Jared
Jared thinks for a bit before asking, "By the way Geoffrey, what has happened to the remains and possessions of the previous victims? Are they available for inspection?"
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@Hydwen: Are there scraps of Cloth mixed in with the Dust?
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Jared
Jared thinks for a bit before asking, "By the way Geoffrey, what has happened to the remains and possessions of the previous victims? Are they available for inspection?"
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@Hydwen: Are there scraps of Cloth mixed in with the Dust?
Ark speaks up. "All the other bodies, except for the ones in the Rue Inn now, have been buried or cremated, remember?"
Jared
Jared gives a small frown before replying, "Well buried doesn't mean not available for inspection. If there are no other leads, we could have them exhumed, but I sincerely hope it won't have to come down to that."
"Also, the possession of known victims are returned to their family, but what happens to the possession of unknown victims? Are they buried with the bodies? Or are they kept somewhere else where we can see them without going Grave Robbing?"
The nature mage pauses to scratch himself behind his fluffy white ears before continuing, "Well, we'll think about that later. If there is nothing else here, lets take that vial, and see what happened at the Inn."
"The rest of them were just like this, more or less. We checked them over...even had a cleric come down and see if he could make heads or tails out of this, but no luck," Geoffrey says, looking away from the body. "You'd have to get a special order from the Marquis anyway, and he seldom worries himself with such trivialities."
"Well, we kept the possessions of the unknown, in case their identities become known, and if not, the city auctions what they can after a year. They're over in the evidence room..." he says, looking back toward the door. "We've got records too, lists, of the possessions of the known victims. We asked their families, or the people they were traveling with, to keep their things around until the investigation is complete, but no telling how that worked out. A fair number of them were just passing through, so their stuff could be halfway to Baldur's Gate by now."
SpoilerNope, no scraps of cloth as far as you can tell, although that could be that they were removed, not disintegrated.
Jared
Jared nods as the guard answers, "I see. One last question, I notice the dust doesn't seem to have cloth scraps. Did the Victims have their clothes on when they were found and you removed them, or were they found, uh, naked as it were?"
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I leave it to you guys whether you want to go to the inn, or rummage through possessions the of the unknowns.
Thaedras
Well I need a copy of the lists and records as soon as you can get one for me. Also I would like to check the other items here then go to the inn. There's no more time to dally.
Walfir
Walfir curiously examines the inky vial, but with little experience in human alchemicals the big dog has nothing to add. Disinterested in the administrative details of the Riders' investigation, he pads to the door and looks back pointedly for Geoffrey to lead them off.