Pell wraps his arm around Ahramin causing both to almost tumble down the remaining stairs and replies, "Ahramin here found her diary, and in it she wrote she had a date with some guy called James. Need to ask the bartender if James has been around asking where Clarice has been."
Pell walks up to the bartender and asks, "Hey, has James been around looking for Clarice? Need to talk to him too."
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Dex Save: 5
Ari shoulders Pell's weight and stumbles down one of stairs with him a little bit, but manages to keep them both from injury.
After Pell asks about James, Ari will show the coin purse and say, "Also, she had a little coin in her room, did she have any friends or family this should go to?"
The bartender looks up “James? No she never mentioned anyone about that name. But if she started seeing someone then that would explain why she has been so chipper lately. She doesn’t have any family around. For a while now it seemed like I was the inky friend she had.”
Ostran kept quiet most of the time there, listening as the more socially adept ply the barkeep for information. They all go up and investigate the room. Noticing the coin and journal left behind, Ostran thinks for a moment. "Well, she definitely wasn't planning on going too far, I'd guess. Otherwise, she'd never have left all this coin just laying around!" He ponders this for a moment as they find their way back down.
The halfling will approach the older man tending to his drink "Good afternoon! Mind if I ask some questions about Clarice?"
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Luc slides up next to Ostran to help engage the patron in the conversation. "Do you happen to know if she was seeing anyone of late, and who & where that person may be?"He gives a wide grin in an effort to put the person at ease.
This gentleman has tight curly blond hair, a pointed nose with bags under his Blue faded eyes; a well worn coat drapes over the bar stool. “She had been going on and on about some fella. Seemed like any time she dropped off a drink she would find a reason to bring him up. All the talking she did, didn’t seem to be very specific, said he be from far away and just visiting for business.... She did say his eyes would change colors. Sometimes green and sometimes they’d be yelling. I guess his line was “it depends on my mood”. That girl was head over heels”. By this time he finishes his drink and he waves it in the air motioning you for a refill. “Never met the fella”
"Sure thing buddy!" says Pell as he bumps his fist into Ahramin's shoulder. "Are we looking for tracks or signs of these circles or for anything else?"
My bonuses: +7 Perception, +1 Arcana, +1 Investigation. If yours are better, then I will Help you search.
"I'm thinking maybe we can find one of those sigils or perhaps some evidence of her being taken, like dropped items or signs of struggle, that sort of thing." Ari and Pell head out of the tavern and poke around the outsides of the building, looking for signs of struggle or tracks, checking adjacent alleyways and such in a 100 foot radius from the tavern as well.
OoC: I have +3 Investigation, but you're perception and Arcana is better than mine. So that we don't get caught up in the repeating rolls, Craig, how would you like us to roll?
as you begin your search you do find some markings on the ground. It begins as soot and looks like the ground has been scorched. A little closer inside the circumference of the burn markings you find the same runes etched into the ground forming a circle about 5 feet wide. There is also traces of some yellow substance. Ari figures it to be sulfur, a common substance found in the layers of nine hells. Pell is able to spot a bundle of churnroot. Something that isn’t grown in this area of the world. He is also able to find (with that ridiculous roll) a small charm: looks like a sheep. Brass charm that looks like it came from a bracelet.
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Pell will pick up the churnroot and the charm. "Evidence!" I believe we have discovered the location where Clarice disappeared." Pell then proceeds to take some of the ash and reproduce the runes on the inside of his shield in order to be able to refer to it later.
Pell will then look for tracks, not belonging to Clarice, hoping to be able to follow them.
OOC: I believe there were two patrons at the bar currently, yes?
As Pell and Ari rush out to investigate the perimeter of the building, Ostran (and presumably Luc) move over to question the other patron. "Hey, sorry to bother, but can you tell us anything about Clarice or this 'Shifty James' fellow she met?" He'll also take this opportunity to help Luc with any persuasion rolls he may make with this Patron.
Pell: there are some foot prints. You try to follow them but they join up in with the regular walking path of the rest of the town. Your not able to follow them around.
Ostran and Luc: “I don’t recall and James fellow. I didn’t talk too much with her. I did notice she was wearing a bracelet, it caught my eye when she was pouring me a drink. I commented on it and she said that she just bought it.”
Luc thanks the man and turns to Ostran. "Let's go meet up with Ari and Pell to see what they have found. Maybe we can put our information together and come up with a plan. Might be worthwhile to check with whoever sold Clarice the bracelet."
"Yeah. It's the best lead we've got so far anyway" He gives a nod to the man and follows along with Luc. Once they are out of ear shot, he'll whisper to Luc "For all the people missing, only the priest is looking for them? Those people back there seemed none too concerned about it. Something doesn't feel right about all this. Maybe these people have just...just given in to whatever is at play here. I dunno..." He trails off
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Pell wraps his arm around Ahramin causing both to almost tumble down the remaining stairs and replies, "Ahramin here found her diary, and in it she wrote she had a date with some guy called James. Need to ask the bartender if James has been around asking where Clarice has been."
Pell walks up to the bartender and asks, "Hey, has James been around looking for Clarice? Need to talk to him too."
Dex Save: 5
Ari shoulders Pell's weight and stumbles down one of stairs with him a little bit, but manages to keep them both from injury.
