If you character has the skill Craft: Artistic then they could attempt to forge a document, assuming they have a legitimate document they could copy from.

Lots of crafts, not that one.

Do they keep books? Maybe we could 'borrow' one of their log books?

They certainly have records. Where they keep the records is another matter.

OK, so we could try a simple "I am looking for my brother" approach with some story about how he wrote me to meet him, then all the city stuff happened so I couldn't get in, and the last I heard was he was delivered to this hospital... Maybe worth a try. And at least we'd get a glimpse of how the hospital works and maybe where they keep the documents etc.
On the other fronts, no action items? Waiting a week to contact Yuu's father leaves some down time, could check out the hideout and any other place that we know are connected to either the shipments or from scenes that Lasrane shared in his memories?

It certainly can't hurt to check all the old places, provided there isn't an army of ninja just waiting in the shadows.

Regarding records, we could forge an id tag just by seeing what one looks like, ie: going into the hospital and asking a nurse/doctor a random question. The location of old patient records... we could just ask a passing doctor while posing. Visiting doctors wouldn't necessarily know these things, so it could be quite normal to ask.

If people are watching the bar, they may have people watching the hospital too.

Would Yuu's school magic medicine buddy know about the hospital workings?

I wouldn't be surprised if Yuu knows a person or people who work in a hospital, but that's def a gm call.

EDIT: I just checked my notes from chapter 5, I think I made up a monastery to drop Lasrane off, not a hospital, run by the Sisters of Caleb. I'd assumed Yuu suggested it because they would be discrete, and happily take the 'donation' mentioned in Yuu's dialogue.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:45, Thu 05 July 2018.

Ah, ok. Not sure why I thought it was a hospital, buy we'll just change it to monastery. Luckily it doesn't change anything yet, though it much less certain if the monastery would keep records, or what happened to Lasrane after he was found. On the plus-side you probably won't need to forge an ID to go ask.

Yuu's friend, Marcus, being a medical practitioner, would likely have been able to query a hospital's records to some extent, but that's somewhat a moot point at this time.
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:38, Thu 05 July 2018.

My thinking at the time was any hospital worth the H on a map would immediately query the local constabulary should an unidentified, unconscious and broken Mespah show up at its doorstep with a note stuck in his jacket. Hence, the more discretionary approach.

So... we could just walk back and make the inquiry.

Sounds good, let's try that.

Yeah, that's the idea behind the hospital. There is a pretty harsh stigma against Mespah in general, hence the existence of the Order of Ashes. Likely any busted-up Mespah would be reported to the local chapter of the Order, because who knows what that person is in to, regardless of the type of establishment it is.

It's highly unlikely anyone outside the Order would really know that though since the general populace don't deal with Mespah on a regular basis. Zelpuz is still a rookie really so he likely also wouldn't know the way things work in that regard.

Dropping Lasrane off at a non-government hospital was a more prudent idea, but ultimately they would have reported him to some authority (the Order in this case) as a John Doe, or he would have escaped on his own.

Technically the last statement is plausible, though highly unlikely. In any case the Order do know someone beat up Lasrane and dropped him off at the monastery.

So the PCs are going to hit up the place where they left Lasrane and inquire about? Just give me a breakdown of what you're looking for.

Secondly, what is Yuu going to research at the library?

Families that tend to fall into the different camps... Fundamentalist, Reforgers and Novians. A bit more of the history, anything that might link the current situation.

Also, does it seem the Shen Zue are supportive of this lock down, or would we need to investigate this?
This message was last edited by the player at 06:31, Mon 09 July 2018.

I trust you're going to spend the better part of the next week doing that research? Given the Feats that Yuu has and the fact that you will be accessing a library and media archives you can take 20 on this Knowledge check if you wish, so it'd be Yuu's INT bonus +20. Let me know if you want to go with that.

As for the Shen Zue you'd have to investigate that as it would be very new information. Seeing that they're a corporate guild of sorts they would probably not be making any public statements about the situation, but you could probably dig into indirect methods of support, such as financials and donations.

Also while Yuu is at the library I trust Zelpuz and perhaps Vanyra are going to the Sisters of Caleb at some point? While there what is it that you're after, information-wise? Just if Lasrane was there or not, how he left, etc?

Are there any other things they would like to do during the week?

I'll try to roll-up everything for the week into one long response so can move forward.

Re the Shen Zue, it would be nice to know which side they'd support... although intuitively I'd say Fundamentalists, just because change affects profits, but things are rarely so black and white. Digging into them a little might reveal motivations.

An yeah, I'm fine with taking 20.

The main thing is, to see if he was treated, if he was handed over to the Order, and at what point, how long did it take for them to show up, did they come with half an army or just one or two guys.

Vanyra can go with Zelpuz, contributing her senses for investigations and truth-determining.

So that's the gist of what you guys find out. If there other items you want to know just say so, or if there are more specifics on something you want tell me. I didn't come up with a whole bunch of names for random NPCs in all this investigation, but obviously they have them.

Ha! explains lots, gives no clues to find Lasrane.

Yes, sounds like he likely escaped. I guess the best bet is trying to check out the places we found him before.

Vanyra can start searching around for him in the city.

Yes, maybe Vanyra and Zelpuz can check out the tunnels and hideouts etc. while Yuu is in the library. Maybe best to go together.

So were you guys doing this during the week in which Yuu was researching, or during the following week?

What was the reason we needed Lasrane again?