Apr 03, 2006 05:14
...
The first meeting with some of the prominent citizens of the city went reasonably well.
Boggis detailed that two dead members of his Guild were killed by the use of unusually large pins that had been used to sever their spinal cords and was vehement about the deaths of two of his Guild members and accused Downey of 'being random.'
Downey, as always, was dull, and replied that he didn't see how his guild's business was in any way anyone else's concern though he wasn't at all aware of any contract involving the inhumation of anyone from another guild.
Slant, the most annoying zombie I am acquainted with, had to interject that the death of Thieves Guild members could have legal repercussions.
Selachii and Rust were entirely off the mark (as is always expected of them) and began expounding their viewpoints on the supposedly poor security for the inhabitants of the city. They also suggested that Burleigh stop creating unusual (and therefore unrecognisable weapons) and selling his merchandise without verifying the antecedents of the prospective buyer / s.
Burleigh insisted that he was perfectly within his rights to sell his 'stuff' to whoever pays the right price but also denied all knowledge of being commissioned for any unusual weapons whatsoever. At this point, I dearly wished to tell them about the many ways there are to inhume someone without actually using any weapon, but desisted, with some effort.
Carney (Guild of Engravers and Printers) was looking surprisingly discomfited and was pointlessly verbose before finally admitting that the murder-weapons used were, infact, a pair of large pins originating from the Engravers' Guild.
It seems to me to be a simple case of confrontation between the thieves who tried to steal possibly valuable metals from the Engraver's Guild and engravers who stay up all night.
A detailed investigation on the part of the Watch would assist towards a confirmation of my conjecture.
Overall, the city seems to be functioning quite normally, apart from occasional nano-imp incidents such as Drumknott's tea going up in flames yesterday.