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Mentions: Kane/Eliza
TheTimePiece
Languages: Common | <Beastial> | [Terran] | {Sylvan}
She made a note of Kane's reply. This might be a set-up, but he sounded less convinced than she thought he might. That was peculiar. Then again, she was also glad she seemed to have bought Eliza back on board. Between having those two on board, stuff should work out. Hopefully.
Kane's reply made her laugh. “A seer? No, I'm nothing that fancy. I just like to check a crime-scene thoroughly. I can't let the past or future go unnoticed, although I wish I'd see more of it.” She clicked her tongue. “I could describe it to you in more detail, if you want me to.” She had an [Eidetic Memory] after all. She'd do so if he asked, otherwise she'd continue as usual.
“Truthfully, that seems to be the likeliest option by far...” An idea sprang to mind. “If you're feeling brave, we could test it right here and now. You're Adriano's family. If it reacted to him, it might also react to you. You could go stand above those holes, we'll turn away for a bit. See if it gets to you. If it does, we'll know it was those things for sure. We'll just have to ensure you'd be unarmed and that we'd be able to get you away from those things before they'd make your murder someone as well... or if you think that's too risky, we should inform the guards that they might want to keep folk away from this area for now and assume those things got him.”
Her other words made Victorique ponder. “Something dark...” She snapped her finger. “Ah, perhaps a type of curse or dark magic? I wish I could sense those, but alas, I cannot. Do you have any magic or sixth senses to you that you might use or was it more like a gut feeling?” She figured she'd double-check that part with Eliza. Would be a waste for her to have abilities like that only to never use them.
The next bit of news was welcome. “Good, good.” She murmured, before he came with his conditions. “What would you want out of a thing like this? I could get you a lot, connections, fame, favours. I bet miss Eliza and her family would pay handsomely to help saving their brother. If it's curiosity, I can guarantee you that this will only become more and more interesting. If this case taught me anything, it's that this is definitely not a plain and simple murder. Heck, if you want, I bet we'd even be able to spin this tale so you could become the [Hero of Evergate]. How does that sound? I know these Hero titles don't mean a whole, as I became Hero of Norroburry after a single investigation, but it'd be nice for folk to be forced to admit you're a bit more worth of their respect and attention, no?” She was using [Ultimate Argument] to sound convincing, but also to keep a close eye on his reactions to all she said. After all, she wanted to know which of her words managed to hit certain notes or not. What things he was interested in or not. “Anyhow, lead the way, I'd say.”
She turned to Eliza. “It'd probably be best if I don't walk in with you in tow, so they won't assume I'll just try to break him out. If you'd be willing to keep working on solving this, especially as I might want to cross-reference what he claims with you, would there be a place you'd be willing to wait on us?” With that asked, she'd follow Kane to meet up with Adriano.
Ultimate Argument – Appraisal C, Heightened Senses [Hearing/Sight/Smell/Taste/Balance] B, Insight D, Perception C, Persuasion D, Law D, Energised B – Character takes in any information they can from someone and uses it when carefully picking their tone of voice and mannerisms to convey their argument in the most persuasive manner, tailored to whatever might suit the person they're trying to convince. - Grade B – 3 Post Cooldown.
Languages: Common | <Beastial> | [Terran] | {Sylvan}
She made a note of Kane's reply. This might be a set-up, but he sounded less convinced than she thought he might. That was peculiar. Then again, she was also glad she seemed to have bought Eliza back on board. Between having those two on board, stuff should work out. Hopefully.
Kane's reply made her laugh. “A seer? No, I'm nothing that fancy. I just like to check a crime-scene thoroughly. I can't let the past or future go unnoticed, although I wish I'd see more of it.” She clicked her tongue. “I could describe it to you in more detail, if you want me to.” She had an [Eidetic Memory] after all. She'd do so if he asked, otherwise she'd continue as usual.
“Truthfully, that seems to be the likeliest option by far...” An idea sprang to mind. “If you're feeling brave, we could test it right here and now. You're Adriano's family. If it reacted to him, it might also react to you. You could go stand above those holes, we'll turn away for a bit. See if it gets to you. If it does, we'll know it was those things for sure. We'll just have to ensure you'd be unarmed and that we'd be able to get you away from those things before they'd make your murder someone as well... or if you think that's too risky, we should inform the guards that they might want to keep folk away from this area for now and assume those things got him.”
Her other words made Victorique ponder. “Something dark...” She snapped her finger. “Ah, perhaps a type of curse or dark magic? I wish I could sense those, but alas, I cannot. Do you have any magic or sixth senses to you that you might use or was it more like a gut feeling?” She figured she'd double-check that part with Eliza. Would be a waste for her to have abilities like that only to never use them.
The next bit of news was welcome. “Good, good.” She murmured, before he came with his conditions. “What would you want out of a thing like this? I could get you a lot, connections, fame, favours. I bet miss Eliza and her family would pay handsomely to help saving their brother. If it's curiosity, I can guarantee you that this will only become more and more interesting. If this case taught me anything, it's that this is definitely not a plain and simple murder. Heck, if you want, I bet we'd even be able to spin this tale so you could become the [Hero of Evergate]. How does that sound? I know these Hero titles don't mean a whole, as I became Hero of Norroburry after a single investigation, but it'd be nice for folk to be forced to admit you're a bit more worth of their respect and attention, no?” She was using [Ultimate Argument] to sound convincing, but also to keep a close eye on his reactions to all she said. After all, she wanted to know which of her words managed to hit certain notes or not. What things he was interested in or not. “Anyhow, lead the way, I'd say.”
She turned to Eliza. “It'd probably be best if I don't walk in with you in tow, so they won't assume I'll just try to break him out. If you'd be willing to keep working on solving this, especially as I might want to cross-reference what he claims with you, would there be a place you'd be willing to wait on us?” With that asked, she'd follow Kane to meet up with Adriano.
Ultimate Argument – Appraisal C, Heightened Senses [Hearing/Sight/Smell/Taste/Balance] B, Insight D, Perception C, Persuasion D, Law D, Energised B – Character takes in any information they can from someone and uses it when carefully picking their tone of voice and mannerisms to convey their argument in the most persuasive manner, tailored to whatever might suit the person they're trying to convince. - Grade B – 3 Post Cooldown.