(Eolas) To the Confrontation!

Oct 4th, 2012 07:17 PM

It wasn't that Zafai forgot that their kind could morph into something else. But still, when it was without notice it was still a little surprising. The Lord's brow's rose not as startled, but more so impressed. It wasn't always that a Gangrel took smart measures for something. "Excellent plan...James." Like he was unsure what to call him. Under normal circumstances, he'd feel pressed to pet the animal. However, beneath it was another monster whose beast could set to lash out at a moments notice. "Yes, proceed." Nodding to the wolf and Chris.

As they made their way downstairs, it was very clear that something was amiss. In the room the two gentleman had been previously that night, a great number of books were disturbed and laying on the floor. They'd also notice that the door to an office was ajar. Chris sensed nothing out of the ordinary by that of beast, smell or sound.

**James Calloway** · Oct 4th, 2012 10:48 PM

Jim's head panned about all wolf-like, then he padded on over to the office door. Sitting on his haunches, he used his front legs to push the door open, his teeth bared, ready to chomp a bitch as needed.

**Chris Wooding** · Oct 5th, 2012 01:00 PM

'Oh great, Melvin's place looked just like this.' Those knowing Chris would recognize his voice as getting a bit annoyed. He steps towards the office, meanwhile grabbing his katana from his back, and thus breaking the Touch of Shadow.

Assholes better be in there.

What had their mystery guests been looking for?

Oct 5th, 2012 11:25 PM

The Crone Lord froze and then turned to Chris. "Melvin's place looked like this?" It was clear that Zafai was now tense and on alert more than he was before. "What did you find at Melvin's place exactly..."

"My office in a state of disarray wasn't exactly what I expected when the silent alarms went off..."

Whoever had been making a search for something had clearly no regard for the mess they left in their wake. There were broken wooden boxes on the floor along with books and open drawers and cupboards. The egress window in the office was broken outwards.

**James Calloway** · Oct 6th, 2012 01:57 PM

Unable to speak, Jim did what he did best. He peeked around, and he snuffsnuffsnuffed, desperate to get a scent.

But try as he might, even his best efforts would not allow him to pick up a trail. Growling slightly, he continued to snuff, but wasn't getting anywhere fast.

His tail did not wag. Why would it? Jim was pissed.

scent tracking faaaail, 1 sux per

**Chris Wooding** · Oct 6th, 2012 07:13 PM

'Yeah I think they are looking for something small, since books were damaged in ways that someone looked for something inside the books... I guess.' Chris isn't hundred percent sure, of course.

He stops moving around to look at Zafai. 'Melvin let us inside, quite soon thereafter he sipped his coffee and died, poison. We heard a noise, someone escaped through the window, just like here.' A nod in direction of the window. 'We figured the 'thing' must have been at the basement, so we looked there and found a similar scene.'

'Are you missing something incredibly valuable, ancient or powerful, that you by any chance didn't tell us about earlier?' His voice is not very hopeful.

Oct 6th, 2012 08:18 PM

"Well, then we keep our focus on books...Chris. Since that may indeed what is being looked for." Nodding with an impressed look upon his face to the Mekhet.

And ask Chris spoke of Melvin's demise, the Lord froze. He slowly turned and looked to him. "Poisoned." For Zafai, his voice was exclamatory, but not raised. His eyes widened and something became crystal clear. "The missing bottles we searched for earlier..." His hand went over his mouth and he rubbed his lips in thought. Though his expression lead to believe that he was slightly fond of the weird shopkeeper.

There were several moments of disbelief before Zafai began to speak. "Melvin acquired a great many things." He paused in thought a moment, clearing his head of the recent news. "He may not have always been aware of their value...although that's what I was paid to do." The tall Creole Lord sighed again and continued. "There were some items he had at his home that he attempted to research for the purposes of selling for money, and if he couldn't figure it out...they were then brought to me."

"Recently...there was a book that I was very uncertain about." It wasn't ominous, but a recollection from the Crone Lord.

James could see piles on the floor, and one that looked like they stopped by the desk and one single book laid on the floor open...and a cut out was inside.

**James Calloway** · Oct 7th, 2012 11:49 AM

Jim gave a little woof, and nudged the cutout book. He nudged Chris's leg, then nudged the book again. Come on, Shadow! Do your thing!

Then he went a-snuffin' some more, peeking out the window to try to get a scent or another clue or anything.

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**Chris Wooding** · Oct 8th, 2012 10:00 AM

Chris nods when Zafai realized what he had already assumed earlier tonight. This is, of course, all done by the same person.

The other things the Lord says catch Chris' attention 'Really? Why? Do you recall the name of this book?' The shadow looks around, 'Is it still here?!' he doesn't even know what he is looking for.

But he does notice his wolf friend.

'And what have we got here?' Chris looks at the book, checks the cover and first pages, then he tries to see to what chapter the cut out might have belonged. 'It seems like "they" found something...'

Oct 9th, 2012 01:21 AM

Jim-Wolf couldn't smell a trace of anything other than it smelled old.

"The book read like a journal, though to anyone else it looked like something fictitious. It was hand written and there was no title."

The Crone Lord followed the wolf over to its findings. "Much like this one..." The back cover looked like it had been sealed over with a false binding page. The cut out had been beneath it. It was a long rectangle that had something that was missing.

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2012-10-06 13:57:13	James Calloway rolls 2 to 2Wits+2wolf-1 untrained surv-1 retry (10 Again)	4, 6	failure
2012-10-06 13:55:46	James Calloway rolls 7 to Perception (10 Again)	6, 3, 7, 4, 4, 8, 4	1 success
2012-10-06 13:55:30	James Calloway rolls 6 to Wits-1(untrained Survival)+2wolf+WP (10 Again)	7, 3, 2, 4, 6, 7	failure

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2012-10-07 11:48:39		James Calloway rolls 7 to Snuff-snuff-snuff... (10 Again)		4, 9, 5, 4, 7, 5, 7		1 success

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