Tales of Neutral Ground IC

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Gryphon frowns with consternation upon stepping into the crime scene. Even if the mess was on par with what you’d see after a troll-on-troll bar brawl, it wasn’t exactly a spring meadow. He snaps his fingers and Prestidigitates a bouquet garni of rosemary, sage, and crushed garlic into his hand, presses it to his face, and inhales deeply before couching down to examine the gore.

Contrary to the serpent’s typical distain for all things human, Spritz raises up from his languid perch on the occidental magician’s shoulders and peers down at the carnage with rapt attention. His tongue flicking out repeatedly, tasting the scents in the air. Fury preserve us, it wasn’t a battle, it was a slaughter. Whatever this this was, it isn’t one of ours.

Gryphon focuses on the crime scene for a quite a while, Prestidigitating various implements to prod and test the bodies, as he responds to Arimart and Lann’s inquiries. I know doppelgängers, I’ve even been to their city of Lost back in Droaam, and as far as I can tell, no evidence points to this being a doppelgänger. Prosecutor, have you considered this thing might have housed a parasite like a Mohrg or a Tsochar? This abdominal wound you’re trying to identify might have been an egress wound from such a creature leaving to take a new host. What do you make of it Professor Shardstone?

Spritz and I are going to see if we can identify any blood that doesn’t belong specifically to one of the corpses here. If we can isolate blood that belongs to one of the still living infiltrators it’ll give a proper divination specialist a tremendous boon for finding
our culprits.

Spoiler: OOC

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Investigation Check: (1d20+4)[7]
Advantage from Spritz’s Help Action: (1d20+4)[21]