The Tophat Empire wrote:Qwanch wrote:
Aaron stood up, his wings unfurling.
"It would be my honor to aid you in your efforts. Are they any leads yet? My guess is a particularly powerful cyclops did this. Unless the stories about shadows and antimagic are real, which the lack of magical residue is admittedly eerily similar to the stories, let's just stick with the more likely scenarios."
There, Aaron said it. The more he heard, the more it sounded like the mythos surrounding the Great War, which couldn't have REALLY happened. There was no evidence for the war left over, after all. That said, though, Aaron couldn't get the idea of Shadowmen off of his mind at this point, and he wanted to put it forth indirectly enough not to be laughed at. Not that he was totally convicted it was shadow, but...
"My point exactly. We're dealing with something I've not seen in my entire career. It will take all the help we can get to solve this crime. Will you offer your services?"
"I have to admit, this did caught my interest. I will be honored to help you in your endeavors" wiking said, making a small nod towards the cell "If i may ask, that girl that where just tossed in the cell. what did she do? she looks to well dressed and clean to be a street thug. and i do not recognize her from any wanted poster or books"
Naomi temporarily raised her head at the mention of "books" somewhere further out. She peered out between the bars, looking to see who had said such a magnificent word. Hearing nothing more, Naomi sighed, and looked back down at her spellbook. She opened the book, flipping to the page she had left off, and began her studies yet again.