Case 2: Withered Old Man

Ajay listened to the girl and then said, "What's your name? You come here always? Who runs the library?" He looked around the sombre ambiance of the library wondering where the nothic might be right now. Was it a mistake to come to Lexington library? This library seems so desolated and lonely that if something was to happen, no one would ever know. Which also makes this a very good target for attack.

Ajay smiled and said, "I am new to here; just want to know how it works here."

Elizabeth laughed softly as the college-aged girl became startled at Ajay's line of questioning. She was right to jump to the police, it sounded like a line of investigation off the jump. Still, he had played off the remark well so she thought better than inserting herself into the situation. Questioning people was one source of information, but there were other means of finding out what they wanted to know as well. Feigning interest, Elizabeth glanced from wall to wall as if in marvel of the book collection.

"Amazing," she mumbled to herself and then casually drifted from the group to begin browsing through the various shelves. On the surface, it would seem like the simple enthusiasm of a scholar. In truth, Elizabeth was merely searching through the library for anything of note pertaining to the Nothic. If not the next target, it was possible the creature had already been there. If there was anything to learn from the girl, she was certain Ajay could work out the info from her.

Ajay looked around and said, "So Sofia, what interests you? Can you tell me about the collection of books here? I don't want to sound insulting but given the condition where you handle most of the stuff, does the collection get updated frequently or is it like run mostly by donation. I don't mean to demean, I am merely interested."

Seth also leaves Ajay to talk to the girl, as he knew that his own demeanor could be intimidating. He would listen in just in case the situation required him to show a badge, but he would join Elizabeth in feigning interest in the shelves while keeping an eye out for the Nothic.

Ajay started to walk with Sofia, "You know quite a lot about this place. Do you perhaps have any books on occult practices throughout the ages? I mean some kind of archival records perhaps. The news of Mr. Pennington's death is very sad. I didn't know he was related with this library. Also, have you seen any other person coming to library today?"

Ajay raised his eyebrows at the sudden nervousness of Sofia. He looked directly at her eyes, "May be, May be not. But, when you are the only person here, I guess he hasn't arrived yet. Can you tell me where exactly is the occult's book section?"

Having finished with a walk around the library, Elizabeth made a path back to regroup with Seth. It appeared nothing out of the ordinary had occurred so far. Of course, that didn't specifically mean they were in the wrong place. Something about the basement being locked off had piqued her interest.

"Sure you saw it, but the basement is card locked," Elizabeth whispered to Seth in a low voice to try and avoid being overheard in the silence of the library, "Anything of occult importance is probably so old or rare that they'd want to keep access restricted. Not sure how far you want to push things here though..."

Elizabeth didn't want to overstep her bounds. A bit of magic could accomplish many things. Still, she knew both Seth and Ajay were quite accomplished themselves. Breaking into the basement, stealthily or not, would be an escalation of things and as the newest member to the team she didn't feel right making that choice for them.

OOC: @zatatmando,@Kharis Ajay can try to manipulate Sofia in trying to coax more information out of her. You can try to infiltrate to the restricted access.

ok, for Ajay, what exactly is he asking her to do? what is the request he makes? And go ahead and roll Manipulate Someone, which is Charm by default.

As for Elizabeth and Seth, what method do you use to try to get past a locked door? Reminder that the door appears to need an electronic card, not a metal key. If you can think of a way to use magic, you can either roll Use Magic (though anything not on the default list would be big magic instead and might have requirements first), or if you have some way to hack the card reader you can roll Act Under Pressure.

Ajay will look at what books Sofia is reading. He will then try to comment about it's subject and then lure to the conversation towards occult again. "You know this place is big and I would rather not get lost and misplace books. As someone who is expert, can you suggest an archive of supernatural creatures? Perhaps, some book of records on magical creatures, real or imagined? You said that Mr. Pennington donated books here? He was also interested in occult? Perhaps you are interested in it, as well? Can you show me the books he donated most recently?"