Chapter 1: The Letorneau Plantation

Guest Quarters - Dezire and Mateo
With a semblance of a plan together, the group splits again. Dez and Mateo remain in the room, discussing whether or not they should investigate the Lady's room tonight, and how they will approach it. There's a good chance the night is the best opportunity, as during the day not only are guards about and more alert, but there are also servants tending to this and that; then again, they've already taken a lot of risks doing the investigation that they have, and luck may not be on their side all night...

Skaa Entryway - Lynch and Hiram
Lynch and Hiram, skulk back out into the hallway and traces their path back to the servant entrance they came through. They find the guard still lying unconscious on the floor and are faced with their last task at the house for the night: dealing with the guard they knocked out.

Basement - Daclish
Daclish, determined to make a difference as soon as possible, follows Dezire's instructions and makes his way into the basement without detection. There he finds what Dez had before - a central room with a plain wooden table and three doors leading from it, one in each wall. The left door opens into a small chamber where a skaa woman, bruised and beaten, is chained to the wall. The right door leads to a chamber with lab equipment on it. The central door leads to an office of sorts containing a desk strewn with papers and shelves of books.

Hiram (maybe Lynch) - Outside
Hiram throws the body over his shoulder and steps out into the misty night. He burns pewter ((I debated between asking you to make a roll or just making your burn a charge of Pewter to carry the man, and remain quiet while doing it. Decided on pewter burning. Spend 1 charge.)), and as he does so the mists gather around him and swirl about his limbs like a child with many ribbons spinning about a pole during a festival. He carries the guard through the plantation and to the edge of the canal, a dozen yards or so from a small dock where barges probably load and unload goods to and from the plantation. As he prepares to do the guard in, he notices lights flickering at the dock. It's odd for there to be a shipment now, especially on such a misty night. Squinting he sees only three figures, and their boat is hardly a dingy.

((Lynch, it's up to you if you are with Hiram, have gone to the basement with Daclish, or are doing your own thing))

Dez and Metao - Noble's Room
The skaa and obligator make their way down the hall and back to the second floor. The guard patrols notice them, but upon seeing Mateo don't even acknowledge that they have passed. The two arrive uncontested in the noble's room. It is immaculate. Not a speck of dust on any surface. The bed is a large four-poster, and sits in the middle of the room. A wardrobe is on one side and a mirrored desk with a chair on the other.

(OoC: More likely I'd have gone to carry the body which would have been easier I think for me. Also to make sure the body is gutted nice and proper right before we dump him so he doesn't resurface later due to bloating.)

Mateo silently gestures to the wardrobe and the rest of the room while he heads straight for the desk. He pauses to examine the desk from a distance before moving in closer, looking for anything that might indicate an attempt to hide or protect something.

Basement - Daclish
The woman nods and remains quiet. While the metal itself shows rusting, the guards here have made a point of maintaining the important parts. The lock and hinges are well oiled and maintained. The anchors, which are steel bolts that have been driven into the stone wall, depending on what kind of anchors they are, might be strain under a good strong pull. He figuresthat with the right angle, and a bit of precision, he might be able to loosen an anchor with an ironpull... of course, if he pulls too hard he'd succeed but kill himself embedded the anchor into his chest...

If you go this way, I'll need you to spend a charge of iron and make an ironpulling roll - that's a pool with size equal to your rank in misting - iron!

Dezire, make a Wits roll please. You can just edit the post and add it in, but post in the OOC discussion thread once you do so I know to look again.

Daclish, when burning iron the first thing that happens is you will see faint blue lines that go from your chest and out to each metal object within range of your 'metal sense'. The thicker the line, the larger/heavier the metal source. So, yes, as soon as you start burning you'll be able to detect all metal in the area. You won't be able to tell from these blue lines what the object is, only that it's metal and 'how metal' it is, and where it is (because the faint blue lines always travel *directly* to the metal source). I'll grant you +1 for your Tinker profession as you're trying to 'unmake' something. It's not a mechanism, so your crafting expertise isn't going to help.

Basement - Daclish
The allomancer gives a solid heave on the anchor, but finds that it is, well, firmly anchored into the wall. His initial inspection was wrong, and the thing isn't budging anywhere. He's as like to tear the stone out of the wall before the anchor comes loose (note: a charge of iron lasts 20 minutes, and as beats are only about a minute long for you right now, you can still make use of your iron for a while)

Bedroom - Dez and Mateo
Between the two of them they find a small notebook hidden in a well concealed compartment underneath the dressing table. Dez works the small lock quickly and within the find a notebook. It's contents are written in some kind of code, but it's clearly an important item to Lady Letorneau for it to be stashed in such a secure, and well hidden place (Dez, I spent both nudges to auto-pick the lock).

Canal - Lurch and Hiram
Glancing towards the activity at the dock, Hiram notices that there are only a few men and a small boat. They seem to be unloading barrels of some kind from the boat and placing them in a small cart. A single horse stands at the ready to haul the cart, presumably back to the plantation house.