Elementary, My Dear Farron
Subject: Re: snowstorm
Well, thank goodness we're splitting up; my crew won't have to wait for the snowstorm to dissapate for our RPG goodness. . .
Good luck, Raja.
From: Mark
Subject: Stormbound
Poor Karl,
Sitting there waiting for Twinky.
Who ever heard of a snowstorm in Mid Nov.? Oh that's right, he lives in Canada.
Mark
From: Ty
Subject: Elementary, My Dear Farron
OODM: Ok, since the party is splitting up, I need to juggle two story lines for a while. The investigation is totally open ended. So, to keep it from dragging too much, I would like to get a turn from Sa'id and Farron that is a little different.
In the first section, you can do any RP or conversation you want to do. In the second section, please list out the things you are looking for, the actions you will take, the people you want to talk to, the things you wish to task them, and so on. If you give me enough detail, along with a few conditional responses, I can consolidate multiple turns into a single post, and move the investigation along much more quickly.
Thanks guys.
IDM:
The Magistrate hands the obsidian dagger to Sa'id, and listens intently as the wizard talks about it. He nods once when Sa'id mentions joining the investigation.
"I am not opposed to your assistance, Sir. However, you can not 'take over', as you say. I am his Grace's appointed magistrate, and as such these investigations are my responsibility. Were anything to go wrong, his Grace would question me, no you."
The rest of the group shuffles out of the room. Farron hopes that they will recover quickly, at least in time for the fight to come. Right now, they look defeated. He hopes their spirits have not been unrecoverably crushed just before the coming battle, or he might not see any of them again.
The magistrate moves back over to the body after the party leaves. "The temple of hieronious is sending an acolyte over. He will do a few of the standard tests; detecting the presence of poison, seeing if a raising of the dead is possible, that sort of thing. There are only two priests in all of Nesalin capable of performing such a rite, and their services come at a dear price, but it is standard practice to check, in case there is family with the means and will to pursue it. Best to know before we put him in the ground, eh?"
Sa'id and Farron's silence at this quiets the man. "Well, anyway, not much to do until the acolyte gets here."
[Raja, Karl, you can send me investigation turns now.]
From: Mark
Subject: Re: Elementary, My Dear Farron
The butler did it. Mark my words.
Mark
From: Karl
Subject: Re: Elementary, My Dear Farron
In the quiet after the Magistrate finishes speaking, Farron begins to wonder if he made the right choice. On the one hand, there is evil afoot in the city and Sa'id would be an easy target alone. Also, the others will have a whole army at their side. They aren't likely to miss one mage in the heat of battle. But on the other hand, he's not at all sure the two of them will be much more of a challenge to someone who could reduce a man like Cadfael to . . . he shudders involuntarily to again contemplate the butchery before them. And now to just . . . wait while his friends are marching off to battle -- It feels a little cowardly.
As Sa'id continues peering over the corpse, Farron also suppresses his revulsion enough to take a closer look. He circles the slab staring intently at the carnage, but he isn't even sure what he is looking for. He casts more than a few questioning glances at Sa'id, but his friend is far too deep in thought to meet his gaze. [ty-Farron is looking very carefully for anything that might be unusual or unexpected (to him).]
From: Raja
Subject: I live!
The power came on about half an hour ago. It might not stay for good, but I am hopeful.
Word to the wise: if you ever find yourself living in Canada, for the love of all that is good and pure in this world make sure your house has some sort of backup heating system (wood stove, generator, nuclear plant, I don't care).
It has been a cold couple of days. I spent most of them in bed.
Raja
From: Raja
Subject: Re: Elementary, My Dear Farron
Sa'id nods as the magistrate speaks. "Ah, yes. This I absolutely understand. But please keep in mind that Brother Cadfael was... well, this investigation is very important to me, and not just on a personal level." He pauses. "What do you know about the army headed for Overlook?"
OOC:
I don't trust the Magistrate 100%, so I want to ply him for information a bit before I speak openly with Farron about Kor Garesh, Elise, and so forth. I also want to ask him about other recent murders -- whether he's seen a murder weapon like this one used before, or whether this style of killing has been seen before. After that I'll wait for the priest, and see what he says. I don't expect Cadfael to be raisable simply because I know Dan's out of the game, but on the off chance he is we might be able to scrounge up enough cash if we started with those pearls and contributed our own items.
Anyway, assuming he isn't raisable I'll want to get started on the autopsy. Help would be nice if it's available but not necessary. I want to verify the cause of death and see if there is any other sort of trauma (was he beaten before/while being stabbed, for example?). I don't suppose I'll be able to work out how long he's been dead for but we already know that he was killed last night so that isn't such a big deal.
Sometime during the day I want to try and work out what route Cadfael would have followed on his way from the castle to the temple, and find out if the sewer he was stuffed into is along that route. (I'm trying to establish whether or not he even made it out of the castle; if he didn't, that means the conspirators are much more influential than I'm hoping they are).
Farron and I need to visit the wizards' school. If there are any teachers there who we can trust absolutley (I'm really going to try to minimize what I tell anyone - aside from Farron, obviously -- until I have established a few trustworthy contacts), we should tell that teacher our story and also present the letter we found on the dead teacher's body.
We'll also need to go to the temple and talk to the priests to see if we can learn anything more about Cadfael. I don't know if he spent time here before going to Overlook, I can't remember, but I think he did.
That should be enough to get us started from my end. Karl, do you have more ideas? :)
Raja