saw the very same man running out of the hotel and this time he was wearing only his coat and was also dripping wet. It turned out that he must have entered the Mayor's suite somehow, took a bath, used up all the bath salts in the process and ran off afterward. Meanwhile, Hector Fernandez takes out his notebook and starts writing down notes. He says this is really a fascinating and unique story and asks whether we may be allowed to take a peek at the Mayor's suite as he'd love to make this “Runaway” a character in his next novel. As we are esteemed guests of the hotel, the receptionist calls for a maid to show us the “crime scene”. In the Mayor's suite we find Mr. Maple's missing clothes (pants and a shirt), a small flood on the floor and some drops of blood next to a freshly used razor. Also, the whole room is smelling like a perfume store as “someone” used up all available bath salts to make one strong potpourri. ([COLOR="#008000"]And yep, Carlyle had to turn off his scent ability or he would have gone insane...[/COLOR]). We stealthily take some of the blood for further examination and Hector takes his notes quite hastily. “Fascinating...” he says “it just seems like someone has taken a bath who doesn't know how to bathe or how to correctly use a razor. And he somehow left his pants on the floor. Poor soul.” We chat a bit with both the maid and the receptionist afterward and tell them about our encounter with “Mr. Maple” as both are a bit afraid that this guy could be a sexual predator. We explain that while he surely looked eccentric – wet, almost nude and white-haired despite being young – we got the impression that he was actually quite a nice and polite fellow who surely wouldn't harm a fly. Just as we are about to call it a day and return to our room, we see another person arriving at the Maison. From his looks, we assume that the man could be a Risuri who could be carrying valuable items (papers, jewelry, money, shares, weapons...) in the case he chained himself to. Then, one after another, Bree and the very drunk juggling dwarf, who's conveniently addressed as “Tantalovich” by his new (and also really drunk) pirate friend, return as well. When no one else is around, we take the opportunity to hand or blood sample of what we assume to be Mr. Maple's blood to Victoria for magical examination. (Yeah, she has a focus...) The hour is getting late and so we try to get some sleep. Unfortunately, Auryn has a hard time getting sleep at all as she's haunted by chaotic nightmares of Pirates, a dead Zahir, Fordren and a murderous Boone who all seem to be chasing her. Carlyle is better off than his partner as he has the aforementioned Ring of Sustenance and uses his spare time to write down notes and think about possible connections of our fellow passengers. The next morning, Auryn/Amira is looking pretty fatigued while Carlyle/Hector seems to be brim-full of energy. Fortunately, the other passengers see this discrepancy only as a sign of Senor Fernandez' superior virility. While we take a short breakfast in the Maison restaurant, we see that Bree Kaldeckis and the mysterious Risuri exchange a few words, but we are not close enough to understand them. Before we depart, Victoria/Margit informs us that our mysterious Mr. Maple goes by the name of Andrei von Recklinghausen and, as we thought, he cut himself while trying to shave. What makes this guy even more mysterious is the fact that our fellow agent wasn't able to determine Mr. Maple's race. “What is the deal with you and these Recklinghausens?” Carlyle asks, as Auryn seems to be attracted by them like a magnet. Anyway, after Margit's reveal we just had to know more about the guy. We return to the train and all of a sudden the train's departure is being... delayed? We ask about the reason for the scheduled ten minute delay and are being old that there are two more passengers who'd like to board the train, so we'll have to wait for them. Looking through the 1st and 2nd class cars, we see that our usual suspect, Rock Rackus, is already on board, so we are quite curious to know who might be missing. After a short while, we see a strange duo enter the train who are escorted there by a good amount of guards. We cannot point our fingers on who the young tiefling and his... elvish looking companion might be, but Elanor Janette comments on “the really astonishing match” between Luc Jierre, nephew of the Sovereign and Ottavia Sacredotte, an oracle of the Clergy. We remember Luc to be the brother of Lya Jierre, our king's betrothed, and it seems like this journey just got even more interesting. [COLOR="#008000"](Tizbiz called Luc – which we think is pronounced like in Jean-Luc Picard – by the name of Luke for all of adventure 4. Which is why we instantly saw this as the Star Wars reference it is meant to be: Han, Lya/Leia and Luc/Luke. We only learned that he was meant to be a “Luc” when we saw the mission folio for adventure 5)[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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