Notes on the Murder, and suspect

[kodoz]

Jin sat down with the guards who gave him a broad clearance. It was no secret that the Praetorian was in a foul mood, not that that was new either. Some of them gave him wide berth due to the fact he was a praetorian, others because of his 'disability'. Jin had ordered one of the bards of the city to write down facts that he and the other guards compiled.

Fact: Reagents were used in the attack, due to the smell left behind.

Fact: The person wore a dark grey, nearly black shroud evidenced by a piece of cloth in the victims hand.

Fact: This piece of evidence was almost surely a plant.

Fact: There was a grappling hook and rope around a cornice stone of the outer wall.

Fact: A mage can teleport up there.

Fact: The murder was done in broad daylight, and on a back street in Trinsic.

Fact: It ws done to be as painful as possible and especially vicious.

Fact: It matched the pattern of the man or woman who attacked myself, and the guardsman known as Tanner.

Fact: Each attack has been a step up in scale of violence.

Fact: The suspect remains at large.

Fact: The suspect is quick, capable, and deadly.

Fact: Due to the violence and viciousness of the murder, the ghost of the deceased remains in Trinsic.

Fact: The suspect is extremely fast on foot, possessed of nearly inhuman speed.

Fact: No named suspects are available.

Supposition: The suspect is of slightly short stature, wears a loose fitting shroud, and could pass for Senator Piper if needed.

Supposition: The suspect is highly knowledgeable in magery with an extremely high level of control.

Supposition: The suspect is deliberately baiting and taunting the Guardians of Honour and the Guards of Trinsic.

Supposition: Arakoth knew who the person was, and that is why she was killed so violently.

Supposition: Arakoth was not a citizen of Trinsic, so possibly was looking for a Guardian, and was found near the old Praetorian Prefect's building.

Conclusion: A highly skilled mage with a sinister mind is our suspect. The suspect is brash and confident he can not be captured, and is goading us after him or her. The suspect is of slight stature, and wears a loose fitting dark colored shroud, and a dark cloak. The suspect is to be considered Most Wanted and is also most dangerous.

As each item was written down, the Bard who was writing it got increasingly worried. What kind of psychopath was loose in Sosaria?

[Eisaac]

Naamah was worried. She had heard about the murder in Trinsic. She pushed herself back from the heavy oak table, on which many parchments lay. With a sigh Naamah looked at the table and knew that's a need to leave the studying and crafting. No matter. It will be another type of studying, another research.

With three short words and a rune, Naamah stood at the Keg and Anchor Inn at Trinsic. Moments after and she sat with a specific (still shook and worried) bard, and as he quoted to her Jin's facts and suppositions, she constantly wrote in her book using the old language of her ancestors, right-to-left, in single letters of exact the same size and style. Even as the bard's voice started to falter as he was caught again by the happenings, Naamah kept that rhythem and style of her writing and if there was any emption toward the murder, she definitely didn't show it.

When Naamah collected all information to her liking, a strange looking rune appeared in her hands. A word of power and she was standing in a deserted, half ruined library. She sat near the only standing table to read her notes over and over. Then she meditated for a while.

(OOC for a bit, Jin's disability? he's probably saying "I'm better off like that! one hand strong as two, for my axe and the other is one less organ to protect!" )

Edited May 25, 2006 by Eisaac

[kodoz]

The person had decided to forego their usual disguise. After all, the guards were looking for someone wearing a shroud and cloak, not someone in normal clothes. Walking past the alert guards was no challenge for the killer and a smile was worn on the murderers face. A few false smiles and happy greetings were all it took to get anywhere in this city he wanted. Trinsic was easy, despite its 'Guardians'. The killer mused about having more trouble in Buccaneer's Den because everyone there was always on their toes, paranoid. But there were plenty bodies left by the murderer in Buc's Den to prove even that was not a problem. It had been more of a practice there...After tricking that fool Praetorian into chasing him, and that pathetic woman's creatures into doing the killer's work for them. The killer didn't want the Praetorian dead, not yet...When the killer went after that one, it would be a much more fitting end for one like him.

The woman, Arakoth, had been a problem. The killer had been sloppy in silencing someone, and an unexpected blow had dislodged his hood, and the woman had seen the killer's face. She had immediately left for Trinsic, but the killer was close behind. The killer grinned at the thought of how much fun he had had watching her die. It had been an exhilirating experience.

Unfortunately, though the Guardians and the town guard arrived too late for the woman, they found several things the killer hadn't wanted found out at this point. The killer had had to flee and left behind things, but the killer retrieved the most important items. As the killer walked through town they came to a deserted area and there was a running messenger there.

In a kind voice, calling out to the man “Can you deliver a message for me?”

“Why, yes, Certainly. What message do you want to send?”

“Well, you are going to send it quite clearly. You don’t need to write a thing down.”

With an incredibly swift movement, the killer grabbed the messenger by the throat and snapped his neck. The messenger crumpled to the ground and was then dragged to the South Gate of Trinsic. The killer set to work and slit the dead mans throat, and wrote a message on his white shirt in his own blood.

In ragged letters it read

You can’t catch me, Guardians…And I’ll kill you all first.

With that the killer left and smiled about a job well done.

Edited May 26, 2006 by kodoz