180 - The Mystery of Katya's Disappearance

(point form from Jonny) Guard arrests Tittlin after being turned in by Rittlin. Tittlin secretly unlocks cuffs, still appearing restrained. Viscount calls Tittlin a massive thorn in his side “What did I do this time” Accuses Tittlin of abducting daughter Tittlin objects, saying he was in Torveldus, Viscount doesn’t believe him Rittlin interjects to get paid and promptly leaves when the guard pays him Spesof says we have papers as proof Adventure logs are canon apparently, and can be evidence Show’s adventure log from two days ago Spesof asks when daughter went missing Viscount is confused, wondering how this is possible Tittlin says that he’s not with daughter, being handcuffed (almost let’s slip that he uncuffed himself), says he should be out looking for her instead Viscount doesn’t want the scoundrel chasing her Grunt of disapproval Started 2 weeks ago Viscount finds flowers (Tittlin interjects nice) Argument between Viscount and daughter Silent treatment Checked room and she was gone Check was 2 days ago Assumed Tittlin stole her and eloped Spesof asks about guards or others seeing her leave No one saw anything, found no signs of struggle Several windows, none seem likely to be way out Last seen dinner 3 days ago Tittlin asks to see scene of crime Spesof chimes in, testifying to Tittlin’s eyesight Viscount waffling, but can’t imagine that the guards could have missed something that would still be visible 2 days later Spesof asks if orchid is still there Guard brings back maid who says the orchid was still on her desk Ask to see orchid, maid brings it Tittlin takes orchid with uncuffed hand and examines it Vase tinkles Tittlin passes flower’s to Spesof to “Take a look at” as slight distraction Spesof squints at stems Tittlin start’s pulling out object, recognizes as signet ring (not his), but doesn’t recognize whose Walks over and places ring on Ryan’s desk Puts hands back in handcuffs Ryan gestures for guard to remove cuffs Tittlin hands them to a confused guard Ryan tells maid to show them the room Asks Ryan where ring is from Says minor house from somewhere further away Pulls out big book to look it up in As they’re walking, start whispering Tittlin wonders if she found out he’s Drelian royalty Spesof “I hardly know, how would she find out?” Spesof more concerned about how the ring got there “These are my lady’s chambers” Perfume & green tea smell Closet not neat Well used writing desk Pile of old crumpled papers beside Tittlin examines windows Checks for evidence of leaving through the windows Left window shows signs of thieves tools use, opened from outside Tittlin climbs on ledge to see where the infiltrator(s) may have went DM revises to being 1st floor Several floors above Tittlin looks for more subtle signs of conflict, chips or scuffs Spesof checks 4 poster bed, sees some blood on chamber pot Tittlin checks closet for hidden compartment Chamber pot empty except for severed finger Asks maid about finger Maid doesn’t flinch Man’s finger, not Katia’s Tittlin holds up finger for Spesof to examine Spesof recognizes that the finger has been bitten off Finger has ring indent Spesof summarizes, wonders why ring is separated from finger without sign of struggle Cleanup crew? Tittlin searches scattered clothes for anything hard to cleanup Finds small bloodstain on handkerchief (finger?) Maid recognizes handkerchief as one of Katia’s Tittlin remembers orb of scrying Momen has it Return to Ryan with finger Tittlin anounces finger and that “Professor friend” can find who it came from Spesof chimes in with the additional information they found Tittlin asks for permission to pursue Reconvene if either finds something Brings finger to Momen Find somewhere more private to scry Attempt to scry owner, fails Tittlin shows drawing of ring to Momen Recognizes it as the Fossen family, from the Tillnola ice fields Tittlin wants to check in with criminal contacts, as thieves tools were used Was someone inquiring about thieves guild a few days ago Someone from Fossen was here a few days ago Return to castle Inform Ryan abut Fossen and Tillnola Ryan surprised about Tillnola, confirms ring in book Ryan hesitant to let Tittlin take ring out of town as it’s best evidence Tittlin takes accurate image of ring symbol instead Tittlin checks for how they got in, find footprints leading to and from the window, can’t find how they got past the walls Spesof tries to track the footprints, leads to stables (not front gate) Footprints lead to point by stables where they could climb up and over the walls Tittlin climbs up and looks for grappling hook marks, finds scratches that could match Places his hook and climbs down Trail cold, covered by general footprints in city Leave Momen to tend to boat Head to thieves guild to see Gregory Tittlin starts asking about mystery person while sitting far too close Gregory Man bought services of thief recently Half elf Eanswyd was the one Meet him at bar Start asking qestions Knows that it was a noble, doesn’t know who Job was abduction, he still has all fingers Didn’t ask questions Guy wanted to be there for abduction Confirms mans finger was bitten off and the man found a bandage in a closet Guesses man might have taken a boat Tittlin asks him to send any information Man asks what he would get in return (rubs fingers in money symbol) Tittlin: “I don’t know, do you want me to rub your feet or something” “Money” 1 pp if something good Asks about what Katia and the Man were wearing Panama’s, dark clothes for job, nobles clothes (Tittlin asks like a church window?) otherwise Back to Kightfaire People in bars and drunk, not enough details to find them Run out of things to investigate Plan to use orb of scrying on Katia Boat’s ready Momen try’s to think if we can use teleportation circle to speed it up Attempt to scry Katia Works, can see Katia gagged and bound. Dark with sound of water, waves and a woman’s voice ordering sailors around. Between imp plains and tunris, heading north to spuria. Inside small store closet, unable to determine size of ship. Tittlin takes info to Ryan while we ask habor master Captain Penelope Get description & name of ship (The Paradox) Could Teleport circle to Elkenalden, but that’s only as far north and is landlocked Decide to use Rafnar instead, debate getting “bus fair” from Ryan Ryan cautions against being too aggressive, as this is between nobles Ryan fills additional details into letter to the Empress for course of action (proper channels) Momen reassures that Katia is not in danger, as nobles that went to this effort wouldn’t hurt her Tittlin asks if this convinces the Viscount of his use Viscount states that it was an issue of pedigree Discussion about using door on boat Decide to grab door and have it horizontally on ship Spesof grabs door Spesof mounts door on slide under fo’castle Momen laquers dragon