That plan won't get Lyall to the chief unless he pulls some sneaky stunt whilst in the department, but it will get him into a department. Pretty deep, too! He won't be able to sniff the chief, but other clues will pop up just from that. I'm currently on my iPad away from my notes, so please hold on a while for the details on that. ETA:
Right! If you want to play it out or not, Lyall will be able to smell that a lot of the police (but far from all) smell unusually of various animals. Nothing exotic, but it's a scent that clings to them. The policeman that meets with Lyall will go through the motions of taking his statement but tell Lyall it's not considered suspicious and not to expect anything out of it.
And something completely unrelated to smells that is still important will come up.
In the lobby there will be a large stone carving in the style of a totem pole, depicting a snake atop a heart. Being near the statue causes a strange feeling in any reincarnated character, similar to an Echo but diluted. Instead of one powerful heartbeat, the heart rate rises so long as they're in a twenty foot radius and rather than a direct change to the character it will feel like a subtle force trying to persuade the nearby character that Simon Edward's judgement is good and to trust him. Someone who has experienced a genuine Echo will be able to feel it and being aware of the sensation easily resist its persuasion. What it's doing to ordinary humans? Who knows.
Anyway, sure, that could work. Tell me if you get your people together.
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That plan won't get Lyall to the chief unless he pulls some sneaky stunt whilst in the department, but it will get him into a department. Pretty deep, too! He won't be able to sniff the chief, but other clues will pop up just from that. I'm currently on my iPad away from my notes, so please hold on a while for the details on that. ETA:
Right! If you want to play it out or not, Lyall will be able to smell that a lot of the police (but far from all) smell unusually of various animals. Nothing exotic, but it's a scent that clings to them. The policeman that meets with Lyall will go through the motions of taking his statement but tell Lyall it's not considered suspicious and not to expect anything out of it.
And something completely unrelated to smells that is still important will come up.
In the lobby there will be a large stone carving in the style of a totem pole, depicting a snake atop a heart. Being near the statue causes a strange feeling in any reincarnated character, similar to an Echo but diluted. Instead of one powerful heartbeat, the heart rate rises so long as they're in a twenty foot radius and rather than a direct change to the character it will feel like a subtle force trying to persuade the nearby character that Simon Edward's judgement is good and to trust him. Someone who has experienced a genuine Echo will be able to feel it and being aware of the sensation easily resist its persuasion. What it's doing to ordinary humans? Who knows.
Anyway, sure, that could work. Tell me if you get your people together.