<strong>Celeste Devonshire</strong><br/><br/>Celeste glances around the area, shaking her head slightly.  Of course, it was already nearly clean.  And what little remained had apparently been scrubbed for some time.  Still...at least<em>something</em>remained to investigate.  She smiles carefully to the young guardsman and nods towards the statue, "would you mind if I had a look?"<br/><br/>Assuming the guard allows her nearer to the statue, she would use detect magic to see if there is any lingering magical trace, as well as taking several deep breaths as she tries to identify the blood.  If she can't get any good scent of it, she would turn to ask Lilial what she thought of things and try to scratch a flake of it off with her fingernail while the guard turned to look at Lilial, for a 'taste test' later.<br/><br/>Diplomacy: 13 + 6 = 19 (trying to get closer to the statue)<br/>Perception: 16 + 4 = 20 (identifying blood by scent)<br/>Bluff: 3 + 2 = 5 (trying to distract guard if unable to get scent)