Kestrell wakes Selinae and Phaedra early, gets the three of them out the door, stops by to get more flufferjacks, and then they walk back up to the Griffon stables.

Silver just sits eating pancakes as he watches the three "Mind if I tag along?"

"Not at all, please do!  It's quite the sight, have you ever been up there?"

Silver just shrugs "Once or twice." he just stands and begins to walk with them towards the stables.

Phaedra spends some extra time getting ready in the morning beyond her usual bath and prays. The cleric makes sure she is in her best robes of Mystra, vibrant blue and sliver and she is also wearing tight riding pants. Her hair is tied back into a ponytail with a few bangs hanging loose, which are being kept in place by her thin sliver headband. Despite the more causal attire, her trusty mace still hands at the side of her belt.

"So we are ready to go? I could hardly catch a wink of sleep last night thinking about the flight!"

Selinae hurries along with the others.

Kestrell nods in approval at Phaedra's clothing choice.  "Good outfit for flying.  Don't want a lot of loose clothes to flap in the wind and get tangled up.  Let's go!"

The group of you set out to the aerie, making sure to pick up more flufferjacks on the way. When you get to the gate you're let in without any issues. This time, rather than the stables, you're taking to a field on the other side of the main building. As you approach you realize this is where the griffons take off and land. Valrun and Kody stand off to the side chatting with the halfling from last night.

Selinae waved as they approached.

"Ahoy the griffon riders!"  Kestrell holds out the box of flufferjacks.  "How about a little fuel for the fire this morning?"

Phaedra bustles to the front of the group, given the griffon riders a wave.

"Yes we brought the flufferjacks. Hi Valrun, Kody and... I am sorry I am so exited that your name has slipped my memory! By deepest apologies... I just can not remember being this excited in a long time."

"Ohh what is the griffon's name? Is it something terrifying to strike fear into the hearts of Waterdeeps miscreants or is it something cutie... like Fluffy?"

The trio stride up to the group with the Griffin Knight in the lead, "Good morning. I apologies for not properly introducing myself yesterday eve. I am Knight Valrun and this fine specimen of a Griffin is Kody." Valrun does a slight bow and Kody also lowers his head for just a moment. As he's raising from his bow, the halfling steps forward, "And I'm Public Relations Sergent Barkas Layver." taking a bow.

From off to the side you hear someone laughing. It's another Griffin Knight and he's doubled over at the waist in laughter. "Public Relations is it Barkas? And all this time I thought ye were just the gate guard." You can see this embarrasses the halfling but he's trying not to show it though he does take the time to flash an obscene gesture at the laughing knight. Valrun steps in to attempt to draw attention away, "So I hear tell that you're trying to catch a murderer. Pray tell how being above the city will help with that? Does this murder have a hat that looks like a bulleye from above?"

Selinae steps in close to Barkas, leaving the explanation to Phaedra and turning her back on the teasing soldier.

Kestrell steps forward.  "No, the murder does not.  But we've got a doohickey that can magically detect him, and Miss Phaedra here has some ability of her own to detect murderers.  How many griffins you got?  Can both of us go up?"

Silver just watches the interactions waiting to see what transpires.

"It would be easier if we could both go up but I understand if you can only take me..." Phaedra lets her voice trail off.

"I have been meaning to ask, how long does it take you to fly from one end of the city to the other?"

"Sorry, but Kody has a weight limit. With me in full armor a single additional rider is about it. As for flying time, we can make it from one side of the city to the other in just over 10 minutes if we're just trying to get somewhere. To fly patrol, we can usually cover the city in a couple hours. Which brings up a question of my own. Taking height into your distance calculation for your spells, how high will we be flying on this mission? Is this a case where you need a birds-eye view or will we be skimming the rooftops?" answers Valrun 

"Ohh that is a good question. I normally don't have to think of things in height as well as distance. Well we need to be within 500 feet of the ground as that is the maximum distance."

"You don't per chance have a way to magically communicate with your comrades? For when we find it. Because with you, I know we will."

"Five hundred feet, eh. That's not much. I'd say we'll probably try to stay about twenty or so feet off the ground. That should let you check close to the 500 feet range around us as we fly. To do the whole city from that height will take longer than Kody can fly so we may have to split this across days unless we get lucky. As for communication, I have a sending stone that keeps me in touch with home base."

OOC: Free low end non-combat magic item to whomever wants to do the math on how much range the widget will have if it's range is 500 feet and it's 20 feet in the air.

"I can also maintain a radius of 1000 feet for 10 minutes at a time, but i can only do that three times a day..."