Masks of Nyarlathotep: Chapter 1 (New York City)

[Gomez]

Gomez:

Spoiler

Jack is going to look for a way to get to the back room following the scratch marks unnoticed. If he doesn't think it is possible, he wont try... but before I post what I'll do next, I'd like to know if he thinks he can get back there without being noticed.

Jack:[sblock]There does not appear to be a "backroom" or any other entryway other than the front door. There is just a counter in which Mr. N'Kwane is behind. It is open on one side and the other is against the wall. It would be pretty hard to get around to the other side of the counter without Mr. N'Kwane noticing. [/sblock]

 

[Gomez]

Charles screws his face up, looking fondly over the table full of papers and folders, so obviously his element. "While I would rather stay, I would hate to become...entangled here. I would think we would need to return to the church as quickly as possible..." He looks to Miriam, but unless he sees or hears something to the contrary, he qwuickly gathers his notes and returns things to order with the files.

He stands to leave, folders in hand...

Unless there is anything else you wish to do. Miriam, Charles, and Jibril arrive at Father O'Malley's church.

 

[Ashy]

Charles enters into the church and makes a bee-line to his newly acquired "quarters" there. He begins fishing through a rather large pile of books, looking for some titles that might help him puzzle out some of the symbology contained in the dreams revealed in the case file.

OOC: Using any of the following skills that might apply: Knowledge (occult) +12 [6 ranks, +3 Int, skill focus], Knowledge (history) +9 [6 ranks, +3 Int], Research +12 [6 ranks, +3 Int, skill focus], Knowledge (art) +9 [6 ranks, +3 Int], Knowledge (religion) +6 [3 ranks, +3 Int], Knowledge (anthropology) +6 [3 ranks, +3 Int], Knowledge (archeology) +6 [3 ranks, +3 Int]

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

*Miriam bustles in behind Charles and taps him on the elbow before he can get too immersed.*

"I believe I can help you there, Charles dear. I study these kinds of things for a living, you know," Miriam says with a slight smile. If Charles allows her to help him, Miriam will aid in his research.

 

[Ashy]

Charles brightens at the thought of having a 'kindred spirit' amongst the group. "Why -- certaintly! I would love to collaborate!" He hands her a stack of books and earnestly gets to work...

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

*Miriam bends over the books and the notes, trying see if she can make sense out of chaos.*

OOC - Knowledge (occult) +8, Knowledge (psychology) +6

 

[Gomez]

Charles brightens at the thought of having a 'kindred spirit' amongst the group. "Why -- certaintly! I would love to collaborate!" He hands her a stack of books and earnestly gets to work...

Charles and Miriam search through the books available and confer on what they fine. Jibril watches as the two "experts" conduct their research. After a while they come up with two items of interest.

1. The Dark Man in Carlyle's dream has some similarities to the Black Man, in legends about witchcraft. The Black Man was the being that sealed pacts between the Devil and witches. Though the Egyptian theme of the dream tends to discount this idea.

2. Charles does find a reference to a Bent Pyramid of Dashur. Could this be the asymmetric pyramid mentioned in the dream?

 

[Ashy]

Charles looks up, his eyes bright with new discoveries. "So, Miriam, what do you think?"

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

"Hmm... some kind of intermediary between one world and the next. If it's not the Black Man, perhaps it is some kind of Egyptian deity? That might be worth pursuing. But the Bent Pyramid... yes, that fits rather well. Is there a picture or drawing of it?" Miriam inquires.

 

[Maerdwyn]

ooc: Jibril may well have seen this first hand, having schooled in Cairo - it's only a few miles away - I'll leave that call to Gomez, though.