There was too much foot traffic in northern Twisting Hollows to continue following the Inquest's footprints. I needed a new strategy, so I put my skimmer's Aetherlocation skill to work. My skimmer picked up on an Inquest tech frequency, and we followed it north, out of the cavern system and onto the sandy shoals of the strand. Strangely, we first discovered a buried communique, left for Kuda by one of her underlings, detailing Sebb's obsession with inland artifacts and an experiment in which he intended to use some of them. Next, we found an audio communication from Kuda herself, left to be unearthed by one of her contacts. In the message, it's clear that Kuda detests Sebb and would be happy to see him dead. She mentioned that she was on her way to observe Sebb perform some kind of experiment involving a "seneschal," which she seemed to begrudgingly respect and possibly even fear. Following the frequencies, the skimmer then uncovered a hastily written communication to Kuda—this one mentioning this "director" again, whose name seems to be Vloxx. The note suggested that Vloxx is hard to read, but that he might be losing patience with Sebb. It also mentioned Vloxx's speculation that, whatever these seneschals are, they might be "unnaturally" territorial. The skimmer again followed the frequencies, turning inland to an area where it seemed to sense a large presence ahead...something to do with Sebb's experiment, no doubt. Unsure what to expect, I called Sayida and asked her to bring backup. ***