It didn't take much more for the demon to fall. One good swipe was all it took for it to fade back into mist, a symbol appearing in the fog that most you have not seen for four years...
Any deeper thinking you could do is interrupted by the head of security. "You... You killed it. You saved all our lives. Here, you all deserve a reward. Half the fee we were being charged. You all deserve it." He tosses a bag of money at your feet.
Still, one question remains: where did this thing come from?
Gabrielle starts by asking what any of the bystanders saw about where the creature may have come from.
Gurdang looks about for clues, and his charge.
Amyrielle finds her shoes! Then she moves around to study the area for any magical energy.
Intimidate
Khashana remains silent and merely studies the crowd, dreamily, trying to pick up on surface emotions and impressions.
Gabrielle soon finds a guard who says he heard a faint whisper and a chill along the back of his neck shortly before the haunt appeared. He was stationed to the north.
Gurdang soon finds his charge, who corroborates the guard's story by saying he thinks he saw a patch of fog coming from the north, but thought he was imagining things and said nothing.
Amyrielle suddenly realizes that the mourning haunt had to have been summoned to this plane, and judging by the levels of arcane energy in the area it couldn't have been summoned here. With that, you all hit the streets.
Raivek grabs a shopkeep by the collar and asks him if he saw anything today. The man, fearing for his life, tells him that he saw something dart across the bridge below his shop.
Khashana realizes that the most likely place for a demonic ritual in that direction is at the base of Dalannan Tower. Everywhere else in that direction is either a marketplace or a foundry.
While she is not an inquistive, Amyrielle does her best to look for clues - as well as complain about doing this task in her dress.
Gabrielle tries to remember a shortcut she vaguely remembers through the market place to the Tower.
Amyrielle attempts to find some sort of clue as to which way the haunt came from, but finds nothing.
Gabrielle is more successful, as an urchin saw a man with long black hair carrying a large amount of alchemical supplies pass this way earlier this morning, guarded by four goblins.
Boxer uses what little skill he has and listens to what the crowd is saying.
Raivek huffs off and storms out the shop, investigating the bridge, and the areas around each end of it.
The people on the street seem to be talking about an odd man who lives a few blocks away. (They don't mention which direction.) His name is Arack, or something like that, and he moved here a few months ago. He was polite enough, but the sounds of construction kept coming from his townhouse at odd hours.
7/12
Insight
Perception
Gurdang tries to force the snippets of information to form a cohesive story.
Gabrielle stays inconspicuous and tries to pick up the bits of information people don't want to tell her.
Amyrielle keeps looking for clues, trying to help figure things out.
Boxer pauses to recall the events of the last 10 minutes trying to sort out what he saw.
Perception =
Boxer always get tunnel vison when in combat.
After Raivek and Gurdang lead the party in a long circuit of the district, the party finally arrives at the man's townhouse. A sense of foreboding fills the air.
Amyrielle looks down at herself. "I am so not dressed for this. My dress will be *ruined*. This is the last time I accept a party invitation in this city. Oh, and be careful. There is a lot of magical energy here.
Gabrille looks carefully to see if there's an unobtrusive way into the house.
Amyrielle looks down at herself. "I am so not dressed for this. My dress will be *ruined*. This is the last time I accept a party invitation in this city. Oh, and be careful. There is a lot of magical energy here.
"Mistress should remove her clothing before continuing."
"I can hold them until we are finished."
"Heh, I like the way you think.." he says to Boxer with a grin, then turns to the townhouse "..but I don't like feeling this place gives me."
He looks to the rest of the group "Are we ready to continue?"