Lieutenant Shiro looked up from the voluminous stack of papers on his desk as Sigurd walked into the room. Subtly, but also with a bit of a haste, Shiro closed a small journal-looking book that he'd been writing in, clasped it shut, and dropped it inside his desk drawer. Obviously it was something he didn't want Sigurd prying into further, but it would certainly make one wonder; what could such a boring, unassuming man know that was worth hiding anyway?

"Ah yes, well, hm... I suppose the captain only forbid me to share the details of my investigation of the body with you, hm... I guess that doesn't include the details like the east gate's departure and arrival log, so, I mean, I could probably give you that..." he thought aloud, rubbing his hairless chin. He began shuffling through the papers on his desk until he found what he was looking for, promptly handing it over to Sigurd. "This is the master copy, which is compiled at the end of each day and archived on a week-to-week basis. Today's arrivals won't be on it yet but it should have the records from Alston's departure three days ago. Unfortunately it can't leave this room, but if you'd like to make a copy of it for your own purposes, you're welcome to use my materials," he finished, gesturing towards the quill, inkwell, and parchment roll on the edge of his desk.

[indent][b]Sigurd was temporarily lent the East Gate Log![/b]

A log recording the arrival and departure of all persons passing through the east gate of Rauru, as well as some basic information about each traveler. For the entry three days ago, it reads:

[i]On Duty, East Gate: Sir Grodus
[list]
[*][Redacted], 7am, Labrynnan (departing)
[*]Treko, 10am, Deku Scrub (departing)
[*][Redacted], 12pm, Labrynnan (arriving)
[*]Sir Alston, 1pm, Labrynnan (departing)
[*]Atticus, 1:10pm, Subrosian?? (departing)
[*]Lieutenant Shiro, 3pm, Labrynnan (arriving)
[*]Marcus Simms, 4pm, Labrynnan (departing)
[*]Cecil Forsythe, 4pm, Labrynnan (departing)
[/list][/i][/indent]

"It takes roughly a day and a half to ride to Lynna City from here, but that's if you ride at full speed and take no breaks; otherwise it's about two days. If Alston stopped at all on his journey, it seems unlikely that he would have been able to make the trip there and back and still find the time to get murdered and carry that note back to us all in the span of three days. It's still possible that he did make it, though... we didn't recover the Captain's note to the king from Alston's bag, though, so there's no way to know for sure... very troublesome indeed," mused the Lieutenant. He suddenly realized that he'd said something he wasn't supposed to, and for an instant appeared to be a little embarrassed before composing himself once more.

"Uh, I'm terribly sorry Sigurd, but I'm afraid I've got a lot of work to do here while I'm compiling all these notes for my own investigation... if you've got all the information you need, I really must be getting back to work..." he urged, politely indicating that he would very much like to be free of Sigurd's prying questions for the time being. This was all beginning to seem quite suspicious, but most of all, the redacted entries on the gate log were the most concerning. There were only three people in the fort with a high enough rank to alter gate logs; one of them was Sigurd, and the others were Captain Viscen and Lieutenant Shiro. Which one of them would want to alter the gate logs? Or perhaps more importantly, who was it that traveled and returned that morning that someone didn't want there to be any record of whatsoever?