((That was on purpose; Mama didn't like to talk about Grandma and Grandpa. Harry doesn't know he's a wizard until Hagrid shows up, but he always knows he's different. Halie knows her nature is different than most magi's, but she knows nothing about that heritage and she's now cut off from it forever; she's an American Twinkie hapa. Bloodcaps should fall under OoH Lore, though, being a faction of House Mercere.))
Awareness 2 + 3 Per + 5=10.
Order of Hermes Lore 2 + Int 1 + 2=not bloody likely.
((I'd imagine that's the side of the family they don't talk about a whole lot...like Cousin Earl who was married to his cousin Lurline and his cousin BettyLou at the same time.))
Awareness is good enough that, in the "fuzzy image" Halie gets, she gets the impression that he's not very big...roughly a foot and a half.
Nevin and his men look on warily as she concentrates on the corpse.
"Do you see something? We found some tracks that led off into nearby woods, but we did nae go so far in, just marked it. I thought it looked like birds pecked off his face at first."
"Show me the tracks."
Gowan looks at Nevin. "Are ye sure Laird? Ye trust these..." he looks at the maga "...folk?" Nevin scowls and shakes his head.
"What good is it to ask them for advice and help if we don't listen? Forgive my cousin. We'll take ye where we found the body and the tracks. If ye can help me with this matter I'll be obliged."
"Time is of the essence," she replies, removes her shift, and turns into a gryphon. "On my back, we'll get there faster."
(She is making a point to leave behind that stupid dress, and she will scowl if Nevin grabs it for her.)
Nevin seems quite surprised at the genuine magical display while his men grab their weapons and step back. "Are ye daft?" Nevin yells at them. "What the Hell are those gonna do but piss her off?! Get yer hands off those ye fools afore ye get us all killed!" he turns back to the maga now turned into a gryphon. "Uh...is there room for Gowan?" Gowan is vigorously shaking his head.
"Forgive me laird, I'll run as fast I'm able and meet ye at the woods, but I'll not be riding that!" Nevin scowls and nods, not wanting to make an issue of this. He gingerly steps up and gets on the gryphon's back. "Hurry to the site you two, meet us there."
Excellent. Naked!!
Halie flies fast and low, to avoid attracting attention from the muggles.
((The path to where the body is found is through the woods, which are fairly thick. Does Halie plan on flying over the woods and hoping to see the spot, or is she going to go along the path on the ground?))
I thought she'd fly to the general vicinity and then run along thr ground to pinpoint it.
Halie flies along what looks like the path that Nevin indicated, and finds a break in the cover that looks to be just wide enough for her to squeeze through without scratching herself or her passenger. (Nevin is the only one riding Halie, right? Gowan is running below, and he's the only one aside from any shepherds who may be loitering at the scene?)
Once Halie alights, and Nevin presumably dismounts, it's only about a hundred paces or so to where he found the body.
We'll walk from there. Halie will stay heartbeasted so no one freaks out about boobies.
((But...but...boobies are awesome! Oh, all right 
))
Presuming she's staying in gryphon form?
Nevin shows her what he had seen before. Where the shepherd found the body, the spots of red around the body that resemble footprints about the length of his finger leading east-ish into the woods.
It's been raining off and on for the past several days, and it's starting to drizzle again. The ground is muddy and the leaves are slick.
Can you roll Hunt for me? Forums being cranky at me today, don't wanna tab out.
((No prob))
Per 3 + Hunt 4 + die roll of 7 = 14.
Nevin is a good hunter also:
1d10+5 → [1,5] = (6) Exploder mania!
invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3530034/
1d10 → [4] = (4)
invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3530035/
Total 13
Both rolled well enough that you'll be able to follow the tracks for a while.
It will be sundown in about an hour. How long do you plan on following the tracks?
Halie can see perfectly in darkness.
Can I have not been so scatterbrained I forgot my shield grog?
He would have been lumbering behind Gowan...who just invented the three-minute mile.
And Halie can see just fine in the dark...but Jeor, Nevin, and Gowan can't. For what it's worth.