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"Guess it's time for us to hit the fringes then. Any houses you really suspect, Ambra?" Aelgeirr frowned as he tried to piece together his journey to this town. He couldn't really remember anything noteworthy about the outlying buildings...but wasn't that the point?

Ambra would nod in approval at Mercy. At the sight of her papers, she felt this was a person she could trust. If the Mayor was willing to put her stock in this individual, then why shouldn't she.

Ambra would respond to Aelgeirr, a little flustered too, but then quickly come out of it. "Oh, uh... none in particular at this moment, but I'm sure if we ask around we can find out. Even better, if we go to the mayor's office, I'm sure they keep records of the abandoned or unused buildings in this town."

Ambra would jump a bit at the orc banging the haft of his halberd against a stone, causing her tail to stick out straight like a cat's. She would turn around to look at the source of the noise and once again find an individual who was very much bigger than her--not usually a rare occurrence, but it seemed to be happening an awful lot today. She would respond politely to the orc. "Uh, sir, we are not loitering. We have been hired by the mayor to investigate the matters of the attacks of the previous night. Right now we are having an official discussion on the the incident."

However Mecy might have reacted to the assortment of stimuli, she was quickly snapped out of it at the sound of the weapon hitting the ground. At first glance her eyes went wide and her hand flew to her ax haft, ready for a fight but... instead, the orc spoke. Spoke... much like one would expect a guard to speak. Well if this short-spoken, shirtless, well muscled... err... ahm- if this orc was a guard, he certainly didn't look the part. After last night she still half expected this to be another monster attack. But he wasn't attacking, so she saw no need to be the first to strike blows. Instead, she merely spun partway on her heel and presented the papers she was still holding out to the man instead, to corroborate Ambra's story as well as simply because she had been holding them out anyway.

"Zathers... Lieutenant Zathers? I think the Mayor mentioned him. In fact, I remember her mentioning he was bringing other deputized adventurers to meet us, which I assumed was these two, though I guess there could be others, though it would beg the question of why this town is so popular with adventurers just at such an opportune time. Besides that, I don't know where this man is. Nor I think do we have enough information yet to exchange." she responded, a curious lilt to her tone. Though she did look to the others to confirm, "Right? Or should we detour those plans in light of speaking with the Lieutenant?"

Aelgeirr would be content to listen right now. Lots of new people with their separate methods and behaviors. It may be best just to wait a little and see if they all get on the same page.

Ambra would look at the rest of the group then back at the Orc. "I believe that would be a fair arrangement as long everyone else agrees. "Where did you last see your mother?

The high elf would ponder. "Hopefully if we find the orb, we can find your mother. If not that, then we have a big problem and a big decision. I've got no objection to helping Thork find his mother."

I'm the type of DM that doesn't force players to take actions if they can otherwise decide for themselves. Thork, are you indeed leading them to the outer farmlands? Everyone else, are you going with him if he does so?

A decision must be made and announced if I am to progress the story sweatdrop

OOC Same here....I think.