<blockquote><div><cite>Alyssa wrote:</cite><span style="font-style: italic">"At twelve bells, bring Shadow and Light to waters' edge on port. The Glade Children will find you. Fell's Fools will come for their payment - see that they get what they deserve."</span> Alyssa looks up from the paper with a slight pensive frown. "That's the entire message, sir. I can guess the general meaning, but I'm afraid I'll need a bit longer to figure out the specifics..."</div></blockquote><br/>"Time may be a luxury we don't have, adjutant," Lanzo replies. "Unless I miss my mark, the Alley Cats will be moving 'Shadow' and 'Light' again soon - in other words, the ambassador and her captor. After that, they could end up anywhere. If we can't crack their code in time, we'll have to crack our prisoner instead..."<br/><br/><blockquote><div><cite>Kaelen wrote:</cite>"Perhaps not. Waters' edge can mean only one thing: the ports along either the Adanc or Grigori.  That's still several miles of warehouses and port facilities they could be at though, and I don't know if the Watch has the manpower tonight to be able to search all of it."</div></blockquote><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Lanzo's Knowledge (local) : 1d20 (5) + 12 = 17</div></div></div><br/>"The trade district docks," Lanzo muses, a note of enthusiasm creeping into his vocie for the first time in quite awhile. "Of course - most of the riverside warehouses are empty at this hour... and they could hide just about anything! But to search them all..." The forgeborn thinks for a second, then shakes his head in dismay. "No, it can't be done. It'd take the entire force to comb the docks by tonight, and the Cats would know something was amiss - they might move the trade, or cancel it entirely. There must be a way to narrow down the location..."<br/><br/><blockquote><div><cite>Kaelen wrote:</cite>"I've no idea who these 'Glade Children' are, but Fell's Fools might refer to servants of Mandagot... If I remember correctly you had been in the process of arresting someone who bore his mark right before the debacle at the portal; do you know what became of him?"</div></blockquote><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Lanzo's Knowledge (nature) : failure (untrained)<br/>Lanzo's Knowledge (religion) : failure (untrained)</div></div></div><br/>Lanzo pauses for a second, eyeing both Alyssa and Kaelen with the incredulity of someone finding themselves entirely lost in a conversation. "An Alley Cat accomplice? At the festival itself? I don't believe<span style="font-style: italic">that</span>was mentioned in your report, Adjutant. And who is this 'Mandagot' fellow? One of the Cats' ringleaders?"<br/><br/><br/><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Anyone in Lanzo's office who hasn't done so already can make the following checks:<br/><br/>Knowledge (local) will help figure out the location of the Cats' meeting. (DC 20 to lean anything new at this point)<br/>Knowledge (nature) will provide information about the Glade Children. (DC 15 or higher)<br/>Knowledge (religion) will provide information about the Mandagot. (pure fluff at this point - Kaelen's roll uncovered all of the pertinent information.)<br/><br/>OPTIONAL: The Alley Cats are likely to be well-armed! Knowledge (arcana) or Spellcraft might help to suggess what to prepare for, based on their previous tactics. (DC 15 or higher)</div></div></div>