Alone

[Rezantis]

"Well, yes, thoroughly - but I meant we should go quickly and make it a priority."

[Bjorn]

Bjorn looks at Lindsey, then the guards, and finally back at Nathan.  "I'll meet you there, Sir Shuker," he says.  "I'm afraid I need to wait here until the orders for Mistress Lindsey's release arrive."

[Rezantis]

Nathan raises an eyebrow, and nods.

"Alright. Mind if I start without you?"

[Bjorn]

"Certainly," Bjorn replies courteously.  "I'll be there as soon as I can."

[Rezantis]

Nathan nods to Bjorn and Lindsey, then heads off to find Durant's chambers.

[Brian]

Before Nathan manages to leave the chamber, a courier arrives with the order for Lindsey's release.

[Rezantis]

Rez taps his foot and raises an eyebrow at Bjorn, a questioning expression on his face.

[Bjorn]

Bjorn nods at Lindsey.  "Mistress," he says gravely, "it would seem you're free to go.  I apologize for the detaining, but I hope you understand it was necessary."  Sketching a bow to her, and nodding respectfully at the remaining guards, he turns to Nathan.  "Shall we go, then?"

[Rezantis]

"Let's get going, then," Nathan nods, and walks out the door to start looking for Durant's chambers.  Again.

[Brian]

Lindsey follows you until you're above ground, whereupon a group of about eight vassals of Aestock protectively leap out of the shadows and surround her.

After that, a servant directs you to Durant's quarters, which are unguarded.  The door is currently closed.

[Rezantis]

Nathan opens it, and steps inside.

[Bjorn]

Bjorn frowns, glancing sidelong at Nathan.  "This shouldn't have been left unguarded," he mutters.  "Not a good sign."

[Brian]

When the door is opened, what's revealed is a perfectly neat room.  It looks like room service has been through a minute ago, at most.

Everything is neatly put away, in its place.  The room contains two beds -- you seem to recall that Durant originally shared a room with Parthipan before all the lorekeepers were cloistered away in the tower.  Each bed has a footlocker at the end of it, and there's a fireplace in the wall between the two beds.  It's set with logs, but not actually burning.

The candlebra on the room's one table is lit, providing enough illumination to see, but barely.

[Rezantis]

"Probably not - but I bet nobody thought of it.  Let's go through the place, I guess."

Nathan starts poking around, looking for Durant's notebook - and anything, he supposes, of potential interest to an investigation.

[Bjorn]

"They thought about Dorian's room," Bjorn points out, moving to the footlockers, and opening them.  "This should have been just as obvious."