Author Topic: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 7) (Read 78019 times)

DracoOmega · « **Reply #660 on:** February 04, 2012, 10:34:13 PM »

Quote from: Sourfang, the Falling Star on February 04, 2012, 10:29:28 PM

>'Friendly' bear, or 'I'm going to eat you liver' bear?
>Friendly nod.
>"Nazrin, liscenced Seeker. I was hoping you could answer a few questions for me."
>Just outta curiousity, where do we keep OUR liscence?

>Friendly enough, though you wouldn't be surprised to see the other version from him if you were on the wrong side of the law.
>You give him a friendly nod.
>"Ask away," he says.
>The Guild itself would have written records of your enrollment and graduation, but for your part, the badge itself is enough proof of status.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #661 on:** February 04, 2012, 10:42:34 PM »

>"Has there been any reports of recent theft in this part of town? Particularly in the department of paperwork?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #662 on:** February 04, 2012, 10:46:49 PM »

Quote from: Sourfang, the Falling Star on February 04, 2012, 10:42:34 PM

>"Has there been any reports of recent theft in this part of town? Particularly in the department of paperwork?"

>"Department of paperwork?" He laughs, a deep and coarse sound. "Can't say that's what I usually hear people making off with. You looking for somethin' specific?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #663 on:** February 04, 2012, 10:57:20 PM »

>"One of the captains here in port has had one of her export liscences stolen. I'd like to know if any of the other captains in port have reported anything similar."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #664 on:** February 04, 2012, 11:03:21 PM »

Quote from: Sourfang, the Falling Star on February 04, 2012, 10:57:20 PM

>"One of the captains here in port has had one of her export liscences stolen. I'd like to know if any of the other captains in port have reported anything similar."

>"Huh. Hadn't heard about that one, even," he says. "No, nothing like that. A few reports of pickpocketing, half of which show up in lost and found eventually. Just the usual, really."
>"You got any details on that theft?" he asks with a more serious expression on his face.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #665 on:** February 04, 2012, 11:10:54 PM »

>"That's what I've spent the past few hours trying to get. And so far, I haven't found much beyond someone's pet mouse."
>"It was just the one document stolen, though, nothing else. Like someone wanted to strand this ship here for a while."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #666 on:** February 04, 2012, 11:20:17 PM »

Quote from: Sourfang, the Falling Star on February 04, 2012, 11:10:54 PM

>"That's what I've spent the past few hours trying to get. And so far, I haven't found much beyond someone's pet mouse."
>"It was just the one document stolen, though, nothing else. Like someone wanted to strand this ship here for a while."

>"Mighty strange, that," he says. "'fraid I don't have much helpful to tell you, but you can file a report if you like and we'll look into it."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #667 on:** February 04, 2012, 11:37:43 PM »

>"'fraid the captain in question wanted her name left off the record. Doesn't want to get bogged down in an investigation, just wants to find her paper and get back on track."
>"Wouldn't be as big an issue, though, if the Customs office copies of those documents hadn't been stolen, too. Or... so the customs officer claims, anyway."
>Lean in.
>"Which actually brings me to another question. Have there been any complaints come across the Watch's way about Louise Saint-Clair?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #668 on:** February 04, 2012, 11:47:29 PM »

Quote from: Sourfang, the Falling Star on February 04, 2012, 11:37:43 PM

>"'fraid the captain in question wanted her name left off the record. Doesn't want to get bogged down in an investigation, just wants to find her paper and get back on track."
>"Wouldn't be as big an issue, though, if the Customs office copies of those documents hadn't been stolen, too. Or... so the customs officer claims, anyway."
>Lean in.
>"Which actually brings me to another question. Have there been any complaints come across the Watch's way about Louise Saint-Clair?"

>You catch a faint trace of wariness on the watchman's face as you mention Murasa not wanting to file a report. That probably conjures up all kinds of less legal reasons a person might want to avoid this...
>Then you lean in and ask about Louise in particular.
>"Louise who?" he asks, giving you a funny look. "Wait, is she that missus with the sunhat that runs half of Customs?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #669 on:** February 04, 2012, 11:52:14 PM »

>"That's her."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #670 on:** February 05, 2012, 12:01:19 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang, the Falling Star on February 04, 2012, 11:52:14 PM

>"That's her."

>"What kinda complaints are you talkin' about, anyway?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #671 on:** February 05, 2012, 12:05:07 AM »

>"Like... More bureaucratic than she should be, if you know what I mean? Way too by the book?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #672 on:** February 05, 2012, 12:09:34 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang, the Falling Star on February 05, 2012, 12:05:07 AM

>"Like... More bureaucratic than she should be, if you know what I mean? Way too by the book?"

>He chuckles. "Not really the kind of complaint people bring over my way. I see her walk by sometimes, but that's about it. I hear customs has had a lot better turn-around time since she took over, though."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #673 on:** February 05, 2012, 12:14:33 AM »

>"So, no increase in missing or stolen papers from ships, since she took over?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #674 on:** February 05, 2012, 12:16:37 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang, the Falling Star on February 05, 2012, 12:14:33 AM

>"So, no increase in missing or stolen papers from ships, since she took over?"

