Cerrit Ring Fail

BRENNAN: At the back of it, you see a compartment labeled 'Evandrin Alterra', and it is empty.
TRAVIS (CERRIT): Can I- oof. I'll bring Loquatius' attention to it. "This is odd, don't you think?"
SAM (LOQUATIUS): "What is? The fact that it's empty?"
TRAVIS (CERRIT): "Yeah. Former First Knight, a man of great import, high esteem."
SAM (LOQUATIUS): "Yes."
TRAVIS (CERRIT): "All missing? Who has access to these files besides you and-"
SAM (LOQUATIUS): "Well, Elena, the reporter who gathered this stuff. She doesn't work here anymore."
TRAVIS (CERRIT): "Where is she?"
SAM (LOQUATIUS): "I don't honestly know. I dismissed her a number of years ago, and I haven't heard from her since. I don't even know if she's still in Avalir."
TRAVIS (CERRIT): "You wouldn't know where these files could be?"
SAM (LOQUATIUS): "She could have taken them with her or destroyed them, or they could have been misplaced. I'll give it another look. I don't know."
TRAVIS (CERRIT): On the, 'I don't know,' does my ring do anything?
BRENNAN: I'm going to need Loquacious to roll a deception check.
MARISHA: Oh my god.
SAM (LOQUATIUS): It's a 30.
AABRIA: Oh my god.
BRENNAN: So now, what's going to happen is this. That's a 30. It's a 30 deception from Loquacious?
SAM (LOQUATIUS): Yeah.
AABRIA: My god.
MARISHA: Your eyebrows are just so enchanting.
LOU: I swear.
TRAVIS: Big dog rolls.
BRENNAN: Not that there's anything untoward happening here, but that is above what the Ring of Honor will detect. So this comes down to the instincts of Cerrit alone.
MARISHA: Wow.
BRENNAN: I'm actually going to ask- Yeah, I'm going to need you to roll insight, and I'm going to need you to tell me if you get 30 or higher.
MARISHA: Crack a 30?
SAM: 30 insight? He can't. He can't do that.
BRENNAN: What do you need to roll on the die to beat 30?
LUIS: Yeah, he can.
MARISHA: Why couldn't he?
AABRIA: He's a rogue.
TRAVIS (CERRIT): There's a whole bunch of stuff you can do. I'm just trying to see.
AABRIA: Oh god, he's stacking all his shit.
LOU: Give him Bardic.
MARISHA: Yeah, inspire him-
BRENNAN: Remember, the ring gives you advantage.
TRAVIS: I was just checking it.
BRENNAN: The ring gives you advantage on detecting lies.
TRAVIS (CERRIT): To break a 30, I need a 17 or higher.
MARISHA: You can do it.
LOU: You got two chances.
TRAVIS (CERRIT): Nope. And no.
MARISHA: Oh!
TRAVIS (CERRIT): 23.
AABRIA: Oh my god! I'm so stressed out.
MARISHA: Holy shit.
LOU: Our secrets were fun.
BRENNAN: So, you observe that. You have Loquatius' answer. It's possible a disgruntled reporter cleared this out and obviously-
SAM (LOQUATIUS): "You know, she was sloppy in her-"
TRAVIS (CERRIT): "What was her name again?"
SAM (LOQUATIUS): "Elena Tuvaris. She was sloppy in her work, and this was yet another example of why she had to be dismissed."

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