Masks of Nyarlathotep: Chapter 1 (New York City)

[Vendetta]

"The old bird is good." Jack says after looking over Miriam's notes. "Perhaps we should divvy up the list and meet up to talk about what we each have found." He further suggests.

 

[Ashy]

"Perhaps I could go see Mr. Gavigan at the Penhew Foundation, once we arrive in London, for my part in starting on the mountain of investigating we must do..."

"London?", Charles blurts out, uncharacteristically. "We...we're going to London?!?" He pauses for a moment to hear Miriam's retort and then adds, "well, where ever we may be heading, I can offer two things: first, if there is any researching that needs doing, then I may well be your man. I am a bit of an old hand at those sorts of things, if you take my meaning. Second, I believe very strongly that as long as we stay in this city, it would do very well for none of us to be alone. I would go so far as to suggest that groups of three or more would be preferable and I should think that pre-arranged checkpoints and times would also be ultimately wise and highly advisable."

 

[Vendetta]

Only just recently joining the group and not knowing the gravity of the situation and recent events, Jack Chance looks at Charles quizzically. "Don't you think that is a bit... overkill? You don't think that our lives are already in danger, do you?"

 

[Ashy]

Charles looks at Jack as if his head had just fallen off his neck, sprouted goose wings and then flown back to its original location. "Sir - a man was horribly and gruesomely slain less than twenty-four hours* ago because of what we are discussing at this very moment! Apparently, you do not understand the fatal nature of the business which is at hand!"

*OOC: If this is not right, someone please correct me.

 

[Vendetta]

"I deal in dead people all the time, sir. What's so different about this case that I need to be so scared for my life that I need to have one or two other people with me everywhere I go?" Jack shoots back.

 

[Ashy]

"The very real possibility of becoming dead yourself?" Charles answers, nonplused.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

"Perhaps in the fact that the killers saw our faces?" Miriam points out acidly. "A little caution is necessary and prudent I think. It's what we've been doing so far."

 

[Vendetta]

"Well it's not like I run around shouting out to the world, 'Hey world, I'm investigating a murder...' " Jack growls. "Of course there is a danger. I've been investigating murders for the better part of my life. I think I know how to be cautious."

 

[Ashy]

"Perhaps in the fact that the killers saw our faces?" Miriam points out acidly. "A little caution is necessary and prudent I think. It's what we've been doing so far."

"Er...some of our faces, you mean, if course...", Charles smiles wanly. "And I feel that more that 'a little' caution is necessary..."

 

[Andrew D. Gable]

The three men arrive just in time to hear William's suggestion. "London? But I thought the murderers were in Harlem?" he asks from behind Wiliam when he finishes. He then introduces himself to Mr. Kensington, Jack, and anyone else he hasn't met before, and fills them in on what happened at JuJu House and the police station.

"They may be, but for my part, I think it's best to let the police deal with the killers themselves," William says. He turns to Miriam. "I'm going to phone Detective Poole, and see if they've determined any of Jackson's movements these last few days. As I said, maybe we can find these books he was seeking. I'll ask them to make sure they take possession of the knife."