"Right. Thank you for introducing yourself, although I admit that it was in an... interesting manner. I hope that with time we get to know eachother better and it is a pleasure to work with you." says Karisa with a smile. When the door opens she looks at the entrance of the carriage and immediately looks back at where she saw Mélange. "Personally I think it's rather small in comparison to others. But not to worry, one day I'll have the biggest and best masion in all Inkwater- No, in all the Carnish empire."  she adds while looking at her manor picturing an even bigger manor with aspiration.

"Of course, my dear, one day. You certainly have a ways to go, but I have confidence in you, ma cherie! Petit à petit, l'oiseau fait son nid! Now, I... have un petite faveur to ask of you. I suspect you will not want your staff seeing you with a being such as I. They may believe you to be cavorting with démons! Which is, of course, completely untrue. Les diables such as the Master are far more civilized! Dans les deux cas, I cannot be seen. As that is the case..." Mélange crumples down into a bundle of clothes again, which seem to swirl and tumble, seemingly being sucked up into a single article of clothing that surfaces from the churning vortex until all that remains is a rather modish bonnet, perfectly matching with Karisa's attire, with two little holes in the top for her horns. "I would be honored if you would elect to wear me, at least until we are inside and I can find a comfortable closet to rest my weary seams. The journey from the pits of hell is not a very pleasant one, ma cherie."

Karisa grabs the bonnet and puts it on her head before getting out of the carriage, as soon as she is far form the driver she looks up to the disguised Mélange "This is going to be the only time I let someone be on top of me, both figurative and literally. You got that?" said while walking to the manor.

She walked the halls of the manor until she stopped in one of the halls and pull one of the lamps that iluminated the place to reveal a secret passage to a dungeon. The place had a simple table accompanied by two smiliar chairs, a wardrobe and some empty shelves for weapons and tools right for a dungeon. The secret room was surprisingly clean considering what it was made for, giving hints that Karisa used it recently. She started to use the room to practice her skills to do her not-so-good business for The Birds of a Feather and not so long after found another secret room in the manor where she found the texts and materials to create the deal with her "father".

"Here we are, this room is safe since only I know about it, so we can proceed with our business." finally said while putting the bonnet in one of the chairs an sitting in the other.

The rest of Mélange's silken body spills out of the hat, leaving it sitting in the chair, one empty pant leg folded over the other. "Lovely to hear, ma chérie. I am afraid that, as far as 'business' goes, I have nothing for you. For now, only for now. The Master has informed me of la situation with these "Birds of a Feather," and it is my belief that your next goal ought to be delivering your report to them. But tomorrow, tomorrow! Je suis trés crevé!"

(Does Karisa have anything she wants to get done before tomorrow? Mélange, and by extensions your father, has no tasks for you.)

"I see. Well in that case, if you follow this path you'll find a door to outside the manor and if you want to reach me you can send a letter through this pulley system. I'll be checking it daily." says pointing at the only path besides the one they used to get there and a pulley system at one side of the room that had a bucket where the future letters may be put.

"Now, I have to go. I'll see you another time then." adds before leaving the place from the entrance she used pressing a lever that is hidden near the door.

(OOC: She doesn't have anything to add for now. She'll go to the other secret room to see if she can find anything related to Mélange before going to sleep.)

(Make an investigation check, as well as another intelligence check of your choice. This will define the nature of your findings.)

(Investigation check: 20)

(Religion check: 17)

Karisa has no luck finding any appropriate books. Most are just lists of the names of minor fiends and other outsiders, and dictionaries of alchemical and arcane terms. However, she does begin to remember something from her own studies. Most of what she learned was useless religious hogwash, but she does recall one image from some textbook or another: A series of images, the first of which depicted a demonic figure extending a hand to a humanoid figure. The next few panels depicted the humanoid figure morphing slowly, until they resembled another demonic figure. That's all she gets, though.

 (Bump)

(Am I to assume that this game is dead?)