After Pell asks about James, Ari will show the coin purse and say, "Also, she had a little coin in her room, did she have any friends or family this should go to?"
The bartender looks up “James? No she never mentioned anyone about that name. But if she started seeing someone then that would explain why she has been so chipper lately. She doesn’t have any family around. For a while now it seemed like I was the inky friend she had.”
Pell frowns a little bit, and continues, "Do you know of a local by the name of James?"
“She never mentioned a James, I’m sure there is a James somewhere in this town, it’s a pretty common name; but he doesn’t frequent this bar.”
"Luc, maybe you could ask the group of regulars you were talking to if they know a James?"
OoC: Did Bernard tell us specifically where Clarice disappeared, ie where he found the teleportation sigil?
Ostran kept quiet most of the time there, listening as the more socially adept ply the barkeep for information. They all go up and investigate the room. Noticing the coin and journal left behind, Ostran thinks for a moment. "Well, she definitely wasn't planning on going too far, I'd guess. Otherwise, she'd never have left all this coin just laying around!" He ponders this for a moment as they find their way back down.
The halfling will approach the older man tending to his drink "Good afternoon! Mind if I ask some questions about Clarice?"
(He did not, he said they usually disappear in alleys or dark areas)
the one patron looks up “ The bar maid? What’dya want to know?”
Luc slides up next to Ostran to help engage the patron in the conversation. "Do you happen to know if she was seeing anyone of late, and who & where that person may be?" He gives a wide grin in an effort to put the person at ease.
Persuasion Check: 10
[ Insert Favorite Saying Here ] ... ;-)
This gentleman has tight curly blond hair, a pointed nose with bags under his Blue faded eyes; a well worn coat drapes over the bar stool. “She had been going on and on about some fella. Seemed like any time she dropped off a drink she would find a reason to bring him up. All the talking she did, didn’t seem to be very specific, said he be from far away and just visiting for business.... She did say his eyes would change colors. Sometimes green and sometimes they’d be yelling. I guess his line was “it depends on my mood”. That girl was head over heels”. By this time he finishes his drink and he waves it in the air motioning you for a refill. “Never met the fella”
Pell strikes one finger up in the air, exclaiming, "We have our prime suspect! James from Far Away with the shifty eyes."
"Yes, shifty-eye James, " Ahramin says with a chuckle, "Its not much, but its something. Pell, would you help me take a look around outside?"
OoC: I'll let Pell narrative how he follows and helps before i roll anything lo
"Sure thing buddy!" says Pell as he bumps his fist into Ahramin's shoulder. "Are we looking for tracks or signs of these circles or for anything else?"
My bonuses: +7 Perception, +1 Arcana, +1 Investigation. If yours are better, then I will Help you search.
"I'm thinking maybe we can find one of those sigils or perhaps some evidence of her being taken, like dropped items or signs of struggle, that sort of thing." Ari and Pell head out of the tavern and poke around the outsides of the building, looking for signs of struggle or tracks, checking adjacent alleyways and such in a 100 foot radius from the tavern as well.
OoC: I have +3 Investigation, but you're perception and Arcana is better than mine. So that we don't get caught up in the repeating rolls, Craig, how would you like us to roll?
Pell: perception 26
Ari: investigation 18
as you begin your search you do find some markings on the ground. It begins as soot and looks like the ground has been scorched. A little closer inside the circumference of the burn markings you find the same runes etched into the ground forming a circle about 5 feet wide. There is also traces of some yellow substance. Ari figures it to be sulfur, a common substance found in the layers of nine hells. Pell is able to spot a bundle of churnroot. Something that isn’t grown in this area of the world. He is also able to find (with that ridiculous roll) a small charm: looks like a sheep. Brass charm that looks like it came from a bracelet.
Pell will pick up the churnroot and the charm. "Evidence!" I believe we have discovered the location where Clarice disappeared." Pell then proceeds to take some of the ash and reproduce the runes on the inside of his shield in order to be able to refer to it later.
Pell will then look for tracks, not belonging to Clarice, hoping to be able to follow them.
Survival: 17
OOC: I believe there were two patrons at the bar currently, yes?
As Pell and Ari rush out to investigate the perimeter of the building, Ostran (and presumably Luc) move over to question the other patron. "Hey, sorry to bother, but can you tell us anything about Clarice or this 'Shifty James' fellow she met?" He'll also take this opportunity to help Luc with any persuasion rolls he may make with this Patron.
Pell: there are some foot prints. You try to follow them but they join up in with the regular walking path of the rest of the town. Your not able to follow them around.
Ostran and Luc: “I don’t recall and James fellow. I didn’t talk too much with her. I did notice she was wearing a bracelet, it caught my eye when she was pouring me a drink. I commented on it and she said that she just bought it.”
Luc thanks the man and turns to Ostran. "Let's go meet up with Ari and Pell to see what they have found. Maybe we can put our information together and come up with a plan. Might be worthwhile to check with whoever sold Clarice the bracelet."
[ Insert Favorite Saying Here ] ... ;-)
"Yeah. It's the best lead we've got so far anyway" He gives a nod to the man and follows along with Luc. Once they are out of ear shot, he'll whisper to Luc "For all the people missing, only the priest is looking for them? Those people back there seemed none too concerned about it. Something doesn't feel right about all this. Maybe these people have just...just given in to whatever is at play here. I dunno..." He trails off