Chapter One: Outbreak

There was far too much here for you to record everything here before you in the brief time you had. Taking in the runes, you realised in a flashing of insight that they began in a middle point and ran in spirals. With the basic understanding of how the runes were arranged, you recorded the parts that you felt were of the most value. Something about summoning, strengthening and maintaining...
You ran around the man, trussing him up with your rope before tying handhold knots. While Ventrue was preoccupied with the symbols, you tried to give the man a pull but he was going nowhere with just your efforts. Eventually Ventrue came and joined you and you both began dragging the man from the basement. As you toiled, some of the city guards joined you and together you got the man into the street. A man was pulled from the home by a childlike figure and a large figure that only vaguely human to your eyes and the city guard. As the man was removed from the home, there was a creaking noise that got louder before there was a number of cracking noise, as the home collapsed in on itself. The woman from the home looked up from her children and gave a strangled cry and clung to her children as she noticed what was going on. The doctor made his way over to the man and began to try and treat the man. There was a noticeable moment as the Russo visibly sagged as if the weight of the night, had fallen on him all at once before his back straightened and he made his way back over to the woman and her children. He said something quietly to her and she began to sob uncontrollably. The doctor continued to speak with her, before you saw him press a leather purse into her hand and embracing her.
The captain whirled around tearing his eyes away from the scene before you all.

"That is none of your concern, madam but if you must know they are being taken in for questioning in relation to the blaze. Currently, they have not been charged with anything, which will be up to the magistrate to decide. Now clear off, all of you.

With that last sentence, the city guard began dispersing the crowd. There was some muttering but by and large, the crowd seemed content to go back to their night.
The captain turned to face you and you could see that he was rapidly running out of patience. His jaw was clenched and you swear you saw his eye twitch.

"We appreciate your concern, sir and of course all leads will be investigated. While these individuals did indeed assist in putting the fire out, there is some questions surrounding how they did it and if they represent a danger to the general public.

There were a few murmurs from the crowd that was at your back but they continued to disperse despite your words. They seemed content to let the guard conduct the investigation in the way that they saw fit, for now anyway. A few more fires might just change their mind but for now, their apathy was stronger. The leader of the guards just stared at you saying nothing before nodding and the guards, moved forward and pushed you aside.
"That may be your opinion sir and you may have the right to say it but do not presume to speak for me. Now stand aside and let us do our job."

As he spoke, the guards moved forward and roughly pushed you to one side as they began to move back down the street and out of sight.The guards formed loosely around the pair of you and began moving through the street. Before long you reached a small dock with a number of flat bottom boats tied to it. The guards made their way forward and began to untie the vessels, leaving you unattended except for the captain and the figure that had agreed to be your witness.