medya and relic visited several folks from the list of those injured at the tower but only one would say anything of substance
"hjalta bartell" told them about strange activity at the construction site and rumors of indistinct shadowy figures who did bad things to those who paid too much attention
that explains the silence from the others – but i'm glad she was courageous enough to speak up!
the tower of cardinals is incomplete
we walked around on floor 7 and even while unfinished it ought to feel more stable than it does so i wouldn't be surprised at accidents
but these all happened on flamesday nights
zer' used a spell to show images from past events and focused on each of the lingering psychic traces of fear and shock all around the site while we used windowpaper to record key moments
these were definitely not accidents
i could clearly identify the victims from the reports we read through but their attackers were hazy and cloaked
in a few scenes i saw fiendish symbols and at least one involved a ritual
i really didn't want to be there and the others offered to handle the rest so i could sit out ... but i had to be there and observe
does it make sense that i wanted those lost folks to know they were seen and remembered and that we would be sure nobody else met the same end?
at the couple's house again i expected we'd find much the same but we did not
we saw two new hazy people but there was no struggle
those weren't victims ... they laid down in that magic circle and waited to give their lives as tribute to a fiend!
i know i shouldn't try to understand anything about what fiends do but it's hard to ignore
it just doesn't make sense
what sort of being would want someone to do that for them?
what sort of person would agree to it?
we tracked one of those hazy figures back to another house close by
without the cloak meledri recognized her as "priest tara desicane" so she and the others intend to confront her tomorrow and get the last evidence we need to prove luka's innocence
medya and i have spent enough time "digging for rocks" – probing to find what we wish weren't there – so instead we'll spend a relaxing day visiting hjalta
and ensuring her safety
because tomorrow is flamesday
oh and there's news from the h&h
the king's shields came by with a "wanted poster" looking for zer'atesh for having destroyed an artifact of religious importance – the alta sphere from the temple of inspiration
they don't seem to know or care that he had help! ... which is for the best because it seems they're not planning to congratulate him
they want to arrest him on sight
so that's exciting