“That is fine and dandy, but weren’t you the one who’d just said we should catch the cultist members? Sure, contacts are nice, but I’d say that we would have more credit to our worth if we were to actually apprehend them.”
“What about this? Let’s split the group. One group contacts Amelie, and the other group apprehends the cultists you know. The less time we waste, the more likely we can catch the cultists before they can run away, right?”
“Before we make any plans…I’m thinking.”
(It would depend on how plausible he found your concerns and potentially also on whether your concerns are in fact accurate. If you wanted to be really safe, you could wait a day to see if the Watch in fact goes after the specific targets named, but this does have some downsides in the event that the Watch is not so corrupt that they let the targets go (e.g. you definitely couldn’t petition the Lord-Mayor about it without it seeming like you were wasting his time, and if you wanted to interrogate them, tip them off so they could skip town, rob them in the knowledge that it’s unlikely your crime will be prosecuted, etc. then you would not be able to do so))
(you could also submit your petition in written form, since most of you are literate, but this is better as a strategy for “causing your petition to be acted upon” than for “getting an audience with the Lord-Mayor”)
Wanderer communicates his thinking on the matter of going to the Lord Mayor.
(Basically the arete text)
“…I do think we can’t negotiate a petition. I’m ready to discuss plans.”
“Apprehending the cultists ourselves would pose a risk of stepping on the watch’s toes. They already don’t like us. We busted one of their own! I think we should drop a message letting them know of our general intentions so as to protect our future actions today.”
Wanderer will cast Ears of the City
Round 1: People we don’t know much about on the list (who they are, what their deal is, why they might seek patronage)
Round 2: Willingness of the Watch to cooperate with the party on the current Flauros cult investigation
9
(22)
(24)
(so, names that you have that weren’t already discussed? just confirming we have the same understanding)
(Ye. May got information on some of the names, but you noted that it was not all)
“We should not act as vigilantes, but we can’t trust the Watch (i.e., part of local authorities; essentially police) either. I don’t care if they don’t like us for quote-unquote ‘busting one of their own’; the fact that one of them took a bribe is a disgrace in itself!” Arius’ voice grows louder as his talking speed increases.
(to say less generally, the thing canary has already shown an interest in: bloodlines, and things her party are capable of accomplishing (i.e, info on maguses/clerics/witches, though she wouldn’t know what the formermost and lattermost actually are))
(i know of the two bookstores thus far)
(hmmm. Make me a K(Local) or Diplomacy(Gather Information) check (you will get some leads even if you roll a natural 1, but you may get better/more obscure leads if you roll better)
(9)
“I did not say that we needed to do this first.” Paprika’s voice is grumpy. “I said it might be useful as an excuse to talk to the Lord-Mayor. We walk up to him, we say we found a cultist cooperator, we offer him our services in finding more. Can’t you listen to what I’m saying?”