<strong>Name:</strong>Alzeggra<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Public Sensoriums, Civic Festhall, Sigil<br/><strong>Time:</strong>Mid-Morning<br/><strong>Tagged:</strong>It Begins with a Body, Open<br/><br/>Alzeggra knew that it was a risk to do so, yet she crept up to where the recording stone lay and picked it up in a protective cloth before depositing it in one of her pockets.  It reverberated ever so slightly at her touch.<br/><br/>It wasn't typical of her to steal or take things without permission.  It happened a few times in her career, but every time it involved stealing something back.  Today would be her first theft, of a murder victim no less; it wasn't a pleasant thought.<br/><br/><em>Besides, this woman's probably a fellow Sensate,</em>Alzeggra thought.<em>We should look after our own.  I'm only using it to help solve her murder, a minor theft can be justified.</em>She left the bag alone, for now.<br/><br/>"Clear the way, people!" a voice boomed out.  "A professional is on the scene, now!"<br/><br/>A human female clad in plate mail made her way to the front.  The blade at her side and the symbol of a sword with a shining hilt marked her as a member of the Harmonium.  Alzeggra recognized her as Rachel Syrios, a priest of St. Cuthbert and one of the self-designated peacekeepers of Sigil, the Harmonium.  She shook her head disapprovingly as she laid her eyes on the crowd, Alzeggra in particular.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/5f/HarmoniumCleric.jpg)</div></div><br/>"Why are you lingering around the scene?!" Rachel asked.  "Get out of the way!"<br/><br/>All the onlookers meekly shuffled outside the room, except for Alzeggra, who stayed.<br/><br/>Rachel scanned the crowd after casting a light spell and retrieving Nilasa's belongings.  "Here's how we'll do things," she intoned.  "I'll ask each of you some questions pertaining to the incident.  I'll start with you, drow."  Rachel then uttered a spell, and a sensation of impending judgment swept all of them.  Alzeggra recognized it as a zone of truth spell.<br/><br/>Alzeggra glared at her.  The Hardheads were too zealous and thuggish to be trusted when it came to more sensitive affairs.  Rachel was one of the more dedicated and introspective among the order due to her clerical training, but when it came to dark elves she was prejudiced to assume the worst.  She hoped that things would go more pleasantly than the last time they had met in the Hive Ward...<br/><br/>Talren and the others were looking in her general direction, expecting a response.  She was one of the few Sensates experienced in more dangerous matters, and was at the scene of the crime.<br/><br/>"I heard a scream while perusing the Sensoriums," Alzeggra said.  "It broke me out of my concentration and I rushed to investigate, and I found her this way when I came into the room."<br/><br/>Alzeggra was not particularly focused on her inquisitor when talking.  Out across the room she spotted three people in cloaks, the githzerai's topknot on an otherwise bald head the most distinct features among them.<br/><br/>"Right.  And why did you linger here, instead of summoning the authorities?"<br/><br/>"I hardly had time to do so, and immediately fleeing a murder scene would look most suspicious."<br/><br/>Talren raised his hand.  "I can vouch for her trustworthiness," he said.  "She could not have killed her from where she was."<br/><br/>Rachel stared at Talren for a minute, as though considering whether the aasimar really meant what he said.  But even without magical compulsion Alzeggra knew that he wouldn't say it any different.<br/><br/>Alzeggra briefly slipped her hand into her pockets when Rachel turned away, feeling the stone buried under the cloth.  She hoped that some distraction would arise which would grant her opportunity to leave.<em>That cloaked trio in particular looked out of place,</em>she thought.<em>I'll need to keep my eyes on them, since it's clear that the resident Hardhead won't.</em>