OOC:((Yes, the innkeeper is pretty much me. Although you're free to have him give you drinks or whatnot. I'll only RP him during votecounts and day beginning/ending stuff.))
Not my place to say, but as ultimate arbiter you may want to clarify: There's a
Tavern, and there's an
Inn. Are they the same? You called Moe the
innkeeper, where he had been the
bartender or
publican. Is it one and the same establishment/building? But then were is
Akhier's kitchen? Has he none? I assumed it was
Moe's, but when he showed confusion about his employer, I mentioned
"Mrs. Miggins' Pie Shop and Inn" next door. It's likely they are the same, as Inns/Pubs/Taverns were up to a point exchangeable terms for places to eat, talk, drink, sleep and so on, but if distinguished, you meet & drink at the
Tavern, eat and sleep at the
Inn, different buildings, owners, management structures or whatnot... Is there
one building (tavern) with drinks and maybe a bit or food, sleep-on-the-floor deal, or
two adjacent buildings one of which is where we are and drinks/stools are provided, the other were there's food, beddings and the like? If two, is
Moe the master of both? Is
Mrs. Miggins employed by him, independent or non-existent?
Your patrons are just trying to form a clear, consistent image of their surroundings... Is there one or two buildings? One or two NPC owners? Are there beds, restrooms, three squares a day? Enough room to stand without going crazy about people being on top of each other? Regardless of the ongoing murders, should we be preoccupied about our ongoing
basic physiological needs for the next few days? Is there enough bacon in
Moe's stores to keep the
monk from becoming cannibal? Enough alcohol & tobacco to prevent
Book or
Native's suited guy from turning berserk/suicidal? Can
Pandar access his TARDIS (or whatever) storage compartment? Can I use my auxiliary brain to phone the University?
[/OOC]...but maybe I'm overthinking it.
Book perks up on his seat, gauging his surroundings. A whole family, murdered? Here? This is worse than he expected... who could have done such a thing? He can't seem to get his head around it, but acquiring information is the first step towards wisdom... He straightens himself and calls "Jack, what do you make of the recent news? You're a perceptive young man, so tell me: if Osiris was guilty of this, who do you think he'd have chosen as partner? Or if Akhier had done it, who would he have chosen?"
Book sighed, by now his composure regained, tried to get a hold of the situation around him. He walks over to Pandar, and asks him "Excuse me, sir, but I think you have knowledge about these affairs. Based on your temporal knowledge, please tell me the best way you would have used to commit crimes like these."