The Meeting with Elias - 02

[TheUdjat]

Jeremy-

Samuel looks up when Jeremy speaks to him, squinting into the darkness at the car slowly rolling away. Then his eyes grow wide and he crosses himself again. “Lord!” he says in alarm. “It’s them. They’re going to kill him...” The words seem to make him freeze in shock and fear, uncertain what to do. He looks at the departing figure of Elias, and then back to the car.

“Oh, I should just walk away, Jeremy, just let him be. Can’t be messing with those men, no sir. Downright deadly, the lot of them.” He shakes his head, but fails to make any headway in departing from the scene. “But I can’t just leave ‘im to get bumped off like that...”

Samuel seems torn with indecision for several moments, so much so that Elias almost disappears from view before he speaks again. “But maybe..” He looks at Jeremy thoughtfully. “Now Jeremy, you listen close. I can’t go asking you to do anything like this, but those men, they mean to rub out Mr. Elias, you understand? Kill ‘im. And they know me, so if they saw me tryin’ to warn ‘im...” He leaves that thought unfinished.

“But now Jeremy, I would consider it a personal favor if you could warn Jackson about those men. If you don’t want you, I won’t make you, but you might save his life. Just... if you go, you be careful, you hear? And you be discreet. No pointing, no looking at that car. Just tell ‘im and hurry back.” He looks down the street nervously, then looks back at Jeremy. “I’ll see if I can ring the police while you do that – or if you don’t want to go, you can just wait here. I surely wouldn’t blame you, son.” He crosses himself yet again, swigging from his flask.

[Jeremy can try to pursue Elias and talk to him or just stand around, as you like. Either way, Samuel will be hurrying off to find the police.]

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Everyone else-

Conversing a little among one another, the suggestion is eventually made to find something to eat while waiting for the appointed meeting time. Joe suggests a diner down the street, and before too long, your motley group is seated and served. The atmosphere is casual and relaxed, and the food is mostly tasty, and certainly reasonably priced.

Time ticks slowly away, and minute-by-minute you grow closer to your meeting with Elias.

As the server brings you your check, you are left with perhaps an hour to spare. Enough time to quickly take care of any loose ends before making your way to the Chelsea Hotel, if so desired.

[Feel free to keep conversing. Just a last chance to take care of anything before we get into the meeting.]

[VemuKhaham]

The car continued to roll away, tailing Mr. Elias down the street. Samuel saw it too now, and Jeremy could hardly believe what he heard. "They... k-kill Mr. Elias?"

For a few seconds, Jeremy turned his head from Samuel to the car and back again, confused at what was going on. He then said: "Well, yes, I must go warn him, as fast as I can!"

In a quick pace, but rather with large fast steps than by running, Jeremy went into the street after Elias. His hands were holding his sack over his shoulder and his eyes continuously darted to various insignicant things, never falling upon the car. His upper body somewhat reached out in front of his feet, making him lean over, like he was carrying a great weight in his sack. Adrenaline rushed through his veins, his blood was pumping but Jeremy was hardly afraid. He just had to make sure Elias didn't get killed.

[Is the car open? Open roof, windows? Is there a window in the back through which they can easily see Jeremy? Anyway, Jeremy will try to walk as casually as he can, but he will also want to catch up with Elias.]

[Japic]

{Conversing continues; I've got nothing I need to accomplish before our meeting. It won't be till afterword that we'll have business of some sort to deal with.}

[Aegea]

Rebecca leans back in her chair at the restaurant, smiling after the satisfying meal she's just had, and surveys the others sitting around the table. She generally considers herself a relatively confident person, not typically reserved, although the situation in which she's inserted herself into is definitely...unusual.

She's not terribly surprised that she's the only female in the investigative group, but she wonders exactly what Jackson has in mind for them. After all, her knowledge of anthropological studies and certain archaelogical techniques are thorough, but she doesn't really know the specifics of what will be required of her. She's glad that she had re-read parts of his books on her train ride to New York, to refresh her memory.

She glances around the table, fingers wrapped loosely around her glass of tea, and clears her throat, feeling unusually shy. "So, Dr. Osgood," she begins, thinking that if she's going to be working with these people, she should get to know them a bit better and be sociable. "It's nice to meet someone else in the field--what type of work do you do, exactly? Do you know Jackson, er, Mr. Elias, personally?"

[Yakumo]

"Well, thanks for the meal, it was nice meeting you all, but I have a little investigator work and prep work to do before we get together at the Chelsea. I'll see you all there." with that Tommy gets up tips his hat to the table and walks out of the diner. . . . not paying for his portion of the meal.
Gotta know when and where you can save a little money he thinks with a smirk on his face. Tommy will run to the store and by his home to pick up a few things that he feels he might be lacking. Noticeable a pack of cigarettes, a book of matches, and for the investigative part, wit the short time he has, Tommy will attempt pick up a print copy of all of the Carlyle Expedition articles, seeing as the job has something to do with it. (Nothing more than what you already have in the handouts.) After that Tommy will make his way to the hotel, his tools, his writing tablets, his newspapers, and his gun stored away in a small handle bag.

[Japic]

Nursing on a cup of coffee Thurman clears his throat in order to answer Ms. Deveroux's questions.

"To the second I must admit that I know neither. I am an associate of the late Penhew, the Egyptologist that accompanied the Carlyle expedition."

"To your first question I doubt that you will have heard of my discoveries; Sir Penhew has claim over many of the major discoveries of our time I'm afraid. To date I have led eight successful digs. Mostly, we have excavated artifacts from ancient Egyptian and North African tribes."

He would gladly regale the table with tales of his exploits, where in certain times they needed to protect a dig through applied force and coersion. Other times digs had been easy; but had come with a whole set of challenges that one could never plan for. :blah::blah::blah:

"What about you other chaps? How did you get mixed in with this crowd?"

[MaestroXC]

Sam tries to enjoy his dinner, but really cannot wait to go and meet Elias at the Chelsea. Elias' attitude earlier has him somewhat on edge, and he doesn't know what to expect when they get there. He doesn't have any specific questions to any of the investigators, but he gladly answers any questions put to him about himself or Jackson Elias.