"hmm, Knife missin, assistant quittin, walls breached, Rody a body... there's some kind of plot goin on!" Tith exclaims with realization! "Don't worry fair maiden of the forge fire, of the most beautiful emerald skin and as strong as the greatest steel! I, boss Tithenraug, and my number one Mozu will solve this mystery and secure your hometown once again!"

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"Nothing looked amiss. His wrists were slit in the common fashion."

 "Both wrists?" Curascious wonders. "Such a brutal way to go. We are here to see Katrezra, is he here?" Curascious attempts a respectful pause between the two thoughts, though it may have come off as not so much of a pause at all.

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"The knife was already paid for by Rodrik, it's possible she finished the engraving and he picked it up. I'm not sure. She was a half-orc like myself, down on her luck so I offered her a job. She worked for me a couple weeks maybe."

 Mozu speaks up, with an intense glare to Tith, then looks to the smith, “Do you have a reason as to why he would make out the engraving to himself?”

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"Nothing looked amiss. His wrists were slit in the common fashion."

 "Both wrists?" Curascious wonders. "Such a brutal way to go. We are here to see Katrezra, is he here?" Curascious attempts a respectful pause between the two thoughts, though it may have come off as not so much of a pause at all.

 "May I interject?" Herd asks, before continuing, "Not to be too graphic, but were the wounds on Mr. Rodrik's wrists examined properly? The vector in which a self inflicted wound would appear on the wrists would be different if committed by another. Even if a perpetrator moved the blade from lateral to medial, the angle of the cut would be different."

She looks back and forth between Herd and Curascious. "It was brutal. Katrezra is here sometimes but not in the past few days." She looks at Herd, "What do you mean examind properly? Both wrists were cut, it really looked like he cut them. Now who is this Victor and is he a suspect?"

Sara smiles, "He didn't make it out to himself. He lost the one that was given him to him by Brinya. She was so angry with him, she wouldn't talk to him again until he made it right. So he ordered a new one."

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She looks back and forth between Herd and Curascious. "It was brutal. Katrezra is here sometimes but not in the past few days." She looks at Herd, "What do you mean examind properly? Both wrists were cut, it really looked like he cut them. Now who is this Victor and is he a suspect?"

 "Ah, vector," Curascious clarifies quickly. "A quantity, having direction, as well as magnitude, especially as determining the position of one point in space relative to another." He smiles and nods as if that settles the matter, then inquires further, "Do you know where we might find Katrezra?"

"Katrezra disappeared last night, didn't say anything to anyone. Kind of odd he left the same night Rodrik died though. I don't think he went far, he is crippled and doesn't move very well. Very old. Brantos knew him a bit better. Let me get him for you." She walks over to a knight who is nearby. She talks to him for a minute and then comes back with him.

Brantos is a tall human wearing half plate and carrying a large two handed sword across his back. "Tyari had business to attend to but asked me to help you in anyway I could. I hear you are asking about Katrezra?"

"What was Mr. Katrezra's relationship with Mr. Rodrik? Were there any non typical events occurring in this area of the town last night? Mr. Flumplestump, here, has questions as well, I believe." Herd asks.

"I know they knew each other. I helped take care of Katrezra when the clerics were occupied. Otherwise he kind of kept to himself. If you are investigating Rodrik's death, uhm... did you want to see the body?" Brantos asks.

"Why would Mr. Katrezra need assistance? What was Mr. Katrezra's demeanor yesterday? Who was the last person to see him? And, yes, seeing Mr. Rodrik's body would be most useful. Thank you," responds Herd. 

"He seemed fine. Katrezra is a very very old half-orc. He has had a rough life and is very frail. He needs help to get around. No clue who the last person to see him was. Could have been me. I saw him last night after the hopeknife ceremony. He seemed fine."

"Thank you, Mr. Brantos. Would you please show us to Mr. Rodrik's remains?" Herd asks. 

She takes Herd and Curascious inside to a small room off the entrance. In it lies the body of Rodrik. His body has been cleaned up, he lays wrapped losely in white cloth. His arms are crossed over his chest. 

The young cleric lowers her head, "He was a good man. He deserved better than this fate."

"May I examine the body before it is to be burned?" Curascious summons Crawley to his open hand, and the spider familiar crawls towards Rodrik's body. "Now that the wounds are cleaned they can be properly investigated."

//Investigation check with advantage, you don't have anyone hurrying you up, you can take your time//

Curascious carefully moves the cloth wrappings, trying to be respectful, and has Crawley get into positions to offer him a better angle at examination, checking the shape of the wounds and looking for any other physical evidence of a struggle. 

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Herd HELPS Curascious!

(Nvm  Saw the previous post.) 

Herd observes Curascious at work. 

"Please hold this," Curascious says to Herd, proffering one of the corpse's arms while examining the torso underneath. 

Herd unabashedly hold the arms.