Nim nods his head, making a few signals with his hands. Valetta scowls a bit. "It seems he .. well it seems was bored. He created it and wanted to test it out. He says it shouldn't have exploded like that, or caused any harm."
You look behind Nim into the area in which he was hiding - here you can see two large tables strewn with tools and supplies. A workbench of sorts. Opposite along the wall are boxes of various materials and parts, and some contraptions which look partially finished.
"Interesting, so the contraption malfunctioned then?" The dragonborn scratches his chin for a moment as he contemplates this, looking towards Nim as he tries to determine if he believes him or not.
He then nods as if in confirmation of something to himself before he asks another question, once again glancing towards Valletta as she translates for the group. "Have any other of your contraptions malfunctioned like this elsewhere in the city at all Nim?"
During moments in which she isn't worriedly looking to the Tabaxi, Jack tries to study the signals exchanged between Valetta and Nim with great interest. While expecting not to understand them all, or anything for that matter, she hoped to pick out a few repeating gestures.
"Mn! Or maybe you know another Nimblewright like you in the city like you that came by in secret to see you?"
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Nim sort of shrugs and nods. You do not sense any kind of deception though there is definitely a feeling of .. indifference, with a hint of narcissism. Like there's no malicious intent but it isn't super concerned about how his actions might affect others if the consequences aren't serious.
At Jack's question he looks over at Valetta, pointing down the stairs. She replies "No Nim, I don't think they're talking about our own. There was an incident nearby and someone claims to have seen someone like you there". He doesn't react any further. You are left with the distinct impression that Nim is not in the habit of volunteering information.
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Cloudfur
In the blink of an eye - Cloudfur will rush at Nim and attempt to grab him by what might be the throat and lift him up, placing his other hand on the constructs chest.
"If you have no useful information for us, I will thunderwave you back to the hell that spawned you....."
Valetta lunges forward, grabbing Cloudfur and injecting herself in between you. "Threats are not the answer here. If he knows something he will tell us if asked the right questions. They are not actually capable of lies".
With her hand firmly pressed on Cloudfur's chest she looks back to Nim "Is there another Nimblewright here that you know of, that could have been responsible?"
Nim nods his head, his arms begin flailing wildly. Despite Valetta's interjection your tactics appear to have worked. As she watches, her eyes widen and she gasps slightly. Anger now is apparent on her face as well. "Nim! Stop. When did this happen?!". More hand waving.
She turns back to you, "It seems in order to aid his loneliness, Nim here was able to successfully build another Nimblewright to keep him company. But, when it was activated it immediately become confused and afraid. It fled out the window and has never returned. That was a month ago."
"This can't be allowed to continue, Nim. We allowed you access to these things to give you something to do but clearly that was a mistake". She gestures to the acolytes fixing the door. "We need to remove everything from his work area, right now. That can wait". the two young men begin collecting the various parts and partially constructed contraptions into open creates and hauling them out the door. Nim initially slumps and turns away but Valetta turns him back, forcing him to watch as all of his belongings are stripped from his room.
Kanus scowls a bit then whispers to Jack, "I kinda feel bad for the poor fella" he then looks to Valetta, "Can you ask him when the last time he saw his construct was?"
Jack turns slightly, listening to Kanus, but only had eyes for Cloudfur. His smugness further infuriating her into folding her arms and outright glare at the Tabaxi. "You know if he wasn't a construct, and Miss Valetta decided to report this, you'd have a pretty hefty fine on your head."She states, restraining herself to sounding more annoyed than angry. A moment passes, then Jack scowls and groans at the ceiling. "Swear. Even when you're not here Sizan..."She trails off into angry murmurs that soon peeter out hearing some of the grunts from Acolytes at work.
Her expression immediately softens, and attention turns to Nim. ".... Valleta? Before the other acolytes take everything away, maybe... Maybe as a show of wanting to make ammends, Nim can make one last thing to help us track down this other construct? Before this other hurts anyone else." She suggests, then looks to Nim looking hopeful. "Nim? Please? For your friend's sake? They might still get in some trouble, but at least you'll have someone out there looking for'em that won't just.. ya know. Like some less nice folk would..." She glances over to a pile of what maybe scrap metal meaningfully, frowning sadly.
