The lock seems weak to Horatio's, as he lifts the catch and the door swings inward.

perception: 21

Investigation: 17

Samael  enters the domicile and uses his magic and senses to explore the residence.

"After you..." Horatio mutters as Samael abruptly enters and begins his examinations.

((How is Samael attempting to use magic here?))

It's not very large of a place, just the one floor, with a cot against a wall, a cabinet and trunk nearby, and a cooking area at the fireplace and a single chair and end table next to it. You notice some fragments of partially burned fabric near the fireplace, which doesn't look like it's held a fire in a few days either. Frankie does keep a stash of kindling and firewood at hand, so while the place isn't the cleanest, he seems to be the prepared sort, and do have kept things in good repair. The chair and table seem sturdy, the bed is made.

(mage hand cantrip, and command and/or suggestion spells at the ready. that and he has +5 investigation.)

edit: forgot I had "Eyes of the Runekeeper".

((Only ones to command or suggest would be your party members, but sure mage hand would let you touch and handle things in the room without having to physically do so.))

 "check the cabinet and trunk, good sirs, but be wary. I fear something else calls this place home."

Sirq strides over to the trunk, preparing to help someone else investigate the trunk. "Maybe there's something in here that drove Frankie out," he adds as he opens the lid and searches through its contents.

"perhaps."  I use Mage hand to open the trunk and I Investigate 15  (advantage is due to the help.)

While the others look at the trunk, Morn moves over to the fireplace. Noticing the burned fabric pieces, he kneels down to pick them up and look closely at them - trying to figure out if perhaps they were parchment or something was written on them instead of just clothe (Investigation: 20). He then looks around the room to see if he can identify anything else that might match said fabric pieces (not sure if you want perception or another investigation here?).

The trunk contains some spare clothes, but nothing else of note.

Morn has a look at the scraps of fabric. The fabric is slightly yellow in color, and looks like it has been torn, the edges a bit frayed, into a long narrow strip, though just a finger length section remains. It must have fallen out of the fire as it burned, there are some ashy bits further into the fireplace that still hold a bit of the shape of fabric, but at any closer inspection, they crumble fully to ash.

"Ha, I knew it! You'r one of those guys! I need to learn how to do that."

Trinjya says as Horatio opens the door. When everybody enters, she remains at the entrance watching the other rumaging thru the hut. Leaning at the door frame she looks relaxed and without interest in what is going ob in the hut, but she has a close eye on her new friends. (She is watching out for somebody who tries to hide something from the group. Perception: 15)

While she waits for the others to finish their investigation she takes out her flute and starts playing a silly melodie that fits the sight of 5 people rumaging thru a small cabin. 

Samael stops, then ponders "did this four-fingered fellow have any associates, business or otherwise?"

As Trinjya pulls out her flute and plays, Sirq stops what he is doing, exclaims, "I love this song!" and then pulls out his flute to begin playing an improvised harmony to Trinjya's melody.

((If there's anyone trying to steal Frankie's socks or anything of that sort, I'm any more aware of it than Trinjya is...))

Random roll: 13

"Hey, you guys friends of Frankie's?", a burly fellow passing by asks, upon seeing a half dozen people rummaging around the home's interior while playing flutes in the doorway.

"we are investigating his disappearance, good sir." Samael states, then decides to ask the stranger "Perchance, would you know of his last place of sighting or his destination?" Persuasion roll: 12 

"Oh, good. Hope ya' find 'im. Saw 'im at the tavern knocking 'em back last... no, night before last.", the fellow seems appeased at your explanation for why you're all there.

"You hear how 'e was talkin' bout finding some sorta treasure out in the Marsh?"

"We did, though when we arrived here to ask him about that, we found no one around."

"Yeah, I'm not sure I believed 'im, but he was buying rounds, so when that's the case I'll trust the coin, s'long as it spends! If he was putting us on, well, good prank, I suppose, but anyone who wants to buy me ale as a prank is welcome to. If he weren't putting us on, then I expect he's working on bringing more back."

"does he frequent the tavern? if not, where does he often go when not home?"