<div class="floatleft">(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8zrj02iJY1rdy3s5o1_500.jpg)</div><br/>After taking one of the keys, the detective shuffled up the stairs.  He glanced at his key, and then searched for the corresponding door.  Upon finding it, he entered the room and stopped to "admire" it.  It wasn't much better than what he was accustomed to.  He took out his pocket watch and inspected the time.  Then, he searched the room.  He looked underneath the bed.  He looked behind furniture.  He even inspected the top of doors.  He didn't know what he was looking for.  He never knew what he was looking for.  But the search had a sense of order.  It was methodical.  It was practiced.  It had been enhanced by experience.  Anything odd.  Anything out of the way.  Anything he didn't understand.<br/><br/>He didn't trust anyone.  Not Xero.  Not the Naga.  Not anyone.<br/><br/>And all the while, he muttered to himself:<br/><br/>"Who benefits?" he continued to mutter.   "Even in chaos, there is reason.  No circumstances.  Always reason."  He heaved his mattress to look underneath it.   "Need to find out more about Xero.  She is the key."<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Caius the Clueless</span></strong><br/>A Time-Tossed Investigator<br/>Character Sheet (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=487108);  HP: 20, Perception +9;<br/><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">Case:  The Case of the Un-Dead Fly<br/><br/>Employer:   <br/>1.  Voices of Wailer's Square (Bald Grum - male human (business owner).  <br/>2.  Silent Grom - male human. <br/>3.  Mother Xero - female tiefling (dustmen).)  Victim of vandalism.<br/>---  3a.  Mother Xero is well regarded.<br/>---  3b.  Factotum.<br/><br/>Target:  Chaosmen.<br/>Location:  Unknown Headquarters; centered area of operations around the Hive, a neighborhood to the South.<br/><br/>Crimes:  <br/>1.  Vandalism;  No one has been attacked.  <br/>2.  Vandalized Mother Xero's Morticiary last night.  Victim not present.  Has not spoken to any of her neighbors regarding the incident.<br/>3.  Vandalize and steal from stalls and people on the street.  Witnesses.<br/><br/>The Voices of Wailer's Square want us to take care of the Chaosmen.<br/></div></div><br/><strong>OOC:</strong><br/><br/>GM, Caius, like most fictional detectives, has a few odd quirks.  He hates sleeping in a place that he hasn't searched thoroughly.  I would like to take a 20 to search this room thoroughly, for a total of 29.<br/>