Clover gave the man the kind of look that heralded fire and brimstone doom for an entire kingdom. Finally, ignoring him, she stood and gloomily replaced her playing cards in its box and back into her bag, motioning to Lacey to follow her. As they walked, she spoke under her breath, "Put your guard up. Fred's a ******* liar."
Clover and Lacey walk down another hallway, this one is rather plain and unremarkable. There are voices at the end of the hallway like a group of people are gathered there. When the two girls reach the end of the hallway they come to a doorway with a large room behind it that is presumably Horace's office. When Clover opens the door she is met with the strangest sight she has ever seen since becoming part of the world of vampires! There is a gang of biker looking guys gathered around two men in the middle of the room. One man is lying prone, he has short dark hair which is starting to grey. He is shirtless as well and even from the short glimpse Clover can tell that he is in excellent physical shape. Another man kneels over him, he has a long narrow face and a prominent hooked nose. He also has a stake in one hand and a mallet in the other and the moment Clover reaches the doorway he drives the stake through the prone man's chest. The man on the floor convulses, spits out a little blood and becomes motionless.
One of the bikers notices Clover and says "Hey, get the hell out of here!" shoving her back and closing the door in her face. Behind the door you can hear the biker saying "Horace, there are two women out there. Who the hell are they? For one, this is a man's sport!" Another voice, presumably Horace, says "Easy Tyrus, they are our guests. Please, let them in." Tyrus opens the door again and says to Clover and Lacey "Alright, you can come in, but only because Horace says so. And know this, this is no place for wussy girls, one shriek and I will personally put my foot up your ass!" Tyrus is a heavy built, unattractive and very hairy man, covered with tattoos. He has a slightly misshapen head that gives him a baneful, malevolent appearance. He is dressed in all black leather with unnecessary metal spikes protruding everywhere.
When Clover and Lacey walk into the room Tyrus shuts the door behind them. Horace, still with the mallet in his hand but now standing says "I'm sorry for starting without you, let me explain. The bikers and I have a bet over Ehrich here. Ehrich says that he can escape from that steel banded trunk over there in less than two minutes despite having a stake through his heart! I think it's preposterous but Tyrus and the bikers here brought Ehrich and they believe him." Horace speaks with a slightly English accent. He walks over to the other end of the room and opens the trunk "Now here's where you come in. I know you've come here looking for information and in all likelihood I can help you out, but first I'd like to see how you think. You can bet either way, I'll let you inspect the placement of the stake as well. If you wish, you can even remove it and place it yourselves. So what do you say?"
Lacey says "Ah, let's see if the great Houdini can escape from these wooden chains!"
Clover can make a Knowledge History or some similar check if she has one.
