"If I'm being honest I can barely read. I was never really taught so I don't think I will be much help."
I guess we go there, sneak around and then bash in the door like we usually do.
Heading to the docks the following dawn you reach the Shipwreck, which is more a broad plaza of broken ship's timbers. The whole area seems deserted.
Perhaps we can get an aerial view, Senn?
Senn will send her familiar up to scout and report back.
Senn your familiar detects a faint shimmering on the roof of one of the nearby buildings.
Senn will send her to get a closer look maybe 10ft away. Same perception for traps or danger while approaching. If it is safe and something that can be returned she will do so.
"I can try opening the door from a distance?" she asks, since last time did not go so well.
That sounds like a good plan.
Penith nods, lips set in determination, and then she tries the door handle from thirty feet away with her mind, steeling herself from an explosion or at least a loud squeak from an unoiled handle.
Using the power of her mind Penith manages to open the door.
The door opens reasonably silently, the building seems to be abandoned
Penith gives out a sigh of relief "Do we... go in?"
Sure! Trevor leads the way in.
Bitey stands beside Trevor and Senn follows 15ft behind.
Moving through the house you can see that the house has been long abandoned. You make it up to the roof but again there is no sign of anyone.
Empty? We got the right place.
Senn, you think the shimmer on the roof was something invisible.
"Ok there maybe something here we are not seeing."
Senn will have bitey us scent to locate any invisible creatures.
Bitey can tell that there was something here but there is a strong smell of sulphur and brimstone which has overwhelmed the scent, it seems to be in this one location and does not move
Senn will cast invisibility purge.
Senn concentrates for a few minutes and casts a spell, the spell reveals that there was something invisible on the roof but that it has now gone.
"was it watching us, or were we all just imagining things?"
I guess it moved.
"Best guess is they were looking for the princess, saw she was sent and are reporting back. Maybe we can find out where Dahab lived or who contacts were and work this that way?"
We should check things out anyway.
"Yes we should be through, good doctor."
Senn will search through the area for any clues.
It is clear when you look around that something was here but is now gone. You find a strip of leather that smells strange
Know. Local
Atajay picks up the leather and inspects it closely.
Atajay, you notice that the leather strip is coloured with a red pigment and from the colour and smell you think that it has come from a tannery. Asking around you find that the most famous tannery in the immediate area is a business known as Salir's Fine Leathers.
"So we should head to Salir's Fine Leathers. Good job Atajay."
So shall we all sneaky sneak inside?
Gm is this place busy right now?
Salir's fine leathers is a large building in the Tanner's Quarter. It is clear that the shop, however, has fallen on hard times. At this time of day the shop appears quiet, as is the whole district.
Time for some scouting I suppose.
Perception
Atajay takes a close look around the place for anything out of the ordinary.
Senn looks from the ground.
Aquilo will look from the air.
Looking around you can see that the doors are closed as it is just after dawn. There are some windows on the southern side (C6) and you can see there are 8 guards here who appear to be patrolling accompanied by 6 leopards. They do not appear to have noticed you.
"that's a lot of guards and cats for a run down store... isn't it?"
The remainder of the doors appear closed and locked
Are we going to engage in kitty abuse or try to sneak in?
"Let's get in. Remember people here can go invisible."
We can be invisible.
Senn will test the door at C1. If it is locked aquilo will unlock it.
"How can we become invisible?" Penith whispers nervously to Trevor as she follows Senn.
”I can cast invisibility five times a day. It won’t last terribly long, it it might get us through.”
The door unlocks easily. Folded stacks of of dyed leather, fill the well-organised shelves in this store, each labelled with the type of animal the skins are from as well as the going price for wholesale and individual purchases. Boots, gloves, pouches, satchels, and clothing serve as just some of the examples of the fine wares provided here.
Senn will cast Detect magic.
"Atajay that's a lot of resources that may be better spent elsewhere."