samples

[radicans]

i. crystal

[ A small, polite clearing of the throat. The voice is that of a young woman from the Marches. ]

Hello. My name is Maud Van Klerk, and I'm newly assisting the Seneschal with some recordkeeping. There are several entries for the purchase of various supplies for which the relevant forms are missing or unclear, and I am hopeful that one of you may recognize the purchase and be able to provide additional information. They are:

• Yards of plain linen from Nevarra, numbered either ten or... ten hundred?
  
• Three nugs, and it specifies "average-sized and with all four limbs, of any color"
  
• A lute and a set of drums
  
• A pair of gloves of hardened gurgut skin and another of hardened tusket skin
  
• A bundle of Ghoul's Beard
  
  If you recognize any of these orders as your own or have a guess as to where they might have originated, I would appreciate your assistance.

ii. log

The market in Kirkwall is busy, but this little sidestreet--really more of an alley--is not, leading nowhere useful enough to draw more than the most occasional passer-by. Which suits Maud just fine as she presses herself into the alcove of a doorway, a gloved fist pressed to her lips and the dark fabric of her skirts pinned back with her other hand to avoid drifting beyond the lintel and into view.

The view in question is that of a small, stone-faced woman in servant's livery so severely plain it almost circles back to eye-catching. The edge of her wimple barely shifts in the breeze as she marches about the area, plainly searching for someone and the expression on her face steadily curdling with each moment they go un-found.