Murder in Morith

[Azuloth]

Description

The Authorities in Morith have been unable to capture a killer on the loose. However, if word of their incompetence spreads to the capitol they'll be replaced in a most violent way. As such they've contracted out by bulletin the capture of this dastardly fiend. Those wishing to participate have been asked to come to Morith's Provincial Office for information regarding the case.

Objectives
-Capture of the Murderer

Losing Conditions
-The murderer escapes justice.
-All player characters are incapacitated or inactive.

Starting location
-Morith's Provincial Office.

Rewards
- Captured Alive: 2000 Ritz
- Captured Dead: 800 Ritz

Roster - Max. 8
- @edudenotaht
- Allyria Allenmorde
- @bartok
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Recommended Level: 1-3
Monster level: 1-4

[Deleted]

Ethan needed money, and the easiest way to do that was collecting a bounty. Well, rather than just pickpocketing from some poor soul. That was a dangerous line of work, as that could lead him to feeling into the pocket of someone much stronger than he was. Now that was a way to die.

With easy and quiet steps Ethan took his sultry and sulking self into the Morith Provincial Office. Expression neutral, after all he was just here to learn of some infortmation to findinig the murder stalking the streets of Morith. It was poetic, and a very just action to be undertaking. Well, it would be better if he was doing this for no reward. But only fools did shit for free. Ethan was not a fool. He liked having the basic necessities for life. It was healthy.

Obviously.

Anyway.

"I am here for information on the, umm, murderer in the streets." Speaking in his ever so tactful manner.

Wouldn't he be an awesome negotiator?

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-Ethan Atherton-
-Str:11-Vit:10-Agi:11-Ch:10-ST:10-T:10-D:10-EN:10-P:10-K:11-
-200 HP-19/20 SM-110 MP-

[Allyria Allenmorde]

Oh good, someone is here already. And here I thought I'd be taking this on by myself.

Allyria thought as she noticed the man in the provincial office. She had just missed what he had said, arriving after him. She closed the door behind her, the bell at the top of it jingled cheerfully. That was rather out of place for this sort of setting, they were supposed to be investigating a murder. Murders were bad. There wasn't supposed to be a single cheerful bell to be heard during a murder investigation.

"So... do we have a place to start?"

Allyria said, as Scarlet. Her voice had that otherworldly taint, and that tinny feel. She was hooded and masked with that red cloak of her's called Scarlet's Visage. Of course she carried her weapons and wore her armor. Only an idiot confronted a dangerous criminal armed only with their wits. You had to have something in your pocket or up your sleeve or down your blouse. For Allyria, that something was magic and weapons.

She wondered what this man had up his sleeves or down his trousers.

Not like that.

As in what could he use to bring this foul murderer to justice.

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Allyria Allenmorde Scarlet
Stats-25 ALL
HP: 500/500
Stm: 124/125
MP: 303/313 -5

Sudden Sight
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[Deleted]

Ulric had seen himself a chance to earn some money, and with his lovely fancy new arms and armour then he figured that he would give this a try, I mean yeah he was chasing down a violent murdering criminal. But he had some armour, and his throwing knives were pretty sharp, and he had magic, that to. Although using magic probably wouldn't be the best idea ever considering that it was illegal, but pffttt no onee would ever knowwwwww (apart from everyone).

Anyway, Ulric walked into the provincial office, noting that he quite obviously was not the first to arrive, that assuming of course that the other two were also here for the job and weren't just here on random other business that could take place in the provincial office. What did you do in a provincial office anyway, was it just for managing the province or was there something else that went on. He was probably over thinking it. 

"I'm here about the money murder information?" Ulric said once he entered and looked around for a few seconds, having not heard what either of the people in front of him had said, but liking the fact that they were here anyway as the more people there were the easier it would be for them to do this. 

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Stamina: 29/30

[Azuloth]

"Aye it's a tragedy."

Said the man that came around the corner. He was tall, lanky, and covered in hair. He had long scraggly hair on his head, and his beard was just as scraggly. He had one of those harsh faces that was just painful to look at. Hence the beard. It helped him get through a day without freaking anyone out, and he could act like a normal person. He stood behind the desk and handed out some piece of paper. The paper had writing on it.

Provided the person could read High Cruic the paper would say:

The person that holds this writ is temporarily an investigator for the city of Morith in an open investigation.

It was signed by the province's governor.

