"Where are we going?  The Gond temple? My buddy Barney's office?  Or should we take this here thing to Fenerus Stormcastle using the handy dandy map I found?  Let's take it to Stormcastle."

Silver just sheathes his swords as everything unfolds "And I thought being a half-breed was bad in this city...guess I finally found something that has it worse than me."

Selinae looked confused and turned towards Phaedra, " I thought Temple....what do you think, Boss."

"I am sure that between Elon and myself we could figure out who this Stormcastle is. I must admit I can not say I want to take it back to our place. Maybe Nim and the Priestesses at the Temple of Gond would know how to make it talk. We need answer and this Nimblewright is our only clue."

"Hey Kest, let me see the map"

Elon tries to memorize and read the map (let me know what to roll)

"If this stormcastle is so important, why didn't the machine go there? I think this map was intended for someone else and that someone might come looking for him"

Kestrell shows Elon the map.

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Elon tries to memorize and read the map (let me know what to roll)

Give me a intelligence or history check. DC 10 to memorize the map for future use.

The party travels to the House of Inspired Hands, sticking to the well lit main roads. Selinae draws some strange looks from passersby but no one says anything. Upon reaching the temple they're met at the front door by Valetta and Nim. You notice that Nim is signing away at Valetta and that she has a sour look on her face and is shaking her head no.

As your draw near Valetta turns to you, "The agreement was that you would find and destroy this creation. Why have you instead captured it and brought it here. It's presence has Nim worked up, as you can see."

"Nim, don't worry, we will take care of it.  But first, can you talk to it?  We'd like to ask it some questions."

"That was indeed what we agreed. However, things have changed. As Kestrell has said we need information from it. Not only has it murdered others but it was either going to murder more people or it had other plans. It was also working with someone and we need to find these things out."

Phaedra says in a stern and commanding voice.

OOC:

If needed, not that my last round of social roles went very well..

Persuasion 12

Valetta looks very displeased but motions Nim forward. The nimblewright steps around Selinae so that the captive can see him and then starts signing to the other machine. The other machine makes no attempt to move or respond. Nim then steps back around and signs something to Valetta.

The priestess sighs before saying, "Nim asks that you untie the hands of the captive so that it can communicate with him."

Selinae shrugs, " Everyone ready?"

" Kestrell can you untie the hands while I hold him secure?"

Kestrell uses his dagger to slice the rope and free the Nimblewright.

As soon as his hands are free, the captive nimblewright's hands start moving. Nim and Valetta watch attentively before Valetta speaks, "It says it has fulfilled its purpose and wishes to die." As Veletta is relaying the information Nim is vigorously signing a response. Valetta doesn't say anything else and lets the two creations converse for a few minutes. Eventually Nim signs something back to Veletta who shrugs and looks to the party. "So it seems Nim only taught it to follow orders but never taught it the concept of morality or right and wrong. It doesn't understand why Nim's upset because it followed the orders it was given. This only adds to my desire to see it destroyed. Did you have anything you wished to ask it, first?"

Ohh bo who Veletta, we are solving a murder here, quite puffing like the big bad wolf.

"Who gave it the orders and who and why is Fenerus Stormcastle marked on the map it had?"

The captive hears Phaedra's question and starts signing to Nim and Veletta again. Once he's done Veletta looks back to Phae, "It says it was given orders by Lady Gralhund and that it took a rock to Fenerus Stormcastle. It's orders were to destroy itself after that delivery but it can't destroy itself so it threw itself away."

Selinae leant forward, " Um, Your Grace? Uh....would you be able to ask it exactly what it was told to do by Lady Gralhund in regards to the incident in the square and then record, if you could, and witness that confession in a letter to the Watch.  It would be most appreciated."

Kestrell looks confused then asks the rest of the party: "What's with all of the hand signals?  Didn't we talk to the prime Nimwit earlier?  With our voices, I mean?"

Valetta roles her eyes and sighs dramatically, "You do realize nothing this nimblewright says is admissible into court correct? They're not technically alive, just advanced machines. They have no rights and as such their testimony is not considered reliable. But if you wish to ask it this question I will translate it's response for you to..." Valetta trails off as she realizes that Selinae's hands are occupied holding the captive, "... for one of your party to write down. Yes you can list me as a witness, if you'd like."

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Kestrell looks confused then asks the rest of the party: "What's with all of the hand signals?  Didn't we talk to the prime Nimwit earlier?  With our voices, I mean?"

At Kestrell's question, Valetta's eyes nearly pop out of her skull. She spins to face Nim who was already taking an apologetic posture. "You can speak? And you spoke to them before speaking to me?"

Nim takes a step back before slowly raising its head to look at the priestess. "I am sorry. I did not mean to deceive you. I created this nimblewright so that I might have someone else to communicate with, as you are so busy and don't have time for me. I feel so alone most of the time. After you punished me for creating new devices I thought I would just learn to speak like you and the other priests. It was not as difficult as I thought it would be."

Valetta is clearly shocked and enraged by this turn of events. She stands with her mouth slowly opening and closing but no noise is coming out as her emotions fight for control.

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Kestrell looks confused then asks the rest of the party: "What's with all of the hand signals?  Didn't we talk to the prime Nimwit earlier?  With our voices, I mean?"

 Selinae clouted Kestrell on the back of the head, not too hard...but her version of not too hard is probably still rattling his brain around, " Shhh."