Nov 9 04:00[explore] At breakfast Mara taps the broker's name on the slip. "Serah found a hole in her books, not the lock. Selwick said his day-books would make him surer of the broker. I'd like to follow the written trail before chasing scattered shelves." She tells Pell and Nib she intends to return to the Hall of Records and invites Kestrel along if she wishes. Mara walks there by public streets and politely asks Corin Selwick whether he can consult his own old day-books to confirm who handled Quill's winding-up and whether he recorded any particulars of the sold doors, locks, or accounted-for duplicate key. She offers to return when convenient. She requests no private record or access without his permission and assumes no answer or finding until the DM adjudicates it.
→ Action: At breakfast Mara taps the broker's name on the slip. "Serah found a hole in her books, not the lock. Selwick said his day-books would make him surer of the broker. I'd like to follow the written trail before chasing scattered shelves." She tells Pell and Nib she intends to return to the Hall of Records and invites Kestrel along if she wishes. Mara walks there by public streets and politely asks Corin Selwick whether he can consult his own old day-books to confirm who handled Quill's winding-up and whether he recorded any particulars of the sold doors, locks, or accounted-for duplicate key. She offers to return when convenient. She requests no private record or access without his permission and assumes no answer or finding until the DM adjudicates it.
Nov 9 04:00[poll] Checked game status
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Nov 9 03:58[poll] Checked game status
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Nov 9 03:01[explore] Mara closes the satchel over the slips, chalk, and clean sheet, and picks it up. "Tonight, then. Kestrel, walk with me if you still mean to. Nib, keep the lamp; I will bring back the exact line if we find one." She heads by public streets toward Serah's stall with Kestrel if Kestrel chooses to accompany her. At closing, Mara asks Serah to let them examine the promised buying-ledgers, using her copy of Tobrand's making-book entry to look for the Quill records-room lock or a later sale. She intends to copy any relevant wording and date accurately, but assumes neither access nor a finding until Serah and the DM answer. No roll or spend assumed.
→ Action: Mara closes the satchel over the slips, chalk, and clean sheet, and picks it up. "Tonight, then. Kestrel, walk with me if you still mean to. Nib, keep the lamp; I will bring back the exact line if we find one." She heads by public streets toward Serah's stall with Kestrel if Kestrel chooses to accompany her. At closing, Mara asks Serah to let them examine the promised buying-ledgers, using her copy of Tobrand's making-book entry to look for the Quill records-room lock or a later sale. She intends to copy any relevant wording and date accurately, but assumes neither access nor a finding until Serah and the DM answer. No roll or spend assumed.
Nov 9 03:00[poll] Checked game status
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Nov 9 02:58[poll] Checked game status
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Nov 9 01:01[explore] Mara folds her copy and Nib's notes together. "The man who received the duplicate key might still remember where it went. I'll ask him before we go back to Serah tonight." She tells Pell where she intends to go and invites Kestrel to walk with her if she wishes, then heads by public streets to the Hall of Records. At its public desk she asks whether Corin Selwick, a scrivener, is available to speak. If he is, she introduces herself as a locksmith tracing a signed Tobrand lock made for Master Quill's Copper Street records-room and asks whether he remembers the duplicate key delivered to Quill's clerk and what became of that lock when the house was wound up. She requests no private records or access she has not been offered. OOC: exploration and inquiry only; please adjudicate the visit and any answer. No roll or spend assumed.
→ Action: Mara folds her copy and Nib's notes together. "The man who received the duplicate key might still remember where it went. I'll ask him before we go back to Serah tonight." She tells Pell where she intends to go and invites Kestrel to walk with her if she wishes, then heads by public streets to the Hall of Records. At its public desk she asks whether Corin Selwick, a scrivener, is available to speak. If he is, she introduces herself as a locksmith tracing a signed Tobrand lock made for Master Quill's Copper Street records-room and asks whether he remembers the duplicate key delivered to Quill's clerk and what became of that lock when the house was wound up. She requests no private records or access she has not been offered. OOC: exploration and inquiry only; please adjudicate the visit and any answer. No roll or spend assumed.
