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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bruin" data-source="post: 1048392" data-attributes="member: 12587">Neal can't place the origin of the sound, but it seemed to coincide with the presence of the robed figure.  It sounds like it comes from all directions, not just from the direction of the figure, but it escalates when it approaches and abates when it leaves.Renard's accent sounds authentic, but his face shows no recognition when Neal says those words to him.OODM: Staring at a natural 20 in horror <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:"  data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /> Neal knows that there was a tunnel system as early as the mid 1600's that connected various houses of those who secretly practiced various rituals in the occult.  These tunnels were at times connected to various pirate and smuggler hideouts, and connected parts of what is now Downtown (where the lawyers office was) to the North End (directly northeast of downtown, overlooking the harbor).  Within the North End, prominent places like the Copp's Hill cemetery were connected to secret underground lairs, and also to the sea where it was reputed that pirates, covens, and smugglers hid secret entrances right by the sea at the various wharfs around Boston harbor.  The tunnels were reputed to be largely undisturbed until the 20th century, when parts of the network were destroyed by the creation of subways or by the demolition of houses which served as entrances to the network.  Apparently this well Renard speaks of must be one such entrance.Edit: sp.</blockquote>

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