Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-16047389-20140624184300/@comment-16047389-20140808213301

Seeing nothing more you can do, you return to your room. As you change into more comfortable evening attire, you try and wrap your head around everything that has happened today.


 * Finding that ledger was your whole reason for even coming. Your sublte approach has thrown off any suspicion the Redguards might have otherwise had. However, what you have isn't nearly as effective as evidence as having the ledger itself. There's no way to prove that you didn't simply forge your copies in an attempt to have Lhotun removed from his position. The fact that your own business is in direct competition with the East Empire Company will have people looking on your evidence with extreme suspicion. Assuming the Elder Council even takes your word on this matter, there's no telling what Lhotun would be able to cover up between now and the investigation, if one is even launched. Still, maybe it will be enough.


 * There is definately something suspicious going on in this manor. Vallina knows it, you know, and the Redguards might even know it. Hell, they could even be involved in it. Whatever it is, it is most certainly related to magic, perhaps even Daedric magic. However, the Fortesias don't have a history of magic, save for the Telvanni ancestors that have all but been forgotten by the major public. The Fortesia family has even gone to great lengths to make people forget about their elven ancestery. There are just too many questions.


 * The Fortesias have some kind of deal with the Redguards, and seem to be fully aware that one of them is Lhotun. This deal, perhaps, even involves "dealing" with you. A worrying thought, but it's not like they've tried anything to harm you...yet. Maybe the threat is less physical, and more financial. The Fortesias hold a great deal of influence in the trading industry, after all. Could your own business handle having them as enemies?


 * None of the remaining guests seem that suspicious of anything. But then again, it's not like you've been watching them that closely.

Even though your mind is brimming with questions, you doubt it will keep you up tonight. It's a good thing you decided to go to bed when you did. You'll have plenty of time to deal with all of this tomorrow morning. As you blow out the candles that kept the room lit, and lie down in the comfortable bed, you fall asleep almost instantly.

You don't know how long you've been asleep, but you are abruptly awoken by a pounding at the door.

"Alastor?!" shouts Vallina. "Alastor! Please answer me!" She keeps hitting the door so loudly, that you are worried she'll break it down. You quickly get up, throw a robe on, and open the door. You instantly see the panicked expression on her face.

"Oh thank the Divines you're alright!" Vallina says, trying to calm down. You reassure her that you're safe, and ask her what's wrong.

"It's terrible!" she nearly cries. "There's been a murder!"

(I'll have to leave this off here, for awhile. If I can, I'll try and add the next post tonight, but I won't be able to get onto the wikia much over the weekend. So while I'm away, please take the time to leave any comments or questions you have thus far, and hopefully I'll be able to get back to this Sunday evening/Monday morning.)