Re: Kassius and Kibeti try to track the shipment
Infuriatingly, Kassius gets the feeling that it isn't that Kibeti doesn't UNDERSTAND what Kassius wants him to do, it is just that Kibeti doesn't WANT to do it. The giant cat gives Kassius a revolted look as the hunter tries to force the animal's nose toward the pile of gunk that is the Rhagodessa guts. The cat shirks back and growls, with a look like "you have got to be kidding me" settled on his face.
OOC: Yeah, you really need to teach that cat how to track.
Deciding that if you want something done right, you've got to do it yourself, the hunter focuses and draws the raw animal power of a wolf into his body. Then he gets down on all fours and sniffs at the putrid innards very closely. Kibeti meows and looks up to the sky - is he rolling his eyes?
Kassius screws his eyes tightly closed, and tries to isolate and memorize the odor - the flavor and texture of it fill his mouth - acidic, chemical, slimy. He moves at a stoop down the docks, sniffing at the air. Yes! There it is again! He leaps to another board in the pier and shoves his face up against the wood - a-ha! Another congealed drip. He ignores the strange looks the dock workers give him and heads off into the street, with Kibeti following next to him on the leash.
It is an incredibly difficult mission, and Kassius has to zig-zag backwards and forwards to find the scent. He is helped a bit that he already has a fair idea of where the wagon was going - and sure enough, a couple of hours later he arrives at the bridge over into the Azure district.
And that is also the point where it starts raining.
With a groan of dismay, Kassius realizes that he had been oblivious to the weather and now one of the frequent equatorial showers that visit Sasserine was gently raining down on the city, and wiping away any chance he had to continue the tracking.
OOC: Sorry, but you needed 20 (hard surface) + 1 (time) + 1 (1 hour of rain overnight) = 22. I just added the unexpected rain in there for a bit of colour. Let's call it quits now on the tracking. Sorry, I know that in a film or book the hero would find a way to succeed, but this secret is just going to require a little more time to unlock.