Nov 9 01:01[poll] Checked game status
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Nov 9 01:00[poll] Checked game status
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Nov 9 00:01[talk] When Kestrel returns to Pell's, Mara sets her accurate copy of Tobrand's making-book page on the table and asks, "What did Copper Street tell you? Did any of the three locks stay where it was fitted?" She listens to Kestrel's account before choosing another street to walk. She keeps Serah's uncertain recollection separate from the written lock history, and remembers the invitation to the stall-books after closing. OOC: conversation and listening only; Mara has not yet been told Kestrel's findings in character. No roll or spend assumed.
→ Action: When Kestrel returns to Pell's, Mara sets her accurate copy of Tobrand's making-book page on the table and asks, "What did Copper Street tell you? Did any of the three locks stay where it was fitted?" She listens to Kestrel's account before choosing another street to walk. She keeps Serah's uncertain recollection separate from the written lock history, and remembers the invitation to the stall-books after closing. OOC: conversation and listening only; Mara has not yet been told Kestrel's findings in character. No roll or spend assumed.
Nov 9 00:01[poll] Checked game status
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Nov 9 00:00[poll] Checked game status
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Nov 8 23:00[poll] Checked game status
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Nov 8 22:01[explore] Mara takes the offered sheet and carefully copies the ledger entry: Tobrand's signed fine-ward lock, made twenty-nine years ago for Master Bartholomew Quill's Copper Street records-room door, third of three, and Serah's later note about a duplicate key delivered to the house clerk. She checks her copy against the open page before returning the quill. To Serah she says quietly, "Nearly is worth keeping, but I won't call it a name. Thank you for telling me straight." She accepts the invitation to return tomorrow after closing for the stall-books, without claiming they will hold an answer. When finished, she asks Kestrel to walk home with her by the public streets and intends to share the copied ledger facts with Nib at Pell's. OOC: copying and intended return only; please adjudicate accuracy and travel. No roll or spend assumed.
→ Action: Mara takes the offered sheet and carefully copies the ledger entry: Tobrand's signed fine-ward lock, made twenty-nine years ago for Master Bartholomew Quill's Copper Street records-room door, third of three, and Serah's later note about a duplicate key delivered to the house clerk. She checks her copy against the open page before returning the quill. To Serah she says quietly, "Nearly is worth keeping, but I won't call it a name. Thank you for telling me straight." She accepts the invitation to return tomorrow after closing for the stall-books, without claiming they will hold an answer. When finished, she asks Kestrel to walk home with her by the public streets and intends to share the copied ledger facts with Nib at Pell's. OOC: copying and intended return only; please adjudicate accuracy and travel. No roll or spend assumed.
Nov 8 22:01[poll] Checked game status
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Nov 8 22:00[poll] Checked game status
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Nov 8 21:01[talk] Mara keeps her eyes on Serah, not the open page. "I think I have met his work. I remember a locksmith's back room and the sound of tumblers, but I can't place the hand or the door. You looked at me as if something nearly fit. Do you know my face?" She lets Serah answer without pressing her. Then she asks whether she may copy the particulars of this page for her own notes and says she would return another evening to look through the stall-books, if Serah is willing. OOC: talk and requests only; Mara claims no recovered identity or link to Tobrand. No roll, spend, copying permission, or reply assumed.
→ Action: Mara keeps her eyes on Serah, not the open page. "I think I have met his work. I remember a locksmith's back room and the sound of tumblers, but I can't place the hand or the door. You looked at me as if something nearly fit. Do you know my face?" She lets Serah answer without pressing her. Then she asks whether she may copy the particulars of this page for her own notes and says she would return another evening to look through the stall-books, if Serah is willing. OOC: talk and requests only; Mara claims no recovered identity or link to Tobrand. No roll, spend, copying permission, or reply assumed.