The next morning dawns, and the pair of you get to the hunt. It proves immediately to be a frustrating one. There are people all over the city, here and there, who have heard Whisper or seen her in a dream or know someone who has. Not everyone, but more than a handful. In every case, though, there is no trace of her. No scent. No footprints. No physical traces at all.

The one thing the rumors do confirm is that there have been many experiences involving the fire-haired woman, in Almas. More than is comfortable to contemplate.

"This isn't good. We're finding nothing but more sightings and rumors for her throughout the city here." Firea grumbled, clearly getting frustrated. "We need something concrete. Firm, like someone that knew her."

"That would be wise," Voh'ren agrees while handing a piece of roasted meat he purchased from a vendor to his wolf companion, Kiru. The young wolf gobbles up the meat in a few bites, and then pants happily as he waits to see what his master and the Kitsune firefox decide to do.

"It would be nice if we found someone who also still had something of hers," he adds. "It might have the scent still on it, or serve as a focus for you and the other arcanely inclined members of our group."

Firea scratches her head a moment in thought as she tries to piece together everything they have heard. "Let's think about what everyone's said a moment. Look for the common threads... A common name, location, something."

[OOC: So are there any new commonalities in what they heard? New pieces of information that are the same? New locations mentioned that are similar? A name?]

OOC: The main common thread is the appearance - she's always a red-haired woman with vivid green eyes. The only name anyone reports hearing is Whisper, and only a few have heard that. Locations...not really, though it always seems to happen when there is no one else around. Either because the person is asleep, or because they are alone while waking. Most of those who have had encounters while awake say that they first saw her while asleep.

After a fruitless morning of searching, Firea and Voh'ren meet up with Bristle and Sebastian, who have had rather more luck, but require some assistance with the next step of their investigations.

"How did your search go?" Bristle asked Firea and Voh'ren. "We had quite a bit of luck ourselves." She then went on to explain all they had learned about the dream ritual they could attempt during the new moon, the author names and the children's rhyme about whisper, and how they were going to look for a spell that could keep everyone from needing sleep. Bristle made minor readjustments to pieces of her armor as she spoke. The enchanters had done a good job, but had messed up some of her well-worn settings for her straps.

"Nothing. We found a lot of the same." Firea said with a soft dejected sigh. "You?"

We found hints and wisps of the truth. One thing I found, was a dread affliction called "the dream plague." This plague struck two thousand years ago, and records of it have been struck from the records. As such, I have little information about what it is, or whether it was done around the new moon. But I have learned a lot. Whatever it was, it killed almost a third of the population, and threatened ever worse calamity. Even afterwards, people feared to sleep.

Furthermore, the missing record is listed as being taken out by a particular librarian. This librarian has not been seen in weeks, but the librarians seem unconcerned, to an extent that reeks of mind-magic.

We are on our way to investigate this missing librarian. Having skilled trackers with us might be useful."

"Dream plague? Missing librarian? Other librarians aren't concerned?" She frowned a bit. "Do you have anything of his to get a scent from? Or are you hoping that we might find something?"

"Or even a name," Voh'ren adds. "If we can find their home and acquaintances, we can find more pieces to this puzzle. Whether by tracking by scent or shadowing anyone suspicious."

"We have both a name and an address. Roselyn Pilov, of 1101 North Lady's Grace Lane." Sebastian says with some satisfaction. "I suggest we head there immediately unless you have any other leads?"

"Nope. Maybe from there we can get a scent for me and the pup to follow." She said thumbing towards Voh'ren's animal. Then she grinned. "Or get to burn a few things in some righteous fury."

"Just... please don't burn down half the city." Bristle gave a half-smirk, then headed toward their destination. She was unsure about what they would find when they got there. Hopefully more information, considering she was the last to have some of the texts Sebastian had been looking for.

As they approach the house, Sebastian utters a brief prayer, lacing it with magic to heighten his senses and bring forth enlightenment. The hilt of his sword begins to glow with a light that helps the entire group.

Cast Heightened Awareness, Discovery Torch and Heroism (on self)
From Discovery Torch: Allies within the area of this light (20 feet) gain a +2 enhancement bonus on Perception and Sense Motive checks, as well as on Knowledge checks to identify monsters that are also within the area and their special powers and vulnerabilities.
Spell slots used:
1st: 1/9
2nd: 1/7
3rd: 1/3
Buffs in effect: Heightened Awareness, Discovery Torch and Heroism (70 minutes on each remaining)

"Okay, just a quarter of it then." The scary thing is, she may well be able to do it based on the toothy grin that she displayed as she shifted her form once more to that of the seven fluffy tailed fox. Then she would begin sniffing at the air to see if anything smelled off.

[OOC: In her fox form she has Scent and is trying to discern if anything smells of. And will be doing so throughout there time there.]

"A name and address is a good start," Voh'ren agrees. He follows the others' lead as they make their way through the city. He focuses on keeping an eye out for any stray shadows or suspicious sounds. Kiru follows at his side, the wolf's chain barding clinking every few steps.

When Firea transforms into her fox form, Kiru's ears perk up in surprise. The wolf looks over at Voh'ren and gives a quizzical whine.

"What?" Voh'ren says to his animal companion with the hint of a grin. "It's not the strangest thing you've seen so far."

OOC:

Voh'ren's passive Perception is 21. I can make a roll if that would make more sense, though.

"I guess I'll knock," Bristle said as they neared their final destination. However, she cast a handful of cantrips on herself and the team just before she did.

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Bristle cast Detect Magic and Enhanced Diplomacy on herself, and Guidance on everyone else. Then she knocked.