Quote Originally Posted by Noblejanobii View Post
Okay I gathered all of Madder's notes from the investigation. Hopefully I can put out the results soon. In the mean time, why don't you hit up the next thing on the to-do list, Mr. Hatter?

Can't I rest for five minutes?

No.

You're so mean! Whatever, fine. I'll go search (24b) Scholars Sleeping Quarters. Happy?

Very! Now chop chop!
You head toward the Scholars Guild in the middle of the night, hearing strange whispers in the wind as you make your way toward the old, brick building that still stands in the wake of the cataclysm. Most of the windows in this two-story structure are narrow and don't let in very much light.

When you enter the sleeping quarters of the building, you see most of the rooms are vacant, and you conclude this guild had far more members at one time than it does now, likely during the pre-cataclysm days. For the ones that do have occupants, you can tell they spend a great deal of their time in research studying and serving as historians for Salvage Keep. You figure they take high value in the pre-cataclysm era knowledge, as if they ever want to return to a time that at least feels more like those golden days, retaining the information and records from those previous years would be vital.

In one of the rooms, you find it was only just recently emptied out. One part of you thinks they might have left the guild, but the other discerns that it wasn't through their own will, and that they could have been a victim of the Stalkers. Regardless, some loose articles of clothing were left behind, as well as some old books you don't have an interest in and don't have the time to read anyway. But among some of the old possessions, you find a few splinters, which you pocket for yourself. You have a feeling you might get more use out of these than if they just sit here.

$17SP$ has been added to Madder's Inventory.

Searching through the remainder of the rooms, you come across a small miniature library at the end of the hall, but something seems off about it. One of the books in particular, looking to be of some strange, dark and otherworldly construction, has been changed to the side of a reading bench. This metal book, with jagged edges, blast marks, and violent scratches, definitely doesn't look like a book that was ever meant to be here. And it doesn't look like it's been here for very long either.

You examine it, but it looks like the Scholars have secured this infernal-looking book down pretty securely, likely because they want to study it further. You also sense it has the dark resonance of the Stalkers and you wouldn't be surprised if this was in fact an Enthraller's creation. However, undoing the chains and shackles that the Scholars have put down upon this book looks like it is beyond your capability...

{Secured Metal Book: <Security> / <Technical>} has been noted in the Team Records.

You search the rest of the sleeping quarters, but nothing else seems to seem out of the ordinary. However, you can only wonder what dark secrets that book contains, and you have a feeling not even the Scholars themselves, with all their historical knowledge, know anything about what that shadowy tome might contain...

Madder the Mimikyu (S: Ghost/Fairy)
Health: 8/8 | Sanity: 8/8 | Purity: 12/12
Battle Stance: Fight
Perk: Seinaru | Abilities: Investigate
Trait: Stealthy