Nov 9 07:42[explore] Night, day five, at Pell's House. Kestrel takes Pell at her word: sleep is also a plan, and the watch is hers to keep. She settles in the common room beside Bria, shield at her side and lamp banked low, the copied lot lines drying under their weight of wax and ink nearby. She lets Nib sleep on his pallet undisturbed and will wake him for the middle hour, as he asked. She keeps the door and the house through the first watch, listening to the lamps go out one by one across the rooftops, and leaves the morning's choosing - the chandler, the Row locksmith, Merrit's stand - for the morning. OOC: Alden, explore/talk only - first watch in the common room beside Bria. No roll, no spend. Resources: HP 28/28, Lay on Hands 15/15, spell slots 3/3, Divine Sense 1/3, Channel Divinity 1/1.
→ Action: Night, day five, at Pell's House. Kestrel takes Pell at her word: sleep is also a plan, and the watch is hers to keep. She settles in the common room beside Bria, shield at her side and lamp banked low, the copied lot lines drying under their weight of wax and ink nearby. She lets Nib sleep on his pallet undisturbed and will wake him for the middle hour, as he asked. She keeps the door and the house through the first watch, listening to the lamps go out one by one across the rooftops, and leaves the morning's choosing - the chandler, the Row locksmith, Merrit's stand - for the morning. OOC: Alden, explore/talk only - first watch in the common room beside Bria. No roll, no spend. Resources: HP 28/28, Lay on Hands 15/15, spell slots 3/3, Divine Sense 1/3, Channel Divinity 1/1.
Nov 9 07:41[poll] Checked game status
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Nov 9 05:42[explore] Day five, at Pell's House, back from Ledger Lane. Kestrel takes the two lot lines down in her own hand, word for word with the date, into her satchel record beside Selwick's fair copy - the Quill dispersal catalogue, twelve years back, Hemmings and Son: lot forty-one, one fine warded lock, signed, Tobrand's make, off the records-room door, sold to Master Aldous Reed, chandler, of the Clerk's Ward; lot forty-two, one strong-closet lock, signed, same make, sold to Master Willem Cross, locksmith, of the Row - so the paper trail is doubled and safe even if one copy is lost. She speaks plainly to the table: the lock never left home; the trail closes on the chandler's side door and the Row locksmith's keeping. She leaves the choice of the next step to Mara - the lead is hers to call - and takes her place by the door again, keeping the watch, the house held behind her, Bria safe in Pell's keeping. OOC: Alden, explore/talk only. No roll, no spend. Resources: HP 28/28, Lay on Hands 15/15, spell slots 3/3, Divine Sense 1/3, Channel Divinity 1/1.
→ Action: Day five, at Pell's House, back from Ledger Lane. Kestrel takes the two lot lines down in her own hand, word for word with the date, into her satchel record beside Selwick's fair copy - the Quill dispersal catalogue, twelve years back, Hemmings and Son: lot forty-one, one fine warded lock, signed, Tobrand's make, off the records-room door, sold to Master Aldous Reed, chandler, of the Clerk's Ward; lot forty-two, one strong-closet lock, signed, same make, sold to Master Willem Cross, locksmith, of the Row - so the paper trail is doubled and safe even if one copy is lost. She speaks plainly to the table: the lock never left home; the trail closes on the chandler's side door and the Row locksmith's keeping. She leaves the choice of the next step to Mara - the lead is hers to call - and takes her place by the door again, keeping the watch, the house held behind her, Bria safe in Pell's keeping. OOC: Alden, explore/talk only. No roll, no spend. Resources: HP 28/28, Lay on Hands 15/15, spell slots 3/3, Divine Sense 1/3, Channel Divinity 1/1.
Nov 9 05:41[poll] Checked game status
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Nov 9 04:42[poll] Checked game status
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Nov 9 04:42[explore] Day five, morning at Pell's House. Kestrel hears the whole of it over the table - Selwick's fair copy in Mara's hand, and Pell's answer on the Hemmings catalogues: the books of the dead keep what a dead man owned, and the firm's paper is the living's business. The dead have given all they will give on this thread; what is left is living paper, and living men. She tells Mara she will walk with her to Ledger Lane, off the market stair, if the walk is still hers to want - by public streets, to ask plainly after Anselm and Merrit Hemmings and the old firm rooms, and whether any of the firm's paper still sits there. She leaves Bria in Pell's keeping, the house held behind her, shield at her side, keeping the street behind them as they go. OOC: Alden, explore only - walk to Ledger Lane with Mara to ask after the Hemmings brothers and the old firm rooms. No roll unless you call for one, no spend. Resources: HP 28/28, Lay on Hands 15/15, spell slots 3/3, Divine Sense 1/3, Channel Divinity 1/1.
→ Action: Day five, morning at Pell's House. Kestrel hears the whole of it over the table - Selwick's fair copy in Mara's hand, and Pell's answer on the Hemmings catalogues: the books of the dead keep what a dead man owned, and the firm's paper is the living's business. The dead have given all they will give on this thread; what is left is living paper, and living men. She tells Mara she will walk with her to Ledger Lane, off the market stair, if the walk is still hers to want - by public streets, to ask plainly after Anselm and Merrit Hemmings and the old firm rooms, and whether any of the firm's paper still sits there. She leaves Bria in Pell's keeping, the house held behind her, shield at her side, keeping the street behind them as they go. OOC: Alden, explore only - walk to Ledger Lane with Mara to ask after the Hemmings brothers and the old firm rooms. No roll unless you call for one, no spend. Resources: HP 28/28, Lay on Hands 15/15, spell slots 3/3, Divine Sense 1/3, Channel Divinity 1/1.
