"Certainly, certainly," the High Almoner said, sliding a palmed key into his lower drawer and unlocking it with a swift practiced hand.  He slid it out to reveal a sheaf of papers.  Hefting the whole thing onto the desk, he gesticulated.<br/><br/>"As far as anyone here but Maximilian and the Mother know, I just sent for another Inquisitor and they sent a greenhorn.  Totally unremarkable with the situation at hand."  He turned his focus back to the balance sheets after shuffeling to the side for her consideration.<br/><br/>The paper trail was well hidden but, by the collection of the documents, self-evident.  Count Lactus had hidden his dealings well, but suspicious over-purchasing of candles "for the church" was the first giveaway.  The more one dug into his affairs--including a page that looked torn from a private ledger of unmarked origin--the more clearly occult his shopping became.  His frequent callers were the representatives of several key business interests in the city, ranging from petty shop-keeps to well-known local industrialists.  It seemed that the parochial noble was fond of high-society parties, even if he was far from society by right of being beyond the walls.<br/><br/>Aside from that, there was the matter of wards.  He had apparently taken on some orphans, the story about the future lives of which were totally unverifiable by design.  Dead in some accident else moved far away or deeper into the woods.  Plenty of cover for someone using them for something unseemly.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Delia was free to leave the city, though the guards at the gate were surprised they wished her well and quickly drew up the portcullis.  Within the emerald and jade of the Wilds, massive roots the width of a man snaked around and over the roads.  While they were cobbled, after a fashion, they were dusty and ill-trodden.  Various villages and farmsteads clung close around their places of worship.  The Wilds were dangerous, after all.<br/><br/>After over an hour of travel Delia would nearly have arrived at her destination...<br/><br/><strong>Roll Detect.</strong><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Delia Corbeanu</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://thumb.ibb.co/fuc8Ro/30fbd43781f5d2d5f0e51e696e63b06a_gothic_fantasy_art_fantasy_women.jpg) (https://ibb.co/fuc8Ro)<br/>Health: 3/4<br/>Pleasure: 0/5<br/>Anal Virgin?: Y<br/>Oral Virgin?: Y<br/>Vaginal Virgin?: Y<br/><br/>PERCEPTION: 1/2<br/>(technology): 0<br/>Investigate:  3<br/>Truesight:  2<br/>Detect:  1<br/><br/>BODY: 1/2<br/>(gaia): 0<br/>Melee:  3<br/>Fuck:  1<br/>Resist:  2<br/><br/>CHARISMA: 1/3<br/>(corruption): 0<br/>Diplomacy:  1<br/>Spellcraft:  2<br/>Willpower:  3</div></div>