Post by TheUdjat on Jul 30, 2008 14:00:16 GMT -5
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After an intense night of investigating, Tommy suggests that the group hold off on acting on their new information, taking some time to rest and prepare for the interview with the Penhew Foundation. Being tired, it is not hard to find sympathy among the rest of the group—Sunday is once again proclaimed a day of rest.
After a night of rest, all of you set to some individual chores, taking the day slow and leisurely. Colonel Grey takes the time to send a telegram to his family in Mombasa, letting them know he has been delayed. He also sees about setting up a meeting for Monday with the Penhew Foundation—though this will necessarily have to wait until Monday for a response, he knows. The rest of the day is open for whatever the Colonel desires.
Tommy spends his time looking into Thurman and Rebecca’s books—most particularly, the one Rebecca has been reading. The young anthropology student is able to give Tommy an accurate rundown of what the book contains, given that she has been studying it for over a week. This is fortunate, Tommy discovers, for the handwritten words are sometimes difficult to decipher, and the language is a bit archaic. Rebecca is better able to distinguish the significance of certain phrases, as well, and the meaning of some symbols scattered through the text. Indeed, it would be difficult to have much progress at all without Rebecca’s help.
Tommy eventually winds up with the same understand as Rebecca—the book is a journal, describing the activities of a man who joined the so-called Brotherhood of the Black Pharaoh in Egypt. He describes many of the rituals in detail, including murder-rituals which sound eerily similar to the local murders in London, at least in result. There are other more frightening references through the book, though Rebecca softens the mental blow by skimming and summarizing the more uncomfortable sections. It is clear that the cult was involved in some bizarre business, though, and that its members must be wholly insane. [Tommy loses 1 San.]
But it doesn’t provide much new in the way of information. The details of London’s problems remain a mystery, so it cannot be clearly connected to the Brotherhood. Tommy would need to know more about what these strange men at the Blue Pyramid do.
Meanwhile, Thurman studies his own set of books, particularly the bulky Pnakotic Manuscripts. He continues to make steady progress through the thick volume, but its pages still seem too fantastic too be believed. He searches for grains of truth in the warped legends, hoping that they will prove useful to the investigation in the future. [Nothing new to report.]
The day passes by relatively uneventfully, for once. No new murders are reported, to everyone’s relief, and in time the day gives way to night—and to sleep.
It is well passed morning when Colonel Grey finally receives word that his request for a meeting has been accepted. Edward Gavigan, Director of the Penhew Foundation, has agreed to meet Grey and his associates that very afternoon, if they’re available. He quickly contacts Dr. Osgood, and before long all four are assembled at Thurman’s flat, ready to head over to the Penhew building. There is about a half an hour to make any last-minute preparations or discussions before heading over, perhaps to establish a plan of inquiry or otherwise.
[Just pausing to let you guys get a story together or state if there’s anything you want to do before the meeting. Give me the okay and we’ll press on.]
List of clues
After an intense night of investigating, Tommy suggests that the group hold off on acting on their new information, taking some time to rest and prepare for the interview with the Penhew Foundation. Being tired, it is not hard to find sympathy among the rest of the group—Sunday is once again proclaimed a day of rest.
Sunday, February 1st, 1925
Late Morning
Late Morning
After a night of rest, all of you set to some individual chores, taking the day slow and leisurely. Colonel Grey takes the time to send a telegram to his family in Mombasa, letting them know he has been delayed. He also sees about setting up a meeting for Monday with the Penhew Foundation—though this will necessarily have to wait until Monday for a response, he knows. The rest of the day is open for whatever the Colonel desires.
Tommy spends his time looking into Thurman and Rebecca’s books—most particularly, the one Rebecca has been reading. The young anthropology student is able to give Tommy an accurate rundown of what the book contains, given that she has been studying it for over a week. This is fortunate, Tommy discovers, for the handwritten words are sometimes difficult to decipher, and the language is a bit archaic. Rebecca is better able to distinguish the significance of certain phrases, as well, and the meaning of some symbols scattered through the text. Indeed, it would be difficult to have much progress at all without Rebecca’s help.
Tommy eventually winds up with the same understand as Rebecca—the book is a journal, describing the activities of a man who joined the so-called Brotherhood of the Black Pharaoh in Egypt. He describes many of the rituals in detail, including murder-rituals which sound eerily similar to the local murders in London, at least in result. There are other more frightening references through the book, though Rebecca softens the mental blow by skimming and summarizing the more uncomfortable sections. It is clear that the cult was involved in some bizarre business, though, and that its members must be wholly insane. [Tommy loses 1 San.]
But it doesn’t provide much new in the way of information. The details of London’s problems remain a mystery, so it cannot be clearly connected to the Brotherhood. Tommy would need to know more about what these strange men at the Blue Pyramid do.
Meanwhile, Thurman studies his own set of books, particularly the bulky Pnakotic Manuscripts. He continues to make steady progress through the thick volume, but its pages still seem too fantastic too be believed. He searches for grains of truth in the warped legends, hoping that they will prove useful to the investigation in the future. [Nothing new to report.]
The day passes by relatively uneventfully, for once. No new murders are reported, to everyone’s relief, and in time the day gives way to night—and to sleep.
Monday, February 2nd, 1925
Noon
Noon
It is well passed morning when Colonel Grey finally receives word that his request for a meeting has been accepted. Edward Gavigan, Director of the Penhew Foundation, has agreed to meet Grey and his associates that very afternoon, if they’re available. He quickly contacts Dr. Osgood, and before long all four are assembled at Thurman’s flat, ready to head over to the Penhew building. There is about a half an hour to make any last-minute preparations or discussions before heading over, perhaps to establish a plan of inquiry or otherwise.
[Just pausing to let you guys get a story together or state if there’s anything you want to do before the meeting. Give me the okay and we’ll press on.]
List of clues
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