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Well, Fisher's Wharf was a bust, I voted for the autopsy. Hopefully the potion will come in handy. I was hoping for some insight on the anchor, seems like an easy lead.

Loud noise at time of murder
Sister Cate (dead), likes tea with honey.
Someone ran off towards the Blushing Mermaid (Heapside)

I noticed there's a Time In Game marker, we might have finally gotten our day/night cycle.

I voted for the hospital this time around.

I want to know more about the victim before going to the Blushing Mermaid. Perhaps the hospital will have some information, be able to speak to the body, or at least be able to identify him. That way we'll have some information to work with when we go to the Blushing Mermaid.

Unfortunately, as suspected, the fella at Admiral's Way is no longer there.

Why in the name of the gods' green earth did people chase after the kid who obviously had nothing to do with the murder? Let's get our shit together people!

Chasing after the kid wasn't a bad thing. It gave information.

I think the next move is that we should go to the hospital. Specifically, to get information about the victim, and then use that information when we go to the Blushing Mermaid, unless something unexpected comes up.

I completely agree! I think you need to know more information about the dead man in order to know what to look for!

I also went with Hospital, it makes the most sense instead of chasing some opportunistic thief who just wanted some gold. I am actually shocked that people voted for Canary Lane instead. What a waste.

I'm not convinced Canary Lane was a waste. We got some information out of it, and sometimes you have to follow the sizzle to see if there's any steak. It's part of the process. The cost of doing business, if you will.

Damnit ! I voted twice for the retching man and now he is gone...
So I guess some places will remain interesting longer than others (for example, the Blushing Mermaid might remain accessible, whereas the corpse at the hospital might be gone soon), so I voted for the hospital before the corpse disappear !

Well he was still accused of theft. I am just a good citizen.

I didn't realize at first but you can go back to the crime scene for new clues.

Interesting point, now we have the updated results of the current vote !

Not entirely surprised about the thief, though I also still think it was a reasonable decision to chase given it was a now or never opportunity and there was at least a possibility that he was a murderer or murderer's accomplice returning to the scene of the crime to finish a theft or remove evidence that would become relevant later.

But given the retching man has buggered off (darn it!) I agree that there's nothing that now looks really time-sensitive so the best thing to do is go to the morgue and find out what we can about the victim and any evidence on the body to help focus our investigation.

Hopefully it'll lead us to the Blushing Mermaid the next day, as I really want to see if it's that ship pub as well now to get my almiraj paw back. What's an almiraj? Oh, I see it's a kind of fae rabbit unicorn thing!

I will concede that we should have gone to the retching man before we went to the Houseboat. The Houseboat didn't look ready to leave, stumbling off into the distance. We probably could've talked to both if we'd considered the mechanical possibility of some choices remaining and some disappearing.

The fellow with a animal carcass adorning his top hat is certainly something. I'll be shocked if he isn't involved. I still voted for the autopsy, but everything is leading us to the Blushing Mermaid, hopefully it doens't "disappear".

Three weeks from now, after an exhaustive investigation, we're going to learn that the killer was the retching man we never talked to.

Possibly true. Though, in fairness, given we were following a bloody footprint to the houseboat, there was a possibility Drusilla would point and say "they went that a-way" and we'd be able to set off in hot pursuit of a witness who had passed by the victim soon after the murder if not the murderer themself. I found that first decision a real toss-up.

If it's any consolation, it sounds like there's a good chance we'll run into him again at the Blushing Mermaid.

okay, after people voted to run after the kid I feel I had to come in here and take part.
the thief was useless. And we lost our chance with the sailor. we will lose our chance at the hospital if we don't go after it. It's time-sensitive, the Blushing Mermaid isn't going anywhere.

Also, 2 facts that people ignored
1. guy was impaled with an anchor. that's a weird weapon, sounds personal. Consider why you would do that, and who could do something like that. (pro tip: not a lanky thief)
2. As we were reminded of with the thief, the elf wasn't robbed, this wasn't done for money, this was to send a message or as an act of revenge.

we've had 2 hints to go to the Blushing Mermaid, so it's obviously the next step in the story. But we can potentially get more from the hospital.

Werewolf urchin (or urchin with some sort of STR boost) interrupted in the robbery came back to finish the job? Okay, okay, it's unlikely I grant .

I think my problem is, particularly given the magic swirling around Baldur's Gate, is that I can make some sort of story to justify almost any choice, and my real world instincts about what is most plausible don't feel trustworthy in this context. Not that I imagine I'd be a particularly good detective IRL either.

I do agree we're being fairly firmly steered towards the Blushing Mermaid. And, if it's correct that's the location we've seen a few times in the recent trailers, Larian are going to want us to be introduced to it, so hopefully there's not too much risk that option will time out like the retching man.

Voted for the hospital this time! The Blushing Mermaid was ahead when I voted, which sounds good, too!