>He frowns at you. "That's years back now, y'know. And no, not that I've ever heard about."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #675 on:** February 05, 2012, 12:31:32 AM »

>Ponder.
>"Try this one. You familiar with any noted lockpickers that operate around the docks here?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #676 on:** February 05, 2012, 12:33:47 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang, the Falling Star on February 05, 2012, 12:31:32 AM

>Ponder.
>"Try this one. You familiar with any noted lockpickers that operate around the docks here?"

>"We mostly just deal with petty crime," he says. "Don't think I'd call anyone 'noted', these days."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #677 on:** February 05, 2012, 12:36:54 AM »

>"These days?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #678 on:** February 05, 2012, 12:44:08 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang, the Falling Star on February 05, 2012, 12:36:54 AM

>"These days?"

>He shrugs. "Well, y'know, there's been a few big heists if you go back far enough, but nobody like that at large now. Just the regular small stuff, mostly."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #679 on:** February 05, 2012, 01:02:54 AM »

Delayed reaction.

>Regarding that alarm enchantment we detected back in Louise's building. Are we familiar enough with that brand of magic, or skilled enough, to circumvent it?
>Are we familiar with anyone that would be able to circumvent it?

DracoOmega · « **Reply #680 on:** February 05, 2012, 01:12:27 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang, the Falling Star on February 05, 2012, 01:02:54 AM

>Regarding that alarm enchantment we detected back in Louise's building. Are we familiar enough with that brand of magic, or skilled enough, to circumvent it?
>Are we familiar with anyone that would be able to circumvent it?

>You are not even certain it was an alarm, but simply a minor passive ward of some sort. You certainly have no natural means to circumvent whatever it is.
>Marisa might be able to ascertain the spell's nature more precisely, but you figure her method of circumventing it would be akin to 'barreling through'. You know that tools exist which can disenchant wards, either temporarily or permanently, and a magician of some skill probably could as well, but you think some alarms spells are designed to also trigger if this happens. You've no doubt there are ways around this, but it would take some digging on your part to find them.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #681 on:** February 05, 2012, 01:17:45 AM »

>Have we ever had cause to use a tool or talisman of that nature ourselves? Do we have any in our possession?
>How much do they usually go for, if such things can be acquired in above board stores?

DracoOmega · « **Reply #682 on:** February 05, 2012, 01:28:34 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang, the Falling Star on February 05, 2012, 01:17:45 AM

>Have we ever had cause to use a tool or talisman of that nature ourselves? Do we have any in our possession?
>How much do they usually go for, if such things can be acquired in above board stores?

>You've experimented with a number of minor magic devices over the course of your apprenticeship, and have a knack for them in general. You haven't actually used any dispelling charms, nor attempted to sneak through an alarm ward, but you're sure the former is easy enough. You don't have anything like that in your possession at the moment, though.
>Given that they have a wide variety of legal uses, you're sure they can be purchased at a magical supply shop without much difficulty. You don't know the price of such things off-hand, and you imagine it varies depending on their power and reusability, and other factors you're not familiar with. You might be able to pick up a cheap one in the range of 40 guilders, maybe? You could be way off, though.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #683 on:** February 05, 2012, 02:02:13 AM »

Well, getting back to the task at hand...
And by the by, if anyone can think of something to ask officer Bear here that I haven't, feel free to cover my shortcomings.

>"Hmmm."
>"Lemme ask ya something, check a theory for me here. You've been around a while, yes, heard a few stories?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #684 on:** February 05, 2012, 02:35:37 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang, the Falling Star on February 05, 2012, 02:02:13 AM

>"Hmmm."
>"Lemme ask ya something, check a theory for me here. You've been around a while, yes, heard a few stories?"

>He lets out another coarse laugh, like gravel. "Suppose I have, missy. Suppose I have."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #685 on:** February 05, 2012, 02:41:34 AM »

>Snicker and grin. "Well, lemme run this by ya, then, chief."
>"When I was examinin' the ship in question, the door to the room the license was kept in had been picked, obvious break in. But when I checked the room where the Customs office keeps their copy, there were no signs of tampering with the lock, no signs of a break in at all. What's that say to you?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #686 on:** February 05, 2012, 02:50:42 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang, the Falling Star on February 05, 2012, 02:41:34 AM

>Snicker and grin. "Well, lemme run this by ya, then, chief."
>"When I was examinin' the ship in question, the door to the room the license was kept in had been picked, obvious break in. But when I checked the room where the Customs office keeps their copy, there were no signs of tampering with the lock, no signs of a break in at all. What's that say to you?"

>"That someone forgot to lock up?" he says.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #687 on:** February 05, 2012, 03:18:36 AM »

>"Add in the fact that the alarm wasn't tripped? Or, so Louise claims, anyway."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #688 on:** February 05, 2012, 03:24:56 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang, the Falling Star on February 05, 2012, 03:18:36 AM

>"Add in the fact that the alarm wasn't tripped? Or, so Louise claims, anyway."

>"Could mean a lot of things," he says. "Alarm didn't work right, someone's covering up their own bungling, stuff was just misfiled, you name it."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #689 on:** February 05, 2012, 03:36:56 AM »

>"I admit, it could well be a coincidence. But the fact that their documents 'dissapear' the same time that the same papers are stolen from the other party involved? That seems a bit fishy to me."