(G102 14/01/11 BG - AP, ON(GM), SS, GF)
DAY 15 Cont..
I got a bit of a telling off from Abrix, but I've had tellings off before.
Fenrir went back to the elf's house and helped Raya search it. He also bumped into Eno.
Meanwhile I interrogated Araloor, mainly on gaining him a character witness as it was the only
thing I could think of then.
We got the name of one of his calligraphy clients - Ilda Orzabus - but I doubt anything will come
of it.
I was interrupted by one of the clerks telling me Doreese herself had turned up at the front desk.
I went and talked to her and she told me that he had been sexually harassing her, with his Charm
spell, and that's why she had been lying low.
She then said she had a shift at the Midnight Sun to get to and instead of doing what I should have
done, which was chucking her in a cell, I let her slip through my finders...
..because five minutes later Fenrir turned up with Araloor's diary which he'd translated with Nes
and in it, it implicated both Araloor and Doreese in a sinister plot and involved them both
heavily in the death of the McNasteys and the disappearance of the Trade Ward watchmen.
We ran after her, but couldn't find her anywhere so headed back to the watch house.
Fenrir and myself had the idea of softening up Araloor a bit by putting him in a cell over night
with one of the foulest beings we could think of, a local beggar called Dirty Furunkle Frank.
We then went to get some sleep.
Back in the tavern, as Raya is allergic to watch-houses, she instead had a few drinks with Eno
and then Nes.
I ran into Eno myself when I got back to the flat. Janna was perched on a stool while he chased
mice about the place. He though me and Janna were married at first, but it wasn't enough for me
to trick a kiss out of her.
Went to bed.
DAY 16 (27th Ches)
Up at four in the morning with Fenrir and went to the watch house to see how our elf was doing.
He'd had a great night, was covered in the god's know what, and certainly had had no time to
meditate any spells back into his head.
We had some booze with us, to be used in the interrogation. I drank my two beers but for some
reason Fenrir poured one pint over himself and then threw the other at me. I sometimes wonder
what goes on in his head.
Akessia was the night shift amar and she sat in on us. We got some gin down Araloor's throat but
he vomited it back up. Fenrir offered him a mug of what turned out to be his own piss, and he had
it thrown over himself.
Things were getting out of hand, so I attempted to get us back into actually questioning the
suspect rather than just showering ourselves in various fluids.
We deceived Araloor into thinking we had Doresee in custody and that she was singing like a
canary. I asked him to strip as his diary had mentioned had a tattoo done as part of his secret
sect or whatever it was.
He was reluctant but had no choice and we saw he had a tattoo of a dead rat under his arm.
He then said he would confess and needed a pen and paper. Akessia got up to get it, but Fenrir
did the first sensible thing he'd done that night and went instead.
So that meant when Araloor bit down on the poison capsule in his teeth and killed himself there
was an amar around to confirm I had nothing to do with it!
Abrix was called out of his bed and said I'd better have a report for him at eight that morning.
Fenrir went off to get changed and I wrote it up (see attached copy)
Instead of sacking me though, Abrix read the report and seemed grudgingly to somewhat admire how
well we'd done with very limited resources, in uncovering, to a certain extent, what was going
on.
He said I was no longer to be a street-pounder, but to become a 'Special Investigator', on
double pay, who would work on any investigations he would send my way.
I was very happy with that, but cheekily asked for the rank of Amar, and instead of kicking me
out then and there he said ok!
Anyway that was that. Here is what the report said :
Filthy Macknastey murders
People involved in case:
Adon Hail - 'reject' squad civilar
Fat Pat - 'reject' squad amar
Wulfgar - 'reject' squad watchman, dwarf with wooden leg
Olissar - 'reject' squad watchman, young family man
Mystery McNasty runner - seen fleeing the scene of the murder
Doreese - female wench of Midnight Sun - possible suspect
Araloor - elf male, dead. part of murder plot
On the 13th Ches. we witnesses someone running along Snail Street with a head changing from elephants,
deer and other things. This person was pursued by a watchman called 'Fat Pat'.
The person appeared to vanish after we chased them after another street.
Four people had been murdered in a house on that street.
Asking around over the next few days we found that they kept themselves to themselves and worked
at night .Described as 'rather hairy' which we took to mean they might be were-rats.
It is assumed that the watch acted on a tip off.
Trade Ward said there was to be no investigation and did not mind if I took it on.
Asking around at the guard post revealed that the 'reject' squad were the first on the scene of
the murders and may well have been responsible.
We dug around and found out more information:
- They did not report for work on the 19th.
- Olissar's wife said they all went on a fishing trip on the 12th or 13th.
- Adon Hail's flat was not recently lived in and it did not look like he had packed for a trip.
- Olissar's friend Phinan, a watchman on the Dock Ward did not see any of them leave by the South Gate.
Infact he was seen at the 'Midnight Sun' - a tavern.
- Informants put us on to Doreese, a wench in that tavern. who had not been seen in a few days.
The trail lead to Araloor who killed himself in custody, but heavily implicates himself and Doreese
in his diary.
- During Araloor's interrogation (27th) Doreese appeared at the guard house and accused him of being
a rapist. According to his diary though she may be a key player in the plot. Unfortunately she cannot
be traced at this time.