(@Tanzier: And if a Persuasion check is needed... 9.)
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"But it is a construct....an aberration of the natural order......" he states matter of factly as if that was all the justification he needed for his actions.
"He says he hasn't seen or heard from it since it left a month ago", Valetta responds watching Nim frantically trying to communicate. Then at Jack's suggestion he seems to get excited. Arms flailing in the air he starts running around rummaging through boxes. He disappears behind a stack of crates in the corner. Several parts come flying out from behind it, and then he emerges holding a rather bizarre looking contraption. Holding the small handle he releases a little catch on the side. The device extends up, a small umbrella pops out from the top and a little trigger pops out from the handle.
Nim points to it, waving around. He pulls the trigger a couple of times. The small umbrella begins to turn, somewhat slowly. He points it at himself, and swirls his finger around the umbrella. Valetta interprets: "It seems he made this to try and find it after it left. He says it will detect any nimblewright except him. Right now it's probably picking up the other ones here. Huh .. well I guess at least he was trying to solve the problem he created..."
Nim nods his head rapidly. He walks up to Jack, decidedly steering clear of Cloudfur, and offers it to her.
As the nimblewright goes in to action Cloudfur drops in to a defensive stance with his paw out, ready to blast the thing should it try anything threatening. His tail twitches back and forth in agitation.
"Someone's excited."Jack says, snickering at Nim's initial flailing about. The amusement quickly drains after giving Cloudfur a sidelong glance. Rather than chide him again, she subtly shift her own stance to be ready to interrupt any shenanigans on his part.
"And you were starting to lose faith in him." Jack teases lightly as she accepted the offer. She only studies if for a brief moment before abruptly trying to pull Nim into a hug. "Thank you, my friend."She whispers just for him, then releases it, smile soon after turning into a smirk. "Though maybe next time someone suggests -- assuming someone suggested -- that you make friends, maybe not take it so literal?"
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As the nimblewright goes in to action Cloudfur drops in to a defensive stance with his paw out, ready to blast the thing should it try anything threatening. His tail twitches back and forth in agitation.
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Jack
Jack puffs out her chest and grins. "I've done it once! I could do it again." She says proudly, sounding genuine(?). Afterwards, she pats Nim one last time on the shoulder, then turns to Veletta and says, "I want to thank you both for everything you've done. Rest assure, we'll see this matter handled 'fore things get too much further out of hand. Count on it!" She says grinning, then turn back to the others.
"Now, which Ward do we want to start at?" She asks the others, though not without first motioning for the group to start leaving the temple with her prize secured on her person.
Nodding in agreement with Kanus Gargan says : “Agreed, I would suggest we start where our trail ran cold no?”
With that he moves over to Valletta and whispers quietly to her. “Would it be possible to ensure that Nim does not leave while we investigate further? While I believe what he is saying this is quite a murky situation indeed and I would rather not take any chances. I do hope this is okay?”
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Cloudfur gives Jack a stern look
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Nim nods his head, making a few signals with his hands. Valetta scowls a bit. "It seems he .. well it seems was bored. He created it and wanted to test it out. He says it shouldn't have exploded like that, or caused any harm."
You look behind Nim into the area in which he was hiding - here you can see two large tables strewn with tools and supplies. A workbench of sorts. Opposite along the wall are boxes of various materials and parts, and some contraptions which look partially finished.
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Gargan
"Interesting, so the contraption malfunctioned then?" The dragonborn scratches his chin for a moment as he contemplates this, looking towards Nim as he tries to determine if he believes him or not.
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He then nods as if in confirmation of something to himself before he asks another question, once again glancing towards Valletta as she translates for the group. "Have any other of your contraptions malfunctioned like this elsewhere in the city at all Nim?"
When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
Nim sort of shrugs and nods. You do not sense any kind of deception though there is definitely a feeling of .. indifference, with a hint of narcissism. Like there's no malicious intent but it isn't super concerned about how his actions might affect others if the consequences aren't serious.
At Jack's question he looks over at Valetta, pointing down the stairs. She replies "No Nim, I don't think they're talking about our own. There was an incident nearby and someone claims to have seen someone like you there". He doesn't react any further. You are left with the distinct impression that Nim is not in the habit of volunteering information.
