"Excuse my attire," he says, popping his head back in, taking a moment, undoing more knots and stepping out wearing nothing but a loincloth. He has a muscly but starved and dirty body with patches of brown hair, and has no weapons at the moment.
"I am very sorry, your excellence. I am here to serve. What do you want of me? And, uh, why right now?"
You note that White Fang has not reacted to the man.
Jesla tenses up as she hears movement close by her. She worries that the neighbor might cause a problem by screaming. Jesla creeps quietly over to the opening of her tent while being careful to remain in shadows. She gets close to the woman and says quietly " This doesn't concern you. It could be dangerous. Go back to sleep. " She appears to be angry and tries to intimidate.
Theaton will move away from the other tents so they can talk. "I know you are a hunter and you may have some information that can help us in a investigation. This concerns some live stock on the outer fringes of the city. Have you seen or heard anything that may be suspicious when you are traveling in that area" Theaton does note White Fangs uninterested attitude in the man. This is not the person we are looking for. But he may have some useful information.
The snoopy woman immediately retreats, closing the flap behind her. There's a few footsteps, then nothing more.
Glaf follows Theaton, answering, "I don't know anything about livestock, sir. I try to set my traps far from farms.
"I was in the forest to the west last week and there was very little game. But in one part of the forest, an area about half a mile wide, I did see multiple animals butchered and mutilated. The bodies were just left there. I took the opportunity to skin them, but didn't want to take the spoiling meat. I tried not to carry too much so I could outrun whatever was out there. I thought I heard wolves too."
The date he gives is the night before the first farm attack - which gives you three attacks in different places over three days. The forest location is separate by than 8 miles from the two farms.
Theaton thanks the man and asks that if he sees anything else that he come report it to him at once. Theaton motions to the others and they head back to the castle. "Well it is not him", Theaton says as they get a bit away from the tents, "Unless he can disguise his scent. Let's continue the search and see if we can find out who or what is doing this."
Jesla seems bothered as they head away. " I have a confession to make. I was .... " She stops as if she was about to say something that she shouldn't. " I was wrong on when I was out in the wilderness with the fellow Kelliid. I was not around him during the full moon period. It could be him. I hope not. I need to finish my training with him. " She sighs.
Out of Character: : I got my days mixed up and was reminded by Icon. Sorry for the mixup. .
Edited: Kyrroeth on 3rd May, 2017 - 12:26pm
Theaton replies, "While he is our only lead for now I am not sure we should take White Fang into a tavern that will cause some issues. White Fang and I along with a couple others can wait outside across from the tavern while Jesla and Mykael go in and bring him outside. Jesla I know that time can get away from us and I appreciate your honesty. I would hope that we are dealing with a stranger rather than someone we know."