After inquiring around for a bit, Umbriel, Whistler, Ireniana and Droop manage to find a nice, but economic inn.  Rooms can be had for 5 silver, and a good meal of soup and bread for 3 silver.  How many rooms do you want?  Also, try a persuasion check if you want to negotiate on the room price.

Nyx and Baeshra manage to locate the tower in question.  Each of you make a Perception check, or one of you with advantage, to determine what you can find out about it.

Umbriel will secure rooms for the party, meals all around, and hopefully a stable for the animals by offering up a rare blue quartz semi-precious stone he has in his possession. He believes it's worth about ten gold pieces, but it's a priceless family heirloom that's been passed down through generations. It pains him to have to give it up, but he'll make that sacrifice for his friends.

Persuasion: 15

Lyngheid looks saddened at Umbriels sacrifice and hefts her purse with barely seven silver worth of copper....perhaps she should gift less to the temple.  She had other responsibilities to her companions now.

Ireniana looks to Umbriel and brings out two platinum pieces. "Is this gonna cover it?" 

Baeshra perception:19, adv for scent related perception as a cat: 9

(eagle eyed observers in the party would probably remember the blue quartz as something we recovered during our travels, not an heirloom like Umbriel was claiming.)

Nyx pat Baeshra cat.

"Ohh look at you Baeshra. You are sooooooo cute! Why haven't you become a cat before? You know your shapeshifting is really impressive. I can change to make myself look like other people, but not into animals."

"You know... do we even know who these people are that have the... you know.." with air quotes "stash of waffles? We are just taking this contacts word for it. And I have tasted waffles at many an establishment, but with the... condiments this stash of waffles has covering it..."

"I just remember the first time I meet all of you in the mines and there was that chest I just could not open. It should have been easy yet I was just nervous. Trying to impress really."

OCC: Perception seeing Baeshra gets advantage anyway 12

Whistler slams down some coin, slams back the drink.

"Whistler hates magic," he sulks.

Baeshra bites at Nyx's hand as she attempts to pet him, and then continues to look around.

Umbriel sits with the group, grateful for a drink at the end of a long day of travel. "Whistler, I'm sorry you feel that way about magic. Perhaps there is something I could do to help change your perception of the arcane?"

Lyngheid goes to sleep on the table, " Somebody wake me if.....*snore*".

Nyx snatches her hand away.

"Ohh you may be cute but you watch it!"

Whistler thinks for a minute and drinks deeply.

"Kenku long ago stole from a magic master. Magic stop Kenku talk and fly but Kenku stole voices. Whistler-kind clever. Whistler hate trick magics, only time Kenku were tricked. NEVER AG-KAW!"  The little fluff of muscle mimics but being upset, he struggled to find the human words and the animal words blending together. He mimes the exact action of a drink given, takes a sip and makes a poof with his wings. "Whistler was tricked today." Whistler calms down for a little while as he notices that he had spoken with words longer than before, probably thanks to the adventures he and his flock had been having.

Umbriel and Ireniana secure the whole inn, meals and drinks for the party for several nights.

Baeshra and Nyx determine that the carriage house by the tower is a 30 foot square stone building.  The ground floor doesn't have any windows, but it does have a big wooden sliding door in the front.  The upper floor has a barred window in each wall.  You catch occasional movement from the windows upstairs, as if someone is moving around.  Baeshra-cat smells the distinct scent of two horses coming from the main floor, and picks up the sound of leather harnesses creaking.  As if the horses are hitched to something and ready to go.

Umbriel considers Whistler's story, then leans in and says in a very straightforward manner, "I understand. I will never try to trick you with my magic. My magic is for the good of the group, and the detriment of our enemies. This is my promise to you."

Baeshra hops down from Nyx's shoulder and looks for a way to slip inside and look around.

Whistler cheers up a tiny bit, the Kenku curse is something that all of his kind feel deeply.

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Baeshra hops down from Nyx's shoulder and looks for a way to slip inside and look around.

 The main door that is wide enough for a carriage is closed securely.  There is a man-door in the back, but it's also closed.  Assuming you climb one of the nearby trees (with ease because you are a cat) you can get a good look into the upstairs windows, and you confirm there are two guards inside.  And one of the windows is open. Barred, but you could slip through easily as a cat if you want to try jumping onto the roof and climbing down the wall to the window.  Or climbing some other way.  Or something else.  Acrobatics or Athletics check depending on what you do.

Baeshra-cat will try to get over to the building and climb through one of the windows.

Acrobatics: 17 (Also a 30 foot climbing speed if that helps any.)

 Nyx takes off one of her hair clips and unrolls a small length of copper wire. Using it she casts Message.

"Baeshra cat, what do you see? Guards, a safe way in? You can reply to this message."