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Cloudfur
In the blink of an eye - Cloudfur will rush at Nim and attempt to grab him by what might be the throat and lift him up, placing his other hand on the constructs chest.
"If you have no useful information for us, I will thunderwave you back to the hell that spawned you....."
[Intimidation: 4]
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Valetta lunges forward, grabbing Cloudfur and injecting herself in between you. "Threats are not the answer here. If he knows something he will tell us if asked the right questions. They are not actually capable of lies".
With her hand firmly pressed on Cloudfur's chest she looks back to Nim "Is there another Nimblewright here that you know of, that could have been responsible?"
Nim nods his head, his arms begin flailing wildly. Despite Valetta's interjection your tactics appear to have worked. As she watches, her eyes widen and she gasps slightly. Anger now is apparent on her face as well. "Nim! Stop. When did this happen?!". More hand waving.
She turns back to you, "It seems in order to aid his loneliness, Nim here was able to successfully build another Nimblewright to keep him company. But, when it was activated it immediately become confused and afraid. It fled out the window and has never returned. That was a month ago."
"This can't be allowed to continue, Nim. We allowed you access to these things to give you something to do but clearly that was a mistake". She gestures to the acolytes fixing the door. "We need to remove everything from his work area, right now. That can wait". the two young men begin collecting the various parts and partially constructed contraptions into open creates and hauling them out the door. Nim initially slumps and turns away but Valetta turns him back, forcing him to watch as all of his belongings are stripped from his room.
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Kanus Tredicim
Kanus scowls a bit then whispers to Jack, "I kinda feel bad for the poor fella" he then looks to Valetta, "Can you ask him when the last time he saw his construct was?"
Cloudfur
With a smug smile the tabaxi steps back with his friends.
"See, just needed to jog it's memory....."
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Cloudfur
"But it is a construct....an aberration of the natural order......" he states matter of factly as if that was all the justification he needed for his actions.
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"He says he hasn't seen or heard from it since it left a month ago", Valetta responds watching Nim frantically trying to communicate. Then at Jack's suggestion he seems to get excited. Arms flailing in the air he starts running around rummaging through boxes. He disappears behind a stack of crates in the corner. Several parts come flying out from behind it, and then he emerges holding a rather bizarre looking contraption. Holding the small handle he releases a little catch on the side. The device extends up, a small umbrella pops out from the top and a little trigger pops out from the handle.
Nim points to it, waving around. He pulls the trigger a couple of times. The small umbrella begins to turn, somewhat slowly. He points it at himself, and swirls his finger around the umbrella. Valetta interprets: "It seems he made this to try and find it after it left. He says it will detect any nimblewright except him. Right now it's probably picking up the other ones here. Huh .. well I guess at least he was trying to solve the problem he created..."
Nim nods his head rapidly. He walks up to Jack, decidedly steering clear of Cloudfur, and offers it to her.
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Cloudfur
As the nimblewright goes in to action Cloudfur drops in to a defensive stance with his paw out, ready to blast the thing should it try anything threatening. His tail twitches back and forth in agitation.
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Nim stares at Jack blankly. Perhaps humour isn't part of his programming.
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Cloudfur
"Jack you would have a better chance of convincing a rock to roll over....."
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Jack
Jack puffs out her chest and grins. "I've done it once! I could do it again." She says proudly, sounding genuine(?). Afterwards, she pats Nim one last time on the shoulder, then turns to Veletta and says, "I want to thank you both for everything you've done. Rest assure, we'll see this matter handled 'fore things get too much further out of hand. Count on it!" She says grinning, then turn back to the others.
"Now, which Ward do we want to start at?" She asks the others, though not without first motioning for the group to start leaving the temple with her prize secured on her person.
Deception: 21.
(@Tanzier & Argent: Talk about being on point with these cat images!)
When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
Kanus Tredicim
Kanus looks to Jack, "Probably best to start where it was last seen ya?"
Gargan
Nodding in agreement with Kanus Gargan says : “Agreed, I would suggest we start where our trail ran cold no?”
With that he moves over to Valletta and whispers quietly to her. “Would it be possible to ensure that Nim does not leave while we investigate further? While I believe what he is saying this is quite a murky situation indeed and I would rather not take any chances. I do hope this is okay?”