"Three o' 'em. Little girls each. Barely fourteen years old. They were found in the back alleys of the city. They were split open from groin to neck. We've been looking everywhere for this guy, mind you. If we don't find him in the next twenty four hours the governor is going to ask for help from the capitol. That won't look good for any of us. Those capitol types don't like it when they have to leave their cozy homes. Ya follow? It'll be bad for the whole city. The girls were murdered within blocks of each other. We've narrowed it down to the Canton neighborhood. Some nice taverns there, yeah. And a park right in the middle of it. A lot of old homes there too. But the folks are friendly. Good luck. If you catch the bastard alive we'll give you two thousand ritz. The Governor wants the bastard publicly executed."

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[Deleted]

"Are they human children? Or of mixed race?" He had a point in asking the question. When going after targets it was best to know what the person was, rather than just a name. It wasn't a very helpful thing just to say young girls, but that was better than nothing.

Ethan turned and looked at the woman that had come in behind him. His mouth turned in a slight frown.

Wasn't the best, but nothing he could do about it. Some help was better than no help. Hopefully.

Ethan placed the paper in his pocket, not bothering to look at it. He was guessing it was some kind of paper allowing him to be investigating the murder. Reading was for punks anyway.

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-Ethan Atherton-
-Str:11-Vit:10-Agi:11-Ch:10-ST:10-T:10-D:10-EN:10-P:10-K:11-
-200 HP-18/20 SM-110 MP-

[Allyria Allenmorde]

Ah, deputized... that will make things easier. At least temporarily.

The first person that was there started asking questions of the man, specifically about their races. Scarlet wasn't overly concerned with the races of the victims. She was more inclined to go to Canton and set a trap for the murderer. She sensed that the others weren't really inclined to work with her anyway. Being a masked figure she assumed they could consider her a suspect. Besides, they'd have to split the bounty three ways.

Allyria was less concerned about the money, and more about her own well being. She didn't know either of these men. They could easily turn on her as soon as they caught the man.

Nope.

Not sticking around for that.

She turned on her heel and left the building, heading for the Canton neighborhood on her own. It was enough of a start. Three murders. The victims were fourteen years of age. All in the same neighborhood. And to complicate things time was of the essence. Twenty four hours. That really only gave them one chance to catch the guy. It would take her a bit to get to Canton by foot, but that was how she tended to travel in the city. Morith was big, not Sorath big, but bigger than most human towns and cities. It sprawled.

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Allyria Allenmorde Scarlet
Stats-25 ALL
HP: 500/500
Stm: 123/125
MP: 298/313 -5

Sudden Sight
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[Azuloth]

"Uhhh... all of them were natural born Cruinthians.. no wait. One was a Selbrian girl. That's right. one dusky Selb girl. She was the worst off. Carved up like a turkey she was. They were all found in the park too in the early morning two or three days apart from one another. In different places though. They didn't have nothin' on them either. I mean... other than being covered in their blood and stuff. You know. Look, I'm real uncomfortable talking about this. I got a kid of my own, alright? Can you just go handle this please? Before the capital types get here preferably? We'll pay you, listen. There really isn't anything else. We don't even know if ma... magic was involved."

The clerk shook more and more he talked about it. At first he was nonchalant, but it degraded into full blown terror. He was afraid for his girl. That much was true, the man wasn't lying and he wasn't trying to throw them off any trail. Genuine fear motivated him to get Ethan out of the office. And the other man too. There wasn't any other evidence anyway.

Canton was a few blocks away but just as described. A neighborhood that surrounded a park with a few taverns. A nice place to live. There were few other businesses, but the two taverns were the only real point of interest. The first was The Drowned Bucket, and the second was The Golden Quill. Neither could be described as upscale, but they did well as neighborhood taverns.

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Crime Scene:
-Park, 3 bodies found there
Clues: 0/?

Tavern 1: The Drowned Bucket
Clues: 0/?

Tavern 2: The Golden Quill
Clues: 0/?

Neighborhood Population: 240
Clues: 0/?

New Objectives:
-Investigate Crime Scene
-Canvas Neighborhood (6+ citizens)
-Check out The Drowned Bucket
-Check out The Golden Quill

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Clues could lead you towards or away from the perpetrator.

