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Toxic Inevstigation (story) (OOC welcome) (Semi-Open *please contact before posting*) - Inessa Hara - 02-03-2015
Inessa sat in her office, wracking her mind over how to locate and find the murderer before he could strike again. She paced around back and fourth next to the chalkboard, with a series of lines and names drawn to and from each other on one end and important evidence on the other.
There was little evidence. Nothing that could help her find the murderer. What she knew was that he coated his arrow with a special Nero-toxin from a plant called Nightbell, found deep in the lost city of Amdapor of the south shroud. Extracted from a plant that was remarkable for it's beauty and extreme rarity. Once plucked from the root of the plant, the root's wither and die within moments and it could only self-replenish by being left alone to grow.
That and the subject was most likely a Hyur from the descriptions that she was getting. The eye witnesses said that he was a man, or didn't have any feminine features, or noticeable ones anyways, and that he was moderately tall but about the average height of a youth at any rate. They also said he outran the guard's and fled via the city rooftop's so he is young, skilled at acrobatics and resourceful enough to evade the Brass Blades and sink away without being noticed or caught.
So the evidence only boiled down to what he was. Possibly young, average height, skilled and very resourceful.
On the other hand, there was the murdered woman. Emily Claffey, daughter to a moderately rich merchant of Antony Claffey. There was nothing that sugests she was murdered for a legitimate reason, such as knowing the wrong things or crossing the wrong people, and nobody hated her either. Many a young man admired her for her beauty and wanted her for their own. However, the father was overbearing and overprotective and only let her out and around the town when he was there to accompany her, along with a few bodyguards so she was obviously well protected, despite being killed in the presence of her father.
Word has it that Antony has not left the temple and continues to morn his daughter.
It would make sense that her father would have enemy's, but after a little digging, I have found they did not hold such a huge grudge as to kill his daughter so that possibility is out the window.
Inessa eventually stops pacing and leans backwards on the edge of her desk. She bites the bottom of her lip, trying to decide what to do next.
RE: Toxic Inevstigation - Inessa Hara - 02-04-2015
Inessa rubs the back of her head before grabbing a small folder off of her desk from right next to her and began combing through the files of various suitors that were allegedly close to Emily. There could have been a possibility that the murderer was an unrequited, angry man or a man who was refused by her. If that were the case, the murderer could have taken Emily's life out of desire but Inessa had the biting feeling that two theories of an Assassin and an angry suitor did not add up.
The reason it did not add up is because that none of the suitors had any of the skills that were exhibited by the assassin written down in their files. This was the work of a professional, not some common street thug with gut's.
Of course there was the possibility that the records could have been altered, but then again, that would take more work than needed. Not to mention there would have been noticeable signs of document alteration if that were the case. Still, Inessa thought that these men would need to be interrogated and examined. Just as a precaution so Inessa could safely rule them out as the assassins.
Inessa would then finish flipping through the files before closing the folder than setting it back on the desk. Grabbing a spare piece of paper and a feathered pen that were laying on the desk, she begins to write a letter to the Brass Blades captain in charge of the investigation, saying that she would require a list of men who were allowed near her while Emily was still living.
- David Epi - A merchant of some renown. Not old enough to hold a grudge against Emily's father. The fact that he could be a rival against her father is ruled out by the fact that David got his start as a merchant by the good graces of Emily's father.
- Takeshi Yori - A doman wanderer. Something akin to an adventurer, though he took a particular interest in the lady and as a result, has confined himself mostly to the Thanalan as of late. He might be departing soon with the lady's untimely demise so he will be first on the list.
- Marx Col - A strange named Elezen. Quite young and fair, though much of him remains in mystery. Most likely suspect to be the murderer if he is the one due to his unknown nature.
"Brass Blade Captain Curt, I require three individuals below for an interrogation:"
- Takeshi Yori
- Marx Col
- David Epi
With that, Inessa signs the letter, seals it into an envelope and walks up and out of her office to hand off the letter to a courier for delivery.
((Still more to come. Just going to fast forward time a little))