#baronyofthesilverwolf

D'Lorean is glad for the hot toddy and the fire

"I don't see any (*^^%$) on furkin' fire, and Frankie is gonna worry..."

"Wait, no one is with Frankie?"

"What? Hell no!"

"Flo is with him, but still. She wasn't answering anything!"

"Oh right, yeah, uhm first thing first .. when I tell you stuff, the Baron has put the order that you're to remain here. Because when I tell you what's going down you're going to charge off, and he's not letting ANY Of us do that yet"

She narrows her eyes. "What's going on?"

"You want the whole story as best I can mention it or the TL DR version?"

"Start with one, and we'll see about the other?"

A nod "Have a seat" And whether the nocker takes it or not "Marigold sent Bluebell and I to the hospital to see how Greg, Janice and the baby were doing. She felt things wree taking too long and worried there might be trouble. Bluebell and I snuck in, and with disguises and lies we snuck around... there was no baby in the baby room with the last name of smith. There was a couple. I pretended to be a friend and to see the Smiths about the baby and.. .that lady of that couple got so upset.... she wouldn't talk save to say she was sorry and they fled. We got worried ..."

"What do you mean, 'there was no baby"?"

"I'm getting there... and.. oh heck, I'll skip ahead. Someone used Chicanery to brainwash everyone , your dad, the nurse, the doctor, into thinking the baby had been still born. She was not. " She holds up her cellphone and shows up the picture of a healthy if small newborn "THis was deleted from your dad's phone but they didn't clear it , so I undeleted it...and even sent a copy to my phone. By the time we got there, whoever did this, they'd already done it. I tried talking to them, using logic, showed the photo... it was only when I unleashed that I managed to get the Doctor to remember and... it only lasted fucking seconds. I'm sorry. "

"Someone stole the baby?" Her spirals are glowing red.

"Someone stole my sister?"

"YUP. Now, listen, LISTEN to me... when I was looking like janice... the doctor thought i was here, the Doctor said.. LISTEN... the Doctor said the person who did it looked a LOT like me... or more accurately Janice. Did Janice have a sibling? Anyone who would have reason to steal a baby because it's a SELKIE Kinainan or maybe a future selkie even? I'm trying to find motive"

"Frankie is a selkie kin, then, Janice is his mom too. But babies are too little, we have to go find her..."

"Oh, (*&$#&, Dad... Dad hasn't said anything about this!"

"Of course he hasn't, he doesn't know how to tell you. I told him I wouldn't and feel like shit... I told him he should..so I'm breaking a kind of promise telling you because my liege supercedes this and... because you deserve to know"

"But we need to talk about OTHER Selkies or selkie wanna bes"

"We don't know the WHO so we need a why to lead us to that"

"What about the fire thing? How I found Briar?"

"We're related, that should work, right?"

Lavender starts to answer then mutters something, takes a deep breath "It might. BUT ... How did Janice lose HER coat? "

Thistle scowls.

"From what I understand, she gave it up."

"To WHOM?"

"She couldn't live so far from the sea, or be a parent..."

"I don't know, some other selkie?"

"Well, that other Selkie is on the suspect list. Da'an or Destiny may say that your sister is heir to the coat for all we know. That's the only reason I can think to kidnap a newborn"

"But she's just a baby..."

A nod "Yes."

"Janice can't lose her baby, she's already... sad, you know?"

"And Dad!"

The knight holds out her hands , palms up in a gesture of helplessnes

"We have to go find her."

"We will try, but not until the baron finishes his Soothsay."

SCOWL.

"Hopefully he and Arty will get a vision or something"

HARRUMPH.

"Arty gets visions, but they're like riddles."

"Listen, I made the wisp once. I could do it again, I'm sure!"

"We'll tell the Baron when he gets done and tell him you want to wisp"

"This is BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP."

Thistle has an opinion on the situation.

She is less than pleased.

The satyress just looks miserable and gets herself a drink

Citrine is chiming softly at the Nocker, trying to get her to calm down.

A hard drink

then finally " I was the wrong person for the job. Acting like someone else, I could do. But I'm not a detective." She swigs "And no one would listen to me. Except Bluebell, who I coudln't understand and was as miserable as I was. I used logic. No one gave a fuck. I begged .No one gave a fuck. Whoever did this, they are Chicanery OP"

SCOWL.