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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ironmaster" data-source="post: 2608214" data-attributes="member: 36274">For you, Professor Antonio Solari, this first day of September, 1931, has been tiring and uncomfortable.  Light mist has covered Arkham for most of the day.  You held two uninspired undergraduate classes at Miskatonic University.  You also met with the new chairman of the Literature Department, a giddy Technocrat.  You survey your desk and see that a stack of papers to grade has already formed.  With a bit of relief, a friend of yours, Shane Douglas, has dropped by, and you’re enjoying the conversation and your second pipe of the evening.  Lucy must be in bed by now, the housekeeper having already prepared dinner and a bath.  Normally, you would be home, but the chance for adult conversation drives you to delay for a time.  Both of you are engaged, Shane trying to convince you about the arcane American past time, baseball, and some gentleman sportsman, a Lou Gehrig who hits his 3rd ‘grand slam’ in 4 days and his 6th ‘home run’ in consecutive games today, when the doorbell to Solari’s cluttered office rings. To your surprise, it’s a telegraphic messenger.  The messenger is a mere boy himself.“It arrived at Kingspoint Head station not more than an hour ago,” the boy says.  You sign for it, and slip a dime into the youngster’s hand.“Oh, thank you, sir!”You open the envelope and scan the contents.ATHENS, GREECE    9/1/31 via Kingspoint Head StationIN JAIL FOR ANTIQUITY THEFT STOP NEED HELP STOP CAN YOU COME STOP URGENT STOP SEE CORPORAL ILIONAS, ATHENS BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.GLIEREYou both are old colleages of Gliere.  Both of you recall that he had gone to Greece to work on his book concerning primitive myths.  What has he gotten himself into?  Should you wire money?  You recall all of the amusing discussions you’ve had with him, and a sudden insight lets you understand that Tibor Gliere had no close friends outside of both of you.  Should you go to help him?  You suppose the University or the Arkham Advertiser would grant you leave.  What to do now?  Both of you have only pocket change.  You’ll need to visit the bank in the morning.  Trans-Atlantic schedules-surely the Advertiser carries that information.  You know that Gliere kept a room at Mrs. Harding’s boarding house.You go home, get your passport in order, pack clothes and sundries, and turn in.  When you both wake (in your own homes in Arkham), it is September 2, 8:00 AM.[OOC: Many places have phones, and information can be obtained my making a phone call.  Other places do not. Shane Douglass has $6,000 in savings at the bank, Solari has $8,000. Time in this game in important.  Pay attention to the time in the title entry of each post.]</blockquote>

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