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Strange, furtive rumours trickle from the hill of the town hall, spread by skittish clerks and other confounded personnel ushered out from the building after a vile smell permeated through the upper halls. Some obscure detail of a rattle from the east wing, an office guarded and boarded. Few have been permitted to enter, yet grisly superstition clouds, imparting one unfortunate truth: the former councilman, Thurlow W. Hobert, is dead.
[OOC: A small section of the town hall is boarded and guarded for a short while. Those looking into the area will require a DM and ticket, and can contact me or @Charybdis for info.]