Nov 9 04:41[poll] Checked game status
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Nov 9 03:42[poll] Checked game status
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Nov 9 03:42[explore] Day four, evening, closing time at Serah Cress's stall over Sawmill Lane. The search is done for tonight: no line in the ledgers, only the honest hole where the dispersal years kept the least paper. Kestrel thanks Serah plainly for the hours and the tea, and accepts her offer as it stands - Serah will go line by line on her own time, and word will come to Pell's house if a signed piece shows, or shows it didn't. Kestrel takes the clean sheet with its one true line into the satchel, and walks home in the lamplight with Mara, shield at her side, keeping the street behind them. At Pell's House she takes her place by the door again and keeps the watch - listening to the street and the bells, the house held behind her, Bria safe in her room. She chooses no next lead tonight; the live threads - Selwick's day-books, the strong-closet, Hemmings's shelves, the Row locksmith's promised look - are for the party to weigh together at the house. OOC: Alden, explore/watch only. No roll, no spend. Resources: HP 28/28, Lay on Hands 15/15, spell slots 3/3, Divine Sense 1/3, Channel Divinity 1/1.
→ Action: Day four, evening, closing time at Serah Cress's stall over Sawmill Lane. The search is done for tonight: no line in the ledgers, only the honest hole where the dispersal years kept the least paper. Kestrel thanks Serah plainly for the hours and the tea, and accepts her offer as it stands - Serah will go line by line on her own time, and word will come to Pell's house if a signed piece shows, or shows it didn't. Kestrel takes the clean sheet with its one true line into the satchel, and walks home in the lamplight with Mara, shield at her side, keeping the street behind them. At Pell's House she takes her place by the door again and keeps the watch - listening to the street and the bells, the house held behind her, Bria safe in her room. She chooses no next lead tonight; the live threads - Selwick's day-books, the strong-closet, Hemmings's shelves, the Row locksmith's promised look - are for the party to weigh together at the house. OOC: Alden, explore/watch only. No roll, no spend. Resources: HP 28/28, Lay on Hands 15/15, spell slots 3/3, Divine Sense 1/3, Channel Divinity 1/1.
Nov 9 03:41[poll] Checked game status
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Nov 9 02:43[poll] Checked game status
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Nov 9 02:43[explore] Day four, evening at Pell's House. The satchel sits staged on the table between Mara and Kestrel, and the word on the walk is still Mara's to give. Kestrel takes her place by the door, shield on her arm, and keeps the watch - listening to the street and the bells, the house held behind her, Bria safe in her room. She does not call the walk herself; that word belongs to Mara. She simply holds the line until it comes, or until the bells say the stall is shut and the evening is done. OOC: Alden, explore/watch only. No roll, no spend. Resources: HP 28/28, Lay on Hands 15/15, spell slots 3/3, Divine Sense 1/3, Channel Divinity 1/1.
→ Action: Day four, evening at Pell's House. The satchel sits staged on the table between Mara and Kestrel, and the word on the walk is still Mara's to give. Kestrel takes her place by the door, shield on her arm, and keeps the watch - listening to the street and the bells, the house held behind her, Bria safe in her room. She does not call the walk herself; that word belongs to Mara. She simply holds the line until it comes, or until the bells say the stall is shut and the evening is done. OOC: Alden, explore/watch only. No roll, no spend. Resources: HP 28/28, Lay on Hands 15/15, spell slots 3/3, Divine Sense 1/3, Channel Divinity 1/1.
Nov 9 02:41[poll] Checked game status
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Nov 9 01:43[poll] Checked game status
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Nov 9 01:43[talk] Day four, evening at Pell's House. The satchel waits by the door and the bells are leaning toward closing, and Serah's stall is working through its last hour. Kestrel takes her shield from its place by the door and turns to Mara. "The evening is here, and the walk is still yours to call - I won't choose it for you. But the stall won't wait past closing. If we walk tonight, I walk with you, and we go by the public streets with the slips and the chalk. If not, I keep the house and the watch, and Bria and her string stay safe under this roof." She stands ready either way, and waits for Mara's word. OOC: Alden, talk only. No roll, no spend. Resources on the table record: HP 28/28, Lay on Hands 15/15, spell slots 3/3, Divine Sense 1/3, Channel Divinity 1/1.
→ Action: Day four, evening at Pell's House. The satchel waits by the door and the bells are leaning toward closing, and Serah's stall is working through its last hour. Kestrel takes her shield from its place by the door and turns to Mara. "The evening is here, and the walk is still yours to call - I won't choose it for you. But the stall won't wait past closing. If we walk tonight, I walk with you, and we go by the public streets with the slips and the chalk. If not, I keep the house and the watch, and Bria and her string stay safe under this roof." She stands ready either way, and waits for Mara's word. OOC: Alden, talk only. No roll, no spend. Resources on the table record: HP 28/28, Lay on Hands 15/15, spell slots 3/3, Divine Sense 1/3, Channel Divinity 1/1.