**That would normally be quite distinctive, but this was Sylvan.. still, Arl describes the man to Olo and Damek in great detail. If all else failed, Garrote did seem to take attempts to make light of his work very seriously.
After further discussion, and hearing what Cee had to say after returning from informing the lawmen at the Blind Lady of the deaths, the group travels across the town to search for information.**
Udo and MK have agreed to allow modding each other's PCs in hopes of moving this bounty forward. Acelin surely agrees to fallow Udo's lead in a nondescript sort of way.
**After some more discussion the group decides to thoroughly investigate each of the corpses and their surroundings, taking great care to not leave themselves open to invisible teleporting assassins as they do so.**
Arl - "I don't know how long ago it was, but she wasn't killed recently. I think he knew something.
**A bird lands near the group, only for Arl to seemingly ignore him as she speaks.**
Arl "Cee, tell the authorities that Garrote murdered Ms. Adelle. And be careful! There might be a teleporting invisible assassin running around."
**The hunters here a "are you going to be chasing this guy?" echo from the other side of them. Arl doesn't look towards that, either.**
Arl "Cee can project his voice. And.. yes, I am. I told Mr. Bilsby that I would find her and I.. am at least going to stop her killer. This wasn't seeking it out, Cee. I won't hide from it."
**A sigh echos near the group as the bird takes flight.**
Arl "Let's check the area! If he just teleported the trail might pick up again!."
Arl - "Probably magic then. He seems to be obsessed with the 'perfect light', like he's some kind of cultist. Maybe he started talking about it before becoming a serial killer? Not sure who to ask about it though.. we should inform the authorities of the murders that just occurred here though.
**The girl's face makes a different sort of frown as she ponders the situation. Something didn't-**
Arl - ...Wait, how did Garrote know about Bob? You literally just took up the job!"
Arl - "Yes. I would. Given how Bob died it looks like Garrote is very fast, doesn't make noise, and is either an incredible acrobat or mage. Or possibly someone with an item that makes them invisible/able to teleport. When you said the scent vanished, did you mean it faded or that the trail just suddenly stopped?"
**Olo likely sees Arl's display, both going down to check the body and carefully heading back up to retrace her steps. The girl waves Olo down once she is safely back on the street.**
**Arl's shield and blade fold together into a long spear as the warrior slides down the wall towards the pale woman. Arl balances on the spear itself when the weapon strikes the ground near the victim (she obviously avoids striking the woman herself). The strike causes a ring of identical spears to shoot up around both Arl and the woman; hopefully any invisible attackers in the area find themselves impaled. Arl then carefully slides down the spear, kicking the air as she does so. If none of that reveals an attacker, she checks to see if the woman is still alive.**
**Arl steps back and motions to the roof and to the sky. Somewhere high above Cee notes the signal and moves low enough to have a good view of the rooftops.
Arl herself uses a combination of light platforms and high jumps to reach the roof of whatever building the woman is slumped against, a shield appearing in the peacekeeper's hand as she scales the edge (whether or not Cee notes seeing a visible attacker).**
**Arl's eyes widened as she saw the body. The killer was near- wait,**
Arl - "The woman! She should be in the other alley, right?!"
**The peacekeeper didn't wait for a response (nor, in fact, for her own mouth to finish up her sentence) before swiftly heading towards the other alley. She casts 'succor' as she does so. Gah, that's the first thing she should have done!**
Arl - "There were supposed to be peacekeepers watching this alley? Wait, I should introduce myself. My name is Arl Lotreab. I'm trying to find a woman that went missing recently. The trail led to here..."
After further discussion, and hearing what Cee had to say after returning from informing the lawmen at the Blind Lady of the deaths, the group travels across the town to search for information.**
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Eizen - Collected
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Tanya
Nervada - 98% fat free, high in fiber.
Eizen - Collected
Yack - Walking
Miko Wydberg
Tanya
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Tanya
**After some more discussion the group decides to thoroughly investigate each of the corpses and their surroundings, taking great care to not leave themselves open to invisible teleporting assassins as they do so.**
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Eizen - Collected
Yack - Walking
Miko Wydberg
Tanya
Nervada - 98% fat free, high in fiber.
Eizen - Collected
Yack - Walking
Miko Wydberg
Tanya
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Miko Wydberg
Tanya
**A bird lands near the group, only for Arl to seemingly ignore him as she speaks.**
Arl "Cee, tell the authorities that Garrote murdered Ms. Adelle. And be careful! There might be a teleporting invisible assassin running around."
**The hunters here a "are you going to be chasing this guy?" echo from the other side of them. Arl doesn't look towards that, either.**
Arl "Cee can project his voice. And.. yes, I am. I told Mr. Bilsby that I would find her and I.. am at least going to stop her killer. This wasn't seeking it out, Cee. I won't hide from it."
**A sigh echos near the group as the bird takes flight.**
Arl "Let's check the area! If he just teleported the trail might pick up again!."
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Eizen - Collected
Yack - Walking
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**The girl's face makes a different sort of frown as she ponders the situation. Something didn't-**
Arl - ...Wait, how did Garrote know about Bob? You literally just took up the job!"
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Tanya
**She glances back over towards the body.**
Arl - "Yes. I would. Given how Bob died it looks like Garrote is very fast, doesn't make noise, and is either an incredible acrobat or mage. Or possibly someone with an item that makes them invisible/able to teleport. When you said the scent vanished, did you mean it faded or that the trail just suddenly stopped?"
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Eizen - Collected
Yack - Walking
Miko Wydberg
Tanya
Arl - "Ms.Adelle is dead. Do you have any idea who we are chasing?"
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Eizen - Collected
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Miko Wydberg
Tanya
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Eizen - Collected
Yack - Walking
Miko Wydberg
Tanya
Nervada - 98% fat free, high in fiber.
Eizen - Collected
Yack - Walking
Miko Wydberg
Tanya
Arl herself uses a combination of light platforms and high jumps to reach the roof of whatever building the woman is slumped against, a shield appearing in the peacekeeper's hand as she scales the edge (whether or not Cee notes seeing a visible attacker).**
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Eizen - Collected
Yack - Walking
Miko Wydberg
Tanya
Arl - "The woman! She should be in the other alley, right?!"
**The peacekeeper didn't wait for a response (nor, in fact, for her own mouth to finish up her sentence) before swiftly heading towards the other alley. She casts 'succor' as she does so. Gah, that's the first thing she should have done!**
Nervada - 98% fat free, high in fiber.
Eizen - Collected
Yack - Walking
Miko Wydberg
Tanya
Nervada - 98% fat free, high in fiber.
Eizen - Collected
Yack - Walking
Miko Wydberg
Tanya