The Sundered Way

[spiderwrangler]

Tess, it is in the third hour of your Ily fishing that you hear a yowling cat from the next alley over. ((Within 100 ft))

You've been sharing a room with Randy, who tried unsuccessfully to sleep, and is currently sitting and meditating. You've probably been quietly tending to your gear or reading or something? Sitting in the open window for 3 hours seems a recipe for a numb bum and a fall out the window.

Holger still hasn't returned.

[thinkslogically]

She recalls Ily immediately.

((And yes, reading and stuff is fine. You'd be surprised how comfy it can be sitting out a window though. Folk back home do it all the time ))

[Lurks_In_Shadows]

(( Probably depends on the type of window. US windows tend to be about 4-6 inches wide with lots of sills, etc. Of course, our weather tends to more extremes, so we need the extra insulation (at least here in the Mid West. Other areas, not so much.) ))

[thinkslogically]

((well yeah, she's not sitting in a window frame she can't sit in))

[spiderwrangler]

((It's fine, you bum feels great and you haven't fallen out. ))

Ily reappears beside you.

((Make a Perception check for me Tess?))

[thinkslogically]

Per: 1d20+4 = [13] = 17

Nem continues sitting in the window, trying to appear nonchalant as she nudges ily inside and out of (external) view.

[spiderwrangler]

You hear what might be a soft gasp and the padding of feet that fade away, coming from near where you heard the cat call.

[thinkslogically]

"Follow them, but be careful."

Nem slips the note off Ily and removes the symbol before setting him off out the window again, and watching through his senses.

Perception (not sure with adv or not):
2d20k1 = [10, 9] = 10 +3

Stealth: 1d20+4 = [9] = 13

[spiderwrangler]

Ily hops down and slinks around the corner, returning shortly to meow up at you.

[thinkslogically]

Nem snaps her fingers and resummons him inside the window, then telepathically asks him what he saw and what happened.

[spiderwrangler]

((There was no note on Ily when you recalled him, BTW. I also don't think we'd firmed up what exactly it conveys to who?))

Ily is back on your lap, and you get his memory view of a figure following him at a distance, melting away if he approaches, so he tried for second best and brought them close to the inn before alerting you. When you sent him back, they were gone.

[thinkslogically]

((oh ok cool. Who took the note? Did Ily see?))

[spiderwrangler]

((You'd wager it was whoever gasped and ran off when the cat they were watching suddenly vanished in front of them... unless someone else happened along after. Either way, it was gone by the time Ily made his way back down.))

[thinkslogically]

((ok so there was only the one person. That's cool.))

She'll head out for a walk with Ily.

[spiderwrangler]

((Out the window or through the common room?))

[Rodgeir]

((Dornikal is out in the hallway if she heads past.))

[Lurks_In_Shadows]

Randy cracks an eye.
"Be careful. This town's got a weird vibe to it. Try to check in with us by noon. If we don't get a message from you by then, Maj and I will probably come looking."

Randy goes back to meditating.

[thinkslogically]

((How easy would it be to drop out the window, without magic?

PS: Nem didn't tell Randy she was heading out...))

[spiderwrangler]

((Moderately easily, Ily was able to navigate his way down just fine when you sent him out the first time with the note. If you're going out that way too, give me a Stealth.))

[Lurks_In_Shadows]

(( Randy's gotten a pretty good idea of how Tess thinks. He's no more expecting her to hang around the inn and keeping a low profile than he does Holger, particularly after the dressing down she gave him. After all, the whole idea of going to East was really hers to start with. She wanted to see new places, etc. Now that she's in a strange city, he's fully expecting her to go out exploring. He's just reminding her to not get too carried away. ))

[thinkslogically]

((he's also meditating with his eyes closed...))

Nem drops lightly out the window, Ily bouncing down after her. She sends him ahead to show her where the guy was, moving as quietly as possible in the unfamiliar town.

Stealth: 1d20+4 = [11] = 15

[spiderwrangler]

((If he's meditating with eyes closed, he probably doesn't notice her leave, but could have spoken up in the previous hours. )l

Ily pads his way to a nearby alley, before sitting and looking back and forth between you and its dark interior.

[thinkslogically]

Nem secretes herself to one side and sends Ily onwards into the alley to scope it out. She tells him to meow once for a recall, two if she's to follow him.

[spiderwrangler]

((What is his condition to meet for either? If it's 2 for empty, he meows twice. ))

[thinkslogically]

((She'll tell him to just come back if there's nothing there))