[Deleted]

Ulric tried to form an intelligent expression as he looked at the paper, as far as he was concerned it was really just a load of lines and squiggles on the paper, he'd never really been one for a classroom and so hadn't really learned much of reading or writing. Unfortunately he now realised that was most definitely to his detriment considering he couldn't read what was on the paper, but luckily he had enough intelligence in him to figure that he should at least pretend he could read it otherwise he might get kicked off of the job.

The woman left almost straight away, walking straight out of the office to go somewhere else, presumably to do some investigative work of her own, although Ulric knew that he was supposed to be investigating also he had no clue where to start.

Of course, the crime scene, how could you begin to investigate a crime if you hadn't seen where the crime was carried out, how stupid of him, the killer might have even left some lovely and obvious clues behind if he was really lucky, although he doubted it.

Ulric offered a small wave towards the people in the office and walked out calmly, heading for the scene of the crime.

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Stamina: 28/30

[Deleted]

"Just trying to get some information." You ninny. Waving his hand at the man as he also decided to desert the building.

So he just assumed working on this together was out of the picture, whatever then. If he could manage this alone, all the better for him. Less for him to share, or more for him to be murdered. That could rest on their filthy consciences. Well, one was filthy the other not so much. The man hardly spoke a word.

Ethan headed for the park, walking behind Ulric. So this might as well be a chance to work together, even in the slightest. Even if not pass the time.

"Where are you thinking of going first?" Speaking to the man as he closed the space between them with a quick canter.

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-Ethan Atherton-
-Str:11-Vit:10-Agi:11-Ch:10-ST:10-T:10-D:10-EN:10-P:10-K:11-
-200 HP-17/20 SM-110 MP-

[Allyria Allenmorde]

Allyria as Scarlet made it to the Canton neighborhood easily. Her forward and purposeful stride, coupled with her deadly appearing mask, and weapons, was more than enough cause for citizens to give way. She stood in front of The Drowned Bucket, and wondered what kind of idiot came up with that.

A bucket can't drown. A bucket can't even breathe. Are these people idiots?

She went inside. Peering around she decided to check things out from a first glance. Once that was done she'd sit at the bar if there was space, at a table if there wasn't. If there was no space at all to sit she'd stand near the bar to get someone to tend her. It would look strange to anyone watching her, and she bet there was someone, if she came in and didn't have a drink or something to eat.

Best to keep it non-intoxicating. Celebrate later.

If someone came up to her to ask her for her order she'd get a cup of tea, then she'd position herself to watch the rest of the tavern and listen.

Sure, she didn't have the exception hearing of an elkagr. But she did have pointed ears. Her eyes saw everything as if it were day. Bright and glorious day. No shadowy corner would escape her vision. Perhaps she'd see or hear something in the tavern that would be out of place enough to give her cause to go somewhere else.

Oh look, a Ritz.

She picked up a coin jammed into the floor boards, then went back to her scanning.

If necessary, I'll just use my powers to see into the past. I'll find this killer.

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Allyria Allenmorde Scarlet
Stats-25 ALL
HP: 500/500
Stm: 122/125
MP: 293/313 -5

Sudden Sight
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Allyria is listening for more information in the tavern.

[Azuloth]

Allyria would find that The Drowned Bucket was almost totally filled, and that everything was overpriced by a fair margin. She was initially ignored by the bartender, though the man seemed to be worried about something. A few patrons were playing a game of darts, and there were a few notable shady characters. Only one of the dark corners was occupied, but it wasn't by any of the shady types. Just about everyone in the tavern was obviously armed, a real den of mercenaries, adventurers, and rogues. Similarly most of the patrons were drunk. Sobriety was about as rare as good manners in the place. It wasn't overly noisy though.

The only person she would take real notice of was the tattooed entertainer whom everyone was avoiding.

She didn't hear anything other than the usual drivel of common adventurers. I explored this. He explored that. We went here. She went there. We killed these things. Those things killed that guy. We got all this treasure. We spent it all at this one place. The usual stuff.

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Time left: 23 Hrs. (1 hour will pass per round)

Crime Scene:
-Park, 3 bodies found there
Clues: 0/?

Tavern 1: The Drowned Bucket
Clues: 0/?

Tavern 2: The Golden Quill
Clues: 0/?

Neighborhood Population: 240
Clues: 0/?

Objectives:
-Investigate Crime Scene
-Canvas Neighborhood (6+ citizens)
-Check out The Drowned Bucket
-Check out The Golden Quill

[Azuloth]

Closed.
-Lack of interest.