Re: More Trouble in the Market

[Jakim Friant <scruffyd@xxxxxxxxxx>]

OOC: since it's just you and me playing right now, if you know anyone
else that would be interested in joining the game, feel free to invite
them.  I've been working on posting some more ads, but haven't gotten
any responses yet.

SD Anderson wrote:
> 
> "Right.  The only problem is I have two directional
> 'pulls'.  Two people or maybe a person and an animal,
> two animals, two somethings have dirt from this alley
> and they're in opposite directions.  If the killer is
> the one staying in town... we might have a hope of
> catching him later. "  she says.
> 
>  (A slim hope unless we find another lead.) she
> thinks.  (If I guessed wrong, I screwed this case up
> big.)
> 
> "But the one heading away is the one we won't catch if
> he gets out of the city.  Let's go."
> 

Leaving the poor man for the Guards and family to take care off, Lisa,
Mahli and the others set off for the south gate.  It was too far to walk
and there was a good chance they'd get there before the suspect got away.

The sun was starting to dip below the city wall and send long shadows
along the streets, prompting most of the people in the market to start
making their final purchases and head home.  They passed a lot of people
pulling hand carts who were also heading to the gates to return home.

At the gates a Officer of the Guard was arguing with a number of country
folk about when the gates would be reopened.  There were a bunch of
other people standing around, some sitting on their wagons, who were all
waiting to leave the city.

A few of those people stood out to Lisa.  One was a short, somewhat
stout person wearing a hooded cloak and who was standing alone near the
city wall, watching what was going on.  Near by was a man wearing a blue
cape and who had a bronze torc that identified him as a priest of Heca.
Another man that Lisa noticed was one of the people arguing with the
officer.  He was holding the reigns of an ox, but look surprisingly well
dressed to be a farmer.